Merkel promises stable government despite AfD surgeGerman chancellor refuses to rule out SPD coalition amid fallout from general electionMon Sept 25 2017 - 22:00
Germany’s far-right party played Merkel at her own gameAfd’s breakthrough as the third-largest party lay in activating 1.47 million non-votersMon Sept 25 2017 - 17:44
Split in German far-right party as co-leader storms out of meetingAfD scored 12.6 per cent in Sunday’s election, coming third behind Merkel’s CPDMon Sept 25 2017 - 11:38
Merkel headed for fourth term with her worst result yetGermans have turned away from chancellor, her centrist CDU and her open-door policyMon Sept 25 2017 - 09:43
Time to rethink our relationship with Berlin and BostonBrexit has given Ireland a chance to reshape relationships with EU partnersMon Sept 25 2017 - 01:15
Far right AfD enters the German political mainstreamThe anti-immigration party, now Germany’s third-largest, is broadening its scopeMon Sept 25 2017 - 01:00
Volker Schlöndorff on Angela Merkel: What you see is what you getThe film director, a friend and confidant of the chancellor, describes her as ‘authentic’Mon Sept 25 2017 - 01:00
Merkel wins German elections amid dramatic swing to far rightAfD gain will pose a challenge to Merkel as she seeks to form three-way coalitionSun Sept 24 2017 - 23:06
Merkel wins German election despite dramatic shift to rightFar-right party enters parliament for the first time in over 50 yearsSun Sept 24 2017 - 18:13
German property market rockets from safe haven to Ireland-grade crisisMayo firm adapts plans for Berlin complex amid heated election debate on housingSat Sept 23 2017 - 06:00
Germany votes tomorrow. Why should I care?The country’s general election is a referendum: more Merkel or no more MerkelSat Sept 23 2017 - 06:00
Merkel heckled at last election rally in MunichAfter three terms in office, polls suggest CDU leader is on course for fourth termSat Sept 23 2017 - 01:00
Conservative counter-revolution is a very German affairElection of rightist Bundestag majority would be latest pushback against legacy of 1968Fri Sept 22 2017 - 01:00
Germany’s left braced for election postmortem before polls even openVoters aware left has neither will nor mass to do deal and oust Angela MerkelThu Sept 21 2017 - 01:00
Schäuble will be elected on Sunday but will he be finance minister?Price paid by Merkel for coalition may see the flinty politician sidelined in favour of FDP candidateWed Sept 20 2017 - 06:52
German election campaign goes back to the futureIrish-style door-to-door canvassing has been enhanced with specialised apps to win votesWed Sept 20 2017 - 01:00
AfD embraces Pegida ahead of German electionParty speakers say Merkel administration has ‘blood on its hands’ over its refugee policyTue Sept 19 2017 - 18:19
Martin Schulz challenge disintegrates as SPD gets lost in Merkel’s shadowGerman election: Enshrouded in working-class myth, the SPD leader is destined for oppositionTue Sept 19 2017 - 01:00
Turkish shadow looms over German election as leaders’ relationship darkensErdogan urges voters to boycott Merkel’s party as ‘enemy of Turkey’Sun Sept 17 2017 - 20:23
Merkel female trio bid for fourth termThe chancellor and her loyal political team are on course for victory at next Sunday’s federal electionSat Sept 16 2017 - 02:00
SPD slumps in polls a week before German electionSchulz facing humiliation as latest poll puts Social Democratic Party on just 20%Fri Sept 15 2017 - 19:11
Germany’s far-right prepares for its Bundestag debutAlternative für Deutschland aims to cement its rise by entering the parliamentFri Sept 15 2017 - 02:00
German liberals stage comeback in the race for election bronzeImage-obsessed FDP hopes to win back enough support to be coalition kingmakerThu Sept 14 2017 - 02:00
Ireland’s days of hiding behind Britain in Europe are overWe will eventually have to show our hand when the push for EU reforms gathers paceWed Sept 13 2017 - 01:27
East German town’s blossoming landscapes mask major threatsQuedlinburg’s restoration has brought tourists and business, but many challenges remainTue Sept 12 2017 - 01:00
