ECB defends bond-buying plan in German courtCourt received 37,000 complaints arguing programme amounted to illegal financingWed Feb 17 2016 - 01:00
Hunt for Russia’s missing Amber Room turns to Czech castlePriceless wall panels where stolen by Nazis from Leningrad during second World WarTue Feb 16 2016 - 17:27
German court hears argument over ECB bond buying planEven though the bank has yet to activate the programme, it remains a bone of contention among prominent politicians and economists in GermanyTue Feb 16 2016 - 13:04
Berlin reels at ‘stab in the back’ from Paris on migrationAngela Merkel’s policy defended after thinly-veiled criticism by French prime ministerMon Feb 15 2016 - 17:28
Clooney’s star briefly brightens Merkel’s dayGerman chancellor receives rare praise for work on refugee crisisSat Feb 13 2016 - 02:00
Swiss prison guard runs away with rapist inmateZürich authorities confirm prison break, with guard’s husband saying couple fled to SyriaFri Feb 12 2016 - 14:09
Deutsche struggles to put out firesDespite taking swift action, the German giant still finds itself putting out firesFri Feb 12 2016 - 08:45
Ex-Nazi guard Reinhold Hanning goes on trial in GermanyOpening trial of former Auschwitz camp guard (94) begins with scuffles outside courtroomThu Feb 11 2016 - 17:29
German police dismiss reports human error caused train crashBavarian death toll confirmed at 10Wed Feb 10 2016 - 21:39
Bavarian allies slate Angela Merkel’s migration policy as ‘reign of injustice’CSU officials back their boss over asylum cap and tighter border controlsWed Feb 10 2016 - 19:24
Deutsche Bank’s shares slump as fears build over outlookBank’s chief claims unease is misplaced but acknowledges impact of market volatilityWed Feb 10 2016 - 01:00
Inquiry under way after 10 die in head-on Bavaria train crashTwo regional trains carrying 150 people in total were travelling at about 100km/hourTue Feb 09 2016 - 19:44
At least nine dead and 120 injured as German trains collideBoth trains reported to have derailed in incident in BavariaTue Feb 09 2016 - 12:34
‘Jewrovision’ celebrates being young and Jewish in GermanyLike Eurovision, the German song contest is a cheeky grab bag of songs and stylesSat Feb 06 2016 - 01:00
Women in Cologne celebrate carnival with fear and defianceTight security in place as annual festival takes place against backdrop of sex assaultsThu Feb 04 2016 - 12:15
Bavarian leader Seehofer to meet with PutinMoscow visit causing alarm in Berlin amid growing tensions between Germany and RussiaTue Feb 02 2016 - 01:00
Swedish police warn of upsurge in far-right violenceWarning comes after 100 masked men march in Stockholm over killing at refugee centreSun Jan 31 2016 - 19:00
Berlin’s fact-free asylum seeker stories cause a stirHundreds protested against Angela Merkel over fictitious abuction and rape of childSat Jan 30 2016 - 04:00
Grenade attack marks rise in German anti-migrant violenceRuling grand coalition agree new immigration Bill to tighten border controlsFri Jan 29 2016 - 20:37
Polish opposition vows to launch Kaczynski fightback‘Enough of this embarrassment,’ says Grzegorz Schetyna, new leader of Civic PlatformWed Jan 27 2016 - 19:23
Denmark shrugs off criticism of rules allowing seizure of asylum seekers' valuablesLarge majority of Danish MPs back new immigration Bill after four-hour debateWed Jan 27 2016 - 08:32
Global groups condemn Danish immigration billPolice will be allowed to take assets and cash above €1,340 from asylum seekersWed Jan 27 2016 - 01:01
Clock ticks for Angela Merkel on pan-EU migration dealChancellor seeks Europe-wide solution to crisis but may be forced to take local actionSat Jan 23 2016 - 03:00
EU future in ‘grave danger’ from migration, Valls warnsWithout border controls EU ‘will be totally destabilised’ by crisis, says French PMFri Jan 22 2016 - 20:22
Schäuble calls for ‘coalition’ to tackle refugee crisisReturn of border checkpoints the ‘worst solution’, German finance minister saysFri Jan 22 2016 - 01:00
Bavarians pressure Angela Merkel to shift on migrationGerman chancellor tells allies that European solution still best answer to crisisWed Jan 20 2016 - 20:30
Austria caps asylum claims and steps up border checksDismay among church and human rights leaders who emphasise right to claim asylumWed Jan 20 2016 - 17:00
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
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
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
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
Bombing to increase pressure on Turkish governmentSuicide bomber kills 10 in Istanbul historic quarter after mingling with tourist groupWed Jan 13 2016 - 01:00
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
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
