Is data privacy in the EU facing a red alert situation?Industry proposals have found their way verbatim into MEPs’ tabled amendmentsWed Mar 11 2015 - 01:00
Ireland accused of weakening data rulesPrivacy campaign group Lobbyplag puts Ireland one of top three offenders in pushing for changes to EU privacy lawWed Mar 11 2015 - 01:00
Ireland in top three EU countries for undermining data privacyLeaked Brussels documents show State is just behind Germany and UK in watering down legislationTue Mar 10 2015 - 13:24
Keynesian odd one out of Germany’s five ‘wise men’One of the ‘wise men’ who advise Merkel, the economist is a prophet in the desertMon Mar 9 2015 - 01:50
Juncker says EU army would deter Russia from aggressionEuropean Commission president rules out Greek exit from euro zoneSun Mar 8 2015 - 16:14
Germany double-dealing over data legislation, say negotiatorsOfficials accused of allying with industry in secret while championing privacy in publicSat Mar 7 2015 - 01:01
Greece proposes hiring tourists as tax inspectors in bid to unlock bailout fundsYanis Varoufakis submits plan to euro group with measures including online gamblingFri Mar 6 2015 - 20:33
Germany votes for female quotas on boardsBundestag has approved 30% requirement for non-executivesFri Mar 6 2015 - 13:46
Outcome of EU privacy debate will affect lives for decadesEuropean institutions are in the process of replacing existing data rules from 1995 to ensure citizens are better protectedFri Mar 6 2015 - 01:55
Berlin intelligence HQ floods after bathroom taps stolenSuspicious leak at foreign intelligence agency BND, the city’s most high-security building siteThu Mar 5 2015 - 18:56
SPD politician admits buying child pornSebastian Edathy urged to leave the partyTue Mar 3 2015 - 01:00
Greece to seek help to ‘smooth cash flow hump’ on EU loansVaroufakis said he would ask for debt rescheduling talks with European institutionsMon Mar 2 2015 - 01:00
Germany supports extension of Greek bailout programmePre- and post-election remarks in Greece ‘hadn’t made things easier, to put it mildly’Fri Feb 27 2015 - 11:26
German nurse sentenced to life for killing at least 30 patientsNiels H, who injected patients with medicine to induce cardiac arrest, may have killed 200Thu Feb 26 2015 - 19:30
‘This is too big for a small place like this’Locals in Czech town left stunned by mass shooting, writes Derek Scally in Uhersky BrodThu Feb 26 2015 - 01:00
Czech gunman announced killing spree to television stationKiller (62) who shot eight dead acted alone and had no terrorist motive, say authoritiesWed Feb 25 2015 - 01:00
Czech gunman announced killing spree to television stationShooter who killed eight people before turning gun on himself had no terrorist motiveTue Feb 24 2015 - 20:32
Sigmar Gabriel wants to change record, but Merkel still calls the tuneThe German centre-left leader says it’s time to break the ‘downward spiral’ of austerityTue Feb 24 2015 - 15:41
Study warns of ‘new irrationalism’ in German politicsResearchers find that Germany’s political centre under attack from radical viewpointsMon Feb 23 2015 - 19:17
Danish Jews torn between concern and calmDenmark’s 2,000 Jews have spent years getting ready for the worstTue Feb 17 2015 - 08:48
Merkel under pressure as FDP bounces back in HamburgChristian Democratic Union officials are demanding the party challenge the euro-critical AfD with tougher line on security and migrationTue Feb 17 2015 - 01:00
‘Not a war between Islam and West,’ says PM as Denmark reelsDanish-born suspect (22) shot dead after two people killed in separate terror shootingsMon Feb 16 2015 - 01:00
City in flames: the bombing of DresdenSeventy years ago, near the end of the second World War, British planes dropped 1,400 tonnes of bombs on the German city. Bruno E Werner, father of the Ireland-based sculptor Imogen Stuart, was an eyewitness to the terrible resultsSat Feb 14 2015 - 01:00
FDP looks to angels to give it wings in Hamburg electionAiling party’s campaign flirts with and fights against German sexist streakSat Feb 14 2015 - 01:00
Rise in German consumer demand propels euro zone to modest growthBloc’s economy grows 0.3% between third and fourth quarters of 2014, data showsSat Feb 14 2015 - 01:00
