Hometown holds goodwill for Friedrich Merz, but coalition leaves him in a bindMerz retains plenty of goodwill, but even friends and allies admit coalition leaves him in a bindFri Nov 21 2025 - 13:34
German police officer alleged to have legally changed gender to secure promotionDüsseldorf police commissioner facing charges of attempted fraudMon Nov 17 2025 - 21:00
Paschal Donohoe hopes ‘bricks and mortar foundation’ opens doors for Ireland in Frankfurt Ireland’s new consulate general in Germany’s financial capital has opened its doors in a permanent premisesMon Nov 17 2025 - 06:00
‘I see no threat from Russia’: Far-right AfD leader’s remark deepens party rift in GermanyCo-leader Tino Chrupalla defends Putin and suggests Poland may threaten Germany, widening divisions at the top of the far-right partyThu Nov 13 2025 - 18:04
Berlin at risk of ‘squandering opportunities’ to revive Germany’s ailing economy, new report saysFederal economic advisers warn ‘special’ €500m fund being used for election promises rather than promised new infrastructure investmentWed Nov 12 2025 - 16:46
Reality bites as Germany begins slow creep away from pacifist idealismLeft-wing firebrand Sahra Wagenknecht takes a back seat as country debates military service and main Protestant church revises pacifist traditionTue Nov 11 2025 - 17:35
Suspect in Magdeburg Christmas market attack goes on trialSaudi-born doctor (51) charged with six counts of murder and 358 counts of attempted murderMon Nov 10 2025 - 13:49
Munich surfers left high and dry as famed river wave vanishesEisbach wave in the Bavarian city had been a surfing magnet for decades but disappeared after a recent cleanupFri Nov 07 2025 - 16:45
When Nazism went on trial: the Irish journalist in the room at NurembergEighty years ago reporter Seaghan Maynes took his seat just yards from Hermann Göring. His dispatches captured the drama, tedium and moral reckoning of the trial that shaped international justiceFri Nov 07 2025 - 13:00
Germany’s bunker boom: war fears spark demand for €150,000 ‘protective rooms’A standard model protects against most drones and grenades - while luxury versions have air filters in case of atomic, biological or chemical attacks Tue Nov 04 2025 - 17:14
‘The naked party was joyful and relaxed’: End of an era as legendary Berlin queer club closesIn the post-pandemic years the club faced rising costs and fewer patrons, especially younger onesMon Nov 03 2025 - 04:23
Friends protest over arrest of Irish citizen alleged to have damaged Israeli arms plantDaniel Tatlow-Devally (31) and four other pro-Palestinian activists were arrested after they allegedly stormed the offices of Elbit SystemsWed Oct 29 2025 - 19:44
Hills are alive with sound of Austria’s neutrality debate amid growing Russia threatUnlike Ireland, the country has no opt-out of EU common security and defence policySun Oct 26 2025 - 19:00
German chancellor accused of reaching for the dog whistle in bid to win back votersFriedrich Merz’s remarks about mass immigration have divided public opinion and sparked protests at CDU HQFri Oct 24 2025 - 15:30
‘We will not accept their erasure’: Dublin-based gallerist on his family's Holocaust storyOliver Sears returns to Łodz with an exhibition honouring his murdered grandfather – and confronting Poland’s uneasy memory of its vanished Jewish communityTue Oct 21 2025 - 06:00
Merz changes Germany’s stance towards Israel securityChancellor says it is for each German government 'to reassess' living up to responsibility of Israeli securitySun Oct 19 2025 - 19:28
Israel-Hamas conflict: Europe ready to back Trump’s Gaza peace plan French president critical of Israeli settlements and demands Hamas exclusion at peace conference attended by western and Arab leadersThu Oct 09 2025 - 19:29
German police given new powers to shoot down dronesMove follows recent disruption from suspected Russian incursions across EuropeWed Oct 08 2025 - 18:01
Haunted by October 7th: Exhibition revisits Nova festival massacreFor survivors, the installation is about bringing the tragedy and trauma of the attacks to a world where attention has shifted to the human cost of the conflict in GazaTue Oct 07 2025 - 18:57
Dublin and Berlin find themselves at opposite ends of the political spectrum It’s striking how many friends in Ireland say privately what they don’t dare say in public, on everything from Kneecap to Michael D Higgins to HamasSat Oct 04 2025 - 06:00
Culture wars rage after German public broadcaster axes conservative talkshowJournalists criticised for cheering demise of right-of-centre programme while condemning Jimmy Kimmel’s suspensionMon Sept 22 2025 - 16:30
Merz’s absence from UN General Assembly is noted as criticism grows over Gaza stanceBerlin insists recognising Palestinian statehood can come only after wider peace process between Israelis and PalestiniansMon Sept 22 2025 - 15:26
‘Our tolerance could be our downfall’: tackling extremism in Germany’s migrant communitiesGerman-Turkish author says the country’s ‘racism of low expectations’ means a blind eye is turned to anti-Semitism in immigrant districtsMon Sept 22 2025 - 05:00
Germany conflicted as public sympathy for Israel begins to shift Journey since Hamas-led attacks of October 7th, 2023 has been unprecedented and uncomfortable as civilian deaths in Gaza rise Thu Sept 18 2025 - 19:37
