Space trip around the earth on special offer for Austrian discount shoppersAUSTRIAN SHOPPERS at the German-owned discount supermarket Penny Markt – a low-rent competitor to Aldi and Lidl – have quite …Fri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
Printers push recycle buttonHewlett-Packard is embracing green thinking by tripling the use of recycled materials in its range of inkjet cartridgesFri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
New and ancient worlds united in daring facelift for museumBERLIN DIARY : Visiting the rebuilt Neues Museum in Berlin is a dizzying historical experienceFri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Munich is best of the bunch in European property investmentINVESTING IN GERMANY: Munich is the number one city in Europe to invest in according to a survey by Jones Lang LaSalle - while…Thu Oct 15 2009 - 01:00
Remembering how the fall of the Wall began in a Leipzig churchLEIPZIG LETTER: Twenty years ago, a candlelit procession took the first steps towards liberationWed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Consequences of last year's No vote still reverberate in EuropeThe Irish in Europe are on the wrong side of the argument, and not just with GermansSat Sept 26 2009 - 01:00
Greens uncharacteristically silent in German general election countdownTHREE DAYS to go in Germany’s general election and the main political parties are campaigning furiously on everything from the…Thu Sept 24 2009 - 01:00
Germany aims for Afghanistan pull-out in 2013GERMAN FOREIGN minister Frank Walter Steinmeier has said the country should work towards 2013 as the date to begin its exit of…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Germany backs law to pass LisbonTHE GERMAN Bundestag “sent a signal to Ireland” yesterday after backing by a large majority revised laws to allow ratification…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Merkel hits out in row over Nato airstrikeCHANCELLOR ANGELA Merkel has warned she will “not tolerate” premature criticism that Germany used excessive force in ordering…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Next generation of gadgets and gizmos to be unveiled in BerlinTHE EASIEST way to describe the importance of the IFA consumer electronics show, starting today, is to look at the numbers.Fri Sept 04 2009 - 01:00
Resignation of state governor strips Merkel of political allyGERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel lost an important political ally yesterday with the resignation of Dieter Althaus, governor of…Fri Sept 04 2009 - 01:00
Poland recalls dawn attack that triggered warSECOND WORLD WAR ANNIVERSARY: WITH A mournful, wailing siren and a spat with Moscow, Poland yesterday recalled the dawn attack…Wed Sept 02 2009 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryTHE WELL-FED face with full, red lips gazes down from the wall of the German Historical Museum in Berlin.Sat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00
Before Ikea, there was BauhausThe Bauhaus movement, founded in 1919 with the aim of changing the world through design, is now a byword for modernitySat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00
Europe's largest economy lures Irish businessesAs the slump hits home in Ireland, Germany is proving to be an attractive option for firms seeking opportunitiesMon Aug 03 2009 - 01:00
New Lisbon headache for German chancellorGERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel is facing a last-minute Lisbon Treaty headache after her conservative Bavarian allies vowed to…Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
German ruling on Lisbon due todayTHE LISBON Treaty faces its final hurdle in Germany this morning when the country’s highest court rules on constitutional challenges…Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
IBM sees smarter side of urban lifeIT WAS a long way from Galway Bay, but a hi-tech project to monitor Ireland’s western coastal waters was showcased at this week…Fri Jun 26 2009 - 01:00
Cannibal tells of his desire to eat fleshGERMAN CANNIBAL Armin Meiwes, serving life for killing and eating a Berlin engineer in 2001, says he was 10 or 11 when he experienced…Fri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
Fall from grace of German retailing's former golden boyBACKGROUND: Dodgy deals are rumoured to be behind the collapse of German retailing giant ArcandorFri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
Swedish Pirates and nationalist True Finns emerge from nowhereSCANDINAVIANS: SWEDEN'S PIRATE Party is heading to Brussels after coming from nowhere to take more than 7 per cent of the vote…Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
Governing party wins half of seats in lowest ever pollPOLAND: POLISH PRIME minister Donald Tusk said yesterday he was "moderately satisfied" with the extra eight seats his centre…Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
