Coronavirus: Angela Merkel urges Germans to stay at home over EasterChancellor under increasing pressure to outline exit strategy on lockdown measuresThu Apr 9 2020 - 20:56
German town’s famous passion play hit by coronavirus as history repeats itselfTradition that arose in Oberammergau due to one plague is disrupted by anotherThu Apr 9 2020 - 20:09
After getting ahead in Covid testing, Berlin now hopes to get ahead in recoveryGermany has mobilised every reserve and cranked up every economic generator to insulate business from worst economic shocksThu Apr 9 2020 - 10:31
Coronavirus: Sweden to enact crisis powers but hold them in reserveStockholm approaching Covid-19 control more liberally than European neighboursTue Apr 7 2020 - 18:57
Merkel says ‘unwise’ to lift German lockdown as Austria signals moveAustrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz says ‘resurrection after Easter’ is possibleMon Apr 6 2020 - 19:31
Eccentric Thai king’s flying visits ensure a colourful German lockdownMaha Vajiralongkorn was given permission to self-isolate with a 20-member harem in BavariaMon Apr 6 2020 - 18:10
Coronavirus crisis sees speculation of fifth term for MerkelSome are suggesting CDU should give way in next year’s elections to its Bavarian sister party the CSU and its leader Markus SöderFri Apr 3 2020 - 17:28
Coronavirus: Austrian supermarket mask rule divides expertsSome doctors are concerned that few will heed the golden rules of wearing a maskThu Apr 2 2020 - 18:03
Polish Catholic Church liable for sex abuse compensation claimsSupreme court ruling gives clear signal to survivors and religious for future casesWed Apr 1 2020 - 18:42
Coronavirus tales confirm – and shatter – German stereotypesBerlin Letter: A piano is better than passive aggression for reinforcing new social rulesWed Apr 1 2020 - 01:00
German coronavirus response rests on early testing and long-term investmentCountry’s death toll is below global average and intensive care bed numbers are well aboveMon Mar 30 2020 - 18:07
Coronavirus: No dramas as German theatres produce protective masks‘We checked if we were allowed, then got straight to work’ says head of wardrobeFri Mar 27 2020 - 17:59
German firm Bosch to cut coronavirus test time ‘to 2½ hours’Engineering giant says automated system will boost country’s already high test rateThu Mar 26 2020 - 16:25
German politicians back €156bn emergency budget‘No blueprint’ as spending boosted to aid economy and healthcare amid Covid-19 crisisWed Mar 25 2020 - 19:48
Sweden resists mandatory coronavirus measuresScandinavian state registers more than 2,500 cases by Wednesday and 42 fatalitiesWed Mar 25 2020 - 18:09
German packages to cushion against Covid-19 now collectively worth €1 trillionBerlin determined to use ‘all we have’ to limit looming economic crisisMon Mar 23 2020 - 19:37
Coronavirus: Angela Merkel in quarantine after her doctor tests positiveGerman chancellor had earlier announced tighter measures on public gatheringsSun Mar 22 2020 - 18:42
Coronavirus: Bavaria imposes total ban on movementTwo-week ban followed by southwestern state SaarlandFri Mar 20 2020 - 21:51
‘Ibiza of the Alps’ ski resort blamed for spread of coronavirusHundreds of cases across Europe linked to ‘party machine’ on Austrian slopes of IshglThu Mar 19 2020 - 20:35
German politicians threaten curfew on party peoplePolice in Germany’s major cities are hard-pressed to tackle impromptu parties in parksThu Mar 19 2020 - 19:38
Coronavirus greatest challenge since second World War, Merkel says‘This is serious. Take it seriously,’ German chancellor says in rare broadcast to nationWed Mar 18 2020 - 18:26
Panic-buying of gold as Germany goes into coronavirus lockdownBerlin Letter: ‘At times like this you need to diversify ... gold is always a safe investment’Wed Mar 18 2020 - 16:00
Coronavirus: German vaccine developer rejects US buy-up bidDonald Trump is reportedly trying to gain exclusive access to German firm’s reseachMon Mar 16 2020 - 12:26
Ireland should beware the perils of a grand coalitionFianna Fáil and Fine Gael must heed the lessons of Germany’s 15-year coalitionMon Feb 17 2020 - 00:48
Germany warns against undermining western multilateral orderMunich security conference told US, China and Russia are sharing a short-sighted goalFri Feb 14 2020 - 18:22
