The British are deluded about Germany’s fear of a no-deal BrexitWe are letting the British media make us doubt the strength of Berlin’s supportSat Aug 10 2019 - 00:53
AfD invoking 1989 slogans and spirit, German activists claimFar-right party paints itself in poll campaign as heir to protests that brought down wallFri Aug 09 2019 - 20:00
Forest death 2.0: Why Germany’s love for trees ain’t easyBerlin Letter: Forests are a cultural touchstone, so climate change’s effects have hit hardThu Aug 08 2019 - 16:30
Left alliance mooted in Germany, shattering long-held tabooSPD interim co-leader says party’s ambition is to lead alliance with Left Party and GreensThu Aug 08 2019 - 15:58
Berlin may stub out pollution with cigarette butt deposit planPetition seeks 20 cent charge per cigarette to be returned on proof butt is not discardedWed Aug 07 2019 - 17:27
Polish archbishop compares LGBTI community to ‘red plague’‘Rainbow disease’ remarks and communist era comparison add to clerics’ anti-LGBTI rhetoricFri Aug 02 2019 - 14:45
Poland remembers Warsaw Uprising against Nazi occupationThe 1944 uprising remains a touchstone in Polish cultural memoryThu Aug 01 2019 - 17:52
Germany rejects US request to join Persian Gulf missionBerlin disagrees with Washington’s policy of ‘maximum pressure’ on IranWed Jul 31 2019 - 19:02
Former Audi chief executive facing trial over diesel fraudProsecutors in Munich charging Rupert Stadler with a number of offencesWed Jul 31 2019 - 08:48
Complaint about loss of German sovereignty to ECB dismissedKarlsruhe court rules banking union of 2014 does not contradict German lawTue Jul 30 2019 - 20:31
Man accused of pushing boy in front of Frankfurt train had ‘psychological problems’Suspect, who lived in Switzerland, had no apparent motive for the attackTue Jul 30 2019 - 17:43
The life and tragic death of Trinity graduate and writer Sophie HingstThe 31-year-old German blogger had denied claims that she invented 22 Holocaust victims in her familySat Jul 27 2019 - 06:00
Polish campaigners fear renewed homophobic violenceLeading magazine could face fine over ‘LGBT-free zone’ sticker in its latest editionFri Jul 26 2019 - 17:18
Hard-drive affair hangs over Austrian conservativesSebastian Kurz aide brought hard drives to be destroyed at specialist company in ViennaThu Jul 25 2019 - 17:05
AKK urges more military engagement by GermanyCDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer sworn in as new defence ministerWed Jul 24 2019 - 14:16
High Noon on the Brenner Pass over traffic volumesGermany calls crisis summit as Austria threatens further action against motoristsTue Jul 23 2019 - 17:40
Polish government inciting ‘pogrom mood’, say LGBT activistsClaims PiS and church ‘directly responsible’ for hooligan attack on regional pride paradeMon Jul 22 2019 - 18:54
Merkel calls for fresh thinking to negate need for Border backstopEU-UK withdrawal agreement not up for renegotiation, German chancellor insistsFri Jul 19 2019 - 16:22
Merkel celebrates 65th birthday with another coupChancellor surprises everyone with choice to succeed Von der Leyen as defence ministerWed Jul 17 2019 - 17:00
The fall of the House of HohenzollernKaiser Wilhelm II’s family is fighting with German state for return of valuable propertyMon Jul 15 2019 - 00:01
Angela Merkel gets new neighbour on Museum IslandOne critic calls freshly opened James Simon Gallery ‘Berlin’s most expensive cloakroom’Fri Jul 12 2019 - 18:13
Irish talent boosts Berlin’s status as technology capitalHigh cost of living in Dublin is only part of the reason why young Irish are giving it a go in Germany’s capitalFri Jul 12 2019 - 16:46
Renewed putsch looms in Germany’s far-right AfD partyOver 100 members warn that party in danger of being hijacked by regional chief Björn HöckeFri Jul 12 2019 - 13:20
Bundestag report reopens Greek Nazi compensation claimGerman position ‘justifiable but by no means mandatory’, report saysThu Jul 11 2019 - 19:00
Germans shaken by series of violent immigrant attacksConviction of Ali Bashar for rape and murder of 14-year-old sparks fresh round of debateWed Jul 10 2019 - 18:52
