Auschwitz survivors mark 80th anniversary of camp’s liberation
‘Last milestone anniversary’ will see political leaders, including Taoiseach Micheál Martin, listening to survivors’ voices rather than making speeches
Germany
Holocaust, the 1978 TV series that helped Germany break the silence about its past
As the world remembers the Holocaust, some Germans see a period ahead that echoes the widespread amnesia in the postwar period
‘I’m appalled we’re going through senseless anti-Semitism again,’ says survivor of Auschwitz women’s orchestra
Television: On Holocaust Remembrance Day, powerful BBC documentary The Last Musician of Auschwitz tells the remarkable story of 99-year-old cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Auschwitz survivors to visit home of former camp commander Rudolf Höss
Monday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp
Holocaust survivor: ‘I saw normal people in Auschwitz and I saw sadists there who killed people’
As Europe faces a new wave of extreme nationalism, one of the last survivors of Auschwitz looks back
Holocaust survivor Joe Veselsky, Ireland’s oldest man, prepares for anniversary of liberation
Joe Veselsky (106) made his mark on Ireland after his parents and brother died in Auschwitz
CDU leader signals radical shift on migration policy following killing of toddler
Friedrich Merz promises a swift crackdown on immigration if elected as chancellor next month following a fatal attack that left two dead in Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg
German GDP shrinks for second straight year
Difficulties in the continent’s largest economy see as overriding theme of forthcoming election
Animal transports banned in German region after foot and mouth disease detected
Agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue said he was ‘dismayed’ at the news
German opposition leader’s hopes of becoming chancellor hang in the balance as economic plan fails to convince
For long-time Berlin watchers, the most likely electoral outcome is a return to the Merkel era with another CDU-SPD grand coalition
The Magic of Silence: Caspar David Friedrich’s Journey Through Time review – An intriguing take on the life and work of the German painter
Friedrich was the go-to for showing figures from behind – mainly, it transpires, because he wasn’t very good at faces
Musk says ‘things will get much worse’ for Germany unless voters rally behind far-right party
Billionaire made comments in live-streamed conversation with Alternative for Germany’s co-leader Alice Weidel on X
Magdeburg city authorities and police in blame game over security breach at Christmas market
Leaked security plan shows original emergency entrance used by driver was to be 4m wide and blocked at all times - but in reality it was 6m wide
Elon Musk article praising far-right AfD condemned by German political parties and press bodies
CDU leader and other politicians criticise media group Axel Springer over publication of opinion piece by US billionaire in Welt am Sonntag
The old order of globalisation may be collapsing – and bringing Germany with it
German car giants, threatened by Chinese rival, employ 7% of total workforce and contribute about 5% of the annual tax take
German president dissolves parliament for February elections
Frank-Walter Steinmeier warns of external influence but calls for a campaign marked by ‘respect and decency’
Kaput. The End of the German Miracle: Acerbic chronicle of a country’s fall from grace
Former Financial Times journalist explains failures and fallacies that caused his country to lose its way
German police facing claims of missed opportunities to collar Magdeburg-attack suspect
Officers unable to locate eventual suspect at workplace, a hospital near Magdeburg, and failed to follow up, according to media reports
Flowers, candles and a deathly silence at Magdeburg Christmas market
Police holding a ‘completely atypical’ suspect after Friday’s tragedy that killed five people and left many others in critical condition
German authorities received multiple warnings over Christmas market attack suspect
Nine-year-old boy and four women were killed by man who drove car into a market in Magdeburg on Friday
‘I’ll never forget the trail of bodies’: Magdeburg witnesses recount Christmas market attack
As some waited for news of injured loved-ones, locals at the crash scene struggled to keep up with twists and turns of the story
German Christmas market attack: Five dead, including child (9), as details of alleged perpetrator emerge
Police identify driver in car-ramming incident that killed five and injured 200 as a Saudi doctor who has lived in Germany since 2006
At least two killed, including child, and some 60 injured after car drives into German Christmas market
Eyewitnesses say vehicle aimed directly at area of market popular with families in city of Magdeburg with driver arrested at scene
Two confirmed dead with 68 injured after car drives into German Christmas market – as it happened
Driver of vehicle arrested after attack which took place in centre of eastern city of Magdeburg
Berlin culture cuts described as ‘death knell’ for city’s future
Reductions in expenditure painful but necessary step in light of a dramatic slump in city income, says city mayor
To the French, Germans and even the Brits, Ireland is blessed with boring politics
Amid criticism of Ireland’s domestic politics making it hard for new ideas to break through, there’s something to be said for ‘same old, same old’
The Irish Times view on Germany: a change of government is on the way
Olaf Scholz looks most unlikely to return to office after February’s election and the shape of the new parliament will be different
German chancellor Olaf Scholz brings down government and issues spending promise to voters
Snap election expected to take place in late February
Paris-Berlin express: New rail link throws down gauntlet to airlines
Good prices, low emissions and unlimited luggage allowance of fast train between European powerhouse cities give planes a run for their money
Remembering Robert Armstrong: Ronan McGreevy on a gardener whose life was disrupted by two world wars
The proud, stubborn and courageous Monaghan man chose a path which led to his premature death
Germany awaits political duel between Scholz and Merz
Scholz will use his last Bundestag address to defend his government’s record, matching higher spending on security with more generous welfare
Third-century ‘sensation’: Tiny silver scroll the oldest written proof of Christianity north of Alps
Scroll was held in silver amulet worn by man buried outside Frankfurt between 230 and 270 AD
The Irish Times view on Schengen: fraying freedom of movement
With populist parties shaping the narrative, Europe’s risky game of border dominoes may topple the historic achievement
Can I work for my foreign employer from my home in Ireland?
Remote work across borders presents challenges, particularly when you have not told your employer what you are doing
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