Pole jailed for fathering sons with his daughterA POLISH man who imprisoned his daughter for six years, raping her repeatedly and fathering her two sons, has been sentenced …Sat Feb 06 2010 - 00:00
Lafontaine to step down as leader of German Left PartyGERMAN POLITICAL veteran Oskar Lafontaine is to stand down in May as leader of the Left Party, opening the door to closer political…Mon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
Lafontaine to step down as leader of German Left PartyGERMAN POLITICAL veteran Oskar Lafontaine is to stand down in May as leader of the Left Party, opening the door to closer political…Mon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
Church accused of disregarding complaints of priest's child abuseTHE CATHOLIC Church in Germany has been accused of ignoring abuse complaints against a priest who reportedly shared beds, saunas…Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
Church accused of disregarding complaints of priest's child abuseTHE CATHOLIC Church in Germany has been accused of ignoring abuse complaints against a priest who reportedly shared beds, saunas…Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
Depfa fined €250,000 for breaching securities ActTHE FINANCIAL Regulator has imposed a fine of €250,000 on Depfa ACS bank for several suspected breaches of the Asset Covered …Wed Dec 23 2009 - 00:00
Swiss vote to halt 'Islamisation' by ban on minaretsSWISS POPULIST parties were celebrating last night after voters backed their initiative to halt the “Islamisation” of the country…Mon Nov 30 2009 - 00:00
Calls for minister to resign over air strikePRESSURE IS growing on Chancellor Angela Merkel to fire a former defence minister from cabinet after claims he withheld details…Fri Nov 27 2009 - 00:00
Divergent paths from 1968 for three student radicalsLETTER FROM BERLIN: A new documentary charts the careers of a legal triumvirate who emerged during Berlin’s protest movement…Mon Nov 23 2009 - 00:00
Austrian government to recognise same-sex civil unionsTHE GOVERNMENT of Austria has cleared the way for state recognition of same-sex civil unions from the start of next year.Wed Nov 18 2009 - 00:00
Diplomat recalls fall of wall as 'thrilling'GERMANY’S AMBASSADOR to Ireland has described the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago today as the “most thrilling chapter” …Mon Nov 09 2009 - 00:00
Leaders say credit for toppling Wall belongs to peopleSpeaking at a ceremony in Berlin to commemorate the events in 1989, Mikhail Gorbachev says his role was simply to ‘open a window…Mon Nov 02 2009 - 00:00
Space trip around the earth on special offer for Austrian discount shoppersAUSTRIAN SHOPPERS at the German-owned discount supermarket Penny Markt – a low-rent competitor to Aldi and Lidl – have quite …Fri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
New and ancient worlds united in daring facelift for museumBERLIN DIARY : Visiting the rebuilt Neues Museum in Berlin is a dizzying historical experienceFri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Printers push recycle buttonHewlett-Packard is embracing green thinking by tripling the use of recycled materials in its range of inkjet cartridgesFri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Munich is best of the bunch in European property investmentINVESTING IN GERMANY: Munich is the number one city in Europe to invest in according to a survey by Jones Lang LaSalle - while…Thu Oct 15 2009 - 01:00
Remembering how the fall of the Wall began in a Leipzig churchLEIPZIG LETTER: Twenty years ago, a candlelit procession took the first steps towards liberationWed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Consequences of last year's No vote still reverberate in EuropeThe Irish in Europe are on the wrong side of the argument, and not just with GermansSat Sept 26 2009 - 01:00
Greens uncharacteristically silent in German general election countdownTHREE DAYS to go in Germany’s general election and the main political parties are campaigning furiously on everything from the…Thu Sept 24 2009 - 01:00
Germany aims for Afghanistan pull-out in 2013GERMAN FOREIGN minister Frank Walter Steinmeier has said the country should work towards 2013 as the date to begin its exit of…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Germany backs law to pass LisbonTHE GERMAN Bundestag “sent a signal to Ireland” yesterday after backing by a large majority revised laws to allow ratification…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Merkel hits out in row over Nato airstrikeCHANCELLOR ANGELA Merkel has warned she will “not tolerate” premature criticism that Germany used excessive force in ordering…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Next generation of gadgets and gizmos to be unveiled in BerlinTHE EASIEST way to describe the importance of the IFA consumer electronics show, starting today, is to look at the numbers.Fri Sept 04 2009 - 01:00
