Berlin coalition partners sign programme for governmentMinority partner pledges to take tougher approach to criminality from asylum seekersMon Mar 12 2018 - 15:29
Munich has its St Patrick’s Day parade a week earlyRichard Bruton tells Germans Brexit has made Ireland more European in its outlookMon Mar 12 2018 - 01:00
Things are far from grand for Merkel’s latest coalitionSuccess of Merkel’s fourth term hinges on relationship with SPD figures Scholz and NahlesSun Mar 11 2018 - 17:02
Food bank row exposes resource battle among German poorOne ‘Tafel’ has faced criticism for excluding migrants from new donationsSat Mar 10 2018 - 05:01
Merkel's fourth cabinet finally completeSDP presents its six ministers almost six months after Germany’s federal electionFri Mar 09 2018 - 18:20
Merkel anxious to start governing with new coalitionChancellor says EU requires ‘a strong German voice together with France and other member states’Mon Mar 05 2018 - 18:39
Pssst, pass it on – An Irishman’s Diary on gossiping neighbours and ‘The Valley of the Squinting Windows ’Mon Mar 05 2018 - 00:01
Sullen silence as Germany’s SPD votes itself back into powerOne third of SPD rank-and-file argue the party has lost touch with core votersSun Mar 04 2018 - 23:00
German political deadlock ends with fourth term for MerkelPostal vote of centre-left SPD party sees backing for another grand coalition in BerlinSun Mar 04 2018 - 21:44
Germany’s SPD backs coalition with Merkel’s conservativesVote paves way for Merkel’s fourth term as chancellor after months of uncertaintySun Mar 04 2018 - 09:55
Derek Scally: Three billboards outside Merkel’s apartmentAfter months of post-election wrangling, big questions remain about Germany’s futureSat Feb 17 2018 - 06:00
Ankara releases Turkish-German journalist after year in detentionBerlin insists it struck no political deal to free Deniz YücelFri Feb 16 2018 - 19:10
Disbelief at plan for German taxpayers to pay for DieselgateLeaked government paper suggests public money be used to pay for retrofitsFri Feb 16 2018 - 18:35
SPD in freefall in polls ahead of members’ vote on German coalition‘We need clear positions, courage and decisiveness,’ says hopeful leader Andrea NahlesFri Feb 16 2018 - 17:00
Love divided as European cities compete over St Valentine’s remainsMany European churches – besides one in Dublin – claim to hold relics of St ValentineWed Feb 14 2018 - 01:00
Taking on the Goliath that is the German motor industryBerlin lawyer’s case will ask the question: do air quality laws exist on paper or in practice?Mon Feb 12 2018 - 04:06
Merkel insists she will stay as door opens to successorGerman chancellor’s party critics have accused her of negotiating badly in coalition dealMon Feb 12 2018 - 01:00
German politics enters Gubu territory as Martin Schulz departsAngry emails and party pressure force SDP leader to step down and suggest successorFri Feb 09 2018 - 18:42
Germany’s social democrats nominate first woman leaderAndrea Nahles’s first task will be to sell the Merkel coalition deal to SPD membersFri Feb 09 2018 - 01:00
Hollow-eyed German leaders struggle to sell promise of new beginningDerek Scally: Three big parties eventually sign off on deal amid talk of post-Merkel eraWed Feb 07 2018 - 19:30
Coalition deal agreed in Germany ahead of uncertain SPD voteSocial Democrats secure finance portfolio in talks with Angela Merkel’s CDUWed Feb 07 2018 - 17:42
Shadow of history hangs over Germany’s abortion debateAnti-abortion campaigners link Down syndrome abortions to Nazi eugenics practicesTue Feb 06 2018 - 01:00
‘Injustice in concrete form’, the Berlin Wall is gone for as long as it stoodFrom 1961 to 1989, Soviet construct made sure ‘angst, discipline and conformity ruled’Mon Feb 05 2018 - 01:00
Germany’s ambiguous abortion laws rankle with all sidesThe country’s vague regulations are stirring tensions with both camps seeking changeMon Feb 05 2018 - 01:00
Berlin coalition talks go into extra time as deadline passesStand-off over health and labour market reform stalls discussions to create governmentSun Feb 04 2018 - 19:36
