German politicians back €156bn emergency budget‘No blueprint’ as spending boosted to aid economy and healthcare amid Covid-19 crisisWed Mar 25 2020 - 19:48
Sweden resists mandatory coronavirus measuresScandinavian state registers more than 2,500 cases by Wednesday and 42 fatalitiesWed Mar 25 2020 - 18:09
German packages to cushion against Covid-19 now collectively worth €1 trillionBerlin determined to use ‘all we have’ to limit looming economic crisisMon Mar 23 2020 - 19:37
Coronavirus: Angela Merkel in quarantine after her doctor tests positiveGerman chancellor had earlier announced tighter measures on public gatheringsSun Mar 22 2020 - 18:42
Coronavirus: Bavaria imposes total ban on movementTwo-week ban followed by southwestern state SaarlandFri Mar 20 2020 - 21:51
‘Ibiza of the Alps’ ski resort blamed for spread of coronavirusHundreds of cases across Europe linked to ‘party machine’ on Austrian slopes of IshglThu Mar 19 2020 - 20:35
German politicians threaten curfew on party peoplePolice in Germany’s major cities are hard-pressed to tackle impromptu parties in parksThu Mar 19 2020 - 19:38
Coronavirus greatest challenge since second World War, Merkel says‘This is serious. Take it seriously,’ German chancellor says in rare broadcast to nationWed Mar 18 2020 - 18:26
Panic-buying of gold as Germany goes into coronavirus lockdownBerlin Letter: ‘At times like this you need to diversify ... gold is always a safe investment’Wed Mar 18 2020 - 16:00
Coronavirus: German vaccine developer rejects US buy-up bidDonald Trump is reportedly trying to gain exclusive access to German firm’s reseachMon Mar 16 2020 - 12:26
Ireland should beware the perils of a grand coalitionFianna Fáil and Fine Gael must heed the lessons of Germany’s 15-year coalitionMon Feb 17 2020 - 00:48
Germany warns against undermining western multilateral orderMunich security conference told US, China and Russia are sharing a short-sighted goalFri Feb 14 2020 - 18:22
European Commission president denies defence irregularitiesVon der Leyen denies squandering hundreds of millions as German defence ministerThu Feb 13 2020 - 20:02
Propaganda battle overshadows Dresden fire-bombing memorialSteinmeier warns on efforts to ‘offset the dead of Dresden with the dead of Auschwitz’Thu Feb 13 2020 - 19:09
Germany’s CDU party bickers over leadership race timetableSenior party officials question outgoing leader’s timetable for appointing successorWed Feb 12 2020 - 19:07
Germany: Christian Democratic Union faces identity crisisSearch for leader underway after Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer resigns amid pressure from fringesTue Feb 11 2020 - 19:46
Merkel future hangs in balance after surprise resignationResignation of CDU leader after 14 months in role triggers speculation about snap electionMon Feb 10 2020 - 20:37
AKK announces departure with swipe at MerkelKramp-Karrenbauer resigns as CDU leader triggers debate about party divisionsMon Feb 10 2020 - 20:00
AKK departure is a humiliation for Angela MerkelGerman chancellor’s plan to stay in office until fourth term ends next year is now in doubtMon Feb 10 2020 - 16:34
Angela Merkel’s successor as CDU party leader to stand downAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will not seek German chancellorship after regional election debacleMon Feb 10 2020 - 10:36
CDU support slumps after far-right alliance with AfDResignations follow Thuringia deal with extremists and Kramp-Karrenbauer is taintedFri Feb 07 2020 - 20:23
Thuringia outcome echoes dangers of Weimar republicRight-wing extremist backing for liberal Thomas Kemmerich nods to demons of pastThu Feb 06 2020 - 19:41
German state leader elected with help of far right stands downGerman chancellor Angela Merkel hits out at ‘unforgiveable’ alliance amid outcryThu Feb 06 2020 - 19:39
Germany has suffered a political earthquake. What happened?Far-right AfD becomes kingmaker in regional election, sending tremors through BerlinThu Feb 06 2020 - 15:18
AfD support for state premier triggers uproar in GermanyParliamentary sitting in Erfurt takes a taboo-breaking turn with far-right party’s helpWed Feb 05 2020 - 18:10
Siemens agm picketed over Australian mine contractUnder-fire departing chief executive Joe Kaeser dismissed concerns as ‘irrelevant’Wed Feb 05 2020 - 17:20
