Furious EU heads cave in to Kohl's insistence on immigration controlsTHE German Chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, infuriated EU colleagues early yesterday morning by announcing a dramatic policy U-turn…Wed Jun 18 1997 - 01:00
Ugly mood worsens as Kohl says he's `not a monkey' and turns down bikeAFTER an unexpectedly harmonious session on Monday, culminating in the resolution of a row over Economic and Monetary Union (…Wed Jun 18 1997 - 01:00
A stately Dick Spring conveys Bloom to city of tulipsFAR from plump and soon to be a little less stately, Dick Spring ascended a pulpit in Amsterdam yesterday to begin a marathon…Tue Jun 17 1997 - 01:00
EMU wrangle ends in victory for allBOTH France and Germany were claiming victory last night in their dispute over the Stability Pact governing Economic and Monetary…Tue Jun 17 1997 - 01:00
German politicians sure Bonn Paris dispute over monetary union will be resolved easilyGERMAN politicians expressed confidence yesterday that the dispute between Bonn and Paris over Economic and Monetary Union (EMU…Mon Jun 16 1997 - 01:00
Germans agree to work chapter but reject jobs creationGERMANY said yesterday it would agree to the inclusion of an employment chapter in the revised Maastricht Treat, but ruled out…Thu Jun 12 1997 - 01:00
Waigel dismisses possibility of renegotiating stability pactGERMANY yesterday ruled out a renegotiation of the stability pact governing Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) despite the doubts…Wed Jun 11 1997 - 01:00
Parties reaffirm support for coalition after reports of Kohl threats to resignTHE German government yesterday denied reports that the Chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, threatened to resign four times last week…Tue Jun 10 1997 - 01:00
Germans still oppose the single currencyMOST Germans have opposed a single European currency ever since the idea was first mooted and even now, more than two thirds …Mon Jun 09 1997 - 01:00
Germany steps up action against sectGERMANY stepped up its official campaign against the Church of Scientology yesterday by ordering intelligence services to place…Sat Jun 07 1997 - 01:00
Blair, Kohl promise to bury differencesTHE British Prime Minister, Mr Blair, and the German Chancellor, Dr Kohl, promised yesterday to try to make a success of the …Sat Jun 07 1997 - 01:00
WAIGEL'S WAYTHERE was a touch of deja vu in the air in Bonn on Wednesday when Germany's finance minister, Theo Waigel, stood before a hostile…Fri Jun 06 1997 - 01:00
Waigel survives gold crisis confidence voteTHE German finance minister, Mr Theo Waigel, survived a vote of no confidence in the Bundestag yesterday following Bonn's capitulation…Thu Jun 05 1997 - 01:00
Germany's role in Europe questionedTHE RETURN to power of the Socialists in France, following on the heels of Labour's election victory in Britain, has persuaded…Wed Jun 04 1997 - 01:00
German deal on revaluing gold after climbdown by governmentTHE German government and the Bundesbank were close to resolving their dispute over a plan to revalue the country's gold reserves…Wed Jun 04 1997 - 01:00
Germany fears for EMU after French resultTHE GERMAN government reacted cautiously to the French election result yesterday, insisting that the change of government did…Tue Jun 03 1997 - 01:00
"Der Spiegel" lauds Irish happinessTHE German news magazine Der Spiegel yesterday became the latest voice to join the international chorus of admiration for Ireland…Tue Jun 03 1997 - 01:00
Germans play down EMU differencesTHE German government and the Bundesbank sought yesterday to play down their differences over the planned single European currency…Mon Jun 02 1997 - 01:00
Crisis talks break up with no accord, except on goldTHE GERMAN Chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, held a crisis meeting with his coalition partners last night in an effort to hold his …Mon Jun 02 1997 - 01:00
Bonn adviser critical of the proposals to revalue goldTHE row over Germany's plan to revalue its gold reserves deepened yesterday when one of the Bonn government's senior economic…Sat May 31 1997 - 01:00
Opposition calls for minister to quit over gold `hold-up'GERMANY'S opposition parties demanded the resignation of the Finance Minister, Mr Theo Waigel, yesterday following the Bundesbank…Fri May 30 1997 - 01:00
£18,000 fine and suspended sentence for ex-spy masterWESTERN justice finally caught up with the legendary East German spy master, Markus Wolf, yesterday when a Dusseldorf court found…Wed May 28 1997 - 01:00
