Amid anniversary tourism, a quiet remembrance of Berlin Wall deadIn a tiny chapel on the ‘death strip’, Berliners will mark 30 years since the wall was toppledFri Nov 08 2019 - 05:00
Berlin Wall anniversary sparks thaw in artistic cold warAfter 1989 many writers, actors, singers – and their work – sank without trace in the united GermanyWed Nov 06 2019 - 14:19
Stasi files catalogue tragedy and trauma of four toxic decadesGerman Democratic Republic’s secret police had a pair of eyes and ears for every 230 East GermansWed Nov 06 2019 - 01:00
‘A permanent state of schizophrenia’: growing up in East GermanyFall of Berlin Wall led to mixed emotions for Germany’s ambassador to IrelandMon Nov 04 2019 - 21:20
‘I know no one here anymore’: The long goodbye to East BerlinJalda Rebling witnessed history but, as Germany marks fall of the wall, she will be goneMon Nov 04 2019 - 01:00
United Berlin at 30: A city still in search of its true soulAlways becoming, never being, cranes on the horizon and gravel crunching underfootSat Nov 02 2019 - 06:00
Prison baby: East German injustice haunts Berlin Wall anniversaryMaud Grzemba was born in jail after the wall was built in world terrorised by Stasi officialsThu Oct 31 2019 - 20:00
Poland’s democracy is not a priority for many of its votersJaroslaw Kaczynski realised before his rivals that most voters just want to make ends meetThu Oct 17 2019 - 00:45
What’s the German word for a feeling of being left in the dark?Berlin officials try to remain optimistic ahead of potential Brexit breakthroughTue Oct 15 2019 - 14:32
Polish opposition vows to stand up to government reformsRuling Law and Justice party takes 44% of vote, eight seats more than absolute majorityMon Oct 14 2019 - 19:06
Kaczynski’s nationalist party is clear winner in Polish general electionLaw and Justice (PiS) party set to secure absolute majority in parliamentSun Oct 13 2019 - 22:00
Polish conservatives in final push to secure re-electionPiS party deploys laws on mining and criticism of LGBT people in pursuit of poll boostFri Oct 11 2019 - 20:00
German held over killings admits far-right, anti-Semitic beliefsMedia criticised for use of live-stream images and coverage of attack on synagogueFri Oct 11 2019 - 16:24
Polish conservative re-election hinges on regional voteVoters increasingly ready to back party with narrow policies promising individual benefitThu Oct 10 2019 - 20:32
German synagogue attack suspect planned ‘massacre’, prosecutors sayShock after gunman livestreamed attack in Halle in which two people were shot deadThu Oct 10 2019 - 18:54
Two killed in ‘anti-Semitic’ shooting in GermanyMan arrested after attack on synagogue in Halle during Yom Kippur streamed onlineWed Oct 09 2019 - 20:06
The Polish judge facing down threats and the ruling partyMalgorzata Gersdorf warns Poland is on the brink of authoritarianism ahead of electionWed Oct 09 2019 - 20:00
Poland’s right-wing government finds a new targetVoters being warned of plague of so-called ‘LGBT ideology’ ahead of Sunday pollsWed Oct 09 2019 - 01:00
Germany shrugs off British leaks of Brexit phone call between Johnson and MerkelSenior official in Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union says there is ‘no new German position on Brexit’Tue Oct 08 2019 - 17:34
Germans increasingly divided over unification legacyMajority of easterners unimpressed with how democracy is practiced in GermanyThu Oct 03 2019 - 18:19
The Dane, the German and the ‘borrowed’ passportIf his attempt to flee East Berlin failed, he risked prison. If it succeeded, he might not see his family againTue Oct 01 2019 - 18:59
Strache under fire as populist FPÖ plunges in Austrian pollCoalition options await Sebastian Kurz as conservative ÖVP wins 38% of snap electionMon Sept 30 2019 - 18:44
Judge in Germany urges VW to settle diesel emissions casesCourt urges compromise with 470,000 owners in case that could stretch to 2023Mon Sept 30 2019 - 16:30
Austria election: Kurz set to return to power after snap pollFormer chancellor’s conservatives make gains while far-right Freedom Party slipsSun Sept 29 2019 - 19:52
20 years after I ‘did’ Erasmus, Berlin is still my homeAt the time, it seemed like a tiresome hoop to jump through. But it changed my lifeSat Sept 28 2019 - 06:00
