German police manhunt veers into Keystone Cops territoryCase of mistaken identity as police snatch man from bus in Berlin wrongly believing him a member of Red Army FactionTue Mar 19 2024 - 18:24
Susan Neiman: ‘I wanted to revive Jewish intellectual life in Germany, but now I don’t think they really want it’The philosopher says the intellectual climate in Germany has deteriorated since October 7th, and her criticism of Israel’s extremist government has led to her being viewed as ‘not genuinely Jewish’Mon Mar 18 2024 - 11:00
‘So many Irish have come to Bavaria either to live permanently or to develop as a person’Berlin may be political capital, but Munich is Germany’s boom town and Irish capital. Some Irish there would like to see the Dublin Government pay more attentionSat Mar 16 2024 - 06:00
Smiles and statements belie ongoing Berlin-Paris disagreement on Ukraine Two weeks ago German officials were infuriated when Macron floated in public the idea that sending European troops to Ukraine could not be ruled outFri Mar 15 2024 - 18:05
German court set to rule on whether AfD is an extremist organisationFar-right party could be subjected to state surveillance if it loses caseTue Mar 12 2024 - 18:50
Sweden joins Nato as Europe is warned of new arms raceEurope has almost doubled its weapons imports in the last decadeMon Mar 11 2024 - 15:49
Sweden joins Nato and changes the tectonics of European security‘We will defend freedom together with the countries closest to us – both in terms of geography, culture and values’Sun Mar 10 2024 - 15:09
‘It is dishonest’: Germany divided over Oscar-nominated Auschwitz film The Zone of InterestAfter largely ecstatic reviews in the English-speaking world, German critics and audiences have been more ambivalent about Jonathan Glazer’s film, which is is up for five OscarsSun Mar 10 2024 - 06:00
Man got 217 Covid jabs and is none the worse, study findsGerman researchers say case suggests vaccines are low in side-effects for most peopleWed Mar 06 2024 - 14:18
German defence minister admits Moscow is having ‘field day’ with propaganda coup around Taurus cruise missilesChancellor Olaf Scholz’s refusal to supply Kyiv with cruise missiles is popular with his centre-left Social Democratic Party but has annoyed his two coalition alliesTue Mar 05 2024 - 17:36
Nostalgia for Red Army Faction in final act of German terrorist drama A German television report and podcast appears to have produce more decisive leads than three decades of police workTue Mar 05 2024 - 05:00
Vanished Wirecard executive thought to be living as Orthodox priest in RussiaInvestigation by Germany’s Spiegel, Austria’s Standard and two other media outlets claims Jan Marsalek was helped escape by an erotic actress turned spyMon Mar 04 2024 - 05:45
An unorthodox approach: ‘We disrupt the idea of Jewishness to which Germans are attached’Since the October 7th attacks in Israel, writer Deborah Feldman’s sinking feeling about her adoptive homeland has been gathering paceSat Mar 02 2024 - 12:00
Scholz under pressure after blocking Taurus cruise missile delivery to UkraineGerman chancellor has claimed it would only be possible for German soldiers to programme Taurus targets on-site in UkraineTue Feb 27 2024 - 18:58
After decades of pacifist politics, Germany embraces new ‘war-ready’ realityTwo years on from chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ‘watershed’ speech, the country’s policy on defence has pivoted dramaticallyMon Feb 26 2024 - 05:00
German MPs vote to legalise cannabis for personal useHealth minister said new legislation would enable the market to be reclaimed from drug dealersFri Feb 23 2024 - 07:16
Germany faces into recession with little sign of an immediate turnaroundMain political parties can’t agree steps to reinvigorate economyFri Feb 23 2024 - 06:00
Poland moves to guarantee Ukraine arms deliveries‘Different organisational regime’ on border crossings will provide ‘100% guarantee’ aid will reach Ukraine without delays, says Polish prime ministerThu Feb 22 2024 - 17:58
Cillian Murphy: ‘Magdalene laundries were a collective trauma for people of a certain age’After decades of denial and obfuscation, campaigners agree progress on Magdalene laundry is happening as new Cillian Murphy film absorbs audiencesSun Feb 18 2024 - 06:00
Kamala Harris warns US voters of dangers of embracing anti-democratic dictatorshipUN secretary general Antonio Guterres says humanitarian response for civilians in Gaza ‘now on life support’Fri Feb 16 2024 - 17:38
Rape trial involving Madeleine McCann suspect adjourned over alleged ‘assassination’ postsAlleged victims of Christian Brückner include Dublin womanFri Feb 16 2024 - 10:31
‘We had a golden decade before the pandemic where everything seemed financeable thanks to low interest rates’German finance minister Christina Lindner on the challenges facing Germany from the Ukraine war, to inflation, and low growth and productivityFri Feb 16 2024 - 05:30
Cillian Murphy’s Magdalene laundries film grips audience at Berlin festivalSmall Things Like These, based on Claire Keegan’s novella, is dedicated ‘to more than 10,000 young women sent to Magdalene institutions for penance and rehabilitation’Thu Feb 15 2024 - 19:17
Tusk calls on EU to increase military capabilities in response to Russia threatPolish prime minister says: There is no reason that the European Union cannot become a military power like Russia’Mon Feb 12 2024 - 20:48
Trading deal for North must not endanger EU’s single market - German finance ministerChristian Lindner is in Dublin for talks with his Irish counterparts on a range of issuesMon Feb 12 2024 - 18:11
