A town called Schengen: After decades of seamless travel, European border checks are back
Creeping reintroduction of checkpoints inside Schengen travel area a nuisance for town where Luxembourg, France and Germany come together
Germany
Germany offers a stark vision of Ireland’s possible future
As debate raged in Brussels about dependence on US tech firms, Google celebrated Ireland’s EU presidency
Merz hopes to cash in chips with Nvidia investments
Jensen Huang was guest of honour at the inaugural Invest in Germany event
Fatherland review: Ravishing-looking final part of Pawlikowski’s trilogy falls short
It seems churlish to complain that Fatherland is the weakest of the director’s historical trilogy, but it is
Germany accidentally hikes cigarette prices by €4 a packet overnight
A bureaucratic blunder has left tobacco companies wondering whether their products are legal to sell
‘Where is his authority?’ Germany is losing patience with Friedrich Merz
With economic reforms stalled and industry under pressure, the chancellor faces mounting doubts about his ability to reverse the country’s decline
To get into Ireland’s top 1%, you’ll need €123,000 in disposable income
Study by DataPulse also found that 134,900 individuals here were in Europe’s top 1% of earners
The €1.6tn battle for Europe: inside the EU’s biggest budget fight in years
As member states clash over defence spending and farm payments, Ireland is playing the role of neutral EU presidency dealmaker
Nord Stream pipeline sabotage may not have been a crime, say accused’s lawyers
Ukrainian ex-military officer alleged to have led personnel in operation to destroy sub-sea gas infrastructure
Germany puts Ukrainian ex-officer in the dock over Nord Stream sabotage
German prosecutors say a Ukrainian military officer led the operation that destroyed the Baltic Sea gas pipelines in 2022
BYD’s plug-in hybrid delivers impressive range but disappointing road manners
Timely PHEV supermini promises up to 105km of electric driving, but its ride, steering and refinement disappoint
The push towards childhood language learning: ‘For primary-aged pupils, it opens minds’
Combination of skilled teachers and a Department of Education programme at the forefront of a new approach to languages in Irish schools
The best gigs abroad in 2026-2027: Who to see and where to see them
From Berlin to Barcelona, New York to Reykjavik, these are the great cities to visit for a gig this autumn and winter
Ireland in line for a kicking from all sides after publishing EU budget
Irish diplomats privately remarked that if everyone ended up unhappy, they had done their job
Germany’s political centre is not holding. It is tearing itself apart
As the Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Party lose support, each accuses the other of flirting with political extremists
Solar panel mounting firm’s former CEO set up rival business, court hears
Judge grants orders at ex-parte hearing for preservation of company’s property and documents
Price of Porsche’s top models to rise by 20% to more than €330,000 by 2030
German sports-car maker echoes Ferrari with bet on exclusivity to boost profits
Regulator says ‘forever chemical’ found in Irish cereals should be classified as toxic
Department of Health disputes validity of tests but waits for directions from European Union
The astonishing fall of a German spymaster
Espionage, state secrets and foreign agents: the case engulfing former head of Germany’s intelligence reads like a spy thriller
Germany arrests former spy chief over alleged spying
August Hanning served as president of federal intelligence service from 1998 to 2005
AfD passes milestone with first parliamentary speaker post in Saxony-Anhalt
Far-right party’s election manager Tobias Rausch elected to key role on 48 votes, with 29 opposing and five abstentions
Beer at €16 a litre? Oktoberfest drinkers cannot get enough
Even with super-premium prices and a cost-of-living crisis, visitors drank a record 6.7m litres
Russian attacks continue during German chancellor’s solidarity visit to Kyiv
Friedrich Merz pledged €1bn in military aid and said his visit ‘demonstrates that we will not be intimidated’
Europe’s China shock is hollowing out industry and shifting politics to the right
Europe’s industrial base is weakening while support for the far right is growing
Postcards from the Edge – Frank McNally on Samuel Beckett’s newly published German Diaries
Travelling around Nazi Germany, he wrote presciently about war and found inspiration for Waiting for Godot
Volkswagen ID.Polo first drive: The Germans remember how to make a VW
After missteps with the first generation of ID cars, Volkswagen goes back to basics with an electric Polo that majors on space, comfort and the fundamentals of driving
EU budget: ‘Frugal’ states demand hundreds of billions be cut from spending
Germany and five other countries say the bloc’s proposed €1.9 trillion budget must be reduced to secure their backing
Benefits of Ireland’s solar boom should not go only to the big energy firms
Looking at the list of solar farm projects, one thing stands out: an absence of farmers
Why Israel fears settlement sanctions are just the beginning
Passengers arriving in Amsterdam from Tel Aviv say Dutch customs searched luggage for goods from West Bank settlements
Russian foreign minister vows to see Ukraine war ‘through to the end’
Sergey Lavrov says Moscow has regular talks with Trump administration, which describes conflict as ‘Biden’s war, not our war’
Wife and mother of jailed German fraudster set up companies in Dublin
Hendrik Holt, who went on the run last month, witnessed Irish company filing made in April
Irish teenagers are to get culture vouchers. Have they worked elsewhere?
