Do not deviate from US values, Obama tells TrumpUS president joins with Angela Merkel in Berlin to defend transatlantic relationshipThu Nov 17 2016 - 18:18
Obama to press Merkel on global leadership roleUS president to give leaders first impressions of successor Trump during Berlin visitThu Nov 17 2016 - 01:00
Residents’ recycling bin error causes stink – and €1,800 fineHuge bill issued in Germany for badly sorted rubbish highlights bewildering processWed Nov 16 2016 - 18:20
Barack Obama to bid Berlin and Angela Merkel farewellOutgoing US president forged strong links for US with Germany and its chancellorTue Nov 15 2016 - 18:00
Ireland performs poorly in EU social justice surveyIndex finds growing EU economic recovery has done little to ease levels of povertyTue Nov 15 2016 - 17:52
Austria awaits Trump effect for presidential election rerunLast election ended with narrow victory for Green Party-backed Van der BellenTue Nov 15 2016 - 01:00
Poland begins exhuming bodies of Smolensk air crashPresident Lech Kaczynski was among 96 people killed when plane crashed in 2010Mon Nov 14 2016 - 17:20
Divided Poland marks independence dayRuling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski promises to restore full sovereignty from EUFri Nov 11 2016 - 17:44
Angela Merkel: now leader of the non-populist free worldIn Trump, German chancellor faces biggest challenge after many tussles with awkward menFri Nov 11 2016 - 15:57
Trump homeplace in Germany not interested in president-electMany are still annoyed at how he ignored an appeal for funds to restore the church organThu Nov 10 2016 - 19:21
Berlin backs Jean-Claude Juncker call for European armyCommission president insists controversial call not related to Trump’s election victoryThu Nov 10 2016 - 18:00
Influential preacher among five arrested in German terror raidsIslamic State’s alleged ‘No 1’ man in Germany described as ‘the worst’ by returnee jihadistTue Nov 08 2016 - 18:50
Merkel’s Turkey dilemma grows daily amid refugee deal doubtsArrests of Turkish opposition politicians prompt ‘grave concern’ in EU statesTue Nov 08 2016 - 18:31
Poland backs payments aimed at reducing number of abortionsConservative government passes law promising parents of disabled children €926Mon Nov 07 2016 - 19:04
Curtain finally raised on Hamburg concert hall at 925% over budgetGeneral plague of incompetence hangs over major public building projects in GermanySun Nov 06 2016 - 18:01
VW chairman Pötsch included in German investigationWidening of inquiry and new Audi revelations mean Volkswagen scandal far from overSun Nov 06 2016 - 16:10
Conservative MP quits over Theresa May’s handling of BrexitUK press reacts to high court’s Brexit ruling, with some newspapers criticising judgesFri Nov 04 2016 - 20:19
Police ‘of little help’ to Cologne sexual assault victimsWomen assaulted in New Year’s Eve attacks only saved from worse by tights, officer saysFri Nov 04 2016 - 18:35
Humboldt Forum takes shape in rebuilt Berlin PalaceGermany tackles its most ambitious and unwieldy new museum projectWed Nov 02 2016 - 20:51
Angela Merkel considers fourth term as CDU has few alternativesDecision time approaches for chancellor who has dominated German politics for 11 yearsWed Nov 02 2016 - 01:00
German EU commissioner’s mocking of Chinese sparks outrageSpeech had swipes at gay marriage, gender quotas and ‘slitty-eyed’ Beijing delegationTue Nov 01 2016 - 18:27
Irish Brexit concerns will be heard, insists Merkel allyBerlin will listen ‘closely’ to Dublin once London triggers divorce proceedings, says MEPTue Nov 01 2016 - 01:00
Lost in grandeur with Jean-Paul Gaultier in `The One'The Friedrichstrasse ‘Palast’s’ latest spectacle, `The One', is an orgy of colour and style with costumes by French fashion icon Jean-Paul GaultierSat Oct 29 2016 - 00:00
Replica Hitler bunker opens to protest in BerlinBusinessman hired movie set designer and spent €1m to recreate Führer’s officeFri Oct 28 2016 - 16:55
Icelanders may turn to Irish Pirate over corporate wrongdoersPolls suggest upstart party is poised for victory in weekend electionFri Oct 28 2016 - 01:00
