Wagners in discord over fate of festivalA new twist in the fight for control of the Bayreuth Festival overshadowed the start of the month-long Richard Wagner marathon…Sat Jul 28 2001 - 01:00
German data squeeze ECBPressure is growing on the European Central Bank to cut interest rates in the medium term after Germany's closely watched Ifo…Tue Jul 24 2001 - 01:00
Takeover of Dresdner Bank ends era for German businessWhen Germany's third-largest bank, Dresdner Bank, disappears from the stock market on Monday it will mark the end of an era in…Sat Jul 21 2001 - 01:00
Elvis doll all shook up on the autobahnClassic car accessories come along once in a generation: the pine-tree air freshener, the fluffy dice, and, most recently, the…Tue Jul 17 2001 - 01:00
Wife of former German chancellor is buriedFormer German chancellor Dr Helmut Kohl buried his wife Hannelore yesterday, a week after she took her own life.Thu Jul 12 2001 - 01:00
President begs forgiveness for Polish massacreExactly 60 years ago the residents of a small Polish town turned on their Jewish neighbours, herded them into a barn and burned…Wed Jul 11 2001 - 01:00
Poll group calls ban `undemocratic'A leading organisation of marketing research professionals has attacked as "undemocratic" the new legislation banning the conducting…Sat Jul 07 2001 - 01:00
ECB's failure to cut rates puts euro under pressureThe euro fell to its lowest level against the dollar in seven months yesterday, following the European Central Bank's (ECB) decision…Fri Jul 06 2001 - 01:00
Salzburg police keep anti-capitalists at bayAnti-globalisation activists clashed with riot police on the streets of Salzburg yesterday, throwing stones and bottles as a …Mon Jul 02 2001 - 01:00
Muslim teacher loses case over headscarf banA Muslim teacher who insisted on wearing her headscarf in the classroom lost her challenge to a state ban on religious symbols…Wed Jun 27 2001 - 01:00
Haider call for EU vote dismissedThe Austrian Chancellor, Mr Wolfgang Schuessel, has dismissed calls from Austrian state governor Mr Jorg Haider to hold a referendum…Thu Jun 14 2001 - 01:00
Renegotiation of Nice Treaty is ruled outThe French and German leaders yesterday said the EU could maintain the momentum for eastward enlargement of the Union despite…Wed Jun 13 2001 - 01:00
German MEP sees No vote as fortunateIreland's No vote in the referendum is a chance to overhaul the "terrible" Nice Treaty, according to the chairman of the Foreign…Mon Jun 11 2001 - 01:00
German government 'regrets' Irish rejection of NiceThe German government says it "regrets" Ireland’s rejection of the Nice Treaty but says the outcome will "in no way delay the…Fri Jun 08 2001 - 01:00
German 3G pie may prove tasty but costlyGermany's auction for third-generation (3G) mobile phone licences last summer was more like a spree in a Las Vegas casino than…Fri Jun 08 2001 - 01:00
How the birth of a theatre threatens to divide a cityIt was a perfect human-interest storyFri Jun 01 2001 - 01:00
Kohl's son weds his Turkish girlfriendThe youngest son of the former German chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl, married his long-time Turkish girlfriend under tight security…Mon May 28 2001 - 01:00
Schroder maintains distance from ruling party during his official visit to AustriaThe German chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schroder, yesterday began his first official visit to Austria since the lifting of EU sanctions…Sat May 26 2001 - 01:00
Euro slips and slides as ECB leaves interest rates unchangedThe euro tumbled again yesterday as markets ignored an expected hold on euro-zone interest rates and concentrated on gloomy data…Thu May 24 2001 - 01:00
Art that is dead but not buriedTwo children are examining a lifelike model of a man with what appears to be a raincoat over his armTue May 22 2001 - 01:00
Former members of Red Army Faction involved in new terrorist group, say policeFormer members of Germany's Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion) terrorist group have formed a new extreme-left terrorist group…Mon May 21 2001 - 01:00
Euro change fees too high says ByrneThe European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Affairs, Mr David Byrne, has demanded banks introduce a nominal charge of #…Sat May 19 2001 - 01:00
Gadafy claim of role in bombing deniedThe German government has denied a report that the Libyan leader, Col Moammar Gadafy, told a German official he personally sanctioned…Wed May 16 2001 - 01:00
Book-burning memorial to be removed to allow for car-parkBerlin plans to replace the city's memorial to the Nazi-organised book-burning in 1933 with a car-park.Fri May 11 2001 - 01:00
Anti-capitalist demonstrations staged in cities across the world for May DayMay Day protest rallies affected cities around the world yesterday, with hundreds of protesters detainedWed May 02 2001 - 01:00