Angela Merkel brushes off health concerns after third tremorGerman chancellor says she is ‘doing fine’ after another shaking spell with Finnish PMWed Jul 10 2019 - 15:49
Flat-pack bully? Ikea and Poland in furious ‘homophobia’ rowRetail giant faces boycott calls after it fired employee for online comments about gaysWed Jul 10 2019 - 10:50
EU’s highest court asked to invalidate main Facebook data channelTransatlantic channel allows US to spy on EU citizens Data Protection Commission allegesTue Jul 09 2019 - 18:21
A uniquely Irish affair debuts in front of a packed audienceAll rise for round two in the long-running legal action between Facebook, Max Schrems and the Data Protection CommissionerTue Jul 09 2019 - 16:58
Irish watchdog’s case against Facebook to be heard in Europe’s highest courtData Protection Commissioner action could have major impact on firm’s business modelTue Jul 09 2019 - 05:13
‘Berlin is not Munich’: What Ireland can learn from BavariaIrish people based in the sprawling German region offer advice on the CSU visitMon Jul 08 2019 - 19:51
Merkel’s allies urge EU to break Brexit deadlockAhead of Irish trip, CSU pledges support for Ireland in all Brexit scenariosMon Jul 08 2019 - 18:51
St Kilian festival a joyous occasion to celebrate German-Irish links‘Mission accomplished’ says smiling Rory Gallagher fan Steinmeier of Higgins’s visitSat Jul 06 2019 - 01:00
President welcomes new era of German-Irish relationsIreland’s new consulate general to open later this year in FrankfurtFri Jul 05 2019 - 20:19
Brexit binds Ireland closer to Germany in pushing ambitious joint agendaWhether for inward investment, exports or tourism, Germany is a top five country for Ireland with potential for much moreFri Jul 05 2019 - 09:55
Harmonious Irish-German links underscored by musicMichael D Higgins and Frank-Walter Steinmeier attend Other Voices concert in BerlinThu Jul 04 2019 - 21:02
President: Debate on EU’s future should move from backrooms to streetMichael D Higgins on visit to Leipzig says challenges have brought Europe to the brink of changeThu Jul 04 2019 - 14:20
Higgins on Brexit: 'our nearest neighbour is throwing a tantrum'President meets Angela Merkel and Frank Walter Steinmeier on German state visitWed Jul 03 2019 - 19:37
Higgins welcomes bounce in German-Irish tradePresident cites it as proof of ‘strong and enduring’ bilateral relationshipWed Jul 03 2019 - 17:00
Ireland ‘need not worry’ about Germany’s Brexit position– German presidentPresident Higgins meets Angela Merkel and Berlin mayor during second day of state visitWed Jul 03 2019 - 15:29
Michael D Higgins praises Irish-German relationshipPresident and Tánaiste Simon Coveney in Germany on three-day state visitWed Jul 03 2019 - 07:18
Ursula von der Leyen profile: Who is proposed new EU Commission president?German defence minister (60) is seen as a liberal and reliable pair of handsTue Jul 02 2019 - 18:45
Nine decades of rich and largely stable Irish-German relationsHiggins will visit a nation that has come a long way from mere ‘uninformed sympathy’Mon Jul 01 2019 - 00:13
Higgins must watch his tone during high-stakes German visitAny criticism of Berlin’s role in austerity will invite finger-pointing at Irish tax regimeSat Jun 29 2019 - 06:00
Further record-breaking temperatures forecast for EuropeFrance hits highest-ever temperature of nearly 46 degrees and wildfires rage in SpainFri Jun 28 2019 - 21:58
German media struggles to cover Merkel’s mysterious tremblingSecond bout of public shaking sparks theories of cause and poses dilemma of privacyFri Jun 28 2019 - 17:30
Austrians spare the horses as Europe sizzlesCool rooms and 1,000 water stations supplied by Parisian authorities amid heatwaveThu Jun 27 2019 - 21:00
I was a teenage Cabaret obsessiveBerlin Letter: Isherwood and his partner are being celebrated in the city’s gay museumThu Jun 27 2019 - 20:30
German with neo-Nazi past admits to killing CDU’s Walter LübckeStefan Ernst claims he acted alone but authorities vow to continue investigationWed Jun 26 2019 - 19:57
Europe wilts as soaring temperatures set to last until weekendEmergency plans activated as Warsaw, Rome, Paris and Munich register 33 degreesWed Jun 26 2019 - 18:41
