Germany to fine Facebook €500,000 for every fake or hate-filled postSocial media giant will incur penalty if problematic post not removed within 24 hoursSat Dec 17 2016 - 13:15
Germany: AfD backs election strategy of ‘targeted provocation’Far-right party aims to tap distrust of establishment to raise voter share to 20%Fri Dec 16 2016 - 20:50
Boy (12) held on suspicion of trying to bomb German marketPolice believe boy was steered, possibly by Islamist extremists, via phone messenger appFri Dec 16 2016 - 16:05
Switzerland set to back compromise deal on EU migrantsIn case with similarities to Brexit, MPs water down plan to impose limit on EU migrantsThu Dec 15 2016 - 17:37
Fakes brought to book: Austrian Greens take on FacebookCase by Green Party leader may force social media company to take action on hate postsThu Dec 15 2016 - 05:22
EU summit: Syria, Ukraine on table as leaders meet in BrusselsSanctions on Russia set to be extended, with EU defence policy also on summit agendaThu Dec 15 2016 - 01:00
Auf Wiedersehen: Angela Merkel still standing as leaders bow outThe German chancellor faces an uncertain year and plotting by a conservative CDU cabalTue Dec 13 2016 - 17:41
Austrian Greens score court victory over fake Facebook newsCourt in Vienna orders Facebook Ireland to remove false and hate posts immediatelyMon Dec 12 2016 - 20:36
Hooray for Hygge as Danes embrace Nordic cosinessConcept makes it into official list of what defines DenmarkMon Dec 12 2016 - 20:18
Cologne to deploy 1,500 police at New Year’s Eve celebrationsPresence to be increased tenfold following hundreds of sexual assaults last yearMon Dec 12 2016 - 16:10
Austria threatens to freeze EU accession talks with TurkeyAustria’s foreign minister critical of Erdogan’s crackdown on Turkish oppositionSun Dec 11 2016 - 20:06
Germany’s secret paedophilia experimentUnder the ‘Kentler Experiment’ of the 1970s, Berlin welfare authorities handed over homeless teenagers to known paedophilesSat Dec 10 2016 - 06:00
Germany to set up €150m deportation fund for failed asylum seekersPoliticians agree on need to adjust ‘welcome culture’Fri Dec 09 2016 - 13:24
Angela Merkel’s coalition faces tensions over CDU move to rightConservative rebels in chancellor’s party seek to provide alternative to far-right AfDWed Dec 07 2016 - 16:12
Angela Merkel gives her party delegates what they want to hearGerman leader sounds tougher at conference, but substance of her message is intactTue Dec 06 2016 - 17:20
Angela Merkel calls for full face veil ban in sop to conservativesVow to speed up deportations of failed asylum seekers marks start of re-election bidTue Dec 06 2016 - 17:18
Angela Merkel seeks pre-election boost from CDUParty delegates to put differences aside for chancellor’s campaign send-off in EssenTue Dec 06 2016 - 01:00
Populist FPÖ vows to take control of Austria after next elections‘We are more successful than ever’ says party even as its candidate loses presidential bidMon Dec 05 2016 - 17:09
Young woman’s killing in Germany stokes row about refugee policyChief suspect in rape and murder of Maria Ladenburger (19) is asylum seeker (17)Mon Dec 05 2016 - 14:28
Austrian election: Far-right candidate concedes defeatBitter 11-month election campaign has left political sphere polarised like never beforeSun Dec 04 2016 - 18:45
Santa spokesman attacks ‘misguided’ parent present claimsAustrian parents tell their children that priest ‘is old and confused’Sat Dec 03 2016 - 16:34
Will Austria elect a Green liberal or a far-right Eurosceptic as its new president?Contest between Norbert Hofer and Alexander Van der Bellen is the first in a series that could change Europe’s political DNASat Dec 03 2016 - 05:30
Austrian Jews warn of populist president voteNorbert Hofer of far-right Freedom Party leads in final polls ahead of Sunday’s electionFri Dec 02 2016 - 18:43
Austrian presidential poll test of left-right grand coalition modelFar-right candidate Norbert Hofer faces a rerun against Alexander Van der BellenThu Dec 01 2016 - 17:39
Minister ‘heartened’ by Merkel shift on data privacy lawsDara Murphy welcomes German move towards more business-friendly approachFri Nov 25 2016 - 17:13
