Returned Poles bring home optimism from IrelandReturnees find mood heavy in Poland and say living in Ireland made them more positiveSat May 21 2016 - 01:00
Polish national broadcaster turns into propaganda machineTVP cheers on the conservative PiS as direct government control takes its tollThu May 19 2016 - 01:00
Germany to open emissions investigation into OpelMagazine says tests on Astra and Zafira models showed they emitted 11 times legal limit of nitrogen-oxideWed May 18 2016 - 18:40
Austrian presidential debate descends into ‘dishonourable farce’Experimental debate with no moderator backfires as candidates trade insultsMon May 16 2016 - 22:27
Opel to be questioned over diesel emissions claimsReports suggest some cars programmed to operate cleanly only within narrow parametersMon May 16 2016 - 01:00
A Berlin family’s Irish refugeWeekend Read: In 1933, when Nazism made life unbearable for the Jewish Abraham Wyszniak, he fled the German capital – and ended up in Ireland. Recently, his grandchildren returned to the citySat May 14 2016 - 10:20
Challenging times for Ireland’s Data Protection CommissionerFor the second time in two years, the DPC’s critics are asking: who is policing Ireland’s privacy police?Sat May 14 2016 - 08:00
Polish foreign chief on Russia ‘geopolitical game with us’European Union criticisms of conservative reform agenda dismissed by foreign ministerSat May 14 2016 - 02:00
SPD leader attacks Merkel for U-turn on refugee policyGerman attitude to north African men has changed since assaults in CologneSat May 14 2016 - 01:00
Unease as Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ back on German best-seller listHybrid of memoir and political rant sells 70,000 copies, to historian publishers’ alarmFri May 13 2016 - 18:06
Data Protection Commissioner could face scrutiny over caseStudent’s exam scripts review case DPC refused to investigate to be referred to ECJFri May 13 2016 - 01:00
Austria to elect Christian Kern as new chancellorRailway head hopes to unite ruling coalition ahead of possible hard-right presidential winThu May 12 2016 - 20:16
Munich beer hall cannot cancel AfD rally, court rulesHofbräuhaus owner fears appearance by AfD’s Frauke Petry will damage his reputationThu May 12 2016 - 19:31
Germany to rehabilitate gay men convicted in post-war eraGay lobby groups estimate paragraph 175 prosecutions resulted in 140,000 convictionsWed May 11 2016 - 18:30
Analysis: Social democrats in Europe face existential crisisAustrian chancellor Werner Faymann latest victim as far right manipulates fearsMon May 09 2016 - 21:22
Austrian chancellor Werner Faymann quits as far right surgesMove after SPÖ party’s disastrous results in first-round presidential electionsMon May 09 2016 - 15:12
Record crowds march against Polish government ‘violations’Fears of PiS rewriting constitution and ‘authoritarian rule’ lead to demonstrationSun May 08 2016 - 19:28
Germany bids tearless farewell as Margot Honecker dies in exileWidow of East German leader Erich Honecker was a prominent – and despised – figureSun May 08 2016 - 17:43
Comedian says Germany should back him over Erdogan satireGerman satirist Jan Böhmermann has accused Merkel of sacrificing artistic freedom for political opportunismWed May 04 2016 - 19:05
Pegida founder fined for calling immigrants ‘cattle’ and ‘scum’Dresden court fines far-right activist Lutz Bachmann €9,600 after Facebook outburstWed May 04 2016 - 16:43
Poland celebrates 225th anniversary of first constitutionJaroslaw Kaczynski’s ruling party at odds with tribunal over reform programmeWed May 04 2016 - 01:00
Angela Merkel to step up battle against right-wing AfDGerman chancellor’s modernisation of CDU leaves her party chasing traditional votersTue May 03 2016 - 17:03
Germany denies disillusionment with Israel over NetanyahuLeading politician says Berlin frustrated at policies including building of settlementsTue May 03 2016 - 01:30
Greenpeace claims TTIP leaks show trade deal a threat to EU‘TTIP is about a huge transfer of power from people to big business,’ says GreenpeaceMon May 02 2016 - 17:58
