Goodbye Apple, goodbye Microsoft... hello LinuxLinux is everywhere – and will free your computer from corporate clutchesSat Nov 18 2017 - 06:00
Merkel’s deadlocked German coalition talks go into weekend extra timeDespite the chancellor’s brave face, the mood in her inner circle is blackFri Nov 17 2017 - 18:08
German court allows Kuwait Airways deny flight to an IsraeliRuling that man could not be discriminated against because of nationality causes outrageFri Nov 17 2017 - 16:11
German party rejects Irish loan repayment plan that could save €150mSocial Democratic Party pushing for Bundestag to block Ireland’s early repayment plan on loans worth €5.5 billionFri Nov 17 2017 - 06:56
No songs, few laughs on Angela Merkel’s rocky road to JamaicaTime and options are running out for the German chancellor to ensure the so-called Jamaica alliance has a chanceThu Nov 16 2017 - 16:00
A pound of flesh? Phantom mince deposits mystify German townRaw mince deposits near the train tracks in Berghausen have stumped police and localsWed Nov 15 2017 - 12:05
Critics attack German boom in arms sales to Arab worldOpposition party accuses government of prioritising money over strategic prioritiesTue Nov 14 2017 - 18:31
Germany steps up hunt for RAF robber-pensionersThree are last members of notorious left-wing terror group, still living undercoverTue Nov 14 2017 - 16:31
Schrems entitled to sue Facebook’s Irish subsidiary, says adviserFinal ECJ ruling in case taken by Austrian lawyer to be given at later dateTue Nov 14 2017 - 12:39
German pharmacist accused of selling fake cancer drugsIn recent months five former customers of the accused’s pharmacy business have diedMon Nov 13 2017 - 19:03
Poland defends far-right march in Warsaw as ‘expression of patriotic values’Israel alarmed by march and urges Polish government to reactMon Nov 13 2017 - 17:00
Merkel's climate reputation in tatters as Bonn talks heat upPlan to cut Germany’s CO2 emissions goes astray as reliance on ‘brown coal’ continuesSat Nov 11 2017 - 06:00
Berlin police academy scandal no laughing matterGerman capital’s law force riven by claims of racism and gang informer infiltrationFri Nov 10 2017 - 17:30
German serial killer nurse faces third trial over 106 deathsTally would make Niels Högel (40) the most prolific serial killer in EuropeThu Nov 09 2017 - 18:25
Auschwitz survivor’s hidden letter details horror of HolocaustMarcel Nadjari who died in 1971 secreted in flask his eye-witness account of mass murderThu Nov 09 2017 - 01:00
Germany to recognise that not everyone is male or femaleConstitutional court rules 80,000 intersex people in Germany can register their genderWed Nov 08 2017 - 16:26
Merkel demands compromise in German coalition talksGreatest wild card for chancellor may now be the CSU, her long-term Bavarian sister partyTue Nov 07 2017 - 18:00
Volkswagen geared up for two new huge class action lawsuitsCases separate to €9bn compensation claim by shareholders over car diesel manipulationMon Nov 06 2017 - 06:00
Lost Nazi-era art collection goes on displayNotorious Gurlitt art collection includes lost works by Renoir, Cézanne and MonetSat Nov 04 2017 - 06:00
Spiralling German refugee costs overshadow coalition talksMore than 30,000 people refused asylum have reportedly vanished and are likely to be living illegallyThu Nov 02 2017 - 18:34
Merkel warns on abuse of religious freedom at Reformation event500 years after Martin Luther nailed up his theses, he may be seen as father of austerityTue Oct 31 2017 - 20:15
Austrian conservatives start coalition talks with far-right populistsSebastian Kurz hoping for a swift agreement on a programme for governmentWed Oct 25 2017 - 18:22
Germany convict IRA man of attempted murder over barracks attackJames Anthony Oliver Corry convicted over 1996 attack on British army barracks in OsnabrueckWed Oct 25 2017 - 11:54
Schäuble warns against ugly debates in new BundestagCrowded and lively German parliament sits for first time since election in SeptemberTue Oct 24 2017 - 17:27
Under-fire Merkel sets sights on ‘shamrock’ coalitionGerman chancellor looks to untested alliance with Greens and Free DemocratsTue Oct 24 2017 - 01:00