European Commission president denies defence irregularitiesVon der Leyen denies squandering hundreds of millions as German defence ministerThu Feb 13 2020 - 20:02
Propaganda battle overshadows Dresden fire-bombing memorialSteinmeier warns on efforts to ‘offset the dead of Dresden with the dead of Auschwitz’Thu Feb 13 2020 - 19:09
Germany’s CDU party bickers over leadership race timetableSenior party officials question outgoing leader’s timetable for appointing successorWed Feb 12 2020 - 19:07
Germany: Christian Democratic Union faces identity crisisSearch for leader underway after Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer resigns amid pressure from fringesTue Feb 11 2020 - 19:46
Merkel future hangs in balance after surprise resignationResignation of CDU leader after 14 months in role triggers speculation about snap electionMon Feb 10 2020 - 20:37
AKK announces departure with swipe at MerkelKramp-Karrenbauer resigns as CDU leader triggers debate about party divisionsMon Feb 10 2020 - 20:00
AKK departure is a humiliation for Angela MerkelGerman chancellor’s plan to stay in office until fourth term ends next year is now in doubtMon Feb 10 2020 - 16:34
Angela Merkel’s successor as CDU party leader to stand downAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will not seek German chancellorship after regional election debacleMon Feb 10 2020 - 10:36
CDU support slumps after far-right alliance with AfDResignations follow Thuringia deal with extremists and Kramp-Karrenbauer is taintedFri Feb 7 2020 - 20:23
Thuringia outcome echoes dangers of Weimar republicRight-wing extremist backing for liberal Thomas Kemmerich nods to demons of pastThu Feb 6 2020 - 19:41
German state leader elected with help of far right stands downGerman chancellor Angela Merkel hits out at ‘unforgiveable’ alliance amid outcryThu Feb 6 2020 - 19:39
Germany has suffered a political earthquake. What happened?Far-right AfD becomes kingmaker in regional election, sending tremors through BerlinThu Feb 6 2020 - 15:18
AfD support for state premier triggers uproar in GermanyParliamentary sitting in Erfurt takes a taboo-breaking turn with far-right party’s helpWed Feb 5 2020 - 18:10
Siemens agm picketed over Australian mine contractUnder-fire departing chief executive Joe Kaeser dismissed concerns as ‘irrelevant’Wed Feb 5 2020 - 17:20
Holocaust deniers targeting German concentration camp memorialsRise in swastika graffiti in camps and disturbances to tours by far-right supportersTue Feb 4 2020 - 18:45
Berlin artist ‘hacks’ Google Maps to cause fake traffic alertSimon Weckert uses 99 smartphones to create a virtual tailback on tech giant’s 15th birthdayTue Feb 4 2020 - 18:22
German regulator says Irish data protection commission is being 'overwhelmed'Kelber says Irish regulator’s ‘go-slow’ approach to Facebook similar to Germany’s ‘dieselgate’ scandalMon Feb 3 2020 - 05:27
Indifference dehumanises us – An Irishman’s Diary on how Auschwitz shames us allMon Feb 3 2020 - 00:01
Europe’s rail renaissance hoping to leave red tape behindClimate concerns and more overnight travel have boosted passenger numbers but standardising railway systems is still trickySat Feb 1 2020 - 10:00
Berlin’s vanishing nightclubs: ‘The open sex in all corners can be distracting’Gentrification of the German capital is threatening its vibrant, decadent club sceneSat Feb 1 2020 - 06:00
Germany under fire over reform of Nazi citizenship rulesGovernment blocks proposal to cement in law liberalisation of citizenship restitutionFri Jan 31 2020 - 17:31
Coronavirus: Lufthansa cancels all flights to China as four cases confirmed in GermanyPatients are all employees at car parts firm recently visited by a Chinese colleagueWed Jan 29 2020 - 19:38
Higgins says claim UN criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic ‘inappropriate’Jewish conference president tells Auschwitz memorial day ‘anti-Zionism is nothing but anti-Semitism’Tue Jan 28 2020 - 18:16
Auschwitz survivors urge action on anti-Semitism‘Do not be indifferent when any power or government infringes on extant social rights’Mon Jan 27 2020 - 21:52
‘Auschwitz did not fall suddenly from the sky’ – Holocaust survivors speakAt the site of the Nazi death camp, former prisoners made one last plea to humanityMon Jan 27 2020 - 20:41