Lukashenko threatens EU gas as sanctions loom over migrant crisisBelarus president calls Poland border crisis he is accused of causing a ‘complete catastrophe’Thu Nov 11 2021 - 17:04
Poland and Belarus face off over migrants in growing geopolitical rowLeaders of opposing countries accuse Putin and EU respectively of orchestrating crisisWed Nov 10 2021 - 19:25
Facebook group and offers from Belarus sell migrants the European dreamSyrians in Lebanon hoping for a better life will need $3,000 and nerves of steelWed Nov 10 2021 - 17:10
Polish prime minister warns ‘stability and security of the entire EU is at stake’Polish politicians fear a deliberate provocation by Belarus could cause serious incident involving migrants at EU’s eastern borderTue Nov 9 2021 - 20:02
Fourth wave of Covid triggers restriction demands across EuropeWHO warns Europe in danger of losing another 500,000 lives to virus by FebruaryMon Nov 8 2021 - 18:53
German investigators probe riddle of the spy who fell from a windowIt remains unclear whether the death is linked to 2019 Tiergarten attackSun Nov 7 2021 - 17:39
Germany’s vaccine dodgers make fourth Covid wave the trickiestDespite just having its highest daily infection rate, an ‘I’m all right, Jack’ mindset prevailsSat Nov 6 2021 - 05:01
Germany celebrates Holocaust survivor’s 100th birthday‘For 100 I’m feeling rather good, not like 100 at all,’ says Margot FriedlanderThu Nov 4 2021 - 20:00
What to expect from Germany’s would-be next finance ministerChristian Lindner promises a swift return to pre-pandemic era of balanced budgetsThu Nov 4 2021 - 17:07
Germany debates tighter Covid restrictions for the unvaccinated‘Currently we are experiencing mainly a pandemic of the unvaccinated – and it is massive’Wed Nov 3 2021 - 19:22
ECJ president warns EU cannot survive solo runs by member states on rule of lawProf Koen Lenaerts makes comments a week after court ruling on fine for PolandTue Nov 2 2021 - 19:05
Germany’s CDU to let members pick new leader for first time in attempt to stop rotElection disaster prompts change in policy, as defeated candidates line up for second shotTue Nov 2 2021 - 01:00
Colm Tóibín sells Thomas Mann back to the Germans. Not everyone’s buyingOn a German tour, the Enniscorthy man defends his fictionalisation of a literary greatSat Oct 30 2021 - 06:00
Germany and Switzerland struggle with vaccination driveAs Covid case incidence rises, Berlin and Bern grapple with those refusing to get jabFri Oct 29 2021 - 19:30
Poland accuses EU of blackmail over €1m daily fineEuropean Court of Justice imposes penalty in escalating rift over Polish judicial reformsWed Oct 27 2021 - 18:56
Derek Scally: Will post-Merkel Germany shift from drift to drive?Berlin’s wish for continuity set to collide in Bundestag with calls for changeWed Oct 27 2021 - 03:00
New German Bundestag meets for first time with Merkel as observerTalks under way for new coalition government led by centre-left Social Democratic PartyTue Oct 26 2021 - 18:22
Merkel departs Brussels with warning on migration ‘vulnerability’Outgoing chancellor blames Belarusian dictator for funnelling migrants into EU statesFri Oct 22 2021 - 19:30
Writing was on the wall for Bundesbank president and ECB hawk Jens WeidmannBank chief saw himself as out of step with likely new German governmentThu Oct 21 2021 - 18:53
Editor of German tabloid Bild resigns amid growing sex scandalReichelt alleged to have exploited female staff under mantra ‘screw, promote, drop’Tue Oct 19 2021 - 18:17
Sebastian Kurz suffers fall from grace in Austria amid graft inquiryCase against former chancellor includes unflattering texts never meant for public’s eyesFri Oct 15 2021 - 19:00
Danish man to appear in court over bow-and-arrow attackAttack in Norwegian town of Kongsberg leaves five dead and three injuredThu Oct 14 2021 - 10:13
‘Implosion’: CDU plays blame game after German election disasterCentre-right party begins search for third leader in three yearsWed Oct 13 2021 - 19:00
And the Beethoven goes on: Bonn premieres ‘new’ 10th symphonyAI and a team of musicologists have breathed life into surviving sketches 200 years laterFri Oct 8 2021 - 16:55
Poland risks EU’s foundations in bid to ‘legalise authoritarian takeover’EU experts alarmed at what they see as a deliberate attack on the union’s legal orderFri Oct 8 2021 - 16:08
