Angela Merkel strikes optimistic note ahead of EU presidency stintGerman leader hopeful multibillion Covid-19 crisis fund can be agreed by member statesThu Jun 18 2020 - 18:30
Germany faces into bitter debate on police racismPeople of colour have come forward with stories of random security checks and racial profilingWed Jun 17 2020 - 18:00
Irish poet’s lockdown verse debuts as choral work in BerlinLive online performance of ‘Isolation’ by Gerard Smyth to take place on Wednesday eveningWed Jun 17 2020 - 14:00
Two men go on trial for politician’s murder in GermanyMurder of Walter Lübcke in 2019 shocked country amid growing violence against politiciansTue Jun 16 2020 - 17:01
Coronavirus: Traffic jams and a run on cigarettes as many EU borders openGermany opens its doors as Spain brings forward reopening by 10 days to June 21stMon Jun 15 2020 - 17:24
German author defends dystopian ‘health dictatorship’ novel with Covid-19 parallelsA protest movement sees ‘Corpus Delicti’ as a foretaste of what is to come in a second waveMon Jun 15 2020 - 17:00
Polish president revives attacks on LGBT community in re-election campaignAndrzej Duda warns Poles to be vigilant against ‘foreign’ attempts to co-opt nation’s identityFri Jun 12 2020 - 20:00
Swedish prosecutor names suspected killer of prime minister Olof PalmeStig Engstrom – who is dead – carried out 1986 assassination, investigators concludeWed Jun 10 2020 - 10:27
Sweden to present findings on killing of prime minister Olof PalmeCharismatic leader was shot dead in 1986 in incident that became nation’s ‘open wound’Tue Jun 09 2020 - 21:00
Polish government finances LGBT-critical articlesTiming coincides with the release of a film on paedophile priests in the Polish churchSun Jun 07 2020 - 16:30
Why is Germany suddenly embracing its inner Keynesian?‘The Swabian housewife has learned to act more like a Swabian SME,’ says academicSat Jun 06 2020 - 06:28
Madeleine McCann case: ‘We assume the girl is dead’, German prosecutors sayGerman child sex offender (43) is being investigated on suspicion of murderFri Jun 05 2020 - 06:06
Europe continues cautious reopening as Covid-19 inquiries loomSweden and Denmark to open inquiries into coronavirus lockdown strategiesWed Jun 03 2020 - 17:41
Solutions to Karlsruhe conundrum start to emergeGerman politicians mull options amid two clashing views of EU jurisprudenceSat May 30 2020 - 02:00
Return of cross to rebuilt Prussian palace vexes some BerlinersSymbolic addition to dome of Humboldt Forum proves ideologically controversialFri May 29 2020 - 17:35
Poland supreme court appointment raises fresh fears about independenceMalgorzata Manowska, who has links to ruling PiS party, chosen as court presidentTue May 26 2020 - 16:47
Volkswagen agrees to compensate tens of thousands of German motoristsLeipzig court ruling opens door to claims from at least 60,000 car ownersMon May 25 2020 - 15:20
Schrems calls on EU authorities to intervene in ‘Kafkaesque’ DPC caseCampaigner claims watchdog met Facebook regularly before introduction of GDPR rulesMon May 25 2020 - 15:07
Lockdown fatigue fuels conspiracy theory marches in GermanyEach Saturday has seen growing numbers defying the ban on public assembliesFri May 22 2020 - 19:00
Covid-19 outbreaks prompts tighter German meat industry regulationMeat processors face €30,000 fines for each employee whose labour rights are violatedWed May 20 2020 - 18:40
John Paul II centenary celebrations marred by new abuse allegationsWadowice, near Krakow, birthplace of Karol Wojtyla on May 18th, 1920, draws crowdsMon May 18 2020 - 20:39
Minding our own business – An Irishman’s Diary on what the Germans can teach us about celebrity and privacySun May 17 2020 - 14:01
All eyes on Germany with hopes that ghost games can lift spiritsBundesliga return divides opinion in the country while concerns among players remainSat May 16 2020 - 06:00
What Germany can teach Ireland’s Green Party about taking power – and keeping itThe Greens in Germany reached out to sceptics and changed their country’s politicsSat May 16 2020 - 06:00
Germans prepare to break for the borders as travel ban is easedSaturday’s reopening of borders marks a tentative first step to resuscitate tourismFri May 15 2020 - 18:22
