Carles Puigdemont leaves German jail after posting bailFormer Catalan leader urges Spain dialogue after being freed pending extradition proceedingsFri Apr 06 2018 - 15:10
Schleswig-Holstein question backfires for MadridSpain’s victory in securing arrest of Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont now looks hollowFri Apr 06 2018 - 09:06
German prosecutor seeks Carles Puigdemont extraditionGerman court now has to decide whether to act on arrest warrant issued by SpainTue Apr 03 2018 - 12:24
Centre-left SPD floats welfare reform in GermanyIn Berlin, where one in five is on the dole, talk of change is being followed closelySat Mar 31 2018 - 05:00
High-profile death prompts backlash against #MeToo in SwedenClaims theatre director Benny Fredriksson was hounded by problematic accusationsFri Mar 30 2018 - 01:00
Carles Puigdemont to spend Easter in German prisonFormer Catalan leader arrested on Sunday on way back to self-imposed exile in BelgiumMon Mar 26 2018 - 09:09
2,000 EU internet connections ‘linked to US data scandal’Data commission saw problems with justification for sharing Facebook data with developersMon Mar 26 2018 - 04:25
Catalan protesters clash with police over Puigdemont arrestCarles Puigdemont detained on European arrest warrant after crossing into GermanySun Mar 25 2018 - 21:27
Ireland has failed to regulate Facebook on behalf of EuropeNew EU rules will allow data-protection organisations to oversee the work of the DPC in DublinSat Mar 24 2018 - 06:00
Nationwide protests in Poland against move to restrict abortionRuling conservative government is moving for a second time to tighten abortion lawsFri Mar 23 2018 - 19:57
Kerrygold maker rejects German magazine’s germ claimOrnua says microbes discovered in the tested butter were not a health concernThu Mar 22 2018 - 01:03
Berlin backs Dublin on Brexit and digital tax doubts‘We support Ireland and the Border question without ifs or buts,’ says German officialWed Mar 21 2018 - 19:28
Germany’s far-right party attacks St Patrick’s Day ‘leprechauns’AfD ridiculed for attacking kindergarten’s decision to celebrate its ‘calendar of cultures’Wed Mar 21 2018 - 18:15
Leo’s address in German breaks the ice in BerlinWarm welcome for Taoiseach from Angela MerkelWed Mar 21 2018 - 01:00
Varadkar says Government likely to ignore motion to disband SCUSF motion calling on Government to stand down unit has backing of other Opposition partiesTue Mar 20 2018 - 21:06
Varadkar ‘heartened’ by Merkel support‘Germany supports the Irish position completely’ on Northern border, German chancellor tells Taoiseach after Berlin meetingTue Mar 20 2018 - 17:43
Varadkar: Devine offence comparable with McElduff Kingsmill insultTaoiseach notes ‘inconsistency’ that ex-MP felt obliged to resign while Senator sidelinedTue Mar 20 2018 - 15:16
Top Lufthansa boss says new Berlin airport will probably never openAirport was set to open in 2012 until safety checks revealed defective smoke extractor systemTue Mar 20 2018 - 06:45
Brexit break-up with UK means Varadkar needs to woo MerkelTaoiseach’s inaugural official visit to Berlin a chance to explore growing EU reform debateTue Mar 20 2018 - 05:00
Facebook privacy flaw was flagged with Irish regulator in 2011The loophole allowed a political firm to collect unauthorised data on millions of usersMon Mar 19 2018 - 01:05
Poland accuses High Court of playing ‘political games’Marcin Warchol: Would Ms Justice Donnelly refuse to surrender criminals to Germany or Spain?Sat Mar 17 2018 - 01:06
Re-elected Angela Merkel curbs Macron’s euro reform plansGerman chancellor hints at mutualisation of debts if EU states improve competitivenessFri Mar 16 2018 - 01:00
Is Poland still a legitimate subscriber to the European project?High Court judgment will force EU to face a decision it has ducked for yearsThu Mar 15 2018 - 01:09
Ill omens as Merkel stumbles back into fourth termRecord number of government MPs refuse to vote chancellor back into officeWed Mar 14 2018 - 18:07
Polish right-wingers focus ire on ‘Irish lesbian judge’Mainstream media praises Aileen Donnelly’s referral of extradition case to EuropeWed Mar 14 2018 - 16:02
