The Irish Times

German SPD minister ‘positive’ as coalition vote result looms

Result of postal vote to determine if party will support new agreement is due on Sunday

Thu Mar 01 2018 - 14:03

German car giants funded exhaust fume tests on humans in 2013

Daimler, BMW and VW implicated as politicians react with horror to news of trials

Mon Jan 29 2018 - 17:34

German carmakers running out of political cover on emissions scandal

Transport minister pulls permits for 22,000 new Porsche Cayennes with cheat software

Sat Jul 29 2017 - 06:30

Berlin gets the better of Brussels in Dieselgate row

German government accused of protecting car industry over citizens’ health

Tue May 02 2017 - 16:12

Berliners finally dump the car for love affair with the bicycle

Berlin Letter: ‘Cycle Law’ to overhaul bike infrastructure and mark shift in city’s priorities

Wed Apr 26 2017 - 14:00

China and EU recommit on climate change after Trump backs off

US president’s order to boost coal industry strikes at heart of Paris Agreement

Wed Mar 29 2017 - 14:56

German ministry takes meat off menu at official functions

Environment ministry accused of trying to introduce a vegetarian nanny state

Sat Feb 25 2017 - 15:17

Politics of bilocation: back and forth between Bonn and Berlin

Berlin Letter: costs of machinery of state based in two German cities are set to persist

Wed Oct 19 2016 - 01:00

EU states refuse to extend Monsanto weedkiller licence

Decision is fuelled by cancer concerns but could trigger legal retaliation

Tue Jun 07 2016 - 01:05

Modest response to Varadkar news in a Europe used to gay MPs

‘In many countries it would be a news brief but in Catholic Ireland it is headline news’ – Spiegel

Mon Jan 19 2015 - 19:15

Eon denies focus on renewables is bid to siestep bill for nuclear

Politicians fear reorganisation is an attempt to create a multi-billion risk for taxpayers on nucelar waste storage

Tue Dec 02 2014 - 21:38

Schäuble on course for second term as German finance minister

Postal vote of SDP members expected to back coalition

Sat Dec 14 2013 - 01:00