Merz’s coalition partners forced to embrace reform after sobering election setbacks
Slump in Social Democratic Party support highlights growing backing for far-right AfD
Irish citizen held in Germany concerned over psychological consequences of pretrial detention
Daniel Tatlow-Devally in prison since last year after break-in at German subsidiary of Israel’s largest arms company
Norway’s crown princess breaks silence on Epstein links: ‘I was manipulated and fooled’
Mette-Marit says Norwegian royal family is in ‘very challenging situation’ due to revelations as well as rape charges against her son
Is this privacy-based phone operating system moving mainstream?
GrapheneOS has been around for years but is now set to come pre-installed on a Motorola smartphone
Poland political gridlock threatens public finances with uncertainty, ratings agency warns
It follows days of insults and finger-pointing between the Polish government and the national conservative president, Karol Nawrocki
Jürgen Habermas lived to see a return of the fascist ghosts he once helped exorcise
The German philosopher, who has died aged 96, was young enough to carry no culpability for the Nazi era yet old enough to carry lifelong scars
Removal of German bookshops from prize list calls a minister’s actions in question
Country has in recent years found creative ways and means to silence those with views it finds problematic
Economy tops election agenda in Germany’s engineering hub
Baden-Württemberg is home to Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Bosch
Vote at Tesla Germany plant sees main union fall short in works council vote
Elon Musk had urged keeping operation ‘free from external influences’
Elon Musk and German car union IG Metall lock horns over influence at Tesla
But smaller unions accuse larger rival of aggressive tone and retrograde stance with management
Merz sides with Trump over US-Israel war on Iran with no talk of strike legality
Chancellor becomes first foreign leader to meet Donald Trump, four days after Israel and the US launch strikes on Iran
Trump says US-Israel attack on Iran was pre-emptive
US president speaks of ‘mutual affinity’ with Germany during joint press conference
Merz abandons Germany’s moral certainties as he aligns with Trump on Iran
Berlin’s traditional caution gives way to realpolitik as chancellor seeks influence with Trump and navigates an unstable world
Irish-UK biopic of jazz pianist Bill Evans wins prestigious award at Berlin Film Festival
Director Grant Lee takes Silver Bear for movie featuring Newry actor Valene Kane, with screenplay by Mark O’Halloran
Germany’s Friedrich Merz says Europe’s freedom depends on its ability to defend itself
German chancellor told party delegates ‘what counts is strength – military as well as economic’