For one brief, glorious moment there was a massive tricolour at the World Cup
Livano Comenencia nets historic goal for Curacao, Amad Diallo sends Ivory Coast to victory
Germany
Lipstick on a pig fails to conceal sheer grubbiness surrounding World Cup so far
Moments of joy from Curaçao and Qatar combine to make one almost forget the insufferable bits around this tournament
Germany take control after Curaçao threaten shock in a weather-proof corporate office
Livano Comenencia delivers unforgettable moment before before Jamal Musiala and Deniz Undav show their worth
Western Europeans won the lottery of life. But this is changing, culturally and economically
Europe, one of the most impressive cultural enterprises of the past few hundred years, is at a crossroads
Man wanted in Germany over alleged kidnapping arrested in Cork massage parlour, court hears
Khalid Kurshid (57), a German-Pakistani national, is remanded in custody after gardaí say his daughter is ‘high-risk missing person’
Germany plots next steps after European fighter jet project collapses
Germany pulled out of Airbus-Dassault consortium for project this week
Irish man among five experiencing ‘procedural violence’ in German trial, relatives say
Representatives hold press conference in Brussels for five accused of causing €1 million in damage at German firm, including Dubliner Daniel Tatlow-Devally
Berlin bookshop’s Kafkaesque trial raises questions over German government
Owner wins injunction over culture minister’s comment after secret evidence used to bar literary venue from state funding sparks outrage
World Cup Group E guide: Germany’s next generation certainly can’t be written off
Minnows Curaçao look to make an impact in tough group with serious contenders Ecuador
Is it heresy to suggest the World Cup is more fun when Ireland aren’t in it?
We all have our favourite World Cup memories, and in most cases, they involve sitting on a couch in a livingroom, staring at the screen
European allies and Zelenskiy urge ‘immediate’ ceasefire with Ukraine after meeting
Leaders condemn Russia’s large-scale missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities ‘with a tragic toll on civilians’
A tale of two Germanies: When East stunned West in a febrile 1974 World Cup clash
Franz Beckenbauer’s men lost out in a tense atmosphere amid a turbulent political backdrop, prompting a dressingroom coup by Der Kaiser
Wine and travel: John Wilson’s favourite wine trips from Spain to New Zealand
Avoiding the beaten track can lead to a cheaper and possibly more enriching experience for travellers who appreciate a good glass or bottle
Balkans summit: EU must pick up pace of enlargement negotiations, says von der Leyen
French and German governments pitch idea for gradual integration of candidate countries into EU decision-making process
Remembering Tomi Reichental: a gentle man who never gave in to bitterness
Holocaust survivor was resident of Dublin for more than 60 years
Germany’s far-right and hard-left politics boomerang back to the horseshoe theory
BSW alliance, struggling around margins to enter Bundestag, may be able to find common ground with Alternative for Germany
‘I told Keith Jarrett, If you don’t play I’m going to be f**ked. And you will be f**ked, too’
In 1975 Vera Brandes set up the jazz pianist’s legendary Köln Concert. It’s now the subject of an award-winning film
EU’s six big economies seek move on capital market union despite Irish worries
Ireland and Luxembourg fear negative impact on domestic financial sectors
Danish researchers to do autopsy on celebrity whale - if it doesn’t explode
Animal known as Timmy became focus of public drama after getting stranded three months ago near Lübeck, Germany
An interview with Germany’s finance minister: ‘It’s not a bad thing if you’re shouted at now and then’
Lars Klingbeil, leader of Germany’s centre-left SPD party, on spending cuts, Russia, and trying to invest in its creaking infrastructure
Daniela Klette: Germany’s former most-wanted woman jailed for 13 years for armed robberies
Former Red Army Faction militant had been hiding in plain view of German police before arrest in 2024
Volodymyr Zelenskiy says proposal of associate EU membership for Ukraine is ‘unfair’
Germany’s Friedrich Merz suggested interim step of associate membership without voting rights
Marco Rubio tries to reassure Nato allies over US troop deployments in Europe
Rubio has said on his way to a Sweden meeting of Nato foreign ministers that the US is upset that European allies didn’t join its misadventure in Iran
Dubliner Daniel Tatlow-Devally says German arms plant break-in motivated by ‘urgent humanitarian concerns’
Berlin-based Dubliner and four others on trial in Stuttgart accused of illegal entry and criminal damage at Elbit Systems Deutschland in Ulm
Friedrich Merz proposes ‘associate member’ EU status for Ukraine
German chancellor suggests allowing Ukrainian officials to attend EU summits but not vote
German prosecutors claim Irish man part of ‘sabotage squad’ that broke into Israeli arms subsidiary
Daniel Tatlow-Devally among five accused of spraying anti-Semitic slogans and symbols glorifying Hamas
Merkel receives EU Order of Merit as she warns leaders to tackle tech firms over disinformation
Former German chancellor warns European leaders are failing citizens by not tackling tech companies over disinformation
German chancellor says he ‘would not advise my children to go’ to US
Friedrich Merz tells conference he no longer sees country as a land of opportunity
Rome sees German Catholics’ new blessing regime as a curse
Red flag raised over blessing ceremonies for remarried and same-sex couples
Is Angela Merkel set to return as EU envoy on Ukraine?
Nearly five years after leaving office, the former German chancellor may be drawn back into diplomacy – despite questions over her record on Russia
Lawyers for Irish man on trial in Germany for Israeli arms-plant break-in demand new judge
Defence lawyers argue the panel led by Kathrin Eichstädt is an impediment to a fair trial
Russia breaches three-day ceasefire with Ukraine, says Zelenskiy
US-mediated truce between Kyiv and Moscow appears under serious strain on its second day
Six cases of hantavirus confirmed and two others probable, says WHO
Six cases of the virus confirmed and two others probable, World Health Organisation says
Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe by Katja Hoyer serves up history with a human heart
Hoyer explains how Germany lurched ‘from one of the most liberal democracies to genocidal dictatorship’
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