Ryanair clash with Berlin mayor over airportAirline backs campaign to keep Tegel airport operating even after its replacement opensMon Aug 07 2017 - 17:06
Germany’s ‘diesel summit’ fails to quell growing anger over emissionsCritics say ‘voluntary’ deal which includes a diesel scrappage scheme does not go far enoughThu Aug 03 2017 - 18:02
VW, Daimler and BMW agree to EU-wide software updateGerman giants to update millions of diesel cars to reduce dangerous emissionsWed Aug 02 2017 - 20:15
German politicians perform handbrake turn on DieselgatePoliticians will give car executives chilly reception at emergency ‘diesel summit’Wed Aug 02 2017 - 05:55
Clouds over Merkel’s pre-election holidayThere are many plenty of potential pitfalls in the seven weeks before the electionTue Aug 01 2017 - 01:00
Polish court reforms will unsettle investors, warns ratings agencyMajor reforms by the ruling party drew massive street protests in Polish citiesMon Jul 31 2017 - 20:34
Controversy over book deleted from German best-seller listVolume takes issue with Germany’s ongoing obsession with the ‘eternal Nazi’ roleMon Jul 31 2017 - 05:00
VW Touareg may be banned over emissions manipulationGermany’s transport minister investigating whether VW Touareg using ‘defeat’ softwareSun Jul 30 2017 - 20:27
German carmakers running out of political cover on emissions scandalTransport minister pulls permits for 22,000 new Porsche Cayennes with cheat softwareSat Jul 29 2017 - 06:30
Home of combustion engine could ban diesel cars as Stuttgart court stands firmGerman city may now introduce first inner-city ban on diesel enginesFri Jul 28 2017 - 16:03
Journalist who offered to be suicide bomber sheds light on Isis‘Bild’ reporter penetrates recruitment arm of Islamic State with undercover online identityWed Jul 26 2017 - 18:20
Volkswagen, Daimler in crisis meetings over cartel claimsIf EU competition law is found to be breached the companies could face fines of up to 10% of turnoverWed Jul 26 2017 - 17:55
Irishman confesses to involvement in 1996 PIRA bombingJames Corry appears at first day of trial over attack on army base in western GermanyWed Jul 26 2017 - 09:03
Warsaw remains defiant after judicial reforms vetoPolish cabinet vows to continue with radical reform plan despite opposition from EUTue Jul 25 2017 - 17:23
What was behind Polish president’s veto of judicial reform Bill?Controversial Bill was aimed at extending government powers over court appointmentsMon Jul 24 2017 - 18:55
Poland’s president vetoes controversial judicial billsReform laws passed by parliament triggered nationwide demonstrationsMon Jul 24 2017 - 12:20
German car stocks fall amid reports of cartel-like behaviourCollusion to fix prices of diesel-emissions systems goes back to 1990s, says ‘Der Spiegel’Fri Jul 21 2017 - 20:25
Polish judicial reforms pass amid mass demonstrationsCritics say new law increases political influence of ruling party over new judgesFri Jul 21 2017 - 19:47
Irish student wins support in legal battle over exam scriptAdvocate General tells European court that exam scripts do constitute ‘personal data’Thu Jul 20 2017 - 20:08
Polish leader accuses opponents of murder in reforms rowJaroslaw Kaczynski makes emotional intervention in judicial dispute amid EU warningWed Jul 19 2017 - 18:53
German social media law sparks protestLaw compels social media to remove abusive material within 24 hours or face €50m finesTue Jul 18 2017 - 18:05
Thousands protest in Warsaw ahead of judicial reform voteBerlin says court reform is unacceptable political ‘intervention’ in judiciary independenceMon Jul 17 2017 - 18:54
German salon gets online abuse over Syrian barberXenophobes criticise hairdresser branch over barber who cannot cut women’s hairMon Jul 17 2017 - 18:50
Other Voices rolls out its grand Irish experiment to BerlinCaoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, New Jackson, Tom Adams and Soulé among well-received actsFri Jul 14 2017 - 20:58
