Coalition compromise ends Sweden’s post-election deadlockCentre-left Social Democrats hit confidence-and-supply deal with centre-right partiesFri Jan 11 2019 - 19:37
Four go on trial for theft of gold coin from Berlin museum100kg coin worth €3.7 million believed to have been melted down shortly after theftThu Jan 10 2019 - 09:48
Attack on AfD’s Bremen leader leaves Germany’s left wing paralysedParty has taken opponents’ hesitation as proof of double standards over political violenceWed Jan 09 2019 - 19:36
German man who survived abortion dies aged 21Tim, who had Down syndrome, was adopted by foster parents who became campaignersWed Jan 09 2019 - 10:34
Days of snowfall have cut off Austrian and German towns from the outside worldEight people have been killed and others are missing as Austrian civil authorities warn citizens to stock up on suppliesTue Jan 08 2019 - 16:43
German data hacker says he was ‘annoyed’ by politicians20-year-old student working in bedroom admits being behind huge leak of personal dataTue Jan 08 2019 - 15:05
Computer specialist investigated over link to German data theftInvestigators say they have questioned several people in relation to mass data hackMon Jan 07 2019 - 19:11
German authorities seek Irish help over ‘very serious’ data hackHundreds of politicians and media figures caught in Germany’s biggest data dumpFri Jan 04 2019 - 18:20
Nostalgia for Deutschmark fades as Germans accept euroStability of euro key to Berlin amid external pressures on EU from China and the USFri Jan 04 2019 - 01:00
Germany considers reforms to 20-year-old ‘eco-tax’Tax introduced by SPD-Green coalition led to rise in fuel prices by 20% in first four yearsThu Jan 03 2019 - 00:54
Angela Merkel: the rise and fall of Germany’s great pragmatistThe underestimated easterner steered Germany through crisis. But her pact with voters finally shatteredSat Dec 29 2018 - 00:00
German cabinet approves new rules to simplify labour marketCountry has a shortage of qualified labourWed Dec 19 2018 - 21:20
‘Say it like it isn’t’: Der Spiegel fires fantasist over fictional reportageJournalist resigns after flaw exposed in otherwise ‘perfect’ stories – they weren’t trueWed Dec 19 2018 - 19:09
Germany backs third gender option on birth certificatesLaw facilitates document to be changed retrospectively if wrong gender first registeredFri Dec 14 2018 - 18:30
Abortion law brings first test for Merkel’s successor as CDU leaderKramp-Karrenbauer, who wants to win back conservative voters, opposed to law changeThu Dec 13 2018 - 18:27
Germany still supports Brexit backstopHowever senior officials decline to confirm support would remain in the futureWed Dec 12 2018 - 18:09
EU willing to give May assurances backstop not intended as permanentJuncker says there is ‘no room whatsoever’ for renegotiation of the withdrawal treatyWed Dec 12 2018 - 00:32
New CDU leader starts work on long to-do list – without payAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer must grasp the nettle of migration while building powerMon Dec 10 2018 - 18:45
King of the road: German town lights up for Elvis after 60 yearsFriedberg and Bad Nauheim pedestrian lights reflect memories of the American GIMon Dec 10 2018 - 17:23
German state governments demand surveillance of far-right AfDDossiers demand surveillance of populist party by domestic intelligence agencyMon Dec 10 2018 - 05:00
CDU looks ahead after Merkel’s ‘pussyfooting around’Delegates feel German voters want a new start, clear decisions and long-term strategySat Dec 08 2018 - 05:00
Tears and cheers as Merkel ally wins race to lead CDU partyAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer’s victory puts her in pole position to be German chancellorFri Dec 07 2018 - 20:06
Merkel’s successor is a risk-taker and a deal-makerAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer might have a testing transition ‘co-habitating’ with MerkelFri Dec 07 2018 - 19:26
Irish exporters have designs on Germany for growthMany exporters are looking to Germany for opportunities amid Brexit uncertaintyFri Dec 07 2018 - 05:24
CDU torn between Merkel’s chosen one and ‘a more polite Trump’Kramp-Karrenbauer is in the Merkel mould whereas Merz is seen as a departureFri Dec 07 2018 - 01:00
