Olaf Scholz bows out with Beatles song, Bach piece and final plea for respect
Outgoing German chancellor will hand over power to centre-right CDU party leader Friedrich Merz
Germany
Germany designates populist AfD as far-right ‘extremists’
Berlin gives security services extra powers as party’s politics classed as ‘incompatible’ with democracy
De Valera’s condolences on the death of Hitler continue to provoke 80 years on
Notorious second World War incident is still cited today by those critical of Ireland
Centre-left SDP approves German coalition deal with centre-right CDU
SDP co-leader Lars Klingbeil set to become vice-chancellor and federal finance minister
Irish musician Wallis Bird: I bought a farmhouse with my partner and two other couples
I miss being around my parents in their home and I miss the seasons in Ireland, but I don’t see myself moving back
I had to tell my mother that her father had been tortured for 11 days and murdered
Everyone who encounters the Holocaust becomes implicated, a new witness to the mystery and the horror, with the responsibility to recount its history honestly
Tensions rising in Germany amid criticism of Israeli government
Growing conflict in Berlin, with state politicians and police facing off against pro-Gaza protestors, is seeping slowly into German federal politics
Berlin court sentences man to three years over anti-Semitic attack on German-Jewish student
Ruling comes amid protests against efforts to expel four pro-Palestinian activists from Germany, including two Irish citizens
German coalition deal gives SPD members Easter bellyache
SPD party members have received post from the party seeking permission to return as junior partners to the centre-right CDU
‘Donegal neighbours said we admire you for the braveness of emigrating. Who’s emigrating? It’s Europe’
Axel Pawlik first moved to Ireland from Germany in 1996, then returned during Covid
The liberation of Bergen-Belsen: ‘Hello, hello. You are free’
Concentration camp where Anne Frank, her sister Margot and some 70,000 others died stands as a warning for the future
Battlegroup troops test out new technology for wider Defence Forces, including advanced night-vision goggles
New equipment, which includes night vision technology, body armour and weapons, was issued to the 172 Irish soldiers assigned to the rapid reaction force
Efforts to expel two Irish citizens symptom of a growing exhaustion in Germany
Germany is grappling with a dilemma over what its postwar vow of ‘Nie wieder’, or never again, means in practice – is it a universal commitment to human dignity and human rights, or an exclusive promise to the Jewish people and Israel?
Irish activist in Berlin welcomes decision to pause his removal over Palestine protests
Shane O’Brien (29) will redouble organising efforts after ruling, he says
King of Wall Street says European leaders ‘starting to focus on a growth agenda, not a control agenda’
Larry Fink, the head of the world’s biggest asset manager, talks tariffs, pensions and the ‘assets that will define the future’
AfD’s historic poll surge surprises even party’s MPs ahead of new Bundestag term
Economic analysts suggest economic uncertainty and internal party disagreements could yet dampen voter enthusiasm for the party
Germany vows to ‘terminate’ residency of anyone engaging in ‘incitement and anti-Semitism’
Federal coalition government agreement promises full border controls, a tighter asylum approach and expedited deportation of criminal foreign nationals
Tariff crisis has a silver lining for Merz
US action strengthens CDU leader’s hand in government formation discussions with centre-left SPD
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
38 Londres Street by Philippe Sands: The parallel stories of mass murderers
Senior Nazi Walther Rauff and Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s lives were linked by brutality, death and the evasion of justice
How two Irish protesters are facing deportation from Germany over pro-Palestine demonstrations
Bert Murray (31) and Shane O’Brien (29) are fighting efforts to remove them. But why have Berlin authorities gone so far?
Getting to the moon with the help of an Irish scientist and 900 tonnes of lunar dust
European Space Agency team create accurate replica of lunar surface to assist astronauts
Christian Democratic Union nerves on edge amid Alternative for Germany poll surge
Friedrich Merz has yet to secure the chancellery but polls show his party on just 25 per cent support
‘I have no plans to go home’: the Irish citizens fighting deportation from Germany
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Leipzig stays true to Bach, 340 years on
City celebrates composer’s birthday with annual international musical competition
John Hemingway obituary: Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot
He was shot down twice in the space of eight days, but went on to outlive all his contemporaries
Berlin woman (66) gives birth to 10th child
Alexandra Hildebrandt welcomed her first child in 1977 and has had eight since turning 50
Insults, protests and seat-squabbles: Bundestag’s first day with far-right AfD as second-biggest party
Rule changes prevent hardline group’s former leader from opening German parliament
Alleged ex-RAF member denounces German trial over 13 armed robberies as politically motivated
Daniela Klette (66) makes first public appearance since arrest in Berlin a year ago after 34 years of living under assumed name
Trial of alleged former Red Army Faction terrorist to open in Germany
Daniela Klette (66) is charged with attempted murder, theft and breaches of the war weapons control Act
NTMA sells €1bn of bonds as European rates ease after spike
OECD report shows Ireland is one of six member countries with falling debt-to-GDP ratio
Bundestag backs record borrowing package
Three-party alliance backs borrowing package of €500 billion for infrastructure projects and an effective blank cheque for defence and security spending
Bundestag to go out with a bang by debating €1 trillion stimulus plan
Unprecedented package for defence, climate and infrastructure spending
Munich shrugs off terror concerns to celebrate St Patrick’s Day
Police stepped up security measures but reported no serious incidents
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