Apology for the Berlin Wall 40 years onGermany's former communist party is planning to condemn the building of the Berlin Wall and apologise for those killed while …Mon Apr 23 2001 - 01:00
ECB resists pressure and leaves rates aloneThe European Central Bank (ECB) resisted growing pressure and left interest rates unchanged after the meeting of the bank's governing…Thu Apr 12 2001 - 01:00
A black moment in a sinister eraDay and night, groups of people can be seen staring at the ground of Bebelplatz, a broad plaza in the centre of BerlinSat Apr 07 2001 - 01:00
Outbreak of disease in Germany fearedGermany was last night bracing itself for what could be the country's first case of foot-and-mouth diseaseWed Apr 04 2001 - 01:00
Former Nazi gets 12 years for murder of prisonersAn 83-year-old former SS lieutenant was sentenced to 12 years yesterday for murdering seven Jewish concentration camp prisoners…Wed Apr 04 2001 - 01:00
Schroder still sticks by KyotoThe German Chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schroder, was showing no sign of softening his stance on Kyoto ahead of his meeting with President…Fri Mar 30 2001 - 01:00
Nuclear load is under way againGermany's shipment of nuclear waste was under way again last night after a 17-hour delay caused by anti-nuclear activists who…Thu Mar 29 2001 - 01:00
Irish firms win orders at techfair in HanoverIrish technology firms exhibiting at the CeBit technology exhibition in Hanover - the world's largest computer and communications…Tue Mar 27 2001 - 01:00
German police seek to stop attempts by protesters to block nuclear shipmentGerman police began what they called "a game of cat and mouse" yesterday with anti-nuclear activistsTue Mar 27 2001 - 01:00
SPD fails to end 50-year CDU ruleMr Gerhard Schroder's hopes of ending 50 years of conservative rule in the southern state of Baden-Wurttemberg were crushed yesterday…Mon Mar 26 2001 - 01:00
Germany closes meat factories as virus is found in NetherlandsGerman fears of foot-and-mouth grew yesterday after the first confirmed cases in the NetherlandsThu Mar 22 2001 - 00:00
Romanian gangs who smuggle people into IrelandThe phenomenon of Romanians illegally entering Ireland is not new, but anecdotal evidence from Irish refugee organisations suggests…Mon Mar 12 2001 - 00:00
Former film star rushes to the rescue of city's stray dogsAll dogs go to heaven, the saying goes, but if the mayor of Bucharest got his way, the 300,000 stray dogs that roam his city'…Fri Mar 09 2001 - 00:00
Cowen reaffirms EU commitmentClaims that Ireland's economic and social traditions are closer to the US than the European model did not "stand up to scrutiny…Thu Mar 08 2001 - 00:00
Swiss voters say No to EU talksSwiss voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to begin talks on joining the European Union yesterday, showing once more the…Mon Mar 05 2001 - 00:00
Fischer faces perjury inquiryFederal prosecutors informed the German parliament yesterday that they intend to investigate the Foreign Minister, Mr Joschka…Sat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
Pharmacists get a taste of their own medicineIt often seems in Berlin as if every block has either a baker, a florist, an optician or a pharmacy - often a combination of …Wed Feb 14 2001 - 00:00
Money allegedly embezzled may be higher than $6.8mThe amount of money allegedly embezzled by Irish businessman Mr Paul Murphy through an Irish-registered trust may be considerably…Fri Feb 09 2001 - 00:00
Forde denies Swiss court allegationsDublin businessman Mr Tom Forde has denied allegations that he demanded half the $400,000 (€429,000) commission earned by a Dublin…Thu Feb 08 2001 - 00:00
Irishman unable to attend Swiss `laundering' trialDublin businessman Mr Tom Forde has cancelled his expected appearance at one of Switzerland's biggest-ever money laundering trials…Wed Feb 07 2001 - 00:00
Come to the KabarettThe door of the Kit Kat Klub bursts open and a man with no clothes on hits the pavement with a slapThu Feb 01 2001 - 00:00
German parliament votes for state pension reformThe tortuous reform of Germany's pension system was voted through the lower house of parliament yesterday, ending 18 months of…Sat Jan 27 2001 - 00:00
GermanyThe German media was only moderately excited by the European Commission's reprimand of the Republic's economic policies on Wednesday…Fri Jan 26 2001 - 00:00
Fischer facing investigation on perjury claimThe German Foreign Minister, Mr Joschka Fischer, came under renewed pressure yesterday following the announcement that he is …Tue Jan 23 2001 - 00:00
Officials suspect cash-laundering scheme is Germany's largestProsecutors in Dusseldorf have uncovered what is being called the largest money-laundering scheme in German history.Wed Jan 17 2001 - 00:00
