Dolly Parton and Angela Merkel: what’s the difference?Comparing the Backwoods Barbie to the pastor’s daughter might seem a stretch, but they have a lot more in common than you’d thinkFri Dec 12 2014 - 16:00
German arms manufacturer fined €37m for Greek bribesRheinmetall bribed officials over Greek army defence contractThu Dec 11 2014 - 19:18
Merkel cheered for stinging criticism of coalition partnerNo show for Nicholas Sarkozy at CDU event after he was persuaded to stay awayWed Dec 10 2014 - 01:02
Primark to take over Karstadt stores in GermanyPrimark cracks one of Europe’s toughest retail marketsTue Dec 09 2014 - 07:24
How a former IRA man ‘saved’ Germany’s ‘anti-Christ financier’German financier Florian Homm went from wolf of Wall Street to repentant lamb after discovering the Virgin Mary in prison, with Irish helpMon Dec 08 2014 - 02:00
German retail site sold by Ballymore as Nama applies pressureKudamm Karree shopping centre sold for €150 million to a Munich developerSat Dec 06 2014 - 01:00
Election of Die Linke state premier causes stir in GermanyBodo Ramelow’s good fortune has evoked memory of East Germany’s Stasi regimeFri Dec 05 2014 - 22:19
Munich debate over plaques for Holocaust victims continuesSupport has grown for the city’s ‘Stolpersteine’ campaignFri Dec 05 2014 - 08:09
Berlin backs fiscal council’s austerity stanceGermany underlines need to reduce public and private debtThu Dec 04 2014 - 09:50
Sweden faces snap election after budget failsFar-right Sweden Democrats topple minority government after three months in officeWed Dec 03 2014 - 20:19
Eon denies focus on renewables is bid to siestep bill for nuclearPoliticians fear reorganisation is an attempt to create a multi-billion risk for taxpayers on nucelar waste storageTue Dec 02 2014 - 21:38
Juncker plan needs focus and speed to boost economies – Franco-German meetingSPD leader calls for less talk and more action as he looks to replicate post-unification plan to deliver growth for EuropeTue Dec 02 2014 - 21:29
Europe’s ‘Merkozy’ duo to be reunited in CologneFormer French premier looking at re-election bid after topping poll to head UMP partyTue Dec 02 2014 - 19:34
Berlin? Verboten? That sounds funIrish blogger Ciarán Fahey visits ‘forgotten Berlin’ – Nazi bakeries, boarded-up breweries, abandoned U-boat bunkers – then photographs and writes about itSat Nov 29 2014 - 01:00
Germany’s foreign-nationals give more than they take, says reportImmigrants contributed €22 billion more to the German welfare system in 2012 than they received in supportSat Nov 29 2014 - 01:00
Fujitsu aims to play a bigger and better role in all our futuresThe Japanese giant claims to be putting people at the heart of its technologyThu Nov 27 2014 - 01:50
Swiss museum to put recovered artworks on displayBerne museum accepts art from controversial Gurlitt family collectionTue Nov 25 2014 - 01:00
Facebook says those in lawsuit ‘not legally capable’Some 25,000 users involved in Austrian caseMon Nov 24 2014 - 19:58
Nazi past lingers ambiguously in culture of Bavarian capitalMunich has been accused of not quite coming to terms with Hitler’s legacyMon Nov 24 2014 - 01:00
Don’t blame Germany for Ireland’s economic woesOpinion: The suggestion that German banks had a kamikaze fascination with Ireland touches an Irish victim button but stems from confusion over the German banks with interests in IrelandWed Nov 19 2014 - 12:59
Merkel issues stark warning to Russia over UkraineKey to solving conflict lies in preserving strong Russian-German relations, says PutinTue Nov 18 2014 - 07:59
Food city: Luther’s shadow hangs over dining in BerlinGiven all the historical and religious baggage, it’s perhaps no surprise that Berliners have a complex, often contradictory relationship with their foodTue Nov 18 2014 - 06:00
Pope Benedict alters view on remarried couples taking CommunionDocument touches on debate over whether divorcees should be excluded from sacramentTue Nov 18 2014 - 01:00
Angela Merkel rejects criticism by Germany’s ‘wise men’State-appointed experts say her policies are undermining growth in GermanyWed Nov 12 2014 - 18:22
Tens of thousands gather to mark fall of Berlin WallGermany celebrates 25th anniversary of momentous event that ended 28 years of divisionMon Nov 10 2014 - 09:22
