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
Germany’s far-right party played Merkel at her own gameAfd’s breakthrough as the third-largest party lay in activating 1.47 million non-votersMon Sept 25 2017 - 17:44
Split in German far-right party as co-leader storms out of meetingAfD scored 12.6 per cent in Sunday’s election, coming third behind Merkel’s CPDMon Sept 25 2017 - 11:38
Merkel headed for fourth term with her worst result yetGermans have turned away from chancellor, her centrist CDU and her open-door policyMon Sept 25 2017 - 09:43
Time to rethink our relationship with Berlin and BostonBrexit has given Ireland a chance to reshape relationships with EU partnersMon Sept 25 2017 - 01:15
Far right AfD enters the German political mainstreamThe anti-immigration party, now Germany’s third-largest, is broadening its scopeMon Sept 25 2017 - 01:00
Volker Schlöndorff on Angela Merkel: What you see is what you getThe film director, a friend and confidant of the chancellor, describes her as ‘authentic’Mon Sept 25 2017 - 01:00
Merkel wins German elections amid dramatic swing to far rightAfD gain will pose a challenge to Merkel as she seeks to form three-way coalitionSun Sept 24 2017 - 23:06
Merkel wins German election despite dramatic shift to rightFar-right party enters parliament for the first time in over 50 yearsSun Sept 24 2017 - 18:13
German property market rockets from safe haven to Ireland-grade crisisMayo firm adapts plans for Berlin complex amid heated election debate on housingSat Sept 23 2017 - 06:00
Germany votes tomorrow. Why should I care?The country’s general election is a referendum: more Merkel or no more MerkelSat Sept 23 2017 - 06:00
Merkel heckled at last election rally in MunichAfter three terms in office, polls suggest CDU leader is on course for fourth termSat Sept 23 2017 - 01:00
Conservative counter-revolution is a very German affairElection of rightist Bundestag majority would be latest pushback against legacy of 1968Fri Sept 22 2017 - 01:00
Germany’s left braced for election postmortem before polls even openVoters aware left has neither will nor mass to do deal and oust Angela MerkelThu Sept 21 2017 - 01:00
Schäuble will be elected on Sunday but will he be finance minister?Price paid by Merkel for coalition may see the flinty politician sidelined in favour of FDP candidateWed Sept 20 2017 - 06:52
German election campaign goes back to the futureIrish-style door-to-door canvassing has been enhanced with specialised apps to win votesWed Sept 20 2017 - 01:00
AfD embraces Pegida ahead of German electionParty speakers say Merkel administration has ‘blood on its hands’ over its refugee policyTue Sept 19 2017 - 18:19
Martin Schulz challenge disintegrates as SPD gets lost in Merkel’s shadowGerman election: Enshrouded in working-class myth, the SPD leader is destined for oppositionTue Sept 19 2017 - 01:00
Turkish shadow looms over German election as leaders’ relationship darkensErdogan urges voters to boycott Merkel’s party as ‘enemy of Turkey’Sun Sept 17 2017 - 20:23
Merkel female trio bid for fourth termThe chancellor and her loyal political team are on course for victory at next Sunday’s federal electionSat Sept 16 2017 - 02:00
SPD slumps in polls a week before German electionSchulz facing humiliation as latest poll puts Social Democratic Party on just 20%Fri Sept 15 2017 - 19:11
Germany’s far-right prepares for its Bundestag debutAlternative für Deutschland aims to cement its rise by entering the parliamentFri Sept 15 2017 - 02:00
German liberals stage comeback in the race for election bronzeImage-obsessed FDP hopes to win back enough support to be coalition kingmakerThu Sept 14 2017 - 02:00
Ireland’s days of hiding behind Britain in Europe are overWe will eventually have to show our hand when the push for EU reforms gathers paceWed Sept 13 2017 - 01:27
East German town’s blossoming landscapes mask major threatsQuedlinburg’s restoration has brought tourists and business, but many challenges remainTue Sept 12 2017 - 01:00
Anti-Merkel sentiment grows in east Germany before election‘Disappointed love’ and immigration fears are causing unrest in chancellor’s heartlandMon Sept 11 2017 - 07:00
How a small German town mastered the refugee crisisLower Saxon city embraces asylum seekers as it counters low birth rate and brain drainSat Sept 09 2017 - 01:00
Hacking and fake news cast shadows over German electionGermany faces up to the threat of targeted cyberattacks ahead of September’s federal voteFri Sept 08 2017 - 01:00
Berlin tech fair IFA shows its age as it reaches to the futureWindows Mixed Reality and high-tech oven among innovations at veteran trade showThu Sept 07 2017 - 06:45
Race for bronze heats up in Germany election campaignIn the Bundestag, opposition politicians released four years of frustration with MerkelTue Sept 05 2017 - 18:59
Food banks: the dirty secret of the Merkel era‘You hear that our state coffers are well-filled but it’s depressing how empty my fridge is’Tue Sept 05 2017 - 01:00
