Berlin stands by fiscal pact, but Schäuble hints at move on growth in BerlinGERMAN REACTION: FRANCE MAY have a new president but Germany has the same chancellorTue May 08 2012 - 01:00
Merkel's CDU a nose ahead in German state poll but SPD rivals look more likely to form coalitionGERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel scored a bittersweet victory yesterday when exit polls suggested her Christian Democrats (CDU…Mon May 07 2012 - 01:00
Merkel rules out treaty renegotiationTHE GERMAN chancellor has hit back at the French socialist presidential candidate, François Hollande, insisting that the fiscal…Sat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00
Sutherland optimistic Ireland will support fiscal treatyFORMER EUROPEAN commissioner Peter Sutherland has expressed optimism that Ireland will back the fiscal treaty, but said EU leaders…Fri Apr 27 2012 - 01:00
Europe's anger rises at treatment of former Ukrainian PMGERMAN PRESIDENT Joachim Gauck has cancelled a planned visit to Ukraine amid growing tensions between the European Union and …Fri Apr 27 2012 - 01:00
Bavaria to lift ban on 'Mein Kampf' in 2015After seven decades in political quarantine the Nazi leader’s political tract, Mein Kampf (My Struggle) is to be republished …Wed Apr 25 2012 - 01:00
Germany knocks back Kenny's suggestionGERMANY HAS knocked back Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s suggestion that the EU’s permanent bailout fund (ESM) should be modified to allow…Tue Apr 24 2012 - 01:00
Royal Rumours: Speculation Over Relationship With German DivorceeBERLIN – While Spaniards fume over King Juan Carlos and his safari faux pas, Germans are intrigued by the Frankfurt-born blonde…Sat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00
Schröder calls for growth aspect to rescueFORMER GERMAN chancellor Gerhard Schröder has warned that EU crisis countries face “strangulation” unless the fiscal pact is …Sat Apr 21 2012 - 01:00
German economy bucks euro zone trendGERMANY’S ECONOMY continues to pull away from the rest of the euro zone, with leading economists forecasting 0Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
German stations row over 'Ulysses' broadcastWHAT IS the plural of Ulysses? That is a question Germans can ponder when they tune in to not one but two marathon radio broadcasts…Wed Apr 18 2012 - 01:00
Labour reforms needed to stimulate growth in EUEU MEMBERS should reform their labour markets and introduce minimum wages and indirect levies, including property taxes, to stimulate…Tue Apr 17 2012 - 01:00
Derry-born actor to portray kidnapped Kampusch in biopicIRISH ACTOR Antonia Campbell-Hughes is to portray Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch in a biopic for release next year.Tue Apr 17 2012 - 01:00
Businessman who saved hundreds of Jews during war given bravery awardA German businessman who saved the lives of hundreds of Polish Jews during the second World War has been awarded the Lew Kopelew…Tue Apr 17 2012 - 01:00
Berlin MPs urge action on 'Charlie' sitesBERLIN POLITICIANS have called on the German government to seize two vacant sites at Checkpoint Charlie controlled – though not…Mon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
War of words over Checkpoint Charlie plans of Irish brothersONCE UPON a time, Checkpoint Charlie was the cold war’s hottest fault line, the tense crossing point in to and out of East Berlin…Sat Apr 14 2012 - 01:00
Nama to play role in clean-up of Checkpoint Charlie siteThe historic border is a magnet for tawdry tourism. Loans on the site are linked to NamaSat Apr 14 2012 - 01:00
Use of incest law to convict upheldTHE EUROPEAN Court of Human Rights has said Germany was entitled to use anti-incest laws to convict a man who fathered four children…Fri Apr 13 2012 - 01:00
Ex-minister to take case if Germans denied bailout voteGERMAN PARTICIPATION in the European fiscal treaty and EU permanent rescue fund (ESM) could be delayed with news that a former…Fri Apr 13 2012 - 01:00
Magazine under fire for racist Roma coverSWITZERLAND’S right-wing Weltwoche news weekly is facing charges of incitement for using a photograph of a gun-wielding Roma …Thu Apr 12 2012 - 01:00
German Pirate Party third most popularGERMANY’S MAVERICK Pirate Party has gone from electoral fluke to the third most popular party, according to a new poll for Stern…Thu Apr 12 2012 - 01:00
Alice in Deutschland: Lewis Carroll novel gets 21st century makeoverALICE IS on her way to a job interview and dashes into a department store for a few bits and pieces.Sat Apr 07 2012 - 01:00
Swiss strike bank deposit tax deal with GermansTHE FEDERAL government in Germany has reached agreement with Switzerland to collect and forward deposit interest tax to Berlin…Sat Apr 07 2012 - 01:00
Bucolic bliss drives Germany's 'Heimat' sensationA publishing success ‘infused with the past’ is an antidote to the hurly burly of urban lifeFri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
