DPC unable to fine Facebook, Instagram on basis of profits earned from illegal data processingData Protection Commission stance may have deprived the Irish exchequer of multibillion windfall, critics saySat Jan 14 2023 - 06:00
Europe’s verdict on Ireland’s Data Protection Commission is damningIrish reading of EU data protection law demolished in final decision of European Data Protection BoardFri Jan 13 2023 - 05:00
Berlin has ‘no objection’ to Poland sending German-built tanks to UkrainePolish call for group of countries to send tanks increases pressure on chancellor Scholz, who has been cautious on arms deliveriesThu Jan 12 2023 - 19:09
Data commissioner did not investigate Facebook with ‘due diligence’ – regulatorEurope’s senior regulator critical of data protection commission over data collection investigationThu Jan 12 2023 - 14:18
Deserted German town becomes a flashpoint over climate change concernsLützerath, which has been largely abandoned for years, is now a base for roughly 600 climate activists angered by Germany’s refusal to ditch fossil fuelsWed Jan 11 2023 - 16:18
German finance minister probed over loan from bank he praised Prosecutors launch preliminary probe of Christian Lindner's dealingsMon Jan 09 2023 - 12:34
Benedict aide accuses Francis of humiliating him over celibacy row Archbishop says he was put on indefinite leave and effectively firedSun Jan 08 2023 - 19:00
Another unhappy new year looms for Germany’s ruling liberalsThe FDP has been overshadowed by its coalition rivals and squeezed by eventsFri Jan 06 2023 - 17:07
Germany and US to join France in delivering armed vehicles to UkraineUS president Joe Biden and German chancellor Olaf Scholz agree to step up support for Kyiv in war with RussiaFri Jan 06 2023 - 12:46
Pope Benedict’s life of ‘failures and also great achievements’ remembered at Munich requiemCivil case involving clerical sex abuse case and the former pope will continue, even after his deathWed Jan 04 2023 - 17:58
Data Protection Commission increases Meta fines to €390m after European rulingFacebook and Instagram not entitled to rely on legal basis currently used to justify data collection under GDPR, says Irish regulatorWed Jan 04 2023 - 15:00
Is Ireland closer to Paris or Berlin? Our correspondents on the links between Dublin and the capitals of France and GermanyMon Jan 02 2023 - 05:00
Pope Benedict: A complex riddle who many Germans remain ambivalent towardsIn death as in life, people in Bavaria and beyond remain ambivalent towards Joseph RatzingerSat Dec 31 2022 - 12:29
Did Sweden with its minimal restrictions really get it right in fight against Covid? The mainstream view in the country is an emphatic yes, but critics point to thousands of deaths of migrant workers and the elderly that could have been preventedSat Dec 31 2022 - 03:00
Suspected Russian double agent facing treason charges in GermanyArrest of German national comes amid fears of network of double agents within country’s intelligence serviceFri Dec 23 2022 - 15:52
Why did it take so long for Germany to prosecute Nazis? Latest verdict triggers belated debate over denial in judicial circlesFri Dec 23 2022 - 14:37
Berlin brothel owners awarded €100,000 over Al Capone comparisonsCapital’s state government ordered to pay compensation over comments by prosecutorTue Dec 20 2022 - 18:00
Nazi concentration camp secretary guilty of aiding and abetting 10,500 murders Court hands 97-year-old Irmgard Furchner a two-year suspended sentenceTue Dec 20 2022 - 16:56
Leprechaun hats or vampire festivals: The mixed message of Ireland abroadPromotion of Irish artists hampered by tensions between cultural diplomacy and opaque State patronageSat Dec 17 2022 - 12:00
Giant aquarium explodes, washing 1,500 fish on to Berlin streetMore than 1,500 exotic fish die as major traffic artery through eastern Berlin blocked and fire brigade explore the wreckageFri Dec 16 2022 - 18:36
Germany opens first LNG terminal as it weans itself off Russian gasDeal also done with Poland for crude oil suppliesFri Dec 16 2022 - 15:57
Timely warning from Heinrich Mann on dangers to democracyThe tragic irony of Der Untertan, Heinrich Mann’s most successful novel, is that the weaknesses he saw in the German DNA were later exploited ruthlessly by German fascistsThu Dec 15 2022 - 19:31
Scholz calls Russian war a strategic disaster for PutinGerman chancellor says real story of invasion is just how far it has gone wrongWed Dec 14 2022 - 19:04
Danish bipartisan coalition to tackle growing crisesFour decades of left-right politics ends with three-way partnershipWed Dec 14 2022 - 17:50
German coup planners approached hundreds for armed militiaFar-right movement had advanced plans to ‘arrest and execute’ enemies as part of alleged coupMon Dec 12 2022 - 19:34
