Bundestag backs Cyprus aid and Irish loan extensionsSPD questions solidarity to low-tax countriesFri Apr 19 2013 - 07:00
Irish art on Berlin’s blank canvas‘Neither Here Nor There’, a show by Irish artists in Berlin, turns nowhere into somethingThu Apr 18 2013 - 07:00
Berlin open to medium-term treaty change on banking unionDemands in Dublin not a ploy to delay bank recapitalisation, officials sayTue Apr 16 2013 - 06:00
‘Alternative for Germany’ party calls for euro zone dissolutionSingle currency is polarising continent, says party’s Bernd LuckeMon Apr 15 2013 - 07:00
Upstart political party challenges Germany’s consensus on the euroAnalysis: The appetite for euro-critical debate is growing in German newspapersSat Apr 13 2013 - 06:00
Germany restarts hunt for nuclear waste dumpNew facility for 28,000 tonnes of nuclear material to open by 2040Thu Apr 11 2013 - 07:00
Spiegel editors fired over pay-wall feudOngoing dispute over paid-for content prompts departures at the Hamburg media organisationThu Apr 11 2013 - 06:00
Germany may seek concessions from Ireland for new loan dealTroika report warns of ‘potentially challenging’ situation aheadThu Apr 11 2013 - 06:00
Extending maturities on loans to Ireland may serve as catalyst for return to market, according to reportIrish borrowing in coming years ‘demanding’ though ‘manageable under tranquil market conditions’Thu Apr 11 2013 - 06:00
On Germany, the lady was for turningThatcher’s foreign secretary Douglas Hurd urged her not to obstruct historyWed Apr 10 2013 - 06:00
Merkel pays tribute to ‘extraordinary leader’Thatcher’s suspicion of German unification well documentedTue Apr 09 2013 - 06:00
Ireland vulnerable to crisis shocks - German economistGerman economic ranking places France in fourth placeTue Apr 09 2013 - 01:00
Kohl says German entry to the euro depended on his political survivalInterview in thesis reveals struggle within CDU over the single currencyMon Apr 08 2013 - 06:28
The new Irish Gastarbeiter find their feetSome 25 years after Joxer went to Stuttgart, his children are finding new opportunities in Europe’s largest economySat Apr 06 2013 - 07:00
Berlin calls for data exchange on tax havensGerman finance minister advocates closer co-operation between EU member statesSat Apr 06 2013 - 06:00
Turkish media to challenge exclusion from neo-Nazi trialLimitied accreditation for Munich trial draws sustained criticismFri Apr 05 2013 - 05:00
WWII bomb defused in central BerlinTraffic comes to standstill as Soviet bomb defused near central stationThu Apr 04 2013 - 06:01
A personal tour of some of Picasso’s best worksAfter extensive renovation, the doors have reopened on Berlin’s Berggruen Museum, one of the world’s top private collections of 20th-century artThu Apr 04 2013 - 06:00
Record euro area jobless rate sparks alarmIreland sixth in European jobless league table with youth unemployment stuck at 31%Wed Apr 03 2013 - 06:09
Germany’s CDU warned against courting “shrill” minoritiesMerkel confidante advises party to court conservative base in September general electionWed Apr 03 2013 - 06:00
Hasselhoff marries Berlin WallCivil ceremony reportedly took place in Berlin before a small group of family and friendsMon Apr 01 2013 - 12:14
Former German chancellor Schröder defends Merkel on euro crisisMerkel’s ‘restrained’ leadership is ‘appropriate’, says SchröderSun Mar 31 2013 - 20:16
German coalition partner seeks relaxation of dual citizenship lawsCall by Free Democrats likely to put party on collision course with conservative wing of Merkel’s partySat Mar 30 2013 - 06:02
Band of Brüder: a German view of wartimeGeneration War, a TV miniseries about the second World War which engaged a new generation of Germans, begins tonight on RTE TwoSat Mar 30 2013 - 06:00
Schäuble defends Dijsselbloem over Cyprus bailout ’precedent’German finance minister says it is not ’the task of taxpayers’ to save indebted banksThu Mar 28 2013 - 22:07
Germany’s rethink on just where the blame lies for the Irish bank bailoutAs Ireland’s bank guarantee closes its doors tomorrow, the Irish debate over the infamous decision of September 2008 and the subsequent bailout is drawing attention in GermanyWed Mar 27 2013 - 06:00
