Crisis shakes Berlin coalitionThe fate of Chancellor Gerhard Schr÷der's Social Democrat-Green coalition hangs in the balance pending today's confidence vote…Fri Nov 16 2001 - 00:00
Schr÷der calls for confidence in governmentThe German Chancellor Mr Gerhard Schr÷der has called a confidence vote in the government for Friday alongside a vote on sending…Wed Nov 14 2001 - 00:00
West Berlin disco bombers sentencedA German court has jailed four people for their roles in the 1986 bombing of a Berlin disco which killed two US soldiers and …Wed Nov 14 2001 - 00:00
German teachers critical of US get 'Stasi treatment'Three German teachers say they have been unfairly punished for expressing allegedly anti-American sentiment after the September…Mon Nov 12 2001 - 00:00
Fischer threat on troopsThe German Foreign Minister, Mr Joschka Fischer, has threatened to resign unless his Green Party colleagues back deployment of…Fri Nov 09 2001 - 00:00
Prodi attacks criticisms of his language abilityThe President of the European Commission, Mr Romano Prodi, restated his intention to serve his full five-year term of office …Thu Nov 08 2001 - 00:00
Berlin backs troop deploymentThe German cabinet approved a plan yesterday to deploy up to 3,900 soldiers to the war in AfghanistanThu Nov 08 2001 - 00:00
German computer game offers therapy for angry europhobesA German computer company has developed a computer game they hope will capitalise on euro-phobia before the end of the yearWed Nov 07 2001 - 00:00
Schr÷der is ready to send German troops into the war zoneThe German Chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schr÷der, has signalled Germany's readiness to send up to 3,900 soldiers to Afghanistan, pending…Wed Nov 07 2001 - 00:00
German coalition partners at odds over war aimsSerious divisions are emerging in Germany's ruling Social Democrat/Green Party coalition over the war in AfghanistanTue Nov 06 2001 - 00:00
Bundesbank president hints interest rates will not changeThe president of the Bundesbank has hinted that the European Central Bank (ECB) will leave interest rates unchanged this week…Mon Nov 05 2001 - 00:00
UN agency warns on attacks against N-plantsAttacks against nuclear power plants and other acts of nuclear terrorism are "far more likely" than ever before, the UN nuclear…Fri Nov 02 2001 - 00:00
113 are still missing in Swiss tunnelSwiss rescue workers warned it could be Monday before they are able to reach the accident scene in the Gotthard Tunnel.Sat Oct 27 2001 - 01:00
German pastor sent names of 'non-Aryan Christians' to NazisA Berlin historian has uncovered how a Berlin pastor spent a decade searching the registry of the Lutheran church in Berlin for…Fri Oct 26 2001 - 01:00
Swiss rescuers search for tunnel victimsRescue teams worked through the night to secure the Gotthard tunnel in Switzerland where 11 people died and up to 128 are still…Fri Oct 26 2001 - 01:00
10 killed after collision, fire in Swiss tunnelAt least 10 people were killed after a head-on collision between two trucks led to a major fire in the 17 km-long Gotthard Tunnel…Thu Oct 25 2001 - 01:00
SPD in Berlin gains most in electionGermany's reformed communist party (PDS) took a fifth of the popular vote in state elections in Berlin yesterday, but could be…Mon Oct 22 2001 - 01:00
SLD win election but short of overall majorityPoland's reformed communists, the Democratic Left Union (SLD), may fall short of an absolute parliamentary majority, according…Tue Sept 25 2001 - 01:00
Lithuanian leader sees Ireland as EU modelThere is an air of controlled chaos in the residence of the Lithuanian president, Mr Valdas Adamkus.Mon Sept 24 2001 - 01:00
Poland's reformed communists oust Solidarity alliance in elections - exit pollPoland's reformed communists, the Democratic Left Union (SLD), ousted the ruling Solidarity-AWS government out of power last …Mon Sept 24 2001 - 01:00
Electrician with 'big ear for the little man' set to win Polish voteThe first time Polish voters put their trust in an electrician, they elected Mr Lech Walesa president in the first free elections…Sat Sept 22 2001 - 01:00
Bundestag votes in favour of concerted international actionGermany's lower house of parliament yesterday voted overwhelmingly to support international military action to fight terrorism…Thu Sept 20 2001 - 01:00
Deconstructing historyAdolf Hitler planned a Jewish Museum in Berlin which, after the successful implementation of the Final Solution, would document…Tue Sept 11 2001 - 01:00