Merkel coalition allies seek room for manoeuvreSPD faces task of differentiating from CDU on Greece and euro reformThu Feb 12 2015 - 21:36
Greeks urged to follow Ireland’s approach to bailout changesAhead of EU summit German official says certain alterations may be acceptableThu Feb 12 2015 - 06:43
Eastern states favour US stance on UkraineProximity to Russia breeds fear as focus on sanctions fails to inspire confidenceWed Feb 11 2015 - 10:19
Cold war chill as leaders clash over Ukraine in MunichWhile Merkel has faith in sanctions, others see arms as more persuasiveMon Feb 9 2015 - 13:50
Merkel to press Obama on postponing Kiev arms decisionGerman chancellor to meet US president amid divisions on Ukraine military aidMon Feb 9 2015 - 01:00
US and Russia clash over Ukraine’s sovereigntySergey Lavrov attacks US ‘obsession’ with global dominance and EU’s ‘connivance’ in regionSat Feb 7 2015 - 18:19
Merkel dismisses calls to supply weapons to UkraineGerman chancellor applauded at Munich security conference after meeting with Vladimir PutinSat Feb 7 2015 - 11:12
Greeks on tour: Postcards from the edgeThe heads of the new Greek government undertook a European tour this week, seeking support for a new approach to Greece’s financial crisis. It didn’t go quite as plannedSat Feb 7 2015 - 03:00
US presses Berlin to arm UkraineGerman defence minister warns military support could be ‘fire accelerant’ in regionSat Feb 7 2015 - 01:00
Greek and German ministers can’t even ‘agree to disagree’Yanis Varoufakis requests bridging loan while he develops reform plan for countryThu Feb 5 2015 - 20:26
ECB bans use of Greek government debt as collateral for loansGerman chancellor hints EU states remain resistant to renegotiated deal on debtThu Feb 5 2015 - 00:15
‘Not Bergen-Belsen again... They should leave small fry alone’Hilde Michnia was a concentration camp guard. Her past is rearing its ugly headWed Feb 4 2015 - 06:00
Former Pegida members form new movementCo-founder says breakaway group Direct Democracy for Europe not extreme-rightMon Feb 2 2015 - 22:26
Divided it flourished, but Aldi may stand better chance if reunitedWith its founding brothers gone, the German giant faces an uncertain futureMon Feb 2 2015 - 01:55
Germany’s most popular post-war president dies, aged 94Angela Merkel describes death of Richard von Weizsäcker as a ‘great loss for Germany’Mon Feb 2 2015 - 01:00
Alexis Tsipras softens anti-austerity rhetoricPrime minister calms nerves as he vows not to act unilaterally on Greek debt pileMon Feb 2 2015 - 01:00
Four cities: Berlin - 'No rounds, no arm-wrestling over bills'Don’t expect to meet anybody new at night in this Germany citySat Jan 31 2015 - 06:00
AfD founder hopes Syriza will revive euro as a political issueAlternative für Deutschland hopes to stir up German fury at GreeceFri Jan 30 2015 - 01:01
The rise and fall of Pegida: how Islam-critical movement has changed German politics‘Merkel’s remarks on Islam were seen as an unacceptable attempt to pawn the party’s last unique selling point: the “C” in its Christian Democratic Union’Thu Jan 29 2015 - 17:13
Germany raises growth forecast to 1.5% as consumers begin spendingFigures show lower fuel prices and weaker euro are boosting disposable incomeThu Jan 29 2015 - 01:00
Pegida leader resigns days into the roleKathrin Oertel led German anti-Islamist group after founder Lutz Bachmann quitWed Jan 28 2015 - 17:54
World leaders visit Auschwitz with remaining survivorsFormer prisoners of death camp recall horrors and appeal for past to be learnt fromWed Jan 28 2015 - 07:20
Germany rules out debt cut for Greece as AfD revives Grexit demandGerman reaction to Syriza’s election victory in Greece ranges from negative to jubilantTue Jan 27 2015 - 10:43
German government says Greece’s obligation unchanged by voteSpokesman: Syriza victory does not change European, German attitudes towards reformMon Jan 26 2015 - 14:02
Lawyers accuse Facebook of time-wasting in privacy battleCase taken by Austrian privacy group goes into next round with first hearing in AprilMon Jan 26 2015 - 09:29