Prominent German intellectual dies suddenlyJournalist Frank Schirrmacher sparked and steered public debateFri Jun 13 2014 - 01:00
German Eurosceptic party joins Tories in European Parliament groupingTie-up with AfD could further strain Cameron-Merkel relationsThu Jun 12 2014 - 19:00
Poker-faced Merkel key to resolving Juncker issueGerman chancellor in domestic balancing act on European Commission presidencyThu Jun 12 2014 - 08:35
Doctor descends vast Bavarian cave to treat injured manTreacherous conditions slow rescue from the Riesending cave, 1km under the AlpsWed Jun 11 2014 - 01:00
German euro critics appeal to Tories for dealAfD urges British allies to ignore Merkel and admit them to their EU parliament groupingTue Jun 10 2014 - 01:00
Mark Rutte to meet Enda Kenny in Dublin for talksDavid Cameron seeks to galvanise position in SwedenTue Jun 10 2014 - 01:00
Nazi spy who could have changed course of D-DayPaul Fidrmuc’s message on final Operation Overlord details ignored by Berlin handlersSat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00
Journalist who ran Edward Snowden revelations warns of privacy riskGlenn Greenwald says Europeans must defend online privacy rather than wait for Irish Government interventionSat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine tops agenda at G7 in BrusselsRussia excluded from meeting of western leadersThu Jun 05 2014 - 01:00
Obama reaffirms US and Nato support for UkraineUS president and other leaders celebrate 25th anniversary of Polish independenceThu Jun 05 2014 - 01:00
Germany opens inquiry into Angela Merkel mobile spyingAttorney general to investigate allegations US tapped chancellor’s phoneThu Jun 05 2014 - 01:00
A tale of two Polands: the cowed country that has turned into a European leaderUS president Barack Obama is in Warsaw for celebrations and quiet diplomacyWed Jun 04 2014 - 01:00
Obama promises $1bn security spend for eastern Nato alliesWarns Russia to allow Ukrainians chose ‘their own destiny’Wed Jun 04 2014 - 01:00
No easy answer for Merkel on EU jobPhone a friend call to chancellor goes unansweredTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:00
Backing for Juncker ‘declaration of war’ on EU leaders, says MerkelJuncker as EU commission president could destabilise British coalition, says CameronMon Jun 02 2014 - 01:00
Why the eurosceptic surge may be a good thing for EuropeOpinion: If there is one thing Europe urgently needs it is less reverence for the European project and more realpolitikSat May 31 2014 - 01:01
Merkel backs Juncker for top EU post‘Bild’ tabloid attacks dithering on next commission president as ‘farce’Sat May 31 2014 - 01:00
Voters want answers to urgent problems, says SchäubleSuccess of France’s FN party a failure of European politics, says German finance ministerWed May 28 2014 - 01:00
Merkel acknowledges need to engage with Eurosceptic votersAlternative für Deutschland takes seven seats from German contingent of 96Mon May 26 2014 - 22:07
Merkel’s CDU wins European election in GermanySeven of the country’s 96 seats projected to go to new eurosceptic partySun May 25 2014 - 21:34
Berlin accused of setting bad example with pension reformsOpposition and OECD accuse German grand coalition of selling out its younger generations with bizarre reformsSat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Germany’s EU role plays second fiddle to political shadow boxingAngela Merkel’s short speeches on Europe are unfocused and lack substanceFri May 23 2014 - 01:00
Frank-Walter Steinmeier urges support for weekend Ukraine pollGerman foreign minister warns Angela Merkel not to tinker with European election formulaFri May 23 2014 - 01:00
German loan likely to include SME clauseNew Irish corporation SBCI, on receiving global loan, will lend to commercial banksFri May 23 2014 - 01:00
Schäuble backs calls for EU budget commissionerGerman finance minister says Europe should be a ‘multilayered democracy’Thu May 22 2014 - 01:00