German arms exports go from strength to strengthClaiming tight ethical control, Berlin saw tenfold rise in bullet sales in first half of yearWed Oct 26 2016 - 20:07
Germany could boost EU investment and demand, says DraghiECB president says Germany should stop railing against monetary policyTue Oct 25 2016 - 19:50
Capital menu – An Irishman’s Diary on the rise and rise of pretentious restaurantsMon Oct 24 2016 - 01:01
Germans keep a close watch on new surveillance rulesNew laws passed since Snowden revelations may give more powers to intelligence serviceFri Oct 21 2016 - 16:56
German councils face compensation claims over childcare rulingLeipzig authorities ordered to pay three mothers €14,000 in lost earningsThu Oct 20 2016 - 18:02
Merkel’s peace talks fail to progress resolution of Syrian conflictVladimir Putin, François Hollande, Petro Poroshenko meet in Berlin over Ukraine and Syrian conflictsThu Oct 20 2016 - 08:51
Merkel hosts Putin for Ukraine peace talks in BerlinMoscow’s Syria bombing campaign looms large over talks with Poroshenko, HollandeWed Oct 19 2016 - 19:46
Politics of bilocation: back and forth between Bonn and BerlinBerlin Letter: costs of machinery of state based in two German cities are set to persistWed Oct 19 2016 - 01:00
Putin to meet Merkel for high-stakes talks on Ukraine and SyriaGerman chancellor says she is not expecting miraclesTue Oct 18 2016 - 18:46
Germans grapple with TV movie moral dilemmaViewers’ dilemma: would they shoot down an airliner set to crash into a packed football stadium?Tue Oct 18 2016 - 17:48
One dead, six missing after German chemical plant explosionsResidents of Ludwighshafen urged to stay indoors after incidents at BASF facilitiesMon Oct 17 2016 - 18:16
German police under fire after terror suspect dies in prison cellJaber al-Bakr was arrested on Monday when allegedly planning to bomb a Berlin airportThu Oct 13 2016 - 16:52
Praise from Merkel as Syrian man thwarts would-be Isis bomberRelief but anxiety in Germany after suspect tied up with cable and handed over to policeTue Oct 11 2016 - 15:22
‘Rosenburg File’ exposes Nazi influence in postwar GermanyStudy shows West German judiciary was saturated by Nazi officials after the warTue Oct 11 2016 - 01:00
Germany’s blue chips line up €5bn Deutsche Bank rescuePlan could see revival of Deutschland AG postwar network of mutual cross-holdingsFri Oct 07 2016 - 17:15
Polish parliament drops anti-abortion law following protestsMPs overwhelmingly back dismissal of Bill that would effectively outlaw terminationsFri Oct 07 2016 - 01:00
AfD accused of poisoning the mood in GermanyJustice minister Heiko Maas says populist party is ‘pouring oil on the fire’ for own endsWed Oct 05 2016 - 17:55
Germany fumbles with its identity on national dayMany Germans seem not to be sure what is German and what is not these daysWed Oct 05 2016 - 01:01
Investigation dropped into German TV satirist over Erdogan commentsComedian Jan Böhmermann made provocative comments about the Turkish presidentTue Oct 04 2016 - 19:36
Assange promises ‘significant’ leaks ahead of US electionWikileaks founder tells journalists it is ‘false’ to say he does not like Hillary ClintonTue Oct 04 2016 - 18:22
Angela Merkel faces down angry protests on German unity dayChancellor targeted by jeering crowd over migration policy outside Dresden churchTue Oct 04 2016 - 01:00
German economic minister attacks Deutsche Bank bossSigmar Gabriel accuses John Cryan of hypocrisy over bank’s growing financial problemsMon Oct 03 2016 - 14:43
How Germany sees Ireland: stubborn, creative, under-EuropeanTwo books looking at how the Irish are portrayed abroad provide insights we might missSat Oct 01 2016 - 06:00
Deutsche Bank crisis threatens meltdown beyond German bordersUS fine of $14 billion has plunged pillar bank into crisis with potential to rival LehmanFri Sept 30 2016 - 12:00
Mario Draghi says ECB not to blame for Germany’s woesRemarks come as Germany denies it is working on rescue plan for Deutsche BankWed Sept 28 2016 - 18:43
