Acceptable face celebrates the ‘real’ Poland as PiS leader’s mask slipsPoles are in the mood for change, and Szydlo promises to achieve it as next prime ministerSat Oct 17 2015 - 03:00
Volkswagen confirm 2016 models have new suspect softwareUS regulators yet to determine if code is defeat device installed specifically to cheatWed Oct 14 2015 - 22:26
Berlin coalition at odds over ‘transit zone’ refugee proposalSPD ministers reject idea as “inhumane” and say zones are “mass camps in no-man’s land”Wed Oct 14 2015 - 01:00
Criticism of Munich police over Pegida rally at Hitler putsch siteAnti-fascist groups say officers stood by as speech linked Nazis and Pegida movementTue Oct 13 2015 - 01:00
Merkel faces political revolt over her position on refugee crisisSocial Democratic Party wants German chancellor to impose cap on asylum applicationsSat Oct 10 2015 - 01:00
German reaction to defeat: ‘Das dumme Ding von Dublin’‘All hair products, no killer instincts’, Spiegel Online says of the humiliating lossFri Oct 09 2015 - 10:54
Merkel’s response to refugee crisis will decide her legacyGerman chancellor makes her position clear like never before amid growing criticismFri Oct 09 2015 - 01:00
Angela Merkel’s response to refugee crisis criticised by CDUGerman chancellor warns centre-right party to resist temptations of nationalist solutionsThu Oct 08 2015 - 01:02
Transatlantic data channels will stay open, says European CommissionEuropean Court of Justice ruling leaves commission trying to calm businessesWed Oct 07 2015 - 01:00
Inquiry ordered concerning Facebook claimsFinding rewrites rules of engagement on privacy issues between Brussels and data regulatorsWed Oct 07 2015 - 01:00
ECJ ruling vindicates privacy activist Max Schrems, criticises DPCCase resulted from Schrems’s original 2013 complaint against FacebookWed Oct 07 2015 - 01:00
Max Schrems interview: ‘Data protection and privacy are fundamental rights’The privacy activist scored his biggest victory yet in his David vs Goliath struggleTue Oct 06 2015 - 19:43
Derek Scally: Schrems data privacy ruling creates big headache for IrelandAre we the front-line defender of EU privacy rights or a digital-era colonial outpost of the US intelligence services?Tue Oct 06 2015 - 13:07
European court rules US online data agreement is invalidRuling follows a complaint filed by Austrian law student Max Schrems against FacebookTue Oct 06 2015 - 09:15
Data watchdog’s ‘blind trust’ criticised by German regulatorsSafe Harbour mechanism should be ruled ‘invalid’ and in breach of EU laws and rightsMon Oct 05 2015 - 01:00
Refugee crisis overshadows German celebration of unityPressure grows for Merkel to reverse open-door policy on inward migrationMon Oct 05 2015 - 01:00
Berlin burying architectural potential in corporate opportunismAn ideological war is raging over how the new-old German capital should lookSat Oct 03 2015 - 07:48
Germans more united than divided after 25 yearsA slew of surveys to mark the anniversary reveal much about the German characterFri Oct 02 2015 - 05:00
Vienna’s ruling coalition facing far-right threat as refugee crisis raises tensionsRight-wing populist FPÖ party is riding a wave of public concern on refugeesFri Oct 02 2015 - 01:01
Refugee from the Taliban, said to be aged 110, reaches BavariaFamily carry relative from Afghanistan through 12 countries on ‘hell of a journey’Wed Sept 30 2015 - 18:50
German police call for segregated refugee sheltersAfter fights in emergency accommodation police seek separation on religious linesWed Sept 30 2015 - 01:00
Ten years on Danish daily stands by Muhammad caricaturesDebate continues as ‘Jyllands-Posten’ newspaper and cartoonist unrepentantWed Sept 30 2015 - 01:00
New Volkswagen chief Matthias Müller vows to regain trustFormer Porsche head (62) promises ‘ruthless investigation’ into emission-test allegationsSat Sept 26 2015 - 01:00
VW scandal: Why the EU emission tests aren’t fit for purposeLoopholes - like removing interior trim to save weigh and over-inflating tyres - are all allowed, making a mockery of the test regimeFri Sept 25 2015 - 17:32
