Weather extremes and food shortages grip continental EuropeFarmers at wits’ end with crops that have struggled to grow since last substantial rain in MaySat Aug 11 2018 - 05:00
Radicalising AfD seeks to ban tell-all book by former memberFranziska Schreiber’s exposé claims party plays on fears in drift towards extremismFri Aug 10 2018 - 18:29
Reviving obligatory service divides opinion in GermanyBerlin Letter: Military or civil service was abolished in 2011 – and some want it backFri Aug 10 2018 - 01:00
German woman convicted of selling son for sex onlineMother’s partner also sentenced to 12 years for repeatedly raping boy (10)Tue Aug 07 2018 - 18:58
Merkel holiday mystery preoccupies much of German mediaChancellor’s break from predictable vacation pattern sparks rash of speculationSun Aug 05 2018 - 17:16
Swiss vintage plane dropped vertically before crash that killed all 20 on boardIncident involving Junkers Ju-52 comes hours after family of four dies in separate Swiss crashSun Aug 05 2018 - 15:03
German centre faces new pressure from political fringesStability coming under pressure of hard right- and left-wing movementsFri Aug 03 2018 - 18:11
German city planners go back to the future with medieval makeoverFrankfurt Letter: ‘New old town’ installed as urban regeneration threatens communitiesFri Aug 03 2018 - 01:00
Derek Scally: What if Trump is right about Germany?The US has not invented new problems but has pointed out inconsistencies in Germany’s trade, foreign and defence policiesThu Aug 02 2018 - 03:38
Bavarian asylum camps open their doorsAgencies based in ‘anchor centres’ to take hardline approach, state premier saysWed Aug 01 2018 - 20:30
German farmers demand €1bn in aid amid continued droughtGermany may face crop shortfalls as farming body warns of ‘worst harvest of the century’Tue Jul 31 2018 - 21:15
Austrian politician calls for kosher and halal meat buyers to be registeredProposal by regional leader of far-right Freedom Party condemned by Jewish groupsTue Jul 31 2018 - 19:18
Swedish opera singer attacks #metoo mob mentalityAnne Sofie von Otter blames her country’s cultural herd mentality for husband’s suicideSun Jul 29 2018 - 15:27
Mesut Özil: Is it because I’m a Muslim?Arsenal star’s shock retirement from international football has Germany talking about race and identity in an era of rising nationalismSat Jul 28 2018 - 06:00
Is Berlin’s gay population experiencing a backlash?As city stages pride march, fears mount that tolerance is yielding to violence and uneaseSat Jul 28 2018 - 05:01
Neo-Nazi gang member jailed for life in Germany after troubling trialBeate Zschäpe sentenced in case that exposed police racism and staggering incompetenceWed Jul 11 2018 - 15:40
German Jewish groups demand action after attacksTen detained after Jewish man from Syria wearing Star of David is beaten up in BerlinMon Jul 09 2018 - 18:46
Merkel ‘livid’ over interior minister’s Brexit interventionHorst Seehofer warned European Commission of security risks posed by its Brexit stanceMon Jul 09 2018 - 17:15
Germany may leave migrants on the road to nowhereBerlin's questioning of the principle of free movement in Europe will have a huge falloutSat Jul 07 2018 - 06:00
German coalition agrees watered-down migrant dealCompromise does away with ‘transit centres’ and seeks to avoid undermining SchengenFri Jul 06 2018 - 17:30
Merkel and Orban vie for upper hand on humanity and bordersPM claims Hungary being misunderstood in efforts to protect Europe and Schengen zoneThu Jul 05 2018 - 16:49
Polish PM under attack as supreme court judge refuses to retireCourt president Malgorzata Gersdorf goes to work in defiance of judicial reformsWed Jul 04 2018 - 17:55
Germany’s SPD raises fresh doubts over migrant camp dealMerkel’s coalition partner rejects ‘asylum seekers behind guarded fences’ in heated Bundestag debateWed Jul 04 2018 - 15:22
Merkel ground down by Germany’s new political pokerChancellor’s legacy tied forever to refugee hand she played on principled hunchWed Jul 04 2018 - 05:18
EU free movement threatened by German migrant dealBerlin asylum control prompts Austria, Italy and Czech Republic to talk of tighter bordersTue Jul 03 2018 - 21:59
