Intel agrees to build chip factory in Germany backed by state subsidies of €10bnGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz signs letter of intent with Intel for a new factory complex, 150km southwest of BerlinMon Jun 19 2023 - 19:33
Finnish far-right coalition deal reflects pan-European trendFar-right Finns party leader Riikka Purra secures seven cabinet posts in a four-party coalition led by conservative prime ministerMon Jun 19 2023 - 17:37
Germany’s far right rises: ‘It won’t be possible to keep the AfD out of office forever – they will get in’Former radio DJ Leif-Erik Holm is hopeful of being elected mayor of Schwerin as his party capitalises on rampant voter disaffectionFri Jun 16 2023 - 12:38
Irish aid to postwar Germany recalled with return of ‘thank you’ album almost 80 years onRetired Dublin architect returned to German city of Saarbrücken to track down the people who helped create gift of gratitude to IrelandFri Jun 16 2023 - 06:00
Thousands protest against Poland’s restrictive abortion laws after pregnant woman dies in hospitalDorota Lalik (33), who was five months pregnant, died of septic shock in a case that echoes that of Savita HalappanavarThu Jun 15 2023 - 22:07
New German security strategy to boost domestic defence and co-ordination national interests abroadScholz says integrated approach to security included cybersecurity and countering disinformation, as well as supply chain security for food, medication, energy and critical componentsWed Jun 14 2023 - 18:21
Europe faces air traffic disruption during Nato military exercisesAir Defender 23 exercise will involve 10,000 participants and 250 aircraft from 25 members of the defence allianceSun Jun 11 2023 - 15:05
West Side Story legend Chita Rivera: ‘Catholic girls practically invented guilt’The 90-year-old glamorous survivor from Broadway’s golden age talks about breaking the rules, her Irish roots and being a trailblazerSun Jun 11 2023 - 05:00
EU agrees radical reforms on migration and asylum laws Countries refusing to host refugees will be charged €20,000 per personFri Jun 09 2023 - 06:26
Poland’s battle with Brussels over controversial reforms steps up a gearEuropean Commission announces it will challenge proposed law allowing inquiries into political opponentsWed Jun 07 2023 - 19:10
Bickering among Berlin coalition partners leaves public unimpressedChancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD party has slumped in polls and is now neck-and-neck with Germany’s far-right AfDFri Jun 02 2023 - 19:00
Finland working on first phase of security fence along Russian border Baricade planned for border-crossing points where access is easy in move driven by ‘changing security environment’Thu Jun 01 2023 - 17:51
Roger Waters raises hackles in Berlin with SS-themed showCritics say imagery and texts veer into anti-Semitism propaganda and compare Israel with Nazi GermanyThu May 25 2023 - 16:45
Discovery of Russian missile may cause major political waves in Polish election campaignIncident exposes an apparent double failure of Polish air defence and security services, and has prompted a row among officialsWed May 24 2023 - 19:00
Heating row tensions raise temperature in Berlin coalitionEveryone from builders to environmental campaigners is urging Olaf Scholz to intervene in row between his junior coalition partnersTue May 23 2023 - 19:00
As bad as Dublin? In Berlin’s broken rental market, 200 people apply for one apartment Problems facing Germany’s second most expensive rental market are not dissimilar to our own: a lack of new-builds, a surge of new arrivals and a failed rent-cap attemptSun May 07 2023 - 05:30
‘People don’t want to look back because they don’t want to grapple with their younger selves’Evelyn Zupke describes herself as a ‘model socialist child’ until teenage rebellion kicked in and she realised that the grand promises of German socialism were falseSat Apr 22 2023 - 05:00
East Germany’s traumatised former citizens offered free counselling Some victims want to understand why they cannot trust people - even their own children, says lead counsellorSat Apr 22 2023 - 00:01
Michael Schumacher family planning legal action over AI ‘interview’Die Aktuelle published story of an AI-generated interview with the former Formula One championThu Apr 20 2023 - 19:54
Political tensions overshadow Warsaw Ghetto anniversary ceremonyOn his visit to the city, German president Steinmeier presented with copy of Poland’s €1.3tn WWII damages claimWed Apr 19 2023 - 19:00
German Catholic archbishop accused of ‘concrete cover-up’ of clerical sexual abuse Calls grow for state inquiry after report accuses ex-head of bishops’ conference of shielding abusing priestsTue Apr 18 2023 - 19:00
Angela Merkel awarded Germany’s highest civil honour for ‘tireless efforts’ as chancellorMove prompts criticism in Berlin over the ex-chancellor’s mixed record on energy security and RussiaMon Apr 17 2023 - 19:04
Unseen photos of Warsaw Ghetto uprising: ‘These will remain with me for the rest of my life’A new exhibition in the Polish capital tells the story of the revolt as those on the inside saw itMon Apr 17 2023 - 00:00
Park-and-squeal online service a hit in GermanyCyclists and pedestrians can photograph offending vehicles and file a complaint with authoritiesFri Apr 14 2023 - 19:00