Obama calls for serious dialogue with IranUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama called for “serious dialogue” with Iran to prevent a “nuclear arms race in the Middle East” after talks…Sat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Poland celebrates 20 years since overthrow of authoritarian ruleWARSAW LETTER: Poland has good reason to be proud as it may be the only economy in the region not to shrink this yearThu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Merkel election bounce as president wins second termGERMAN PRESIDENT Horst Köhler was elected for a second five-year term on Saturday, handing chancellor Angela Merkel an important…Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
Stasi link to killing that changed GermanyFOR FOUR decades, Germany has been haunted by the image of a young man dying in a Berlin car park, a woman nursing his bleeding…Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
This lighter, brighter class of Teuton is a striking phenomenonBERLIN LETTER: Germany is in crisis, but there is no sign of the condition that is so very German: angstMon May 18 2009 - 01:00
Desperate media latches on to Libertas PolskaEU PROFILE: POLAND: THE EUROPEAN election campaign in Poland is gearing up to be a particularly Polish mix of enthusiasm and…Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00
Swiss mountain region puts squeeze on 'disturbing' nude hikersRESIDENTS OF the Swiss region of Appenzell have voted to ban “disturbing and irritating” nudist hikers from their section of …Mon Apr 27 2009 - 01:00
Berliners reject state religion classesBERLINERS HAVE voted against offering religious education in state schools as an alternative to an existing mandatory course …Mon Apr 27 2009 - 01:00
Lovesick Dutch woman feigns own kidnappingFORGET THE flying Dutchman; Holland is now home to the lying Dutch womanSat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
Hypo bailout still poses more questions than answersAs a state takeover of the German real estate giant nears, opposition parties want an inquiryFri Apr 10 2009 - 01:00
Oprah sniffs a real storyThe problem of addiction to nasal sprays is so widespread that the queen of chat devoted an entire show to the issue, writes …Tue Apr 07 2009 - 01:00
Lidl kept intimate health records on employeesDISCOUNT RETAILER Lidl has admitted to keeping detailed medical records on its German employees after files detailing therapy…Mon Apr 06 2009 - 01:00
Early arrests, tear gas and rubber bullets set tone as police tackle anti-Nato protestersANGST, DEFIANCE and the smell of fresh leek soup hung in the air of the “Anti-Nato” camp outside Strasbourg yesterday.Sat Apr 04 2009 - 01:00
Obama speech heralds new eraUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama called for a new era in transatlantic relations on his first official visit to France and Germany yesterday…Sat Apr 04 2009 - 01:00
Family plans to reunite Grosz art looted by NazisARTIST GEORGE Grosz’s biting portraits of Weimar German life hang in museums around the world, from Vienna to Tokyo – unjustly…Wed Mar 25 2009 - 00:00
Swiss furious at German finance minister over tax haven remarksRELATIONS BETWEEN Berlin and Berne have reached a new low after remarks by German finance minister Peer Steinbrück worsened an…Mon Mar 23 2009 - 00:00
Cracks appear in Merkel's coalitionSIX MONTHS before Germany’s general election, serious cracks are appearing in Angela Merkel’s ruling grand coalition over how…Mon Mar 23 2009 - 00:00
Is this the end of the Fritzl story?The jailing of Josef Fritzl this week for the 24-year imprisonment and multiple rape of his daughter has left Austrian authorities…Sat Mar 21 2009 - 00:00
Fritzl pleads guilty to all chargesJOSEF FRITZL, accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children, surprised an Austrian court …Thu Mar 19 2009 - 00:00
Irish race from bust to boom and back again leaves Germans feeling confused and resentfulBERLIN LETTER: GERMAN PUBLIC broadcaster ZDF treats its viewers on Sunday evenings to a bracing dose of time-warp television…Thu Mar 05 2009 - 00:00
Merkel ally found guilty of manslaughter after ski accidentGERMAN STATE premier Dieter Althaus, a political ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, was found guilty of manslaughter by neglect…Wed Mar 04 2009 - 00:00
Nine feared trapped after house collapseAT LEAST nine people were feared trapped last night after the building housing Cologne’s city archive collapsed.Wed Mar 04 2009 - 00:00
Libertas hires top US election campaignerLIBERTAS HAS hired a leading US election campaigner to spearhead the party’s pan-EU fund-raising and European Parliament election…Tue Mar 03 2009 - 00:00
US seeks names of 52,000 suspected UBS tax evadersUBS SHARES plunged 18 per cent yesterday as US authorities filed a civil suit demanding the names of 52,000 US citizens suspected…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
US seeks names of 52,000 suspected UBS tax evadersUBS SHARES plunged 18 per cent yesterday as US authorities filed a civil suit demanding the names of 52,000 US citizens suspected…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
Award for cancer vaccineBERLIN: GERMANY'S MOST prestigious innovation award has gone to biotech company Immatics which develops cancer treatments that…Mon Feb 02 2009 - 00:00