‘Barbie’s mother’: German tabloid claims credit for inspiring famous dollBild cartoon became such a hit with readers that the publishers decided to make a Lilli dollThu Jul 20 2023 - 16:55
Letter from fugitive Wirecard executive sparks court clashFormer chief operating officer Jan Marsalek vanished after audit revealed €1.9bn hole in cash reservesWed Jul 19 2023 - 17:08
One-man protest, disguised as apparent burning of Torah, throws gauntlet at Swedish governmentAhmad Alloush staged demonstration in response to series of Koran-burnings in Sweden despite government condemnationMon Jul 17 2023 - 18:03
Germany’s Friedrich Merz talks tough amid far-right surgeHow the country's main opposition leader tackles the increasingly popular Alternative für Deutschland will go a long way to determining whether he gets an opportunity to become chancellorMon Jul 17 2023 - 05:00
Germany adapts to new roles with Nato and ChinaIn the last 18 months Germany has rapidly revived its military and assumed a key role in European defenceFri Jul 14 2023 - 05:00
Swedish souls grapple with uncertainties of Nato membershipSweden finally got unanimous support from alliance members this week after a shift from two holdouts Turkey and HungaryWed Jul 12 2023 - 19:30
Finnish finance minister apologises for ‘stupid’ racist online commentsSince taking office last month, four of the Finns Party’s seven cabinet members have been called out over Hitler jokes and racist remarksTue Jul 11 2023 - 17:36
‘Public service broadcasting is a giant cruise ship’: German largesse carries echoes of RTÉ crisisJournalists at an ARD affiliate spent weeks last year reporting on management avarice and ineffectual oversightFri Jul 07 2023 - 16:28
Hitler jokes and conspiracy theories taint Finnish coalitionEconomics minister resigns over links to neo-NazisWed Jul 05 2023 - 16:48
Far-right Alternative für Deutschland party’s surge in polls triggers alarms in BerlinCandidates win mayoral and county manager roles in first for party as support grows in east of countryTue Jul 04 2023 - 17:24
AfD regional win rips up German political rulebookSonneberg district victory for party candidate Robert Sesselmann will compel other political parties to work with Alternative für DeutschlandTue Jun 27 2023 - 19:00
A warning from history – Derek Scally on Bishop Edward O’Rourke’s stand against Nazi tyranny A powerful anti-fascist voice in DanzigMon Jun 26 2023 - 19:26
An Irish historian’s new theory of Nazism. ‘The idea makes people nervous’An Irish historian has found himself at the centre of a debate over his book, 1923Sun Jun 25 2023 - 05:00
German residential property prices experience steepest fall in 23 years‘The gold-digger mentality is gone, with people buying silly things for silly money’Sat Jun 24 2023 - 06:30
Nothing is sacred as Germany’s battle of the bishops heats up The Catholic Church in Germany is in disarray amid warring clerics, a Vatican reject returned to Freiburg and court-ordered damages for historical abuseFri Jun 23 2023 - 11:02
Balloon-wielding Germans protest against Nato air exercisesThe Kreuzberg protest was designed to disrupt the exercises – and the ‘dominating countries of the world who are relying on aggression’Wed Jun 21 2023 - 17:50
German tabloid Bild cuts 200 staff and embraces AI as it accelerates ‘digital only’ strategyPublisher plans to axe 200 jobs and close six regional offices to boost revenue by €100m over three yearsTue Jun 20 2023 - 19:50
Germany and China promise closer co-operation amid growing background tensionsGerman chancellor Olaf Scholz says Beijing has a ‘very special duty’ to urge Moscow to end warTue Jun 20 2023 - 19:00
Intel agrees to build chip factory in Germany backed by state subsidies of €10bnGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz signs letter of intent with Intel for a new factory complex, 150km southwest of BerlinMon Jun 19 2023 - 19:33
Finnish far-right coalition deal reflects pan-European trendFar-right Finns party leader Riikka Purra secures seven cabinet posts in a four-party coalition led by conservative prime ministerMon Jun 19 2023 - 17:37
Germany’s far right rises: ‘It won’t be possible to keep the AfD out of office forever – they will get in’Former radio DJ Leif-Erik Holm is hopeful of being elected mayor of Schwerin as his party capitalises on rampant voter disaffectionFri Jun 16 2023 - 12:38
Irish aid to postwar Germany recalled with return of ‘thank you’ album almost 80 years onRetired Dublin architect returned to German city of Saarbrücken to track down the people who helped create gift of gratitude to IrelandFri Jun 16 2023 - 06:00
Thousands protest against Poland’s restrictive abortion laws after pregnant woman dies in hospitalDorota Lalik (33), who was five months pregnant, died of septic shock in a case that echoes that of Savita HalappanavarThu Jun 15 2023 - 22:07
New German security strategy to boost domestic defence and co-ordination national interests abroadScholz says integrated approach to security included cybersecurity and countering disinformation, as well as supply chain security for food, medication, energy and critical componentsWed Jun 14 2023 - 18:21