Holocaust deniers targeting German concentration camp memorialsRise in swastika graffiti in camps and disturbances to tours by far-right supportersTue Feb 04 2020 - 18:45
Berlin artist ‘hacks’ Google Maps to cause fake traffic alertSimon Weckert uses 99 smartphones to create a virtual tailback on tech giant’s 15th birthdayTue Feb 04 2020 - 18:22
German regulator says Irish data protection commission is being 'overwhelmed'Kelber says Irish regulator’s ‘go-slow’ approach to Facebook similar to Germany’s ‘dieselgate’ scandalMon Feb 03 2020 - 05:27
Indifference dehumanises us – An Irishman’s Diary on how Auschwitz shames us allMon Feb 03 2020 - 00:01
Europe’s rail renaissance hoping to leave red tape behindClimate concerns and more overnight travel have boosted passenger numbers but standardising railway systems is still trickySat Feb 01 2020 - 10:00
Berlin’s vanishing nightclubs: ‘The open sex in all corners can be distracting’Gentrification of the German capital is threatening its vibrant, decadent club sceneSat Feb 01 2020 - 06:00
Germany under fire over reform of Nazi citizenship rulesGovernment blocks proposal to cement in law liberalisation of citizenship restitutionFri Jan 31 2020 - 17:31
Coronavirus: Lufthansa cancels all flights to China as four cases confirmed in GermanyPatients are all employees at car parts firm recently visited by a Chinese colleagueWed Jan 29 2020 - 19:38
Higgins says claim UN criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic ‘inappropriate’Jewish conference president tells Auschwitz memorial day ‘anti-Zionism is nothing but anti-Semitism’Tue Jan 28 2020 - 18:16
Auschwitz survivors urge action on anti-Semitism‘Do not be indifferent when any power or government infringes on extant social rights’Mon Jan 27 2020 - 21:52
‘Auschwitz did not fall suddenly from the sky’ – Holocaust survivors speakAt the site of the Nazi death camp, former prisoners made one last plea to humanityMon Jan 27 2020 - 20:41
Auschwitz anniversary: ‘I probably saw 300,000 Jewish people perish right in front of me’75 years after the liberation of the death camp survivors recall its unspeakable horrorMon Jan 27 2020 - 13:53
Pall hangs over Germany ahead of Auschwitz anniversaryThree-quarters of a century after death camp atrocity, rise of far-right resurrects old fearsSat Jan 25 2020 - 01:00
Brussels intervenes as stand-off over Polish judicial reforms deepensConcerns for rule of law under PiS prompt request for EU court to dismiss measuresFri Jan 24 2020 - 20:57
Eyewitness to Auschwitz: ‘We were held in the wagons like animals’Sheindi Miller-Ehrenwald’s diary details her experience in the death campWed Jan 22 2020 - 16:34
Berlin summit agrees on renewed weapons embargo for Libyan conflictLibya without stable government since rebels toppled and killed Gadafy in 2011Sun Jan 19 2020 - 21:57
Fresh showdown looms in Polish court reform rowSenate rejects Bill which PiS says will stabilise legal systemFri Jan 17 2020 - 19:04
Make-believe major in Swedish army echoes con trick of Friedrich VoigtSecurity breach of fraud’s rise through military reminds of 1906 Köpenick shoemakerFri Jan 17 2020 - 18:14
Love Parade founder launches 'fundraver' campaign for party comebackDr Motte hopes reviving the street party will build awareness for what he and many DJs see as Berlin’s endangered club cultureThu Jan 16 2020 - 15:10
German intelligence defends spying on journalistsCase focuses on 2017 law which expanded BND powers to collect foreign communicationsWed Jan 15 2020 - 19:09
Warsaw protest over judicial independence ‘humbling’‘It was ... startling to feel the level of public support,’ says Mr Justice John MacMenaminMon Jan 13 2020 - 00:31
Irish judge joins Warsaw march over ‘threat to independence’ of judiciaryMr Justice John MacMenamin among EU judges calling for protection of Polish peersSat Jan 11 2020 - 20:07
Is the Green movement now the political mainstream?Events in Germany and Austria indicate the Greta effect is merely part of the new realityFri Jan 10 2020 - 06:00
Angela Merkel faces authority slump in new yearGerman chancellor sidelined as her party makes small steps towards post-Merkel futureWed Jan 08 2020 - 17:00
