Germany’s extreme left Red Army Faction hasn’t gone awayPolice confirm that three ex-RAF members are suspected of involvement in two attacksTue Jan 19 2016 - 18:32
Facebook funds initiative against hate speech onlineNew Berlin operation will have 200 monitors to analyse and delete posts where necessaryTue Jan 19 2016 - 17:52
Merkel gets refugee ultimatum amid claims policy ‘overwhelming’ GermanyChancellor given two months to ease country’s asylum seeker controversyMon Jan 18 2016 - 21:44
Björn Höcke interview: Cologne a ‘tipping point’ for GermanyHard-right AfD politician Höcke believes Merkel must review her policies about refugeesMon Jan 18 2016 - 01:00
EU could fail if refugee crisis is not tackled, Juncker saysAngela Merkel is under intense pressure as Austria imposes new border restrictionsSat Jan 16 2016 - 01:00
Conservative Germany is ‘mad as hell’ over Merkel’s policiesAs vigilantes roam Cologne to protect ‘blonde German women’, the clock ticks for chancellorSat Jan 16 2016 - 01:00
Austrian moves on asylum seekers ups pressure on MerkelCap on numbers and plan to only accept migrants if they plan to apply in GermanyFri Jan 15 2016 - 13:33
Denmark says asylum Bill was misunderstoodBill will allow authorities to seize valuables more than €1,340 each from asylum seekersThu Jan 14 2016 - 20:21
Turkish police detain suspects in Istanbul bombingPrime minister confirms suicide attacker entered Turkey as a refugee from SyriaWed Jan 13 2016 - 19:23
Brussels debates new reforms by Polish governmentFears of extremism but ruling PiS party warns EU to stay out of its domestic affairsWed Jan 13 2016 - 01:00
Bombing to increase pressure on Turkish governmentSuicide bomber kills 10 in Istanbul historic quarter after mingling with tourist groupWed Jan 13 2016 - 01:00
Germany agrees on measures to deport criminal asylum seekersCologne police investigating 51 people – 25 from North Africa – after New Year attacksTue Jan 12 2016 - 20:39
Syrians targeted in revenge assaults in CologneVigilantes arranged ‘manhunt’ on Facebook in retaliation for New Year’s Eve attacksMon Jan 11 2016 - 21:41
Claim of media cover-up on Cologne sex attacks is nonsenseAllegation is classic case of ‘truthiness’ - something that must be true and therefore isMon Jan 11 2016 - 15:15
Berlin remembers its famous LodgerTo recover from his drug habit and reinvent himself, David Bowie lived in West Berlin for three years in the 1970sMon Jan 11 2016 - 14:20
Media under scrutiny over slow response to Cologne attacksReporters blame circumstance rather than ideology for delay in covering scale of attacksSun Jan 10 2016 - 23:28
German politicians promise new laws to tackle criminal asylum seekersNumber of complaints of attacks filed by women in Cologne reaches 516Sun Jan 10 2016 - 19:39
Cologne police chief ousted over New Year’s Eve assaultsMore than 200 criminal complaints filed by women after attacks by gangsSat Jan 09 2016 - 10:00
Derek Scally: Øresund bridge may become spectacular monument to EU disintegrationNew border checks between Denmark and Sweden have implications for all EU citizensFri Jan 08 2016 - 08:03
Merkel vows action after Cologne sexual assaultsChancellor to consider faster expulsion of foreign nationals if guilty in wake of rape claimsFri Jan 08 2016 - 01:00
Cologne in shock after New Year’s Eve sexual assaultsMerkel demands tough response as police come under pressure over delayed reactionThu Jan 07 2016 - 01:00
Poland’s new administration bristles at EU’s criticism of reformsBrussels concerned at conservatives’ rapid judicial appointments and media overhaulTue Jan 05 2016 - 16:46
Free movement curbed: Swedes and Danes tighten controlsGerman government spokesman says moves put Schengen system ‘in danger’Tue Jan 05 2016 - 08:25
Schengen ideals out as Swedish ID law curbs movementSweden’s change of tack on migration policy is causing dismay in neighbouring DenmarkTue Jan 05 2016 - 08:24
Bavarian premier wants to cap number of migrants in GermanyHorst Seehofer wants 200,000 limit this year, less than one-fifth of total in 2015Sun Jan 03 2016 - 17:28
Merkel and her moral stance on the refugee crisisWorld review of the year: The refugee crisis will make or break the German chancellorTue Dec 29 2015 - 10:00