Schulz switch to Berlin complicates SPD strategyEuropean Parliament president is said to have his eyes on higher things in GermanyThu Nov 24 2016 - 18:00
Mairead McGuinness confirms bid for European Parliament presidencyIrish MEP declares candidacy after news that incumbent Martin Schulz will not runThu Nov 24 2016 - 17:55
Angela Merkel tells social media networks to tackle fake newsGerman MPs back Irish section within Brexit talks, Minister says after Berlin talksWed Nov 23 2016 - 18:10
Derek Scally: Google has rights to Garda Commissioner’s emailsTerms and conditions of Gmail allow Google to publish and publicly perform the contentWed Nov 23 2016 - 05:00
Nóirín O’Sullivan broke rules with Gmail use on Garda businessRestrictions on Garda email system meant Commissioner ‘occasionally’ used GmailMon Nov 21 2016 - 22:28
Merkel re-election bid prompts resignation in GermanyChancellor seen as past her peak and lacking ideas but better than the competitionMon Nov 21 2016 - 20:08
Garda chief confirms use of Gmail address for official businessForce satisfied Nóirín O’Sullivan’s ‘systems secure and no evidence of compromise’Mon Nov 21 2016 - 18:16
Merkel to seek fourth term as German chancellorChancellor says election will be most difficult since unification because of polarised societySun Nov 20 2016 - 20:54
Aldi empire threatened by Albrecht family’s legal feudBerthold Albrecht’s widow and children take legal action in bid for control of Aldi NordSun Nov 20 2016 - 16:33
Angela Merkel prepares for her last hurrahThe popular German chancellor – ‘leader of the liberal free world’ – looks likely to seek a fourth termSat Nov 19 2016 - 06:00
Obama urges EU unity with Trump to halt Islamic StateEU leaders underline importance of Nato in resolving conflicts in Syria and UkraineFri Nov 18 2016 - 17:52
Volkswagen to cut 30,000 jobs in historic shake-upEurope’s largest carmaker faces multibillion-euro bill related to its emissions scandalFri Nov 18 2016 - 13:11
Juncker ‘threatens to quit’ over future of Martin SchulzCommission president resisting moves to force out head of parliament, says reportFri Nov 18 2016 - 13:00
Do not deviate from US values, Obama tells TrumpUS president joins with Angela Merkel in Berlin to defend transatlantic relationshipThu Nov 17 2016 - 18:18
Obama to press Merkel on global leadership roleUS president to give leaders first impressions of successor Trump during Berlin visitThu Nov 17 2016 - 01:00
Residents’ recycling bin error causes stink – and €1,800 fineHuge bill issued in Germany for badly sorted rubbish highlights bewildering processWed Nov 16 2016 - 18:20
Barack Obama to bid Berlin and Angela Merkel farewellOutgoing US president forged strong links for US with Germany and its chancellorTue Nov 15 2016 - 18:00
Ireland performs poorly in EU social justice surveyIndex finds growing EU economic recovery has done little to ease levels of povertyTue Nov 15 2016 - 17:52
Austria awaits Trump effect for presidential election rerunLast election ended with narrow victory for Green Party-backed Van der BellenTue Nov 15 2016 - 01:00
Poland begins exhuming bodies of Smolensk air crashPresident Lech Kaczynski was among 96 people killed when plane crashed in 2010Mon Nov 14 2016 - 17:20
Divided Poland marks independence dayRuling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski promises to restore full sovereignty from EUFri Nov 11 2016 - 17:44
Angela Merkel: now leader of the non-populist free worldIn Trump, German chancellor faces biggest challenge after many tussles with awkward menFri Nov 11 2016 - 15:57
Trump homeplace in Germany not interested in president-electMany are still annoyed at how he ignored an appeal for funds to restore the church organThu Nov 10 2016 - 19:21
Berlin backs Jean-Claude Juncker call for European armyCommission president insists controversial call not related to Trump’s election victoryThu Nov 10 2016 - 18:00
Influential preacher among five arrested in German terror raidsIslamic State’s alleged ‘No 1’ man in Germany described as ‘the worst’ by returnee jihadistTue Nov 08 2016 - 18:50
