Scandal-hit German bishop meets popeBishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst given 20-minute audience to explain €31m residenceTue Oct 22 2013 - 01:00
Merkel aims for further EU treaty change in third termGerman chancellor is pushing for even tighter EU oversight of national budgetsMon Oct 21 2013 - 01:00
The battle for Germany’s finance ministry beginsAlthough the SPD has designs on the ministry, Merkel’s CDU is determined Shäuble will stay putSat Oct 19 2013 - 01:09
Germany economists warn on ESM bank recapitalisationContinued high debt levels leave Ireland “vulnerable”Fri Oct 18 2013 - 01:01
Germany poised for another grand coalitionCDU and SPD agree to open talks next week for a second allianceFri Oct 18 2013 - 01:00
CDU-Greens coalition talks end in BerlinDoor between parties ‘is not nailed shut’ as Merkel withdraws to consider optionsThu Oct 17 2013 - 01:00
Noonan to continue seeking bank recapitalisationGovernment to negotiate on all fronts for debt relief, says MinisterThu Oct 17 2013 - 01:00
Family that controls BMW gave €690,000 to Merkel’s partyDonation from Quandt family was made two weeks after federal electionWed Oct 16 2013 - 01:00
SPD places Irish corporate tax rate at centre of coalition talks‘I am very sorry for Ireland but I am afraid the corporate tax rates are too low’Tue Oct 15 2013 - 06:48
Lavish spending forces German bishop to seek audience with popeLimburg renovation included a reported €15,000 spent on a bathTue Oct 15 2013 - 01:23
Second coalition of CDU and SPD looking likely in GermanyAngela Merkel’s talks today with Green Party seen as just a matter of political choreographyMon Oct 14 2013 - 23:13
Second Houses – What they do elsewhereThe Bundesrat – a bulwark of German democracyTue Oct 01 2013 - 01:00
Austrian coalition set to hold on to powerThree Eurosceptic populist parties command support of a third of electorateSat Sept 28 2013 - 01:00
Team Stronach offers a frank alternative to Austrian body politicSupport for his team is dipping, but all eyes are on Frank Stronach as Austria goes to the polls on SundayFri Sept 27 2013 - 01:00
Greens incur wrath of Joschka FischerFormer German foreign minister attacks party for ‘disastrous’ election that led to mass resignations at topWed Sept 25 2013 - 01:00
Merkel offers ‘gratitude’ to Ireland and says reforms are paying offChancellor sees scale of election triumph as endorsement of her euro zone strategyTue Sept 24 2013 - 01:00
Merkel’s search for partner in government beginsMost likely outcome is another grand coalition with the Social DemocratsMon Sept 23 2013 - 22:40
Merkel praises Irish reform but ‘no change’ to strategyRe-elected chancellor says Ireland an example of how crisis countries can turn themselves aroundMon Sept 23 2013 - 13:14
German result is a clear vote for stabilityMerkel rewarded for her steady stewardship of the German economy and labour marketMon Sept 23 2013 - 09:39
Angela Merkel sweeps in for third term as chancellorGerman leader’s CDU party scores best federal election result since 1994Mon Sept 23 2013 - 08:46
Merkel retains power in Germany as safe pair of handsThe election of the 18th Bundestag was won on domestic concernsMon Sept 23 2013 - 01:02
Mammy Merkel keeps it personalTomorrow’s poll is less an election on the German leader’s polices than a referendum on her personalitySat Sept 21 2013 - 07:23
No revolution likely on EU reformLikely Merkel victory means more incremental reformSat Sept 21 2013 - 07:06
Power city: Berlin’s political nerve centreWhat happens in the German capital affects us more than the goings-on inside the Washington Beltway or even Whitehall’s square mile. Ahead of Germany’s federal election tomorrow, it’s a good time to stroll through the heart of the Berliner RepublikSat Sept 21 2013 - 01:00
Social Democrats warn against third term for MerkelGermany’s Election: Pledges to raise minimum wage but opposition coalition behind in final pollsThu Sept 19 2013 - 23:20
