Fourth wave of Covid triggers restriction demands across EuropeWHO warns Europe in danger of losing another 500,000 lives to virus by FebruaryMon Nov 08 2021 - 18:53
German investigators probe riddle of the spy who fell from a windowIt remains unclear whether the death is linked to 2019 Tiergarten attackSun Nov 07 2021 - 17:39
Germany’s vaccine dodgers make fourth Covid wave the trickiestDespite just having its highest daily infection rate, an ‘I’m all right, Jack’ mindset prevailsSat Nov 06 2021 - 05:01
Germany celebrates Holocaust survivor’s 100th birthday‘For 100 I’m feeling rather good, not like 100 at all,’ says Margot FriedlanderThu Nov 04 2021 - 20:00
What to expect from Germany’s would-be next finance ministerChristian Lindner promises a swift return to pre-pandemic era of balanced budgetsThu Nov 04 2021 - 17:07
Germany debates tighter Covid restrictions for the unvaccinated‘Currently we are experiencing mainly a pandemic of the unvaccinated – and it is massive’Wed Nov 03 2021 - 19:22
ECJ president warns EU cannot survive solo runs by member states on rule of lawProf Koen Lenaerts makes comments a week after court ruling on fine for PolandTue Nov 02 2021 - 19:05
Germany’s CDU to let members pick new leader for first time in attempt to stop rotElection disaster prompts change in policy, as defeated candidates line up for second shotTue Nov 02 2021 - 01:00
Colm Tóibín sells Thomas Mann back to the Germans. Not everyone’s buyingOn a German tour, the Enniscorthy man defends his fictionalisation of a literary greatSat Oct 30 2021 - 06:00
Germany and Switzerland struggle with vaccination driveAs Covid case incidence rises, Berlin and Bern grapple with those refusing to get jabFri Oct 29 2021 - 19:30
Poland accuses EU of blackmail over €1m daily fineEuropean Court of Justice imposes penalty in escalating rift over Polish judicial reformsWed Oct 27 2021 - 18:56
Derek Scally: Will post-Merkel Germany shift from drift to drive?Berlin’s wish for continuity set to collide in Bundestag with calls for changeWed Oct 27 2021 - 03:00
New German Bundestag meets for first time with Merkel as observerTalks under way for new coalition government led by centre-left Social Democratic PartyTue Oct 26 2021 - 18:22
Merkel departs Brussels with warning on migration ‘vulnerability’Outgoing chancellor blames Belarusian dictator for funnelling migrants into EU statesFri Oct 22 2021 - 19:30
Writing was on the wall for Bundesbank president and ECB hawk Jens WeidmannBank chief saw himself as out of step with likely new German governmentThu Oct 21 2021 - 18:53
Editor of German tabloid Bild resigns amid growing sex scandalReichelt alleged to have exploited female staff under mantra ‘screw, promote, drop’Tue Oct 19 2021 - 18:17
Sebastian Kurz suffers fall from grace in Austria amid graft inquiryCase against former chancellor includes unflattering texts never meant for public’s eyesFri Oct 15 2021 - 19:00
Danish man to appear in court over bow-and-arrow attackAttack in Norwegian town of Kongsberg leaves five dead and three injuredThu Oct 14 2021 - 10:13
‘Implosion’: CDU plays blame game after German election disasterCentre-right party begins search for third leader in three yearsWed Oct 13 2021 - 19:00
And the Beethoven goes on: Bonn premieres ‘new’ 10th symphonyAI and a team of musicologists have breathed life into surviving sketches 200 years laterFri Oct 08 2021 - 16:55
Poland risks EU’s foundations in bid to ‘legalise authoritarian takeover’EU experts alarmed at what they see as a deliberate attack on the union’s legal orderFri Oct 08 2021 - 16:08
Polish court rules some EU laws and articles incompatible with country’s constitutionConstitutional court finds that the Court of Justice of the European Union is not Poland’s supreme legal authorityThu Oct 07 2021 - 19:47
SPD opens exploratory talks with coalition hopefulsParty courts Greens and FDP to oust centre-right CDU from power after 16 yearsThu Oct 07 2021 - 19:40
Former Nazi guard (100) accused of being a ‘small cog in the machinery of death’Hearing moved to prison sports hall in Brandenburg to accommodate defendantThu Oct 07 2021 - 13:24
Former Nazi camp guard (100) to stand trial for murderMan accused of assisting in killing of 3,518 prisoners at Sachsenhausen campWed Oct 06 2021 - 20:09
