Armin Laschet clinches nomination to run for German chancellorLeader of Merkel’s CDU party to head election challenge after Bavarian rival ends bidTue Apr 20 2021 - 13:22
CDU leader Laschet in final push to secure party’s chancellor nominationTwo candidates battle to lead campaign as Germany’s Greens anoint Annalena BaerbockMon Apr 19 2021 - 20:23
Streamlined Greens breathing down neck of feuding CDU/CSULeaders Baerbock and Habeck have boosted the Green party’s pragmatic profile and pushed membership to record levelsFri Apr 16 2021 - 19:00
‘Miss Merkel’ goes from chancellory to murder mysteryAuthor David Safier has reimagined the leader as a sleuth with a dog named PutinFri Apr 16 2021 - 17:53
Court rules Berlin rent cap ‘void in its entirety’An estimated 330,000 Berliners have been paying reduced rent since last NovemberThu Apr 15 2021 - 18:21
US Senate to debate limiting foreign states’ access to citizens’ dataProposed Act would introduce a licensing requirement for trading in such dataThu Apr 15 2021 - 18:07
Berlin dismisses plan to issue emergency permit for German-made Curevac jabFederal health minister Jens Spahn insists he will wait for EMA approval of Curevac, expected in May or JuneThu Apr 15 2021 - 17:35
CDU/CSU at odds over election campaign leadershipMarkus Söder and Armin Laschet gear up for Merkel succession battleWed Apr 14 2021 - 19:10
Denmark stops using AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine entirelyMove comes after jab’s possible link to very rare blood clot cases, health authorities sayWed Apr 14 2021 - 14:25
US reverses Trump-era troop withdrawal from GermanyDefence secretary confirms Biden’s commitment to Nato with promise to add 500 personnelTue Apr 13 2021 - 18:30
Merkel pulls rank with new emergency Covid-19 rulebook‘Long overdue’ bill will strip the country’s 16 federal states of their competences on health, education and other key areasTue Apr 13 2021 - 18:25
Laschet gets CDU backing in race to succeed Merkel as chancellorParty leader shrugs off opinion polls favouring Bavarian rival Söder for nominationMon Apr 12 2021 - 22:04
Rejecting Laschet now would mean yet another leadership battleParty knows that rejecting him would trigger a third leadership battle in as many yearsMon Apr 12 2021 - 19:00
Söder declares ambition to succeed Merkel as German chancellorBoth leaders of the centre-right parliamentary alliance have announced plans to runSun Apr 11 2021 - 19:48
Irish approach to data protection ‘Kafkaesque’, says SchremsAustrian privacy campaigner says approach is ‘waste of taxpayers’ money’Fri Apr 09 2021 - 17:31
Merkel overrides regional autonomy to enforce centralised lockdownDecentralised system an impediment to coherent Covid policy, administration arguesFri Apr 09 2021 - 17:26
The Berlin snout: A salty, humourous dialect with origins lost to timeBerlin Letter: The distinctive accent survived among east Berliners as a badge of honourThu Apr 08 2021 - 20:00
Germany in preliminary talks with Russia to secure Sputnik vaccineCracks are developing in the EU’s joint Covid-19 vaccine procurement programmeThu Apr 08 2021 - 16:18
Germany salutes divisive theologian and Ratzinger adversaryLiberal reformer Hans Küng wanted to unify Christian faiths and clashed with Pope BenedictWed Apr 07 2021 - 20:02
Austrian finance minister rejects cronyism and corruption claimsGernot Blümel accused of donations-for-favours scandal and securing job for friendWed Apr 07 2021 - 19:34
Covid-19 lockdown ‘bridge’ proposal causes confusion in Germany amid third waveGerman politicians struggle to find the right words to argue for tighter restrictionsTue Apr 06 2021 - 18:19
Wirecard docudrama has snappy script but only skims surface of real issuesThe Great Fake asks few awkward questions about patriotism that surrounded WirecardSat Apr 03 2021 - 05:20
Vaccine row and domestic leaks tarnish Austrian leader’s imageSolo vaccine run by political wunderkind Sebastian Kurz sours EU relations with ViennaFri Apr 02 2021 - 19:00
Germany’s vaccination vexation puts nails in the coffin of reputation for efficiencyBerlin Letter: German obsession with details over bigger picture on display in vaccine rolloutThu Apr 01 2021 - 20:00
Curfews in Berlin, Hamburg and Brandenburg to prevent crowdsMerkel seeks coherent policy with other state leaders in effort to reduce Covid third waveThu Apr 01 2021 - 19:19
