EU states to carry can for crisis for at least 10 years, says MerkelTAX ROW: CHANCELLOR ANGELA Merkel has warned that the euro zone crisis is likely to be a financial burden on EU member states…Mon Nov 07 2011 - 00:00
EU tries to stem crisis after Greek referendum moveEUROPEAN LEADERS are struggling to contain a new outburst of turmoil in the euro zone after Greek premier George Papandreou stunned…Wed Nov 02 2011 - 00:00
Human rights in Belarus condemnedEU LEADERS have condemned Belarus for its “deteriorating” human rights record, amid growing calls to step up sanctions against…Sat Oct 01 2011 - 01:00
Merkel sees off backbench revolt to secure EU fundCHANCELLOR ANGELA Merkel has seen off a backbench rebellion in Berlin by four votes and won parliamentary support to bolster …Fri Sept 30 2011 - 01:00
Merkel allies using crisis for last-ditch survival bidOPINION: Coalition partners are hoping to capitalise on prevailing anti-Greek feeling and present themselves as a white knight…Thu Sept 15 2011 - 01:00
Greece told it must implement reformsGerman and French leaders said tonight it was “more essential than ever” for Greece to implement EU reform measures.Wed Sept 14 2011 - 01:00
Merkel at odds with coalition partner over Greek 'plan B'GERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel has dismissed a suggestion by her coalition partner that the time has come to prepare for a Greek…Tue Sept 13 2011 - 01:00
German finance minister tipped to succeed JunckerGERMAN FINANCE minister Wolfgang Schäuble has been tipped to assume control of the euro group of finance ministers when long-…Mon Sept 12 2011 - 01:00
Merkel is ready for biggest leap of her careerWORLD VIEW: ANGELA MERKEL likes to tell a story of how, aged 12, she spent a 45-minute swimming lesson shivering at the wrong…Sat Sept 10 2011 - 01:00
German supreme court reasserts parliament's primacy over bailoutsANALYSIS: YES TO evolution, no to revolution: that was the tenor of the response to euro zone bailouts from Germany’s highest…Thu Sept 08 2011 - 01:00
A nightmare for Berlin motorists as cars set alight each eveningBERLIN LETTER: The motive remains a mystery as cars from luxury models to second-hand motors are reduced to wrecksWed Aug 24 2011 - 01:00
Breivik remanded again over Norway attacksTHE NORWEGIAN man behind last month’s bomb and gun attacks has been remanded in custody for a second month of solitary confinement…Sat Aug 20 2011 - 01:00
Domestic roots to German wariness on EU solidarity in BerlinANALYSIS : WHEN GERMAN chancellor Angela Merkel put the kibosh on eurobonds this week, observers around Europe saw Madame Non…Fri Aug 19 2011 - 01:00
Paris meeting just throwing a bone to distract tradersANALYSIS : The negative market reaction was the likely response to few new ideas and lots of fillerThu Aug 18 2011 - 01:00
Taste of things to come or much ado about nothing?ANALYSIS: AFTER TWO hours of Franco- German talks, yesterday’s press conference in Paris passed by in a cloud of buzzwords…Wed Aug 17 2011 - 01:00
Berlusconi's austerity pledge helps steady anxious marketsITALIAN PRIME minister Silvio Berlusconi has vowed to expedite austerity measures in a dramatic attempt to end financial market…Sat Aug 06 2011 - 01:00
Press concedes Breivik's pictures may remain the defining images of tragedyVISITORS TO the Oslo offices of Norwegian tabloid VG can experience first-hand the shocking aftermath of Friday’s bombingThu Jul 28 2011 - 01:00
Party vows policy of anti-racism as legacy to 68 members killedIT COULD be a political rally anywhere: two politicians at microphones in a town square, a crowd gathered, a fountain splashing…Wed Jul 27 2011 - 01:00
Tears and prayers for Norway's lost lives in OsloNORWEGIAN MASSACRE: A KING’S tears summed up better than any words the confusion and distress gripping an entire country yesterday…Mon Jul 25 2011 - 01:00
Gunman alienated by party's softened rhetoricNORWAY'S POLITICS: IN THE initial shock of Friday’s twin attacks in Norway, black and white images of the smoking justice ministry…Mon Jul 25 2011 - 01:00
'I'm almost relieved it seems to have been a Norwegian'THE SEAGULL glides on the warm evening air, oblivious to the wreckage of the office block belowMon Jul 25 2011 - 01:00
Finer details of latest plan get lost in translationANALYSIS: One detail that was not in any doubt was the interest rate cut afforded to IrelandSat Jul 23 2011 - 01:00
Give me a crash course in . . . EU summitsWhy should I care about yet another EU summit? For better or worse, this unwieldy meeting of EU leaders is the only way to make…Sat Jul 23 2011 - 01:00
Hopes for breakthrough on Greece as EU leaders sit down to 11th summitThe Taoiseach arrives optimistic that the euro zone crisis is finally seen as a continental oneThu Jul 21 2011 - 01:00
Greece hopes for bailout dealGreece hopes euro zone leaders on Thursday can reach a debt deal to secure its funding up to mid-2014 without triggering a selective…Tue Jul 19 2011 - 01:00
