Romanian gangs who smuggle people into IrelandThe phenomenon of Romanians illegally entering Ireland is not new, but anecdotal evidence from Irish refugee organisations suggests…Mon Mar 12 2001 - 00:00
Former film star rushes to the rescue of city's stray dogsAll dogs go to heaven, the saying goes, but if the mayor of Bucharest got his way, the 300,000 stray dogs that roam his city'…Fri Mar 09 2001 - 00:00
Cowen reaffirms EU commitmentClaims that Ireland's economic and social traditions are closer to the US than the European model did not "stand up to scrutiny…Thu Mar 08 2001 - 00:00
Swiss voters say No to EU talksSwiss voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to begin talks on joining the European Union yesterday, showing once more the…Mon Mar 05 2001 - 00:00
Fischer faces perjury inquiryFederal prosecutors informed the German parliament yesterday that they intend to investigate the Foreign Minister, Mr Joschka…Sat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
Pharmacists get a taste of their own medicineIt often seems in Berlin as if every block has either a baker, a florist, an optician or a pharmacy - often a combination of …Wed Feb 14 2001 - 00:00
Money allegedly embezzled may be higher than $6.8mThe amount of money allegedly embezzled by Irish businessman Mr Paul Murphy through an Irish-registered trust may be considerably…Fri Feb 09 2001 - 00:00
Forde denies Swiss court allegationsDublin businessman Mr Tom Forde has denied allegations that he demanded half the $400,000 (€429,000) commission earned by a Dublin…Thu Feb 08 2001 - 00:00
Irishman unable to attend Swiss `laundering' trialDublin businessman Mr Tom Forde has cancelled his expected appearance at one of Switzerland's biggest-ever money laundering trials…Wed Feb 07 2001 - 00:00
Come to the KabarettThe door of the Kit Kat Klub bursts open and a man with no clothes on hits the pavement with a slapThu Feb 01 2001 - 00:00
German parliament votes for state pension reformThe tortuous reform of Germany's pension system was voted through the lower house of parliament yesterday, ending 18 months of…Sat Jan 27 2001 - 00:00
GermanyThe German media was only moderately excited by the European Commission's reprimand of the Republic's economic policies on Wednesday…Fri Jan 26 2001 - 00:00
Fischer facing investigation on perjury claimThe German Foreign Minister, Mr Joschka Fischer, came under renewed pressure yesterday following the announcement that he is …Tue Jan 23 2001 - 00:00
Officials suspect cash-laundering scheme is Germany's largestProsecutors in Dusseldorf have uncovered what is being called the largest money-laundering scheme in German history.Wed Jan 17 2001 - 00:00
Boris Becker and wife divorce, reach alimony agreementA German court yesterday granted a divorce to the former world tennis champion, Boris Becker, and his wife, Barbara, just over…Tue Jan 16 2001 - 00:00
Czech state television director resignsThe embattled director of Czech state television (CT), accused of political bias by his staff, conceded to growing pressure and…Fri Jan 12 2001 - 00:00
Schroder takes on farming lobbyThe German Chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schroder, has set himself on a collision course with Germany's farming lobbyFri Jan 12 2001 - 00:00
Parliament calls for Hodac to be dismissedThe lower house of the Czech parliament called on the new director of public Czech Television to quit early today, increasing…Sat Jan 06 2001 - 00:00
Germany steers steadily back on economic courseIt's springtime for Schroeder and GermanyFri Dec 29 2000 - 00:00
Kohl swallows his words on wedding mission to TurkeyThe former German chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl is not known for his love of TurkeySat Dec 23 2000 - 00:00
We all know who's coming to dinnerGerman television viewers don't have to sit through Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory each Christmas, but they do have their…Tue Dec 19 2000 - 00:00
Woman in Prague says she destroyed Lawlor firm filesCompany files left in the Prague office of The Irish Consortium, in which Dublin West TD Mr Liam Lawlor had a shareholding, have…Mon Dec 18 2000 - 00:00
Tenant destroyed Lawlor company filesFiles left by a business associate of Mr Liam Lawlor TD in a Prague apartment that served as the offices for Mr Lawlor's company…Mon Dec 18 2000 - 00:00
GermanyA decade after reunification sent the national debt and unemployment soaring, Germany is finally getting its economic house in…Thu Dec 07 2000 - 00:00
Firm with 22 plants finds it has a product it cannot sell"Products that are a part of life" is the slogan of Saria BioIndustries, one of Germany's largest producers of meat-and-bone …Wed Dec 06 2000 - 00:00
