German politicians promise new laws to tackle criminal asylum seekersNumber of complaints of attacks filed by women in Cologne reaches 516Sun Jan 10 2016 - 19:39
Cologne police chief ousted over New Year’s Eve assaultsMore than 200 criminal complaints filed by women after attacks by gangsSat Jan 09 2016 - 10:00
Derek Scally: Øresund bridge may become spectacular monument to EU disintegrationNew border checks between Denmark and Sweden have implications for all EU citizensFri Jan 08 2016 - 08:03
Merkel vows action after Cologne sexual assaultsChancellor to consider faster expulsion of foreign nationals if guilty in wake of rape claimsFri Jan 08 2016 - 01:00
Cologne in shock after New Year’s Eve sexual assaultsMerkel demands tough response as police come under pressure over delayed reactionThu Jan 07 2016 - 01:00
Poland’s new administration bristles at EU’s criticism of reformsBrussels concerned at conservatives’ rapid judicial appointments and media overhaulTue Jan 05 2016 - 16:46
Free movement curbed: Swedes and Danes tighten controlsGerman government spokesman says moves put Schengen system ‘in danger’Tue Jan 05 2016 - 08:25
Schengen ideals out as Swedish ID law curbs movementSweden’s change of tack on migration policy is causing dismay in neighbouring DenmarkTue Jan 05 2016 - 08:24
Bavarian premier wants to cap number of migrants in GermanyHorst Seehofer wants 200,000 limit this year, less than one-fifth of total in 2015Sun Jan 03 2016 - 17:28
Merkel and her moral stance on the refugee crisisWorld review of the year: The refugee crisis will make or break the German chancellorTue Dec 29 2015 - 10:00
Santa Claus is real, and he’s as German as Christmas itselfHow many of season’s traditions took root in dear old Deutschland? Yule be surprised!Thu Dec 24 2015 - 01:00
Germans’ real wages rise record 2.5% in 2015, figures showIncrease signals end to long era of stagnant salaries in Europe’s largest economyWed Dec 23 2015 - 01:00
Senior AfD member moves even further to right of partyCritics say he is more than just a xenophobe, he is the true face of the AfDMon Dec 21 2015 - 01:01
Polish stocks plunge amid political street protestsRow over constitutional court sparks two weeks of street protestsMon Dec 21 2015 - 01:00
Sweden votes for three-year border controlsFree-movement principle in Europe develops another serious crackFri Dec 18 2015 - 09:10
Refugee crisis reveals Sweden’s ‘national psychosis’Exhibition uses black humour to ask questions about split personality of Swedish societyThu Dec 17 2015 - 11:40
Star Wars: Force awakens in Berlin church for Sunday MassFor the vicar Luke Skywalker’s resistance dovetails with the letter of St Paul to the RomansWed Dec 16 2015 - 01:00
Merkel challenges internal party critics of her refugee policyGermany’s chancellor pins political future to succeeding in ‘historic challenge’Tue Dec 15 2015 - 01:00
Derek Scally: Angela Merkel has gone to war but will Germany follow?After a decade mastering one type of political leadership - weighing things up and sitting things out - she may have entered her third, and perhaps final, act with two recent, risky decisionsSat Dec 12 2015 - 05:48
Swedish people are hardwired to do right thing by migrantsDerek Scally: In the town of Söderhamn living among newcomers is the new normalSat Dec 12 2015 - 03:00
Constitutional crisis in Poland intensifies over judicial jobsPiS party move to control judicial appointments deemed by some as illegal power grabSat Dec 12 2015 - 01:00
Campbell ‘delighted’ as he receives Nobel prize in StockholmIrish-born scientist accepts shared award for work on treatment of parasitic diseasesThu Dec 10 2015 - 17:37
William C Campbell warns of decline in scientific researchIrish-born Nobel Prize laureate stresses importance of risk-taking and empirical researchTue Dec 08 2015 - 10:11
Peter Sutherland: Moral Merkel. Fragile Europe. ‘Sneering’ IrelandHe’s a lifelong pro-European, supports Germany’s progressive stance on migration and is one of Ireland’s most successful international players. So why do the sneers of some of his countrymen still sting?Sat Dec 05 2015 - 13:00
Only danger of republishing ‘Mein Kampf’ is risk of paper cutHitler’s unreadable classic is an ideal stocking filler this year for someone you loatheSat Dec 05 2015 - 09:30
