Scholz makes new Ukraine weapons pledge after series of PR disastersGermany to provide money to equip Kyiv amid mounting pressure over lacklustre responseWed Apr 20 2022 - 19:30
Ukrainian forces retake Kyiv suburbs as Zelenskiy warns of ‘battles ahead’Attempt to evacuate civilians from Mariupol cut short while Chernihiv faces ‘catastrophe’Fri Apr 01 2022 - 22:10
Drones, drugs and bullet-proof vests: life as a war courier in UkraineOne Warsaw resident on the dangerous route he takes across the border with suppliesFri Apr 01 2022 - 22:00
Gas flows steady into EU as Kremlin deadline slipsRussia’s Gazprom to sell German gas companies to fend off nationalisation threatFri Apr 01 2022 - 16:52
Leipzig prosecutors push back against tall tale of anti-SemitismGerman-Israeli singer Gil Ofarim accused of lying about anti-Semitism at hotelFri Apr 01 2022 - 16:03
EU leaders dismiss Russian rouble demand as blackmailUS releases one-third of its oil reserves in effort to stabilise crude pricesThu Mar 31 2022 - 22:00
Polish murder trial and other refugee crisis deepen EU dilemmaAmid praise for helping Ukraine, Warsaw mired in rule of law and refugee apartheidThu Mar 31 2022 - 20:00
War in Ukraine: Putin demands Mariupol surrender amid fresh Kyiv attacksMoscow accused of breaking promises to scale back military action as barrage intensifiesThu Mar 31 2022 - 01:00
Russian war widens cracks in Visegrád GroupFalling out in alliance of four central European countries could hamper EU investigationsWed Mar 30 2022 - 18:16
‘Traffickers have strategies. We don’t’: Concerns for Ukrainian women in PolandProfessor fears state’s efforts to minimise risk of exploitation are not enoughWed Mar 30 2022 - 18:00
War in Ukraine: West cautious on Russian plan to de-escalate near KyivUkrainian negotiators at talks in Istanbul flag territorial concessions for first timeTue Mar 29 2022 - 20:00
Ukrainians rush for jobs in Poland as return remains uncertainRefugees in Warsaw queue for registration numbers to start a new life none of them wantedTue Mar 29 2022 - 13:00
Russia and Ukraine meet for talks as humanitarian fears growAbramovich reportedly poisoned at earlier talks as Biden says Putin comments due to ‘moral outrage’Mon Mar 28 2022 - 21:40
Germany poised to acquire missile defence systemTalks under way to buy version of Israeli system for intercepting long-range missilesMon Mar 28 2022 - 16:13
Fleeing Ukraine: ‘It was incredibly scary, we just knew we had to leave’With little fuss, one family packed three rucksacks and walked out on their livesMon Mar 28 2022 - 16:12
Kyiv warns of Russian plan to divide Ukraine along Korean linesBiden says he is not seeking regime change in Moscow after Warsaw speech drew angerSun Mar 27 2022 - 20:33
Poland shrugs off criticism to applaud Biden speechPoliticians of all hues support ‘dictator’ remark while Polish media praises US presidentSun Mar 27 2022 - 18:00
Biden view that Putin ‘cannot remain in power’ not meant to back regime change – White HouseRussian leader ‘a dictator bent on rebuilding an empire’ says Biden in Polish speechSat Mar 26 2022 - 16:44
World at point of ‘fundamental change’ over invasion of Ukraine - BidenRussia announces shift in its war to eastern Ukraine as UN says 10m people displacedFri Mar 25 2022 - 22:01
Biden shares pizza, selfies and Ballina anecdotes in PolandUS president meets paratroopers and Andrzej Duda in highly symbolic visitFri Mar 25 2022 - 19:39
Merkel’s political legacy in Germany crumbles in face of Russian invasionEntangling Germany with the Kremlin via gas pipes no longer looks like ‘just business’Fri Mar 25 2022 - 19:00
Joe Biden visits Poland on high-stakes missionRule-of-law concerns fade as US talks with Warsaw set to focus on Russia and securityThu Mar 24 2022 - 19:30
Scholz warns Putin against ‘unforgivable’ use of chemical weaponsGerman leader defends purchasing Russian energy to avoid ‘massive danger’ for EuropeWed Mar 23 2022 - 20:21
Dwindling Shoah survivors force shift in German remembrance cultureDeath of last eyewitnesses a ‘great emotional loss’, says Berlin memorial officialWed Mar 23 2022 - 19:17
Colm Tóibín awarded £30,000 Rathbones Folio prize for The MagicianLaureate for Irish Fiction discusses Thomas Mann, his Brooklyn sequel and need for NatoTue Mar 22 2022 - 19:30