‘We are losing free places to talk without judgment, and to listen with kindness’Totalitarian creep attracts crowds in Berlin museumFri Feb 09 2024 - 19:47
Berlin zoo-goers mourn passing of Ingo the flamingoZoo’s most senior resident, and possibly the oldest flamingo in the world, dies aged 75Fri Feb 09 2024 - 19:42
Swedish inquiry into Nord Stream explosions ends inconclusivelyDamage to gas pipelines has prompted a series of Europe-wide hunts for perpetrators and accomplicesWed Feb 07 2024 - 11:15
Olaf Scholz’s shaky coalition under siege as gap between politics and reality widensGerman chancellor's leadership torn between inner voices of Pollyanna and Cassandra as blind optimism gives way to growing pessimismSat Feb 03 2024 - 06:00
Brigidiplomacy: From Berlin to Beijing, the Irish saint is having a resurgenceIn her name, multiple creative Irish women turned cultural missionaries have fanned out to 50 global locationsThu Feb 01 2024 - 00:00
Bitter split on left on show in seat of German governmentIcy welcome from former colleagues for new party in BundestagTue Jan 30 2024 - 22:32
Berlin arts squat completes journey from cultural collective to tourist trapRevamped Tacheles is a textbook example of city’s nakedly capitalist directionTue Jan 30 2024 - 05:05
Berlin’s KaDeWe department store files for insolvencyStore is part owned by Austria’s Signa Group, which is also co-owner of Brown Thomas and Arnotts in IrelandMon Jan 29 2024 - 19:28
German-based allies of Turkish president launch new partyDemocratic Alliance for Diversity and Awakening offers Erdogan ‘further leverage for political influence in Germany’Sun Jan 28 2024 - 18:09
Assisted dying in Germany: Ralf Bladt was 56 years old, loved his road haulier job and big carsGermany’s 2020 assisted dying constitutional court ruling remains as obscure as it is far-reachingSun Jan 28 2024 - 06:00
Security an increasing focus for Baltic region as Sweden moves step closer to Nato membershipWeeks after Vladimir Putin threatened ‘problems for Finland’, the Russian leader is very present in this weekend’s Finish presidential electionFri Jan 26 2024 - 20:24
German Protestant churches riddled with sexual abuse and cover-ups, report findsForum Study suggests many church features prized by German Protestants facilitated rather than prevented sexualised violence and continue to hinder full disclosureFri Jan 26 2024 - 04:46
Parliamentary battle looms in Warsaw over pardoned Polish politicians The two ex-politicians are demanding the return of their seats in the Sejm, Poland’s lower house of parliamentWed Jan 24 2024 - 19:59
Macron calls for strong Franco-German alliance at Schäuble memorial‘Germany has lost a statesman, Europe a supporting pillar and France a friend,’ says French president in glowing tributeMon Jan 22 2024 - 19:33
‘It’s an easy place to live’: Meet the growing band of Irish artists at the top of their game in BerlinMany Irish artists have moved to Germany. A new culture programme, Zeitgeist Irland 24, aims to promote their work over the next yearSat Jan 20 2024 - 06:00
Donald Tusk’s media reforms rejected by constitutional court as Poland’s divisions deepenNew government headed by Tusk says ruling is illegitimate as one of the judges was illegally appointed by previous Law and Justice (PiS) partyFri Jan 19 2024 - 18:26
Germany seeing Israel-Gaza conflict through ‘prism’ of Holocaust, Tánaiste saysMicheál Martin calls on Israel to focus on ending conflict quickly and says Hamas must ‘lay down their arms’Thu Jan 18 2024 - 21:29
Moving fast to break things: Tusk conducts a novel experiment in EuropePolish prime minister is moving to depoliticise public media, courts and public prosecutor structures. He has a powerful adversary in president Andrzej DudaWed Jan 17 2024 - 13:03
Olaf Scholz’s annus horribilus builds macabre momentumDeep ideological differences on climate politics and economics have left German’s chancellor as a traffic officer managing too many coalition traffic jamsSat Jan 13 2024 - 06:00
EU enlargement will only succeed if national veto is dropped, says German ministerEurope minister Anna Luhrmann says reforms are needed for Ukraine and Moldova to successfully join blockFri Jan 12 2024 - 13:00
A tale of two pardons: Poland’s president Duda and PM Donald Tusk in battle of wills over reforms Convicted PiS politicians arrested at presidential palace and on hunger strike in the latest twist in country’s politicsThu Jan 11 2024 - 20:04
Former Polish minister starts hunger strike in prison after arrest in presidential palace President Andrzej Duda accuses Tusk administration of creating ‘political prisoners’ following arrest of two PiS politiciansWed Jan 10 2024 - 10:59
Germany recalibrates backing for Israel as Palestinian death toll spiralsForeign minister Annalena Baerbock reframes October 7th attack by Hamas as double-edged tragedy and the ‘start of a nightmare without end for the people in Israel and Gaza’Tue Jan 09 2024 - 17:47
‘It has been a wonderful, deepening time’: Alice Lyons on being the first recipient of the Heaney-Milosz ResidencySeamus Heaney and Czeslaw Milosz were firm friends and Nobel laureates. A writer’s residency has been established in Kraków in their memoryTue Jan 09 2024 - 05:15
Farmers protest as anger spreads at austerity born of Germany’s fiscal fetish Berlin Letter: Just over a decade ago Germany made painful austerity demands of Ireland and other crisis-hit euro neighbours. Now the decision to cut costs at home rather than borrow for investment is proving highly contentiousTue Jan 09 2024 - 05:00
