Germany’s SPD begins break from Merkel era for election campaignParty is struggling for relevance and has slipped to third in polls behind the GreensSun May 09 2021 - 18:43
Polish women's groups work to circumvent new abortion regimeOctober’s court ruling outlaws abortions even in the case of foetal abnormalitiesSat May 08 2021 - 01:00
Polish constitutional tribunal illegal, says European rights courtRule-of-law tussle between Europe and the Warsaw government intensifiesFri May 07 2021 - 18:40
Prince Charming shatters priesthood fairy tale for gay seminarianProblems began via selfie to Instagram account – with a church in the backgroundFri May 07 2021 - 16:28
Vote by Germany’s doctors paves way for assisted suicideAssociation of medics has removed a ban on the practice from its code of conductThu May 06 2021 - 17:45
Berlin under pressure to follow Washington on vaccine patentsMerkel cabinet equivocal on Biden planThu May 06 2021 - 17:18
Poland’s president accuses departing ombudsman of being ‘anti-Polish’Official has been a regular critic of government and country’s ‘anti-democratic’ turnWed May 05 2021 - 17:58
Germany loosens restrictions for vaccinated people as Covid cases fallAustria and Denmark also planning similar relaxation of rules as optimism returnsTue May 04 2021 - 18:55
Shellshocked Laschet has five months to retool CDUBerlin Letter: Election candidate must battle rivals in chancellery bid to succeed MerkelMon Apr 26 2021 - 20:00
German finance minister Olaf Scholz rejects blame for Wirecard scandalGovernment does not bear responsibility for large-scale fraud, Bundestag inquiry hearsThu Apr 22 2021 - 20:06
Germany to liberalise vaccination programme for allOfficials say move is due to growing supply of jabs and wish to run down ‘vector’ vaccine suppliesThu Apr 22 2021 - 17:08
German states face pandemic dilemma as they prepare to cede power to BerlinMore than 8,000 protesters clash with police outside Reichstag over proposed measuresWed Apr 21 2021 - 19:30
Laschet and CDU damaged by leadership battle ahead of German electionNew poll puts CDU/CSU alliance down six points to just 21 per cent, seven points behind the opposition Green PartyTue Apr 20 2021 - 19:09
Armin Laschet clinches nomination to run for German chancellorLeader of Merkel’s CDU party to head election challenge after Bavarian rival ends bidTue Apr 20 2021 - 13:22
CDU leader Laschet in final push to secure party’s chancellor nominationTwo candidates battle to lead campaign as Germany’s Greens anoint Annalena BaerbockMon Apr 19 2021 - 20:23
Streamlined Greens breathing down neck of feuding CDU/CSULeaders Baerbock and Habeck have boosted the Green party’s pragmatic profile and pushed membership to record levelsFri Apr 16 2021 - 19:00
‘Miss Merkel’ goes from chancellory to murder mysteryAuthor David Safier has reimagined the leader as a sleuth with a dog named PutinFri Apr 16 2021 - 17:53
Court rules Berlin rent cap ‘void in its entirety’An estimated 330,000 Berliners have been paying reduced rent since last NovemberThu Apr 15 2021 - 18:21
US Senate to debate limiting foreign states’ access to citizens’ dataProposed Act would introduce a licensing requirement for trading in such dataThu Apr 15 2021 - 18:07
Berlin dismisses plan to issue emergency permit for German-made Curevac jabFederal health minister Jens Spahn insists he will wait for EMA approval of Curevac, expected in May or JuneThu Apr 15 2021 - 17:35
CDU/CSU at odds over election campaign leadershipMarkus Söder and Armin Laschet gear up for Merkel succession battleWed Apr 14 2021 - 19:10
Denmark stops using AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine entirelyMove comes after jab’s possible link to very rare blood clot cases, health authorities sayWed Apr 14 2021 - 14:25
US reverses Trump-era troop withdrawal from GermanyDefence secretary confirms Biden’s commitment to Nato with promise to add 500 personnelTue Apr 13 2021 - 18:30
Merkel pulls rank with new emergency Covid-19 rulebook‘Long overdue’ bill will strip the country’s 16 federal states of their competences on health, education and other key areasTue Apr 13 2021 - 18:25
Laschet gets CDU backing in race to succeed Merkel as chancellorParty leader shrugs off opinion polls favouring Bavarian rival Söder for nominationMon Apr 12 2021 - 22:04