German conspiracy kings attract growing following After this week’s arrests, security services say they fear a much larger circle of informal Reichsbürger sympathisersFri Dec 09 2022 - 18:41
Wirecard’s former CEO Markus Braun appears in court for historic trial Executive denies any knowledge of or involvement in a €1.9 billion accounting fraud that brought down the electronic payments firmThu Dec 08 2022 - 19:33
Soviet, Nazi and bureaucratic ghosts haunt legal battle around Berlin’s most famed hotel – the AdlonBerlin Letter: Adlon heirs seeking €120m compensation in case that could trigger cascade of similar cases over postwar confiscations of Nazi-owned propertyThu Dec 08 2022 - 18:09
German coup attempt: further arrests likelyCall for security checks on everyone in the security services and the military as number of suspects grows.Thu Dec 08 2022 - 17:57
Merkel concedes failings in Russian energy and defence policyFormer German chancellor accepts she did not respond adequately to Moscow’s aggression before invasion of UkraineThu Dec 08 2022 - 17:13
German police make arrests in alleged plot to overthrow governmentAuthorities say alliance of Neo-Nazis and conspiracy theorists aimed to topple the ‘deep state’Wed Dec 07 2022 - 20:47
German police arrest suspected ringleaders of far-right coup planRaids carried out against people planning to replace democratic system with a monarchyWed Dec 07 2022 - 10:26
Germany braces as Wirecard boss Markus Braun goes on trial in MunichCollapse of fintech amid allegations of fraud is major embarrassment for German banking regulator and politiciansWed Dec 07 2022 - 05:00
Cologne clerical abuse case opens door to compensation landslideArchdiocese drops its defence that time to take legal action has elapsedTue Dec 06 2022 - 19:07
Top German court dismisses challenges to EU crisis fundRuling sets possible precedent for Germany to back further EU debt issuanceTue Dec 06 2022 - 16:01
First birthday tensions for Berlin’s traffic-light coalitionAnniversary exposes just how much Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has scrambled the coalition promise to be an ‘alliance for freedom, justice and sustainability’Mon Dec 05 2022 - 19:31
While condemning Qatar’s LGBTQ stance in public, Germany begged for a gas deal in privateWhile Germany condemned Qatar over LGBTQ rights, it privately begged for a gas dealFri Dec 02 2022 - 15:22
Germany recognises Stalin-era Ukraine famine as genocideThe heated discussion over the resolution has revived debate over Berlin’s assistance to UkraineWed Nov 30 2022 - 18:48
Russian leaders ‘certain’ to face war crimes prosecutionsG7 ministers agree to closer co-operation on investigationsTue Nov 29 2022 - 18:24
How Germany became the land that telecommunications forgotAfter being given three years to tackle 500 data dead zones around the country, more than 400 remainMon Nov 28 2022 - 18:31
The Blue Nun is back - and she wants you back in the habitFor many people Blue Nun was their introduction to wine. Though hugely popular then, the sweet German wine is an unwelcome reminder to many of their younger less sophisticated selves.Sat Nov 26 2022 - 05:00
Poland completes second stage of project to seal its border with BelarusInterior minister Mariusz Kamiński described the barriers as “extremely important instruments to effectively counteract politically-motivated illegal migration aimed at destabilising the situation in the region”.Thu Nov 24 2022 - 19:59
Germany poised to use LNG deliveries to replace Russian gasFirst of five planned liquefied natural gas terminals completed in Wilhelmshaven on North Sea coastTue Nov 22 2022 - 05:00
Ice wine: chill brings thrills for German growersA cold snap has allowed for the production of a beloved Christmas drinkMon Nov 21 2022 - 17:06
Musical youth elixir – Derek Scally on Felix Mendelssohn Throwing open the window of the soulSun Nov 20 2022 - 19:00
Just like a season of Dallas, was the last year in Berlin politics all just a dream? With the city-state’s September 2021 election declared invalid, a former politician claims non-elected candidates are just ‘playing at parliament’Sun Nov 20 2022 - 15:57
Russian policy legacy burdens German president Steinmeier Ukraine war has exposed ruthless realpolitik of Germany’s ‘transformation-through-trade’ approach to Russia, policy analysts argueFri Nov 18 2022 - 18:14
Berlin ordered to rerun chaotic state election by constitutional courtCourt declares state poll invalid because of a series of ‘errors that were relevant for election mandates’Wed Nov 16 2022 - 17:09
Pressure builds as German bishops meet Pope FrancisMeeting overshadowed by accusations against the archbishop of Cologne regarding his testimony over a clerical sex abuserTue Nov 15 2022 - 17:53
Carnival revellers celebrate across Rhineland after two-year Covid hiatus‘Fifth season’ kicks off with parades, singalongs and some 50,000 clowns in CologneSat Nov 12 2022 - 01:00
