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
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
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
Polish voters set to oust governmentPOLAND: Polish voters will oust their luckless left-wing government tomorrow in a general election that has turned into a bitter…Sat Sept 24 2005 - 01:00
Schroder seeks fresh mandate in poll fightChancellor Gerhard Schröder made a final plea for a fresh mandate to "renew Germany without social division" as tomorrow's general…Sat Sept 17 2005 - 01:00
Polish speaker pulls out of election racePOLAND: Poland's parliamentary speaker, Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, has withdrawn from next month's presidential election - an …Thu Sept 15 2005 - 01:00
Far right's last push for first-time votersGERMANY: On a gloomy, drizzly Monday morning, Germany's neo-Nazis took the general election to the schoolyards.Tue Sept 13 2005 - 01:00
Listen to your voters, Ahern urges EU leadersTaoiseach Bertie Ahern has urged European leaders to listen to their voters and to press ahead with their votes on the European…Fri Jun 03 2005 - 01:00
Holocaust memorial opens after 17-year campaignGERMANY: Berlin's Holocaust Memorial was officially opened yesterday, marking the end of a 17-year campaign by journalist Lea…Wed May 11 2005 - 01:00
Tourists flock to Hitler's hideaway 60 years after his suicideGERMANY: Berlin Letter A trip to Berlin just wouldn't be complete without a visit to the unholy grail of tourist traps: Hitler…Mon May 02 2005 - 01:00
Papal choice is a mixed blessing for GermanyPOPE BENEDICT XVI: The Germans are happy that one of their own is Pope, but they're also filled with Teutonic angst because …Sat Apr 23 2005 - 01:00
Ratzinger missed worst of Nazi school systemPOPE BENEDICT XVI: As a young man in Bavaria, Pope Benedict may have been inspired by those who stood against the Nazis, people…Fri Apr 22 2005 - 01:00
Roots in traumatic German historyPope's formative years: As Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his first Mass in the Vatican yesterday, his fellow Bavarians recalled…Thu Apr 21 2005 - 01:00
Walesa announces he is to resign from SolidarityPOLAND: Lech Walesa has announced his resignation from Solidarity, the Polish trade union he founded 25 years ago which spearheaded…Thu Apr 14 2005 - 01:00
Claim Ireland is getting more corrupt rejectedIRELAND: Transparency International's (TI) Irish chapter rejected reports yesterday that Ireland is becoming more corrupt after…Thu Mar 17 2005 - 00:00
Divisions persist at Bush-Schroder meetingChancellor Gerhard Schröder and President George Bush opened a new-formula can of varnish yesterday to gloss over past differences…Thu Feb 24 2005 - 00:00
Bundesbank talks up economyThe Bundesbank has said there is "no cause for pessimism" about Germany's economic prospects in 2005 despite some recent disappointing…Tue Feb 22 2005 - 00:00
German building firm failsGermany's troubled construction sector claimed another victim yesterday when Walter Bau, the industry's fourth-largest building…Wed Feb 02 2005 - 00:00
Fischer calls for 'neo-Nazis' to be punishedGERMANY: The German Foreign Minister, Mr Joschka Fischer, has demanded that all legal measures be used to punish members of …Mon Jan 24 2005 - 00:00
Is it goodbye sandals, hello power for Greens?World View: It's 25 years since the Greens marched onto the German political stage in dungarees and Birkenstock sandalsSat Jan 22 2005 - 00:00