Austria and Italy react to German border control planVienna rejects proposal to pass asylum seekers back over Austrian borderTue Jul 03 2018 - 20:35
The German migration deal explainedWhat Angela Merkel has proposed in an 11th-hour agreementTue Jul 03 2018 - 18:22
Merkel and allies avert government collapseGerman chancellor and Bavarian CSU agree to set up ‘transit camps’ on Austrian border to deal with asylum applicationsTue Jul 03 2018 - 09:11
Merkel and Bavarian allies thrash out migration compromiseDeal on fast-track camps for asylum seekers on Germany border saves government allianceMon Jul 02 2018 - 22:05
Germany’s refugee row masks bitter battle for powerEverything at stake for Merkel unless she can tame her Bavarian political allies the CSUMon Jul 02 2018 - 19:46
Merkel to meet allies in last attempt to avoid ruptureGermany’s interior minister offered to resign over EU deal to tackle immigrationMon Jul 02 2018 - 07:39
Mood darkens in Germany as economic warning signs mountNever-ending crises take toll on Merkel as gloss comes off football team and economyMon Jul 02 2018 - 01:00
Merkel’s coalition in the balance as allies row over migrationCSU yet to accept EU proposals while minister pledges to begin turning back migrantsSun Jul 01 2018 - 22:39
Angela Merkel: Once-dominant figure is exhausted and out of stepEven if German chancellor gets a reprieve on Sunday, her political obituary is writtenSat Jun 30 2018 - 05:00
Fear stalks German borders as police face renewed wave of migrationHigh-stakes stand-off in Berlin as Merkel’s Bavarian allies decide on support for EU dealSat Jun 30 2018 - 05:00
Merkel in bid to save German coalition with asylum-seeker dealEU members at summit agree on processing centres for refugees and to bolster FrontexSat Jun 30 2018 - 00:27
Merkel to win refugee standoff with CSU, according to pollZDF finds 61% of Germans expect chancellor to beat challenge from Bavarian alliesFri Jun 29 2018 - 19:48
German president warns of far-right efforts to relativise Nazi-era guiltSteinmeier in Belarus to attend opening of memorial at Maly Trostenets camp where 60,000 Jews diedFri Jun 29 2018 - 16:12
Future of EU hinges on solving migration issue, says MerkelGerman chancellor under increasing pressure to secure comprehensive EU-wide dealThu Jun 28 2018 - 13:28
German president attacks ‘harsh’ tone in Berlin refugee rowMerkel’s CSU coalition partner threatens to close borders in days to asylum seekersTue Jun 26 2018 - 19:21
CSU pressure on Merkel over refugees has harmed party, poll showsObservers suggest CSU demands on German chancellor may be running out of steamMon Jun 25 2018 - 19:58
James Comey: ‘We weren’t trying to hurt Hillary. Or help her’The former FBI director on Donald Trump, the 2016 US election, and history’s verdictSat Jun 23 2018 - 06:00
Merkel under pressure ahead of EU refugee mini-summitRow about asylum seekers sharpens between CDU and centre-right Bavarian allies CSUFri Jun 22 2018 - 18:45
Nina Hynes: ‘Irish fear of the establishment is disintegrating slowly’Craw festival in Berlin will explore solutions to Ireland’s social problemsFri Jun 22 2018 - 10:15
France and Germany agree euro zone budget but not its detailsDespite vast differences on capacity of fund, Macron remains ‘pragmatic’ about numbersTue Jun 19 2018 - 19:57
German business education with an Irish twistSet up in 2006 by Dubliner Susan Walsh, the Globe Business College in Munich is fostering Irish-Bavarian business relationsTue Jun 19 2018 - 04:39
Clock ticking for Merkel on refugees and EU reformEmmanuel Macron to arrive in Berlin on Tuesday for latest round of crisis diplomacyTue Jun 19 2018 - 01:00
Trump says US will not become ‘migrant camp’ as he attacks GermanyComments come amid heavy criticism over intensifying child separation rowMon Jun 18 2018 - 21:11
Merkel given two weeks to come up with migrant solutionChancellor denies CDU allies in Bavaria blackmailing her to back tougher asylum rulesMon Jun 18 2018 - 19:26
Audi CEO arrested over diesel cheating scandalVW has backed and promoted Rupert Stadler despite calls for his resignationMon Jun 18 2018 - 10:55
