Google must tidy up search formatCompany failed to ensure search did not breach privacy laws, says courtWed May 15 2013 - 04:03
Leak reveals no let-up in Berlin austerity planAn internal chancellery report on reform plans around Europe notes that ‘further room for labour market liberalisation’ exists in Italy, while similar reforms in Spain and Greece ‘were essential’Mon May 13 2013 - 21:52
German obsession with inflation is based on mythsOpinion: Separating historical fact from fiction is a thankless task in Germany but one man is trying to do just thatSat May 11 2013 - 02:00
Berlin counts the cost of the Nazis’ cultural crackdownMemorials to the culling that began in 1933 are reminders of the loss of diversitySat May 11 2013 - 01:00
France given more time to reach budget targetsEuropean Commission to give France two extra years to bring deficit beneath 3 per cent ceilingWed May 08 2013 - 06:00
Beate Zschäpe goes on trial in biggest German terrorist case in decadesOver 600 witnesses to be called in neo-Nazi trial likely to last more than two yearsTue May 07 2013 - 06:00
Euro exit could benefit Germany says Hans-Werner SinnInfluential economist says ‘Germany can exist without the euro’Tue May 07 2013 - 06:00
Barroso defends Merkel over austerityGermany not to blame for crisis, says European Commission presidentMon May 06 2013 - 06:00
Neo-Nazi trial begins in MunichCourt to hear evidence 38-year-old woman masterminded 13-year campaign of killings against German migrantsMon May 06 2013 - 06:00
Germany would have much to lose from euro zone failureWorld View: The German hegemony argument tends to overlook how much ground Berlin has already concededSun May 05 2013 - 08:00
New Italian PM urges Merkel to back growth strategy for the EUCyprus parliament backs austerity bail-out packageWed May 01 2013 - 06:16
Bundesbank leader criticises ECB euro zone rescue programmeJens Weidmann says ECB stability analysis is based on `strongly subjective elements'Mon Apr 29 2013 - 06:00
Irish corporate tax rate on agenda in BerlinLabour TD Dominic Hannigan discusses issue with German politiciansSat Apr 27 2013 - 05:49
Austerity on the menu as Van Rompuy dines with MerkelEuropean Commission president José Manuel Barroso’s assertion that austerity had ‘reached its limits’ in Europe provides backdrop to meetingThu Apr 25 2013 - 07:00
Merkel: German hegemony in Europe ‘an alien idea’Chancellor warns easing of euro crisis no time to let up on reforms and integrationWed Apr 24 2013 - 06:00
Bayern Munich boss scores own goal with back-tax settlementGerman soccer club president Uli Hoeness confirms multimillion-euro payment over Swiss bank accountTue Apr 23 2013 - 06:00
Merkel cautious on study showing Germans less wealthy than neighboursReport suggests median Cypriot wealth five times higher than German equivalentSat Apr 20 2013 - 06:00
Bundestag backs Cyprus aid and Irish loan extensionsSPD questions solidarity to low-tax countriesFri Apr 19 2013 - 07:00
Irish art on Berlin’s blank canvas‘Neither Here Nor There’, a show by Irish artists in Berlin, turns nowhere into somethingThu Apr 18 2013 - 07:00
Berlin open to medium-term treaty change on banking unionDemands in Dublin not a ploy to delay bank recapitalisation, officials sayTue Apr 16 2013 - 06:00
‘Alternative for Germany’ party calls for euro zone dissolutionSingle currency is polarising continent, says party’s Bernd LuckeMon Apr 15 2013 - 07:00
Upstart political party challenges Germany’s consensus on the euroAnalysis: The appetite for euro-critical debate is growing in German newspapersSat Apr 13 2013 - 06:00
Germany restarts hunt for nuclear waste dumpNew facility for 28,000 tonnes of nuclear material to open by 2040Thu Apr 11 2013 - 07:00
Spiegel editors fired over pay-wall feudOngoing dispute over paid-for content prompts departures at the Hamburg media organisationThu Apr 11 2013 - 06:00
Germany may seek concessions from Ireland for new loan dealTroika report warns of ‘potentially challenging’ situation aheadThu Apr 11 2013 - 06:00
Extending maturities on loans to Ireland may serve as catalyst for return to market, according to reportIrish borrowing in coming years ‘demanding’ though ‘manageable under tranquil market conditions’Thu Apr 11 2013 - 06:00
On Germany, the lady was for turningThatcher’s foreign secretary Douglas Hurd urged her not to obstruct historyWed Apr 10 2013 - 06:00
Merkel pays tribute to ‘extraordinary leader’Thatcher’s suspicion of German unification well documentedTue Apr 09 2013 - 06:00
Ireland vulnerable to crisis shocks - German economistGerman economic ranking places France in fourth placeTue Apr 09 2013 - 01:00
Kohl says German entry to the euro depended on his political survivalInterview in thesis reveals struggle within CDU over the single currencyMon Apr 08 2013 - 06:28
The new Irish Gastarbeiter find their feetSome 25 years after Joxer went to Stuttgart, his children are finding new opportunities in Europe’s largest economySat Apr 06 2013 - 07:00
Berlin calls for data exchange on tax havensGerman finance minister advocates closer co-operation between EU member statesSat Apr 06 2013 - 06:00
Turkish media to challenge exclusion from neo-Nazi trialLimitied accreditation for Munich trial draws sustained criticismFri Apr 05 2013 - 05:00
WWII bomb defused in central BerlinTraffic comes to standstill as Soviet bomb defused near central stationThu Apr 04 2013 - 06:01
A personal tour of some of Picasso’s best worksAfter extensive renovation, the doors have reopened on Berlin’s Berggruen Museum, one of the world’s top private collections of 20th-century artThu Apr 04 2013 - 06:00
Record euro area jobless rate sparks alarmIreland sixth in European jobless league table with youth unemployment stuck at 31%Wed Apr 03 2013 - 06:09
Germany’s CDU warned against courting “shrill” minoritiesMerkel confidante advises party to court conservative base in September general electionWed Apr 03 2013 - 06:00
Hasselhoff marries Berlin WallCivil ceremony reportedly took place in Berlin before a small group of family and friendsMon Apr 01 2013 - 12:14
Former German chancellor Schröder defends Merkel on euro crisisMerkel’s ‘restrained’ leadership is ‘appropriate’, says SchröderSun Mar 31 2013 - 20:16
German coalition partner seeks relaxation of dual citizenship lawsCall by Free Democrats likely to put party on collision course with conservative wing of Merkel’s partySat Mar 30 2013 - 06:02
Band of Brüder: a German view of wartimeGeneration War, a TV miniseries about the second World War which engaged a new generation of Germans, begins tonight on RTE TwoSat Mar 30 2013 - 06:00
Schäuble defends Dijsselbloem over Cyprus bailout ’precedent’German finance minister says it is not ’the task of taxpayers’ to save indebted banksThu Mar 28 2013 - 22:07
Germany’s rethink on just where the blame lies for the Irish bank bailoutAs Ireland’s bank guarantee closes its doors tomorrow, the Irish debate over the infamous decision of September 2008 and the subsequent bailout is drawing attention in GermanyWed Mar 27 2013 - 06:00
German finance minister warns against ‘radical change’ to Irish bailout termsComments come as Government faces setback on bank fundsWed Mar 27 2013 - 06:00
Angela Merkel welcomes ‘fair distribution’ of burden in Cypriot crisisDeal will help win back confidence, says German finance minister Wolfgang SchäubleTue Mar 26 2013 - 06:07
German states file lawsuit at constitutional courtBavaria and Hesse claim they subsidise poorer statesTue Mar 26 2013 - 06:00