Boris Becker and wife divorce, reach alimony agreementA German court yesterday granted a divorce to the former world tennis champion, Boris Becker, and his wife, Barbara, just over…Tue Jan 16 2001 - 00:00
Czech state television director resignsThe embattled director of Czech state television (CT), accused of political bias by his staff, conceded to growing pressure and…Fri Jan 12 2001 - 00:00
Schroder takes on farming lobbyThe German Chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schroder, has set himself on a collision course with Germany's farming lobbyFri Jan 12 2001 - 00:00
Parliament calls for Hodac to be dismissedThe lower house of the Czech parliament called on the new director of public Czech Television to quit early today, increasing…Sat Jan 06 2001 - 00:00
Germany steers steadily back on economic courseIt's springtime for Schroeder and GermanyFri Dec 29 2000 - 00:00
Kohl swallows his words on wedding mission to TurkeyThe former German chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl is not known for his love of TurkeySat Dec 23 2000 - 00:00
We all know who's coming to dinnerGerman television viewers don't have to sit through Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory each Christmas, but they do have their…Tue Dec 19 2000 - 00:00
Woman in Prague says she destroyed Lawlor firm filesCompany files left in the Prague office of The Irish Consortium, in which Dublin West TD Mr Liam Lawlor had a shareholding, have…Mon Dec 18 2000 - 00:00
Tenant destroyed Lawlor company filesFiles left by a business associate of Mr Liam Lawlor TD in a Prague apartment that served as the offices for Mr Lawlor's company…Mon Dec 18 2000 - 00:00
GermanyA decade after reunification sent the national debt and unemployment soaring, Germany is finally getting its economic house in…Thu Dec 07 2000 - 00:00
Firm with 22 plants finds it has a product it cannot sell"Products that are a part of life" is the slogan of Saria BioIndustries, one of Germany's largest producers of meat-and-bone …Wed Dec 06 2000 - 00:00
CDU speaker confesses in detail to a very slightly misspent youthFriedrich Merz may be the ultra-conservative parliamentary speaker of Germany's Christian Democrats, but he can still play Wipeout…Mon Dec 04 2000 - 00:00
Schroder admits serious EU differences on reform plansThe German Chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schroder, has denied there is a rift between Germany and France but has admitted that a week…Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
A beef-loving nation looks to pastures new"What do I cook for my family now?" lamented Ms Doris SchroderKopf, wife of Chancellor Mr Gerhard Schroder, on the cover of the…Tue Nov 28 2000 - 00:00
Byrne criticises German approach as `isolationist'The European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Affairs, Mr David Byrne, has criticised Germany for adopting a "nationalistic…Tue Nov 28 2000 - 00:00
Germany calls for meal ban after its first BSE findGermany's Agriculture Ministry reported the country's first cases of BSE in German-born cows yesterday as Chancellor Gerhard …Sat Nov 25 2000 - 00:00
Three arrested for neo-Nazi drowning of boyGerman police have arrested two men and a woman suspected of drowning a six-year old boy in a public swimming pool three years…Fri Nov 24 2000 - 00:00
Deutsche Post offer woos new German capitalistsSusanne Thelen's first whiff of easy money came when a property investment consultant cold called her and promised her a 14 per…Wed Nov 22 2000 - 00:00
School marks a Jewish rebirthThe new Abraham Geiger College, Germany's first rabbinical school since the Holocaust, was inaugurated three days after a march…Tue Nov 21 2000 - 00:00
Kohl in bitter attack on ex-alliesThe former German chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, made an embittered attack against former political allies and the media yesterday…Mon Nov 20 2000 - 00:00
Train fire victims mourned at serviceA week ago, 155 strangers boarded a train to take them to the top of Kitzsteinhorn mountain in the Austrian alps for a day of…Sat Nov 18 2000 - 00:00
German Minister quits saying he did not embezzle fundsThe German Transport Minister, Mr Reinhard Klimmt, resigned yesterday after just 11 months in office over involvement in an embezzlement…Fri Nov 17 2000 - 00:00
Find indicates ski-train caught fire before entering tunnelInvestigators in Austria have found their first clue to the cause of the Alpine tunnel fire which killed at least 160 skiers …Wed Nov 15 2000 - 00:00
Holocaust survivor fails the thrift testFor decades Mrs Lea Stern (91) received a small supplement to her German pension, small compensation for her horrific experiences…Wed Nov 15 2000 - 00:00
