Kaczynski mother too ill to be told about son's deathWHEN POLAND comes to a standstill at noon today to remember President Lech Kaczynski and the other victims of last Saturday’s…Sat Apr 17 2010 - 01:00
Protests grow over plan to bury KaczynskiPRESIDENT MARY McAleese and a long list of foreign dignitaries are flying into a storm of protest surrounding the state funeral…Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
Obscenity daubed on pope's family homeBAVARIAN POLICE have said Pope Benedict’s birthplace was daubed with “insulting” slogans yesterday as the Catholic Church in …Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
Kaczynski was no conservative caricatureFor anyone who knew Lech Kaczynski from his memorable public utterances, meeting him was a pleasant surprise.Sun Apr 11 2010 - 01:00
Mourners throng Warsaw streetsPoles gathered for memorial masses around the country this morning, a day after the air crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski…Sun Apr 11 2010 - 01:00
Polish president dies in Russian plane crashPoland's President Lech Kaczynski, its central bank head and the country's military chief were among 96 people killed when their…Sat Apr 10 2010 - 01:00
Poland struggles to absorb newsFlags are flying at half mast across Poland today as the shock of President Kaczynski's death in a plane crash begins to sink…Sat Apr 10 2010 - 01:00
A moment of tragedy and solidarityThe chilly night air was slowly filled with a warm breeze of burning wax from candles - red, white, green - as Poles gathered…Sat Apr 10 2010 - 01:00
Leaked e-mail links Merkel to controversial Afghan air strikeCHANCELLOR ANGELA Merkel’s office was informed hours after a German-ordered air strike in Afghanistan last September that civilians…Fri Mar 26 2010 - 00:00
Breaking down the wall of indifference in GermanyTRAINING CAMP IN BERLIN: ON A freezing Berlin night, the shouts from the floodlit all-weather pitch have attracted an audience…Tue Mar 09 2010 - 00:00
Within six hours, the world's deserts receive more energy from the sun than mankind consumes in a yearINNOVATION IN... YOUR PLUG SOCKE: FOR SENSIBLE, risk-averse Germans, the easiest way to shoot down anyone with a dream or a …Fri Mar 05 2010 - 00:00
Berlin mulls 'unappetising' prospectsGERMAN STRATEGY: WHEN IT comes to Greece’s woes, Berlin is hoping lightning will strike twice.Fri Feb 12 2010 - 00:00
Busker finds cold comfort with iglooWITH BERLIN covered in snow and ice, a homeless man has decided to make the best of the situation by building himself an igloo…Wed Feb 10 2010 - 00:00
Saving your skinResearchers claim new treatment can detect malignant melanomas without removing tissueTue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
FDP on collision course with Merkel over pace of reformGERMANY’S Free Democrats (FDP), junior partners in the Berlin government, have vowed to crank up the pace of their reform plans…Tue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
Author's plagiarism puts spotlight on Germany's literatiGERMANY’S LITERATI celebrated 17-year-old Helena Hegemann as a literary shooting star for her writings on substance abuse and…Tue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
Pole jailed for fathering sons with his daughterA POLISH man who imprisoned his daughter for six years, raping her repeatedly and fathering her two sons, has been sentenced …Sat Feb 06 2010 - 00:00
Lafontaine to step down as leader of German Left PartyGERMAN POLITICAL veteran Oskar Lafontaine is to stand down in May as leader of the Left Party, opening the door to closer political…Mon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
Lafontaine to step down as leader of German Left PartyGERMAN POLITICAL veteran Oskar Lafontaine is to stand down in May as leader of the Left Party, opening the door to closer political…Mon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
Church accused of disregarding complaints of priest's child abuseTHE CATHOLIC Church in Germany has been accused of ignoring abuse complaints against a priest who reportedly shared beds, saunas…Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
Church accused of disregarding complaints of priest's child abuseTHE CATHOLIC Church in Germany has been accused of ignoring abuse complaints against a priest who reportedly shared beds, saunas…Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
Depfa fined €250,000 for breaching securities ActTHE FINANCIAL Regulator has imposed a fine of €250,000 on Depfa ACS bank for several suspected breaches of the Asset Covered …Wed Dec 23 2009 - 00:00
Swiss vote to halt 'Islamisation' by ban on minaretsSWISS POPULIST parties were celebrating last night after voters backed their initiative to halt the “Islamisation” of the country…Mon Nov 30 2009 - 00:00
Calls for minister to resign over air strikePRESSURE IS growing on Chancellor Angela Merkel to fire a former defence minister from cabinet after claims he withheld details…Fri Nov 27 2009 - 00:00
