Finnish border town is feeling Russian pinchEU-Moscow links are key to Sunday’s poll as cross-border commerce suffersWed Apr 15 2015 - 01:00
Olli Rehn returns to stricken Finland pledging austerityTough ex-EU commissioner will use harsh policies if elected to powerTue Apr 14 2015 - 01:00
Günter Grass, Nobel-winning novelist dies aged 87Author of The Tin Drum passes away in hospital in LübeckMon Apr 13 2015 - 16:57
65-year-old German woman pregnant with quadrupletsDoctors optimistic for Berliner Anngret Raunigk, who has 13 children alreadySun Apr 12 2015 - 13:14
Facebook campaigner complains of ‘madness’ of Irish courtsMax Schrems says he had to give up on Facebook challenge hereThu Apr 09 2015 - 17:53
All started with joke Facebook could ‘do what it wants in Europe’Max Schrems’ case demands company divulge what user data it collects and whyThu Apr 09 2015 - 17:51
Vienna court to hear Schrems’s civil suit against FacebookPrivacy campaigner accuses social network giant violating Austrian and EU lawsThu Apr 09 2015 - 10:14
The diary of the non-Jewish Anne Frank and her ‘normal’ Berlin lifeBrigitte Eicke’s teenager account of life in wartime Germany offers a very different perspective on the Nazi yearsSat Apr 04 2015 - 01:00
French investigators find Germanwings data recorderCo-pilot Lubitz may have researched cockpit security measures and suicideFri Apr 03 2015 - 01:00
Berlin and Paris show new resolve in tragedyChancellor Angela Merkel and President François Hollande hold joint cabinet meeting in BerlinWed Apr 01 2015 - 01:00
The Soldiers’ SongsInside an unassuming Berlin building lies a collection of recordings made in German prisoner of war camps during the first World War. Among the thousands of shellac discs are recordings of Irish soldiers and their songs, poems and stories. A century on, they come to life again here: the soldiers’ songs, and how they came to be sungTue Mar 31 2015 - 06:00
Germanwings: Prosecutor critical of media drive for newsTaskforce of 100 compiling information on Germanwings first-officer Andreas LubitzTue Mar 31 2015 - 01:00
Andreas Lubitz concealed sick certs from GermanwingsInvestigators: Neither suicide note nor letter claiming responsibility found at apartmentSat Mar 28 2015 - 10:59
Burton calls on Greece to make credible progress in tax takeIreland wants Greece to tackle corruption and boost tax revenue, says TánaisteSat Mar 28 2015 - 08:30
Former chancellor Gerhard Schröder said to have split from fourth wifeReports and cause of split ‘private matters’, says ex-chancellor’s officeSat Mar 28 2015 - 01:00
Healy-Rae accuses FG of ‘looking down its nose’ at him in reportsJoan Burton defends Eamon Gilmore over FG claims he could lose Dáil seatSat Mar 28 2015 - 01:00
Germanwings crash: Focus on co-pilot’s motivationGerman police search bungalow in Rhineland town where Lubitz lived with his parentsFri Mar 27 2015 - 08:29
Co-pilot’s dream of flying turns into air crash nightmareLocals in Lubitz’s home town struggle to reconcile the man they knew with perpetrator of Germanwings tragedyFri Mar 27 2015 - 01:00
European court hearings expose lack of privacy safeguards for our data‘Whistleblower Edward Snowden alleges that all this data eventually finds its way into the “Prism” servers of the National Security Agency (NSA)’Fri Mar 27 2015 - 00:02
Alps air crash: Investigators seek clues in voice recorderAircraft appears to have been intact on impact with mountains after steep decentThu Mar 26 2015 - 14:27
Investigators could take months to find out why Germanwings plane crashedIncomplete flight data and treacherous mountain conditions hamper inquiryWed Mar 25 2015 - 21:43
Change of plan saves woman and boyfriend‘It’s an unbelievable feeling to know now that I could have been on the plane’Wed Mar 25 2015 - 21:42
Germanwings says 72 German nationals died in crashSeveral Germanwings crews refuse to fly due to reported concern over aircraft safetyWed Mar 25 2015 - 14:51
EU cannot guarantee citizens’ privacy when transferring data to US, court toldEuropean Commission says US under no obligation to meet their privacy standardsWed Mar 25 2015 - 01:00
