Austrian election: Far-right candidate concedes defeatBitter 11-month election campaign has left political sphere polarised like never beforeSun Dec 04 2016 - 18:45
Santa spokesman attacks ‘misguided’ parent present claimsAustrian parents tell their children that priest ‘is old and confused’Sat Dec 03 2016 - 16:34
Will Austria elect a Green liberal or a far-right Eurosceptic as its new president?Contest between Norbert Hofer and Alexander Van der Bellen is the first in a series that could change Europe’s political DNASat Dec 03 2016 - 05:30
Austrian Jews warn of populist president voteNorbert Hofer of far-right Freedom Party leads in final polls ahead of Sunday’s electionFri Dec 02 2016 - 18:43
Austrian presidential poll test of left-right grand coalition modelFar-right candidate Norbert Hofer faces a rerun against Alexander Van der BellenThu Dec 01 2016 - 17:39
Minister ‘heartened’ by Merkel shift on data privacy lawsDara Murphy welcomes German move towards more business-friendly approachFri Nov 25 2016 - 17:13
Schulz switch to Berlin complicates SPD strategyEuropean Parliament president is said to have his eyes on higher things in GermanyThu Nov 24 2016 - 18:00
Mairead McGuinness confirms bid for European Parliament presidencyIrish MEP declares candidacy after news that incumbent Martin Schulz will not runThu Nov 24 2016 - 17:55
Angela Merkel tells social media networks to tackle fake newsGerman MPs back Irish section within Brexit talks, Minister says after Berlin talksWed Nov 23 2016 - 18:10
Derek Scally: Google has rights to Garda Commissioner’s emailsTerms and conditions of Gmail allow Google to publish and publicly perform the contentWed Nov 23 2016 - 05:00
Nóirín O’Sullivan broke rules with Gmail use on Garda businessRestrictions on Garda email system meant Commissioner ‘occasionally’ used GmailMon Nov 21 2016 - 22:28
Merkel re-election bid prompts resignation in GermanyChancellor seen as past her peak and lacking ideas but better than the competitionMon Nov 21 2016 - 20:08
Garda chief confirms use of Gmail address for official businessForce satisfied Nóirín O’Sullivan’s ‘systems secure and no evidence of compromise’Mon Nov 21 2016 - 18:16
Merkel to seek fourth term as German chancellorChancellor says election will be most difficult since unification because of polarised societySun Nov 20 2016 - 20:54
Aldi empire threatened by Albrecht family’s legal feudBerthold Albrecht’s widow and children take legal action in bid for control of Aldi NordSun Nov 20 2016 - 16:33
Angela Merkel prepares for her last hurrahThe popular German chancellor – ‘leader of the liberal free world’ – looks likely to seek a fourth termSat Nov 19 2016 - 06:00
Obama urges EU unity with Trump to halt Islamic StateEU leaders underline importance of Nato in resolving conflicts in Syria and UkraineFri Nov 18 2016 - 17:52
Volkswagen to cut 30,000 jobs in historic shake-upEurope’s largest carmaker faces multibillion-euro bill related to its emissions scandalFri Nov 18 2016 - 13:11
Juncker ‘threatens to quit’ over future of Martin SchulzCommission president resisting moves to force out head of parliament, says reportFri Nov 18 2016 - 13:00
Do not deviate from US values, Obama tells TrumpUS president joins with Angela Merkel in Berlin to defend transatlantic relationshipThu Nov 17 2016 - 18:18
Obama to press Merkel on global leadership roleUS president to give leaders first impressions of successor Trump during Berlin visitThu Nov 17 2016 - 01:00
Residents’ recycling bin error causes stink – and €1,800 fineHuge bill issued in Germany for badly sorted rubbish highlights bewildering processWed Nov 16 2016 - 18:20
Barack Obama to bid Berlin and Angela Merkel farewellOutgoing US president forged strong links for US with Germany and its chancellorTue Nov 15 2016 - 18:00
Ireland performs poorly in EU social justice surveyIndex finds growing EU economic recovery has done little to ease levels of povertyTue Nov 15 2016 - 17:52
Austria awaits Trump effect for presidential election rerunLast election ended with narrow victory for Green Party-backed Van der BellenTue Nov 15 2016 - 01:00
