Schröder criticises Bush's 'God-fearing' absolutismGERMANY: Former chancellor Gerhard Schröder has blamed the strong religious beliefs of US President George W Bush for strains…Mon Oct 23 2006 - 01:00
From cobbler to celebrity - by donning a captain's uniformBerlin Letter : Germans never question a man in uniform - a national character trait a petty thief named Wilhelm Voigt exploited…Fri Oct 13 2006 - 01:00
Polish coalition in talks to avoid snap electionPoland: Poland could avoid early elections after the left-wing populist Andzrej Lepper entered fresh negotiations with the ruling…Fri Oct 13 2006 - 01:00
Austrian rival parties enter coalition talksAUSTRIA: Austrian Social Democrat (SPÖ) leader Alfred Gusenbauer will open coalition talks tomorrow with his traditional rivals…Thu Oct 12 2006 - 01:00
Ahmadinejad says he is ready for 'fair' talksIRAN: Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said his country would not suspend uranium enrichment for "one single day" but…Fri Sept 29 2006 - 01:00
Publications may have breached laws in Kampusch caseAUSTRIA: Berlin chequebook journalism could take on a whole new meaning if lawyers for Austria's Natascha Kampusch have their…Tue Sept 26 2006 - 01:00
Polish PM seeks allies as coalition collapsesPOLAND: Polish prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski was searching for new political allies yesterday to avoid a snap election after…Sat Sept 23 2006 - 01:00
Leaders of Poland's ruling coalition meet for crisis talksPOLAND: The leaders of Poland's three-party coalition government met for crisis talks in Warsaw yesterday after admitting independently…Thu Sept 21 2006 - 01:00
Common ground of Germany's great intellectualsWorld View: The lives of three extraordinary German intellectuals coalesced this week in a lively moment of Germany's memory…Sat Sept 16 2006 - 01:00
Pope warns over Christians being 'deaf to the divine'GERMANY: Pope Benedict XVI has said that intercultural dialogue with the Islamic world is doomed to failure as long as the Christian…Wed Sept 13 2006 - 01:00
Pope regrets fall in priestsGermany: Pope Benedict returned to his Bavarian birthplace of Marktl am Inn yesterday to pray before the font where he was baptised…Tue Sept 12 2006 - 01:00
Falling profits put Telekomchief's future in doubtDefecting customers and falling profits have placed the future of Deutsche Telekom chief executive Kai-Uwe Ricke in doubt ahead…Sat Sept 02 2006 - 01:00
Dell to open €120m manufacturing plant in unemployment blackspotDell is set to become one of Poland's largest employers with a €120 million investment plan for the central city of LodzTue Aug 29 2006 - 01:00
Dell talks up European expansion as profits slipUS computer giant Dell has used the news of a 51 per cent drop in second-quarter profits to $502 million (€392 million) to announce…Sat Aug 19 2006 - 01:00
Recall of exhibits strains Polish-German relationsPOLAND/GERMANY: Relations between Poland and Germany have deteriorated further following the decision of three Polish organisations…Sat Aug 19 2006 - 01:00
Shock at revelation that Grass was in SSGERMANY: Germans have reacted with anger and disappointment to Nobel Prize-winning author Günter Grass's admission that he was…Mon Aug 14 2006 - 01:00
Peace reigns as Wagner festival enters new eraThe curtain has risen again on the month-long Richard Wagner festival in Bayreuth, and a minor miracleTue Aug 08 2006 - 01:00
Unease at power of Polish twinsPoland: Poland's opposition leaders have warned of the dangers of a concentration of power in the hands of President Lech Kaczynski…Mon Jul 10 2006 - 01:00
Don't look back: World Cup stewards watch football fansGERMANY: Tobias Techmann has what seems like the dream job: he is paid to attend World Cup matches.Thu Jun 29 2006 - 01:00
Police detain 400 football hooligans in Stuttgart violenceGERMANY: Stuttgart police detained more than 400 football fans during the weekend in some of the worst violence in this World…Mon Jun 26 2006 - 01:00
Iran seeks 'amicable' solution to nuclear activitiesIran: Senior Iranian diplomats have said they would like an "amicable" solution to the international standoff over Tehran's …Fri Jun 16 2006 - 01:00
German and Polish fans arrested after clashesGermany: Over 300 German fans throwing bottles and fireworks were detained by police in inner-city Dortmund yesterday evening…Thu Jun 15 2006 - 01:00
Centuries on, Krakow still blows its own trumpetKrakow Letter: At the top of the hour, every hour, night and day, Krakovians hurrying through the medieval town square stand…Thu Jun 08 2006 - 01:00
Benedict's Nazi analysis generates a lively debateWorld View: Pope Benedict used his Polish visit to answer the rhetorical question posed by the media since his election last…Sat Jun 03 2006 - 01:00
Pope aspires to 'springtime of faith' on visit to PolandPOLAND: Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Poland for a four-day visit today, visiting the birthplace of his predecessor, John Paul…Thu May 25 2006 - 01:00