Well-known literary critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki dies at 93Doyen of German literary criticism presided over literary pages of the daily ‘Frankfurter Allgemeine’ for 15 yearsThu Sept 19 2013 - 01:00
Upstart eurosceptic party could upset German pollOpinion polls unclear of support for anti-bailout “Alternative for Germany”Thu Sept 19 2013 - 01:00
German Pirate Party sets sail for BundestagSnowden NSA revelations boost data-protection campaigners’ electoral prospectsWed Sept 18 2013 - 18:00
Strategic voting to decide deadlocked German electionLack of a majority leaves Merkel coalition squabbling over votesWed Sept 18 2013 - 09:21
Merkel allies beg CDU voters for supportFDP facing election disaster on Sunday after exiting Bavarian parliamentTue Sept 17 2013 - 01:25
Green Party leader regrets paedophile pamphletInvestigation into party history reveals pro-paedophile sympathiesTue Sept 17 2013 - 01:01
Merkel faces electoral dilemma in final weekBavarian voters oust her FDP coalition partners as CSU takes almost 50% of voteMon Sept 16 2013 - 01:00
How clueless Irish pundits misrepresented GermanyOne of Ireland’s few growth areas during the recession has been in ill-informed commentary about our largest euro-area neighbourMon Sept 16 2013 - 01:00
Keeping it KellyThe Kelly Family’s Celtic folk-pop and vagabond image won them a cult following – and not a little derision. A decade after the band broke up, the siblings say their American, Irish and German roots make them feel at home everywhere and nowhereSat Sept 14 2013 - 01:00
Kaiser Karl: getting to the roots of the man behind the Lagerfeld nameThanks to his tireless creativity and self-promotion, Karl Lagerfeld has become a giant of modern fashion. But few realise the significance of his German rootsSat Sept 14 2013 - 01:00
Lippe service: German wineAfter the fall of the Berlin Wall, a Munich businessman went in search of his artistocratic heritage and became a winemakerSat Sept 14 2013 - 01:00
The measure of MerkelHer speeches are considered as uninspiring as her image but German Chancellor Angela Merkel is proving to be the right person to act as unofficial leader of a Europe in crisis – pragmatic, flexible, commanding. Derek Scally talks to friends and colleagues who have known her all her political lifeSat Sept 14 2013 - 00:00
Bavarian curtain-raiser causing headaches for Merkel strategistsCSU’s winning formula leaves little hope for SPD rivalsFri Sept 13 2013 - 19:49
ECB rules out backstop funding for Ireland without conditionsCountry ‘may find solution on its own,’ says AsmussenFri Sept 13 2013 - 01:00
German escape from crisis not ‘God-given but hard-earned’Countries can only spend as much as they ‘take in or earn,’ says president of German chamberFri Sept 13 2013 - 01:00
SPD launches doorstep offensive to close election gapUndecideds set to decide the federal electionFri Sept 13 2013 - 01:00
German Eurosceptics look back to Bismarck on foreign policyAlternative for Germany calls for greater understanding in dealings with MoscowThu Sept 12 2013 - 18:27
Germany’s Left Party moves into third position ahead of GreensPoll puts three centre-left parties neck and neck with Merkel’s outgoing coalitionThu Sept 12 2013 - 01:00
Housing hot-button issue could tip scales in German electionParties promise rent caps to ease urban squeezeWed Sept 11 2013 - 01:00
Kohl takes CDU by surprise in backing coalition partner FDPFormer chancellor is critical of Greece’s admission to the euro zoneMon Sept 09 2013 - 18:45
Steinbrück continues pursuit of Merkel despite his SPD trailing far behind ruling CDUWith just two weeks to German election day, the SPD trails the CDU by 15 pointsMon Sept 09 2013 - 09:52
Hypo Real Estate board breached German law, report saysDamning report suggests bank could have avoided near-collapseMon Sept 09 2013 - 01:00
Germany’s working poor put Merkel on the defensiveGrowing low-wage economy sparks election minimum wage promisesSat Sept 07 2013 - 01:00
Sony vows new innovations to overtake tech rivalsNew CEO promises to foster a culture of risk-taking to shake off years of complacencyFri Sept 06 2013 - 01:33