Polish court rules some EU laws and articles incompatible with country’s constitutionConstitutional court finds that the Court of Justice of the European Union is not Poland’s supreme legal authorityThu Oct 7 2021 - 19:47
SPD opens exploratory talks with coalition hopefulsParty courts Greens and FDP to oust centre-right CDU from power after 16 yearsThu Oct 7 2021 - 19:40
Former Nazi guard (100) accused of being a ‘small cog in the machinery of death’Hearing moved to prison sports hall in Brandenburg to accommodate defendantThu Oct 7 2021 - 13:24
Former Nazi camp guard (100) to stand trial for murderMan accused of assisting in killing of 3,518 prisoners at Sachsenhausen campWed Oct 6 2021 - 20:09
Ex-Nazi camp guard trial signals shift from German numbnessBelated justice as laxness in prosecuting ordinary Germans for Nazi-era crimes fadesWed Oct 6 2021 - 20:07
EU court questions legality of Polish judicial reformsLatest move is response to Polish judge being moved to new court division against his willWed Oct 6 2021 - 17:56
Germany marks 60 years since Turkish ‘guest workers’ came during labour shortageTwo children of Turkish migrants to Germany developed Pfizer Covid vaccineTue Oct 5 2021 - 20:45
Red letter day looms for Merkel as lengthy coalition talks loomNo one is expecting a government when MPs meet for their first sitting later this monthMon Oct 4 2021 - 18:04
Merkel urges greater respect for sacrifices of eastern GermansChancellor calls for unified country to ‘learn anew together’ and face challenges aheadSun Oct 3 2021 - 19:33
Scholz optimistic ahead of Germany’s ‘traffic light’ coalition talksSPD leader confident a deal with the Greens and FDP will see him become the next chancellorSun Oct 3 2021 - 17:56
How the SPD won Germany’s federal election raceScholz plan to take chancellery for first time in two decades was four years in the makingFri Oct 1 2021 - 18:00
Fugitive (96) arrested in Hamburg to face Nazi war crimes trialFormer concentration camp secretary faces 11,000 counts of complicity to murderThu Sep 30 2021 - 18:36
Germany’s SPD lines up coalition talks as CDU tensions growCDU leader Armin Laschet plays for time as furious party members question leadershipWed Sep 29 2021 - 19:00
German Covid expert warns that flagging vaccine take-up risks autumn waveCountry’s vaccination rate has plateaued at 64%, as rate of infections creeps upWed Sep 29 2021 - 16:16
Germany’s rejuvenated SPD leads way in talks to form new coalitionOlaf Scholz best-placed to be chancellor, but CDU’s Armin Laschet is refusing to give inWed Sep 29 2021 - 01:00
Far-right AfD struggles to capitalise on extremist vote in German electionXenophobic party finished 10.3% in Sunday’s vote, losing four seats in BundestagTue Sep 28 2021 - 18:40
Berlin voters back campaign to divest landlords of up to 240,000 apartmentsInitiative orders city-state government to buy-out landlords with more than 3,000 unitsMon Sep 27 2021 - 17:03
Knives come out in Merkel’s party as Germans vote for changeAnalysis: Centre-left SPD wins election with snappy campaign and clear messagingMon Sep 27 2021 - 12:59
SPD leader Scholz calls for coalition talks after German election winAngela Merkel’s CDU suffers slump in support, leaving centre-rivals with ‘visible mandate’ to governMon Sep 27 2021 - 10:06
Germany’s CDU faces historic disaster as SPD appears to edge ahead in electionExit polls indicate Angela Merkel’s ruling party has had its worst-ever election resultSun Sep 26 2021 - 22:50
Germany tilts towards centre-left victory as SPD edges ahead in electionRuling CDU heads into post-Merkel era with fiasco as support slides eight pointsSun Sep 26 2021 - 22:21
Scholz leads SPD revival and puts party at the centre of coalition talksEarly projections suggest Mr Scholz has led Social Democrat party back to the topSun Sep 26 2021 - 20:53
Germany votes: The election that could change Europe's futureMore than 60 million Germans are called to vote on Sunday – Can climate anxiety convert to radical political change?Sat Sep 25 2021 - 06:00
German democracy enters a new chapter as Merkel departsEurope’s most populous – and powerful – country goes to the polls on SundaySat Sep 25 2021 - 05:00
Close-fought German election goes down to the wireCandidates deliver final effort to secure chancellery after Merkel’s departureFri Sep 24 2021 - 19:06