Italy pioneered such an initiative a decade ago; data suggests book sales and visits to cinemas and concerts rose
We have US multinationals to thank for the weakness of the far right in Ireland
If Germany tells us anything it is that this is the Irish moment – but how long will it last?
Nostalgia and lost pride: the fuel that feeds Europe’s far right
Populist emphasis on national identity and threats to it, real and imagined, find a deep response in voters adrift in a world they no longer understand
German leaders prepare to deny far right access to secret war plan
With Alternative for Germany close to power, federal officials want to limit the group’s access to classified intelligence
Friedrich Merz criticises ‘destructive’ parties as he fights for survival
German chancellor under pressure following AfD’s second electoral victory in the east and far-left wins in Berlin
Germany’s most unpopular leader in modern times digs in, but for how long?
Lessons from elsewhere in Europe suggest once leaders become deeply unpopular, they almost never recover
German chancellor Friedrich Merz vows to stay on despite ‘disaster’ in regional elections
Partial results show CDU just above the 5 per cent threshold for parliamentary representation in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
German chancellor under pressure after elections, and ‘concern’ at Leaving Cert reform
Early Edition with Andrew McNair
Friedrich Merz vows to stay on despite ‘disaster’ for his party in German state elections
Exit poll says Alternative for Germany doubled its vote in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, while the Left party leads in Berlin
‘Berlin’s Mamdani’ could carry Left party to power in Berlin
Anti-capitalist Elif Eralp is hoping to become the German capital’s first mayor of Turkish origin
What will €450,000 buy in Norway, Italy, Germany, France and Co Clare?
One price, home and away: A traditional-style cottage, a house beside castle ramparts and more
Merz is on the ropes. Could Sunday’s regional elections deliver a knock-out blow?
While the chancellor struggles and his centre-right CDU bickers, its SPD rival has come out in attack mode
Street attack on Michael Healy-Rae a worrying development for our democracy
Inside Politics: Plus fascinating insights into where Germany and Scandinavia may be going politically
Will AI kill us all?
Developments in artificial intelligence can sound quite terrifying, but the real dangers are not yet clear
Hackers say they breached Italian state email to target Revolut ‘crypto whales’
Group ‘spent months posing as law enforcement’ to obtain confidential data on hundreds of customers
Doctor cleared of allegations of offering cancer patient treatment without flagging risk
Chairperson of the Medical Council fitness to practise committee said that the factual allegations had not been proved beyond reasonable doubt
Inside the Brussels struggle over who speaks for Europe
‘Something’s not working’: Inside the European Union’s stalling ambitions to become a proper geopolitical heavyweight
Fiction in translation: Hafni Says by Danish writer Helle Helle is close to perfection
Plus new works by Pirkko Saisio, Felix Hartlaub, Karim Kattan and Angélica Gorodischer
Germany’s past crashes into the present
The AfD is not a Nazi Party 2.0, as many claim. But it wants to end decade-long efforts to understand Nazi crimes, which it claims are a ‘guilt cult’
Anti-immigration and pro-Russia – why did Germans vote for the AfD?
In the News podcast: Resounding victory for far-right party in regional election sends shockwaves
Mother of Dubliner charged with Israeli arms plant damage in Germany calls for trial observer
Daniel Tatlow-Devally was arrested along with four other Palestinian activists, after they broke into the Elbit Systems Deutschland facility
The Irish Times view on the German state elections: landmark win for the far right
The results is a big blow to chancellor Friedrich Merz
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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