Bidding farewell to last vestige of Austro-Hungarian empireVIENNA LETTER: Amid a colourful and heartfelt ceremony, Otto von Habsburg’s body was laid to rest in the imperial crypt in the…Mon Jul 18 2011 - 01:00
All 12 approved as Helaba withdrawsGERMANY: ALL 12 participating German banks passed yesterday’s European stress test after the last-minute withdrawal of the publicly…Sat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00
Response highlights tensions within euro zone in BerlinANALYSIS: BUNDESBANK PRESIDENT Jens Weidmann has said a “cacophony” of political voices are undermining euro zone rescue efforts…Thu Jul 14 2011 - 01:00
Beckett's BerlinON A mild summer evening, Erika Tophoven is sorting through her treasures. Hundreds of files fill her Berlin apartmentSat Jul 09 2011 - 01:00
Berlin alienating other EU members, says think tankANALYSIS: A book of 10 essays explores German views on Europe. Many blame Merkel for disorientationWed Jun 29 2011 - 01:00
Beijing expresses confidence that euro zone difficulties are 'temporary'CHINA REACTION: BEIJING HAS full confidence in European economic stability and views ongoing euro zone difficulties as “temporary…Wed Jun 29 2011 - 01:00
Chequered history takes another twist as tourism plan rejectedHELGOLAND LETTER: German interest in its only high-sea island has been rekindled by the keen debate among residents about a …Mon Jun 27 2011 - 01:00
Periphery EU states criticised over their debt woesEUROPEAN CENTRAL Bank executive board member Jürgen Stark has criticised euro zone periphery states for not accepting that their…Tue Jun 21 2011 - 01:00
'Based in Berlin' a provocation too far for established artistsBERLIN LETTER : The frustrated toddler stomps through the white, shabby-chic exhibition space squealing: “Nothing, nothing, …Fri Jun 17 2011 - 01:00
German E.coli hunt refocused on cucumbersIT’S THE cucumbers again. A week after discounting Spanish cucumbers as the source of Germany’s EThu Jun 09 2011 - 01:00
Berlin's bailout dilemma a defining Merkel momentANALYSIS: She who hesitates may be lost, but that hasn’t prevented the German chancellor using the ‘Merkel method’ to query …Mon May 30 2011 - 01:00
Eurovision bloc voting sounds yearly sour noteTO ITS critics, the Eurovision Song Contest is a bad taste tsunami of synthetic fabrics and bum notesThu May 12 2011 - 01:00
Average age of Merkel's cabinet falls in reshuffleTHE AVERAGE age of Angela Merkel’s cabinet has fallen substantially after her ailing coalition partner, the Free Democrats, agreed…Wed May 11 2011 - 01:00
Germany takes hard line on rate cut for IrelandGERMANY HAS insisted that a reduction in the cost of Ireland’s bailout has neither been agreed nor is it connected to separate…Tue May 10 2011 - 01:00
Berlin diaryWhat did the Germans think of us? Eurozone tensions have sparked some verbal hostilities in Ireland towards Germany, and many…Sat Apr 30 2011 - 01:00
Charismatic leaders winning votes with simple answers to complex problemsAs the continent’s political establishment converges in the centre ground, policy gaps are being filled by opportunistic parties…Tue Apr 26 2011 - 01:00
Eurosceptic party makes strong gains in Finnish electionEUROPE HAS another EU-critical party to contend with after a record number of Finnish voters backed the populist True Finns party…Mon Apr 18 2011 - 01:00
Germany reaffirms nuclear retreatA MONTH after her spectacular U-turn on nuclear energy, Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday gave her officials six weeks to formulate…Sat Apr 16 2011 - 01:00
Trichet insists decision will not hurt IrelandANALYSIS: The ECB president denies interest rate hike will increase pressure on ‘periphery’ statesFri Apr 08 2011 - 01:00
ECB rate increase signals end of cheap money eraTHE ERA of cheap money in the euro zone ended just before 2pm yesterday when the ECB made public its anticipated decision to …Fri Apr 08 2011 - 01:00
Forcing investors to pay for crisis 'populist'ECB WARNING: THE EUROPEAN Central Bank has warned Ireland against taking the “populist” step of forcing private bondholders …Thu Mar 31 2011 - 01:00
Merkel feels the pain after defeat in electionCHANCELLOR ANGELA Merkel brushed off criticism of her leadership yesterday after what she admitted was a “painful” weekend election…Tue Mar 29 2011 - 01:00
Summit SnippetsTHERE’S NOTHING like a few daffodils to lighten the mood and so it was for the Irish in Brussels yesterdaySat Mar 26 2011 - 00:00
Nuclear plants stress tests called forNUCLEAR TALKS: GERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel has called for Europe-wide stress tests on nuclear power plants across the continent…Fri Mar 25 2011 - 00:00
Merkel in U-turn on nuclear reactor life extensionsGERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel has conceded that the lifespan of Germany’s nuclear reactors may be shortened in response to …Wed Mar 23 2011 - 00:00