Sweden forced to face runaway Covid-19 care home deathsPoor preparation and volunteer programme are blamed for death rate in old-age homesThu May 14 2020 - 19:50
Merkel claims deeper EU integration will solve rows over bond-buyingGerman chancellor says it is time to ‘act cleverly’ so the euro can continue to existWed May 13 2020 - 17:56
Germans gripped by real-life War of the CovidsA German television show presented a mash-up of its favourite Drosten/Streeck clips. The music was ‘Who let the Docs out?’Tue May 12 2020 - 20:00
German secondary school state exams continue despite oppositionLeaving Cert equivalent should be cancelled due to coronavirus concerns, say studentsTue May 12 2020 - 01:40
German sex workers struggle amid Covid-19 lockdownLegalised brothels have been given no indication when they can reopen for businessFri May 08 2020 - 19:50
‘Enriching for the soul’: Irish soda bread becomes lockdown hit in Germany‘Sodabrot’ overtakes sourdough to become Germany’s hottest pandemic recipeFri May 08 2020 - 18:57
Germany turns lens inward on 75th anniversary of war’s endQuestions of blame and responsibility still dominate most ambivalent day in calendarFri May 08 2020 - 01:00
Journalist accuses ex-French president Giscard d’Estaing of groping herGerman journalist sues over incident alleged to have taken place during 2018 interviewThu May 07 2020 - 16:04
Poland postpones Sunday’s presidental election due to Covid-19Weeks of political chaos end with ruling PiS announcing June as earliest date for pollThu May 07 2020 - 11:13
Germany needs to hear the truth about the euroConstitutional court ruling may focus debate on real value of single currency for GermanyThu May 07 2020 - 00:45
Germany adds emergency brake to new easing of lockdownMerkel and state leaders agree to open shops and schools as outbreak ‘more or less’ under controlWed May 06 2020 - 16:03
Merkel holds talks with German car-makers on cushioning crisis impactCar lobby wants €6,000 subsidy for buying a hybrid or electric car to be increased to €10,000, and extended to all car typesTue May 05 2020 - 17:21
German court seeks justification for ECB bond-buying schemeCourt finds bond-buying programme does not respect ‘principle of proportionality’Tue May 05 2020 - 10:42
Thousands of Berliners ignore May Day assembly banDemonstrators face off with police amid fears of a second wave of Covid-19Fri May 01 2020 - 19:55
Ode to a nightingale app: Berliners track ‘opera star’ of birdsThe German city has become Europe’s unofficial hotspot for research into the songbirdFri May 01 2020 - 19:00
Germany extends Covid-19 testing amid row over resourcesMayor causes uproar over comments about wasting resources on at-risk GermansWed Apr 29 2020 - 19:17
Berlin airport set to open after eight years of calamitous delaysBerlin-Brandenburg gets permission for Halloween opening 14 years after construction beganWed Apr 29 2020 - 16:52
Germany adjusting to new rules on wearing a maskAs state politicians flex their federal muscles, public grappling with 16 different sets of face mask rulesTue Apr 28 2020 - 18:38
Germany rejects centralised data storage for coronavirus tracing appDecision to support app that will itself store key data marks U-turn after privacy concernsMon Apr 27 2020 - 17:51
Tipperary farmer joins class action against ski resort over Covid-19 infectionBrendan Bourke and four friends contracted coronavirus while in Ischgl resort in AustriaSat Apr 25 2020 - 01:30
Coronavirus: Merkel warns German states are loosening lockdown ‘too hastily’Chancellor supports gradual easing of restrictions but fears public complacencyThu Apr 23 2020 - 11:14
Class-action lawsuit launched over Covid-19 ski resortClaim for 5,000 people who tested positive says private gain was prioritised over public healthWed Apr 22 2020 - 20:05
Coronabond debate shifts Berlin from caution to pragmatismMerkel ready to show solidarity but Italy’s proposals raise the hackles of German votersWed Apr 22 2020 - 20:00
Covid-19: Merkel faces her nightmare as decision time looms on lockdown and bondsBerlin Letter: German chancellor has begun delicate manoeuvres amid coronavirus crisisWed Apr 22 2020 - 01:00
Merkel frets as German regional leaders race to ease lockdownChancellor says Germany at the start of the pandemic and ‘not over the hill’Mon Apr 20 2020 - 18:56