Elegy for an unloved stateNO state has ever been more unloved than the German Democratic Republic, and few have been more swiftly forgottenSat May 10 1997 - 01:00
Delighted Kohl hopes Britain will now play a more constructive role within EuropeFOR Germany, Mr Blair's land slide election victory represents a long awaited opportunity to improve relations between Bonn and…Sat May 03 1997 - 01:00
Germany rethinks its tough citizenship lawAT 24, gang leader turned rapper Hakan Durmus has spent four of the past 10 years in jailThu Apr 24 1997 - 01:00
A traditional rite of passage still has powerFOR Denise Neugebauer, a gangly, blond 14-year-old from Berlin's eastern district of Prenzlauer Berg, the ceremony marking the…Tue Apr 22 1997 - 01:00
Yeltsin, Kohl hope to end disagreement over NATO enlargementTHE German Chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, and President Yeltsin of Russia said yesterday they were optimistic about a resolution…Fri Apr 18 1997 - 01:00
Auf Weidersehn to BerlinAFTER five years as a labourer on building sites in Berlin, Sean has finally had enough of beer and bratwurst, 70 hour weeks …Thu Apr 17 1997 - 01:00
Yeltsin in Germany as tension over NATO increasesRUSSIA'S President Yeltsin arrives in Germany today for a two-day visit amid growing tension between Russia and the West over…Wed Apr 16 1997 - 01:00
Kohl determined to make a big contribution to German historyCHANCELLOR Helmut Kohl's announcement last week that he will seek a fifth term in office next year was greeted by his political…Sat Apr 12 1997 - 01:00
German "dialogue" with Iran at an endYESTERDAY'S verdict in the "Mykonos" case, in which the court ruled that Iran ordered a political assassination in a Berlin restaurant…Fri Apr 11 1997 - 01:00
Tehran ordered Berlin political assassination, says German courtRELATIONS between Germany and Iran were in the balance last night after a Berlin court ruled that Tehran's political leadership…Fri Apr 11 1997 - 01:00
Trial verdict could sour relations with IranGERMAN police mounted a massive security operation around a Berlin court yesterday in advance of today's verdict in the "Mykonos…Thu Apr 10 1997 - 01:00
Kohl willing to stand again if called uponTHE German chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, declared last night that he will seek a record fifth term in office next year, ending …Fri Apr 04 1997 - 01:00
Miners' anger abates after Kohl agrees to meet leadersTHOUSANDS of angry German miners halted their protest in Bonn yesterday after the embattled chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, agreed…Thu Mar 13 1997 - 00:00
100 injured as nuclear waste arrivesA CONTROVERSIAL shipment of radioactive nuclear waste arrived at the northern German town of Gorleben yesterday despite massive…Thu Mar 06 1997 - 00:00
Shipment of nuclear waste arrives late due to sabotaged railway linesMORE than 1,000 anti-nuclear protesters threw stones and petrol bombs at police guarding a shipment of nuclear waste in northern…Wed Mar 05 1997 - 00:00
30,000 police to accompany waste train across countryGERMANY was preparing last night for its biggest police operation since the second World War after the government refused to …Fri Feb 28 1997 - 00:00
No parties in BerlinTHE award of the Golden Bear to Milos Forman's The People vsFri Feb 28 1997 - 00:00
Germans did not object to bail for McAliskeyTHE German Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe has said it never objected to Ms Roisin McAliskey being released on bail …Fri Feb 21 1997 - 00:00
Germany dismisses Rifkind charge of EU centralisationTHE German government yesterday rejected a charge by Britain's Foreign Secretary, Mr Malcolm Rifkind, that it wanted to create…Thu Feb 20 1997 - 00:00
Albright in bonn, Paris discussions on future of NATOTHE US Secretary of State, Ms Madeleine Albright, continued her tour of world capitals yesterday with visits to Bonn and Paris…Tue Feb 18 1997 - 00:00
Kohl calls on workers to accept wage freezeTHE German Chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, under pressure to take decisive action to combat Germany's record unemployment levels, …Thu Feb 13 1997 - 00:00
Kohl in the twilight zoneWHEN Chancellor Helmut Kohl came to Berlin last week to turn the sod for a chancellery building near the Reichstag, he described…Mon Feb 10 1997 - 00:00
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
