Benedict's Nazi analysis generates a lively debateWorld View: Pope Benedict used his Polish visit to answer the rhetorical question posed by the media since his election last…Sat Jun 3 2006 - 01:00
Pope aspires to 'springtime of faith' on visit to PolandPOLAND: Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Poland for a four-day visit today, visiting the birthplace of his predecessor, John Paul…Thu May 25 2006 - 01:00
Poland finds agreement for three-way coalitionPoland: Seven months of political wrangling ended in Poland yesterday after the ruling conservative Law and Justice Party (PiS…Sat May 6 2006 - 01:00
Polish bishops set up council to rein in radioPOLAND: Polish bishops have established a governing council to tame the controversial broadcasts of religious station Radio …Thu May 4 2006 - 01:00
Kaczynski backs radio stationPOLAND: The leader of Poland's ruling conservatives Jaroslaw Kaczynski has defended the controversial religious station Radio…Tue May 2 2006 - 01:00
Pushing the EU debateWorldView: Germany's leading intellectual Jürgen Habermas has warned that failure to agree on future EU integration will hand…Sat Apr 22 2006 - 01:00
KURT BECK: Socialist with common touchGERMANY: Kurt Beck, the new hope of Germany's SPD, is riding highTue Apr 11 2006 - 01:00
Stout and oysters go down well just off the Unter den LindenGermany: Germany celebrated St Patrick's Day with parties and Irish evenings in cities and towns across the country, including…Sat Mar 18 2006 - 00:00
Poison claim based on tribunal medical reportThe letter : The blame game over Slobodan Milosevic's sudden death began in earnest on the steps of the war crimes tribunal …Mon Mar 13 2006 - 00:00
Irving jailed for Holocaust denial in AustriaAUSTRIA: Derek Scally attended the one-day trial in Vienna of British historian and propagandist David Irving, whose name has…Tue Feb 21 2006 - 00:00
Iran has brief opportunity to comply with atomic agencyIRAN: Iran has a one-month "window of opportunity" to co-operate with the international community over its nuclear programme…Fri Feb 3 2006 - 00:00
Death toll from Bavarian ice rink could reach 15GERMANY: Rescuers in southern Germany suspended efforts yesterday to reach a woman and three youths still feared trapped under…Wed Jan 4 2006 - 00:00
Change the only constant as new West Berlin emerges after exodusBerlin Diary: Contrary to what you may have heard, West Berlin still exists, if only in the heads of the locals who proudly …Mon Nov 28 2005 - 00:00
Schroder bows out as grand coalition era beginsGERMANY: Germany's grand coalition became a political reality last night after members of the Social Democrats (SPD) and Christian…Tue Nov 15 2005 - 00:00
Polish troops may have Iraq duty extendedPOLAND: Poland's president-elect Lech Kaczynksi has said that he may extend the service of 1,700 Polish soldiers scheduled to…Tue Oct 25 2005 - 01:00
Traditionalist snatches victory in Polish electionPoland: EU relations with Poland may be heading for difficulty after the conservative, EU-critical mayor of Warsaw, Lech Kaczynski…Mon Oct 24 2005 - 01:00
Hostility to Germany emerges before votePOLAND: Anti-German rhetoric has overshadowed the final days of Poland's presidential election after Lech Kaczynski, running…Thu Oct 20 2005 - 01:00
Presidential race turns nasty as Poles asked to remember the warPOLAND: Poland's presidential election has turned nasty in its final week after opponents of front-runner Donald Tusk released…Mon Oct 17 2005 - 01:00
Economy the key challenge for Merkel coalitionCoalition must tackle cycle of unemployment and low growth, writes Derek Scally in BerlinFri Oct 14 2005 - 01:00
'Six Faces of Schroder' to bow out after talksBERLIN LETTER : Journalists don't ask a lot from the prime ministers, just this: "Don't be boring."Thu Oct 13 2005 - 01:00
Poland's presidential hopefuls face run-offPOLAND: Poland's presidential election is to enter a second-round run-off after exit polls following yesterday's vote showed…Mon Oct 10 2005 - 01:00
Poles to vote in divisive presidential racePOLAND: Poles vote again tomorrow, this time to elect a new president, but a divisive campaign means the vote is expected to…Sat Oct 8 2005 - 01:00
Sign and Sight points the way to lively debates on EuropeWorldView: The European Union's method of dealing with crises runs like a well-rehearsed fire drillSat Oct 8 2005 - 01:00
Magazine article on Poles in Ireland criticisedThe Polish ambassador to Ireland has described as "hugely exaggerated" a Polish magazine article documenting the grim experiences…Fri Sep 30 2005 - 01:00
Polish twin foregoes post of prime ministerPOLAND: Coalition talks opened in Warsaw yesterday hours after the leader of the winning party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski of the Law…Thu Sep 29 2005 - 01:00
