Germany unwilling to invite "rowdy" guest to euro partyGERMANY'S determination to exclude Italy from the first group of European Union member states to join European Monetary Union…Mon Feb 10 1997 - 00:00
`Am I really condemned to idleness at 50?' asks KarlKARL Heinz Menzel is a healthy 50-year-old Berliner with more than 20 years experience as a fitterSat Feb 08 1997 - 00:00
Kohl alerts German to risk of missing EMU Maastricht criteriaTHE German chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, has warned that Germany is itself at risk of missing the Maastricht criteria if it does…Sat Feb 08 1997 - 00:00
Prodi aims to defuse dispute over Italian entry into EMUMR Romano Prodi, the Italian Prime Minister, arrives in Bonn today for talks with the German Chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, aimed…Fri Feb 07 1997 - 00:00
Kohl hopes to cut jobless figures in half by year 2000The German Chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, yesterday painted a rosy picture of the country's economic prospects, claiming that his…Sat Feb 01 1997 - 00:00
Germans approve post war pact with Czech RepublicTHE Bundestag yesterday overwhelming approved an accord with the Czech Republic aimed at ending half a century of bitterness …Fri Jan 31 1997 - 00:00
Home users pay the bill for Deutsche share saleLAST November's flotation of Deutsche Telekom was not only the largest privatisation in the world this decade, it may also have…Fri Jan 31 1997 - 00:00
Kohl concedes emergency debate on unemploymentAMID growing divisions within the German government about economic policy, Chancellor Helmut Kohl bowed yesterday to opposition…Thu Jan 30 1997 - 00:00
Oh death, where is thy stench?AFTER more than a decade of success in persuading citizens to conserve energy and recycle their rubbish, German environmental…Thu Jan 30 1997 - 00:00
Unemployment main threat to Germany qualifying for EMURISING unemployment represents the biggest threat to Germany's efforts to keep its budget deficit low enough to qualify for entry…Wed Jan 29 1997 - 00:00
Peter's past fails to catch up with SteffiYESTERDAY's verdict in Peter Graf's trial for tax fraud marks the end of one of Germany's biggest media events since the Second…Sat Jan 25 1997 - 00:00
France and Germany to meet over EU bank riftGERMANY and France will attempt to heal a growing rift over the future of the European Central Bank (ECB) when finance ministers…Thu Jan 23 1997 - 00:00
German government attacks opposition stance over the euroGERMAN government ministers yesterday rounded angrily on an opposition leader after he warned that the single European currency…Mon Dec 30 1996 - 00:00
Personal motive in church suicide bombingGERMAN police yesterday identified the suicide bomber who killed two other people and herself in a Frankfurt church on Christmas…Fri Dec 27 1996 - 00:00
Luxembourg solution saves the day for the Franco-German axisTHE German chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, made little attempt to disguise his delight at the outcome of the EU summit when he met…Mon Dec 16 1996 - 00:00
EU `associates' join fight against crimeA SPECIAL session with heads of government from the 11 "associated countries" mostly in central and eastern Europe, which hope…Mon Dec 16 1996 - 00:00
AUSTRIATHE Austrian Chancellor, Dr Franz Vranitzky, praised the draft treaty agreed at the summit as "a forward-looking, progressive…Mon Dec 16 1996 - 00:00
Hansch claims popular enthusiasm for EU is waningTHE President of the European Parliament, Mr Klaus Hansch, yesterday welcomed the draft treaty proposed by the Irish presidency…Sat Dec 14 1996 - 00:00
Kohl and Chirac fail to reach consensus on EMU regulationsTHE prospect of agreement on the rules governing a single currency before Friday's summit in Dublin receded last night after …Tue Dec 10 1996 - 00:00
Kohl and Chirac consider strategy for Dublin summitTHE German Chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, will meet President Jacques Chirac of France in Nuremberg today to agree a joint strategy…Mon Dec 09 1996 - 00:00
Taoiseach predicts UK will not seek conflict over EMUTHE Taoiseach, Mr Bruton, predicted yesterday that Britain would not seek a confrontation at next week's European Union summit…Sat Dec 07 1996 - 00:00
Kohl sees further move to EU unity in DublinAS the Taoiseach, Mr Bruton, prepares to visit Bonn tomorrow, the German Chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, predicted yesterday that…Thu Dec 05 1996 - 00:00
German paper to name the nameA GERMAN newspaper will today name the prominent Fianna Fail figure who is named in the Price Waterhouse report as receiving £…Thu Dec 05 1996 - 00:00
Kohl, Chirac to meet again on EMUTHE German Chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, will meet President Jacques Chirac of France in Paris today for the second time in three…Tue Dec 03 1996 - 00:00
UN military leaders meet on planned force to aid refugeeUN military commanders met in the German city of Stuttgart yesterday to co-ordinate the proposed multinational operation to help…Sat Nov 23 1996 - 00:00