German finance minister warns against ‘radical change’ to Irish bailout termsComments come as Government faces setback on bank fundsWed Mar 27 2013 - 06:00
Angela Merkel welcomes ‘fair distribution’ of burden in Cypriot crisisDeal will help win back confidence, says German finance minister Wolfgang SchäubleTue Mar 26 2013 - 06:07
German states file lawsuit at constitutional courtBavaria and Hesse claim they subsidise poorer statesTue Mar 26 2013 - 06:00
Cyprus deal reached that will protect small depositorsIsland’s second largest bank to be wound down, hitting deposits over €100,000Mon Mar 25 2013 - 01:24
Cyprus bringing Europe to ‘edge of what’s possible’, says MerkelCypriot politicians have yet to realise banking model is history, says chancellorSat Mar 23 2013 - 06:44
Trade links with Germany vital, says Richard BrutonEssential for Ireland to move beyond traditional strengths, says Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation after three-day trip to GermanyWed Mar 20 2013 - 06:19
Schäuble supported levy on Cypriot accounts but not below €100,000German finance minister cites lessons of Irish and Icelandic bank crisesWed Mar 20 2013 - 06:00
Berlin presses Nicosia to produce alternative to bank levy proposalTwo big banks insolvent without ECB funding, says Wolfgang SchäubleWed Mar 20 2013 - 06:00
German ‘Antichrist of finance’ arrested after five years on the runFinancier accused of short-selling to earn himself $53mMon Mar 18 2013 - 00:06
Thousands brave cold for Berlin paradeAlmost 3,000 turned out in near-zero temperatures for St Patrick’s Day celebrationsSun Mar 17 2013 - 17:16
Angela Merkel’s Polish roots revealedNew biographer discovers a grandfather of the German leader was born in PoznanFri Mar 15 2013 - 06:30
Merkel criticises excessive manager payOutspoken remarks prompt speculation of a post-election grand coalition with the Social DemocratsThu Mar 14 2013 - 00:06
Schröder returns to German national stage to rally Social DemocratsA decade on, disagreement persists about former chancellor’s economic legacyWed Mar 13 2013 - 13:16
Merkel’s ailing coalition partner FDP seeks electoral revival as defender of euroFDP warns France against creating ‘debt EU’Sun Mar 10 2013 - 22:56
Merkel's strategies on euro zone crisis reveal 'courtesan to the rich'Germany’s left-wing firebrand Oskar Lafontaine has said Chancellor Angela Merkel’s euro zone crisis tactics had exposed her as…Sat Mar 09 2013 - 00:00
German scepticism on debt deal growsGerman politicians have drawn a line through Irish hopes of extending EU loan repayments by up to 15 years.Sat Mar 09 2013 - 00:00
'Bishop Basilius' escorted out of hall after cardinal errorAhead of the conclave to elect a new pope, no one noticed the black-clad Bishop Basilius in the crowd of Catholic clergy in St Peter’s Square.Wed Mar 06 2013 - 00:00
Swiss vote to cap pay of top company executivesExecutive life in Switzerland will soon be less lucrative after more than two-thirds of Swiss voted yesterday in favour of capping…Mon Mar 04 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThere’s a little-known link between the Irish economy and the German language – something I call Brandt’s Law.Mon Mar 04 2013 - 00:00
Helmut Kohl's sons go public on family feudWhen Helmut Kohl’s wife, Hannelore, took her life in 2001, after years battling a rare allergy to daylight, she left a suicide…Sat Mar 02 2013 - 00:00
Kampusch premiere meets mixed reviewsCritics say it’s voyeuristic. but its makers say the film of Natascha Kampusch’s memoir portrays her as a survivorSat Mar 02 2013 - 00:00
Horse DNA detected in Polish meat plantsPolish authorities have confirmed that horse DNA has been detected in three of the country’s meat processing plantsFri Mar 01 2013 - 00:00
Kerry hints US ready to aid Syrian rebelsUS secretary of state John Kerry used his inaugural visit to Germany yesterday to signal Washington’s readiness to support anti…Wed Feb 27 2013 - 00:00