Schroder says he will not stand asideGermany: German chancellor Gerhard Schröder has said he is prepared to enter a grand coalition to break Germany's week-old coalition…Mon Sep 26 2005 - 01:00
Porsche plans to take 20% stake in Volkswagen to prevent takeoverGerman luxury carmaker Porsche has announced plans to buy a 20 per cent sake in Volkswagen, Europe's largest car manufacturer…Mon Sep 26 2005 - 01:00
Polish voters set to oust governmentPOLAND: Polish voters will oust their luckless left-wing government tomorrow in a general election that has turned into a bitter…Sat Sep 24 2005 - 01:00
Schroder seeks fresh mandate in poll fightChancellor Gerhard Schröder made a final plea for a fresh mandate to "renew Germany without social division" as tomorrow's general…Sat Sep 17 2005 - 01:00
Polish speaker pulls out of election racePOLAND: Poland's parliamentary speaker, Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, has withdrawn from next month's presidential election - an …Thu Sep 15 2005 - 01:00
Far right's last push for first-time votersGERMANY: On a gloomy, drizzly Monday morning, Germany's neo-Nazis took the general election to the schoolyards.Tue Sep 13 2005 - 01:00
Listen to your voters, Ahern urges EU leadersTaoiseach Bertie Ahern has urged European leaders to listen to their voters and to press ahead with their votes on the European…Fri Jun 3 2005 - 01:00
Holocaust memorial opens after 17-year campaignGERMANY: Berlin's Holocaust Memorial was officially opened yesterday, marking the end of a 17-year campaign by journalist Lea…Wed May 11 2005 - 01:00
Tourists flock to Hitler's hideaway 60 years after his suicideGERMANY: Berlin Letter A trip to Berlin just wouldn't be complete without a visit to the unholy grail of tourist traps: Hitler…Mon May 2 2005 - 01:00
Papal choice is a mixed blessing for GermanyPOPE BENEDICT XVI: The Germans are happy that one of their own is Pope, but they're also filled with Teutonic angst because …Sat Apr 23 2005 - 01:00
Ratzinger missed worst of Nazi school systemPOPE BENEDICT XVI: As a young man in Bavaria, Pope Benedict may have been inspired by those who stood against the Nazis, people…Fri Apr 22 2005 - 01:00
Roots in traumatic German historyPope's formative years: As Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his first Mass in the Vatican yesterday, his fellow Bavarians recalled…Thu Apr 21 2005 - 01:00
Walesa announces he is to resign from SolidarityPOLAND: Lech Walesa has announced his resignation from Solidarity, the Polish trade union he founded 25 years ago which spearheaded…Thu Apr 14 2005 - 01:00
Claim Ireland is getting more corrupt rejectedIRELAND: Transparency International's (TI) Irish chapter rejected reports yesterday that Ireland is becoming more corrupt after…Thu Mar 17 2005 - 00:00
Divisions persist at Bush-Schroder meetingChancellor Gerhard Schröder and President George Bush opened a new-formula can of varnish yesterday to gloss over past differences…Thu Feb 24 2005 - 00:00
Bundesbank talks up economyThe Bundesbank has said there is "no cause for pessimism" about Germany's economic prospects in 2005 despite some recent disappointing…Tue Feb 22 2005 - 00:00
German building firm failsGermany's troubled construction sector claimed another victim yesterday when Walter Bau, the industry's fourth-largest building…Wed Feb 2 2005 - 00:00
Fischer calls for 'neo-Nazis' to be punishedGERMANY: The German Foreign Minister, Mr Joschka Fischer, has demanded that all legal measures be used to punish members of …Mon Jan 24 2005 - 00:00
Is it goodbye sandals, hello power for Greens?World View: It's 25 years since the Greens marched onto the German political stage in dungarees and Birkenstock sandalsSat Jan 22 2005 - 00:00
In the centre of Stasi power the calendar still shows December 1989BERLIN LETTER: They gathered in their thousands outside the drab, seven-storey office block in Normannenstrasse, East Berlin…Mon Jan 17 2005 - 00:00
Treasury closer to German dealA German court-appointed administrator has expressed confidence at the ability of Treasury Holdings to arrange a refinancing …Fri Jan 14 2005 - 00:00
Germany's jobless rate climbs to a seven-year high of 10.8%Germany's unemployment rate has risen to 10.8 per cent with 4Wed Jan 5 2005 - 00:00
INTERNET CAMPAIGN: more than 2,000 pro-Tara signaturesThe campaign to stop the construction of the M3 through Tara has gone online with an Internet petition attracting over 2,000 "…Thu Dec 9 2004 - 00:00
EU's yes to Turkey draws mixed responseEU: There were mixed reactions yesterday among commentators in Turkey and Germany, home to some two million Turks, to the European…Fri Oct 8 2004 - 01:00
Schroder rival opposes reformsGERMANY: Chancellor Gerhard Schröder came under new pressure over his reform programme last night after his political nemesis…Tue Aug 31 2004 - 01:00