Critics praise Colm Tóibín’s film debut ‘Return to Montauk’Collaboration with Schlöndorff in running for Golden Bear at Berlin Film FestivalFri Feb 17 2017 - 20:59
Tillerson promises conditional US co-operation with RussiaDonald Trump’s secretary of state says Russia expected to honour Ukraine peace dealThu Feb 16 2017 - 19:48
‘I knew nothing’ of German spying on allies, Angela Merkel tells inquiryChancellor the final witness in three-year parliamentary probe into whistleblower Edward Snowden’s leaks about surveillance by the US National Security AgencyThu Feb 16 2017 - 19:18
Merkel presses Tunisia on taking back failed asylum-seekersChancellor and Tunisian leader seek common ground while visiting market attack siteTue Feb 14 2017 - 17:18
German far-right AfD split over move to expel provocative figureRegional leader Höcke calls process of coming to terms with fascist past ‘silly’Mon Feb 13 2017 - 16:43
Germany must embrace role as anchor, says president SteinmeierCountry can shake off post-war insecurity and ‘give others courage’, says Social DemocratSun Feb 12 2017 - 19:43
In Poland, ‘alternative facts’ provide a new national narrativeJaroslaw Kaczynski endorses ideological view that the real world is ‘very brutal’Sat Feb 11 2017 - 01:00
Art installation spurs tension ahead of Dresden 1945 memorialSyrian-German artist evokes Aleppo - but far-right says work overshadows WWII deadFri Feb 10 2017 - 19:00
Kenny lauds Ireland’s Polish for playing part in recoveryBrexit dominates Taoiseach’s visit to Poland along with bilateral trade valued at €3bnThu Feb 09 2017 - 16:03
Scope of Garda whistleblower inquiry may be widenedTaoiseach: ‘You cannot have a country if everyone against whom allegations are made has to step aside’Thu Feb 09 2017 - 13:08
Enda Kenny keen to find ally in Brexit talks during Warsaw visitPoland’s close ties to Ireland emphasised over differences on EU treaty changeThu Feb 09 2017 - 01:00
Polish government stresses interest in close ties to GermanyOn Warsaw visit, Merkel voices concerns over rule of law under Law and Justice partyTue Feb 07 2017 - 18:47
Merkel agrees deal with Bavarian allies ahead of electionGerman chancellor predicts ‘the most difficult election that I have experienced to date’Mon Feb 06 2017 - 19:59
Syrian refugee sues Facebook over terrorist postsInjunction sought against social media firm and users who uploaded fake claimsMon Feb 06 2017 - 19:39
Is White House correct to accuse Germany of gaming the euro?Berlin refutes Trump camp suggestion it may be manipulating euro for national gainSat Feb 04 2017 - 11:00
How Ireland failed refugees from Nazi GermanyJews fleeing Hitler faced, in Dublin, a government that often saw them as an unwelcome burden, according to new researchSat Feb 04 2017 - 06:00
‘New kids on the block’ meet as Berlin reaches out to WashingtonForeign minister Sigmar Gabriel stresses equal rights on Library of Congress visitFri Feb 03 2017 - 19:45
Merkel urges respect for freedom of opinion in TurkeyGerman chancellor stresses importance of democratic opposition during visit to AnkaraThu Feb 02 2017 - 16:54
As the world flirts with disaster, Germany puts its cash in cultureThe Barberini Museum in Postsdam is the latest venue in a stunning list of new concert halls and museumsTue Jan 31 2017 - 05:00
Merkel reminds Trump of US Geneva Convention obligationsBerlin has vowed to examine consequence of Trump’s executive order for people with dual US-German citizenshipMon Jan 30 2017 - 01:00
Germany’s Martin Schulz looks to woo ‘people who keep the lights on’New SPD leader promises to restore ‘fairness’ as he gets ready to take on MerkelSun Jan 29 2017 - 19:10
Will Trump shock drive Germany back into arms of Merkel?Hitler anniversary sees US president walk similar line between leadership, seduction, entrapmentSat Jan 28 2017 - 06:00
Germany contemplates horror as it recalls HolocaustHistorians point to facts as some draw parallels between Donald Trump and HitlerFri Jan 27 2017 - 17:00
New Austrian president warns of growing EU populist movementsFormer Green leader Alexander Van der Bellen defeated far-right candidateThu Jan 26 2017 - 18:21
