German FDP leader under pressure to goWhen Germany’s Free Democratic Party (FDP) meets in Stuttgart tomorrow for its traditional “Three Kings” conference, delegates…Sat Jan 05 2013 - 00:00
Doctors suspended over suspected falsified dialysis recordsA Leipzig hospital has suspended two doctors and a manager suspected of falsifying medical records of their patients to promote…Fri Jan 04 2013 - 00:00
Merkel vulnerable, polls suggestGermany’s leading opinion pollster has said it is far from certain that this general election year will end with Angela Merkel…Wed Jan 02 2013 - 00:00
Voters drift away as Austria's political corruption carousel grows more crowdedVIENNA LETTER: Brimming with corruption scandals, Austria resembles GUBU-era IrelandSat Dec 29 2012 - 00:00
Deutsche Bank struggles to rise above allegationsJürgen Fitschen and Anshu Jain took over as joint chief executives of Deutsche Bank, Germany’s largest bank, in JuneThu Dec 20 2012 - 00:00
Facebook ordered to change naming policyFacebook has been ordered by a German privacy commissioner to stop insisting users register their real names with the social …Wed Dec 19 2012 - 00:00
Dutch finance minister looks likely to succeed JunckerAfter just 50 days on the job, the new Dutch finance minister, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, has been named in Germany as the man most…Tue Dec 18 2012 - 00:00
Sleeping in Hitler's room: the modern German-Jewish relationshipGermany’s ‘obsession with Jews is frightening’, according to the author of a controversial new bookSat Dec 15 2012 - 00:00
EU stops short of endorsing oppositionSYRIA: European leaders have agreed to explore “all options” to support Syria’s civilian population but stopped short of recognising…Sat Dec 15 2012 - 00:00
Costs must not hit taxpayer, says BerlinBANKING REFORM: Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she has an open mind on how the costs of Europe’s banking union should be …Sat Dec 15 2012 - 00:00
Subtle shift may help demand for Irish debtPossible moves by Germany to indicate support for an Irish debt deal come as Dublin pushes to execute a smooth exit from the …Fri Dec 14 2012 - 00:00
Germany may support debt relief campaignGermany is moving closer to giving a public signal of support for Ireland’s debt relief campaign to improve prospects of a smooth…Fri Dec 14 2012 - 00:00
Merkel steps on brakes on bank dealGermany After months flooring the austerity accelerator, German chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to arrive in Brussels yesterday…Fri Dec 14 2012 - 00:00
Berlin dampens expectations of banking union agreementGermany has dampened expectations of any significant agreements at today’s EU summit but denied it was contributing to the political…Thu Dec 13 2012 - 00:00
Rise in German investor optimismThe yo-yo in German economic fortunes continued yesterday when a closely watched investor confidence survey jumped to a seven…Wed Dec 12 2012 - 00:00
No love lost between Merkel and former PMAnalysis: Germany’s love of all things Italian was immortalised by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s hymn to the country “where the…Wed Dec 12 2012 - 00:00
GM to cease car production at Bochum Opel plantGeneral Motors is to cease car production at its Opel plant in the western city of Bochum, at the cost of over 3,000 jobsTue Dec 11 2012 - 00:00
European banking regulation high on Ecofin summit agendaTrust is good, but control is better: the old Lenin maxim will be on the minds of finance ministers for more reasons than one…Tue Dec 11 2012 - 00:00
Opposition promises to tame German capitalismGermany’s opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) presented a united front yesterday to back Peer Steinbrück as the man to unseat…Mon Dec 10 2012 - 00:00
Supervision plan would cover all Irish banksIreland’s banking sector is to be supervised entirely by a new European financial regulator, under a compromise banking union…Mon Dec 10 2012 - 00:00
Abusing priest profile same as lay offendersGermany’s Catholic Church has presented a report saying that only 12 per cent of priests who abused minors could be classified…Mon Dec 10 2012 - 00:00
Goethe, money and the Faustian pactGoethe's fear of paper money, as a continuation of alchemy by other means, still influences German thinkingMon Dec 10 2012 - 00:00
Merkiavelli: a leader who keeps winningWORLD VIEW: Black humour predominated on Wednesday evening when German chancellor Angela Merkel was re-elected leader of the…Sat Dec 08 2012 - 00:00
Bundesbank warns of danger of recessionGermany’s economy may be skidding towards recession, the Bundesbank has warned, after it cut its 2013 growth forecast from 1.…Sat Dec 08 2012 - 00:00
Black day for German media as paper prints final editionThe departure of the business daily has triggered fears in media circlesSat Dec 08 2012 - 00:00
