Far-right populists the big winners in Swedish electionSweden Democrats move to the heart of the nation’s politics with 21% of the voteMon Sept 12 2022 - 17:20
John Boyne: ‘Would The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas be published today? Absolutely not’The Dublin writer on All the Broken Places, his follow-up to The Boy in the Striped PyjamasSat Sept 10 2022 - 05:00
Concerns about Germans converting to Judaism carry resonance in land of HolocaustClaims of ‘dilution’ of Jewish identity and religious practice amid conversion as ‘bizarre form of reparation’Fri Sept 09 2022 - 15:53
Political discourse opens up ahead of Swedish electionsImmigration and rising energy prices replace the controversial pandemic approach as election talking pointsFri Sept 09 2022 - 13:27
Germany delays shutting down last two nuclear reactorsEnergy minister indicates ‘stress test’ requires policy move in wake of unfolding eventsTue Sept 06 2022 - 06:00
Germany asks forgiveness for multiple failings over 1972 Munich Olympics massacreCeremony attended by the Israeli relatives of the victims, and by the presidents of Germany and IsraelMon Sept 05 2022 - 19:12
Swedish populists in Nazi misstep ahead of breakthrough pollA party official’s invite to celebrate Germany’s invasion of Poland is a reminder of the Sweden Democrats’ facist rootsFri Sept 02 2022 - 12:15
Germany agrees compensation for families of Munich Olympics attack victimsFamilies of Munich Olympics attack victims to accept offer of a further €28 million compensation from GermanyWed Aug 31 2022 - 18:30
German €9 rail ticket to ride reaches its terminusFresh debate begins on follow-up offer for Berlin regionTue Aug 30 2022 - 17:12
Scholz calls for radical reform of EU voting, defence and fiscal policyGerman chancellor says proposed measures will protect member states against Russia and other rivalsMon Aug 29 2022 - 17:34
Germany signs wind energy deal with DenmarkGerman government working to move away from dependency on Russian gasFri Aug 26 2022 - 16:01
Ireland gets showcase at German president’s summer partyAnnual two-day ‘citizens’ festival’ will feature Riverdance performance and virtual reality tour of Irish tourist destinationsFri Aug 26 2022 - 08:41
Oder pollution symptomatic of toxic Polish-German relationshipAt least 250 tonnes of dead fish have been recovered from the river since mid-July amid low water levels and toxic algal bloomThu Aug 25 2022 - 19:25
The playboy, the sex worker and the ‘mother’ of night owls: Berlin says goodbye to three of its wilder characters All three saw the worst of life but chose to seize each day with a live-and-let-live spiritThu Aug 25 2022 - 09:00
Germany tackles money laundering to balance its booksFederal finance minister Christian Lindner aims to claw back some of the estimated €14 billion Germany loses to money launderingTue Aug 23 2022 - 19:43
Berlin broadcasting scandal and executive sacking fires up criticism of mediaLavish conditions and salaries of German TV and radio management add to dissatisfaction with output and annual licence fee levyMon Aug 22 2022 - 19:10
Selective memory poses problems for Olaf ScholzGerman chancellor rejects claims his intervention helped Warburg bank shrug off €47m tax demandFri Aug 19 2022 - 21:33
Poland says toxic algae may explain fish deathsAt least 100 tonnes of lifeless fish have been recovered from the River Oder in the past weekFri Aug 19 2022 - 16:41
Scholz insists he did not influence Hamburg bank tax affairGerman chancellor to face second grilling over whether he helped bank avoid tax demandFri Aug 19 2022 - 11:57
Record train delays bury Germany’s reputation for efficiencyFaced with passenger fury, Deutsche Bahn and the new federal government are scrambling to get things back on trackThu Aug 18 2022 - 20:00
Germany urged to review funding to Palestine amid fallout from Holocaust remarkControversial comment by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin sparks outrage across Germany and IsraelThu Aug 18 2022 - 19:38
A moment of hesitation that Olaf Scholz will have plenty of time to regret By the time the German chancellor condemned Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’s ‘Holocaust’ remark, the damage was doneWed Aug 17 2022 - 19:05
Outrage as Scholz leaves Abbas ‘Holocaust’ claim unchallengedPalestinian leader accuses Israel of carrying out ‘50 Holocausts’ against his peopleWed Aug 17 2022 - 11:06
Israeli athletes’ families reject German compensation offerRelatives of hostages murdered around 1972 Munich Olympics plan to boycott memorial ceremony after ‘50 years of defamation, lies, humiliation and denial’Tue Aug 16 2022 - 18:24
Energy insecurity clouds Scholz attendance at Nordic council meetingWinter fuel shortages and soaring bills loom over German chancellor and other leaders in OsloMon Aug 15 2022 - 20:17