Merkel let refugee crisis go ‘out of control’, says German ministerThomas de Maizière criticises decision to suspend EU rules on asylum applicationsFri Sept 25 2015 - 14:56
Up to 80,000 Irish cars affected by VW diesel scandalAudi confirms version of engine at centre of emissions scandal used in best-selling modelsFri Sept 25 2015 - 13:54
Pall of scandal hanging over Volkswagen and German industryThe crooked actions of the world famous car company carry serious implications for all concernedFri Sept 25 2015 - 08:11
VW emission-cheat software used on European carsPorsche chief Matthias Müller expected to be named new Volkswagen CEOFri Sept 25 2015 - 05:30
Up to 80,000 Irish cars could have VW cheat softwareAudis, VWs, Skodas and Seats could all be affected, as VW admits issue extends to EuropeThu Sept 24 2015 - 16:58
Volkswagen to select replacement for WinterkornFour candidates are likely replacements for the reeling German carmakerThu Sept 24 2015 - 08:08
European Court of Justice calls for end to Safe HarbourDecision reached over concerns EU citizens’ data was being passed on by US firmsThu Sept 24 2015 - 01:00
Safe Harbour analysis: what today’s ruling might meanIf court follows preliminary ruling, the consequences for EU-US relations could be considerableWed Sept 23 2015 - 14:05
Merkel calls on Volkswagen to move fast on emissions crisisChief executive Martin Winterkorn faces grilling from boardWed Sept 23 2015 - 12:57
EU-US data-sharing contradicts protection rules and breaches privacyEuropean Court of Justice delivers landmark assessment ahead of full rulingWed Sept 23 2015 - 09:15
EU expected to ratify relocation plan put forward by justice ministersOrban expected to confront centre-right EU leaders, including Kenny and MerkelWed Sept 23 2015 - 01:01
German arms exports at odds with refugee crisis demandsCountry cannot ignore questions over its role in supporting conflictWed Sept 23 2015 - 01:00
Josef Fritzl house offered as accommodation for refugeesMove indicative of pressure on officials as thousands of migrants arrive in countryTue Sept 22 2015 - 06:22
Doris Day (91) lured out of retirement by Eastwood - reportEastwood persuaded his Californian neighbour Day to do a film, says ‘Bild’ tabloidMon Sept 21 2015 - 17:18
Established immigrants doubt Germany can meet refugee challengeOne person, who arrived 13 years ago, says the country still has ‘identity’ issuesSun Sept 20 2015 - 20:03
Berlin coalition tensions build over refugee crisisInterior minister’s comments ahead of summit contradict Merkel’s offer of asylum to allSun Sept 20 2015 - 19:15
Denmark’s hard line on refugees under pressureOpinions on migrant distribution plan shift in country dubbed ‘Hungary of the north’Fri Sept 18 2015 - 01:00
Tusk calls EU leaders to summit on migrantsDiplomats working to secure consensus as EU struggles to respond to crisisThu Sept 17 2015 - 18:56
Poland signals compromise on refugeesPoland has finally indicated it will do more to help with migrant crisisThu Sept 17 2015 - 01:00
Germany’s moment of truth as migrants provoke identity crisisMastering the crisis forces Germany, after decades of evasion, to face certain questionsWed Sept 16 2015 - 08:30
Frances Fitzgerald defends Irish response to migrant crisisMinister concerned Merkel remarks suggest Ireland has opted out of response measuresSat Aug 29 2015 - 09:05
Austrian and Hungarian police question suspects over Austrian refugee deathsFour men arrested after truck inside which 59 men, eight women and four children – the youngest a baby girl – were found deadFri Aug 28 2015 - 19:09
Driver of Austria truck containing 71 migrant bodies arrestedAustrian police confirm 59 men, eight women and four children suffocated in truckFri Aug 28 2015 - 18:09
Merkel’s Decade: A new Germany dances to a lighter rhythmBlonde Barbarella Helene Fischer is the undisputed golden girl of German language popFri Aug 28 2015 - 07:23
Germany urges Facebook to delete racist postsUS social network accused of failing to take effective action on anti-refugee postsFri Aug 28 2015 - 01:00