German veterans' day proposal gets mixed responseA TABOO-BREAKING German plan for an annual “Veterans’ Day” honouring former German soldiers, living and dead, was given a mixed…Thu Apr 05 2012 - 01:00
Merkel plays down Prague pact vetoCZECH PRIME minister Petr Necas has said Prague will “de facto” meet the terms of the new fiscal treaty even if it doesn’t sign…Wed Apr 04 2012 - 01:00
Honecker's widow defends East German regimeFOR HER admirers, Margot Honecker was the real leader of East Germany: the steel-willed, lilac-rinse Stalinist who steered her…Tue Apr 03 2012 - 01:00
Progress of Facebook data query criticisedAN AUSTRIAN law student plans to complain to the European Commission that the Irish Data Protection Commissioner has failed to…Tue Apr 03 2012 - 01:00
Germany denies EU watchdog proposalGERMANY HAS denied reports that it wants to create additional EU budgetary watchdogs in member states, parallel to national governments…Mon Apr 02 2012 - 01:00
German opposition warns on EU treatyGERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel’s hopes of ratifying the European fiscal treaty before the summer break could stumble over opposition…Fri Mar 30 2012 - 01:00
Former Polish intelligence chief questioned about CIA 'black sites'PROSECUTORS IN Warsaw have questioned a former intelligence chief about allowing the CIA to operate “black sites” for interrogation…Wed Mar 28 2012 - 01:00
One more weapon in the cancer arsenalBERLIN WOMAN Franziska Springer’s battle with breast cancer lay two years in the past when, in 2010, the bad news came.Tue Mar 27 2012 - 01:00
Poll slump for Merkel' s coalition partnerCHANCELLOR ANGELA Merkel’s junior coalition partner, Free Democrat (FDP), was put on the endangered list yesterday after its …Mon Mar 26 2012 - 01:00
Excitement growing as potato people of Poznan prepare to roll out the green carpetPOZNAN RESIDENTS are dubbed the potato people of Poland, thanks to their farming background and curious accent.Mon Mar 26 2012 - 01:00
Germany may allow bailout funds to run parallel, boosting lending scopeGERMANY IS reportedly ready to boost the euro zone’s lending capacity to crisis-hit members by allowing its two bailout funds…Thu Mar 22 2012 - 00:00
Begg to urge Merkel to step up stimulus measuresIRISH CONGRESS of Trade Union (Ictu) general secretary David Begg will tell Chancellor Angela Merkel that Ireland faces a “decade…Wed Mar 21 2012 - 00:00
Mixed feelings about new German plan to discuss future of EUA NEW German initiative to discuss the future of Europe – including better co-ordination of EU finance and economic policy – …Tue Mar 20 2012 - 00:00
Ireland should seize chance to execute ideas learnt abroad, Berlin forum hearsIrish businesspeople in Germany met at the weekend. They called clearly for a culture of innovation at homeMon Mar 19 2012 - 00:00
Turbulence likely for Merkel as rival elected presidentTWO DECADES after unification, Germany has a head of state to complement its chancellor from the former East GermanyMon Mar 19 2012 - 00:00
Court orders return of rare art stolen by Nazis from Jewish ownerJUDGES HAVE ordered the German Historical Museum (DHM) in Berlin to hand over a rare poster and graphics collection worth an …Sat Mar 17 2012 - 00:00
Everyone joins in Berlin paradeThe instructions were simple for Berlin’s second annual St Patrick’s Day in the capital’s alternative Kreuzberg neighbourhood…Sat Mar 17 2012 - 00:00
Regional election threatens to weaken Merkel coalitionDESPITE HER business-as-usual manner German chancellor Angela Merkel knows her political fate depends on a snap state election…Fri Mar 16 2012 - 00:00
Curse of fame strikes again as earless rabbit is crushedTHE CURSE of German animal celebrity struck again this week when a baby rabbit born without ears was accidentally killed by a…Fri Mar 16 2012 - 00:00
Surprise poll gives Merkel chance to regain power in most populous stateVoters in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, will head to the polls in a snap election after yesterday’s …Thu Mar 15 2012 - 00:00
Wandering Irish 'outsider' stumbled upon site for Swiss city of St GallenWEARING GREY felt slippers, the visitors pad along the polished parquet floor, pass through the heavy door and shudder in the…Thu Mar 15 2012 - 00:00
German bank chief dismisses euro claimsBUNDESBANK PRESIDENT Jens Weidmann has dismissed as “absurd” claims that internal imbalances in the euro payments system has …Wed Mar 14 2012 - 00:00
Financial deal tax sought by nine EU member statesGERMAN FINANCE minister Wolfgang Schäuble and eight EU colleagues are pushing for a tax on financial transactions before the …Mon Mar 12 2012 - 00:00
Dole rights of migrants to Germany cut by regulationLAST YEAR, an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel remarked – somewhat controversially – that a crisis-wracked Europe was once again…Sat Mar 10 2012 - 00:00
ECB cash injections 'a risk to stability'GERMANY’S BUNDESBANK has warned the European Central Bank that its low-interest liquidity injections to stabilise cash-starved…Fri Mar 02 2012 - 00:00