Oil-spill barriers used on Oder river to catch tonnes of dead fishTensions are rising in Berlin at the pace of the Polish investigation into the mysterious phenomenon, with fears that further delays could see the problem spread to other waterways.Mon Aug 15 2022 - 17:50
Leading German prelate faces calls to resign amid claims he manipulated abuse survivorsCardinal Rainer Maria Woelki facing criticism over handling of historical abuse claims in archdioceseFri Aug 12 2022 - 16:04
German chancellor Olaf Scholz sings a new tune on China After years of cheering on German investment in China, Berlin’s federal government is urging greater diversificationThu Aug 11 2022 - 17:00
Second World War munitions debate explodes with Berlin forest fire Berlin Letter: Fresh talks on alternative site begin after ordinance detonates in Grunewald depot storing unexploded Allied bombsThu Aug 11 2022 - 16:00
Poland hits out at EU’s ‘foot-stamping bureaucrats’European Commission agrees to pay out Poland’s share of the Covid “Recovery and Resilience Facility” if Warsaw rolls back controversial judicial reformsWed Aug 10 2022 - 19:15
Schroder remains in SPD amid grassroots divisionsFormer chancellor turned energy lobbyist survives arbitration commission despite 17 applications to expel him from partyTue Aug 09 2022 - 18:02
European drought taking heavy toll on crops and shipping as costs soarWater being limited in Spain’s southern region of Andalucía, which grows much of Europe’s fruits and vegetablesTue Aug 09 2022 - 17:21
Scholz under growing pressure over tax fraud bankDuring last year’s election campaign the German chancellor denied assisting the bank avoid its ruinous tax bill while simultaneously insisting he could not remember details of meetingsMon Aug 08 2022 - 18:38
Scholz dismisses ‘specious’ Russian argument over Nord Stream gas turbineEx-chancellor Gerhard Schröder suggests Moscow open to ‘negotiated solution’ after Putin meetingWed Aug 03 2022 - 17:58
Austrians mourn doctor who took her own life after death threats from anti-vaccination campaignersCrowds gather to remember Dr Lisa-Maria Kellermayr who received death threats from anti-vaccination campaigners and Covid-19 conspiracy theoristsTue Aug 02 2022 - 19:00
Polish president accuses Germany of pursuing ‘unfriendly’ energy policiesPoland and Baltics would be ‘directly threatened’ only for Ukrainian resistance to Russia, says DudaTue Aug 02 2022 - 19:00
Ahead through engineering to end bath towels at dawn Heidelberg-based researcher likens sun lounger blocking to stockpiling pasta or toilet paper during pandemic.Fri Jul 15 2022 - 18:37
Geman army officer sentenced to 5½ years for plotting terrorist attacksDuring trial prosecutors said Franco Albrecht planned, while posing as Syrian refugee, murders of public figuresFri Jul 15 2022 - 17:44
Germany’s SPD begins Schröder expulsion process over ties to PutinFormer chancellor and party leader now a pariah due to close contacts with Russian presidentThu Jul 14 2022 - 17:36
How Berlin made a mess of last year’s electionsSome polling stations got too few ballot papers, others got the wrong papers and in some cases even distributed them to confused votersWed Jul 13 2022 - 16:37
Energy fears drive talk of German nuclear renaissanceThe invasion of Ukraine has caused Merkel’s ‘energy bridge’ from Russia to collapseTue Jul 12 2022 - 17:30
Scholz concedes energy insecurity a danger to German social peace War in Ukraine, lack of stockpiles and maintenance closure of Nord Stream 1 pipe threaten chaos, chancellor saysMon Jul 11 2022 - 19:50
Oberammergau Passion Play struggles amid faith falloff and Bavarian clerical abuse German villagers have performed every decade in thanks for being spared from plague in 1634 but modernity and scandals taking tollMon Jul 11 2022 - 17:56
Germany bracing itself for ‘nightmare’ energy scenarioBerlin has promised heavy industry cash in hand if they can reduce their energy billsSun Jul 10 2022 - 15:53
Germany frets as vital Nord Stream gas pipeline shuts downConcern that Russia might turn maintenance check into longer-term shutdown as economic squeeze intensifiesSun Jul 10 2022 - 11:27
Ukraine calls for Russian oligarch assets to be used to fund $750bn reconstructionPlea comes as 40 countries and organisations agree seven principles for reconstruction spendingTue Jul 05 2022 - 18:47
Copenhagen shooting suspect charged with murderMan (22) jailed for 24 days over killing of three people at shopping centre in capitalMon Jul 04 2022 - 16:05
Copenhagen shooting: police charge man after three killed‘This is a massive operation; we cannot rule out terrorism,’ says city police chief Søren ThomassenSun Jul 03 2022 - 22:18
The last Nazis ... and the lawyers bringing them to justiceIf he loses his appeal, Josef Schütz will be Germany’s oldest convicted Nazi war criminalSat Jul 02 2022 - 06:00
101-year-old former Nazi camp guard given five-year sentenceGerman court judge says defendant worked ‘with the smell of the crematorium in his nose’Tue Jun 28 2022 - 16:14
