The World of the Cold War by Vladislav Zubok: Three decades on, echoes remain in today’s turbulent world
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Berlin
Deportation flights signal Germany’s pivot to hardline stance on migration
Radical policy shift a response to series of fatal attacks and to rise of far-right AfD
Late Shift star Leonie Benesch: ‘The biggest shock was realising how broken health systems are globally’
For her role in Petra Volpe’s feature the German actor shadowed nurses in Zurich but found even in wealthy Switzerland working conditions are tough
Berlin LGBTQ refuge carries ‘psychological burden’ as homophobic attacks rise
One owner of queer cafe-bars has filed 45 police complaints in the last 18 months, all linked to homophobic violence
Berlin presents proposals to seize corporate property holdings
Residents have backed grassroots plan to force landlords with more than 3,000 flats to sell their holdings to the city
Berlin rejects EU sanctions against Israel over Gaza
Germany chancellor says Israel ‘is defending itself against attack’
Irish in Germany are caught between starkly different perspectives on the war in Gaza
With large Jewish, Israeli and Palestinian communities, debate about the war is messy, conflicted and shifting. For the country’s Irish population, navigating it is complex
As summer heats up, the controversy over one teacher’s claims of homophobia is boiling over
Brazilian-born Oziel Inácio-Stech is suing a school over what he alleges is inaction in the face of abuse
An Irishman in Berlin: ‘For Germans, everything is forbidden unless it allowed’
Wild Geese: Property investment specialist and entrepreneur Adrian O’Sullivan lives in Berlin, Germany
Israeli foreign minister finds shifting moods as he visits Berlin
Gideon Sa’ar given promises of German support but hears criticism of aid distribution programme
Ruby Eastwood: Why would anyone choose to live in a city as ridiculous as Dublin?
Like the enchanted gift in a fairy tale, a city will change you in ways you can’t predict, and not all of them will be kind
Berlin’s state government defends planned expulsion of two Irish pro-Palestinian campaigners
Shane O’Brien addresses 400 demonstrators in Berlin as lawyers prepare to file emergency motions over deportation order
‘I have no plans to go home’: the Irish citizens fighting deportation from Germany
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Two Irish citizens ordered to leave Germany over pro-Palestinian protests despite no convictions
Lawyers say the move undermines civil liberties for EU citizens
Berlin woman (66) gives birth to 10th child
Alexandra Hildebrandt welcomed her first child in 1977 and has had eight since turning 50
Couple ‘couldn’t be happier’ after ditching Dublin for Berlin to buy a home
Housing, quality of life and healthcare in both cities are ‘night and day’, says couple
Europe to stand united in face of trade war, Minister for Finance says
Paschal Donohoe confident US pharma will not walk away from long-term investment in Irish plants and people
‘Somehow the atmosphere in the streets today is worse’: Irish in Germany react to election success of far-right AfD
Party doubled its support to win 152 seats in the Bundestag in Sunday’s federal vote
Sabotaged car exhausts make for unlikely form of election interference as Germany heads to the polls on Sunday
Russian agents suspected of stoking anti–Green sentiment with vandalism and bumper stickers of party leader
Adrian Duncan: ‘I remember praying for a statue not to move because I didn’t want my world to be destroyed’
Berlin-based writer’s latest novel, The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth, revolves around sculpted objects, absence, death and faith
Architectural Tales by Dominic Stevens: Imaginative reflections on the spaces we create, and the spaces in between
Acclaimed Irish architect Dominic Stevens experiments in and excels at writing too
At least two killed, including child, and some 60 injured after car drives into German Christmas market
Eyewitnesses say vehicle aimed directly at area of market popular with families in city of Magdeburg with driver arrested at scene
Berlin culture cuts described as ‘death knell’ for city’s future
Reductions in expenditure painful but necessary step in light of a dramatic slump in city income, says city mayor
Paris-Berlin express: New rail link throws down gauntlet to airlines
Good prices, low emissions and unlimited luggage allowance of fast train between European powerhouse cities give planes a run for their money
‘I stopped short of eating sheep brains’: Irish Times reporters abroad on their favourite foods and restaurants
To celebrate Food Month, Irish Times writers abroad reveal favourite foods and restaurants in their various postings
Germany’s memory battle over ‘Nie Wieder’: never again
Once the cornerstone of the country’s remembrance culture, the slogan’s meaning has become increasingly blurred
Dahomey director Mati Diop: ‘I felt I had the responsibility to make sure a new wave of African cinema exists’
The French-Senegalese film-maker won this year’s Golden Bear in Berlin for her breathtakingly imaginative new release
An Irishman in Berlin: ‘Gentrification was creeping in but since the pandemic it’s really pronounced’
What’s Next For?: Liam Cagney, a musicologist based in the German capital, is writing a book about Berghain, the city’s fabled nightclub
German mayor resigns over homophobic abuse
Neubrandenburg’s town council has voted to ban the LGBT+ rainbow flag from its train station
Ex-Stasi officer sentenced over Berlin Wall killing in 1974
Polish man Czeslaw Kukuczka was shot in the back as he tried to escape to West Germany
Life imitates art as populists collapse Thuringia parliament
Far-right AfD’s collapse of inaugural sitting of Thuringia state parliament provides timely backdrop to new play in which populist governor sparks constitutional crisis
German Green resignations increase speculation of snap election
Green leadership steps down in Germany three days after party ejected from new Brandenburg state parliament in Potsdam after polling just 4%
Germany’s SPD benefits from keeping Olaf Scholz in background
Chancellor has lost his three-year-old hero factor in recent elections. He has even been dropped from SPD posters
Election time in Germany: Why is the far right so popular in the east?
The far-right Alternative for Germany party’s Björn Höcke wants a ‘180-degree shift’ in the country’s view of its past and condemns the postwar ‘guilt cult’
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