Poland finds agreement for three-way coalitionPoland: Seven months of political wrangling ended in Poland yesterday after the ruling conservative Law and Justice Party (PiS…Sat May 06 2006 - 01:00
Polish bishops set up council to rein in radioPOLAND: Polish bishops have established a governing council to tame the controversial broadcasts of religious station Radio …Thu May 04 2006 - 01:00
Kaczynski backs radio stationPOLAND: The leader of Poland's ruling conservatives Jaroslaw Kaczynski has defended the controversial religious station Radio…Tue May 02 2006 - 01:00
Pushing the EU debateWorldView: Germany's leading intellectual Jürgen Habermas has warned that failure to agree on future EU integration will hand…Sat Apr 22 2006 - 01:00
KURT BECK: Socialist with common touchGERMANY: Kurt Beck, the new hope of Germany's SPD, is riding highTue Apr 11 2006 - 01:00
Stout and oysters go down well just off the Unter den LindenGermany: Germany celebrated St Patrick's Day with parties and Irish evenings in cities and towns across the country, including…Sat Mar 18 2006 - 00:00
Poison claim based on tribunal medical reportThe letter : The blame game over Slobodan Milosevic's sudden death began in earnest on the steps of the war crimes tribunal …Mon Mar 13 2006 - 00:00
Irving jailed for Holocaust denial in AustriaAUSTRIA: Derek Scally attended the one-day trial in Vienna of British historian and propagandist David Irving, whose name has…Tue Feb 21 2006 - 00:00
Iran has brief opportunity to comply with atomic agencyIRAN: Iran has a one-month "window of opportunity" to co-operate with the international community over its nuclear programme…Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
Death toll from Bavarian ice rink could reach 15GERMANY: Rescuers in southern Germany suspended efforts yesterday to reach a woman and three youths still feared trapped under…Wed Jan 04 2006 - 00:00
Change the only constant as new West Berlin emerges after exodusBerlin Diary: Contrary to what you may have heard, West Berlin still exists, if only in the heads of the locals who proudly …Mon Nov 28 2005 - 00:00
Schroder bows out as grand coalition era beginsGERMANY: Germany's grand coalition became a political reality last night after members of the Social Democrats (SPD) and Christian…Tue Nov 15 2005 - 00:00
Polish troops may have Iraq duty extendedPOLAND: Poland's president-elect Lech Kaczynksi has said that he may extend the service of 1,700 Polish soldiers scheduled to…Tue Oct 25 2005 - 01:00
Traditionalist snatches victory in Polish electionPoland: EU relations with Poland may be heading for difficulty after the conservative, EU-critical mayor of Warsaw, Lech Kaczynski…Mon Oct 24 2005 - 01:00
Hostility to Germany emerges before votePOLAND: Anti-German rhetoric has overshadowed the final days of Poland's presidential election after Lech Kaczynski, running…Thu Oct 20 2005 - 01:00
Presidential race turns nasty as Poles asked to remember the warPOLAND: Poland's presidential election has turned nasty in its final week after opponents of front-runner Donald Tusk released…Mon Oct 17 2005 - 01:00
Economy the key challenge for Merkel coalitionCoalition must tackle cycle of unemployment and low growth, writes Derek Scally in BerlinFri Oct 14 2005 - 01:00
'Six Faces of Schroder' to bow out after talksBERLIN LETTER : Journalists don't ask a lot from the prime ministers, just this: "Don't be boring."Thu Oct 13 2005 - 01:00
Poland's presidential hopefuls face run-offPOLAND: Poland's presidential election is to enter a second-round run-off after exit polls following yesterday's vote showed…Mon Oct 10 2005 - 01:00
Poles to vote in divisive presidential racePOLAND: Poles vote again tomorrow, this time to elect a new president, but a divisive campaign means the vote is expected to…Sat Oct 08 2005 - 01:00
Sign and Sight points the way to lively debates on EuropeWorldView: The European Union's method of dealing with crises runs like a well-rehearsed fire drillSat Oct 08 2005 - 01:00
Magazine article on Poles in Ireland criticisedThe Polish ambassador to Ireland has described as "hugely exaggerated" a Polish magazine article documenting the grim experiences…Fri Sept 30 2005 - 01:00
Polish twin foregoes post of prime ministerPOLAND: Coalition talks opened in Warsaw yesterday hours after the leader of the winning party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski of the Law…Thu Sept 29 2005 - 01:00
Porsche plans to take 20% stake in Volkswagen to prevent takeoverGerman luxury carmaker Porsche has announced plans to buy a 20 per cent sake in Volkswagen, Europe's largest car manufacturer…Mon Sept 26 2005 - 01:00
Schroder says he will not stand asideGermany: German chancellor Gerhard Schröder has said he is prepared to enter a grand coalition to break Germany's week-old coalition…Mon Sept 26 2005 - 01:00
