Governing party wins half of seats in lowest ever pollPOLAND: POLISH PRIME minister Donald Tusk said yesterday he was "moderately satisfied" with the extra eight seats his centre…Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
Swedish Pirates and nationalist True Finns emerge from nowhereSCANDINAVIANS: SWEDEN'S PIRATE Party is heading to Brussels after coming from nowhere to take more than 7 per cent of the vote…Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
Obama calls for serious dialogue with IranUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama called for “serious dialogue” with Iran to prevent a “nuclear arms race in the Middle East” after talks…Sat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Poland celebrates 20 years since overthrow of authoritarian ruleWARSAW LETTER: Poland has good reason to be proud as it may be the only economy in the region not to shrink this yearThu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Stasi link to killing that changed GermanyFOR FOUR decades, Germany has been haunted by the image of a young man dying in a Berlin car park, a woman nursing his bleeding…Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
Merkel election bounce as president wins second termGERMAN PRESIDENT Horst Köhler was elected for a second five-year term on Saturday, handing chancellor Angela Merkel an important…Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
This lighter, brighter class of Teuton is a striking phenomenonBERLIN LETTER: Germany is in crisis, but there is no sign of the condition that is so very German: angstMon May 18 2009 - 01:00
Desperate media latches on to Libertas PolskaEU PROFILE: POLAND: THE EUROPEAN election campaign in Poland is gearing up to be a particularly Polish mix of enthusiasm and…Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00
Swiss mountain region puts squeeze on 'disturbing' nude hikersRESIDENTS OF the Swiss region of Appenzell have voted to ban “disturbing and irritating” nudist hikers from their section of …Mon Apr 27 2009 - 01:00
Berliners reject state religion classesBERLINERS HAVE voted against offering religious education in state schools as an alternative to an existing mandatory course …Mon Apr 27 2009 - 01:00
Lovesick Dutch woman feigns own kidnappingFORGET THE flying Dutchman; Holland is now home to the lying Dutch womanSat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
Hypo bailout still poses more questions than answersAs a state takeover of the German real estate giant nears, opposition parties want an inquiryFri Apr 10 2009 - 01:00
Oprah sniffs a real storyThe problem of addiction to nasal sprays is so widespread that the queen of chat devoted an entire show to the issue, writes …Tue Apr 07 2009 - 01:00
Lidl kept intimate health records on employeesDISCOUNT RETAILER Lidl has admitted to keeping detailed medical records on its German employees after files detailing therapy…Mon Apr 06 2009 - 01:00
Early arrests, tear gas and rubber bullets set tone as police tackle anti-Nato protestersANGST, DEFIANCE and the smell of fresh leek soup hung in the air of the “Anti-Nato” camp outside Strasbourg yesterday.Sat Apr 04 2009 - 01:00
Obama speech heralds new eraUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama called for a new era in transatlantic relations on his first official visit to France and Germany yesterday…Sat Apr 04 2009 - 01:00
Family plans to reunite Grosz art looted by NazisARTIST GEORGE Grosz’s biting portraits of Weimar German life hang in museums around the world, from Vienna to Tokyo – unjustly…Wed Mar 25 2009 - 00:00
Cracks appear in Merkel's coalitionSIX MONTHS before Germany’s general election, serious cracks are appearing in Angela Merkel’s ruling grand coalition over how…Mon Mar 23 2009 - 00:00
Swiss furious at German finance minister over tax haven remarksRELATIONS BETWEEN Berlin and Berne have reached a new low after remarks by German finance minister Peer Steinbrück worsened an…Mon Mar 23 2009 - 00:00
Is this the end of the Fritzl story?The jailing of Josef Fritzl this week for the 24-year imprisonment and multiple rape of his daughter has left Austrian authorities…Sat Mar 21 2009 - 00:00
Fritzl pleads guilty to all chargesJOSEF FRITZL, accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children, surprised an Austrian court …Thu Mar 19 2009 - 00:00
Irish race from bust to boom and back again leaves Germans feeling confused and resentfulBERLIN LETTER: GERMAN PUBLIC broadcaster ZDF treats its viewers on Sunday evenings to a bracing dose of time-warp television…Thu Mar 05 2009 - 00:00
Nine feared trapped after house collapseAT LEAST nine people were feared trapped last night after the building housing Cologne’s city archive collapsed.Wed Mar 04 2009 - 00:00
Merkel ally found guilty of manslaughter after ski accidentGERMAN STATE premier Dieter Althaus, a political ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, was found guilty of manslaughter by neglect…Wed Mar 04 2009 - 00:00
Libertas hires top US election campaignerLIBERTAS HAS hired a leading US election campaigner to spearhead the party’s pan-EU fund-raising and European Parliament election…Tue Mar 03 2009 - 00:00