Santa Claus is real, and he’s as German as Christmas itselfHow many of season’s traditions took root in dear old Deutschland? Yule be surprised!Thu Dec 24 2015 - 01:00
Germans’ real wages rise record 2.5% in 2015, figures showIncrease signals end to long era of stagnant salaries in Europe’s largest economyWed Dec 23 2015 - 01:00
Senior AfD member moves even further to right of partyCritics say he is more than just a xenophobe, he is the true face of the AfDMon Dec 21 2015 - 01:01
Polish stocks plunge amid political street protestsRow over constitutional court sparks two weeks of street protestsMon Dec 21 2015 - 01:00
Sweden votes for three-year border controlsFree-movement principle in Europe develops another serious crackFri Dec 18 2015 - 09:10
Refugee crisis reveals Sweden’s ‘national psychosis’Exhibition uses black humour to ask questions about split personality of Swedish societyThu Dec 17 2015 - 11:40
Star Wars: Force awakens in Berlin church for Sunday MassFor the vicar Luke Skywalker’s resistance dovetails with the letter of St Paul to the RomansWed Dec 16 2015 - 01:00
Merkel challenges internal party critics of her refugee policyGermany’s chancellor pins political future to succeeding in ‘historic challenge’Tue Dec 15 2015 - 01:00
Derek Scally: Angela Merkel has gone to war but will Germany follow?After a decade mastering one type of political leadership - weighing things up and sitting things out - she may have entered her third, and perhaps final, act with two recent, risky decisionsSat Dec 12 2015 - 05:48
Swedish people are hardwired to do right thing by migrantsDerek Scally: In the town of Söderhamn living among newcomers is the new normalSat Dec 12 2015 - 03:00
Constitutional crisis in Poland intensifies over judicial jobsPiS party move to control judicial appointments deemed by some as illegal power grabSat Dec 12 2015 - 01:00
Campbell ‘delighted’ as he receives Nobel prize in StockholmIrish-born scientist accepts shared award for work on treatment of parasitic diseasesThu Dec 10 2015 - 17:37
William C Campbell warns of decline in scientific researchIrish-born Nobel Prize laureate stresses importance of risk-taking and empirical researchTue Dec 08 2015 - 10:11
Peter Sutherland: Moral Merkel. Fragile Europe. ‘Sneering’ IrelandHe’s a lifelong pro-European, supports Germany’s progressive stance on migration and is one of Ireland’s most successful international players. So why do the sneers of some of his countrymen still sting?Sat Dec 05 2015 - 13:00
Only danger of republishing ‘Mein Kampf’ is risk of paper cutHitler’s unreadable classic is an ideal stocking filler this year for someone you loatheSat Dec 05 2015 - 09:30
Bundestag votes to deploy German troops in SyriaBerlin to send 1,200 soldiers, reconnaissance aircraft and a warship to war-torn regionFri Dec 04 2015 - 19:44
New Polish regime sparks crisis by firing five judgesLaw and Justice (PiS) government gets rid of judges in highest court and appoints it ownFri Dec 04 2015 - 01:00
Max Schrems threatens data commissioner with actionAustrian privacy campaigner calling on Helen Dixon to act swiftly on his complaintWed Dec 02 2015 - 16:11
Berlin cabinet backs military aid in fight against IsisOpposition has warned the plan is rash and possibly illegalWed Dec 02 2015 - 01:00
Neo-Nazi hipsters ready to exploit Germany’s migrant crisisGerman authorities unsure whether to ban far-right National Democratic PartyMon Nov 30 2015 - 01:00
Bike-train-bike couriers cut carbon emissions by 99%Innovative courier firm uses bicycles instead of trucks to link with high-speed trainsFri Nov 27 2015 - 09:00
Berlin police raid home on suspicion of ‘endangering state’Police arrest two men suspected of involvement in a terrorist attack on a German cityFri Nov 27 2015 - 01:00
New Polish government accused of ‘creeping coup d’etat’Media and artists criticise Law and Justice (PiS) party crackdown on news and cultureFri Nov 27 2015 - 01:00
Germany signals military support for Syrian allianceHours after France asks for help against Isis, Merkel pledges reconnaissance backupThu Nov 26 2015 - 17:19