Europe faces air traffic disruption during Nato military exercisesAir Defender 23 exercise will involve 10,000 participants and 250 aircraft from 25 members of the defence allianceSun Jun 11 2023 - 15:05
West Side Story legend Chita Rivera: ‘Catholic girls practically invented guilt’The 90-year-old glamorous survivor from Broadway’s golden age talks about breaking the rules, her Irish roots and being a trailblazerSun Jun 11 2023 - 05:00
EU agrees radical reforms on migration and asylum laws Countries refusing to host refugees will be charged €20,000 per personFri Jun 09 2023 - 06:26
Poland’s battle with Brussels over controversial reforms steps up a gearEuropean Commission announces it will challenge proposed law allowing inquiries into political opponentsWed Jun 07 2023 - 19:10
Bickering among Berlin coalition partners leaves public unimpressedChancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD party has slumped in polls and is now neck-and-neck with Germany’s far-right AfDFri Jun 02 2023 - 19:00
Finland working on first phase of security fence along Russian border Baricade planned for border-crossing points where access is easy in move driven by ‘changing security environment’Thu Jun 01 2023 - 17:51
Roger Waters raises hackles in Berlin with SS-themed showCritics say imagery and texts veer into anti-Semitism propaganda and compare Israel with Nazi GermanyThu May 25 2023 - 16:45
Discovery of Russian missile may cause major political waves in Polish election campaignIncident exposes an apparent double failure of Polish air defence and security services, and has prompted a row among officialsWed May 24 2023 - 19:00
Heating row tensions raise temperature in Berlin coalitionEveryone from builders to environmental campaigners is urging Olaf Scholz to intervene in row between his junior coalition partnersTue May 23 2023 - 19:00
As bad as Dublin? In Berlin’s broken rental market, 200 people apply for one apartment Problems facing Germany’s second most expensive rental market are not dissimilar to our own: a lack of new-builds, a surge of new arrivals and a failed rent-cap attemptSun May 07 2023 - 05:30
‘People don’t want to look back because they don’t want to grapple with their younger selves’Evelyn Zupke describes herself as a ‘model socialist child’ until teenage rebellion kicked in and she realised that the grand promises of German socialism were falseSat Apr 22 2023 - 05:00
East Germany’s traumatised former citizens offered free counselling Some victims want to understand why they cannot trust people - even their own children, says lead counsellorSat Apr 22 2023 - 00:01
Michael Schumacher family planning legal action over AI ‘interview’Die Aktuelle published story of an AI-generated interview with the former Formula One championThu Apr 20 2023 - 19:54
Political tensions overshadow Warsaw Ghetto anniversary ceremonyOn his visit to the city, German president Steinmeier presented with copy of Poland’s €1.3tn WWII damages claimWed Apr 19 2023 - 19:00
German Catholic archbishop accused of ‘concrete cover-up’ of clerical sexual abuse Calls grow for state inquiry after report accuses ex-head of bishops’ conference of shielding abusing priestsTue Apr 18 2023 - 19:00
Angela Merkel awarded Germany’s highest civil honour for ‘tireless efforts’ as chancellorMove prompts criticism in Berlin over the ex-chancellor’s mixed record on energy security and RussiaMon Apr 17 2023 - 19:04
Unseen photos of Warsaw Ghetto uprising: ‘These will remain with me for the rest of my life’A new exhibition in the Polish capital tells the story of the revolt as those on the inside saw itMon Apr 17 2023 - 00:00
Park-and-squeal online service a hit in GermanyCyclists and pedestrians can photograph offending vehicles and file a complaint with authoritiesFri Apr 14 2023 - 19:00
German media mogul’s leaked texts cause ructions in BerlinBillionaire Mathias Döpfner’s messages denounce Merkel’s politics and pray for Trump’s re-electionFri Apr 14 2023 - 19:00
Germany confident of keeping lights on as it prepares to ditch nuclear for goodAfter a two-decade transition away from nuclear, Germany is stepping up its pivot towards renewablesFri Apr 14 2023 - 05:00
Russian deportee in Berlin fights deportation to PolandConscientious objector claims church asylum after Berlin court orders his deportationThu Apr 13 2023 - 05:00
Germany presents watered-down cannabis law reformDraft bill scales back ambitious plans to permit the sale of cannabis in licensed outletsWed Apr 12 2023 - 19:00
Parents of dead Irishman file final appeal against Hamburg police‘This step is important despite the odds because Oisín was our son and we will never stop loving him or give up on him,” said David OsbornTue Apr 11 2023 - 16:52
‘Hitler is a taboo here’: Berlin bunker shows how an advanced democracy can quickly slide into the abyssWieland Giebel’s Berlin Story Bunker is a historic warning of growing modern horrorsSun Apr 09 2023 - 15:54
Germany’s grow-your-own cannabis clubs hopeful laws will changeHealth minister promised to introduce legislation for a first parliamentary reading ‘immediately’ after EasterSat Apr 08 2023 - 10:24
German coalition struggles to find common denominator in marathon talks Polls this week suggest that if elections were held on Sunday, the coalition would have no parliamentary majorityThu Apr 06 2023 - 19:00
