Angela Merkel steers choppy waters in her Hamburg home townGerman chancellor seeks to anchor a deal to hold the post-cold world order togetherSat Jul 08 2017 - 01:00
US and Russia disagree over G20 talks on election meddlingWhite House disputes Russian version of events during Trump-Putin meetingSat Jul 08 2017 - 01:00
Aid experts wary of G20’s ‘Marshall plan’ for AfricaGermany bills deal ‘trade not aid’, but analysts predict private sector exploitationSat Jul 08 2017 - 01:00
‘Robust’ first Putin-Trump meeting over interference claimsTillerson says US president pressed Russian leader over election interference claimFri Jul 07 2017 - 20:29
G20: Trump ‘honoured’ to meet Putin for first timeMerkel urges open, conciliatory talks to ‘allay fears and anxieties’ of people around worldFri Jul 07 2017 - 16:15
G20 protests: police request reinforcements after 160 officers injuredAnti-capitalist protesters set fire to cars, barricades, rubbish bins and wooden palletsFri Jul 07 2017 - 11:47
G20: Merkel warns meaningful deal may be impossibleDonald Trump to meet Vladimir Putin as summit agenda filled with global issuesFri Jul 07 2017 - 00:00
Angela Merkel meets Donald Trump ahead of G20 summitUS president demands action on North Korea and criticises Russia before Hamburg eventThu Jul 06 2017 - 18:10
Trump says future of Western civilisation is at stakeUS president uses speech in Poland to appeal for Western unity in the face of ‘dire threats’Thu Jul 06 2017 - 15:36
G20 gathering will showcase the EU’s many challengesEurope’s Future: Hamburg summit comes amid Trump chaos and Russian aggressionThu Jul 06 2017 - 01:00
China revives panda diplomacy for Angela MerkelGermany’s warm welcome for Xi Jinping comes ahead of meeting with Donald TrumpWed Jul 05 2017 - 16:30
How the last survivor of Hitler’s bunker got the better of Goebbels’ sonOnly a dirty blouse got between Johanna Ruf (88) and a meeting with the Nazi dictatorTue Jul 04 2017 - 18:58
Finland’s foreign minister urges Irish to lead EU security debateTimo Soini says post-Brexit EU can only survive if it prioritises citizens’ concernsTue Jul 04 2017 - 00:08
Eighteen dead after coach bursts into flames in BavariaGerman investigators say bus may have already caught fire before collision with lorryMon Jul 03 2017 - 15:34
Five things that the EU can do betterWhat has the EU done for us, apart from decades of peace, freedom to work, travel, trade and study across the continent? And don't forget budget air travelMon Jul 03 2017 - 10:37
Gay marriage vote shows Merkel wedded to short-termismBundestag approves same-sex marriage as chancellor appeases party conservativesMon Jul 03 2017 - 06:12
Germany’s answer to Varadkar warns on EU reform pathRising CDU star Jens Spahn wary of treaty change and hostile to open-door migrationSat Jul 01 2017 - 02:00
Crowds cheer as German politicians vote to legalise same-sex marriage‘To be honest, Frau Merkel: thanks for nothing’, opposition deputy shouts to chancellorFri Jun 30 2017 - 09:07
Angela Merkel braced for talks with Trump and ErdoganGerman chancellor says Europe determined to make a success of Paris climate agreementThu Jun 29 2017 - 18:59
Bundestag set to back same-sex marriageAngela Merkel softens opposition and promises free vote in parliamentWed Jun 28 2017 - 00:19
Berlin police sent home after ‘shameful’ night in HamburgOfficers brought in to aid G20 summit set up suspended over ‘inappropriate behaviour ’Tue Jun 27 2017 - 20:19
Schulz under fire for attack on ‘arrogant’ MerkelSPD leader accused of defensiveness as party lags chancellor’s CDU by 15 points in pollsMon Jun 26 2017 - 16:30
What can the North learn from a small German-Swiss town?Residents in enclave of Büsingen live a hybrid life, and often feel misunderstoodFri Jun 23 2017 - 01:00
Münster titles – An Irishman’s Diary on Jonathan Swift and a remarkable German libraryTue Jun 20 2017 - 00:01
Kohl family tragedy given closure as German reformer is rememberedSons accuse stepmother of shutting them out in last years of ‘unity chancellor’s’ lifeSun Jun 18 2017 - 17:03