Plan to sell hashish and mairjuana to anyone over 16 causes uproarGERMANY was embroiled in a controversy over drugs yesterday after the northern state of Schleswig Holstein announced it would…Thu Nov 21 1996 - 00:00
Dramatic rise in unemploymentGERMAN unemployment leapt dramatically last month to approach the psychologically important figure of four million, raising fears…Fri Nov 08 1996 - 00:00
European integration irreversible, says KohlTHE German chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, promised yesterday that European integration would be irreversible but denied that it …Thu Oct 31 1996 - 00:00
Kohl sends six deputies home to pass budgetSIX of Dr Helmut Kohl's entourage broke off an official tour of Asia last night to fly back to Bonn for an emergency debate amid…Wed Oct 30 1996 - 00:00
German writers, linguists band together to mind their ps and qsGERMAN writers seldom have a good word to say about one another and there are few issues capable of uniting themFri Oct 25 1996 - 01:00
Party hails Kohl in spite of cabinet riftTHE GERMAN Chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, was re elected chairman of the ruling Christian Democrats for the 12th time yesterday, …Tue Oct 22 1996 - 01:00
Frankfurt spawns a diasporaTHE Ireland and its Diaspora festival at the Frankfurt Book Fair spawned a diaspora of its own last week when a group of Irish…Tue Oct 15 1996 - 01:00
Ruling party's vote collapses in European Parliament electionAUSTRIA's governing Social Democrats saw their vote collapse to an all time low yesterday in the country's first direct elections…Mon Oct 14 1996 - 01:00
Gay poet highlights joy and strain of IrishONE of the surprises of the Ireland and its Diaspora book fair at Frankfurt has been the remarkable interest shown in Irish language…Sat Oct 05 1996 - 01:00
Doyle promises a return to comic formFANS of Roddy Doyle who fear his books are destined to become ever bleaker will be pleased to learn the author is working on …Fri Oct 04 1996 - 01:00
Media reflect Irish impact on GermanyTHE scale of German media coverage testifies to the impact of the "Ireland and Its Diaspora" festival at the international book…Thu Oct 03 1996 - 01:00
President calls for Irish identity that honours unionists' sense of BritishnessTHE President, Mrs Robinson, opened the 48th Frankfurt Book Fair yesterday with a call for a more generous concept of Irish identity…Wed Oct 02 1996 - 01:00
Gulliver travels to Frankfurt to add a giant Irish touchTHE short, tense looking woman, one of the first visitors to the Irish pavilion at the Frankfurt Book Fair, had only one thing…Wed Oct 02 1996 - 01:00
Kohl to focus mainly on EU issues during official visitTHE FOCUS will be almost entirely on European Union issues during the two day official visit of the German Chancellor, Dr Helmut…Wed Oct 02 1996 - 01:00
Irish writing will receive major boost in FrankfurtIRISH WRITING will receive a major boost today when the Frankfurt Book Fair opens with "Ireland and its Diaspora" as its focal…Tue Oct 01 1996 - 01:00
German audience warms to HeaneyTHE official opening may not be until this afternoonTue Oct 01 1996 - 01:00
President to pen book fair in FrankfurtTHE President, Mrs Robinson, arrived in Berlin last night at the start of a week when Ireland will receive an unprecedented level…Mon Sept 30 1996 - 01:00
By night, Ich bin ein bare limberFOR many visitors to Berlin, Sally Bowles, the character created by Christopher Isherwood and played by Liza Minnelli in the …Wed Sept 18 1996 - 01:00
Inside the world's top literary marketTHIS year's Frankfurt Book Fair, which has Ire land and its Diaspora as its focal theme, is more than just an opportunity for…Tue Sept 17 1996 - 01:00
Former spymaster on kidnapping chargeGERMAN prosecutors yesterday charged the former East German spymaster Mr Markus Wolf with the kidnapping of one of his own officers…Sat Aug 31 1996 - 01:00
Ex president of Iran says Khameini gave order for killingsIRAN's exiled former president, Mr Abolhassan Banisadr, told a heavily guarded Berlin court yesterday that the Iranian religious…Fri Aug 23 1996 - 01:00
Nation's self made TV confessor finds taxman less understandingFOR Margarethe Schreinemakers, Germany's most popular television talk show host, the world is full of victimsWed Aug 21 1996 - 01:00
German MPs attack Scientology, urge boycott of Tom Cruise filmMEMBERS of Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) have called on Germans to boycott the film Mission: Impossible…Tue Aug 20 1996 - 01:00
Cruise accepts magazine's retraction of sterility claim in fabricated interviewHOLLYWOOD actor Tom Cruise has withdrawn a $60 million lawsuit against a German weekly after the magazine admitted an interview…Wed Aug 14 1996 - 01:00
Building up tourist tradeAS BERLIN marked the 35th anniversary of the building of the Wall yesterday and rejoiced once again at its destruction seven …Wed Aug 14 1996 - 01:00