CDU speaker confesses in detail to a very slightly misspent youthFriedrich Merz may be the ultra-conservative parliamentary speaker of Germany's Christian Democrats, but he can still play Wipeout…Mon Dec 04 2000 - 00:00
Schroder admits serious EU differences on reform plansThe German Chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schroder, has denied there is a rift between Germany and France but has admitted that a week…Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
A beef-loving nation looks to pastures new"What do I cook for my family now?" lamented Ms Doris SchroderKopf, wife of Chancellor Mr Gerhard Schroder, on the cover of the…Tue Nov 28 2000 - 00:00
Byrne criticises German approach as `isolationist'The European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Affairs, Mr David Byrne, has criticised Germany for adopting a "nationalistic…Tue Nov 28 2000 - 00:00
Germany calls for meal ban after its first BSE findGermany's Agriculture Ministry reported the country's first cases of BSE in German-born cows yesterday as Chancellor Gerhard …Sat Nov 25 2000 - 00:00
Three arrested for neo-Nazi drowning of boyGerman police have arrested two men and a woman suspected of drowning a six-year old boy in a public swimming pool three years…Fri Nov 24 2000 - 00:00
Deutsche Post offer woos new German capitalistsSusanne Thelen's first whiff of easy money came when a property investment consultant cold called her and promised her a 14 per…Wed Nov 22 2000 - 00:00
School marks a Jewish rebirthThe new Abraham Geiger College, Germany's first rabbinical school since the Holocaust, was inaugurated three days after a march…Tue Nov 21 2000 - 00:00
Kohl in bitter attack on ex-alliesThe former German chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, made an embittered attack against former political allies and the media yesterday…Mon Nov 20 2000 - 00:00
Train fire victims mourned at serviceA week ago, 155 strangers boarded a train to take them to the top of Kitzsteinhorn mountain in the Austrian alps for a day of…Sat Nov 18 2000 - 00:00
German Minister quits saying he did not embezzle fundsThe German Transport Minister, Mr Reinhard Klimmt, resigned yesterday after just 11 months in office over involvement in an embezzlement…Fri Nov 17 2000 - 00:00
Find indicates ski-train caught fire before entering tunnelInvestigators in Austria have found their first clue to the cause of the Alpine tunnel fire which killed at least 160 skiers …Wed Nov 15 2000 - 00:00
Holocaust survivor fails the thrift testFor decades Mrs Lea Stern (91) received a small supplement to her German pension, small compensation for her horrific experiences…Wed Nov 15 2000 - 00:00
Identification of Austrian tunnel fire dead could take a monthPathologists in Austria have said that identifying victims of Saturday's tunnel fire could take up to a month.Tue Nov 14 2000 - 00:00
Austrian investigators examine death sceneAustrian investigators last night overcame noxious fumes to enter the tunnel where 155 victims died in Saturday's fire and examined…Mon Nov 13 2000 - 00:00
Bundesrat votes to seek ban on NPD to stop hate crimesGermany's upper house of parliament voted yesterday to seek a ban of the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD), one of the…Sat Nov 11 2000 - 00:00
Huge protest in Berlin against neo-Nazi violenceMore than 200,000 Germans marched with political and religious leaders through Berlin yesterday evening to protest against a …Fri Nov 10 2000 - 00:00
Early welcomes cause bitten lipsPresident Johannes Rau of Germany was in distinguished, if embarrassed, company yesterday when he joined Mr Gore and President…Thu Nov 09 2000 - 00:00
Sharp drop in German jobless figuresUnemployment in Germany fell to its lowest level in five years in October, according to figures released by the Federal Labour…Wed Nov 08 2000 - 00:00
German train company faces €767m deficitNews that Germany's troubled train company Deutsche Bahn will lose up to 1Tue Nov 07 2000 - 00:00
Schroder angered by CDU culture proposalThe German Chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schroder, has dismissed as "grotesque" a call from the opposition Christian Democrats (CDU) …Mon Nov 06 2000 - 00:00
White powder in the Reichstag toilets causes red faces in Berlin"How many of our politicians are drug addicts?" was the headline in Berlin tabloid BZ yesterday after traces of cocaine were …Fri Nov 03 2000 - 00:00
Oil prices force economists to revise Germany's growth forecast for 2001Germany's six leading economic institutes have predicted economic growth of 2.7 per cent in the German economy next yearWed Oct 25 2000 - 01:00
German post office flotation prospectus targets logistics sectorDeutsche Post, Germany's post office, plans to become the market leader in distribution and logistic services after it goes public…Wed Oct 25 2000 - 01:00