Liberal mosque challenges conservative Islam in BerlinLawyer, women’s activist and Muslim Seyran Ates creates a new, inclusive place of prayerSat Jun 17 2017 - 01:00
Helmut Kohl: Giant of late 20th-century Europe who oversaw German unificationObituary: Helmut Kohl – Born: April 3rd, 1930. Died: June 16th, 2017Fri Jun 16 2017 - 22:09
Helmut Kohl, father of German unification, dies aged 87Country’s longest-serving postwar chancellor was driving force behind the euroFri Jun 16 2017 - 16:54
Refugees sentenced for setting fire to homeless man in BerlinOne man sentenced to almost three years in jail after attack in station on Christmas EveTue Jun 13 2017 - 15:50
Merkel will ‘defend interests’ of EU states in Brexit talksGerman chancellor welcomed as world’s ‘most important politician’ during Mexico visitSun Jun 11 2017 - 16:37
World’s first bicycle ride took place 200 years agoOn June 12th 1817, a German inventor had a spin around Mannheim on his ‘dandyhorse’Sat Jun 10 2017 - 06:00
Austria’s political wunderkind targets the chancellerySebastian Kurz’s stellar rise and distinctive style ensure every debate revolves around himSat Jun 10 2017 - 01:00
Three decades after unification, Berlin Wall death toll is revealed: 139Aged between six month and 81 years, all died while fleeing from East to West GermanyThu Jun 08 2017 - 01:00
Berliners feeling unchristian towards cross on Humboldt ForumRow erupts over suitability of Christian symbol on centre with multicultural missionTue Jun 06 2017 - 20:17
Climate changes between Washington and Berlin as pivot loomsMerkel looks to other partnerships as the US becomes undependable on key issuesMon Jun 05 2017 - 01:00
Paris Agreement: Merkel leads criticism of United States’ withdrawalTop polluter China says it still backs global climate-change accordFri Jun 02 2017 - 21:43
Merkel delivers furious response to Trump over climate decisionGerman chancellor calls on all ‘who care about the future of our planet’ to work togetherFri Jun 02 2017 - 11:13
A bullet that changed Germany: the shooting of Benno OhnesorgThe 26-year-old West German demonstrator was shot dead by a police officer 50 years agoThu Jun 01 2017 - 17:00
Dead girl’s parents blocked from accessing her Facebook accountCouple in Berlin who were seeking clues to 15-year-old daughter’s death lose caseWed May 31 2017 - 12:30
Promises about no hard Border ‘illusory’, says Merkel allyCDU spokesman says UK would have to make major concessionsTue May 30 2017 - 19:44
Child smartphone addiction growing, says German drug agencyStudy of 6,000 children links phone dependency to health and behavioural problemsTue May 30 2017 - 13:00
Merkel’s plea for European unity may be a turning pointChancellor puts EU at the heart of upcoming German election with unusual franknessMon May 29 2017 - 11:27
Jens Weidmann: Bundesbank president is man of principlesMerkel’s former adviser says return to normal monetary policy must not be delayedSat May 20 2017 - 09:46
Austrian snap election likely as coalition teetersConservative wunderkind Sebastian Kurz (30) tipped to be country’s next leaderFri May 12 2017 - 18:20
Angela Merkel hopes for boost in crucial German state election on SundayVote in North Rhine-Westphalia is central to chancellor’s hopes for fourth termFri May 12 2017 - 18:04
North Rhine-Westphalia: the state that takes the pulse of GermanySunday’s election in the country’s most populous state will throw up clues for Merkel’s futureThu May 11 2017 - 14:42
French reform backlog hangs over Merkel and Macron meetingGerman patience is wearing thin after 12 years of talking by French leadersTue May 09 2017 - 17:00
Red-Green euphoria dwindles amid German state election woesMerkel’s CDU in first place, outgoing coalition down over five points, exit polls showSun May 07 2017 - 18:40
Germans need to laugh more, survey suggestsStudy ahead of World Laughter Day shows Germans most amused by others’ bad luckFri May 05 2017 - 15:00
German defence minister vows to root out neo-Nazis in armyBundeswehr closes ranks after Von der Leyen criticises leadership over extremist soldierWed May 03 2017 - 19:08