Elon Musk dances for joy as first German car handed overElectric car maker Tesla opens European factory after 22 months of constructionTue Mar 22 2022 - 18:45
Clerical abuse poses ‘systemic questions’ of church, says Munich cardinalSurvivors express optimism that senior German cleric grasps scale of issueTue Mar 22 2022 - 18:39
German coalition garners positive reviews 100 dizzying days inScholz era being shaped by war as government adapts in real time to a rapidly shifting worldMon Mar 21 2022 - 18:50
New Berlin museum reminds visitors of shared migration historyCentre recalls post-war wave of German refugees, but resonates strongly with today’s Ukraine migrationSat Mar 19 2022 - 06:00
Musk takes Tesla challenge to the home of the combustion engineTesla has shaken up the German establishment with its new factory and disruptive zealSat Mar 19 2022 - 05:40
Putin receives marching orders from former Dresden local‘If he should ever show up here again, he can turn on his heel . . . I’ve banned him for life’Fri Mar 18 2022 - 17:03
Germany ends centralised Covid restrictions amid regional protestSixfold rise in infections in last fortnight as politicians engage in furious finger-pointingFri Mar 18 2022 - 16:49
Meet the Honeckers: TV drama recalls Germany’s unlikeliest lodgersIn 1990, the ousted East German leader and his wife were taken in by a pastor and his familyFri Mar 18 2022 - 16:08
Ukraine war brings promise of profit for German arms firmsShares in Düsseldorf-based Rheinmetall up 51% on pre-war levels to ‘all time high’Thu Mar 17 2022 - 18:00
Germany berated for inaction by Zelenskiy in Bundestag addressUkrainian president calls on country to match words with more decisive deedsThu Mar 17 2022 - 11:25
Benefit concert fights grim reality of war in UkraineBerlin Letter: Violinist Daniel Hope understands forced emigration and violenceWed Mar 16 2022 - 20:00
Germany sends mixed signals on breaking addiction to Russian energyUkraine war triggers growing awareness that EU’s largest economy needs to cut its energy umbilical cord to RussiaWed Mar 16 2022 - 05:55
Schröder’s secret talks with Putin raise eyebrows in GermanyEx-chancellor pinning what’s left of his reputation on diplomatic all-or-nothing missionMon Mar 14 2022 - 19:00
Polish outpouring of generosity on the brinkPoles have helped more than two million Ukrainians escaping the Russian invasionFri Mar 11 2022 - 19:00
Neutrality in Europe is being reshaped by Russia’s invasionInvasion has triggered a radical shift in how smaller countries frame their neutralityFri Mar 11 2022 - 04:45
Berlin sounds the alarm as flow of Ukrainian refugees growsGerman capital has seen some 13,000 displaced people arriving in past three daysThu Mar 10 2022 - 20:00
State-spying on AfD legal after court rulingFar-right party dubbed a ‘suspected extremist group’ and potential threat to democracyWed Mar 09 2022 - 18:07
Austria suspends vaccine mandate a week earlyCovid cases rise 55% to reach new record of 48,000 people within 24 hoursWed Mar 09 2022 - 17:52
Germany resists pressure to throttle Russian energy importsDecision to continue buying Russian energy as before attacked by opposition CDUTue Mar 08 2022 - 19:31
Denmark boosts defence spend and mulls joining EU defencePM announces vote to end state’s EU defence opt-out amid growing fears in EuropeMon Mar 07 2022 - 17:55
Comparing notes – Derek Scally on Bach and Russian pianist Tatiana NikolayevaAn Irishman’s DiarySun Mar 06 2022 - 19:30
Nosferatu and the fangs of copyright infringementBram Stoker’s widow set precedent in going after unlicensed German production of filmSat Mar 05 2022 - 05:00
Derek Scally: Scholz tells Germany it’s time to grow upLeader follows in footsteps of Schmidt and Schröder in challenging postwar pacifismSat Mar 05 2022 - 01:00
Ukrainian refugees reach Berlin by road and railOn the platform people stand with signs offering spare rooms and lifts in all directionsFri Mar 04 2022 - 19:00
Former German chancellor should resign from Russian firms, Scholz saysGerhard Schröder is a long-time friend of Putin and sits on two Russian boardsFri Mar 04 2022 - 09:41
