Derek Scally: Who could replace Angela Merkel?The German chancellor is increasingly vulnerable amid backlash to her migration policyMon Sept 19 2016 - 01:00
Germany’s intelligence agency illegally gathered dataReport shows 18 serious breaches of German fundamental law, 12 formal complaintsMon Sept 19 2016 - 01:00
Anti-immigration party rattles Merkel in Berlin ballotPressure on German chancellor to halt slippage as far-right AfD wins 10th state electionSun Sept 18 2016 - 19:33
AfD victory in Berlin would be seen as Nazi revival, warns mayorFears over migration and frustration with political parties as Germans vote in state pollSat Sept 17 2016 - 01:00
Munich security intensifies as Oktoberfest beginsRecent attacks raise fears around event as about six million expected to attendFri Sept 16 2016 - 23:03
Meet the Dubliner behind the $66 billion Bayer-Monsanto mergerHead of Bayer crop sciences sees merger as key to long-term food security strategyFri Sept 16 2016 - 05:30
German MEP and satirist demands Ireland’s ejection from EU on Apple taxMartin Sonneborn says State should ‘take the money and run. It is a win-win situation’Thu Sept 15 2016 - 14:59
Austrian teen sues parents over embarrassing Facebook photosWoman discovered 500 images on social network from all stages of her life after joiningThu Sept 15 2016 - 08:17
Austrian cardinal warns of Islamic conquest of EuropeArchbishop of Vienna says the continent is ‘gambling away its Christian heritage’Wed Sept 14 2016 - 17:59
Three men arrested in Germany ‘linked’ to Isis and Paris attacksSyrian men planned to carry out ‘previously determined order’ from Isis, prosecutors sayTue Sept 13 2016 - 18:44
Faulty glue forces postponement of Austrian electionRe-run of presidential poll was planned for October after initial result declared invalidMon Sept 12 2016 - 15:09
Wolfgang Schäuble plays down chance of EU Apple tax windfallFinance minister says ruling fallout will drag on while Germany faces post-Brexit costsMon Sept 12 2016 - 15:02
Merkel’s refugee revoltGerman sentiment has changed drastically in a year. Since the chancellor tried to alleviate the crisis of fleeing Syrians by letting them in, an Islamophobia has taken holdSat Aug 20 2016 - 06:00
Group of Irish Travellers accused of chaos at German townResidents say brawls, public urination and shoplifting occurred amid visit by 600 peopleSat Aug 20 2016 - 01:00
The German city stealing Berlin's cool crownEven to a jaded Berliner, there’s much more to Hamburg than its notorious ReeperbahnSat Aug 20 2016 - 00:00
Berlin warns over consequences of collapse of EU-Turkey dealTurkish diplomat says Ankara aims to join EU by 100th anniversary as republic in 2023Fri Aug 19 2016 - 20:50
Angela Merkel rejects outright burka ban in GermanyMinisters to redraft demands as chancellor describes veil as impediment to integrationThu Aug 18 2016 - 18:54
Berlin paper links Erdogan to Islamist terror groupsReport set to anger Turkish president and pile pressure on Angela MerkelTue Aug 16 2016 - 18:56
Polish women cross border to Germany for abortionsIrish among those having terminations in Germany due to its similar laws to PolandSat Aug 13 2016 - 02:00
Germans boost security without ban on burkaDeportation and policing main focus of measures which avoid controversyFri Aug 12 2016 - 01:00
Polish court steps up legal standoff with governmentConstitutional court dismisses revised Bill on how it goes about businessThu Aug 11 2016 - 19:03
Germany will not ban burka, minister saysProposal to strip citizenship from those who fight with Islamic State remainsThu Aug 11 2016 - 14:00
CDU accused of electioneering after floating of controversial security plansIdeas reportedly include prohibition on burka, relaxing medical confidentiality rulesThu Aug 11 2016 - 01:00
Germany targets radical Islamists in crackdownMerkel mulls series of security proposals, including reported ban on burkasThu Aug 11 2016 - 01:00
Madonna’s fitness chain customers in Berlin stung by closureThe collapse of Hard Candy ends a strange business arrangement that began in 2013Mon Aug 08 2016 - 21:00
