‘I could rent an apartment, but why?’ The teenager who lives on Germany’s high-speed trainsLasse Stolley has become a minor celebrity thanks to his unusual life aboard the country’s train networkSun Apr 28 2024 - 08:11
Poles in Ireland: ‘You’re always going to be a blow-in, no matter how long you live in a place’As the 20th anniversary of Poland joining the EU approaches, Poles reflect on their experiences hereSat Apr 27 2024 - 06:00
Poland’s foreign minister warns of Nato members who lack the courage to face down PutinSikorski says new Donald Tusk government ready to ‘return to the group of countries creating Europe rather than defending themselves against Europe’Thu Apr 25 2024 - 17:57
Who speaks for Jews in Germany? Tensions within diverse Jewish communities increase following October 7thTue Apr 23 2024 - 19:52
Losing its religion: Catholic Poland looks to Irish example as it moves towards secularismModernity is causing a drop-off in people identifying as Catholic, but the Polish clergy also bears some responsibilityTue Apr 23 2024 - 05:00
Germany-Israel relations cool after ill-tempered exchange between Netanyahu and BaerbockIsraeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu rejects German foreign minister’s warnings about ongoing aid blockades leading to a slide towards famine in GazaFri Apr 19 2024 - 18:23
Leading far-right politician goes on trial in Germany charged with using Nazi sloganCase centres on Björn Höcke’s use of slogan ‘everything for Germany’Thu Apr 18 2024 - 18:52
Poland arrests man suspected of aiding Russian plot to assassinate ZelenskiyGerman authorities question two other men accused of spying for MoscowThu Apr 18 2024 - 18:47
Holy Ground: German church embraces Taylor Swift’s music to lure young people to booked-out servicesHead of Lutheran church in Heidelberg 'blown away' by response to worship featuring songs by top-selling pop artistWed Apr 17 2024 - 19:59
Germany should decriminalise abortion, says government commissionGroup presents proposals to permit abortion until the 12th week of pregnancyMon Apr 15 2024 - 15:26
My friend Amy Winehouse: ‘It makes me sad that she died alone in that big house in Camden’As a Winehouse biopic hits cinemas, the Irishman behind defining photographs of late singer tells story of their friendshipSun Apr 14 2024 - 05:00
Bodnar battles to pull Poland back from ‘rule-of-law collapse’The new justice minister is leading an unprecedented democratic experimentFri Apr 12 2024 - 14:20
ICJ case has German media doing rhetorical cartwheels while support for Israel wobblesMedia outlets in Germany are glossing over the proceedings in The Hague, where Nicaragua accuses Berlin of being complicit in genocideWed Apr 10 2024 - 20:54
German politicians were ‘utterly wrong’ about Russia - Wolfgang Schäuble The memoir of the finance minister who oversaw Germany’s response to the eurozone debt crisis has been published posthumouslyMon Apr 08 2024 - 00:01
German constitutional expert sounds AfD alarmParty leading polls in trio of eastern states where voters elect new parliaments in September and local councils in May and JuneFri Apr 05 2024 - 16:53
Polish fears over defence and security ahead of local electionsSurge in Poles buying Tenerife ‘safe havens’ even before last week’s warning from Polish prime minister Donald Tusk that Europe is in a pre-war eraThu Apr 04 2024 - 16:48
Life of Imogen Stuart resembled ‘a beautiful symphony, everything arranged in order’, funeral hearsGerman-born artist died last month aged 96Wed Apr 03 2024 - 17:02
Gender-based German language row anything but neutral Both sides spell it out as Bavaria’s gender-neutral ban prompts culture warWed Apr 03 2024 - 05:00
Sun goes down on German economy as recession drags on and government spending is slashedSolar industry layoffs are tip of iceberg in a beleaguered German market facing little growth and much-needed fiscal belt-tighteningTue Apr 02 2024 - 05:45
Wolfgang Benz: ‘Methods familiar from Germany’s history are being used to cast suspicion on another minority - Muslims’Germany’s foremost historian of anti-Semitism says methods ‘familiar’ from the country’s past are now being used to ‘cast suspicion’ on MuslimsSun Mar 31 2024 - 11:00
Polish officers raid home of ex-minister for justice amid investigation into alleged corruptionSeven charged as part of investigation into state-financed alleged slush fundThu Mar 28 2024 - 16:52
Gerhard Schröder stirs up ‘uncritical and romantic’ ideas about RussiaEx-chancellor and former leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party’s ongoing political interventions are raising hackles in GermanyThu Mar 28 2024 - 05:00
Prolific Irish-German sculptor Imogen Stuart dies aged 96Born in Berlin in 1927, her seven-decade career provided works for churches and public spaces around the islandMon Mar 25 2024 - 21:42
Germany performs political and cultural high-wire act on GazaScholz has adopted a more robust tone towards Israel, but his message is lost in vague languageFri Mar 22 2024 - 21:00
Law to legalise cannabis in Germany clears final hurdle New provisions making it legal for over-18s to possess up to 25g of cannabis for personal use and cultivate three cannabis plants will come into effect on April 1stFri Mar 22 2024 - 16:42
Poland risks ECB row over move against central bank presidentOn Thursday leading allies of prime minister Donald Tusk accused Mr Glapiński of pursuing a monetary policy that financed and backed the previous governmentThu Mar 21 2024 - 19:09
