Germany experiences worst economic slump in post-war historyDeficit in first six months at €51bn, compared to surplus of €45bn for same period in 2019Tue Aug 25 2020 - 11:48
Alexei Navalny was poisoned, German doctors confirmRussian opposition activist remains in a serious condition in a Berlin hospitalMon Aug 24 2020 - 17:21
Alexei Navalny in stable condition in Berlin hospitalAnti-corruption activist’s supporters believe he drank tea laced with a poisonSun Aug 23 2020 - 18:25
German war on criminal clans reaches courtA rapper takes on the Abou-Chaker brothers in what could be a tipping point in clan warFri Aug 21 2020 - 14:45
Germany feels quiet pride five years on from refugee crisisBerlin Letter: What is striking about arrival of 1.2m people is not what failed, but how much workedThu Aug 20 2020 - 20:00
Greta Thunberg warns climate change ‘hamster wheel’ hindering progressActivist says ongoing denial about scale of crisis contrasts with urgency of Covid fightThu Aug 20 2020 - 15:17
Berlin motorbike riders ‘hunted’ in incident deemed terror attackSix people injured, three seriously, after man (30) drove into riders, prosecutors sayWed Aug 19 2020 - 17:49
Race to succeed Merkel as chancellor complicated by pandemicThree or four men jostling for CDU top job but crisis is exposing their shortcomingsTue Aug 18 2020 - 20:00
German epidemiologists back full audiences at opera and classical concertsStudy claims that ‘well-educated, disciplined’ crowd would stick to Covid-19 rulesTue Aug 18 2020 - 17:59
Berliners move to save life of wild boar in nudist laptop chaseSilent protest and petition undertaken after city authorities threaten to shoot the animalMon Aug 17 2020 - 18:55
High-profile trial involving rapper and crime boss begins in BerlinKey witness wears bullet-proof vest as case involving kidnap, blackmail and fraud beginsMon Aug 17 2020 - 16:40
High-profile grandson of Nazi commander convicted of fraudRainer Höss promoted Holocaust education – then fraudulently cashed in on his family’s pastFri Aug 14 2020 - 19:00
Germany offers €220m in supports to print media but some are scepticalGrant aimed at helping with digital transitionFri Aug 14 2020 - 18:13
Ban on beer kiosks draws ire as Berlin dances on edge of volcanoCapital divided into three camps with parties recalling post-wall days despite Covid-19 riseThu Aug 13 2020 - 20:00
Bavarian test lapse in 900 positive Covid-19 casesMore than 900 Germans who tested positive after holiday abroad have yet to be informed of their infection two weeks onThu Aug 13 2020 - 17:04
Coronavirus: How Germany dealt with a meat plant outbreakGerman research says meat plant conditions make them ideal ground for super-spreader eventsThu Aug 13 2020 - 02:13
German SPD nominates Scholz as chancellor hopeful in bid to arrest slideParty in throes of an identity crisis looks beyond its leader for first time since 1949Mon Aug 10 2020 - 18:00
Covid-19: Germany faces its greatest health experiment as millions return to schoolsStaggered German back-to-school push is welcomed by some and criticised by othersSun Aug 09 2020 - 18:55
Germany begins testing holidaymakers returning from high-risk regionsCovid-19 clusters in German states push daily new infection rate over 1,000 for first time since early MayFri Aug 07 2020 - 17:01
‘Other Voices’ team hosting virtual German-Irish concertFriday’s event will see renewed collaboration between Lisa Hannigan and European instrumental collective stargazeFri Aug 07 2020 - 13:27
Neo-Nazi admits fatal shooting of German regional politician‘It was cowardly, wrong and terrible,’ Stephan Ernst said in his second confessionWed Aug 05 2020 - 17:40
Nearly half of Germans back US troop withdrawal, poll showsFive of the six parliamentary parties in the Bundestag oppose the reduction of 11,900 US troopsTue Aug 04 2020 - 17:43
Citizens in Brexit Britain clamour for German passports, study showsOutward migration also rises significantly, with emigrants prepared to take more risksTue Aug 04 2020 - 16:21
AfD senior figure warns of looming party splitHeated dispute erupts over Andreas Kalbitz expulsion for membership non-disclosureMon Aug 03 2020 - 19:19
Phased reopening in German schools as classes judged unlikely Covid-19 hotspotsIf a pupil tests positive, only their age cohort will be quarantined – not the entire schoolMon Aug 03 2020 - 18:16