Poland attacks High Court over delayed extraditionPolish minister says Ireland delaying punishment of ‘serious drug mafia criminal’Wed Mar 14 2018 - 01:00
High Court extradition refusal a ‘nuclear bomb’, say Warsaw judgesJudge’s decision based on legal changes in Poland shifts relations into uncharted watersTue Mar 13 2018 - 06:00
Berlin coalition partners sign programme for governmentMinority partner pledges to take tougher approach to criminality from asylum seekersMon Mar 12 2018 - 15:29
Munich has its St Patrick’s Day parade a week earlyRichard Bruton tells Germans Brexit has made Ireland more European in its outlookMon Mar 12 2018 - 01:00
Things are far from grand for Merkel’s latest coalitionSuccess of Merkel’s fourth term hinges on relationship with SPD figures Scholz and NahlesSun Mar 11 2018 - 17:02
Food bank row exposes resource battle among German poorOne ‘Tafel’ has faced criticism for excluding migrants from new donationsSat Mar 10 2018 - 05:01
Merkel's fourth cabinet finally completeSDP presents its six ministers almost six months after Germany’s federal electionFri Mar 09 2018 - 18:20
Merkel anxious to start governing with new coalitionChancellor says EU requires ‘a strong German voice together with France and other member states’Mon Mar 05 2018 - 18:39
Pssst, pass it on – An Irishman’s Diary on gossiping neighbours and ‘The Valley of the Squinting Windows ’Mon Mar 05 2018 - 00:01
Sullen silence as Germany’s SPD votes itself back into powerOne third of SPD rank-and-file argue the party has lost touch with core votersSun Mar 04 2018 - 23:00
German political deadlock ends with fourth term for MerkelPostal vote of centre-left SPD party sees backing for another grand coalition in BerlinSun Mar 04 2018 - 21:44
Germany’s SPD backs coalition with Merkel’s conservativesVote paves way for Merkel’s fourth term as chancellor after months of uncertaintySun Mar 04 2018 - 09:55
Derek Scally: Three billboards outside Merkel’s apartmentAfter months of post-election wrangling, big questions remain about Germany’s futureSat Feb 17 2018 - 06:00
Ankara releases Turkish-German journalist after year in detentionBerlin insists it struck no political deal to free Deniz YücelFri Feb 16 2018 - 19:10
Disbelief at plan for German taxpayers to pay for DieselgateLeaked government paper suggests public money be used to pay for retrofitsFri Feb 16 2018 - 18:35
SPD in freefall in polls ahead of members’ vote on German coalition‘We need clear positions, courage and decisiveness,’ says hopeful leader Andrea NahlesFri Feb 16 2018 - 17:00
Love divided as European cities compete over St Valentine’s remainsMany European churches – besides one in Dublin – claim to hold relics of St ValentineWed Feb 14 2018 - 01:00
Taking on the Goliath that is the German motor industryBerlin lawyer’s case will ask the question: do air quality laws exist on paper or in practice?Mon Feb 12 2018 - 04:06
Merkel insists she will stay as door opens to successorGerman chancellor’s party critics have accused her of negotiating badly in coalition dealMon Feb 12 2018 - 01:00
German politics enters Gubu territory as Martin Schulz departsAngry emails and party pressure force SDP leader to step down and suggest successorFri Feb 09 2018 - 18:42
Germany’s social democrats nominate first woman leaderAndrea Nahles’s first task will be to sell the Merkel coalition deal to SPD membersFri Feb 09 2018 - 01:00
Hollow-eyed German leaders struggle to sell promise of new beginningDerek Scally: Three big parties eventually sign off on deal amid talk of post-Merkel eraWed Feb 07 2018 - 19:30
Coalition deal agreed in Germany ahead of uncertain SPD voteSocial Democrats secure finance portfolio in talks with Angela Merkel’s CDUWed Feb 07 2018 - 17:42
Shadow of history hangs over Germany’s abortion debateAnti-abortion campaigners link Down syndrome abortions to Nazi eugenics practicesTue Feb 06 2018 - 01:00
‘Injustice in concrete form’, the Berlin Wall is gone for as long as it stoodFrom 1961 to 1989, Soviet construct made sure ‘angst, discipline and conformity ruled’Mon Feb 05 2018 - 01:00
