Polish conservatives in final push to secure re-electionPiS party deploys laws on mining and criticism of LGBT people in pursuit of poll boostFri Oct 11 2019 - 20:00
German held over killings admits far-right, anti-Semitic beliefsMedia criticised for use of live-stream images and coverage of attack on synagogueFri Oct 11 2019 - 16:24
Polish conservative re-election hinges on regional voteVoters increasingly ready to back party with narrow policies promising individual benefitThu Oct 10 2019 - 20:32
German synagogue attack suspect planned ‘massacre’, prosecutors sayShock after gunman livestreamed attack in Halle in which two people were shot deadThu Oct 10 2019 - 18:54
Two killed in ‘anti-Semitic’ shooting in GermanyMan arrested after attack on synagogue in Halle during Yom Kippur streamed onlineWed Oct 09 2019 - 20:06
The Polish judge facing down threats and the ruling partyMalgorzata Gersdorf warns Poland is on the brink of authoritarianism ahead of electionWed Oct 09 2019 - 20:00
Poland’s right-wing government finds a new targetVoters being warned of plague of so-called ‘LGBT ideology’ ahead of Sunday pollsWed Oct 09 2019 - 01:00
Germany shrugs off British leaks of Brexit phone call between Johnson and MerkelSenior official in Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union says there is ‘no new German position on Brexit’Tue Oct 08 2019 - 17:34
Germans increasingly divided over unification legacyMajority of easterners unimpressed with how democracy is practiced in GermanyThu Oct 03 2019 - 18:19
The Dane, the German and the ‘borrowed’ passportIf his attempt to flee East Berlin failed, he risked prison. If it succeeded, he might not see his family againTue Oct 01 2019 - 18:59
Strache under fire as populist FPÖ plunges in Austrian pollCoalition options await Sebastian Kurz as conservative ÖVP wins 38% of snap electionMon Sept 30 2019 - 18:44
Judge in Germany urges VW to settle diesel emissions casesCourt urges compromise with 470,000 owners in case that could stretch to 2023Mon Sept 30 2019 - 16:30
Austria election: Kurz set to return to power after snap pollFormer chancellor’s conservatives make gains while far-right Freedom Party slipsSun Sept 29 2019 - 19:52
20 years after I ‘did’ Erasmus, Berlin is still my homeAt the time, it seemed like a tiresome hoop to jump through. But it changed my lifeSat Sept 28 2019 - 06:00
Greens eye power in Austrian electionGlobal climate protest may propel Vienna away from populist-conservative coalitionFri Sept 27 2019 - 20:00
Austria’s populist party shrugs off scandal in re-election bidFreedom Party leader Hofer expected to be in a position to form another coalition with the People’s PartyThu Sept 26 2019 - 22:00
Austrian election: Sebastian Kurz pushes for return to officeCountry’s political wunderkind will have to work exceedingly hard for a return to powerThu Sept 26 2019 - 01:00
Power changed Merkel’s climate record – for the worseChancellor’s interest in climate ebbs when it conflicts with German commercial interestsWed Sept 25 2019 - 01:39
Angela Merkel mocked for ‘pick and mix’ climate packageProtesters criticise German chancellor’s carbon dioxide tax and fuel hike measuresFri Sept 20 2019 - 20:24
Millions of Europeans take part in strike for climate actionProtests mark 1st anniversary of Greta Thunberg’s solo school strike in StockholmFri Sept 20 2019 - 17:27
David Hasselhoff didn’t bring down Berlin Wall – take it from The Hoff himselfUS actor and singer's Looking for Freedom became part of Germany’s 1989 protestsThu Sept 19 2019 - 09:40
Ice breakthrough: German ship begins year-long voyage to ArcticPolarstern scientific environmental mission to drift with currents to North PoleWed Sept 18 2019 - 20:09
AfD politician confronted about reviving ‘Nazi language’Björn Höcke rattled by reporter’s questions about his use of terms such as ‘living space’Mon Sept 16 2019 - 18:35
Volkswagen denies it fitted defeat devices into second engine modelLeaked documents suggest software fitted to detect if exhaust test being carried outThu Sept 12 2019 - 16:56
German MPs ditch Brexit for climate action amid budget debateAngela Merkel calls for a ‘show of strength’ from EU on environment and digitalisationWed Sept 11 2019 - 21:06
