Controversial film of man saluting his Nazi pastGERMANY: PAUL HAFNER declaims proudly that he has never been sick a day in his lifeFri May 09 2008 - 01:00
Insanity plea will protect Fritzl from justice 'lottery', says lawyerTHE LAWYER of Austrian man Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years, is planning an insanity plea to spare his …Sat May 03 2008 - 01:00
Fritzl told captives he would gas them if they tried to fleeAUSTRIA: AUSTRIAN POLICE said yesterday that Josef Fritzl threatened to gas his daughter and children if they tried to escape…Fri May 02 2008 - 01:00
EU wary of favouritism for Iraq's Christian refugeesGERMANY: THE EUROPEAN Union has reacted sceptically to a suggestion from German interior minister Wolfgang Schäuble to give …Sat Apr 19 2008 - 01:00
Net tightening on free will, claim scientistsGERMANY: SEVEN SECONDS ago, German scientists could have predicted that you were going to read this article.Sat Apr 19 2008 - 01:00
Saxon premier quits over bank's Dublin dealingsTHE NEAR-COLLAPSE of Sachsen LB bank last year has claimed its most prominent victim yet with the resignation yesterday of Saxon…Tue Apr 15 2008 - 01:00
New German film replays an experiment in classroom fascismLETTER FROM BERLIN: GERMAN SCHOOLS are nothing to write home aboutFri Mar 14 2008 - 00:00
Risky businessFINANCE: Why did one of Germany's smallest banks - Sachsen LB, based in Dublin - go to its financial grave owing several billion…Mon Mar 10 2008 - 00:00
Maltese polls suggest narrow Labour defeatMALTA: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS in Malta went down to the wire last night, heightening the tension in this politics-mad island…Mon Mar 10 2008 - 00:00
State visit starts in German capitalPRESIDENT MARY McAleese has said that EU members must set the "highest standards" on the financial affairs of public figures …Tue Feb 26 2008 - 00:00
Holocaust opera fails to strike the right note with publicBREMEN DIARY: CAN YOU set the Holocaust to music? The new opera Raoul , which has just premiered in Bremen, is a brave attempt…Mon Feb 25 2008 - 00:00
Germany's encyclopaedia to stop print publicationGERMANY: The publisher of the Brockhaus, Germany's illustrious answer to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, has announced that it…Wed Feb 20 2008 - 00:00
Republic falls back in healthcare, says MartinArchbishop of Dublin Dr Diarmuid Martin has described the Irish health system as an example of the uneven distribution of economic…Sat Feb 16 2008 - 00:00
Georgian elections plagued by voting irregularities, says democracy bodyGEORGIA: Fresh doubts surround the legitimacy of the recent presidential election in Georgia after complaints from a leading…Wed Jan 23 2008 - 00:00
Decision-makers' views WELCOMMovers and shakers heading to this year's World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos will soon be able to swap tips for saving the world…Tue Jan 22 2008 - 00:00
Banish winter blues with some artificial lightHELSINKI: On an overcast morning, there's only once place to go in Helsinki for a pick-me-upMon Jan 14 2008 - 00:00
End of honeymoon period set to test Tusk's resolution to be nice but firmPoland: The conciliatory style of the new PM has reversed some of the damage wrought by the Kaczynskis, writes Derek ScallyThu Dec 27 2007 - 00:00
VW chief implicated in corruption investigationAn investigation into corruption at Volkswagen has taken a surprise turn, with a claim that former chief executive Ferdinand …Wed Nov 28 2007 - 00:00
Finnish nurses threaten all-out strikeFinland: More than 12,000 Finnish nurses have said they will resign en masse this morning in protest at low payMon Nov 19 2007 - 00:00
Vorsprung durch technikSCIENCE: With two winners among this year's Nobel prize laureates and guaranteed state funding, does Germany have a research…Mon Nov 12 2007 - 00:00
Finland mourns studentsFINLAND: Finnish politicians have said Helsinki may drop its opposition to EU plans to tighten gun control laws as the country…Fri Nov 09 2007 - 00:00
Finnish youth's shooting rampage leaves eight deadAn 18-year-old Finnish youth died in hospital last night hours after shooting dead seven of his schoolmates and his head teacher…Thu Nov 08 2007 - 00:00
Tax row delays new coalition in PolandPoland: Poland's prospective coalition partners have entered the final round of negotiations, with disagreements over a proposed…Thu Nov 01 2007 - 00:00
Porsche set for VW buy-outVolkswagen's days as an independent company are numbered, after a European court overturned a law protecting it from takeover…Wed Oct 24 2007 - 01:00
AIB subsidiary branching outBeing a banker is no easy matter in Poland, where between 20 and 40 per cent of the population do not have a bank account.Fri Oct 19 2007 - 01:00
