European travellers, shoppers hit hard by tech outage
Problems reported at airports and retailers across the continent
For a country crying out for foreign workers, Germany doesn’t act like one
To plug its labour market gaps, the country needs a net inward migration of about 400,000 people. It consistently misses that goal
German plan to link arts funding to explicit rejection of anti-Semitism sparks concern
Bundestag resolution follows one on similar theme adopted and then dropped by Berlin’s city-state government earlier this year
Germany bans far-right magazine, accusing it of incitement against minorities
Compact magazine accused of incitement against Jews, immigrants and other minorities
Germans don’t like what Euro 2024 has exposed about their country
Since Berlin became the capital again 25 years ago, German ingenuity, once applied to solving problems, has been applied to finding excuses. No wonder national team manager Julian Nagelsmann decided to give the whole country a pep talk
Controversial film about Hitler and Goebbels collapses the distance of decades
Leader and Seducer confronts audiences with the crimes of their bystander ancestors as Germany’s current political climate becomes unsettled
Shortfall in German defence spending exposes unresolved security tensions
Admission by minister for defence comes as Olaf Scholz prepares to tell Nato summit Germany is meeting obligation to spend at least two 2% of GDP on defence
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban launches right-wing alliance to resist ‘Brussels elite’
Fidesz party combines with Austria’s Freedom Party and Czech ANO protest group as Hungary assumes six-month EU presidency
Neutral but fully armed: Switzerland looks to its own defence
Switzerland still has compulsory military and civil service for young people, while the 26 Swiss cantons have considerable civil defence competences
Regional support for German extremists surges to parliamentary majority
Two parties with anti-immigrant policies are making gains in eastern states
Austrian heiress gives away €25m fortune
Inheritance part of estimated €4.2bn BASF fortune left by grandmother on death in 2022
German foreign minister warns Berlin austerity rules a risk to Ukraine and Europe
Budget row has ballooned into another existential standoff for Germany’s three government parties
Taoiseach warns against ‘instability’ in advance of meeting on EU’s top jobs
Coalition yet to agree on another term for Ursula von der Leyen as European Commission president
World leaders call for just peace in Ukraine, but Russia’s absence weighs heavily
As delegates gathered in Switzerland, Vladimir Putin offered a ceasefire proposal
Taoiseach hails Ukraine peace summit as ‘an important start’ as talks conclude in Switzerland
Russia and China stayed away from summit while countries including Saudi Arabia, South Africa, India, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates and the Holy See declined to sign the concluding communiqué