Fiat Group SpA aims to take over General Motors Corp.’s main European unit without running up debt in a deal that could require billions of euros (dollars) in government loan guarantees, Germany’s economy minister said Monday.

Germany’s economy minister says Fiat Group SpA wants to take over General Motors Corp’s Opel unit without running up debt and would preserve the three main German assembly plants if successful.

Fiat Group SpA’s chief executive was expected in Berlin for discussions Monday with the German government on the company’s hopes of taking over General Motors Corp.’s Opel unit _ a prospect that has prompted skepticism among employee representatives.

The United States has asked Germany to accept some Guantanamo prisoners when the facility is closed, the Interior Ministry said Sunday, confirming German media reports.

More than 270 police officers were injured in this year’s May Day riots in the German capital, prompting criticism Saturday of Berlin security officials and calls for more officers.

European workers feeling the pinch of the economic crisis rallied at May Day protests Friday from Moscow to Berlin to Istanbul.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder spent days gingerly, privately asking for help before taking his plea public: The United States needs Europe’s assistance to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center.

Britain’s Prince Charles kicked off a two-day visit to Germany on Wednesday by having lunch with President Horst Koehler and receiving an award for his environmental campaigning.

Two attacks on German forces in Afghanistan killed one soldier and wounded nine Wednesday as Germany’s foreign minister began a two-day visit to the country.

A German soldier was killed during an attack on a patrol in Afghanistan on Wednesday as Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier held talks with the nation’s leader in Kabul.