Germany’s AfD backs anti-Islam course in party programmeGerman party’s manifesto anchors it in Europe’s thriving populist landscapeSun May 01 2016 - 23:30
Former Auschwitz guard apologises for Nazi ‘horror’Reinhold Hanning on trial charged with 170,000 counts of accessory to murderFri Apr 29 2016 - 18:22
Germany to withhold welfare from foreign EU nationalsBill strips non-German EU citizens of all welfare claims in first five years unless they had workFri Apr 29 2016 - 01:00
Airbnb dumps Berlin holiday flats before city crackdownLetting company wants to avoid legal action by authoritiesThu Apr 28 2016 - 13:59
Hello, Lenin! Head of controversial statue returns to public displayBerlin exhibition puts previously banished German political statues back in spotlightWed Apr 27 2016 - 15:55
German consumer groups attack electric car subsidy plansCar lobby argues that stimulus is needed to catch up with competitorsTue Apr 26 2016 - 12:24
Far-right candidate tops poll in Austrian presidential electionNorbert Hofer of the FPÖ wins 36.7% of the vote and faces second-round run-offTue Apr 26 2016 - 01:00
Remain active in the world, Obama tells EUUS president urges Europe to buy US goods and do more for its own securityMon Apr 25 2016 - 19:04
A fond farewell to Merkel on Obama’s final visit to GermanyChancellor and US president cast aside past differences in favour of praise and respectMon Apr 25 2016 - 01:00
Facing the music: how China is buying Germany’s piano industryAs firms are snapped up, the result may pose a threat to a treasured European institutionSat Apr 23 2016 - 09:00
Germans go back to basics for enduring qualityFor almost three decades, Manufactum has been fighting the tide of built-in consumerist obsolescence with a range of beautifully curated and stylish traditional goodsSat Apr 23 2016 - 01:00
Volkswagen strikes emissions deal with US driversAgreement will allow carmaker to avoid prosecutionThu Apr 21 2016 - 17:34
Volkswagen not alone in manipulating emissions - BerlinGerman government orders almost all car companies to make changes to enginesThu Apr 21 2016 - 11:14
Volkswagen hopes to avoid emissions court battle in USCarmaker offering US drivers $5,000 and a free engine fixThu Apr 21 2016 - 10:54
Parts of Germany’s anti-terrorism laws ruled unconstitutionalKarlsruhe court rules that spying powers of BKA federal police intrude on privacyWed Apr 20 2016 - 18:10
Kohl and Orbán deny attempting to undermine MerkelHungarian prime minister and German ex-chancellor hold ‘private, friendly’ meetingWed Apr 20 2016 - 07:31
How Copenhagen reshaped minds by reshaping roadsThe Danes have created a cycling mecca, and the car lobby has conceded defeat. Can Dublin do the same?Wed Apr 20 2016 - 01:00
Quality bikes are riding back in to fashion in EuropeThere is a growing new focus throughout Europe on older, more sturdy bikesWed Apr 20 2016 - 01:00
Pegida founder denies describing refugees as ‘vermin’Lutz Bachmann tells Dresden court he did not write inflammatory Facebook postingsTue Apr 19 2016 - 18:18
Germany’s populist AfD steps up anti-Muslim policiesRight-wing party accused of abusing Islam to tap into fears arising from terrorist attacksMon Apr 18 2016 - 15:02
A German’s view of subdued Ireland exposes raw nervePointing out our failure to learn from painful past continues to enjoy an enduring appealSun Apr 17 2016 - 20:00
Merkel criticised on migration crisis by predecessor KohlEx-chancellor sides with Hungarian leader Orbán who he is meeting on TuesdaySun Apr 17 2016 - 19:18
Angela Merkel decision could see satirist Jan Böhmermann facing jailChancellor accepts Turkish request to seek prosecution over poem that ‘insulted’ ErdoganSat Apr 16 2016 - 01:00
Poland marks 1,050 years of ChristianityCritics denounce ruling party’s ties to church and brazen trampling on rule of lawSat Apr 16 2016 - 01:00
Germany agrees to Turkish request to allow investigation of TV satiristJan Böhmermann could face jail time for insulting Turkish president Recep Tayyip ErdoganFri Apr 15 2016 - 14:02
No joke for Angela Merkel as satire row with Turkey escalatesGerman comedian under police guard two weeks after reading poem insulting ErdoganWed Apr 13 2016 - 20:41