Austria’s political wunderkind gets ready for his close-upSebastian Kurz continues to polarise as he looks set to become the next Austrian leaderFri Oct 13 2017 - 01:00
German parties begin their coalition mating ritualAngela Merkel insists she has options, but her party’s match has already been madeSat Sept 30 2017 - 01:00
Hypo Real Estate court case ends with a whimperGerman prosecutors drop fraud charges against ex-managers of bailed-out lenderFri Sept 29 2017 - 16:40
Wolfgang Schäuble departs from German finance ministryVeteran politician takes over as Bundestag president at critical juncture in parliament’s historyWed Sept 27 2017 - 17:33
Euphoric at 12.% of vote, Germany’s AfD will be no pushover in parliamentCo-leader Frauke Petry says is quitting in protest at extremist language in far-right partyTue Sept 26 2017 - 19:17
Germany’s AfD splits as election success gives way to acrimonyOfficials of far-right party order leader Frauke Petry to leave over rhetorical differencesTue Sept 26 2017 - 01:00
Merkel promises stable government despite AfD surgeGerman chancellor refuses to rule out SPD coalition amid fallout from general electionMon Sept 25 2017 - 22:00
Germany’s far-right party played Merkel at her own gameAfd’s breakthrough as the third-largest party lay in activating 1.47 million non-votersMon Sept 25 2017 - 17:44
Split in German far-right party as co-leader storms out of meetingAfD scored 12.6 per cent in Sunday’s election, coming third behind Merkel’s CPDMon Sept 25 2017 - 11:38
Merkel headed for fourth term with her worst result yetGermans have turned away from chancellor, her centrist CDU and her open-door policyMon Sept 25 2017 - 09:43
Time to rethink our relationship with Berlin and BostonBrexit has given Ireland a chance to reshape relationships with EU partnersMon Sept 25 2017 - 01:15
Far right AfD enters the German political mainstreamThe anti-immigration party, now Germany’s third-largest, is broadening its scopeMon Sept 25 2017 - 01:00
Volker Schlöndorff on Angela Merkel: What you see is what you getThe film director, a friend and confidant of the chancellor, describes her as ‘authentic’Mon Sept 25 2017 - 01:00
Merkel wins German elections amid dramatic swing to far rightAfD gain will pose a challenge to Merkel as she seeks to form three-way coalitionSun Sept 24 2017 - 23:06
Merkel wins German election despite dramatic shift to rightFar-right party enters parliament for the first time in over 50 yearsSun Sept 24 2017 - 18:13
German property market rockets from safe haven to Ireland-grade crisisMayo firm adapts plans for Berlin complex amid heated election debate on housingSat Sept 23 2017 - 06:00
Germany votes tomorrow. Why should I care?The country’s general election is a referendum: more Merkel or no more MerkelSat Sept 23 2017 - 06:00
Merkel heckled at last election rally in MunichAfter three terms in office, polls suggest CDU leader is on course for fourth termSat Sept 23 2017 - 01:00
Conservative counter-revolution is a very German affairElection of rightist Bundestag majority would be latest pushback against legacy of 1968Fri Sept 22 2017 - 01:00
Germany’s left braced for election postmortem before polls even openVoters aware left has neither will nor mass to do deal and oust Angela MerkelThu Sept 21 2017 - 01:00
Schäuble will be elected on Sunday but will he be finance minister?Price paid by Merkel for coalition may see the flinty politician sidelined in favour of FDP candidateWed Sept 20 2017 - 06:52
German election campaign goes back to the futureIrish-style door-to-door canvassing has been enhanced with specialised apps to win votesWed Sept 20 2017 - 01:00
AfD embraces Pegida ahead of German electionParty speakers say Merkel administration has ‘blood on its hands’ over its refugee policyTue Sept 19 2017 - 18:19
Martin Schulz challenge disintegrates as SPD gets lost in Merkel’s shadowGerman election: Enshrouded in working-class myth, the SPD leader is destined for oppositionTue Sept 19 2017 - 01:00
Turkish shadow looms over German election as leaders’ relationship darkensErdogan urges voters to boycott Merkel’s party as ‘enemy of Turkey’Sun Sept 17 2017 - 20:23
