Volkswagen: Will the world still love the Bug?Wolfsburg, the ultimate company town, was floored by the VW diesel scandal. But, like Das Auto itself, the city is determined to ride the crisis outSat Oct 17 2015 - 08:00
Acceptable face celebrates the ‘real’ Poland as PiS leader’s mask slipsPoles are in the mood for change, and Szydlo promises to achieve it as next prime ministerSat Oct 17 2015 - 03:00
Volkswagen confirm 2016 models have new suspect softwareUS regulators yet to determine if code is defeat device installed specifically to cheatWed Oct 14 2015 - 22:26
Berlin coalition at odds over ‘transit zone’ refugee proposalSPD ministers reject idea as “inhumane” and say zones are “mass camps in no-man’s land”Wed Oct 14 2015 - 01:00
Criticism of Munich police over Pegida rally at Hitler putsch siteAnti-fascist groups say officers stood by as speech linked Nazis and Pegida movementTue Oct 13 2015 - 01:00
Merkel faces political revolt over her position on refugee crisisSocial Democratic Party wants German chancellor to impose cap on asylum applicationsSat Oct 10 2015 - 01:00
German reaction to defeat: ‘Das dumme Ding von Dublin’‘All hair products, no killer instincts’, Spiegel Online says of the humiliating lossFri Oct 09 2015 - 10:54
Merkel’s response to refugee crisis will decide her legacyGerman chancellor makes her position clear like never before amid growing criticismFri Oct 09 2015 - 01:00
Angela Merkel’s response to refugee crisis criticised by CDUGerman chancellor warns centre-right party to resist temptations of nationalist solutionsThu Oct 08 2015 - 01:02
Transatlantic data channels will stay open, says European CommissionEuropean Court of Justice ruling leaves commission trying to calm businessesWed Oct 07 2015 - 01:00
Inquiry ordered concerning Facebook claimsFinding rewrites rules of engagement on privacy issues between Brussels and data regulatorsWed Oct 07 2015 - 01:00
ECJ ruling vindicates privacy activist Max Schrems, criticises DPCCase resulted from Schrems’s original 2013 complaint against FacebookWed Oct 07 2015 - 01:00
Max Schrems interview: ‘Data protection and privacy are fundamental rights’The privacy activist scored his biggest victory yet in his David vs Goliath struggleTue Oct 06 2015 - 19:43
Derek Scally: Schrems data privacy ruling creates big headache for IrelandAre we the front-line defender of EU privacy rights or a digital-era colonial outpost of the US intelligence services?Tue Oct 06 2015 - 13:07
European court rules US online data agreement is invalidRuling follows a complaint filed by Austrian law student Max Schrems against FacebookTue Oct 06 2015 - 09:15
Data watchdog’s ‘blind trust’ criticised by German regulatorsSafe Harbour mechanism should be ruled ‘invalid’ and in breach of EU laws and rightsMon Oct 05 2015 - 01:00
Refugee crisis overshadows German celebration of unityPressure grows for Merkel to reverse open-door policy on inward migrationMon Oct 05 2015 - 01:00
Berlin burying architectural potential in corporate opportunismAn ideological war is raging over how the new-old German capital should lookSat Oct 03 2015 - 07:48
Germans more united than divided after 25 yearsA slew of surveys to mark the anniversary reveal much about the German characterFri Oct 02 2015 - 05:00
Vienna’s ruling coalition facing far-right threat as refugee crisis raises tensionsRight-wing populist FPÖ party is riding a wave of public concern on refugeesFri Oct 02 2015 - 01:01
Refugee from the Taliban, said to be aged 110, reaches BavariaFamily carry relative from Afghanistan through 12 countries on ‘hell of a journey’Wed Sept 30 2015 - 18:50
German police call for segregated refugee sheltersAfter fights in emergency accommodation police seek separation on religious linesWed Sept 30 2015 - 01:00
Ten years on Danish daily stands by Muhammad caricaturesDebate continues as ‘Jyllands-Posten’ newspaper and cartoonist unrepentantWed Sept 30 2015 - 01:00
New Volkswagen chief Matthias Müller vows to regain trustFormer Porsche head (62) promises ‘ruthless investigation’ into emission-test allegationsSat Sept 26 2015 - 01:00
