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
Upstart eurosceptic party could upset German pollOpinion polls unclear of support for anti-bailout “Alternative for Germany”Thu Sept 19 2013 - 01:00
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
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
SPD attacks Angela Merkel over ‘unreliable’ crisis remarkCDU warns a Merkel election victory is far from certainThu Sept 05 2013 - 22:57
Samsung’s duel with Sony steals IFA showJapanese giant goes head to head with its Korean rival at the world’s biggest consumer electronics showThu Sept 05 2013 - 01:00
Folksy Merkel long on caring but short on detailThe German chancellor is having a hard time explaining party opposition to the minimum wageThu Sept 05 2013 - 01:00
Samsung unveils Galaxy Gear smartwatch in BerlinStainless steel watch allows users to make and receive hands-free calls and check textsWed Sept 04 2013 - 19:05
Irish Dairy Board marks 40 years of buttering up GermanyWith a 16.8 per cent market share, Kerrygold is the undisputed leader in the premium butter marketWed Sept 04 2013 - 01:01
First chancellor Konrad Adenauer the father of modern German politicsAdenauer wanted a rebuilt Germany to strive for European unity and reconciliationWed Sept 04 2013 - 01:00
The wildcards of Germany’s general electionDespite predictions of a third Merkel term, the most closely watched German election in decades is also the most uncertainTue Sept 03 2013 - 01:01
Ex-SS man tried in Germany over 1944 killingThe 92-year-old defendant denies involvement, 70 years onTue Sept 03 2013 - 01:01
Rival accuses Angela Merkel of ‘deadly dose’ of austerityGerman election race hots up in television debate as chancellor suggests she is safe choiceMon Sept 02 2013 - 01:00
Zurich confirms suicide note of finance chiefSwiss paper reports that Wauthier said he was under pressure for poor financial resultsSat Aug 31 2013 - 01:00
Bid to unseat Merkel gaining momentum - SteinbrückOpposition candidate in Germany’s election unveils plans to reduce gap between rich and poorFri Aug 30 2013 - 01:00
Depfa was ‘final nail in coffin’ of Hypo Real EstateNew light cast on dramatic events of five years agoFri Aug 30 2013 - 01:00
Near-collapse of German bank and its Irish subsidiary shrouded in mysteryThe name of the bank that broke Ireland might not have been Anglo Irish Bank, but Depfa – to the tune of around €130bn and risingFri Aug 30 2013 - 01:00
Election posters push a Merkel referendumChancellor stars as poster girl even in campaigns of rivalsWed Aug 28 2013 - 01:00
SPD leader critical of Angela Merkel over euro crisis‘I always said early on that Germany will have to pay for European stability,’ says challenger Peer SteinbrückTue Aug 27 2013 - 01:06
‘Der Spiegel’ report claims NSA spied on United NationsAlleged widespread surveillance of communications is codenamed ‘Blarney’Mon Aug 26 2013 - 01:00
HRE plans auction sale of Dublin-based Depfa BankOffloading Dublin subsidiary seen as crucial step to allow HRE reprivatisationMon Aug 26 2013 - 01:00
Steinbrück gets unintended Stasi boostEast German secret police kept file on Merkel challenger, apparently intending to recruit him as informerSat Aug 24 2013 - 01:00
Neo-Nazi murder inquiry criticises institutional incompetenceBudnestag publishes 1,000-page into neo-Nazi gang’s seven-year murder campaignFri Aug 23 2013 - 01:02
German election: don’t mention the euro crisisThere has been little talk of economic and European issues in the campaignFri Aug 23 2013 - 01:00
Merkel criticised over Dachau concentration camp visitGerman chancellor’s tour of camp where more than 41,000 were murdered followed by election rally in beer tent described as ‘tasteless’Wed Aug 21 2013 - 01:01