Resignation of state governor strips Merkel of political allyGERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel lost an important political ally yesterday with the resignation of Dieter Althaus, governor of…Fri Sept 04 2009 - 01:00
Poland recalls dawn attack that triggered warSECOND WORLD WAR ANNIVERSARY: WITH A mournful, wailing siren and a spat with Moscow, Poland yesterday recalled the dawn attack…Wed Sept 02 2009 - 01:00
Before Ikea, there was BauhausThe Bauhaus movement, founded in 1919 with the aim of changing the world through design, is now a byword for modernitySat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryTHE WELL-FED face with full, red lips gazes down from the wall of the German Historical Museum in Berlin.Sat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00
Europe's largest economy lures Irish businessesAs the slump hits home in Ireland, Germany is proving to be an attractive option for firms seeking opportunitiesMon Aug 03 2009 - 01:00
New Lisbon headache for German chancellorGERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel is facing a last-minute Lisbon Treaty headache after her conservative Bavarian allies vowed to…Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
German ruling on Lisbon due todayTHE LISBON Treaty faces its final hurdle in Germany this morning when the country’s highest court rules on constitutional challenges…Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
IBM sees smarter side of urban lifeIT WAS a long way from Galway Bay, but a hi-tech project to monitor Ireland’s western coastal waters was showcased at this week…Fri Jun 26 2009 - 01:00
Cannibal tells of his desire to eat fleshGERMAN CANNIBAL Armin Meiwes, serving life for killing and eating a Berlin engineer in 2001, says he was 10 or 11 when he experienced…Fri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
Fall from grace of German retailing's former golden boyBACKGROUND: Dodgy deals are rumoured to be behind the collapse of German retailing giant ArcandorFri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
Governing party wins half of seats in lowest ever pollPOLAND: POLISH PRIME minister Donald Tusk said yesterday he was "moderately satisfied" with the extra eight seats his centre…Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
Swedish Pirates and nationalist True Finns emerge from nowhereSCANDINAVIANS: SWEDEN'S PIRATE Party is heading to Brussels after coming from nowhere to take more than 7 per cent of the vote…Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
Obama calls for serious dialogue with IranUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama called for “serious dialogue” with Iran to prevent a “nuclear arms race in the Middle East” after talks…Sat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Poland celebrates 20 years since overthrow of authoritarian ruleWARSAW LETTER: Poland has good reason to be proud as it may be the only economy in the region not to shrink this yearThu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Merkel election bounce as president wins second termGERMAN PRESIDENT Horst Köhler was elected for a second five-year term on Saturday, handing chancellor Angela Merkel an important…Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
Stasi link to killing that changed GermanyFOR FOUR decades, Germany has been haunted by the image of a young man dying in a Berlin car park, a woman nursing his bleeding…Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
This lighter, brighter class of Teuton is a striking phenomenonBERLIN LETTER: Germany is in crisis, but there is no sign of the condition that is so very German: angstMon May 18 2009 - 01:00
Desperate media latches on to Libertas PolskaEU PROFILE: POLAND: THE EUROPEAN election campaign in Poland is gearing up to be a particularly Polish mix of enthusiasm and…Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00
Swiss mountain region puts squeeze on 'disturbing' nude hikersRESIDENTS OF the Swiss region of Appenzell have voted to ban “disturbing and irritating” nudist hikers from their section of …Mon Apr 27 2009 - 01:00
Berliners reject state religion classesBERLINERS HAVE voted against offering religious education in state schools as an alternative to an existing mandatory course …Mon Apr 27 2009 - 01:00
Lovesick Dutch woman feigns own kidnappingFORGET THE flying Dutchman; Holland is now home to the lying Dutch womanSat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
Hypo bailout still poses more questions than answersAs a state takeover of the German real estate giant nears, opposition parties want an inquiryFri Apr 10 2009 - 01:00
Oprah sniffs a real storyThe problem of addiction to nasal sprays is so widespread that the queen of chat devoted an entire show to the issue, writes …Tue Apr 07 2009 - 01:00
Lidl kept intimate health records on employeesDISCOUNT RETAILER Lidl has admitted to keeping detailed medical records on its German employees after files detailing therapy…Mon Apr 06 2009 - 01:00
