Xenophobia and racism in the air as Swiss election campaign turns nastySWITZERLAND: Switzerland's general elections are normally polite, orderly affairs, but the campaign ahead of next month's vote…Sat Sept 15 2007 - 01:00
Two unlikely coalitions on cards after Polish votePOLAND: Polish politicians have begun campaigning for next month's snap election with a mixture of trepidation and reliefTue Sept 11 2007 - 01:00
Law catches up with murderer who related his 'perfect crime' in a novelPOLAND: A Polish author has been jailed for 25 years over a murder plot identical to that of his novel, which he always claimed…Thu Sept 06 2007 - 01:00
Poland's former interior minister arrestedPOLAND: Poland's political crisis reached a new peak yesterday when police arrested a former minister who accused the government…Fri Aug 31 2007 - 01:00
Controversial Polish radio station in line for €15m of EU fundingPOLAND: Poland's notorious Radio Maryja, broadcaster of prayers and rants against Jews, homosexuals and the EU, is in line for…Fri Aug 31 2007 - 01:00
German regulator under fireGermany's financial regulator is under fire for apparently ignoring warnings from 2005 that SachsenLB's Dublin subsidiary was…Mon Aug 27 2007 - 01:00
A succession drama of epic Wagnerian proportionsBackstabbing and boos are the lifeblood of the Wagner Festival held in Bayreuth every summer.Tue Aug 14 2007 - 01:00
Denmark's 'free city' under threatJust a mile from Copenhagen's royal palace, a war is being wagedWed Aug 08 2007 - 01:00
Teutonic Tuscany feared as village is soldEurope's largest tour operator has hit on a novel way to capitalise on Germany's long-standing love affair with ItalyWed Aug 01 2007 - 01:00
Town rejects EU position after long wait for bypassPOLAND: Waiting for a bypass is not just an Irish pastimeTue Jul 31 2007 - 01:00
Musical version of 'Juno and the Paycock' to be revivedTheatre director Garry Hynes is to stage a New York production of Juno , the little-seen musical version of Juno and the Paycock…Sat Jul 28 2007 - 01:00
Row breaks out in Germany over police powersGERMANY: German interior minister Wolfgang Schäuble has come under fire for suggesting that police should be allowed kill suspects…Mon Jul 16 2007 - 01:00
Poland may block treaty talks over voting reformEuropean Union: Polish officials say they will veto talks on reviving the EU constitutional treaty if their concerns over a …Mon Jun 11 2007 - 01:00
A brighter futureGermany produces more than half the world's solar energy, promising untold wealth for 'Solar Valley', writes Derek ScallyMon Jun 11 2007 - 01:00
Head of UN hopes for talks breakthrough in SudanDarfur crisis: Hopes were raised yesterday of real progress on the Darfur crisis after UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon announced…Sat Jun 09 2007 - 01:00
Geldof and Bono spurn 'grotesque' summitG8: Irish aid activist Bob Geldof has dismissed the G8 summit as a "grotesque, expensive pantomime", its leaders "creeps" and…Sat Jun 09 2007 - 01:00
007 meets G8 as Greenpeace dinghies duel with navyProtests: A spectacular boat chase worthy of James Bond himself set hearts racing yesterday at the G8 summit on Germany's Baltic…Fri Jun 08 2007 - 01:00
Putin offers relocated radar siteMissile defence: Russian president Vladimir Putin has told US president George Bush he could ease tensions between Moscow and…Fri Jun 08 2007 - 01:00
East German ghost an all too familiar spirit todayLetter from Berlin: The ghost of East Germany came back to haunt the country three times last week, each visit more surreal…Thu May 31 2007 - 01:00
Germany argues for EU tax ratesGerman finance minister Peer Steinbrück has called for a "fair settlement" to the EU's ongoing internal dispute over tax harmonisation…Mon May 21 2007 - 01:00
Poland's top court finds communist vetting law to be unconstitutionalPoland: The Polish government is set for a showdown with the country's highest court after it declared unconstitutional a law…Sat May 12 2007 - 01:00
Polish coalition in disarray after vote on abortion failsPOLAND: Poland's ruling coalition was in disarray last night after a failed vote to enshrine the country's restrictive abortion…Sat Apr 14 2007 - 01:00
Gay Russian who fled to Poland hoping for a legal miracleWarsaw Letter : Alexei says he had good reason to fear for his life when he fled Russia 12 years agoFri Apr 13 2007 - 01:00
Polish plan to ban gay material from schools under firePOLAND: Human Rights Watch has said plans by the Polish government to ban what it calls "homosexual propaganda" from schools…Tue Mar 20 2007 - 00:00
Merkel chalks up success in PolandGERMANY/POLAND: German chancellor Angela Merkel chalked up another EU policy success in Poland at the weekend after President…Mon Mar 19 2007 - 00:00
Irishman dies in fall from German hotel windowGerman police in Wiesbaden are investigating the death of an Irishman who fell out a hotel window yesterday morning.Thu Feb 22 2007 - 00:00
