Austria to launch mass testing as tight lockdown resumesSebastian Kurz says country will shut down almost completely until December 6thMon Nov 16 2020 - 20:03
Five on trial in Germany accused of operating paedophile ringBoys allegedly drugged with ecstasy and knock-out drops for often lengthy abuseThu Nov 12 2020 - 18:45
Polish bishops ask Rome to investigate former papal secretaryAny investigation would raise to at least 16 the number of clerics undergoing or facing canonical investigations in RomeWed Nov 11 2020 - 18:32
Germans mourn Carnival cancellation amid Covid-19 fearsBlack day for Cologne: ‘This time there will be no celebrating, no singing and no dancing’Tue Nov 10 2020 - 18:31
Covid vaccine a ‘victory for innovation’, says German company developing drugBioNTech’s work could provide a major breakthrough in the fight against the pandemicMon Nov 09 2020 - 20:42
Merkel expresses hope Biden will revive ‘treasure’ of transatlantic tiesUS expects more from EU ‘and rightly so’, German chancellor saysMon Nov 09 2020 - 18:41
Denmark locks down North Jutland after Covid-19 mutation in mink farmsPrime minister announces new restrictions affecting 280,000 people, and has ordered the cull of millions of mink on farmsFri Nov 06 2020 - 14:39
Germany adopts loose lockdown despite record-breaking Covid-19 casesSchools, hairdressers and shops remain open in ‘lockdown lite’ as testing hits capacityThu Nov 05 2020 - 17:28
Polish government stalls publication of controversial abortion BillConservative Law and Justice party and its partners alarmed by burgeoning protestsWed Nov 04 2020 - 18:12
Austrian anti-terrorism agency ignored warnings on Vienna gunmanAustria’s interior minister says Slovakia alerted BVT to attempt to buy ammunitionWed Nov 04 2020 - 18:09
Terror will not divide Austria, chancellor says in wake of Vienna attackFour killed and 17 injured in shooting spree by 20-year-old Islamic State supporterTue Nov 03 2020 - 18:25
Vienna: At least two dead, several injured in ‘terror attack’ in cityManhunt under way after shooting takes place at six locations in Austrian capitalMon Nov 02 2020 - 22:56
Row over unpublished report on Cologne clerical sex abuse cover-upReport falls victim to legal claims and a power battle among two church campsMon Nov 02 2020 - 17:36
Missing Wirecard executive could be Austrian spy, prosecutors sayJan Marsalek disappaeared the day he was fired as details of €3bn fraud emergedFri Oct 30 2020 - 17:43
Poland braced for violent protests over abortion restrictionsPolish women’s groups prepare to face off against police and neo-fascists as rallies continueFri Oct 30 2020 - 17:31
Merkel prepares Germans for ‘hard winter’ and second lockdownBundestag opposition warns of ‘crisis of trust’ in government with bars, restaurants to closeThu Oct 29 2020 - 19:41
Berlin’s new airport eyes Halloween opening after seven years of horrorsBER is nine years late, wildly over budget and opening during a pandemicThu Oct 29 2020 - 19:00
Germany to impose month-long partial lockdown from Monday‘We are in a new situation we may soon no longer be able to master’ warns finance ministerWed Oct 28 2020 - 19:02
Polish leader urges supporters to defend church, state against pro-choice ‘nihilists’Deputy PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski insists protesters a threat to public order, Polish valuesWed Oct 28 2020 - 15:59
CDU dismisses claims of leadership intrigueMerz sees postponed party conference as part of campaign to give rivals time to boost supportTue Oct 27 2020 - 19:14
Warsaw braced for further protests after anti-abortion rulingAbortions now legal only in cases of rape, incest or threat to the mother’s healthFri Oct 23 2020 - 18:14
Angela Merkel’s party in a tizzy as it struggles to appoint a new leaderCoronavirus has hobbled the CDU’s long-running efforts to reach a decisionFri Oct 23 2020 - 18:05
‘I will shoot you’: German politicians hit with Covid hate mailRestrictions devised to protect public health draw stream of insults from furious citizensThu Oct 22 2020 - 17:02
Schäuble demands that Bundestag reclaim Covid-19 initiativeGerman MPs urged to take back control of Covid legislation rather than rubberstamp extension of emergency provisions enacted in MarchWed Oct 21 2020 - 16:31
Berlin police have no motive for worst case of art vandalism in post-war GermanyAttack on at least 63 artworks took place in three museums in Museum Island complexWed Oct 21 2020 - 15:20