Ireland needs to ‘get over itself’ in relation to GermanyAn official review of the two countries’ relationship is under way. It’s time to think anewSat Feb 03 2018 - 06:00
Polish PM falls foul of own draft Bill about NazisMateusz Morawiecki errors appear to break ban on blaming Poland for Nazi atrocitiesFri Feb 02 2018 - 20:45
Aldi owners to build 2,000 apartments in BerlinPlans will help city’s growing population, with almost one-third available as social housingFri Feb 02 2018 - 20:12
Poland denies new law will hinder debate about Nazi eraBill passed by senate makes it illegal to accuse Polish nation of complicity in the HolocaustThu Feb 01 2018 - 16:48
AfD politician under fire for converting to IslamArthur Wagner changes name to Ahmad and declares plan to unite Germans and MuslimsWed Jan 31 2018 - 17:35
Old Ford pick-up cleaner than new Beetle, VW monkey tests showedEmissions tests showed VW fumes more harmful to animals than 20-year-old Ford’sWed Jan 31 2018 - 10:44
European Commission gives Germany ultimatum on DieselgateEmissions tests on people and monkeys ‘wrong, unethical, repugnant’, says VW chiefWed Jan 31 2018 - 06:00
Anti-Nazi resistance hero was a bisexual Nazi youth, book revealsHans Scholl flirted with Hitler Youth before he and sister Sophie were executed by the NazisTue Jan 30 2018 - 01:00
German car giants funded exhaust fume tests on humans in 2013Daimler, BMW and VW implicated as politicians react with horror to news of trialsMon Jan 29 2018 - 17:34
Facebook lobbied Government against hate speech lawIrish-based tech firms claimed the ‘draconian’ German Act was against free expressionMon Jan 29 2018 - 05:45
Water is turned into beer in German recycling miracleBerlin duo achieve the transformation after spotting a loophole in bottle deposit systemMon Jan 29 2018 - 01:53
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad: Sweden loses a global ambassadorCost-conscious stores revolutionised furniture design and interior decorationSun Jan 28 2018 - 17:22
Angela Merkel wants to wrap up coalition talks within two weeksGerman parties promise ‘speedy’ talks after keeping voters waiting 123 daysFri Jan 26 2018 - 18:27
Germany postpones Turkish tank upgrades after protestUse of German-built Leopard-2s in Syria sparks claim arms policy ‘morally depraved’Thu Jan 25 2018 - 18:30
Neo-Nazi scandal hits key figure in Austria’s ruling far-right partyFPÖ’s Udo Landbauer was member of academic fraternity with extremist traditionsThu Jan 25 2018 - 15:05
Schrems to sue Facebook Ireland in Vienna after class action suit dismissedECJ says Austrian privacy activist can take action as an individual against the companyThu Jan 25 2018 - 12:45
AfD settles into Bundestag opposition leader roleFar-right party set to take role of chair of powerful budgetary committeeThu Jan 25 2018 - 01:00
Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’: No Dublin, no pubs, no brothels, so GermanJoyce's famous work is getting a radical reworking in Berlin by director Sebastian HartmannWed Jan 24 2018 - 05:00
New round of wrangling breaks out in Berlin over coalition talksFuture of deal uncertain after SPD seeks further concessions from Angela MerkelMon Jan 22 2018 - 14:59
Temporary reprieve for Merkel as SPD votes for coalition talksBreakthrough does not assure the acting chancellor a fourth term, howeverMon Jan 22 2018 - 01:00
German Social Democratic Party backs talks with Merkel blocSPD leader Martin Schulz hails close 56% yes vote for talks: ‘We are all relieved, of course’Sun Jan 21 2018 - 19:51
Germany’s SPD gathers in Bonn for crunch coalition meetingCountry’s political future – and with it Angela Merkel’s future – hinges on Sunday’s meetingSat Jan 20 2018 - 05:00
Germany begins huge clear-up after Storm FrederikeAt least eight people dead and estimated €500m damage to infrastructureFri Jan 19 2018 - 12:18
Angela Merkel embarks on last-minute tango in ParisChancellor to be pressed about her appetite for EU reformThu Jan 18 2018 - 18:20
Eurogroup chief hails German stance on euro zone reformMário Centeno wants concrete progress during ‘unique window of opportunity’Wed Jan 17 2018 - 19:00