Rejecting Laschet now would mean yet another leadership battleParty knows that rejecting him would trigger a third leadership battle in as many yearsMon Apr 12 2021 - 19:00
Söder declares ambition to succeed Merkel as German chancellorBoth leaders of the centre-right parliamentary alliance have announced plans to runSun Apr 11 2021 - 19:48
Irish approach to data protection ‘Kafkaesque’, says SchremsAustrian privacy campaigner says approach is ‘waste of taxpayers’ money’Fri Apr 09 2021 - 17:31
Merkel overrides regional autonomy to enforce centralised lockdownDecentralised system an impediment to coherent Covid policy, administration arguesFri Apr 09 2021 - 17:26
The Berlin snout: A salty, humourous dialect with origins lost to timeBerlin Letter: The distinctive accent survived among east Berliners as a badge of honourThu Apr 08 2021 - 20:00
Germany in preliminary talks with Russia to secure Sputnik vaccineCracks are developing in the EU’s joint Covid-19 vaccine procurement programmeThu Apr 08 2021 - 16:18
Germany salutes divisive theologian and Ratzinger adversaryLiberal reformer Hans Küng wanted to unify Christian faiths and clashed with Pope BenedictWed Apr 07 2021 - 20:02
Austrian finance minister rejects cronyism and corruption claimsGernot Blümel accused of donations-for-favours scandal and securing job for friendWed Apr 07 2021 - 19:34
Covid-19 lockdown ‘bridge’ proposal causes confusion in Germany amid third waveGerman politicians struggle to find the right words to argue for tighter restrictionsTue Apr 06 2021 - 18:19
Wirecard docudrama has snappy script but only skims surface of real issuesThe Great Fake asks few awkward questions about patriotism that surrounded WirecardSat Apr 03 2021 - 05:20
Vaccine row and domestic leaks tarnish Austrian leader’s imageSolo vaccine run by political wunderkind Sebastian Kurz sours EU relations with ViennaFri Apr 02 2021 - 19:00
Germany’s vaccination vexation puts nails in the coffin of reputation for efficiencyBerlin Letter: German obsession with details over bigger picture on display in vaccine rolloutThu Apr 01 2021 - 20:00
Curfews in Berlin, Hamburg and Brandenburg to prevent crowdsMerkel seeks coherent policy with other state leaders in effort to reduce Covid third waveThu Apr 01 2021 - 19:19
German town’s ‘day pass’ gambit offers alternative to Covid restrictionsTübingen in southwest Germany has started a pilot project to move beyond lockdownWed Mar 31 2021 - 18:41
Germany halts use of AstraZeneca vaccine for people aged under 60Announcement follows similar decision by Canada amid inquiries into blood clot casesTue Mar 30 2021 - 19:56
Austria poised to procure 1 million Sputnik vaccinesDecision to loosen lockdown over Easter being reversed due to fears of a third waveTue Mar 30 2021 - 18:10
Germany’s pandemic restrictions row exposes political duelArmin Laschet urges end to Merkel ‘lockdown logic’ as Markus Söder twists knifeTue Mar 30 2021 - 13:41
Merkel in stand-off with German states over Covid restrictionsChancellor demanding complete lockdown over third wave but regional leaders demurMon Mar 29 2021 - 18:33
What’s it like to live in a truly green city? Ask these GermansMid-sized German cities are successfully merging sustainable planning with citizen buy-inSat Mar 27 2021 - 06:00
German politician dies after flight makes emergency stop at ShannonKarin Strenz (53) pronounced dead after being brought to University Hospital LimerickSun Mar 21 2021 - 23:53
The best Catholics in the world and the most oppressed people everDerek Scally explores Ireland’s self-image of ‘holy victimhood’, in an extract from his new bookSat Mar 20 2021 - 06:00
Irish data regulator sparks row with EU colleagues on Facebook oversightDPC declines meeting with European Parliament committee over format of forumWed Mar 17 2021 - 18:08
Germany considered Wirecard bailout before it collapsedRegulator and finance minister’s efficacy in question over Berlin ‘business diplomacy’Wed Mar 17 2021 - 07:15
Germany’s CDU begins rethink after regional election disastersParty leader Armin Laschet seeks to succeed Merkel amid pandemic measure criticismsMon Mar 15 2021 - 19:31
Merkel’s CDU suffers bruising defeats in two former heartlandsCollapse in vote in regional elections could bode ill for party’s hopes in federal pollSun Mar 14 2021 - 19:11