Nothing's sacred: 'INRI' crucifix legend trademarked by T-shirt visionaryWerner Lustig is optimistic there is money to be made from 2,000-year-old Roman insultWed Oct 21 2020 - 01:00
Merkel snubs German state leaders in direct Covid-19 appealDiminishing political unity contributing to public fatigue with restrictions, experts fearMon Oct 19 2020 - 19:10
German church rehabilitates disgraced Nazi-era pastorFriedrich Klein stripped of ordination rights in 1943 in response to Nazi military court convictionMon Oct 05 2020 - 18:04
Derek Scally: Some home thoughts from Berlin on Covid-19I’m struck by how many of my friends at home feel that anxious and bitter people are setting the pandemic agendaMon Oct 05 2020 - 00:48
Reunited Germany, 30 years on: ‘We have a permanent hullabaloo’Three decades ago 63 million West Germans and 16 million East Germans reunitedSat Oct 03 2020 - 05:00
Swiss bank ordered to pay compensation for missing East German millionsSubsidiary of Julius Bär bank helped hide cash for ruling party in state’s dying daysFri Oct 02 2020 - 16:47
Alexei Navalny blames Vladimir Putin for poison attackPolitician says he will return home to Russia in first interview since regaining consciousnessThu Oct 01 2020 - 16:36
Polish government hits back at letter of support for LGBTI communityLetter signed by 50 ambassadors calls for tolerance as ruling party ramps up rhetoricTue Sept 29 2020 - 19:23
Coronavirus: Vienna begins ‘cluster buster’ bus service to test schoolchildrenFleet of blue buses with medical staff to visit schools, using newly developed rapid testMon Sept 28 2020 - 19:08
AfD fires spokesman who favours ‘shooting or gassing’ migrantsGerman far-right party’s ‘fascist’ Christian Lüth says view representative of AfD seniorsMon Sept 28 2020 - 18:26
‘The arts in Ireland are a luxury – in Germany they’re a necessity’While the Irish arts sector remains largely shut down, Germany is prioritising the unlocking of cultureSat Sept 26 2020 - 06:00
Covid-19: How Asian countries got contact-tracing right while European states are strugglingJapan and South Korea trace beyond 48 hours to establish where the sick person caught the virusFri Sept 25 2020 - 13:16
Germany declares Dublin a Covid-19 risk area because of high number of casesArrivals from Dublin required to take a coronavirus test within 10 days and self-isolate until they receive negative resultWed Sept 23 2020 - 20:25
Varadkar notes ‘strong solidarity’ from EU ministers on Irish Brexit concernsTánaiste concerned that extremists using pandemic to rally support for conspiracy theoriesTue Sept 22 2020 - 00:00
Berlin exhibition offers a global audience a window into modern Irish lifeThe work in Ireland in Frame provides lessons for a Republic in the grip of a pandemicSat Sept 19 2020 - 17:38
Animal rights row endangers Poland's conservative coalitionJunior coalition partners vote against PiS Bills restricting ritual slaughter and fur tradeFri Sept 18 2020 - 18:20
Aldi empire wracked by family feudGrandson of founder accuses mother and sisters of defrauding companyFri Sept 18 2020 - 11:08
‘It is serious once more’: Austria announces strict coronavirus restrictionsGermany, which is also seeing a spike in cases, declares Vienna a Covid-19 risk zoneThu Sept 17 2020 - 18:40
German police investigate officers sharing Nazi imagesOfficers in North Rhine-Westphalia face charges of incitement to hatredWed Sept 16 2020 - 22:27
Germany to take in 1,500 Moria camp migrants after firePlan divides public opinion and generates tension inside Merkel’s ruling CDU partyTue Sept 15 2020 - 19:26
Lagerfeld parents were Nazi Party members, new biography revealsCelebrated fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld had guarded his family history closelyTue Sept 15 2020 - 16:17
‘Deutschland rocks’ but not if you’re BMWElon Musk’s visit to new Tesla ‘Gigafactory’ underlines growing crisis in German car industrySat Sept 12 2020 - 07:26
Donohoe calls for ‘unprecedented European solutions’ to Covid crisisEurogroup president wants return to budgetary and fiscal normalityFri Sept 11 2020 - 13:20
Donohoe to urge euro ministers to complete banking unionFinance minister says NPHET aware of knock-on economic effects of recommendationsThu Sept 10 2020 - 16:06
How Germany’s approach to Covid helps keep fear at bayBerlin’s attitude encourages return to normal and allows people to assess riskTue Sept 08 2020 - 21:38