Austrian Eurosceptics play on suspicion of EUAs some celebrate Eurovision win, others take a darker view of EuropeWed May 21 2014 - 01:00
Gate Theatre makes its German debut with two Samuel Beckett productionsAudiences at the Ruhrfestspiele festival identify with Michael Gambon and Barry McGovern’s takes on absurditySat May 17 2014 - 01:00
An appetite for warA peaceful graveyard and Irish soldiers’ graves ... how Germany wrote a “blank cheque” to Austria-Hungary for its revenge on the Serbs and the corner of a German field that is forever IrishWed May 14 2014 - 01:00
Angela Merkel issues warning to Moscow in toughest remarks yetVladimir Putin’s failure to de-escalate situation in Ukraine will lead to further sanctions, says German leaderFri May 09 2014 - 01:00
Over 1,200 disputed works of art left to Bern museumReclusive collector Cornelius Gurlitt exacts revenge on Germany for taking paintingsThu May 08 2014 - 01:00
Ireland: prisoner of Big Tech?A data-protection case in the High Court this week brought into focus the relationship between the State and the big tech companies located here. Some say we are regulating Facebook, Google and others too lightlySat May 03 2014 - 01:00
New party wants to split euro into blocsEurosceptic Alternative for Germany party launches second bid for powerWed Apr 30 2014 - 01:00
Uproar in Germany as Putin attends Schröder partyFormer chancellor welcomes Russian president to 70th birthday celebrations in St PetersburgWed Apr 30 2014 - 01:00
Court to hear challenge to decision not to investigate FacebookAustrian data privacy campaigner lodged complaint following Snowden revelationsTue Apr 29 2014 - 01:00
Poles throw a final party for their popeCelebrations in major cities, shrines and John Paul II’s hometownMon Apr 28 2014 - 01:00
Welcome to ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’: an offscreen department storeGörlitz Letter: a Saxony town’s architectural gems survived war to star in a Hollywood filmMon Apr 28 2014 - 01:00
Risk and opportunity for Poland in Ukraine crisisFinding itself in the spotlight, Warsaw is being pragmatic about its neighbour to its eastMon Apr 28 2014 - 01:00
Celebrating the saint from WadowiceMany Poles feel a spiritual mark left by their pope but schisms in both church and society now go unrefereedSat Apr 26 2014 - 01:00
Poland calls for EU energy union to break Russian dominancePolish PM calls for greater solidarity in EU and joint energy contracts with RussiaWed Apr 23 2014 - 01:00
Moscow and Kiev take step forward with commitment to end Ukraine tensionsGeneva talks end with deal to ‘de-escalate tensions and boost security for all citizens’Fri Apr 18 2014 - 01:00
European Parliament president calls for deficit rules rethinkMartin Schulz says EU deficit rules are outdated and more flexibility is neededFri Apr 18 2014 - 01:00
Strikes at Amazon centres in GermanyFull-day stoppages at the distribution facilities over long-running wage disputeThu Apr 17 2014 - 19:17
Germany’s secretive weapons industry under scrutinyGreen Party wants more transparency around Berlin’s armaments dealsWed Apr 16 2014 - 01:00
Upswing for German economy but investors still waryEconomics minister predicts ‘solid upturn’ as data incidates growth will hit 1.8% this year and 2% in 2015Wed Apr 16 2014 - 01:00
Heartbleed software security error was not deliberate, says programmerGerman programmer denies deliberately leaving ‘back door’ in OpenSSL encryption softwareSat Apr 12 2014 - 01:00
Honeymoon over for Angela Merkel as bickering begins within grand coalitionBerlin Letter: Divisions over pension reforms and Ukraine are testing the CDU-SPD relationshipFri Apr 11 2014 - 01:01
German satanists with Harry Potter obsession on trial for taxi killingPair accused of planning killing while being motivated by satanic ‘bloodlust’Fri Apr 11 2014 - 01:00