Germany votes for female quotas on boardsBundestag has approved 30% requirement for non-executivesFri Mar 06 2015 - 13:46
Outcome of EU privacy debate will affect lives for decadesEuropean institutions are in the process of replacing existing data rules from 1995 to ensure citizens are better protectedFri Mar 06 2015 - 01:55
Berlin intelligence HQ floods after bathroom taps stolenSuspicious leak at foreign intelligence agency BND, the city’s most high-security building siteThu Mar 05 2015 - 18:56
SPD politician admits buying child pornSebastian Edathy urged to leave the partyTue Mar 03 2015 - 01:00
Greece to seek help to ‘smooth cash flow hump’ on EU loansVaroufakis said he would ask for debt rescheduling talks with European institutionsMon Mar 02 2015 - 01:00
Germany supports extension of Greek bailout programmePre- and post-election remarks in Greece ‘hadn’t made things easier, to put it mildly’Fri Feb 27 2015 - 11:26
German nurse sentenced to life for killing at least 30 patientsNiels H, who injected patients with medicine to induce cardiac arrest, may have killed 200Thu Feb 26 2015 - 19:30
‘This is too big for a small place like this’Locals in Czech town left stunned by mass shooting, writes Derek Scally in Uhersky BrodThu Feb 26 2015 - 01:00
Czech gunman announced killing spree to television stationKiller (62) who shot eight dead acted alone and had no terrorist motive, say authoritiesWed Feb 25 2015 - 01:00
Czech gunman announced killing spree to television stationShooter who killed eight people before turning gun on himself had no terrorist motiveTue Feb 24 2015 - 20:32
Sigmar Gabriel wants to change record, but Merkel still calls the tuneThe German centre-left leader says it’s time to break the ‘downward spiral’ of austerityTue Feb 24 2015 - 15:41
Study warns of ‘new irrationalism’ in German politicsResearchers find that Germany’s political centre under attack from radical viewpointsMon Feb 23 2015 - 19:17
Danish Jews torn between concern and calmDenmark’s 2,000 Jews have spent years getting ready for the worstTue Feb 17 2015 - 08:48
Merkel under pressure as FDP bounces back in HamburgChristian Democratic Union officials are demanding the party challenge the euro-critical AfD with tougher line on security and migrationTue Feb 17 2015 - 01:00
‘Not a war between Islam and West,’ says PM as Denmark reelsDanish-born suspect (22) shot dead after two people killed in separate terror shootingsMon Feb 16 2015 - 01:00
FDP looks to angels to give it wings in Hamburg electionAiling party’s campaign flirts with and fights against German sexist streakSat Feb 14 2015 - 01:00
Rise in German consumer demand propels euro zone to modest growthBloc’s economy grows 0.3% between third and fourth quarters of 2014, data showsSat Feb 14 2015 - 01:00
City in flames: the bombing of DresdenSeventy years ago, near the end of the second World War, British planes dropped 1,400 tonnes of bombs on the German city. Bruno E Werner, father of the Ireland-based sculptor Imogen Stuart, was an eyewitness to the terrible resultsSat Feb 14 2015 - 01:00
Merkel coalition allies seek room for manoeuvreSPD faces task of differentiating from CDU on Greece and euro reformThu Feb 12 2015 - 21:36
Greeks urged to follow Ireland’s approach to bailout changesAhead of EU summit German official says certain alterations may be acceptableThu Feb 12 2015 - 06:43
Eastern states favour US stance on UkraineProximity to Russia breeds fear as focus on sanctions fails to inspire confidenceWed Feb 11 2015 - 10:19
Cold war chill as leaders clash over Ukraine in MunichWhile Merkel has faith in sanctions, others see arms as more persuasiveMon Feb 09 2015 - 13:50
Merkel to press Obama on postponing Kiev arms decisionGerman chancellor to meet US president amid divisions on Ukraine military aidMon Feb 09 2015 - 01:00
US and Russia clash over Ukraine’s sovereigntySergey Lavrov attacks US ‘obsession’ with global dominance and EU’s ‘connivance’ in regionSat Feb 07 2015 - 18:19
Merkel dismisses calls to supply weapons to UkraineGerman chancellor applauded at Munich security conference after meeting with Vladimir PutinSat Feb 07 2015 - 11:12
