The Irish Times

Passchendaele dead remembered 100 years after start of horror battle

Francis Ledwidge commemorated in day to mark battle that cost 500,000 casualties

Mon Jul 31 2017 - 21:48

German minister warns businesses and citizens to avoid Turkey

Sigmar Gabriel comments ratchet up tensions after arrest of rights activists

Thu Jul 20 2017 - 16:18

Friends bid farewell to Liu Xiaobo as calls grow for wife to be allowed leave

Chinese dissident’s last words to his wife Liu Xia were ‘Live on well’

Fri Jul 14 2017 - 18:47

EU opposition builds to new Russian-German gas pipeline

Critics say Baltic project would boost Kremlin influence in eastern Europe

Tue Jun 27 2017 - 17:36

Russian hackers to blame for Qatar crisis, FBI inquiry finds

Gulf state isolated by neighbours after ‘hacking operation aimed at discrediting emir’

Wed Jun 07 2017 - 18:27

Macron and Le Pen shift strategies ahead of TV debate

Macron focuses on demonising his rival as Le Pen caught plagiarising Fillon in speech

Tue May 02 2017 - 20:25

Netanyahu abruptly cancels meeting with German foreign minister

Israeli PM acts after Sigmar Gabriel refuses to call off talks with human rights groups

Tue Apr 25 2017 - 18:05

EU leaders urge Erdogan to ‘act with responsibility’

Concerns that Turkish president may bring back death penalty after referendum victory

Mon Apr 17 2017 - 16:30

EU celebrates Treaty of Rome amid gloom over European project

On Merkel’s watch, German view of itself has become one of vainglorious victimhood

Thu Mar 23 2017 - 01:00

China overtakes US, France as Germany’s biggest trade partner

German imports from and exports to China rose to €170 billion last year

Fri Feb 24 2017 - 08:23

Germany must embrace role as anchor, says president Steinmeier

Country can shake off post-war insecurity and ‘give others courage’, says Social Democrat

Sun Feb 12 2017 - 19:43

Taking on Angela Merkel

Former European Parliament president Martin Schulz steps in as lead challenger

Fri Jan 27 2017 - 00:00

French far-right leader Le Pen calls on Europeans to ‘wake up’

Marine Le Pen urges European voters to ‘follow the example of Americans’

Sat Jan 21 2017 - 14:18

Sigmar Gabriel reported as set to run against Angela Merkel

Germany’s Social Democrat leader has decided to contest chancellorship, says ‘Bild’

Tue Jan 10 2017 - 17:00

What if . . . Germany doesn’t get its act together on infrastructure?

Spending crisis sees bridges slip from needing serious repairs to being public danger

Mon Dec 26 2016 - 14:55

Young woman’s killing in Germany stokes row about refugee policy

Chief suspect in rape and murder of Maria Ladenburger (19) is asylum seeker (17)

Mon Dec 05 2016 - 14:28

Mairead McGuinness confirms bid for European Parliament presidency

Irish MEP declares candidacy after news that incumbent Martin Schulz will not run

Thu Nov 24 2016 - 17:55

Frank-Walter Steinmeier set to be German president

Setback for Angela Merkel as SPD foreign minister in line for mainly honorary post

Mon Nov 14 2016 - 16:24

Hillary Clinton: ‘This is painful, and it will be for a long time’

Democrat says she hopes Trump ‘will be a president for all of the US’ in concession speech

Wed Nov 09 2016 - 21:48

Cracks start to show in Germany-China trade relations

As Germany benefits from openness, it fears China’s supply chain will devour its technology

Fri Nov 04 2016 - 03:03