US seeks names of 52,000 suspected UBS tax evadersUBS SHARES plunged 18 per cent yesterday as US authorities filed a civil suit demanding the names of 52,000 US citizens suspected…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
US seeks names of 52,000 suspected UBS tax evadersUBS SHARES plunged 18 per cent yesterday as US authorities filed a civil suit demanding the names of 52,000 US citizens suspected…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
What about the Mittel man?EUROPEAN BUSINESS: ON A CHILLY evening early in the new year, German businessman Adolf Merckle told his wife, Ruth, he was going…Mon Feb 02 2009 - 00:00
Iceland's new interim government sworn inICELAND’S NEW interim government was sworn in yesterday with Social Democrat (SDA) prime minister Johanna Sigurdardottir vowing…Mon Feb 02 2009 - 00:00
Award for cancer vaccineBERLIN: GERMANY'S MOST prestigious innovation award has gone to biotech company Immatics which develops cancer treatments that…Mon Feb 02 2009 - 00:00
Iceland's ruling coalition collapsesA NATIONAL unity government is on the cards for Iceland following the collapse of its ruling coalition yesterday, the first government…Tue Jan 27 2009 - 00:00
Iceland in crisis as minister resignsICELAND’S GOVERNMENT was heading the way of its economy last night after the departure of commerce minister Bjorgvin Sigurdsson…Mon Jan 26 2009 - 00:00
Hypo may offload Dublin subsidiaryGERMAN PROPERTY financier Hypo Real Estate (HRE) is considering dumping Depfa, its troubled Dublin subsidiary, as it struggles…Fri Jan 23 2009 - 00:00
Cover-up allegations force Polish minister outPOLAND’S JUSTICE minister, Zbigniew Cwiakalsk, resigned unexpectedly yesterday amid allegations of a cover-up in one of the country…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
No need for vote on euro, says Polish PMPOLISH PRIME minister Donald Tusk has said he sees no reason to hold a referendum on the country's adoption of the euro.Wed Jan 07 2009 - 00:00
Straw saves the day in PolandBERLIN: The small Polish town of Kisielice hopes it can break Poland's addiction to coal-powered energy.Mon Jan 05 2009 - 00:00
VW deal is more than business, it's personalIN BERLIN: IT'S IMPOSSIBLE for visitors to ignore the weight of history as they enter the iconic Volkswagen plant in the western…Fri Jan 02 2009 - 00:00
Berlin as you've never seen it beforeFOR HALF A century, no one has seen Berlin like thisSat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
Furious debate over demolished palace may be Kaiser's revengeTHE HUGE machine looks like a mechanical brontosaurus, chewing on the remains of a five-storey concrete stairwell.Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Steinmeier to contest Merkel in general electionGERMAN FOREIGN minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has opened his bid to unseat chancellor Angela Merkel next year with a stinging…Mon Oct 20 2008 - 01:00
Economics minister Glos says 'no reason to paint things black'GERMANY: EUROPE'S ECONOMIC driver will struggle to stay out of recession next year, according to new figures presented in Berlin…Fri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
Hypo chief resigns under pressureCHARGES POSSIBLE: THE CHIEF executive of Germany's crisis-hit Hypo Real Estate gave into political pressure and resigned yesterday…Wed Oct 08 2008 - 01:00
Leading German car-makers announce factory cutbacksMANUFACTURING: THE FINANCIAL crisis began to bite at Germany’s leading car-makers yesterday, with Opel, BMW and Ford all announcing…Wed Oct 08 2008 - 01:00
No 'Plan B' exists to shore up bank sector, says BerlinGERMAN RESPONSE: THE GERMAN government has strenuously denied an apparent suggestion by the finance minister on national radio…Tue Oct 07 2008 - 01:00
Three share Nobel prize for Aids and cancer researchTHE NOBEL Prize for Science has been shared this year between two French researchers and a German for their work in identifying…Tue Oct 07 2008 - 01:00
Poland says it has gathered enough support to stall EU carbon emission controlsPOLAND: THE EU'S climate protection ambitions could face a setback after Poland announced yesterday that it had gathered enough…Sat Oct 04 2008 - 01:00
Surprise slump in support for CSU in Bavaria could unsettle Merkel's partyGERMANY: Half a century of single-party rule has ended in Bavaria after the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) ended …Mon Sept 29 2008 - 01:00
Far right poised to increase power base as Austrians go to the pollsAUSTRIA: Although support for the two main parties is likely to hit a record low, the money is on another grand coalitionSat Sept 27 2008 - 01:00
McCreevy told not to meddle in affairs of VolkswagenEU INTERNAL market commissioner Charlie McCreevy should stop meddling in the affairs of Volkswagen, a senior German politician…Sat Sept 13 2008 - 01:00
Heart of Berlin to beat in DublinAn Irish audience is in for a real musical treat as conductor Sir Simon Rattle brings the Berliner Philharmoniker to the National…Sat Sept 06 2008 - 01:00