German media mogul’s leaked texts cause ructions in BerlinBillionaire Mathias Döpfner’s messages denounce Merkel’s politics and pray for Trump’s re-electionFri Apr 14 2023 - 19:00
Germany confident of keeping lights on as it prepares to ditch nuclear for goodAfter a two-decade transition away from nuclear, Germany is stepping up its pivot towards renewablesFri Apr 14 2023 - 05:00
Russian deportee in Berlin fights deportation to PolandConscientious objector claims church asylum after Berlin court orders his deportationThu Apr 13 2023 - 05:00
Germany presents watered-down cannabis law reformDraft bill scales back ambitious plans to permit the sale of cannabis in licensed outletsWed Apr 12 2023 - 19:00
Parents of dead Irishman file final appeal against Hamburg police‘This step is important despite the odds because Oisín was our son and we will never stop loving him or give up on him,” said David OsbornTue Apr 11 2023 - 16:52
‘Hitler is a taboo here’: Berlin bunker shows how an advanced democracy can quickly slide into the abyssWieland Giebel’s Berlin Story Bunker is a historic warning of growing modern horrorsSun Apr 09 2023 - 15:54
Germany’s grow-your-own cannabis clubs hopeful laws will changeHealth minister promised to introduce legislation for a first parliamentary reading ‘immediately’ after EasterSat Apr 08 2023 - 10:24
German coalition struggles to find common denominator in marathon talks Polls this week suggest that if elections were held on Sunday, the coalition would have no parliamentary majorityThu Apr 06 2023 - 19:00
Finnish accession to Nato raises fears in non-aligned Sweden Although Sweden is more or less surrounded by Nato members, the risk of a military attack from Russia – even though it is preoccupied in Ukraine – cannot be ruled out entirelyThu Apr 06 2023 - 02:05
Ukraine war: Zelenskiy thanks Poland for support and shelter during visitRussia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has seen a huge show of political, economic and military support from Poland towards its eastern neighbourWed Apr 05 2023 - 18:37
Finland to join Nato as pro-alliance parties begin coalition talksPetteri Orpo, leader of the centre-right National Coalition party, expected to become prime ministerMon Apr 03 2023 - 17:20
Finland’s high-profile PM Marin defeated by National Coalition Party in tight raceEurope’s youngest leader (37) appears out of a job after voters back country’s two biggest right-wing partiesSun Apr 02 2023 - 22:00
Marches across Poland to defend John Paul II amid abuse cover-up claimsA TV documentary and book allege Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was aware of clerical sexual abuse cases before he became pope in 1978Sun Apr 02 2023 - 19:00
Lessons for Irish reunification from Germany: ‘Introduce new anthem and constitution’Any successful unification, a German politician suggests, should take best from both societies rather than just impose one system on the otherSun Apr 02 2023 - 07:00
How much did Pope John Paul II know about abuse? Poland is stuggling with one book’s answerA Dutch journalist says he is the victim of a character assassination because of his book about the late popeSat Apr 01 2023 - 10:55
King Charles remembers Allied bombing victims in Hamburg as he ends Germany visitKing lays wreath at the ruins of St Nicholas’s church, a memorial site to July 1943 firestormsFri Mar 31 2023 - 18:12
Finland elections: Second term in doubt for prime minister Sanna MarinSupport for Social Democrats drops ahead of Sunday’s voteThu Mar 30 2023 - 17:48
King Charles praises Germany’s military support for Ukraine in Bundestag addressBritish monarch says the UK and Germany have shown ‘vital leadership’ as Europe’s largest military aid donors to UkraineThu Mar 30 2023 - 17:35
King Charles to deliver historic Bundestag address in first state visit as monarchGerman president Frank Walter Steinmeier said the royal couple’s visit was ‘an important signal for German-British relations’Wed Mar 29 2023 - 20:04
Chaos averted as major strike halts German trains and aircraftEmployers criticise scale of strike and dismiss pay demands as impossible to financeMon Mar 27 2023 - 17:34
Angela Merkel mulls murder in divisive new German television comedyFormer German chancellor turns crime-solver in a fictionalised series that has split critics but tickled many viewersThu Mar 23 2023 - 19:19
Poland in meltdown over John Paul II abuse cover-up allegationsA new book and television documentary claims that the then cardinal Karol Wojtyła was not just aware of priests who sexually abused children – he covered up for themSat Mar 18 2023 - 05:00
Donohoe welcomes spending on developing relations with GermanyMinister speaking at the end of St Patrick’s Day tour that took him through Frankfurt and Cologne to BerlinFri Mar 17 2023 - 18:05
Schoolgirls who confessed to murdering friend (12) in Germany placed in care Girl’s body was found in woodland area in western Germany at the weekendWed Mar 15 2023 - 17:42
Oscars triumph of All Quiet on the Western Front contrasts sharply with disquiet on the German frontFilm derided in Germany for perceived lack of complexity but country’s unease with its own history may also be at playTue Mar 14 2023 - 05:12
Coalition row complicates push to tighten German gun lawsSPD response to Hamburg gun attack could fall victim to tensions in Berlin’s ruling allianceMon Mar 13 2023 - 18:53