Bundestag votes to deploy German troops in SyriaBerlin to send 1,200 soldiers, reconnaissance aircraft and a warship to war-torn regionFri Dec 04 2015 - 19:44
New Polish regime sparks crisis by firing five judgesLaw and Justice (PiS) government gets rid of judges in highest court and appoints it ownFri Dec 04 2015 - 01:00
Max Schrems threatens data commissioner with actionAustrian privacy campaigner calling on Helen Dixon to act swiftly on his complaintWed Dec 02 2015 - 16:11
Berlin cabinet backs military aid in fight against IsisOpposition has warned the plan is rash and possibly illegalWed Dec 02 2015 - 01:00
Neo-Nazi hipsters ready to exploit Germany’s migrant crisisGerman authorities unsure whether to ban far-right National Democratic PartyMon Nov 30 2015 - 01:00
Bike-train-bike couriers cut carbon emissions by 99%Innovative courier firm uses bicycles instead of trucks to link with high-speed trainsFri Nov 27 2015 - 09:00
New Polish government accused of ‘creeping coup d’etat’Media and artists criticise Law and Justice (PiS) party crackdown on news and cultureFri Nov 27 2015 - 01:00
Berlin police raid home on suspicion of ‘endangering state’Police arrest two men suspected of involvement in a terrorist attack on a German cityFri Nov 27 2015 - 01:00
Germany signals military support for Syrian allianceHours after France asks for help against Isis, Merkel pledges reconnaissance backupThu Nov 26 2015 - 17:19
Merkel feels chill as coalition goes cold on refugee issueGerman chancellor says ‘walling ourselves in is no answer’ to Europe’s refugee crisisWed Nov 25 2015 - 18:11
Germany economy appears unaffected by recent Paris attacksChief drivers of growth are domestic consumption and large-scale state spending to house and feed arrival of asylum seekersWed Nov 25 2015 - 01:16
Economic issues brought ‘huge social cost’, says HigginsPresident criticises “arrogant assumption” that growth can be perpetual and sustainableMon Nov 23 2015 - 15:25
Ireland should focus research effort on a single challenge: dementia is the oneThree-year collaboration with UCD and HSE centres on purpose-built apartment development in DundalkMon Nov 23 2015 - 07:00
Was Aldous Huxley right about our brave new world?A German-Irish production reshapes Huxley’s enduring dystopian visionMon Nov 23 2015 - 06:00
Higgins to address UN summit on debt and developmentPresident to query sustainability of growth, outline Irish experience of debt and austeritySun Nov 22 2015 - 21:17
French intelligence says three bombs were to be detonated at Hanover soccer matchAngela Merkel says cancellation of Germany-Netherlands friendly match was correctFri Nov 20 2015 - 21:44
Nervous welcome for arrivals in small Bavarian townHome of Erdinger beer now hosts thousands of refugees on old military airfieldFri Nov 20 2015 - 01:00
Fujitsu to focus on big data for big clientsJapanese technology giant accelerating push into cloud servicesWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
Germany match cancelled after ‘concrete indications’ of threatCancellation took place hours after large-scale anti-terror operation in AachenTue Nov 17 2015 - 22:42
Critic of Angela Merkel is rebuked for linking attacks to refugeesBavarian politician criticised for attacking chancellor and trying to boost public imageTue Nov 17 2015 - 01:00
A view from abroad: ‘Tenants are the new gays’We finally gave a fundamental right to gays now how about the right to a home?Mon Nov 16 2015 - 19:00
Derek Scally: Germany is here, Berlin is backIt was not in London, Paris or Brussels but in Berlin that George Osborne gave a sneak preview of UK’s EU reform demandsSat Nov 14 2015 - 04:00
Helmut Schmidt: free-spirited, intellectual, iron-willedDerek Scally: former German chancellor, who has died at 96, commanded huge respectTue Nov 10 2015 - 15:16
Media report reveals Germany also spied on ‘friends’ and alliesDer Spiegel’s list of those monitored by intelligence included US, UN, Oxfam and the popeMon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
Germany agrees compromise on refugees after ‘intense’ talksMerkel reveals proposals on expediting asylum applications and registration campsFri Nov 06 2015 - 01:00