Ringing a mobile phone and not the church bell to attract young people back to the foldA minister in Germany is hoping to attract young people back to church, not by a ringing bell but a ringing mobile phone.Tue May 01 2001 - 01:00
Schroder proposes overhaul of EU bodies to create a central government for EuropeThe German Chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schroder, has proposed an overhaul of EU institutions to create a central European government…Mon Apr 30 2001 - 01:00
Spending a pfennig is a dying artTo pee or not to pee is not the question for German men any more, but rather how? Is it nobler in the mind to be a Stehpinkler…Sat Apr 28 2001 - 01:00
4m Germans now living in povertyThe gap between rich and poor in Germany is widening with at least four million people living in poverty, according to a government…Thu Apr 26 2001 - 01:00
Anti-nuclear activists try to stop Sellafield cargoFive containers of radioactive nuclear waste began their surface trip to the Sellafield reprocessing plant in Cumbria yesterday…Wed Apr 25 2001 - 01:00
Apology for the Berlin Wall 40 years onGermany's former communist party is planning to condemn the building of the Berlin Wall and apologise for those killed while …Mon Apr 23 2001 - 01:00
ECB resists pressure and leaves rates aloneThe European Central Bank (ECB) resisted growing pressure and left interest rates unchanged after the meeting of the bank's governing…Thu Apr 12 2001 - 01:00
A black moment in a sinister eraDay and night, groups of people can be seen staring at the ground of Bebelplatz, a broad plaza in the centre of BerlinSat Apr 07 2001 - 01:00
Former Nazi gets 12 years for murder of prisonersAn 83-year-old former SS lieutenant was sentenced to 12 years yesterday for murdering seven Jewish concentration camp prisoners…Wed Apr 04 2001 - 01:00
Outbreak of disease in Germany fearedGermany was last night bracing itself for what could be the country's first case of foot-and-mouth diseaseWed Apr 04 2001 - 01:00
Schroder still sticks by KyotoThe German Chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schroder, was showing no sign of softening his stance on Kyoto ahead of his meeting with President…Fri Mar 30 2001 - 01:00
Nuclear load is under way againGermany's shipment of nuclear waste was under way again last night after a 17-hour delay caused by anti-nuclear activists who…Thu Mar 29 2001 - 01:00
German police seek to stop attempts by protesters to block nuclear shipmentGerman police began what they called "a game of cat and mouse" yesterday with anti-nuclear activistsTue Mar 27 2001 - 01:00
Irish firms win orders at techfair in HanoverIrish technology firms exhibiting at the CeBit technology exhibition in Hanover - the world's largest computer and communications…Tue Mar 27 2001 - 01:00
SPD fails to end 50-year CDU ruleMr Gerhard Schroder's hopes of ending 50 years of conservative rule in the southern state of Baden-Wurttemberg were crushed yesterday…Mon Mar 26 2001 - 01:00
Germany closes meat factories as virus is found in NetherlandsGerman fears of foot-and-mouth grew yesterday after the first confirmed cases in the NetherlandsThu Mar 22 2001 - 00:00
Romanian gangs who smuggle people into IrelandThe phenomenon of Romanians illegally entering Ireland is not new, but anecdotal evidence from Irish refugee organisations suggests…Mon Mar 12 2001 - 00:00
Former film star rushes to the rescue of city's stray dogsAll dogs go to heaven, the saying goes, but if the mayor of Bucharest got his way, the 300,000 stray dogs that roam his city'…Fri Mar 09 2001 - 00:00
Cowen reaffirms EU commitmentClaims that Ireland's economic and social traditions are closer to the US than the European model did not "stand up to scrutiny…Thu Mar 08 2001 - 00:00
Swiss voters say No to EU talksSwiss voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to begin talks on joining the European Union yesterday, showing once more the…Mon Mar 05 2001 - 00:00
Fischer faces perjury inquiryFederal prosecutors informed the German parliament yesterday that they intend to investigate the Foreign Minister, Mr Joschka…Sat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
Pharmacists get a taste of their own medicineIt often seems in Berlin as if every block has either a baker, a florist, an optician or a pharmacy - often a combination of …Wed Feb 14 2001 - 00:00
Money allegedly embezzled may be higher than $6.8mThe amount of money allegedly embezzled by Irish businessman Mr Paul Murphy through an Irish-registered trust may be considerably…Fri Feb 09 2001 - 00:00
Forde denies Swiss court allegationsDublin businessman Mr Tom Forde has denied allegations that he demanded half the $400,000 (€429,000) commission earned by a Dublin…Thu Feb 08 2001 - 00:00
Irishman unable to attend Swiss `laundering' trialDublin businessman Mr Tom Forde has cancelled his expected appearance at one of Switzerland's biggest-ever money laundering trials…Wed Feb 07 2001 - 00:00