Ex-Nazi camp guard trial signals shift from German numbnessBelated justice as laxness in prosecuting ordinary Germans for Nazi-era crimes fadesWed Oct 06 2021 - 20:07
EU court questions legality of Polish judicial reformsLatest move is response to Polish judge being moved to new court division against his willWed Oct 06 2021 - 17:56
Germany marks 60 years since Turkish ‘guest workers’ came during labour shortageTwo children of Turkish migrants to Germany developed Pfizer Covid vaccineTue Oct 05 2021 - 20:45
Red letter day looms for Merkel as lengthy coalition talks loomNo one is expecting a government when MPs meet for their first sitting later this monthMon Oct 04 2021 - 18:04
Merkel urges greater respect for sacrifices of eastern GermansChancellor calls for unified country to ‘learn anew together’ and face challenges aheadSun Oct 03 2021 - 19:33
Scholz optimistic ahead of Germany’s ‘traffic light’ coalition talksSPD leader confident a deal with the Greens and FDP will see him become the next chancellorSun Oct 03 2021 - 17:56
How the SPD won Germany’s federal election raceScholz plan to take chancellery for first time in two decades was four years in the makingFri Oct 01 2021 - 18:00
Fugitive (96) arrested in Hamburg to face Nazi war crimes trialFormer concentration camp secretary faces 11,000 counts of complicity to murderThu Sept 30 2021 - 18:36
Germany’s SPD lines up coalition talks as CDU tensions growCDU leader Armin Laschet plays for time as furious party members question leadershipWed Sept 29 2021 - 19:00
German Covid expert warns that flagging vaccine take-up risks autumn waveCountry’s vaccination rate has plateaued at 64%, as rate of infections creeps upWed Sept 29 2021 - 16:16
Germany’s rejuvenated SPD leads way in talks to form new coalitionOlaf Scholz best-placed to be chancellor, but CDU’s Armin Laschet is refusing to give inWed Sept 29 2021 - 01:00
Far-right AfD struggles to capitalise on extremist vote in German electionXenophobic party finished 10.3% in Sunday’s vote, losing four seats in BundestagTue Sept 28 2021 - 18:40
Berlin voters back campaign to divest landlords of up to 240,000 apartmentsInitiative orders city-state government to buy-out landlords with more than 3,000 unitsMon Sept 27 2021 - 17:03
Knives come out in Merkel’s party as Germans vote for changeAnalysis: Centre-left SPD wins election with snappy campaign and clear messagingMon Sept 27 2021 - 12:59
SPD leader Scholz calls for coalition talks after German election winAngela Merkel’s CDU suffers slump in support, leaving centre-rivals with ‘visible mandate’ to governMon Sept 27 2021 - 10:06
Germany’s CDU faces historic disaster as SPD appears to edge ahead in electionExit polls indicate Angela Merkel’s ruling party has had its worst-ever election resultSun Sept 26 2021 - 22:50
Germany tilts towards centre-left victory as SPD edges ahead in electionRuling CDU heads into post-Merkel era with fiasco as support slides eight pointsSun Sept 26 2021 - 22:21
Scholz leads SPD revival and puts party at the centre of coalition talksEarly projections suggest Mr Scholz has led Social Democrat party back to the topSun Sept 26 2021 - 20:53
Germany votes: The election that could change Europe's futureMore than 60 million Germans are called to vote on Sunday – Can climate anxiety convert to radical political change?Sat Sept 25 2021 - 06:00
German democracy enters a new chapter as Merkel departsEurope’s most populous – and powerful – country goes to the polls on SundaySat Sept 25 2021 - 05:00
Close-fought German election goes down to the wireCandidates deliver final effort to secure chancellery after Merkel’s departureFri Sept 24 2021 - 19:06
Germany’s main political parties almost level ahead of election – pollOutgoing chancellor Merkel’s CDU hoping for a record fifth term in governmentFri Sept 24 2021 - 18:31
Berliners face radical housing referendum in bid to slow overheated market‘The situation is still better than Dublin but that’s not saying a lot,’ says one Irish expatThu Sept 23 2021 - 20:00
CDU struggles to shake whiff of graft ahead of German election‘Party of law and order’ has had issues with graft, bribe-friendly MPs and lack of transparencyWed Sept 22 2021 - 20:00
The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland by Crawford Gribben: Critical massPerhaps the greatest miracle of Irish Christianity is that it took root at all on this islandWed Sept 22 2021 - 06:00