Divergent paths from 1968 for three student radicalsLETTER FROM BERLIN: A new documentary charts the careers of a legal triumvirate who emerged during Berlin’s protest movement…Mon Nov 23 2009 - 00:00
Austrian government to recognise same-sex civil unionsTHE GOVERNMENT of Austria has cleared the way for state recognition of same-sex civil unions from the start of next year.Wed Nov 18 2009 - 00:00
Diplomat recalls fall of wall as 'thrilling'GERMANY’S AMBASSADOR to Ireland has described the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago today as the “most thrilling chapter” …Mon Nov 09 2009 - 00:00
Leaders say credit for toppling Wall belongs to peopleSpeaking at a ceremony in Berlin to commemorate the events in 1989, Mikhail Gorbachev says his role was simply to ‘open a window…Mon Nov 02 2009 - 00:00
Space trip around the earth on special offer for Austrian discount shoppersAUSTRIAN SHOPPERS at the German-owned discount supermarket Penny Markt – a low-rent competitor to Aldi and Lidl – have quite …Fri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
New and ancient worlds united in daring facelift for museumBERLIN DIARY : Visiting the rebuilt Neues Museum in Berlin is a dizzying historical experienceFri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Printers push recycle buttonHewlett-Packard is embracing green thinking by tripling the use of recycled materials in its range of inkjet cartridgesFri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Munich is best of the bunch in European property investmentINVESTING IN GERMANY: Munich is the number one city in Europe to invest in according to a survey by Jones Lang LaSalle - while…Thu Oct 15 2009 - 01:00
Remembering how the fall of the Wall began in a Leipzig churchLEIPZIG LETTER: Twenty years ago, a candlelit procession took the first steps towards liberationWed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Consequences of last year's No vote still reverberate in EuropeThe Irish in Europe are on the wrong side of the argument, and not just with GermansSat Sept 26 2009 - 01:00
Greens uncharacteristically silent in German general election countdownTHREE DAYS to go in Germany’s general election and the main political parties are campaigning furiously on everything from the…Thu Sept 24 2009 - 01:00
Germany aims for Afghanistan pull-out in 2013GERMAN FOREIGN minister Frank Walter Steinmeier has said the country should work towards 2013 as the date to begin its exit of…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Germany backs law to pass LisbonTHE GERMAN Bundestag “sent a signal to Ireland” yesterday after backing by a large majority revised laws to allow ratification…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Merkel hits out in row over Nato airstrikeCHANCELLOR ANGELA Merkel has warned she will “not tolerate” premature criticism that Germany used excessive force in ordering…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Next generation of gadgets and gizmos to be unveiled in BerlinTHE EASIEST way to describe the importance of the IFA consumer electronics show, starting today, is to look at the numbers.Fri Sept 04 2009 - 01:00
Resignation of state governor strips Merkel of political allyGERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel lost an important political ally yesterday with the resignation of Dieter Althaus, governor of…Fri Sept 04 2009 - 01:00
Poland recalls dawn attack that triggered warSECOND WORLD WAR ANNIVERSARY: WITH A mournful, wailing siren and a spat with Moscow, Poland yesterday recalled the dawn attack…Wed Sept 02 2009 - 01:00
Before Ikea, there was BauhausThe Bauhaus movement, founded in 1919 with the aim of changing the world through design, is now a byword for modernitySat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryTHE WELL-FED face with full, red lips gazes down from the wall of the German Historical Museum in Berlin.Sat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00
Europe's largest economy lures Irish businessesAs the slump hits home in Ireland, Germany is proving to be an attractive option for firms seeking opportunitiesMon Aug 03 2009 - 01:00
New Lisbon headache for German chancellorGERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel is facing a last-minute Lisbon Treaty headache after her conservative Bavarian allies vowed to…Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
German ruling on Lisbon due todayTHE LISBON Treaty faces its final hurdle in Germany this morning when the country’s highest court rules on constitutional challenges…Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
IBM sees smarter side of urban lifeIT WAS a long way from Galway Bay, but a hi-tech project to monitor Ireland’s western coastal waters was showcased at this week…Fri Jun 26 2009 - 01:00
