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
Polish judges welcome Irish support of protestIrish Supreme Court judge to take part in Warsaw marchWed Jan 08 2020 - 01:14
Untested Conservative-Green coalition takes office in AustriaIdeological enemies form government focused on security, migration and environmentTue Jan 07 2020 - 17:56
Children’s song mocks green credentials of pensioners in GermanyBroadcaster apologises after airing satirical song Granny is an Environmental SwineMon Jan 06 2020 - 17:01
Irish businesses urged to take advantage of opportunities in GermanyEnterprise Ireland pushing to reduce UK trade dependency as part of Government’s Brexit strategy to diversify marketsThu Nov 28 2019 - 14:52
Donohoe declines to criticise Germany’s role in Ireland’s bailoutMinister says in Berlin he would not support moving to qualified EU majority voting in ‘key economic policy areas’ like taxationTue Nov 26 2019 - 20:16
Spectacular heist in Dresden raises questions for officialsGreen Vault treasury is to remain closed for a time after theft of priceless objectsTue Nov 26 2019 - 18:40
Harsh austerity ‘imposed on Ireland’ by Berlin, says ex-officialRepublic caught in crossfire between Germany and other bailout statesTue Nov 26 2019 - 05:00
Thieves steal ‘priceless’ jewels from Dresden royal palaceDaring raid on Green Vault holding 18th-century crown jewels shocks SaxonyMon Nov 25 2019 - 14:05
Donohoe to meet new ECB president Lagarde on visit to GermanyMinister for Finance’s visit aims to build ties with largest EU member ahead of BrexitMon Nov 25 2019 - 04:15
Brexit: Best-selling author Lee Child to apply for Irish passport‘I am not a huge fan of Britain...It’s a silly and frustrating country’Sun Nov 24 2019 - 22:35
Kramp-Karrenbauer liberates herself from Merkel eraSpeech shows CDU leader betting Germans more restless for change than nostalgicFri Nov 22 2019 - 20:00
Sound of Music sequel strikes sour note in AustriaThe Hills are Alive puppet show teases out immigration issues using famous musicalFri Nov 22 2019 - 19:01
Germany’s CDU leader rallies troops with optimistic addressAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer tells critics in ruling centre-right party to put up or shut upFri Nov 22 2019 - 18:14
Germany rouses from defence slumber after Macron presses Nato buttonCountry realises it has to do more heavy lifting as the major European powerFri Nov 22 2019 - 05:00
A succession gone wrong: Merkel’s CDU gripped by internecine feudGerman chancellor’s chosen successor as party leader has had humiliating first yearThu Nov 21 2019 - 18:30
Controversial past clouds family claim over Cecilienhof palaceGerman TV show seeks to block house of Hohenzollern demand for property returnTue Nov 19 2019 - 17:29
Elon Musk announces plans for Berlin Tesla plantMotor boss promises 10,000 jobs close to Berlin as Brexit blamed for ruling Britain outWed Nov 13 2019 - 09:12
Reopened tunnel under Berlin Wall holds history of hope and despairAt least 75 escape routes were built during 28 years of division. Just 19 were successfulSun Nov 10 2019 - 16:07
Will VW’s €1.2bn gamble on electric mobility prove German unity works for the east?Former Trabant factory begins turning out the most modern VW everFri Nov 08 2019 - 15:00
Berlin wall anniversary: How I escaped from East Berlin in a Lotus sports carEva Röser fled for the West in 1978, aged 27 and pregnantFri Nov 08 2019 - 11:45
Amid anniversary tourism, a quiet remembrance of Berlin Wall deadIn a tiny chapel on the ‘death strip’, Berliners will mark 30 years since the wall was toppledFri Nov 08 2019 - 05:00
Berlin Wall anniversary sparks thaw in artistic cold warAfter 1989 many writers, actors, singers – and their work – sank without trace in the united GermanyWed Nov 06 2019 - 14:19
Stasi files catalogue tragedy and trauma of four toxic decadesGerman Democratic Republic’s secret police had a pair of eyes and ears for every 230 East GermansWed Nov 06 2019 - 01:00
‘A permanent state of schizophrenia’: growing up in East GermanyFall of Berlin Wall led to mixed emotions for Germany’s ambassador to IrelandMon Nov 04 2019 - 21:20