Finance ministers call for vigilance over hedge fundsFinance ministers from the world's seven leading economies have called for greater vigilance on hedge funds and for the Chinese…Mon Feb 12 2007 - 00:00
German lorry driver plans to throw €75,000 awayGerman lorry driver Marco Hilgert won a radio competition asking "what would you do for €100,000?" with an ingenious answer: …Thu Jan 25 2007 - 00:00
Poland's 'wizard of reportage' diesPOLAND: Poland is mourning the death of journalist and author Ryszard Kapuscinski, whose writings on war and conflict around…Thu Jan 25 2007 - 00:00
Symbolic woman shown the exit doorAustria: Does it matter if the man on the "men at work" construction sign is a woman? Apparently so when it is in Austria, and…Mon Jan 15 2007 - 00:00
Polish prelate quits over spying revelationsPOLAND: Poland's Catholic Church was forced into an unprecedented retreat under public pressure yesterday when the new archbishop…Mon Jan 08 2007 - 00:00
The two Berlins and the hated structureHistory: A glance through the German history section of most English-language bookshops is a depressing business, with endless…Sat Jan 06 2007 - 00:00
Olmert creates storm in Israel on nuclear issueMIDDLE EAST: Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert faces serious domestic political fallout from his apparent admission in a German…Wed Dec 13 2006 - 00:00
Cash-strapped Germans seek end to wage restraintPay increases in Ireland have become a twice yearly affair for many, but wages in Germany have barely kept up with inflation …Fri Dec 08 2006 - 00:00
Hopes fade for 15 trapped Polish minersPOLAND: Hopes were fading for 15 Polish miners trapped 1km underground after an explosion yesterday at a mine in southern Poland…Thu Nov 23 2006 - 00:00
No drift to the left under my leadership - MerkelGERMANY: German chancellor Angela Merkel has marked one year in office with a promise to continue economic reforms and a warning…Thu Nov 23 2006 - 00:00
Germany refuses to subsidise obesity drugGerman authorities have dealt a serious blow to French drug company Sanofi-Aventis after dubbing its new obesity medication, …Tue Oct 24 2006 - 01:00
Schröder criticises Bush's 'God-fearing' absolutismGERMANY: Former chancellor Gerhard Schröder has blamed the strong religious beliefs of US President George W Bush for strains…Mon Oct 23 2006 - 01:00
From cobbler to celebrity - by donning a captain's uniformBerlin Letter : Germans never question a man in uniform - a national character trait a petty thief named Wilhelm Voigt exploited…Fri Oct 13 2006 - 01:00
Polish coalition in talks to avoid snap electionPoland: Poland could avoid early elections after the left-wing populist Andzrej Lepper entered fresh negotiations with the ruling…Fri Oct 13 2006 - 01:00
Austrian rival parties enter coalition talksAUSTRIA: Austrian Social Democrat (SPÖ) leader Alfred Gusenbauer will open coalition talks tomorrow with his traditional rivals…Thu Oct 12 2006 - 01:00
Ahmadinejad says he is ready for 'fair' talksIRAN: Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said his country would not suspend uranium enrichment for "one single day" but…Fri Sept 29 2006 - 01:00
Publications may have breached laws in Kampusch caseAUSTRIA: Berlin chequebook journalism could take on a whole new meaning if lawyers for Austria's Natascha Kampusch have their…Tue Sept 26 2006 - 01:00
Polish PM seeks allies as coalition collapsesPOLAND: Polish prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski was searching for new political allies yesterday to avoid a snap election after…Sat Sept 23 2006 - 01:00
Leaders of Poland's ruling coalition meet for crisis talksPOLAND: The leaders of Poland's three-party coalition government met for crisis talks in Warsaw yesterday after admitting independently…Thu Sept 21 2006 - 01:00
Common ground of Germany's great intellectualsWorld View: The lives of three extraordinary German intellectuals coalesced this week in a lively moment of Germany's memory…Sat Sept 16 2006 - 01:00
Pope warns over Christians being 'deaf to the divine'GERMANY: Pope Benedict XVI has said that intercultural dialogue with the Islamic world is doomed to failure as long as the Christian…Wed Sept 13 2006 - 01:00
Pope regrets fall in priestsGermany: Pope Benedict returned to his Bavarian birthplace of Marktl am Inn yesterday to pray before the font where he was baptised…Tue Sept 12 2006 - 01:00
Falling profits put Telekomchief's future in doubtDefecting customers and falling profits have placed the future of Deutsche Telekom chief executive Kai-Uwe Ricke in doubt ahead…Sat Sept 02 2006 - 01:00
Dell to open €120m manufacturing plant in unemployment blackspotDell is set to become one of Poland's largest employers with a €120 million investment plan for the central city of LodzTue Aug 29 2006 - 01:00
