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
‘I know no one here anymore’: The long goodbye to East BerlinJalda Rebling witnessed history but, as Germany marks fall of the wall, she will be goneMon Nov 04 2019 - 01:00
United Berlin at 30: A city still in search of its true soulAlways becoming, never being, cranes on the horizon and gravel crunching underfootSat Nov 02 2019 - 06:00
Prison baby: East German injustice haunts Berlin Wall anniversaryMaud Grzemba was born in jail after the wall was built in world terrorised by Stasi officialsThu Oct 31 2019 - 20:00
Poland’s democracy is not a priority for many of its votersJaroslaw Kaczynski realised before his rivals that most voters just want to make ends meetThu Oct 17 2019 - 00:45
What’s the German word for a feeling of being left in the dark?Berlin officials try to remain optimistic ahead of potential Brexit breakthroughTue Oct 15 2019 - 14:32
Polish opposition vows to stand up to government reformsRuling Law and Justice party takes 44% of vote, eight seats more than absolute majorityMon Oct 14 2019 - 19:06
Kaczynski’s nationalist party is clear winner in Polish general electionLaw and Justice (PiS) party set to secure absolute majority in parliamentSun Oct 13 2019 - 22:00
Polish conservatives in final push to secure re-electionPiS party deploys laws on mining and criticism of LGBT people in pursuit of poll boostFri Oct 11 2019 - 20:00
German held over killings admits far-right, anti-Semitic beliefsMedia criticised for use of live-stream images and coverage of attack on synagogueFri Oct 11 2019 - 16:24
Polish conservative re-election hinges on regional voteVoters increasingly ready to back party with narrow policies promising individual benefitThu Oct 10 2019 - 20:32
German synagogue attack suspect planned ‘massacre’, prosecutors sayShock after gunman livestreamed attack in Halle in which two people were shot deadThu Oct 10 2019 - 18:54
Two killed in ‘anti-Semitic’ shooting in GermanyMan arrested after attack on synagogue in Halle during Yom Kippur streamed onlineWed Oct 09 2019 - 20:06
The Polish judge facing down threats and the ruling partyMalgorzata Gersdorf warns Poland is on the brink of authoritarianism ahead of electionWed Oct 09 2019 - 20:00
Poland’s right-wing government finds a new targetVoters being warned of plague of so-called ‘LGBT ideology’ ahead of Sunday pollsWed Oct 09 2019 - 01:00
Germany shrugs off British leaks of Brexit phone call between Johnson and MerkelSenior official in Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union says there is ‘no new German position on Brexit’Tue Oct 08 2019 - 17:34
Germans increasingly divided over unification legacyMajority of easterners unimpressed with how democracy is practiced in GermanyThu Oct 03 2019 - 18:19
The Dane, the German and the ‘borrowed’ passportIf his attempt to flee East Berlin failed, he risked prison. If it succeeded, he might not see his family againTue Oct 01 2019 - 18:59
Strache under fire as populist FPÖ plunges in Austrian pollCoalition options await Sebastian Kurz as conservative ÖVP wins 38% of snap electionMon Sept 30 2019 - 18:44
Judge in Germany urges VW to settle diesel emissions casesCourt urges compromise with 470,000 owners in case that could stretch to 2023Mon Sept 30 2019 - 16:30
Austria election: Kurz set to return to power after snap pollFormer chancellor’s conservatives make gains while far-right Freedom Party slipsSun Sept 29 2019 - 19:52
20 years after I ‘did’ Erasmus, Berlin is still my homeAt the time, it seemed like a tiresome hoop to jump through. But it changed my lifeSat Sept 28 2019 - 06:00
Greens eye power in Austrian electionGlobal climate protest may propel Vienna away from populist-conservative coalitionFri Sept 27 2019 - 20:00
Austria’s populist party shrugs off scandal in re-election bidFreedom Party leader Hofer expected to be in a position to form another coalition with the People’s PartyThu Sept 26 2019 - 22:00
Austrian election: Sebastian Kurz pushes for return to officeCountry’s political wunderkind will have to work exceedingly hard for a return to powerThu Sept 26 2019 - 01:00
Power changed Merkel’s climate record – for the worseChancellor’s interest in climate ebbs when it conflicts with German commercial interestsWed Sept 25 2019 - 01:39
Angela Merkel mocked for ‘pick and mix’ climate packageProtesters criticise German chancellor’s carbon dioxide tax and fuel hike measuresFri Sept 20 2019 - 20:24