Germany and Israel fail to agree on settlementsGerman and Israeli leaders in Berlin have “agreed to disagree” on the settlements issue.Fri Dec 07 2012 - 00:00
CDU rejects extending marriage tax breaks to gay couplesGermany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has rejected a call to extend tax breaks for married couples to gay couples…Thu Dec 06 2012 - 00:00
Merkel re-elected CDU leader with record backing of 97.9%For three years German chancellor Angela Merkel has rallied her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) behind often unpopular euro …Wed Dec 05 2012 - 00:00
Merkel's party divided on gay couple tax lawChancellor Angela Merkel faces a dilemma over tax perks for gay couples at today’s conference of her ruling Christian Democratic…Tue Dec 04 2012 - 00:00
Germany set for balanced budget in 2012Germany is on course to present a balanced budget for 2012, the federal finance ministry in Berlin announced yesterday.Tue Dec 04 2012 - 00:00
Merkel strategy holds firm against criticism within ruling partyANALYSIS: When the great and good of Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) arrive for their party conference in …Mon Dec 03 2012 - 00:00
Blame for German bank collapse lies a lot closer to home than Dublin, study revealsThe prelude to the Irish crisis began at 10am on August 24th, 2007, at a closed-door meeting of German bankers in the Bundesbank…Fri Nov 30 2012 - 00:00
Berlin denies softening tone of report into inequality in GermanyBerlin has disputed claims that it softened the tone of a government report warning of a growing inequality in German life.Thu Nov 29 2012 - 00:00
ECB oversight of banks best, says DraghiEuropean Central Bank president Mario Draghi has said a central banking regulator under ECB auspices is the "only pragmatic" …Sat Nov 24 2012 - 00:00
Bailout urged to tackle bank debtEuro zone countries unable to shoulder their bank debt burden alone have only one other option: conditional assistance from the…Tue Nov 20 2012 - 00:00
In hard times, Germans save on means when it comes to the endBERLIN DIARY: Her final journey was supposed to take Anja’s mother from the funeral home to the crematoriumTue Nov 20 2012 - 00:00
Property price hike worries GermanyGerman property experts are locked in debate over whether the burst property bubble in Ireland, Europe and the US started new…Mon Nov 19 2012 - 00:00
Ikea apologises for use of prisonersDirk Maschke was 22 when he began working for Ikea in 1986 – as a political prisoner in an East German prison.Sat Nov 17 2012 - 00:00
European press focuses on religionNews of the death of Savita Halappanavar spread yesterday to Germany.Fri Nov 16 2012 - 00:00
French PM Ayrault meets Merkel in BerlinIf Paris and Berlin don’t understand each other these days, they can’t blame the language barrier.Fri Nov 16 2012 - 00:00
Investor confidence in Germany dropsGerman investor confidence has taken an unexpected dive, giving another indication that the euro zone crisis is making itself…Wed Nov 14 2012 - 00:00
Ryan rejects German Green claims of Irish 'tax dumping'Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has hit back at claims by Germany’s Green Party that Ireland does not deserve further EU solidarity…Wed Nov 14 2012 - 00:00
Far-right views gaining traction in GermanyFar-right views are increasingly widespread in Germany with one-in-six easterners sharing xenophobic and anti-Semitic views, …Tue Nov 13 2012 - 00:00
Sachsen LB losses expose directors' 'cluelessness'The 2007 meltdown of the state-owned Sachsen LB bank cemented in many German minds Dublin’s reputation as the light-touch regulation…Tue Nov 13 2012 - 00:00
Schäuble says Greek politicians to blame if country cannot pay bondsGerman finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble has upped the ante with Athens, warning that Greek politicians alone are to blame if…Mon Nov 12 2012 - 00:00
Germany introduces childcare allowance for stay-at-home parentsAfter months of bitter ideological debate, Germany’s Bundestag has introduced a childcare allowance for stay-at-home parents…Sat Nov 10 2012 - 00:00
Taoiseach rules out early bank debt solutionTaoiseach Enda Kenny has ruled out a solution for Ireland’s bank debt issue during Ireland’s EU council presidency next year…Fri Nov 09 2012 - 00:00
Kenny dedicates statuette to IrishDavid Hasselhoff, please leave the stage – last night was Enda Kenny’s turn to be big in GermanyFri Nov 09 2012 - 00:00
Kenny's chance to impress GermansOPINION: Our ‘European of the Year’ should avoid mentioning debt dealThu Nov 08 2012 - 00:00
Merkel visits UK ahead of finance deadlineWhen German chancellor Angela Merkel arrives in London for dinner this evening, she will have a chance to test the old German…Wed Nov 07 2012 - 00:00