Ich bin ein Irish shopkeeper - tales from the fall of the Berlin WallIf the Berlin Wall hadn’t fallen – a quarter century ago tomorrow – Beate Lemcke says she might never have found her home from home in IrelandSat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
Border guard’s snap decision ensured joyful end to WallOne man’s quick thinking helped make the fall of the wall, 25 years ago, a peaceful eventFri Nov 07 2014 - 23:00
Irish companies linked to further Luxembourg tax disclosuresPoliticians concerned over EU member state’s dealings with multinationalsFri Nov 07 2014 - 10:33
Former East German city works hard to avoid hitting the wallOver the last 25 years Neubrandenburg has overcome the challenges of unificationFri Nov 07 2014 - 01:40
Tax avoidance takes “axe” to European solidarity, German minister saysSigmar Gabriel calls on Juncker Commission to prioritise the issueThu Nov 06 2014 - 18:50
Berlin 25: ‘East Germans risked everything for reform’US-based historian Fritz Stern has lived through five incarnations of GermanyThu Nov 06 2014 - 06:00
Berlin 25: Germany’s shifting memory minefieldRevelations about the extent of Stasi power in East Germany have got in the way of a more rounded look at life there – until nowThu Nov 06 2014 - 06:00
Berlin 25: Germany’s unification generationHow Germany’s so called ‘unity generation’ – those born around 1989 when the Berlin Wall tumbled – view the country’s divided pastThu Nov 06 2014 - 06:00
Berlin 25: The new German divisionGermans have to reconcile how they view themselves with how their neighbours in Europe see themThu Nov 06 2014 - 06:00
How the Berlin Wall fell: a chronologyCourage of people far beyond the divided city had already undermined and weakened Europe's most infamous structureThu Nov 06 2014 - 06:00
Left Party on course to head state of ThuringiaSuccessor party to East Germany’s SED shatters another tabooTue Nov 04 2014 - 18:19
UK defiant after German warning on EU migrationNational interest comes first, says chancellor George Osborne after ‘Der Spiegel’ storyMon Nov 03 2014 - 21:55
Helmut Kohl blames Gerhard Schröder for euro woesIn new book, Germany’s ‘unity chancellor’ says successor made two ‘disgraceful’ decisionsMon Nov 03 2014 - 21:38
Germany urges troika ‘name and shame’ methodsRecommendations target members that ignore Brussels budget and reform policyMon Nov 03 2014 - 16:32
Why Germany is putting up €150m to boost prospects for Irish businessGerman finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble arrives in Dublin today to sign off on commitment from KfWSun Nov 02 2014 - 21:15
Initial €800m SME loan fund to help boost sectorStrategic Banking Corporation of Ireland launches in DublinFri Oct 31 2014 - 01:00
More than 50 governments sign deal to tackle tax evasionNoonan praises agreement that will force banks to exchange informationThu Oct 30 2014 - 01:00
Germany issues warning over ‘patent boxes’ tax subsidyBruton says US multinationals will advise Government on ‘knowledge box’ tax schemeWed Oct 29 2014 - 11:52
Syrian refugee crisis pushes nearby nations to limitNeighbouring countries tell delegates in Berlin financial support is not enoughWed Oct 29 2014 - 10:22
German business confidence declines furtherSurvey of managers revealed deep pessimism about the economyMon Oct 27 2014 - 20:47
Troubling memories of Achill on display in BonnPainter René Böll, whose father’s travelogue inspired by Achill is well-known in Germany, has unveiled an exploration of the island’s cillíní, the graveyards for unbaptised childrenWed Oct 15 2014 - 01:00
Germany expects Irish tax reform in return for IMF loan restructuringBundestag demand came as German MPs backed Government’s loan repayment planWed Oct 08 2014 - 19:01
Brussels upset by anti-austerity FranceParis set for battle over failure to meet deficit targets set by European CommissionTue Oct 07 2014 - 01:00
Merkel ‘couldn’t eat properly with a knife and fork’ - KohlBook reveals unvarnished views not intended for publication until after Kohl’s deathMon Oct 06 2014 - 09:51
New prime minister promises a fairer SwedenLöfven vows to secure opposition support for minority government by pursuing centrist policiesSat Oct 04 2014 - 01:00
