Germany’s federal election: The parties, polls, coalitions... and how it all worksSeptember 26th vote to determine who will succeed Angela Merkel in Europe’s hot seatFri Sept 17 2021 - 16:30
What lies ahead for Germany’s post-Merkel political economy?All election promises on tax and pension reform acknowledge recent era’s neglectFri Sept 17 2021 - 05:13
Former VW executives go on trial over diesel scamFour face charges of commercial and organised criminal fraudThu Sept 16 2021 - 18:45
German prosecutors accused of politicised campaign against election front runnerProsecutors deny raid on Scholz’s ministry was orchestrated to harm SPD campaignThu Sept 16 2021 - 18:19
AfD struggles for populist traction ahead of German electionMerkel’s departure has robbed far-right party of its favourite electoral hate figureWed Sept 15 2021 - 19:19
Covid conspiracy theorists complicate path to German electionPoliticians face dilemma over those who don’t want to be vaccinated ahead of autumn voteTue Sept 14 2021 - 18:13
Laschet presents action plan after trailing Scholz in German election debateCDU leader has less than two weeks to close five-point gap to SPDMon Sept 13 2021 - 17:58
German election gets dirty amid Trump and Nazi comparisonsCDU steps up attacks on SPD in federal election campaign as final Merkel term nears endSun Sept 12 2021 - 17:56
Ireland’s break with its Catholic past incomplete, says Sally RooneyAuthor says unanswered questions remain regarding the treatment of womenSun Sept 12 2021 - 16:23
Loud and Cleare: The Offaly woman wowing audiences with breakthrough soundsAnn Cleare is a sought-after talent and next year sees her opera in Munich about BrexitSat Sept 11 2021 - 06:00
Armin Laschet: German chancellor hopeful whose own party hides his election postersCDU leader’s ‘safe’ campaign is in the doldrums ahead of this month’s electionSat Sept 11 2021 - 05:00
Germany’s SPD accuses rival CDU of dirty tricks following raids on ministriesOlaf Scholz reacts to searches targeting party ministries two weeks before electionFri Sept 10 2021 - 20:40
‘Titanic mood’: EPP group suffers anxiety of post-Merkel eraVaradkar urges fresh focus on core values, as CDU braced for election losses in GermanyThu Sept 09 2021 - 20:00
Merkel’s election intervention causes uproar in German parliamentOutgoing chancellor uses final address to promote Laschet as her successorTue Sept 07 2021 - 20:00
Derek Scally: In fairness, our health system is illTime to stop calling out ‘in fairness’ about things that are anything but fairTue Sept 07 2021 - 00:20
German liberals shift from political joker to coalition wildcardClever pandemic positioning has helped FDP pull away protest voters from far-right AfDMon Sept 06 2021 - 20:00
Accessible Stasi archive offers a model for Catholic Ireland’s troubled pastIreland’s approach to its problematic past with religious orders jars with how East Germans took ownership of their shameful secret police filesSat Sept 04 2021 - 06:00
Germany’s Greens face battle to retain young climate voteAfter years owning climate politics the party now sees rivals make their own climate pitch to votersFri Sept 03 2021 - 20:00
Poland declares state of emergency over Belarus ‘hybrid war’Move a response to ‘destabilising’ efforts by Minsk, Warsaw saysThu Sept 02 2021 - 19:12
Germany’s rival parties dig into the past for election campaignsLeftist coalition evokes 1970s spirit of Willy Brandt, while CDU dons the red socks againWed Sept 01 2021 - 20:00
Laschet reboots German election campaign amid slide in pollsCDU leader pushes team-based strategy as senior allies express doubts about candidacyMon Aug 30 2021 - 19:51
Strange uncertainty hangs over Germany as post-Merkel election nearsFew Germans have any idea how the election will turn out. The parties are no wiserFri Aug 27 2021 - 16:00
Death of Irish woman in Berlin confirmed by German policeWoman’s parents have been informed and are receiving consular assistance from the Irish EmbassyThu Aug 26 2021 - 21:12
The third stage of Berlin life: falling in love with the PhilBerlin Letter: The music played through war and dictatorship, division and unificationThu Aug 26 2021 - 20:00
Tunnel 29: A quick, arresting read about escaping East BerlinBook review: Story of tunnel escapes under the Berlin Wall undermines real charactersThu Aug 26 2021 - 00:00