German police manhunt veers into Keystone Cops territoryCase of mistaken identity as police snatch man from bus in Berlin wrongly believing him a member of Red Army FactionTue Mar 19 2024 - 18:24
Susan Neiman: ‘I wanted to revive Jewish intellectual life in Germany, but now I don’t think they really want it’The philosopher says the intellectual climate in Germany has deteriorated since October 7th, and her criticism of Israel’s extremist government has led to her being viewed as ‘not genuinely Jewish’Mon Mar 18 2024 - 11:00
‘So many Irish have come to Bavaria either to live permanently or to develop as a person’Berlin may be political capital, but Munich is Germany’s boom town and Irish capital. Some Irish there would like to see the Dublin Government pay more attentionSat Mar 16 2024 - 06:00
Smiles and statements belie ongoing Berlin-Paris disagreement on Ukraine Two weeks ago German officials were infuriated when Macron floated in public the idea that sending European troops to Ukraine could not be ruled outFri Mar 15 2024 - 18:05
German court set to rule on whether AfD is an extremist organisationFar-right party could be subjected to state surveillance if it loses caseTue Mar 12 2024 - 18:50
Sweden joins Nato as Europe is warned of new arms raceEurope has almost doubled its weapons imports in the last decadeMon Mar 11 2024 - 15:49
Sweden joins Nato and changes the tectonics of European security‘We will defend freedom together with the countries closest to us – both in terms of geography, culture and values’Sun Mar 10 2024 - 15:09
‘It is dishonest’: Germany divided over Oscar-nominated Auschwitz film The Zone of InterestAfter largely ecstatic reviews in the English-speaking world, German critics and audiences have been more ambivalent about Jonathan Glazer’s film, which is is up for five OscarsSun Mar 10 2024 - 06:00
Man got 217 Covid jabs and is none the worse, study findsGerman researchers say case suggests vaccines are low in side-effects for most peopleWed Mar 06 2024 - 14:18
German defence minister admits Moscow is having ‘field day’ with propaganda coup around Taurus cruise missilesChancellor Olaf Scholz’s refusal to supply Kyiv with cruise missiles is popular with his centre-left Social Democratic Party but has annoyed his two coalition alliesTue Mar 05 2024 - 17:36
Nostalgia for Red Army Faction in final act of German terrorist drama A German television report and podcast appears to have produce more decisive leads than three decades of police workTue Mar 05 2024 - 05:00
Vanished Wirecard executive thought to be living as Orthodox priest in RussiaInvestigation by Germany’s Spiegel, Austria’s Standard and two other media outlets claims Jan Marsalek was helped escape by an erotic actress turned spyMon Mar 04 2024 - 05:45
An unorthodox approach: ‘We disrupt the idea of Jewishness to which Germans are attached’Since the October 7th attacks in Israel, writer Deborah Feldman’s sinking feeling about her adoptive homeland has been gathering paceSat Mar 02 2024 - 12:00
Scholz under pressure after blocking Taurus cruise missile delivery to UkraineGerman chancellor has claimed it would only be possible for German soldiers to programme Taurus targets on-site in UkraineTue Feb 27 2024 - 18:58
After decades of pacifist politics, Germany embraces new ‘war-ready’ realityTwo years on from chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ‘watershed’ speech, the country’s policy on defence has pivoted dramaticallyMon Feb 26 2024 - 05:00
German MPs vote to legalise cannabis for personal useHealth minister said new legislation would enable the market to be reclaimed from drug dealersFri Feb 23 2024 - 07:16
Germany faces into recession with little sign of an immediate turnaroundMain political parties can’t agree steps to reinvigorate economyFri Feb 23 2024 - 06:00
Poland moves to guarantee Ukraine arms deliveries‘Different organisational regime’ on border crossings will provide ‘100% guarantee’ aid will reach Ukraine without delays, says Polish prime ministerThu Feb 22 2024 - 17:58
Cillian Murphy: ‘Magdalene laundries were a collective trauma for people of a certain age’After decades of denial and obfuscation, campaigners agree progress on Magdalene laundry is happening as new Cillian Murphy film absorbs audiencesSun Feb 18 2024 - 06:00
Kamala Harris warns US voters of dangers of embracing anti-democratic dictatorshipUN secretary general Antonio Guterres says humanitarian response for civilians in Gaza ‘now on life support’Fri Feb 16 2024 - 17:38
Rape trial involving Madeleine McCann suspect adjourned over alleged ‘assassination’ postsAlleged victims of Christian Brückner include Dublin womanFri Feb 16 2024 - 10:31
‘We had a golden decade before the pandemic where everything seemed financeable thanks to low interest rates’German finance minister Christina Lindner on the challenges facing Germany from the Ukraine war, to inflation, and low growth and productivityFri Feb 16 2024 - 05:30
Cillian Murphy’s Magdalene laundries film grips audience at Berlin festivalSmall Things Like These, based on Claire Keegan’s novella, is dedicated ‘to more than 10,000 young women sent to Magdalene institutions for penance and rehabilitation’Thu Feb 15 2024 - 19:17
Tusk calls on EU to increase military capabilities in response to Russia threatPolish prime minister says: There is no reason that the European Union cannot become a military power like Russia’Mon Feb 12 2024 - 20:48