German minister defends flightsGermany's embattled defence minister, Mr Rudolf Scharping, yesterday denied allegations that he used government airplanes for…Tue Sept 11 2001 - 01:00
Racial stereotypes thriving in GermanyGerman public transport is a wonder: not because it is so efficient, but because it is based on the honour systemSat Sept 01 2001 - 01:00
`Feel, look and tilt' way to real thingCounterfeiters, start your printing pressesFri Aug 31 2001 - 01:00
Bringing the euro to BerlinFrom Monday, armoured trucks will start off around the country delivering over 15 billion euro coins and 2Fri Aug 31 2001 - 01:00
Telekom chief trumpets 12% rise in first half profitsDeutsche Telekom chief Mr Ron Sommer came out fighting yesterday, announcing a 12 per cent increase in core profits in the first…Wed Aug 29 2001 - 01:00
EU funding for Palestinian schoolbooks queriedThe German government is investigating claims that EU subsidies were indirectly used by Palestinians to produce schoolbooks containing…Mon Aug 27 2001 - 01:00
Open door policy makes for a capital city for German clubbersIt's a scene familiar to any Dubliner. A man is turned away from a nightclub for wearing the wrong shoes.Fri Aug 24 2001 - 01:00
Euro falls to $0.9112 on poor German dataThe euro fell to $0.9112 yesterday on the back of weak German economic growth figuresFri Aug 24 2001 - 01:00
Simon Rattle wins bitter battle for freedom at Berlin PhilharmonicThe British conductor Sir Simon Rattle has signed a 10-year contract as artistic director of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra…Thu Aug 23 2001 - 01:00
Vodafone denies paying bribes to MannesmannVodafone yesterday denied it bribed directors of German telecoms rival Mannesmann to seal its takeover of the company last year…Wed Aug 22 2001 - 01:00
Germany's jobless may rise by 10%Unemployment in Germany could, by early next year, rise to 4Wed Aug 22 2001 - 01:00
Vodafone inquiry widens to include GentGerman prosecutors have expanded their investigation of Vodafone's hostile takeover of German telecoms company Mannesmann to …Tue Aug 21 2001 - 01:00
Commerzbank may be takeover targetSpeculation is growing that Commerzbank, Germany's fourth largest bank, could be the target of a takeover in the coming weeks…Mon Aug 20 2001 - 01:00
Doctors offered Orient Express trip for prescribing Bayer drug LipobayDoctors who prescribed cholesterol-fighting drug Lipobay to more than 25 of their patients were promised a free trip on the Orient…Sat Aug 18 2001 - 01:00
Bundesbank rules out recessionGermany is not heading for a recession even though growth slowed to zero in the second quarter of this year, the Bundesbank said…Fri Aug 17 2001 - 01:00
Deutsche Telekom advertises apology for drop in share valueDeutsche Telekom took out full-page advertisements in German newspapers yesterday to apologise to shareholders for the 20 per…Thu Aug 16 2001 - 01:00
Telekom, Deutsche Bank will meet to discuss sell-offTop-level management from Deutsche Telekom and Deutsche Bank are to meet this week to discuss Deutsche's sell-off of 44 million…Tue Aug 14 2001 - 01:00
Western leaders knew of plan to build Berlin WallDeclassified intelligence reports have shed new light on one of history's greatest "what-ifs", the building of the Berlin Wall…Sat Aug 11 2001 - 01:00
Schr÷der admits job cuts target difficult to achieveThe German Chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schr÷der, has admitted it is unlikely he will achieve his goal of cutting unemployment to below…Thu Aug 09 2001 - 01:00
3.86 million now unemployed in GermanyUnemployment in Germany has risen for the seventh month in a row, in the latest blow to Chancellor Mr Gerhard Schr÷der's hopes…Wed Aug 08 2001 - 01:00
Retailers are prepared as licence to haggle arrivesGerman shoppers had an extra reason to look forward to the start of the summer sales last MondayMon Aug 06 2001 - 01:00
Germany to reverse immigration policy to meet need for workersGermany is set to end its decades-old closed door policy and allow immigrants to live and work permanently in the country, based…Sat Aug 04 2001 - 01:00
German nuclear waste arrives in FranceThe largest-ever shipment of German nuclear waste reached a reprocessing facility at La Hague near Cherbourg yesterday after …Fri Aug 03 2001 - 01:00
British embassy denies bias against RomaThe British embassy in the Czech Republic has denied it is discriminating against Roma by refusing them permission to board UK…Fri Aug 03 2001 - 01:00
Some Berliners begin to show signs of memorial fatigueJurgen Boger has two weeks to rebuild the Berlin WallThu Aug 02 2001 - 01:00
