Germany

Self-styled ‘King of Germany’ arrested and his far-right group banned

Kingdom of Germany ‘underpins supposed claim to power with anti-Semitic conspiracy narratives’, warns interior minister

Germany’s new leadership may be having second thoughts about supporting Netanyahu’s war

Amid the deteriorating situation in Gaza, pro-Israel chancellor Friedrich Merz is learning a hard lesson in Middle East realpolitik

Irish band The Murder Capital has German show cancelled over Palestinian flag

Singer says use of flag ‘isn’t just a political statement, it’s a humanitarian statement’

‘Never again war’: Pope Leo interrupts St Peter’s Square revelry with pleas for peace in Ukraine and Gaza

Visitors praise ‘humble, simple and very welcoming man’

German intelligence service report on AfD faces claims of political interference

Extremist designation of Alternative for Germany paused pending court decision

German asylum border controls ‘legally sound’, new chancellor says

Defence challenge an ‘exceptional’ circumstance where Germany may support EU members taking on common debt – Merz

German president tackles uncomfortable statistic: every second German favours ‘drawing a line’ under Nazi past

Survey last year found just one in five Germans know how many Poles were killed during the Nazi wartime occupation

VE Day 80: The story of The Irish Times’ most famous front page

Editor Bertie Smyllie was determined to celebrate the Allied victory and get it past the censors

Leni Riefenstahl, Hitler’s favourite film-maker: ‘After the first page of Mein Kampf she became an enthusiastic Nazi’

Andres Veiel’s authoritative new documentary is a damning portrait of the German propagandist

Merz’s first day: Berlin back in business and interested in new ‘push for Europe’

New German chancellor steps up efforts to bring peace to Europe

German election surprises break European shares hot streak

Pan-European STOXX 600 index snapped a 10-day winning streak

Friedrich Merz confirmed as chancellor after humiliation exposes Germany’s shrunken centre

Some in new coalition government did not support Merz in first round of Bundestag voting

The Irish Times view on Friedrich Merz: a change in Berlin

Merz’s bold first steps are all the more remarkable from this strong Atlanticist and fiscal conservative

Profile: Friedrich Merz known for impulsive shifts and rhetorical sharpshooting

Ex-chancellor Angela Merkel has announced she will attend Tuesday’s swearing-in ceremony in Berlin

Dietrich Bonhoeffer cast as a culture warrior for the right? That makes no sense

Rite & Reason: Descendants of the Bonhoeffer family published an open letter to say they were ‘horrified’ to see the pastor’s legacy distorted

Madeleine McCann’s parents mark 18th anniversary of her disappearance

Toddler vanished from her bed during family holiday in Praia de Luz, Portugal

Olaf Scholz bows out with Beatles song, Bach piece and final plea for respect

Outgoing German chancellor will hand over power to centre-right CDU party leader Friedrich Merz

Germany designates populist AfD as far-right ‘extremists’

Berlin gives security services extra powers as party’s politics classed as ‘incompatible’ with democracy

De Valera’s condolences on the death of Hitler continue to provoke 80 years on

Notorious second World War incident is still cited today by those critical of Ireland

Centre-left SDP approves German coalition deal with centre-right CDU

SDP co-leader Lars Klingbeil set to become vice-chancellor and federal finance minister

Irish musician Wallis Bird: I bought a farmhouse with my partner and two other couples

I miss being around my parents in their home and I miss the seasons in Ireland, but I don’t see myself moving back

I had to tell my mother that her father had been tortured for 11 days and murdered

Everyone who encounters the Holocaust becomes implicated, a new witness to the mystery and the horror, with the responsibility to recount its history honestly

Tensions rising in Germany amid criticism of Israeli government

Growing conflict in Berlin, with state politicians and police facing off against pro-Gaza protestors, is seeping slowly into German federal politics

Berlin court sentences man to three years over anti-Semitic attack on German-Jewish student

Ruling comes amid protests against efforts to expel four pro-Palestinian activists from Germany, including two Irish citizens

German coalition deal gives SPD members Easter bellyache

SPD party members have received post from the party seeking permission to return as junior partners to the centre-right CDU

‘Donegal neighbours said we admire you for the braveness of emigrating. Who’s emigrating? It’s Europe’

Axel Pawlik first moved to Ireland from Germany in 1996, then returned during Covid

The liberation of Bergen-Belsen: ‘Hello, hello. You are free’

Concentration camp where Anne Frank, her sister Margot and some 70,000 others died stands as a warning for the future

Battlegroup troops test out new technology for wider Defence Forces, including advanced night-vision goggles

New equipment, which includes night vision technology, body armour and weapons, was issued to the 172 Irish soldiers assigned to the rapid reaction force

Efforts to expel two Irish citizens symptom of a growing exhaustion in Germany

Germany is grappling with a dilemma over what its postwar vow of ‘Nie wieder’, or never again, means in practice – is it a universal commitment to human dignity and human rights, or an exclusive promise to the Jewish people and Israel?

Irish activist in Berlin welcomes decision to pause his removal over Palestine protests

Shane O’Brien (29) will redouble organising efforts after ruling, he says

King of Wall Street says European leaders ‘starting to focus on a growth agenda, not a control agenda’

Larry Fink, the head of the world’s biggest asset manager, talks tariffs, pensions and the ‘assets that will define the future’

AfD’s historic poll surge surprises even party’s MPs ahead of new Bundestag term

Economic analysts suggest economic uncertainty and internal party disagreements could yet dampen voter enthusiasm for the party

Germany vows to ‘terminate’ residency of anyone engaging in ‘incitement and anti-Semitism’

Federal coalition government agreement promises full border controls, a tighter asylum approach and expedited deportation of criminal foreign nationals

Tariff crisis has a silver lining for Merz

US action strengthens CDU leader’s hand in government formation discussions with centre-left SPD

Berlin’s state government defends planned expulsion of two Irish pro-Palestinian campaigners

Shane O’Brien addresses 400 demonstrators in Berlin as lawyers prepare to file emergency motions over deportation order

38 Londres Street by Philippe Sands: The parallel stories of mass murderers

Senior Nazi Walther Rauff and Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s lives were linked by brutality, death and the evasion of justice

How two Irish protesters are facing deportation from Germany over pro-Palestine demonstrations

Bert Murray (31) and Shane O’Brien (29) are fighting efforts to remove them. But why have Berlin authorities gone so far?

Getting to the moon with the help of an Irish scientist and 900 tonnes of lunar dust

European Space Agency team create accurate replica of lunar surface to assist astronauts

Christian Democratic Union nerves on edge amid Alternative for Germany poll surge

Friedrich Merz has yet to secure the chancellery but polls show his party on just 25 per cent support

‘I have no plans to go home’: the Irish citizens fighting deportation from Germany

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