Anti-Covid protest draws ragbag of conspiracy theorists to Berlin‘We are the second wave,’ proclaimed one sign at the march. It was hard to disagreeSun Aug 02 2020 - 17:03
New cultural officer seeks to boost Ireland’s image in GermanyBerlin-based Candice Gordon is the first of seven cultural representatives to be appointed globallySat Aug 01 2020 - 12:35
Berlin’s S&M workers win stinging court victory over city officialsHealth risk from reopening BDSM studios ‘no different’ to tattoo parlours or hairdressersFri Jul 31 2020 - 17:55
Covid criticism builds as centennial Salzburg Festival opensOrganisers decide to press ahead with curtailed festival amid stringent health measuresFri Jul 31 2020 - 16:15
German studies indicate long-term Covid-19 health issuesPatients tested around 10 weeks after recovery had lingering heart problemsThu Jul 30 2020 - 18:43
Madeleine McCann case: German police to continue Hanover site searchProsecutor’s office confirms investigators began excavating garden allotment on MondayTue Jul 28 2020 - 18:05
Coronavirus: Germany’s leading disease official ‘very worried’ as cases riseRobert Koch Institute president says lack of vigilance by public could cause second waveTue Jul 28 2020 - 13:40
Coronavirus: Germany to test returning holidaymakers as cases riseThose returning from high-risk countries face tests amid fears of second wave of infectionsMon Jul 27 2020 - 17:21
Covid-19 scrambles German CDU leadership raceMerkel’s steady pandemic path has had disproportionately positive effect on CDUSun Jul 26 2020 - 18:45
Android glitch hobbles German Covid-19 AppSoftware issue meant some users were not warned of contact with a virus carrierFri Jul 24 2020 - 16:49
German court convicts man (97) for Nazi crimes as a teenMan who served at camp aged 17 gets suspended sentence for complicity to murderThu Jul 23 2020 - 11:55
Merkel’s role in €750m EU recovery fund attracts criticism in GermanyGerman leader has yet to explain properly why she changed her attitude on EU-issued debt last MarchWed Jul 22 2020 - 17:17
Neo-Nazi goes on trial for murder following 2019 German synagogue attackStephan Balliet attempted to shoot, bomb his way into building during Yom Kippur serviceTue Jul 21 2020 - 20:08
Germans take pandemic holiday as uncertain autumn loomsBerlin Letter: Rude awakening may await country coping well with Covid-19 so farTue Jul 21 2020 - 20:00
German report dismisses ‘restrictive’ arms exports claimGreenpeace study finds German-made weapons are fuelling conflict around the worldMon Jul 20 2020 - 17:59
Polish presidential election turns into two-horse raceCritics fear a Duda re-election will mark the end of liberal democracy, 30 years after end of communist ruleFri Jun 26 2020 - 20:00
Locals at Austrian ski resort blamed for Covid-19 spread show high rate of antibodies42% of those in Ischgl found to have antibodies, with vast majority asymptomaticThu Jun 25 2020 - 16:55
Wirecard collapses owing €3.5 billionShares in Wirecard down 90% in a week after German company files for insolvencyThu Jun 25 2020 - 10:19
German court injunction could limit Facebook’s data collectionFacebook defends data policy and insists nothing will change for its German usersWed Jun 24 2020 - 18:41
Holiday standoff looms over German Covid-19 hotspotFederal states unwilling to host holidaymakers from stricken WestphaliaWed Jun 24 2020 - 17:54
Former Wirecard chief Markus Braun arrestedEx-head of scandal-hit German fintech company released from custody on €5m bailTue Jun 23 2020 - 18:27
German court orders Facebook to stop collecting user dataOrder against social media giant’s Dublin operation says it abuses market dominationTue Jun 23 2020 - 18:23
Coronavirus: Germany imposes local lockdown after meat plant outbreakGütersloh region, with 370,000 people, faces new measures days before official holidaysTue Jun 23 2020 - 15:18
Stuttgart riot prompts pushback against attacks on policeGermany facing law and order ‘alarm signal’ following street battles, says ministerMon Jun 22 2020 - 19:28
Covid-19 outbreak prompts lockdown calls in Germany's most populous stateSome 7,000 quarantined around meat processing plant at centre of new outbreakMon Jun 22 2020 - 18:38