German town’s ‘day pass’ gambit offers alternative to Covid restrictionsTübingen in southwest Germany has started a pilot project to move beyond lockdownWed Mar 31 2021 - 18:41
Germany halts use of AstraZeneca vaccine for people aged under 60Announcement follows similar decision by Canada amid inquiries into blood clot casesTue Mar 30 2021 - 19:56
Austria poised to procure 1 million Sputnik vaccinesDecision to loosen lockdown over Easter being reversed due to fears of a third waveTue Mar 30 2021 - 18:10
Germany’s pandemic restrictions row exposes political duelArmin Laschet urges end to Merkel ‘lockdown logic’ as Markus Söder twists knifeTue Mar 30 2021 - 13:41
Merkel in stand-off with German states over Covid restrictionsChancellor demanding complete lockdown over third wave but regional leaders demurMon Mar 29 2021 - 18:33
What’s it like to live in a truly green city? Ask these GermansMid-sized German cities are successfully merging sustainable planning with citizen buy-inSat Mar 27 2021 - 06:00
German politician dies after flight makes emergency stop at ShannonKarin Strenz (53) pronounced dead after being brought to University Hospital LimerickSun Mar 21 2021 - 23:53
The best Catholics in the world and the most oppressed people everDerek Scally explores Ireland’s self-image of ‘holy victimhood’, in an extract from his new bookSat Mar 20 2021 - 06:00
Irish data regulator sparks row with EU colleagues on Facebook oversightDPC declines meeting with European Parliament committee over format of forumWed Mar 17 2021 - 18:08
Germany considered Wirecard bailout before it collapsedRegulator and finance minister’s efficacy in question over Berlin ‘business diplomacy’Wed Mar 17 2021 - 07:15
Germany’s CDU begins rethink after regional election disastersParty leader Armin Laschet seeks to succeed Merkel amid pandemic measure criticismsMon Mar 15 2021 - 19:31
Merkel’s CDU suffers bruising defeats in two former heartlandsCollapse in vote in regional elections could bode ill for party’s hopes in federal pollSun Mar 14 2021 - 19:11
Kickbacks row overshadows Germany’s regional electionsElectoral drubbings for CDU in two key polls will cause problems for Merkel’s successorFri Mar 12 2021 - 20:00
CDU battles growing graft claims ahead of weekend pollsMerkel’s centre-right alliance has lost its third MP in a weekThu Mar 11 2021 - 18:50
Raids renew fears of extremist networks in German armySoldier’s arrest after weapons seizure follows report of rising far-right views in militaryWed Mar 10 2021 - 19:16
Scandals engulf Merkel administration with echoes of Kohl eraSupport for chancellor’s ruling alliance slumps amid claims of PPE kickbacks to MPsMon Mar 08 2021 - 12:44
Germany and Sweden reverse position to approve AstraZeneca jab for over-65sRome refuses AstraZeneca’s request to export 250,000 doses of vaccine from Italian plant to AustraliaThu Mar 04 2021 - 19:44
Germany’s AfD placed under state surveillance as extremist partyInquiry intensifies suspicion Bundestag’s biggest party cultivating racist linksWed Mar 03 2021 - 21:25
Germany’s new roadmap to ease restrictions a document of doubtFive weeks after Germany said the AstraZeneca vaccine was not for over-65s, 84% of the vaccine delivered is unused in freezersWed Mar 03 2021 - 19:00
Germany moves towards staggered lockdown looseningPace and scale of reopening depends on rollout of rapid antigen test regimeTue Mar 02 2021 - 18:39
Swedish radio defends report about Irishman’s groupMewas criticism of Covid-19 strategy accused of seeking to hurt Stockholm image overseasMon Mar 01 2021 - 19:00
Germany’s health minister under fire over fundraising dinnerJens Spahn attended event after urging people to stay at home, then tested positiveSun Feb 28 2021 - 19:11
German Left Party’s new leaders eye progressive coalitionCountry’s first women political duo aim to use Merkel’s departure to break CDU’s holdSun Feb 28 2021 - 19:00
Report on West Berlin’s paedophile rings ‘the tip of the iceberg’This dark aspect of life in 1970-2000 was tolerated in liberal circles, authors stateFri Feb 26 2021 - 20:00
Covid-19: Germany under pressure as neighbours divergeAustria and Denmark both loosening restrictions, and French border checks imminentThu Feb 25 2021 - 18:15