Call for Polish to join Irish and English as official languages of StateA Dublin-based Polish magazine has called for Polish to join Irish and English as an official language in Ireland.Fri Oct 19 2007 - 01:00
German net wage hits 20-year lowGERMANY: Germans have been the financial squirrels of Europe for years, hoarding rather than spending their earningsWed Sept 26 2007 - 01:00
Kaczynski plays anti-corruption card again for Polish electionPOLAND: The cigar man puffing on a thick Cohiba in his winged armchair as he accepts a cash-filled briefcase is the talk of …Wed Sept 26 2007 - 01:00
Mother's search for missing son led to jailing by the StasiBerlin Letter : Heidi Stein has lived every mother's worst nightmare for the last 28 years, when her three-year-old son Dirk…Mon Sept 24 2007 - 01:00
Xenophobia and racism in the air as Swiss election campaign turns nastySWITZERLAND: Switzerland's general elections are normally polite, orderly affairs, but the campaign ahead of next month's vote…Sat Sept 15 2007 - 01:00
Two unlikely coalitions on cards after Polish votePOLAND: Polish politicians have begun campaigning for next month's snap election with a mixture of trepidation and reliefTue Sept 11 2007 - 01:00
Law catches up with murderer who related his 'perfect crime' in a novelPOLAND: A Polish author has been jailed for 25 years over a murder plot identical to that of his novel, which he always claimed…Thu Sept 06 2007 - 01:00
Poland's former interior minister arrestedPOLAND: Poland's political crisis reached a new peak yesterday when police arrested a former minister who accused the government…Fri Aug 31 2007 - 01:00
Controversial Polish radio station in line for €15m of EU fundingPOLAND: Poland's notorious Radio Maryja, broadcaster of prayers and rants against Jews, homosexuals and the EU, is in line for…Fri Aug 31 2007 - 01:00
German regulator under fireGermany's financial regulator is under fire for apparently ignoring warnings from 2005 that SachsenLB's Dublin subsidiary was…Mon Aug 27 2007 - 01:00
A succession drama of epic Wagnerian proportionsBackstabbing and boos are the lifeblood of the Wagner Festival held in Bayreuth every summer.Tue Aug 14 2007 - 01:00
Denmark's 'free city' under threatJust a mile from Copenhagen's royal palace, a war is being wagedWed Aug 08 2007 - 01:00
Teutonic Tuscany feared as village is soldEurope's largest tour operator has hit on a novel way to capitalise on Germany's long-standing love affair with ItalyWed Aug 01 2007 - 01:00
Town rejects EU position after long wait for bypassPOLAND: Waiting for a bypass is not just an Irish pastimeTue Jul 31 2007 - 01:00
Musical version of 'Juno and the Paycock' to be revivedTheatre director Garry Hynes is to stage a New York production of Juno , the little-seen musical version of Juno and the Paycock…Sat Jul 28 2007 - 01:00
Row breaks out in Germany over police powersGERMANY: German interior minister Wolfgang Schäuble has come under fire for suggesting that police should be allowed kill suspects…Mon Jul 16 2007 - 01:00
Poland may block treaty talks over voting reformEuropean Union: Polish officials say they will veto talks on reviving the EU constitutional treaty if their concerns over a …Mon Jun 11 2007 - 01:00
A brighter futureGermany produces more than half the world's solar energy, promising untold wealth for 'Solar Valley', writes Derek ScallyMon Jun 11 2007 - 01:00
Geldof and Bono spurn 'grotesque' summitG8: Irish aid activist Bob Geldof has dismissed the G8 summit as a "grotesque, expensive pantomime", its leaders "creeps" and…Sat Jun 09 2007 - 01:00
Head of UN hopes for talks breakthrough in SudanDarfur crisis: Hopes were raised yesterday of real progress on the Darfur crisis after UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon announced…Sat Jun 09 2007 - 01:00
007 meets G8 as Greenpeace dinghies duel with navyProtests: A spectacular boat chase worthy of James Bond himself set hearts racing yesterday at the G8 summit on Germany's Baltic…Fri Jun 08 2007 - 01:00
Putin offers relocated radar siteMissile defence: Russian president Vladimir Putin has told US president George Bush he could ease tensions between Moscow and…Fri Jun 08 2007 - 01:00
East German ghost an all too familiar spirit todayLetter from Berlin: The ghost of East Germany came back to haunt the country three times last week, each visit more surreal…Thu May 31 2007 - 01:00
Germany argues for EU tax ratesGerman finance minister Peer Steinbrück has called for a "fair settlement" to the EU's ongoing internal dispute over tax harmonisation…Mon May 21 2007 - 01:00
Poland's top court finds communist vetting law to be unconstitutionalPoland: The Polish government is set for a showdown with the country's highest court after it declared unconstitutional a law…Sat May 12 2007 - 01:00