‘An agent of the Kremlin’: Former bank executive located in Moscow with new identity Jan Marsalek disappeared in 2020 after German payments company Wirecard collapsed with €1.9bn hole in balance sheet Wed Sept 17 2025 - 05:58
Polish president to push Berlin for help against Russian drone incursions‘Utterly unacceptable’ violations prompt Britain to summon ambassador amid war drills with BelarusMon Sept 15 2025 - 18:59
Russia’s war games put spotlight on vulnerable section of Nato territoryIn Poland 40,000 troops watch the border as Vladimir Putin’s forces make manoeuvres at the bloc’s weak pointSat Sept 13 2025 - 06:00
Poland will not be intimidated by Russian ‘provocation’, says presidentInvestigators say many of the 16 drones recovered were unarmedThu Sept 11 2025 - 19:25
German car industry seeks fightback amid slumping market shareGerman automakers face shrinking market share and job cuts. Can they recover?Thu Sept 11 2025 - 05:14
Nato will defend ‘every inch’ of its territory, says Rutte after drone incident in PolandPolish prime minister Donald Tusk described the incident as ‘a large-scale provocation’Wed Sept 10 2025 - 21:00
Russia tests Nato as Poland confronts historic security breachIt is the first time a Nato member is known to have fired shots since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022Wed Sept 10 2025 - 12:16
Merz and Macron anxious to speak the same political languageGerman chancellor and French president work to revive a struggling relationshipWed Sept 03 2025 - 19:00
Germany’s ‘grey army’ at centre of political battle over retirement ageBoomers have shattered social contract, requiring new deal between generations, says economist Tue Sept 02 2025 - 17:29
German campaigners welcome Irish intervention over Berlin police after protest violenceIrish Berlin-based activist Kitty O’Brien is recovering in hospital following an altercation with a police officerTue Sept 02 2025 - 06:00
‘Drogheda may have his head but we’ll always have his heart’: Oliver Plunkett’s remaining influence in GermanyAccounts of Plunkett’s life have more intrigue, disguises and double-crossing than Game of Thrones crossed with House of CardsSun Aug 31 2025 - 15:29
With dry ice and a laser show, Germany’s new war machine gets star-studded launchRheinmetall’s new artillery shell factory marks Germany’s dramatic pivot from pacifism to military powerhouse Thu Aug 28 2025 - 14:00
Windows 10 support shutdown offers window of opportunity for a Linux OS developed in DublinZorin OS, created by two brothers, blends speed and privacy of Linux with design and ease-of-use that laptop users expectThu Aug 28 2025 - 06:05
‘What will become of us?’: Germany struggles with military recruitment as voluntary service falls short A new national service bill offers better pay, discounted driving lessons, language lessons and other sweetenersWed Aug 27 2025 - 15:25
Business confidence surges in Germany but fears driven by absence of growthBleak outlook in automotive industry has already led to mass job lossesTue Aug 26 2025 - 19:25
Angela Merkel’s legacy under scrutiny in a Germany gripped by distrust and a rising far-rightFormer chancellor’s immigration policy linked by some to present-day unrestMon Aug 25 2025 - 19:59
Irish company plays game to beat Elon Musk to MarsAt Gamescom in Cologne, the world’s largest computer game fair, Outlier Games drew the crowdsMon Aug 25 2025 - 06:00
For the Bundestag speaker, high office is no bar to her lust for life or loveJulia Klöckner has been pursued across Germany by gossip columnists this summer, but is there another agenda afoot?Fri Aug 22 2025 - 07:27
Record numbers of Swedish viewers tune in to watch landmark church relocated 5km – in one piece Relocation of 672-tonne landmark Kiruna Kyrka to make way for mine expansion has even become a television showTue Aug 19 2025 - 19:14
Friedrich Merz’s first 100 days in office: a mutinous coalition partner, furious political allies and disastrous poll numbersThe German chancellor faces a mutinous coalition partner, furious political allies and disastrous poll numbers Fri Aug 15 2025 - 17:00
Germany’s Israel pivot is raising fears among Jewish residentsFrom bus attacks to Holocaust comparisons, some in the Jewish community report a surge in hostility following arms sales restrictionFri Aug 15 2025 - 05:55
Zelenskiy to visit Downing Street ahead of Trump meeting with Putin European leaders and Ukrainian president speak with Trump ahead of Friday’s US-Russia summitThu Aug 14 2025 - 07:13
German theatre cancels play about abuse in Catholic Church after director objects to religious contentUse of prayers and rituals cited as reason for axing collaboration with clerical abuse survivorTue Aug 12 2025 - 11:00
Germany divided over plan to limit weapons for IsraelJust 36 per cent of Germans say they hold a positive view of IsraelMon Aug 11 2025 - 06:00
Lidl and Germany’s richest man face up against Aldi in battle of discount supermarketsLidl operates 12,000 stores in 31 countries and its parent Schwarz Group has 595,000 employeesMon Aug 11 2025 - 06:00
Germans told to work more, as citizens make most of holidaysNew chancellor Friedrich Merz suggests his fellow German citizens need to work moreSat Aug 09 2025 - 05:41