Q&A: How will Angela Merkel’s successor as CDU leader be chosen?In total 12 people running but a close race likely between Kramp-Karrenbauer and MerzThu Dec 06 2018 - 18:00
CDU race to succeed Angela Merkel turns into grudge matchWolfgang Schäuble has publicly backed Friedrich Merz in what some see as revengeThu Dec 06 2018 - 01:00
Second time lucky? ‘AKK’ waits in the wings to take Merkel’s jobProfile: Foiled in 2000, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer now tops polls to lead CDUWed Dec 05 2018 - 01:00
Polish conservatives face Brussels nepotism claimsAt least four relatives of Law and Justice party officials or employees work in its offices in EuropeFri Nov 30 2018 - 18:45
Angela Merkel left stranded after serious plane malfunctionGerman chancellor takes commercial flight to G20 in Argentina after dramatic landingFri Nov 30 2018 - 14:44
Early Merkel nostalgia overshadows succession raceRelinquishing CDU leadership seems to have freed up the buttoned-down German leaderFri Nov 30 2018 - 01:00
Deutsche Bank offices searched in German money laundering investigationInquiry, sparked by Panama Papers revelations, to continue into second dayThu Nov 29 2018 - 18:30
Germany flags fiscal and monetary integration as prioritiesFinance minister favours minimum level of tax for multinationalsWed Nov 28 2018 - 19:58
Merz wants to succeed Merkel but he has a problem – he’s a millionaireCDU leadership hopeful is learning the rich aren’t really trusted in GermanyFri Nov 23 2018 - 02:00
German study reveals vast scale of violence inflicted on partnersEvery three days a German woman is killed by her partnerWed Nov 21 2018 - 20:25
Poland acts on EU injunction to reinstate forcibly retired judgesBrussels has been in bad-tempered talks with Warsaw over judiciary reforms for two yearsWed Nov 21 2018 - 18:50
Statute to rein in far-rightist remarks proposed in GermanyAfD officials urged to ‘refrain from blanket defamation of foreigners/immigrants/refugees’Mon Nov 19 2018 - 20:36
Macron urges greater European integration in address to BundestagFrance and Germany have ‘obligation not to let the world slip into chaos,’ president saysSun Nov 18 2018 - 20:00
Merkel succession race opens with mild-mannered debateThree contenders for CDU leadership begin contest civilly but looking inwardSat Nov 17 2018 - 05:01
Derek Scally: It pays to court the GermansA sustainable engagement with Germany is a timely investment in a changing Europe, and a wise insurance policy in an uncertain worldFri Nov 16 2018 - 15:28
Strained optimism on Brexit fraying in EuropeAngela Merkel insists alternative to deal agreed this week is disorderly BrexitThu Nov 15 2018 - 19:19
Sweden’s MPs reject centre-right hopeful for PM vacancyVote against Ulf Kristersson a ‘protest against rising tide of right-wing nationalism’Wed Nov 14 2018 - 20:21
‘The Kaiser has abdicated . . . the German republic lives!’ – An Irishman’s Diary on the contested history of a key German speechMon Nov 12 2018 - 18:01
Race to succeed Angela Merkel under wayChancellor admits public dissatisfaction with her grand coalition’s performanceMon Oct 29 2018 - 20:53
Angela Merkel’s withdrawal adds insecurity to EuropeGerman chancellor's announcement is a belated attempt to define her legacyMon Oct 29 2018 - 20:17
Philip Treacy: ‘Celebrity? It means f**k all, to be honest with you’Ireland’s master milliner on Vivid, his huge Berlin revue, and being Irish and gaySat Oct 27 2018 - 06:00
On the Poland-Ukraine frontier, ‘frictionless border’ is a jokeThe EU is vigilant about its borders. Brexit negotiators could learn valuable lessons hereSat Oct 20 2018 - 06:00
EU court orders Poland to suspend contested judicial appointmentsWarsaw says it will study order but is determined to push ahead with reformsFri Oct 19 2018 - 18:14
Volkswagen offers €8,000 scrappage bonuses to German motoristsVW says scheme is incentive to switch to cleaner vehicles and not ‘about selling new cars’Thu Oct 18 2018 - 16:36
Rumours of Angela Merkel’s political demise gather steamGermany’s biggest party faces a leadership crisis that dares not speak its nameTue Oct 16 2018 - 00:47