China warns Germany over visit by Hong Kong activistDemocracy campaigner Joshua Wong labels Hong Kong ‘the new Berlin’ on German tripWed Sept 11 2019 - 20:15
Austrian People’s Party calls alleged hack an ‘attack on democracy’News comes ahead of snap election and after revelation party broke spending lawsFri Sept 06 2019 - 18:41
Angst hits 25-year low in Germany, the country that invented itStudy suggests Germans feeling unusually chipper after ‘retreat in nearly all worries’Fri Sept 06 2019 - 17:03
Two men jailed in Germany for decades of child abuseJudge calls men’s tactics, befriending single parents online to get closer to their children, ‘perfidious’Thu Sept 05 2019 - 18:49
For good or ill, September 2015 was the making of Angela MerkelA gripping docudrama on German TV recounts the chancellor’s handling of the refugee crisisThu Sept 05 2019 - 10:22
SPD begins extended search for new leaderPublic selection process is a novelty, and a risk, for Germany’s oldest partyWed Sept 04 2019 - 21:09
Derek Scally: Merkel method will be missed on world stageTrump approach is anathema to German chancellor’s level-headed approach to compromiseWed Sept 04 2019 - 01:21
CDU leader rules out far-right co-operationAfD’s success has reshuffled Germany’s coalition arithmetic for mainstream partiesMon Sept 02 2019 - 19:07
Berlin zoo announces birth of twin panda cubsPanda couple, Meng Meng and Jiao Qing, produce first panda cubs born in GermanyMon Sept 02 2019 - 14:59
Germany’s far-right party AfD leaps into political prime timeElection shows greater changes are underway in Germany’s wider political systemMon Sept 02 2019 - 13:04
German regional elections produce far-right surgeExit polls put AfD finishing second with 27.5% in Saxony and 22.5% in BrandenburgSun Sept 01 2019 - 20:47
German president asks Poland’s forgiveness for Nazi tyrannyEvents held in Poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of second World WarSun Sept 01 2019 - 17:36
Weekend regional elections set to reshape German politicsOne key frustration is the growing fatigue with Merkle and her liberal migration legacyFri Aug 30 2019 - 20:00
‘Boris the dictator’: World’s press reacts to suspension of British parlimentMost papers sternly opposed to move but more right-leaning outlets more supportiveThu Aug 29 2019 - 07:59
Rent cap proposal divides Berlin city coalitionProposal would see rent for 100sq m apartment reduced to maximum of €800 a monthTue Aug 27 2019 - 19:58
Former Volkswagen boss Ferdinand Piëch dies at 82Gifted but ruthless engineer built German car maker into a 12-brand empireTue Aug 27 2019 - 08:33
Historic gate will be Berlin Philharmonic’s backdropNew conductor Kirill Petrenko will front free open-air concert – for one night onlyFri Aug 23 2019 - 18:43
Poland’s justice ministry allegedly used dirty tricks against reform blockersClaims obscene postcards to supreme court president were sent by PiS-affiliated judgesFri Aug 23 2019 - 17:43
Germany’s golden economic run of the Merkel era may be overStrong consumer spending not enough to counter weakening industrial productionFri Aug 23 2019 - 05:30
Brexit: Merkel gives Johnson 30-day deadline to avoid no-deal‘Irish peace is European peace,’ says Macron ahead of visit to Paris from British PMThu Aug 22 2019 - 02:07
Johnson’s efforts to control talks rebuffed by MerkelBritish PM visit fails to dent Brexit deadlock as German support for Ireland appears solidWed Aug 21 2019 - 21:12
Boris Johnson’s ‘hot air’ derided by German press ahead of Berlin visitGerman newspapers universally scathing of British PM and supportive of Irish concernsWed Aug 21 2019 - 13:19
Merkel to urge Johnson to break Brexit deadlockGerman leader rebuffs UK attempts to make her officially negotiate on EU withdrawalWed Aug 21 2019 - 01:00
Scholz does U-turn to run for SPD leadershipFederal finance minister enters race amid unpopular coalition and looming recessionMon Aug 19 2019 - 18:33
Germany seeks to reclaim Weimar Republic from fascism that followedTaking stock of dark and light legacy of a first experiment in democracy 100 years onMon Aug 12 2019 - 01:00