Poland begins exhuming bodies of Smolensk air crashPresident Lech Kaczynski was among 96 people killed when plane crashed in 2010Mon Nov 14 2016 - 17:20
Divided Poland marks independence dayRuling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski promises to restore full sovereignty from EUFri Nov 11 2016 - 17:44
Angela Merkel: now leader of the non-populist free worldIn Trump, German chancellor faces biggest challenge after many tussles with awkward menFri Nov 11 2016 - 15:57
Trump homeplace in Germany not interested in president-electMany are still annoyed at how he ignored an appeal for funds to restore the church organThu Nov 10 2016 - 19:21
Berlin backs Jean-Claude Juncker call for European armyCommission president insists controversial call not related to Trump’s election victoryThu Nov 10 2016 - 18:00
Influential preacher among five arrested in German terror raidsIslamic State’s alleged ‘No 1’ man in Germany described as ‘the worst’ by returnee jihadistTue Nov 08 2016 - 18:50
Merkel’s Turkey dilemma grows daily amid refugee deal doubtsArrests of Turkish opposition politicians prompt ‘grave concern’ in EU statesTue Nov 08 2016 - 18:31
Poland backs payments aimed at reducing number of abortionsConservative government passes law promising parents of disabled children €926Mon Nov 07 2016 - 19:04
Curtain finally raised on Hamburg concert hall at 925% over budgetGeneral plague of incompetence hangs over major public building projects in GermanySun Nov 06 2016 - 18:01
VW chairman Pötsch included in German investigationWidening of inquiry and new Audi revelations mean Volkswagen scandal far from overSun Nov 06 2016 - 16:10
Conservative MP quits over Theresa May’s handling of BrexitUK press reacts to high court’s Brexit ruling, with some newspapers criticising judgesFri Nov 04 2016 - 20:19
Police ‘of little help’ to Cologne sexual assault victimsWomen assaulted in New Year’s Eve attacks only saved from worse by tights, officer saysFri Nov 04 2016 - 18:35
Humboldt Forum takes shape in rebuilt Berlin PalaceGermany tackles its most ambitious and unwieldy new museum projectWed Nov 02 2016 - 20:51
Angela Merkel considers fourth term as CDU has few alternativesDecision time approaches for chancellor who has dominated German politics for 11 yearsWed Nov 02 2016 - 01:00
German EU commissioner’s mocking of Chinese sparks outrageSpeech had swipes at gay marriage, gender quotas and ‘slitty-eyed’ Beijing delegationTue Nov 01 2016 - 18:27
Irish Brexit concerns will be heard, insists Merkel allyBerlin will listen ‘closely’ to Dublin once London triggers divorce proceedings, says MEPTue Nov 01 2016 - 01:00
Lost in grandeur with Jean-Paul Gaultier in `The One'The Friedrichstrasse ‘Palast’s’ latest spectacle, `The One', is an orgy of colour and style with costumes by French fashion icon Jean-Paul GaultierSat Oct 29 2016 - 00:00
Replica Hitler bunker opens to protest in BerlinBusinessman hired movie set designer and spent €1m to recreate Führer’s officeFri Oct 28 2016 - 16:55
Icelanders may turn to Irish Pirate over corporate wrongdoersPolls suggest upstart party is poised for victory in weekend electionFri Oct 28 2016 - 01:00
German arms exports go from strength to strengthClaiming tight ethical control, Berlin saw tenfold rise in bullet sales in first half of yearWed Oct 26 2016 - 20:07
Germany could boost EU investment and demand, says DraghiECB president says Germany should stop railing against monetary policyTue Oct 25 2016 - 19:50
Capital menu – An Irishman’s Diary on the rise and rise of pretentious restaurantsMon Oct 24 2016 - 01:01
Germans keep a close watch on new surveillance rulesNew laws passed since Snowden revelations may give more powers to intelligence serviceFri Oct 21 2016 - 16:56
German councils face compensation claims over childcare rulingLeipzig authorities ordered to pay three mothers €14,000 in lost earningsThu Oct 20 2016 - 18:02
Merkel’s peace talks fail to progress resolution of Syrian conflictVladimir Putin, François Hollande, Petro Poroshenko meet in Berlin over Ukraine and Syrian conflictsThu Oct 20 2016 - 08:51
