The Irish Times

Berlin ceremony marks a year since death of Chinese rights activist Liu Xiaobo

Friends, activists and exiled dissidents pay tribute to writer, but wife Liu Xia unable to attend

Sun Jul 15 2018 - 18:00

Will Trump shock drive Germany back into arms of Merkel?

Hitler anniversary sees US president walk similar line between leadership, seduction, entrapment

Sat Jan 28 2017 - 06:00

Victims of Berlin attack: 12 dead, some to still be identified

Of 48 injured, 12 in hospital with serious injuries, including one in medically induced coma

Wed Dec 21 2016 - 21:36

Berlin attack: Father confirms Anis Amri served jail sentence

Suspect under surveillance for several months over potential plan to buy weapons

Wed Dec 21 2016 - 20:00

Frank-Walter Steinmeier set to be German president

Setback for Angela Merkel as SPD foreign minister in line for mainly honorary post

Mon Nov 14 2016 - 16:24

Shimon Peres ‘carried a whole nation on the wings of imagination’

Israel’s last surviving founding father eulogised as a ‘political giant’ ahead of funeral

Thu Sept 29 2016 - 01:00

Germans urged to stand united at Munich memorial service

Father of gunman who killed nine people says he is receiving death threats

Sun Jul 31 2016 - 18:42

Munich shooting: Teenager who killed nine ‘had no Isis links’

Investigators say it is significant incident took place on anniversary of Norway massacre

Sat Jul 23 2016 - 20:37

Theresa May warns Britain will not be rushed on Brexit

PM and Angela Merkel underline mutual interest in maintaining strong political ties

Thu Jul 21 2016 - 01:00

German president slams communism during China visit

Former East German rights activist says people can never be happy in a dictatorship

Thu Mar 24 2016 - 08:03

Bavarians pressure Angela Merkel to shift on migration

German chancellor tells allies that European solution still best answer to crisis

Wed Jan 20 2016 - 20:30

Migrants told Germany cannot provide ‘infinite refuge’

German president Joachim Gauck says refugee crisis is EU’s ‘biggest ever test’

Wed Jan 20 2016 - 12:58

Davos 2016: Refugee crisis ‘biggest ever test’ for EU

German president warns that limit on arrivals in Germany will be introduced

Wed Jan 20 2016 - 12:04

Refugee crisis overshadows German celebration of unity

Pressure grows for Merkel to reverse open-door policy on inward migration

Mon Oct 05 2015 - 01:00

Angela Merkel condemns “hate” towards asylum seekers

German chancellor visits town of Heidenau where mob rioted over arrival of refugees

Wed Aug 26 2015 - 21:17

Ghosts laid to rest as Hitler’s Berlin stadium hosts Jewish games

European Maccabi Games begin in city’s Olympic Stadium, notorious for Nazi links

Sat Jul 25 2015 - 02:00

Merkel lookalike and Ireland’s marriage vote unlikely bedfellows

New magazine aimed at German lesbians starts campaign

Wed Jul 22 2015 - 12:25

Germanwings victim families reject compensation offer

Parents of German children killed criticise Lufthansa offer as ‘insult’ in emotional letter

Tue Jul 21 2015 - 18:46

President Michael D Higgins says Greeks have had ‘distressing’ time

President calls for harmony across Europe as he hosts German president Joachim Gauck

Tue Jul 14 2015 - 01:01

German president says euro crisis is fueling ‘rampant populism’

Joachim Gauck addresses rise of anti-European sentiment ahead of State visit

Mon Jul 13 2015 - 01:00

German president hopes to follow Ireland on marriage equality

Joachim Gauck calls for ‘stronger debate’ on same-sex marriage in Berlin

Sat Jul 11 2015 - 08:29

President Joachim Gauck: a pastor for the German soul

Born into the Third Reich and having lived through hard times in East Germany, Joachim Gauck now presides over the unified federal republic. As he prepares for a state visit to Ireland, the German president talks about his country’s role in Europe at a testing time

Sat Jul 11 2015 - 05:45