Merkel’s decadeThe German chancellor has huge support and works the media well – but, after 10 years in office, can she inspire a nation during tougher times?Sat Aug 22 2015 - 01:00
West Germany’s architect of change Egon Bahr dies at 93Under Ostpolitik he retooled policy to eastern bloc away from show of military strengthThu Aug 20 2015 - 21:03
Merkel’s coalition approves Greek bailout as rebellion fizzles outFinance minister rows back on doubts and asks MPs to back proposal with ‘conviction’Thu Aug 20 2015 - 01:00
Bundestag backs third Greek bailout as IMF yet to decideExpectations of a rebellion in Angela Merkel’s party fizzle out after a lively debateWed Aug 19 2015 - 11:48
Merkel feels the heat ahead of vote on third Greek bailoutGerman chancellor urges MPs to back plan as party rebels are threatened with expulsionWed Aug 19 2015 - 01:00
Derek Scally: Don’t blame German banks for the Irish economic crisis‘German banks were not big lenders to Ireland’s pre-crisis domestic banking sector. British banks, US banks and offshore banks were’Tue Aug 18 2015 - 05:00
Refugee crisis more pressing than Greece says Angela MerkelGermany vote on Wednesday on whether to back a third aid package to GreeceMon Aug 17 2015 - 20:45
Virtual reality centre stage at GamescomBig computer game players are ready to leap into virtual reality, gaming’s next big thingThu Aug 13 2015 - 09:00
Berlin Letter: ill-fated declaration of war on holiday flatsCity fathers have declared war on a thriving grey market which includes Angela Merkel’s old homeThu Aug 13 2015 - 01:00
Third bailout for Greece agreed in principleRebel MPs in Bundestag resent pressure from CDU to vote Yes to packageWed Aug 12 2015 - 08:21
Two killed and one injured after Swedish Ikea store stabbingKiller struck without warning, killing two customers and seriously injuring a thirdMon Aug 10 2015 - 18:38
Burden-sharing on asylum a ‘disgrace’, says Sigmar GabrielGerman deputy chancellor calls for balance, ‘otherwise Europe risks losing its humanity’Mon Aug 10 2015 - 17:30
Berlin nudists feel the heat from prudish touristsNudists fear tradition dating to the 1920s is under threat from scandalised visitorsFri Aug 07 2015 - 18:56
Poland’s new president seeks Nato assurances over RussiaElection of Andrzej Duda marks a shift to the right in central Europe’s largest stateThu Aug 06 2015 - 19:13
Berlin Letter: Myth of efficiency tarnished by spiralling costsBerlin Brandenburg International meant to be €600m project but is now costing €5.4bnThu Aug 06 2015 - 01:00
Star Wars: Battlefront and Quantum Break shine at GamescomQuantum Break TV series to star Shawn Ashmore and ‘Love-Hate’ actor Aidan GillenWed Aug 05 2015 - 18:44
China will ‘explode’ if communist regime remains, says Ai WeiweiBeijing leadership in denial about scale of problems the country is facing, warns artistWed Aug 05 2015 - 16:15
German justice minister fires chief prosecutor in treason rowHarald Range faced resignation calls over inquiry into rights website netzpolitik.orgWed Aug 05 2015 - 11:03
Anger at claim author ‘born’ to revive Stieg Larsson characterAristocrat David Lagercrantz has written sequel to Stieg Larsson’s ‘Millennium’ trilogyTue Aug 04 2015 - 20:18
Two men go on trial in Germany accused of joining Islamic StateThe two hold dual German-Tunisian citizenship and face up to 10 years in jailTue Aug 04 2015 - 01:00
Angela Merkel tipped for fourth term as her stock skyrocketsGerman chancellor can do little wrong with an impressed public – if polls are to be trustedMon Aug 03 2015 - 01:00
German launch of treason inquiry causes outragePrize-winning website published leaked intelligence documents earlier this yearSat Aug 01 2015 - 01:00
Schäuble criticism of European Commission a ‘very German’ viewReport that finance minister is going after Juncker over role in Greek crisis is deniedThu Jul 30 2015 - 21:09
Schäuble proposes reform of EC competencesProposal could form part of a wider EU reform debate being demanded by LondonThu Jul 30 2015 - 10:02
Fair-trade thinking in smartphone worldFairphone isn’t just a phone company, it’s a movement against conflict mineralsThu Jul 30 2015 - 09:00