Germanwings aircraft’s landing door needed repairs before flightGermanwings aircraft experienced technical problems but was repaired and put back into serviceWed Mar 25 2015 - 01:00
Austrian student’s ‘case of great principle’European Court of Justice debates EU citizens’ right to privacyWed Mar 25 2015 - 01:00
German politicians speak of shock and sadness after Germanwings crashAmong first victims identified is Oleg Bryjak, a bass baritone at Deutsche OperaTue Mar 24 2015 - 22:27
Facebook data transfers "violation" of privacy rightsEuropean Court of Justice begins hearing arguments in landmark Facebook privacy caseTue Mar 24 2015 - 14:11
Tsipras joins Merkel in bid to warm up bilateral relationsThe visit was a choreographed breather in the bailout crisisTue Mar 24 2015 - 13:03
Facebook data privacy case opens in European courtEuropean Court of Justice to hear arguments arising from High Court case here last yearTue Mar 24 2015 - 09:37
Tsipras and Merkel seek common ground in BerlinBalance must be struck between reform demands and will of voters, says Greek PMMon Mar 23 2015 - 22:52
German row over middle finger of Varoufakis takes absurd turn‘We devastated Europe twice in a century but go nuts when somebody gives us the finger’Fri Mar 20 2015 - 12:37
Ireland looks to Berlin in effort to grow financial technology sectorMinister of State pays timely visit to fintech start-up hub on German visitFri Mar 20 2015 - 01:25
EU leaders locked in discussions on greater oversight of energy supply dealsMerkel says Russian sanctions to be lifted only if Minsk deal implementedFri Mar 20 2015 - 01:00
Greek PM and lenders clash ahead of EU summitBefore two-day Brussels summit Alexis Tsipras demands lenders ‘stop unilateral actions’Thu Mar 19 2015 - 01:00
Ukraine president Poroshenko warns Minsk deal is ‘hope not reality’Merkel says Germany will ‘never forget’ illegal Crimea annexationMon Mar 16 2015 - 22:12
Greek PM Tsipras to meet Merkel as tensions build with BerlinGreek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis denies giving Germany the finger during talkMon Mar 16 2015 - 20:53
Munich green and glorious as it celebrates St Patrick’s DayAn estimated 30,000 people turned out for a parade and party on OdeonsplatzSun Mar 15 2015 - 17:21
The German couple leading the revival in Irish linenA couple restored a mill in Co Derry and also have a linen shop in BerlinSun Mar 15 2015 - 14:40
Identity crisis grips Germany’s SPD as party gives up on 2017 victorySocial Democrats’ internal study warns of ‘grave image problem’Sat Mar 14 2015 - 00:01
Statues destroyed by Islamic State in Mosul were copiesMuseum curators reveal that originals of statues from 7th century are still safeFri Mar 13 2015 - 08:32
Hamburg splashes out on urine repellent paintResidential revenge: Locals splash back against drunken revellers keen to take leakFri Mar 13 2015 - 08:17
Greeks still waiting for war reparationsTsipras cites Nazi war crimes in Greece to focus on the controversial issue of forced – and never repaid – ‘loans’ to GermanyWed Mar 11 2015 - 19:33
Is data privacy in the EU facing a red alert situation?Industry proposals have found their way verbatim into MEPs’ tabled amendmentsWed Mar 11 2015 - 01:00
Ireland accused of weakening data rulesPrivacy campaign group Lobbyplag puts Ireland one of top three offenders in pushing for changes to EU privacy lawWed Mar 11 2015 - 01:00
Ireland in top three EU countries for undermining data privacyLeaked Brussels documents show State is just behind Germany and UK in watering down legislationTue Mar 10 2015 - 13:24
Keynesian odd one out of Germany’s five ‘wise men’One of the ‘wise men’ who advise Merkel, the economist is a prophet in the desertMon Mar 09 2015 - 01:50
Juncker says EU army would deter Russia from aggressionEuropean Commission president rules out Greek exit from euro zoneSun Mar 08 2015 - 16:14
Germany double-dealing over data legislation, say negotiatorsOfficials accused of allying with industry in secret while championing privacy in publicSat Mar 07 2015 - 01:01
Greece proposes hiring tourists as tax inspectors in bid to unlock bailout fundsYanis Varoufakis submits plan to euro group with measures including online gamblingFri Mar 06 2015 - 20:33