VW scandal: Why the EU emission tests aren’t fit for purposeLoopholes - like removing interior trim to save weigh and over-inflating tyres - are all allowed, making a mockery of the test regimeFri Sept 25 2015 - 17:32
Merkel let refugee crisis go ‘out of control’, says German ministerThomas de Maizière criticises decision to suspend EU rules on asylum applicationsFri Sept 25 2015 - 14:56
Up to 80,000 Irish cars affected by VW diesel scandalAudi confirms version of engine at centre of emissions scandal used in best-selling modelsFri Sept 25 2015 - 13:54
Pall of scandal hanging over Volkswagen and German industryThe crooked actions of the world famous car company carry serious implications for all concernedFri Sept 25 2015 - 08:11
VW emission-cheat software used on European carsPorsche chief Matthias Müller expected to be named new Volkswagen CEOFri Sept 25 2015 - 05:30
Up to 80,000 Irish cars could have VW cheat softwareAudis, VWs, Skodas and Seats could all be affected, as VW admits issue extends to EuropeThu Sept 24 2015 - 16:58
Volkswagen to select replacement for WinterkornFour candidates are likely replacements for the reeling German carmakerThu Sept 24 2015 - 08:08
European Court of Justice calls for end to Safe HarbourDecision reached over concerns EU citizens’ data was being passed on by US firmsThu Sept 24 2015 - 01:00
Safe Harbour analysis: what today’s ruling might meanIf court follows preliminary ruling, the consequences for EU-US relations could be considerableWed Sept 23 2015 - 14:05
Merkel calls on Volkswagen to move fast on emissions crisisChief executive Martin Winterkorn faces grilling from boardWed Sept 23 2015 - 12:57
EU-US data-sharing contradicts protection rules and breaches privacyEuropean Court of Justice delivers landmark assessment ahead of full rulingWed Sept 23 2015 - 09:15
EU expected to ratify relocation plan put forward by justice ministersOrban expected to confront centre-right EU leaders, including Kenny and MerkelWed Sept 23 2015 - 01:01
German arms exports at odds with refugee crisis demandsCountry cannot ignore questions over its role in supporting conflictWed Sept 23 2015 - 01:00
Josef Fritzl house offered as accommodation for refugeesMove indicative of pressure on officials as thousands of migrants arrive in countryTue Sept 22 2015 - 06:22
Doris Day (91) lured out of retirement by Eastwood - reportEastwood persuaded his Californian neighbour Day to do a film, says ‘Bild’ tabloidMon Sept 21 2015 - 17:18
Established immigrants doubt Germany can meet refugee challengeOne person, who arrived 13 years ago, says the country still has ‘identity’ issuesSun Sept 20 2015 - 20:03
Berlin coalition tensions build over refugee crisisInterior minister’s comments ahead of summit contradict Merkel’s offer of asylum to allSun Sept 20 2015 - 19:15
Denmark’s hard line on refugees under pressureOpinions on migrant distribution plan shift in country dubbed ‘Hungary of the north’Fri Sept 18 2015 - 01:00
Tusk calls EU leaders to summit on migrantsDiplomats working to secure consensus as EU struggles to respond to crisisThu Sept 17 2015 - 18:56
Poland signals compromise on refugeesPoland has finally indicated it will do more to help with migrant crisisThu Sept 17 2015 - 01:00
Germany’s moment of truth as migrants provoke identity crisisMastering the crisis forces Germany, after decades of evasion, to face certain questionsWed Sept 16 2015 - 08:30
Frances Fitzgerald defends Irish response to migrant crisisMinister concerned Merkel remarks suggest Ireland has opted out of response measuresSat Aug 29 2015 - 09:05
Austrian and Hungarian police question suspects over Austrian refugee deathsFour men arrested after truck inside which 59 men, eight women and four children – the youngest a baby girl – were found deadFri Aug 28 2015 - 19:09
Driver of Austria truck containing 71 migrant bodies arrestedAustrian police confirm 59 men, eight women and four children suffocated in truckFri Aug 28 2015 - 18:09
Merkel’s Decade: A new Germany dances to a lighter rhythmBlonde Barbarella Helene Fischer is the undisputed golden girl of German language popFri Aug 28 2015 - 07:23