Germany: Sigmar Gabriel struggles as stand-in chancellorAngela Merkel’s coalition partner’s style has earned him the nickname of ‘Zig-Zag Siggi’Thu Jul 30 2015 - 01:00
Wolfgang Schäuble backs euro fiscal budget proposalGerman minister anxious to support the French revival of ‘economic government’Mon Jul 27 2015 - 01:00
Angela Merkel supplies Wagnerian drama at BayreuthProduction of ‘Tristan and Isolde’ upstaged by chancellor’s furniture malfunctionSun Jul 26 2015 - 14:44
Ghosts laid to rest as Hitler’s Berlin stadium hosts Jewish gamesEuropean Maccabi Games begin in city’s Olympic Stadium, notorious for Nazi linksSat Jul 25 2015 - 02:00
‘Love Parade’ techno party returns to Berlin five years after deathsLack of progress with criminal cases is ‘second tragedy’, says founderSat Jul 25 2015 - 01:00
Body of notorious ‘Nosferatu’ director stolen by grave robbersTheft prompts ‘Bild’ to ask: ‘Did Satanists steal ‘Nosferatu’ director’s head?’Thu Jul 23 2015 - 23:56
Opposition attacks Bavarian refugee deportation planThe ruling Christian Social Union proposes to assemble arrivals on the borderThu Jul 23 2015 - 19:51
Merkel lookalike and Ireland’s marriage vote unlikely bedfellowsNew magazine aimed at German lesbians starts campaignWed Jul 22 2015 - 12:25
German court strikes down €150 home childcare allowanceCritics say the payment reinforces inequality and negatively affects immigrant familiesTue Jul 21 2015 - 19:45
Germanwings victim families reject compensation offerParents of German children killed criticise Lufthansa offer as ‘insult’ in emotional letterTue Jul 21 2015 - 18:46
Ousted AfD founder establishes new anti-bailout partyBernd Lucke says Allianz für Fortschritt und Aufbruch would not be afraid of addressing social problems including migrationMon Jul 20 2015 - 19:59
Neo-Nazi trial nears collapse in Germany as defence revoltsBeate Zschäpe accused of link to longest serial killing campaign in post-war GermanyMon Jul 20 2015 - 18:31
Tensions rise in Merkel’s grand coalition over Greek bailout talksWolfgang Schäuble floats idea of resigning over ‘time-out’ euro zone exit for GreeceMon Jul 20 2015 - 01:00
German Nazi resistance emerges from the memory holeBerlin exhibit documents courage of the few who opposed the Hitler juggernautMon Jul 20 2015 - 01:00
Derek Scally: Language of victimhood and perpetrators obscures underlying truthsEurocrisis has exposed incompatible thinking on crucial question: what should a state do when its private economy hits the skids?Sat Jul 18 2015 - 01:05
Angela Merkel gets the message: she needs Wolfgang SchäubleThe German chancellor has never been more dependent on the flinty finance ministerSat Jul 18 2015 - 01:01
Greece crisis: Merkel accused of ‘destroying Europe’German parliament votes overwhelmingly in favour of joining new talks for third bailoutFri Jul 17 2015 - 18:42
Wolfgang Schäuble favours Grexit as Bundestag vote loomsGerman finance minister thinks Greece’s debt is unsustainableFri Jul 17 2015 - 01:00
Merkel under fire for response to crying child refugeeGerman chancellor criticised for ‘inhuman’ reaction to Palestinian girl during meetingThu Jul 16 2015 - 17:45
Schäuble says he believes Greece would be better outside euroGerman finance minister says a Greek exit to restructure its debts must be consideredThu Jul 16 2015 - 12:05
‘Book-keeper of Auschwitz’ Oskar Gröning gets four yearsFormer SS officer (94) found guilty of complicity in murder at Nazi death campWed Jul 15 2015 - 13:16
Greece deal: Tsipras returns to Athens to face backlashStreet protests as negotiations on a third bailout for Greece will take at least four weeks, eurogroup predictsMon Jul 13 2015 - 22:00
Merkel to Athens: now take responsibility for what you agreedGreek parliament has 48 hours to pass raft of tough legal measuresMon Jul 13 2015 - 12:03
Greece deal: Main points of Euro Summit statementComparison between final agreement and eurogroup draft statementMon Jul 13 2015 - 11:02
Greece and Europe locked in epic endurance testProposals a humiliating retreat in a multi-billion game of poker before global audienceMon Jul 13 2015 - 07:26
