Swiss voters to decide whether to cap population at 10m
Framed as a ‘sustainability initiative’, supporters say a population cap will ease pressure on housing and healthcare. Critics warn it will undermine the economy
Germany plots next steps after European fighter jet project collapses
Germany pulled out of Airbus-Dassault consortium for project this week
Irish man among five experiencing ‘procedural violence’ in German trial, relatives say
Representatives hold press conference in Brussels for five accused of causing €1 million in damage at German firm, including Dubliner Daniel Tatlow-Devally
Berlin bookshop’s Kafkaesque trial raises questions over German government
Owner wins injunction over culture minister’s comment after secret evidence used to bar literary venue from state funding sparks outrage
Swiss voters to decide whether to cap population at 10m
Right-wing Swiss People’s Party seeks backing for throttling immigration, asylum and foreign national family reunifications
Wim Wenders withdraws early film from distribution after campaign by Nastassja Kinski
Actor was 13 when she appeared in controversial sexualised scene
Germany’s far-right and hard-left politics boomerang back to the horseshoe theory
BSW alliance, struggling around margins to enter Bundestag, may be able to find common ground with Alternative for Germany
EU’s six big economies seek move on capital market union despite Irish worries
Ireland and Luxembourg fear negative impact on domestic financial sectors
Danish researchers to do autopsy on celebrity whale - if it doesn’t explode
Animal known as Timmy became focus of public drama after getting stranded three months ago near Lübeck, Germany
How Europe is preparing for potential Ukraine talks with Putin
Before deciding on the name of any envoy to do the talking, European governments are weighing up what they want from Ukraine settlement
An interview with Germany’s finance minister: ‘It’s not a bad thing if you’re shouted at now and then’
Lars Klingbeil, leader of Germany’s centre-left SPD party, on spending cuts, Russia, and trying to invest in its creaking infrastructure
Daniela Klette: Germany’s former most-wanted woman jailed for 13 years for armed robberies
Former Red Army Faction militant had been hiding in plain view of German police before arrest in 2024
Irish aid flotilla detainees due to fly home on Saturday
Fourteen Irish citizens among more than 400 pro-Palestine activists Israel deported on Thursday
Marco Rubio tries to reassure Nato allies over US troop deployments in Europe
Rubio has said on his way to a Sweden meeting of Nato foreign ministers that the US is upset that European allies didn’t join its misadventure in Iran
Dubliner Daniel Tatlow-Devally says German arms plant break-in motivated by ‘urgent humanitarian concerns’
Berlin-based Dubliner and four others on trial in Stuttgart accused of illegal entry and criminal damage at Elbit Systems Deutschland in Ulm