Russia and Ukraine meet for talks as humanitarian fears growAbramovich reportedly poisoned at earlier talks as Biden says Putin comments due to ‘moral outrage’Mon Mar 28 2022 - 21:40
Germany poised to acquire missile defence systemTalks under way to buy version of Israeli system for intercepting long-range missilesMon Mar 28 2022 - 16:13
Fleeing Ukraine: ‘It was incredibly scary, we just knew we had to leave’With little fuss, one family packed three rucksacks and walked out on their livesMon Mar 28 2022 - 16:12
Kyiv warns of Russian plan to divide Ukraine along Korean linesBiden says he is not seeking regime change in Moscow after Warsaw speech drew angerSun Mar 27 2022 - 20:33
Poland shrugs off criticism to applaud Biden speechPoliticians of all hues support ‘dictator’ remark while Polish media praises US presidentSun Mar 27 2022 - 18:00
Biden view that Putin ‘cannot remain in power’ not meant to back regime change – White HouseRussian leader ‘a dictator bent on rebuilding an empire’ says Biden in Polish speechSat Mar 26 2022 - 16:44
World at point of ‘fundamental change’ over invasion of Ukraine - BidenRussia announces shift in its war to eastern Ukraine as UN says 10m people displacedFri Mar 25 2022 - 22:01
Biden shares pizza, selfies and Ballina anecdotes in PolandUS president meets paratroopers and Andrzej Duda in highly symbolic visitFri Mar 25 2022 - 19:39
Merkel’s political legacy in Germany crumbles in face of Russian invasionEntangling Germany with the Kremlin via gas pipes no longer looks like ‘just business’Fri Mar 25 2022 - 19:00
Joe Biden visits Poland on high-stakes missionRule-of-law concerns fade as US talks with Warsaw set to focus on Russia and securityThu Mar 24 2022 - 19:30
Scholz warns Putin against ‘unforgivable’ use of chemical weaponsGerman leader defends purchasing Russian energy to avoid ‘massive danger’ for EuropeWed Mar 23 2022 - 20:21
Dwindling Shoah survivors force shift in German remembrance cultureDeath of last eyewitnesses a ‘great emotional loss’, says Berlin memorial officialWed Mar 23 2022 - 19:17
Colm Tóibín awarded £30,000 Rathbones Folio prize for The MagicianLaureate for Irish Fiction discusses Thomas Mann, his Brooklyn sequel and need for NatoTue Mar 22 2022 - 19:30
Elon Musk dances for joy as first German car handed overElectric car maker Tesla opens European factory after 22 months of constructionTue Mar 22 2022 - 18:45
Clerical abuse poses ‘systemic questions’ of church, says Munich cardinalSurvivors express optimism that senior German cleric grasps scale of issueTue Mar 22 2022 - 18:39
German coalition garners positive reviews 100 dizzying days inScholz era being shaped by war as government adapts in real time to a rapidly shifting worldMon Mar 21 2022 - 18:50
New Berlin museum reminds visitors of shared migration historyCentre recalls post-war wave of German refugees, but resonates strongly with today’s Ukraine migrationSat Mar 19 2022 - 06:00
Musk takes Tesla challenge to the home of the combustion engineTesla has shaken up the German establishment with its new factory and disruptive zealSat Mar 19 2022 - 05:40
Putin receives marching orders from former Dresden local‘If he should ever show up here again, he can turn on his heel . . . I’ve banned him for life’Fri Mar 18 2022 - 17:03
Germany ends centralised Covid restrictions amid regional protestSixfold rise in infections in last fortnight as politicians engage in furious finger-pointingFri Mar 18 2022 - 16:49
Meet the Honeckers: TV drama recalls Germany’s unlikeliest lodgersIn 1990, the ousted East German leader and his wife were taken in by a pastor and his familyFri Mar 18 2022 - 16:08
Ukraine war brings promise of profit for German arms firmsShares in Düsseldorf-based Rheinmetall up 51% on pre-war levels to ‘all time high’Thu Mar 17 2022 - 18:00
Germany berated for inaction by Zelenskiy in Bundestag addressUkrainian president calls on country to match words with more decisive deedsThu Mar 17 2022 - 11:25
Benefit concert fights grim reality of war in UkraineBerlin Letter: Violinist Daniel Hope understands forced emigration and violenceWed Mar 16 2022 - 20:00
Germany sends mixed signals on breaking addiction to Russian energyUkraine war triggers growing awareness that EU’s largest economy needs to cut its energy umbilical cord to RussiaWed Mar 16 2022 - 05:55