Greeks on tour: Postcards from the edgeThe heads of the new Greek government undertook a European tour this week, seeking support for a new approach to Greece’s financial crisis. It didn’t go quite as plannedSat Feb 07 2015 - 03:00
US presses Berlin to arm UkraineGerman defence minister warns military support could be ‘fire accelerant’ in regionSat Feb 07 2015 - 01:00
Greek and German ministers can’t even ‘agree to disagree’Yanis Varoufakis requests bridging loan while he develops reform plan for countryThu Feb 05 2015 - 20:26
ECB bans use of Greek government debt as collateral for loansGerman chancellor hints EU states remain resistant to renegotiated deal on debtThu Feb 05 2015 - 00:15
‘Not Bergen-Belsen again... They should leave small fry alone’Hilde Michnia was a concentration camp guard. Her past is rearing its ugly headWed Feb 04 2015 - 06:00
Former Pegida members form new movementCo-founder says breakaway group Direct Democracy for Europe not extreme-rightMon Feb 02 2015 - 22:26
Divided it flourished, but Aldi may stand better chance if reunitedWith its founding brothers gone, the German giant faces an uncertain futureMon Feb 02 2015 - 01:55
Alexis Tsipras softens anti-austerity rhetoricPrime minister calms nerves as he vows not to act unilaterally on Greek debt pileMon Feb 02 2015 - 01:00
Germany’s most popular post-war president dies, aged 94Angela Merkel describes death of Richard von Weizsäcker as a ‘great loss for Germany’Mon Feb 02 2015 - 01:00
Four cities: Berlin - 'No rounds, no arm-wrestling over bills'Don’t expect to meet anybody new at night in this Germany citySat Jan 31 2015 - 06:00
AfD founder hopes Syriza will revive euro as a political issueAlternative für Deutschland hopes to stir up German fury at GreeceFri Jan 30 2015 - 01:01
The rise and fall of Pegida: how Islam-critical movement has changed German politics‘Merkel’s remarks on Islam were seen as an unacceptable attempt to pawn the party’s last unique selling point: the “C” in its Christian Democratic Union’Thu Jan 29 2015 - 17:13
Germany raises growth forecast to 1.5% as consumers begin spendingFigures show lower fuel prices and weaker euro are boosting disposable incomeThu Jan 29 2015 - 01:00
Pegida leader resigns days into the roleKathrin Oertel led German anti-Islamist group after founder Lutz Bachmann quitWed Jan 28 2015 - 17:54
World leaders visit Auschwitz with remaining survivorsFormer prisoners of death camp recall horrors and appeal for past to be learnt fromWed Jan 28 2015 - 07:20
Germany rules out debt cut for Greece as AfD revives Grexit demandGerman reaction to Syriza’s election victory in Greece ranges from negative to jubilantTue Jan 27 2015 - 10:43
German government says Greece’s obligation unchanged by voteSpokesman: Syriza victory does not change European, German attitudes towards reformMon Jan 26 2015 - 14:02
Lawyers accuse Facebook of time-wasting in privacy battleCase taken by Austrian privacy group goes into next round with first hearing in AprilMon Jan 26 2015 - 09:29
Merkel must take stock of Greek challenge to German doctrineAnalysis: chancellor’s view of economics now faces its antithesisMon Jan 26 2015 - 01:00
Signs of leeway from Europe on debt ahead of Greek electionEurogroup chief says room to manoeuvre if new government honours its agreementsSat Jan 24 2015 - 08:18
Germans united in the conviction ECB has gone rogueThe ECB’s €1.14 trillion move has been a slap in the face for the German establishmentSat Jan 24 2015 - 01:01
‘In Auschwitz, you got used to anything’70 years ago Russian soldiers liberated the Nazi death camp in which a million people perished. Some of the last survivors tell of the unthinkable things they saw thereSat Jan 24 2015 - 01:00
Eurogroup chief hints at ‘wriggle room ’ over Greek debtJeroen Dijsselbloem says changes possible with the Athens adjustment programmeFri Jan 23 2015 - 12:43
Germany greets QE with almost unanimous criticismPoliticians and economists across the board condemn the ECB policyThu Jan 22 2015 - 17:46
Ukraine: bus shelled in Donetsk as army loses control of airportGoverment forces withdraw from Donetsk airport as up to 13 die in morning bus attackThu Jan 22 2015 - 08:35