Anti-Merkel sentiment grows in east Germany before election‘Disappointed love’ and immigration fears are causing unrest in chancellor’s heartlandMon Sept 11 2017 - 07:00
How a small German town mastered the refugee crisisLower Saxon city embraces asylum seekers as it counters low birth rate and brain drainSat Sept 09 2017 - 01:00
Hacking and fake news cast shadows over German electionGermany faces up to the threat of targeted cyberattacks ahead of September’s federal voteFri Sept 08 2017 - 01:00
Berlin tech fair IFA shows its age as it reaches to the futureWindows Mixed Reality and high-tech oven among innovations at veteran trade showThu Sept 07 2017 - 06:45
Race for bronze heats up in Germany election campaignIn the Bundestag, opposition politicians released four years of frustration with MerkelTue Sept 05 2017 - 18:59
Food banks: the dirty secret of the Merkel era‘You hear that our state coffers are well-filled but it’s depressing how empty my fridge is’Tue Sept 05 2017 - 01:00
Angela Merkel seeks motorists’ backing with €1bn ‘mobility fund’Chancellor aims to reassure voters over looming diesel bans in German citiesMon Sept 04 2017 - 21:16
Merkel dominates TV debate as Schulz fails to turn tideChancellor defends record on Turkey and migration as Germany prepares for electionSun Sept 03 2017 - 22:30
Angela Merkel: the world’s most powerful womanAs German election nears, shadows are falling over the chancellor’s looming victorySat Sept 02 2017 - 06:00
Televised debate pushes German election into high gearThe debate is challenger Martin Schulz’s last, best chance to turn the election aroundSat Sept 02 2017 - 02:00
Berlin private medical school accused of allowing illegal human dissectionsHealth officials also allege that Prometheus Academy’s head isn’t a real doctorFri Sept 01 2017 - 19:14
Samsung makes splash with new watch and Speedo appIFA tech fair showcases latest innovations in phones, watches, ovens, vacuums and TVsThu Aug 31 2017 - 19:46
Borussia Dortmund bus was bombed 'to cash in on shares'The 28-year-old suspect had bought shares in the club and hoped to cash in for €4millionWed Aug 30 2017 - 09:43
EU and Turkey have little hope of deepening ties, Merkel saysPoland’s court reforms, Russian sanctions, and refugee crisis discussed at wide-ranging press conferenceTue Aug 29 2017 - 13:30
Germany is ‘banana republic’ of European aviation, Ryanair saysAirline has complained to competition authorities over Air Berlin ‘stitch-up’Tue Aug 29 2017 - 11:17
High-flying Merkel under fire over helicopter flight fee discountGerman chancellor accused by rival over use of helicopter at ‘knockdown price’Mon Aug 28 2017 - 17:58
Germany’s refugee debate is likely to benefit right-wing partyAlternative für Deutschland adapts: populist xenophobia in east, conservatism in westMon Aug 28 2017 - 16:41
Angela Merkel takes a tougher refugee line ahead of electionGerman chancellor to seek extension of border checks in effort to win back votersSun Aug 27 2017 - 20:18
St Oliver Plunkett: Head of Irish church thanks Germans for key roleArchbishop Eamon Martin thanks Benedictine monks who guarded Irish saint’s bodySat Aug 26 2017 - 18:27
Germany plans ban on diesel cars in cities from early 2018Software updates alone will not be enough to avoid ban, warns environment ministerFri Aug 25 2017 - 05:30
Trump deserves respect for winning US presidency, says MerkelNationalist thinking the wrong approach in a globalised world, chancellor arguesThu Aug 24 2017 - 19:46
Hilter’s Tempelhof airport to become Berlin tourist attractionPlans have been unveiled to build a 1.2km public terrace atop the Nazi structureThu Aug 24 2017 - 19:35
Race to carve up Air Berlin has taken off in earnestCantillon: O’Leary says if Lufthansa swallows up Air Berlin it will create ‘national monster’Thu Aug 24 2017 - 06:00
‘Merkel doesn’t polarise’: poll points to fourth term for chancellorHowever, a record one in two voters remains undecided and make-up of coalition unclearWed Aug 23 2017 - 17:51
German-Turkish standoff flares up over arrest of writerTurkey trying to extradite German-based Turkish writer critical of Erdogan’s regimeMon Aug 21 2017 - 19:59