Schröder’s secret talks with Putin raise eyebrows in GermanyEx-chancellor pinning what’s left of his reputation on diplomatic all-or-nothing missionMon Mar 14 2022 - 19:00
Polish outpouring of generosity on the brinkPoles have helped more than two million Ukrainians escaping the Russian invasionFri Mar 11 2022 - 19:00
Neutrality in Europe is being reshaped by Russia’s invasionInvasion has triggered a radical shift in how smaller countries frame their neutralityFri Mar 11 2022 - 04:45
Berlin sounds the alarm as flow of Ukrainian refugees growsGerman capital has seen some 13,000 displaced people arriving in past three daysThu Mar 10 2022 - 20:00
State-spying on AfD legal after court rulingFar-right party dubbed a ‘suspected extremist group’ and potential threat to democracyWed Mar 09 2022 - 18:07
Austria suspends vaccine mandate a week earlyCovid cases rise 55% to reach new record of 48,000 people within 24 hoursWed Mar 09 2022 - 17:52
Germany resists pressure to throttle Russian energy importsDecision to continue buying Russian energy as before attacked by opposition CDUTue Mar 08 2022 - 19:31
Denmark boosts defence spend and mulls joining EU defencePM announces vote to end state’s EU defence opt-out amid growing fears in EuropeMon Mar 07 2022 - 17:55
Comparing notes – Derek Scally on Bach and Russian pianist Tatiana NikolayevaAn Irishman’s DiarySun Mar 06 2022 - 19:30
Nosferatu and the fangs of copyright infringementBram Stoker’s widow set precedent in going after unlicensed German production of filmSat Mar 05 2022 - 05:00
Derek Scally: Scholz tells Germany it’s time to grow upLeader follows in footsteps of Schmidt and Schröder in challenging postwar pacifismSat Mar 05 2022 - 01:00
Ukrainian refugees reach Berlin by road and railOn the platform people stand with signs offering spare rooms and lifts in all directionsFri Mar 04 2022 - 19:00
Former German chancellor should resign from Russian firms, Scholz saysGerhard Schröder is a long-time friend of Putin and sits on two Russian boardsFri Mar 04 2022 - 09:41
One of the greatest ever mobilisations of Nato forces now under way in Europe22,000 additional Nato troops and their military equipment have been moved into eastern EuropeThu Mar 03 2022 - 18:43
Derek Scally: One hundred billion pennies drop in GermanyCountry’s post-war culture of military caution has followed fiscal caution out the windowThu Mar 03 2022 - 01:55
Regional German politicians back away from RussiaSaxony has always been proud of its connections to PutinWed Mar 02 2022 - 19:30
Cologne cardinal offers resignation for second time just after returning to workProtests as Cardinal Woelki becomes focus of growing anger among German CatholicsWed Mar 02 2022 - 17:44
Nord Stream consortium struggles after pipeline suspensionSwiss-headquartered fuel line company lays off 140 staff as war in Ukraine changes vistaTue Mar 01 2022 - 19:41
Switzerland adopts EU sanctions package against RussiaSwiss banks have long been a favourite with wealthy Russians, holding over €10bn of their cashMon Feb 28 2022 - 20:02
Putin puts Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert as Ukraine defends key citiesEU to buy arms for Kyiv and aim sanctions at banks, media, air travel and oligarchsSun Feb 27 2022 - 20:45
Berlin boosts military spending to combat Putin’s ‘war of aggression’Chancellor Olaf Scholz presents radical rethink of German foreign and energy policySun Feb 27 2022 - 12:44
German rude awakening on Russia infuriates Poland‘Berlin listened to Russian lies and believed, either due to a lack of imagination or because of pure self-interest on a massive scale’Fri Feb 25 2022 - 20:00
Shock and shame in Berlin as Russians and Ukrainians face reality of warHours after invasion German politicians lined up to concede they had been ‘too trusting’ towards MoscowThu Feb 24 2022 - 20:30
EU to impose unprecedented sanctions on Russia as leaders meetBoris Johnson promises decisive response to Putin’s choice of ‘bloodshed and destruction’Thu Feb 24 2022 - 09:34
Ukraine declares state of emergency before possible Russian invasionEU calls emergency summit as US warns that Moscow’s troops are ‘ready’ to attackThu Feb 24 2022 - 00:00
