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Agnes Obel: ‘With all this AI, people are gravitating towards a more acoustic experience. I’m hopeful’
The Berlin-based Danish musician on the elation of pregnancy, her music taking a turn away from technology during Covid, and depression
Merz is on the ropes. Could Sunday’s regional elections deliver a knock-out blow?
While the chancellor struggles and his centre-right CDU bickers, its SPD rival has come out in attack mode
Mass deportations, euro exit and Russian gas: the AfD’s plan for power
Victory in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday would mark a postwar watershed, making the AfD the first radical right party to govern a German state since 1945
Germany and ‘frugal’ allies signal budget compromise but reject further EU borrowing
Friedrich Merz and five other leaders demand spending cuts of ‘several hundred billion euros in a balanced manner’
Why is Berlin still giving Russia a house in the heart of the city?
Four years into the Ukraine war, Berlin is still deciding what to do about the Russland-Haus
Berlin theatre’s new swimming pool gets locals debating ripple effects
Some say Matthias Lilienthal’s ‘production’ is just what the city needs in troubled times, others pour cold water on the idea
A ‘bananas’ order for 5,000 obscure titles from a bookshop in Galway fuels suspicion
Independent retailers are receiving vast orders for obscure titles, fuelling suspicions that AI companies are quietly building the next generation of chatbots
Removal of rough sleepers for Belfast Fleadh and demolition of bunker under Hitler’s chancellery
Plus: Residents campaign against Fingal’s proposed Dunsink City Quarter and the €10,000-winner at the Dublin Horse Show
Scan a QR code to find Berlin’s biggest political problem
As rents continue to climb, housing has emerged as the defining battleground of Berlin’s September state election
Berlin Pride attack sharpens debate over home-grown Islamist extremism
As politicians clash over the response to the deadly attack, one man who escaped Islamist radicalisation is urging a more honest debate on extremism
The spiralling projected cost of the Metrolink brings the NCH to mind
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
How Berlin’s ‘Hot Boys’ are taking on the manosphere
From forest walks to tearful group sessions, a new community is offering young men an alternative to toxic online influencers
Why was Berlin’s Pride attacker still free to strike?
As details emerge of the perpetrator’s failed attempts to join Islamic State, scrutiny is mounting on courts, police and deradicalisation efforts
Berlin police shoot dead man suspected to have carried out fatal attack on Pride parade
‘Love is a terrible thing to hate’ read handmade sign at improvised memorial for victims of attack on one of Europe’s biggest Pride parades
German chancellor vows crackdown after deadly attack on Berlin Pride parade
One dead and at least 16 others injured after 21-year-old suspect with Islamist links flees crash scene
Berlin Pride attack shatters a day of celebration and defiance
For one summer day Berlin celebrated its diversity. By midnight, the city was confronting violence, fear and an unsettling sense of vulnerability
‘Coffee must be dropped at different height than wine’: The Berlin team making books look well-read
An idea to make books look a bit more used, once jokingly proposed by one Myles na gCopaleen, has been made real in German capital
Irish interrailers feel the heat: ‘Our phones keep overheating and dying’
Every summer many university students travel between Europe’s cities, the current heatwave is making it increasingly difficult
We have already had glimpses of climate-induced societal breakdown
At a fundamental level, we do not believe what we are experiencing: the catastrophic effects of global heating
‘I’ve become aware of how Irishness is considered abroad, how much it can be weaponised’
Author Sheila Armstrong talks about Seamus Heaney, Heinrich Himmler and why ‘more people should quit writing’
‘Fake Jews’: German play explores psychological minefield of identity and the Holocaust
The deeper you dive into what is known as Wilkomirski Syndrome, the stranger it gets
Note on Fenian Street restaurant review: The food is a joy at this buzzy Dublin 2 bistro with a talented new chef
Original and inventive dishes hit all the right notes at this Dubin bistro
EU’s six big economies seek move on capital market union despite Irish worries
Ireland and Luxembourg fear negative impact on domestic financial sectors
Daniela Klette: Germany’s former most-wanted woman jailed for 13 years for armed robberies
Former Red Army Faction militant had been hiding in plain view of German police before arrest in 2024
German prosecutors claim Irish man part of ‘sabotage squad’ that broke into Israeli arms subsidiary
Daniel Tatlow-Devally among five accused of spraying anti-Semitic slogans and symbols glorifying Hamas
German courts check Berlin’s hard line on Irish citizens involved in Gaza protests
Judges have dismissed protest‑related cases and expulsion efforts against Irish citizens and Palestinian solidarity activists
Why is Kerrygold butter 65% dearer in Kerry than it is in Berlin?
Ornua makes and then sells Kerrygold to retailers, but says prices are decided by shops
Dubliner Daniel Tatlow-Devally goes on trial in Stuttgart accused of anti-Israel actions
Five accused of trespass, damage, membership of criminal group and use of Hamas-linked symbols
The Palestinian-Israeli actor tackling Middle East conflict with jokes and empathy
Yousef Sweid’s one-man show – Between the River and the Sea – is a risky, tongue-in-cheek swipe at his adopted home
More than €1bn pledged for Sudan as world’s largest humanitarian crisis deepens
Two-third’s of country’s 34m population in need of aid after three years of war
Ireland not an outlier when it comes to public projects mired in delays and cost overruns
Persistent problem across Europe, even in ‘efficient’ Germany
Stalled, strained and losing faith: Germany grapples with decline fears
After years of warning signs, Germany’s weaknesses are now converging into a full‑scale economic reckoning. Can it change direction?
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