Merkel admits being hurt by party's narrow election defeatA double disaster landed in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s lap yesterday when a regional poll defeat hobbled her coalition and threw…Tue Jan 22 2013 - 00:00
German link with France strengthens over 50 yearsParis and Berlin mark their longest period of peaceful coexistence today. It has survived the cold war and euro crisisTue Jan 22 2013 - 00:00
Finnish PM opposes idea of bank dealDiscussion about the treatment of legacy assets by the euro zone’s rescue fund is expected to gather pace today as euro zone …Mon Jan 21 2013 - 00:00
German state poll delivers virtual drawGermany is facing a tense election year after a state poll in Lower Saxony ended yesterday in deadlock between the two main political…Mon Jan 21 2013 - 00:00
Merkel's Mac plays key role in coalition's survival bidChancellor looks to David McAllister for State election boost in Lower Saxony polLSat Jan 19 2013 - 00:00
Devil is in the detail as debt deal campaign intensifiesBeyond the technical and legal details, negotiators know any concessions to Ireland require wider political support in EuropeFri Jan 18 2013 - 00:00
Merkel ally boosts Irish debt campaignIreland’s campaign to ease its debt burden received a boost last night when an ally of German chancellor Angela Merkel said it…Fri Jan 18 2013 - 00:00
German economy shrank in final quarter of 2012Euro zone uncertainty struck Germany in the last quarter of 2012, with official data yesterday showing the economy shrank by …Wed Jan 16 2013 - 00:00
Positive signals from Berlin for promissory note deal, says CreightonMinister of State for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton has received positive signals that Berlin supports Government efforts…Tue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
Garland told East Berlin party would not be restricted in fundraising methodsA letter from former Workers’ Party general secretary Seán Garland to the East Berlin authorities in 1989 acknowledges that the…Mon Jan 14 2013 - 00:00
Workers' Party admits illegal activity in letter to East Berlin in late 1980sWhen Seán Garland penned his infamous “Moscow Letter” in 1986, the former Workers’ Party general secretary said his cash-strapped…Mon Jan 14 2013 - 00:00
Closer to Berlin - not politically but by begging letterBACKGROUND: Archives of East Germany’s ruling party reveal decades of political donations to Irish partners, despite doubts …Mon Jan 14 2013 - 00:00
Irish progress could be destroyed without debt deal - CommissionThe European Commission has warned that Ireland’s “hard-earned” reform progress to regain financial market trust will be “destroyed…Sat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
SPD leader praised for speaking of Nazi fatherGermany’s Social Democrat (SPD) leader, Sigmar Gabriel, has been praised for speaking publicly about his abusive father, an unrepentant…Sat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
UK accused of blackmail over call for EU changesBritish chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne has said the European Union must change if the United Kingdom is to stay a…Sat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
Researcher accuses church of blocking abuse inquiryThe Roman Catholic Church in Germany has come under fire for cancelling a major investigation into clerical abuse dating back…Thu Jan 10 2013 - 00:00
Hospital chiefs detail level of terminationsNew figures for the number of terminations carried out in Irish maternity hospitals emerged at yesterday’s Oireachtas hearings…Wed Jan 09 2013 - 00:00
Taoiseach tells Merkel allies deal on Irish bank debt would not set precedentAgainst a backdrop of snowy mountains and picturesque buildings, Taoiseach Enda Kenny yesterday told an important group of politicians…Wed Jan 09 2013 - 00:00
CSU could help or hinder Irish bank debt pitchThe one predictable thing about politician Horst Seehofer and his Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) is a love of the unpredictable…Tue Jan 08 2013 - 00:00
Kenny seeks German backingTaoiseach Enda Kenny has pressed Angela Merkel's Bavarian coalition allies for European leaders to follow up their promises of…Tue Jan 08 2013 - 00:00
Taoiseach faces uphill struggle in Alpine resortTaoiseach Enda Kenny enters a eurosceptic lion’s den today when he lands in the Alpine retreat of Angela Merkel’s Bavarian allies…Mon Jan 07 2013 - 00:00
FDP leader endures heckling and criticism at party conferenceFree Democratic Party (FDP) leader Philipp Rösler was warming up the audience for his traditional “Three Kings” speech yesterday…Mon Jan 07 2013 - 00:00
Another year over, what do we know?Five years on from the crash, what have we learned? There is no magic solution but we are still thinking like an islandSat Jan 05 2013 - 00:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