Angela Merkel concedes ‘bitter’ Afghanistan defeat for GermanyEmergency Bundestag sitting rips open old scars over debate about military engagementWed Aug 25 2021 - 12:00
German flood report finds political failingsEmergency weather warnings got lost in buck-passing and regional decision makingTue Aug 24 2021 - 18:05
German election tightens up amid Laschet warningsSlide in support for CDU prompts anxious backbenchers to demand leader up his gameMon Aug 23 2021 - 18:42
German tabloid Bild launches ‘aggro’ television stationBild TV appears to be pitching itself as a milder, German equivalent of Fox NewsMon Aug 23 2021 - 17:33
Armin Laschet faces pressure to end bid to be German chancellorCDU’s hopeful struggling badly in polls ahead of Saturday’s official campaign launchSat Aug 21 2021 - 05:00
Merkel and Putin clash over Navalny jailing at Moscow meetingGerman chancellor calls for release of Russian opposition leader a year after poisoningFri Aug 20 2021 - 19:04
The Prussian prince, the compensation claim and the humble pieBerlin Letter: Restitution claim revives Germany’s unfinished business with its former imperial familyFri Aug 20 2021 - 01:00
SPD goes for gold in eastern German regions as federal election nears‘Canny and calm’ chancellor hopeful Olaf Scholz appears to be making steady progressTue Aug 17 2021 - 20:00
Scholz has work cut out to end SPD’s electoral jinx in GermanyParty of man most Germans think has chancellor potential is stuck at 18% in pollsSat Aug 07 2021 - 01:00
Berlin’s Ringbahn: Train to infinity rolls to rhythms of city 150 years onBerlin Letter: Circular railway has served city throughout key moments of historyThu Aug 05 2021 - 21:00
Three killed and seven seriously injured in Czech Republic train crashCritics say rail system is dilapidated and unsafe after third crash in two yearsWed Aug 04 2021 - 18:26
Angry Germans confront Laschet during floodwater visitCDU leader will notice at polls if he fails to deliver for citizens affected by flood disasterTue Aug 03 2021 - 19:00
Germany’s floods serve as conduit for conspiracy theoristsQuerdenker protesters use social media to make ideological claims linked to disasterMon Aug 02 2021 - 19:08
Poland raises fresh questions on legality of European court rulingsMinister asks court to examine whether European rights law breaches constitutionFri Jul 30 2021 - 16:13
Rhineland optimism tested by double disaster and fears of toxic falloutAfter devastating flooding the region was shaken by Tuesday’s chemicals plant blastThu Jul 29 2021 - 19:00
One dead, four missing after huge explosion at German chemicals plant31 injured in blast at plant in Leverkusen after tank containing solvents caught fireTue Jul 27 2021 - 18:57
Singer exposes faultline in Germany’s vaccination debate99 Red Balloons singer lends voice to those against curbs as Delta takes centre stageMon Jul 26 2021 - 20:00
Europe after Merkel: Goodbye to the woman who has held Europe togetherWhat will happen to Germany and the EU after she departs the scene in September?Sat Jul 24 2021 - 06:00
German Protestant bishops asks LGBT community for forgivenessCommunity was subjected to abusive questioning, dismissed from church employmentFri Jul 23 2021 - 18:38
Female conductor takes the baton at Bayreuth festivalOksana Lyniv says her selection, following 92 male conductors, is ‘a symbol for our time’Fri Jul 23 2021 - 17:45
Climate protection more a slogan than duty for most German votersAmid floods and fatalities, opinion poll reveals no public mood swing on green issuesFri Jul 23 2021 - 17:25
Merkel admits her efforts to counter climate change ‘not sufficient’Outgoing German chancellor urges more action as floods take placeThu Jul 22 2021 - 19:22
Irishman suspected of planning attack in Germany could face 10 years in prisonMan (53) arrested man in Frankfurt after he threatened attack using cache of weaponsWed Jul 21 2021 - 11:38
Irishman held in Germany on suspicion of planning attackFrankfurt police arrested man following raid in which range of weapons were discoveredTue Jul 20 2021 - 22:39
Merkel defends warning system and makes flood funding promiseChancellor promises inquiry into why severe weather warnings were not passed onTue Jul 20 2021 - 20:33