Greens eye power in Austrian electionGlobal climate protest may propel Vienna away from populist-conservative coalitionFri Sept 27 2019 - 20:00
Austria’s populist party shrugs off scandal in re-election bidFreedom Party leader Hofer expected to be in a position to form another coalition with the People’s PartyThu Sept 26 2019 - 22:00
Austrian election: Sebastian Kurz pushes for return to officeCountry’s political wunderkind will have to work exceedingly hard for a return to powerThu Sept 26 2019 - 01:00
Power changed Merkel’s climate record – for the worseChancellor’s interest in climate ebbs when it conflicts with German commercial interestsWed Sept 25 2019 - 01:39
Angela Merkel mocked for ‘pick and mix’ climate packageProtesters criticise German chancellor’s carbon dioxide tax and fuel hike measuresFri Sept 20 2019 - 20:24
Millions of Europeans take part in strike for climate actionProtests mark 1st anniversary of Greta Thunberg’s solo school strike in StockholmFri Sept 20 2019 - 17:27
David Hasselhoff didn’t bring down Berlin Wall – take it from The Hoff himselfUS actor and singer's Looking for Freedom became part of Germany’s 1989 protestsThu Sept 19 2019 - 09:40
Ice breakthrough: German ship begins year-long voyage to ArcticPolarstern scientific environmental mission to drift with currents to North PoleWed Sept 18 2019 - 20:09
AfD politician confronted about reviving ‘Nazi language’Björn Höcke rattled by reporter’s questions about his use of terms such as ‘living space’Mon Sept 16 2019 - 18:35
Volkswagen denies it fitted defeat devices into second engine modelLeaked documents suggest software fitted to detect if exhaust test being carried outThu Sept 12 2019 - 16:56
German MPs ditch Brexit for climate action amid budget debateAngela Merkel calls for a ‘show of strength’ from EU on environment and digitalisationWed Sept 11 2019 - 21:06
China warns Germany over visit by Hong Kong activistDemocracy campaigner Joshua Wong labels Hong Kong ‘the new Berlin’ on German tripWed Sept 11 2019 - 20:15
Austrian People’s Party calls alleged hack an ‘attack on democracy’News comes ahead of snap election and after revelation party broke spending lawsFri Sept 06 2019 - 18:41
Angst hits 25-year low in Germany, the country that invented itStudy suggests Germans feeling unusually chipper after ‘retreat in nearly all worries’Fri Sept 06 2019 - 17:03
Two men jailed in Germany for decades of child abuseJudge calls men’s tactics, befriending single parents online to get closer to their children, ‘perfidious’Thu Sept 05 2019 - 18:49
For good or ill, September 2015 was the making of Angela MerkelA gripping docudrama on German TV recounts the chancellor’s handling of the refugee crisisThu Sept 05 2019 - 10:22
SPD begins extended search for new leaderPublic selection process is a novelty, and a risk, for Germany’s oldest partyWed Sept 04 2019 - 21:09
Derek Scally: Merkel method will be missed on world stageTrump approach is anathema to German chancellor’s level-headed approach to compromiseWed Sept 04 2019 - 01:21
CDU leader rules out far-right co-operationAfD’s success has reshuffled Germany’s coalition arithmetic for mainstream partiesMon Sept 02 2019 - 19:07
Berlin zoo announces birth of twin panda cubsPanda couple, Meng Meng and Jiao Qing, produce first panda cubs born in GermanyMon Sept 02 2019 - 14:59
Germany’s far-right party AfD leaps into political prime timeElection shows greater changes are underway in Germany’s wider political systemMon Sept 02 2019 - 13:04
German regional elections produce far-right surgeExit polls put AfD finishing second with 27.5% in Saxony and 22.5% in BrandenburgSun Sept 01 2019 - 20:47
German president asks Poland’s forgiveness for Nazi tyrannyEvents held in Poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of second World WarSun Sept 01 2019 - 17:36
Weekend regional elections set to reshape German politicsOne key frustration is the growing fatigue with Merkle and her liberal migration legacyFri Aug 30 2019 - 20:00
‘Boris the dictator’: World’s press reacts to suspension of British parlimentMost papers sternly opposed to move but more right-leaning outlets more supportiveThu Aug 29 2019 - 07:59
