German Christmas market closed after suspicious package foundPolice in Potsdam say ‘unconventional explosive device’ was incapable of explodingFri Dec 01 2017 - 18:52
SPD demands support for EU reform as price of Merkel coalitionLeader Schulz adopts bad cop role and makes demands to win over party scepticsFri Dec 01 2017 - 17:03
Doubts loom over renewed coalition talks in BerlinParty leaders obliged to negotiate from unenviable position of weakness, not strengthFri Dec 01 2017 - 01:00
German technician takes blame for Trump’s Twitter suspensionBahtiyar Duysak says complaints process led to 11-minute stalling of US president accountThu Nov 30 2017 - 19:10
Time to tell tech firms that private data is ‘none of your business’ – Max SchremsPrivacy activist is creating a non-profit organisation to fight for data protectionThu Nov 30 2017 - 05:45
Chemical row poisons coalition talks in BerlinApproval of five-year licence for European use of glyphosate herbicide sparks divisionsTue Nov 28 2017 - 20:30
Berlin Christmas market reopens a year after terror attackExtra security measures underline unease lingering since December 2016 lorry killingsMon Nov 27 2017 - 19:30
Merkel urges Social Democrats not to drag out coalition talksChallenges at home and in Europe make it ‘desirable to form government very quickly’Sun Nov 26 2017 - 18:55
SPD to poll members on supporting fourth Merkel governmentTwo months after poll, there is cross-party agreement on the risks of another electionFri Nov 24 2017 - 18:45
German election threat eases as SPD signals it will discuss backing MerkelMartin Schulz holds talks with president as figures in party back grand coalitionThu Nov 23 2017 - 18:00
Berlin marks 2,000th day since new airport’s non-openingProject turned to farce by political interference, chaotic planning and sloppy buildingThu Nov 23 2017 - 15:00
Far-right leader granted his own personal Holocaust memorialPolitical activists place installation next door to home of Alternative für Deutschland politicianWed Nov 22 2017 - 14:21
Concerns deepen as Germany grapples with coalition talks collapseSPD faces dilemma in seeking fresh elections if grand coalition as likely after poll as nowTue Nov 21 2017 - 17:50
German parliament votes to back Irish debt restructuringSocial Democratic Party opposes move which will save exchequer estimated €150mTue Nov 21 2017 - 16:42
Angela Merkel vows to fight snap election to retain powerGerman chancellor faces uncertain future after coalition talks collapseMon Nov 20 2017 - 21:00
German president warns politicians to solve political crisisCollapse of talks casts uncertainty over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s future in officeMon Nov 20 2017 - 18:07
Angela Merkel’s rocky road to Jamaica ends with a bumpThe chancellor looks jaded from coalition talks and still has no clear path to powerMon Nov 20 2017 - 18:00
Merkel faces uncertain future as coalition talks collapseLiberal Free Democrats unexpectedly walk out of ‘chaotic’ talks with CDU and GreensMon Nov 20 2017 - 08:46
Goodbye Apple, goodbye Microsoft... hello LinuxLinux is everywhere – and will free your computer from corporate clutchesSat Nov 18 2017 - 06:00
Merkel’s deadlocked German coalition talks go into weekend extra timeDespite the chancellor’s brave face, the mood in her inner circle is blackFri Nov 17 2017 - 18:08
German court allows Kuwait Airways deny flight to an IsraeliRuling that man could not be discriminated against because of nationality causes outrageFri Nov 17 2017 - 16:11
German party rejects Irish loan repayment plan that could save €150mSocial Democratic Party pushing for Bundestag to block Ireland’s early repayment plan on loans worth €5.5 billionFri Nov 17 2017 - 06:56
No songs, few laughs on Angela Merkel’s rocky road to JamaicaTime and options are running out for the German chancellor to ensure the so-called Jamaica alliance has a chanceThu Nov 16 2017 - 16:00
A pound of flesh? Phantom mince deposits mystify German townRaw mince deposits near the train tracks in Berghausen have stumped police and localsWed Nov 15 2017 - 12:05
Critics attack German boom in arms sales to Arab worldOpposition party accuses government of prioritising money over strategic prioritiesTue Nov 14 2017 - 18:31