Inevitable death of diesel engine bodes ill for German car makersConcern for millions of jobs as VW emissions scandal turns into industry-wide meltdownFri Jul 14 2017 - 05:40
Greek loans earn €1.3bn for Germany in last 10 yearsOpposition politicians say it may be legal to earn Greek money but is morally dubiousWed Jul 12 2017 - 18:56
Irish man set for trial in Germany over IRA bomb attackJames Corry accused of involvement in 1996 assault on British army base in OsnabrückWed Jul 12 2017 - 18:36
WhatsApp messages reveal ‘Lego’ Islam extremistsAcademic study of Jihadist phone exchanges suggest little knowledge of KoranWed Jul 12 2017 - 18:19
EU partners edge towards position on Trump at G20 summitUS president isolated as G20 reiterates support for multilateral globalised tradeSun Jul 09 2017 - 20:05
G20 leaders restate opposition to protectionismTrump isolated on climate change as group issues dissenting conclusions for first timeSun Jul 09 2017 - 15:45
G20: Trump left alone against the world on climate changeMeeting ends ‘19 against 1’ on climate protections with fears of trade war on steelSat Jul 08 2017 - 18:16
Violent protests in Hamburg quelled as G20 summit reaches final dayProtesters torched cars and smashed windows before police restored orderSat Jul 08 2017 - 11:13
Martin Luther: ‘The greatest media sensation of his age’Wittenberg is spending €50m to mark the theologian’s protest 500 years agoSat Jul 08 2017 - 06:00
Angela Merkel steers choppy waters in her Hamburg home townGerman chancellor seeks to anchor a deal to hold the post-cold world order togetherSat Jul 08 2017 - 01:00
US and Russia disagree over G20 talks on election meddlingWhite House disputes Russian version of events during Trump-Putin meetingSat Jul 08 2017 - 01:00
Aid experts wary of G20’s ‘Marshall plan’ for AfricaGermany bills deal ‘trade not aid’, but analysts predict private sector exploitationSat Jul 08 2017 - 01:00
‘Robust’ first Putin-Trump meeting over interference claimsTillerson says US president pressed Russian leader over election interference claimFri Jul 07 2017 - 20:29
G20: Trump ‘honoured’ to meet Putin for first timeMerkel urges open, conciliatory talks to ‘allay fears and anxieties’ of people around worldFri Jul 07 2017 - 16:15
G20 protests: police request reinforcements after 160 officers injuredAnti-capitalist protesters set fire to cars, barricades, rubbish bins and wooden palletsFri Jul 07 2017 - 11:47
G20: Merkel warns meaningful deal may be impossibleDonald Trump to meet Vladimir Putin as summit agenda filled with global issuesFri Jul 07 2017 - 00:00
Angela Merkel meets Donald Trump ahead of G20 summitUS president demands action on North Korea and criticises Russia before Hamburg eventThu Jul 06 2017 - 18:10
Trump says future of Western civilisation is at stakeUS president uses speech in Poland to appeal for Western unity in the face of ‘dire threats’Thu Jul 06 2017 - 15:36
G20 gathering will showcase the EU’s many challengesEurope’s Future: Hamburg summit comes amid Trump chaos and Russian aggressionThu Jul 06 2017 - 01:00
China revives panda diplomacy for Angela MerkelGermany’s warm welcome for Xi Jinping comes ahead of meeting with Donald TrumpWed Jul 05 2017 - 16:30
How the last survivor of Hitler’s bunker got the better of Goebbels’ sonOnly a dirty blouse got between Johanna Ruf (88) and a meeting with the Nazi dictatorTue Jul 04 2017 - 18:58
Finland’s foreign minister urges Irish to lead EU security debateTimo Soini says post-Brexit EU can only survive if it prioritises citizens’ concernsTue Jul 04 2017 - 00:08
Eighteen dead after coach bursts into flames in BavariaGerman investigators say bus may have already caught fire before collision with lorryMon Jul 03 2017 - 15:34
Five things that the EU can do betterWhat has the EU done for us, apart from decades of peace, freedom to work, travel, trade and study across the continent? And don't forget budget air travelMon Jul 03 2017 - 10:37
Gay marriage vote shows Merkel wedded to short-termismBundestag approves same-sex marriage as chancellor appeases party conservativesMon Jul 03 2017 - 06:12