'His house was always filled with children but as a teenager I shrugged it off'‘It wasn’t just priests or politicians who kept Catholic Ireland alive. It was also us, the Irish people’Thu Jan 26 2017 - 06:00
Martin Schulz appointed SPD leader to challenge Angela MerkelFormer European Parliament president succeeds Sigmar Gabriel after resignationWed Jan 25 2017 - 17:00
Three for court in Sweden over Facebook Live ‘gang-rape’20,000 people are members of group where stream was broadcast online on SundayWed Jan 25 2017 - 11:17
Berlin airport fails to take off after 20 years in the planningBerlin Letter: Berlin Brandenburg International Airport has hit repeated obstaclesWed Jan 25 2017 - 01:00
Shock in Germany as Schulz set to take on Merkel in electionSPD leader Sigmar Gabriel quits, proposing ex-European Parliament head as successorTue Jan 24 2017 - 18:48
Merkel to take a wait-and-see approach to TrumpGerman leader sends senior officials to New York to sound out the Trump teamSun Jan 22 2017 - 20:17
Just don’t call it the dead zoo: Irish man’s vision for Munich museumFrom Dublin’s Science Gallery to director of the Biotopia natural history centre in BavariaSat Jan 21 2017 - 06:00
Europe’s far-right parties plan to show united front in KoblenzMarine Le Pen and Geert Wilders among leaders attending event hosted by AfDSat Jan 21 2017 - 03:00
Judge likens Volkswagen crisis to ‘horse meat in lasagne’German court orders full purchase price of Skoda Yeti to be refunded to customerWed Jan 18 2017 - 16:48
Berlin offers chilly reaction to May speech on BrexitLeading Berlin government officials rubbish speech as ‘cherry-picking’Tue Jan 17 2017 - 18:37
German court dismisses second attempt to ban neo-Nazi partyCritics of NPD ban application say Alternative für Deutschland poses far greater threatTue Jan 17 2017 - 11:09
Germany hits back at Trump’s protectionist threatsPresident-elect floated idea of hitting BMW with 35% charge on cars it builds in MexicoMon Jan 16 2017 - 14:37
Trump predicts Brexit could be ‘great thing’ for BritainPresident-elect vows to bring back taxable income from giant US firms based in IrelandMon Jan 16 2017 - 10:39
Berlin official fired over concealed Stasi pastMove leaves state government in crisis as Left Party threatens to leave coalitionSun Jan 15 2017 - 20:26
Britain may become tax haven after hard Brexit, Hammond saysGerman politicians angered by threat to use corporate tax as a form of leverage in talksSun Jan 15 2017 - 20:05
Stasi scandal overshadows new Berlin governmentSecretary for housing Andrej Holm’s Communist past has come back to haunt himSat Jan 14 2017 - 01:00
Berlin says it will reveal Christmas market bombing errorsJustice minister orders inquiry into decentralised surveillance of attacker Anis AmriFri Jan 13 2017 - 16:53
Polish opposition ends parliament blockade over budgetGovernment stands firm as opposition parties call budget illegal and demand new voteThu Jan 12 2017 - 17:38
Poland to welcome 3,500 US troops in Nato deployment‘Operation Atlantic Resolve’ a response to Russian aggression against UkraineThu Jan 12 2017 - 17:00
Syrian refugee in Germany sues Facebook over fake news reportFacebook post falsely claimed Anas Modamani set fire to Berlin homeless manWed Jan 11 2017 - 17:08
Germany sees two-thirds drop in asylum seekers in 2016‘Federal government and European measures have kicked in’, bringing down numbersWed Jan 11 2017 - 17:00
Sigmar Gabriel reported as set to run against Angela MerkelGermany’s Social Democrat leader has decided to contest chancellorship, says ‘Bild’Tue Jan 10 2017 - 17:00
Nato deployment begins against possible Russian aggressionThousands of troops moved with military equipment to Nato’s eastern borderFri Jan 06 2017 - 18:52
Known Islamists still in Germany despite deportation ordersAnis Amri was one of ‘dangerous persons’ who can’t be arrested under current lawFri Jan 06 2017 - 18:32
German media sympathetic to Irish Brexit fearsTaoiseach Enda Kenny says ‘people will not accept the return of a hard Border’Fri Jan 06 2017 - 01:00
German police detain suspected Berlin attack accompliceProsecutors say the man met Amri in a restaurant the evening before the attackWed Jan 04 2017 - 19:07