Germany steps up hunt for RAF robber-pensionersThree are last members of notorious left-wing terror group, still living undercoverTue Nov 14 2017 - 16:31
Schrems entitled to sue Facebook’s Irish subsidiary, says adviserFinal ECJ ruling in case taken by Austrian lawyer to be given at later dateTue Nov 14 2017 - 12:39
German pharmacist accused of selling fake cancer drugsIn recent months five former customers of the accused’s pharmacy business have diedMon Nov 13 2017 - 19:03
Poland defends far-right march in Warsaw as ‘expression of patriotic values’Israel alarmed by march and urges Polish government to reactMon Nov 13 2017 - 17:00
Merkel's climate reputation in tatters as Bonn talks heat upPlan to cut Germany’s CO2 emissions goes astray as reliance on ‘brown coal’ continuesSat Nov 11 2017 - 06:00
Berlin police academy scandal no laughing matterGerman capital’s law force riven by claims of racism and gang informer infiltrationFri Nov 10 2017 - 17:30
German serial killer nurse faces third trial over 106 deathsTally would make Niels Högel (40) the most prolific serial killer in EuropeThu Nov 09 2017 - 18:25
Auschwitz survivor’s hidden letter details horror of HolocaustMarcel Nadjari who died in 1971 secreted in flask his eye-witness account of mass murderThu Nov 09 2017 - 01:00
Germany to recognise that not everyone is male or femaleConstitutional court rules 80,000 intersex people in Germany can register their genderWed Nov 08 2017 - 16:26
Merkel demands compromise in German coalition talksGreatest wild card for chancellor may now be the CSU, her long-term Bavarian sister partyTue Nov 07 2017 - 18:00
Volkswagen geared up for two new huge class action lawsuitsCases separate to €9bn compensation claim by shareholders over car diesel manipulationMon Nov 06 2017 - 06:00
Lost Nazi-era art collection goes on displayNotorious Gurlitt art collection includes lost works by Renoir, Cézanne and MonetSat Nov 04 2017 - 06:00
Spiralling German refugee costs overshadow coalition talksMore than 30,000 people refused asylum have reportedly vanished and are likely to be living illegallyThu Nov 02 2017 - 18:34
Merkel warns on abuse of religious freedom at Reformation event500 years after Martin Luther nailed up his theses, he may be seen as father of austerityTue Oct 31 2017 - 20:15
Austrian conservatives start coalition talks with far-right populistsSebastian Kurz hoping for a swift agreement on a programme for governmentWed Oct 25 2017 - 18:22
Germany convict IRA man of attempted murder over barracks attackJames Anthony Oliver Corry convicted over 1996 attack on British army barracks in OsnabrueckWed Oct 25 2017 - 11:54
Schäuble warns against ugly debates in new BundestagCrowded and lively German parliament sits for first time since election in SeptemberTue Oct 24 2017 - 17:27
Under-fire Merkel sets sights on ‘shamrock’ coalitionGerman chancellor looks to untested alliance with Greens and Free DemocratsTue Oct 24 2017 - 01:00
Austria’s political wunderkind gets ready for his close-upSebastian Kurz continues to polarise as he looks set to become the next Austrian leaderFri Oct 13 2017 - 01:00
German parties begin their coalition mating ritualAngela Merkel insists she has options, but her party’s match has already been madeSat Sept 30 2017 - 01:00
Hypo Real Estate court case ends with a whimperGerman prosecutors drop fraud charges against ex-managers of bailed-out lenderFri Sept 29 2017 - 16:40
Wolfgang Schäuble departs from German finance ministryVeteran politician takes over as Bundestag president at critical juncture in parliament’s historyWed Sept 27 2017 - 17:33
Euphoric at 12.% of vote, Germany’s AfD will be no pushover in parliamentCo-leader Frauke Petry says is quitting in protest at extremist language in far-right partyTue Sept 26 2017 - 19:17
Germany’s AfD splits as election success gives way to acrimonyOfficials of far-right party order leader Frauke Petry to leave over rhetorical differencesTue Sept 26 2017 - 01:00
Merkel promises stable government despite AfD surgeGerman chancellor refuses to rule out SPD coalition amid fallout from general electionMon Sept 25 2017 - 22:00
