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
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
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
German audience warms to HeaneyTHE official opening may not be until this afternoonTue Oct 01 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
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
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
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
Issue of Austria's neutrality again to the forefrontWHEN the Austrian Foreign Minister, Mr Wolfgang Schussel, said last week that his country would not join Nato in the near future…Mon Aug 12 1996 - 01:00
Gays and lesbians demand those ties that bindGAY and lesbian couples presented bunches of flowers to newlyweds outside registry offices throughout Germany yesterday as part…Sat Aug 10 1996 - 01:00
Ireland praised for role in presidencyGERMANY yesterday praised Ireland's handling of the EU presidency and the unexpectedly swift progress made on renegotiating the…Fri Aug 09 1996 - 01:00
Germans call for British ban to be extendedGERMANY insisted yesterday that the ban on British beef exports must remain indefinitely amid calls from some federal states …Tue Aug 06 1996 - 01:00
Motorists drive bargains of misery and violence while seeking thrills on the €55FOR hundreds of German men who drive across the border each week, the €55 motorway between Dresden and the Czech town of Teplice…Sat Jul 27 1996 - 01:00
Bonn calls for cut in annual payment to EUTHE German Finance Minister, Mr Theo Waigel, called yesterday for a reduction in Bonn's annual contribution to the EU and a strict…Thu Jul 18 1996 - 01:00
Five jailed for `tunnel robbery'FIVE men were sent to jail yesterday for between six and 13 years for their part in last year's "tunnel robbery" in Berlin, one…Wed Jul 17 1996 - 01:00
Right-wing youths attack campersSEVEN holidaymakers received hospital treatment after right wing youths attacked three campsites in the north eastern state of…Tue Jul 16 1996 - 01:00
Suspected IRA German hideout foundGERMAN detectives have found a holiday home they believe was used as a hideout by the IRA unit responsible for last Friday's …Fri Jul 05 1996 - 01:00
Mortar attack van came from IrelandA FORD Transit van used in last Friday's IRA mortar attack on a British army base in Osnabrueck was shipped over from Ireland…Thu Jul 04 1996 - 01:00
Stasi's IRA files suggest CIA linkEAST Germany's intelligence service believed that Noraid arms shipments to the IRA were controlled by the US Central Intelligence…Sat Jun 29 1996 - 01:00
Pope says time not ripe to heal dividePOPE John Paul II has told Protestants that the time is not yet ripe for full reconciliation between them and the Roman Catholic…Mon Jun 24 1996 - 01:00
Violence feared as thousands get ready to protest against Pope's visitPOPE John Paul II arrives in Germany tonight for a three day visit amid fears that protests against church teaching on sexual…Fri Jun 21 1996 - 01:00
Bonn says it will ignore Commission decision on BSEGERMANY said yesterday it would ignore the decision by the EU Commission to lift the export ban on British beef products until…Thu Jun 06 1996 - 01:00
Bruton backs British in search for end to beef banTHE Taoiseach, Mr Bruton, has backed British demands for a framework of measures to remove the worldwide ban onWed Jun 05 1996 - 01:00
Nato to give new role to EuropeFOREIGN ministers from the 16 Nato member states agreed yesterday to allow European countries to undertake military operations…Tue Jun 04 1996 - 01:00
Kohl may ask Bruton about movement on joining security pactWHEN Chancellor Helmut Kohl ponders Germany's relations with its European neighbours, he is often reminded of his own schooldays…Tue Jun 04 1996 - 01:00
Fruitful autumn for publishersFIVE hundred German cities and towns will experience an "Irish Autumn" this year when Irish, writers, artists, actors and musicians…Thu May 30 1996 - 01:00
Arbitrator launches effort to end wave of strikesEFFORTS to end a wave of strikes in Germany's public sector took a step forward yesterday when an arbitrator held preliminary…Tue May 28 1996 - 01:00
Chirac, Kohl hold talks in BonnTHE French President, Mr Jacques Chirac, arrived in Bonn last night for informal talks with German Chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl…Sat May 11 1996 - 01:00
Tale of intrigue and double dealing in the history of £7bn worth of mystery goldTHE disputed gold certificate that has put an Australian lawyer into the dock of a London court has an extraordinary history, …Mon May 06 1996 - 01:00
"It's a total mystery to me," says former president of £7 billion gold certificateTHE former president, Dr Patrick Hillery, has expressed astonishment that his name has been linked to a document at the centre…Mon May 06 1996 - 01:00
Germany seeks £22bn in cutbacksTHE Germany Chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, has called on Germans to lower their economic expectations as he announced a massive …Sat Apr 27 1996 - 01:00
Kohl unveils huge cutsTHE German government yesterday defied protests from trade unions and opposition politicians to announce massive spending cuts…Fri Apr 26 1996 - 01:00
Kohl's tripartite talks to cut costs and create employment collapseTHE future of Chancellor Helmut Kohl's plan to reduce German unemployment by half was in doubt yesterday following the collapse…Thu Apr 25 1996 - 01:00
Still in the shadow of the HolocaustTHE thousands of well-heeled shoppers who stream out of Berlin's smartest department store every day are confronted by a huge…Sat Apr 20 1996 - 01:00