Turkey and Germany bicker as Erdogan travels to meet PutinAhead of visit to Russia, president Erdogan suggests Germany is ‘feeding the terrorists’Mon Aug 08 2016 - 17:47
Jean-Claude Juncker urges calm on Turkey’s EU ambitionsEC president’s warning comes after Austrian chancellor Christian Kern described as “diplomatic fiction” Turkey’s EU accession hopesFri Aug 05 2016 - 18:20
'Anywhere I've gone in the world there's been a Gaelic team'1,700 players gather in Dublin this week for GAA World Games. With so many overseas players, it still an Irish sport?Fri Aug 05 2016 - 16:30
Hold on to your lederhosen! Munich seeks Oktoberfest monopolyFestival organisers around the world may face fee as city applies for property rightsFri Aug 05 2016 - 08:17
Poland's abortion stand-off heats up ahead of parliamentary voteParliament reviews restrictive Bill as pro-choice side lodges liberal oneThu Aug 04 2016 - 23:17
Prospect of visa-free travel for Turks into the EU recedesTurkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says he expects visa-free travel by OctoberTue Aug 02 2016 - 20:07
German police question internet users over ‘terror hoaxes’Officials in Munich criticised Twitter users who 'played an appalling game with fear'Tue Aug 02 2016 - 01:00
Germans urged to stand united at Munich memorial serviceFather of gunman who killed nine people says he is receiving death threatsSun Jul 31 2016 - 18:42
Terror attacks: Merkel holds firm on refugee policyGerman Chancellor urges greater effort to identify radicals and derail weapons salesFri Jul 29 2016 - 01:00
Berlin Letter: Draconian public order looms via smartphone appThis latest initiative is proving divisive – with opinion split between approval and vexationFri Jul 29 2016 - 01:00
Germany is ‘at war’ with Islamist terrorists, says defiant MerkelGerman leader refuses to change refugee policy: ‘I stand by the main decisions we made’Thu Jul 28 2016 - 15:24
FBI warns of increased Islamic violence in EuropeIslamic State expected to strike in Europe in response to losing ground in SyriaThu Jul 28 2016 - 08:35
Germany attacks: extra security promised as shock remainsAngela Merkel facing mounting pressure over refusal to raise terror warning levelThu Jul 28 2016 - 01:00
Ansbach bomber video warns of looming Isis car bomb attacksMohammad Daleel’s video reportedly cited West’s bombing of Arab world as motivationTue Jul 26 2016 - 12:35
Merkel under pressure after Germany hit by fourth attackPolice chief calls for calm as ‘Isis soldier’ blows himself up in Ansbach, injuring 15Mon Jul 25 2016 - 21:25
Germans on edge and Merkel on defensive after attacksOktoberfest plans have been overshadowed by violence in Ansbach and MunichMon Jul 25 2016 - 18:46
German authorities find Isis videos on phone of Ansbach attackerNews agency close to terror group says a soldier of Islamic State carried out attackMon Jul 25 2016 - 15:12
Facebook and Max Schrems united in dissatisfaction with DPCIreland’s Data Protection Commissioner is pleasing no one with ongoing privacy caseMon Jul 25 2016 - 05:55
Ill-informed Munich tweets were a dream for Isis propagandaAssuming Isis is behind every violent incident is a major victory for Islamist terrorMon Jul 25 2016 - 01:00
Ali David Sonboly spent a year planning Munich attackGerman police arrest an Afghan youth on suspicion of a connection to the killingsMon Jul 25 2016 - 01:00
Munich attack: City reels from night of terror and bloodshedA quiet, troubled young man, Ali David Sonboly, took nine lives as fear and panic set inSun Jul 24 2016 - 20:00
Munich shooting: Teenager who killed nine ‘had no Isis links’Investigators say it is significant incident took place on anniversary of Norway massacreSat Jul 23 2016 - 20:37
Munich shooting: What we know so farQ&A: German teenager killed nine people and himself in attack on Friday nightSat Jul 23 2016 - 16:24
Munich shooting: At least nine dead after shopping centre ‘rampage’Sixteen people, including several children, injured in suspected terrorist incidentSat Jul 23 2016 - 07:04
Colm Tóibín, novice screenwriterThe Irish writer has teamed up with Stellan Skarsgård, Nina Hoss and Volker Schlöndorff to make his first film, about ‘rewriting reality’Sat Jul 23 2016 - 05:00
