Chancellor seen as past her peak and lacking ideas but better than the competition

Force satisfied Nóirín O’Sullivan’s ‘systems secure and no evidence of compromise’

Chancellor says election will be most difficult since unification because of polarised society

Berthold Albrecht’s widow and children take legal action in bid for control of Aldi Nord

The popular German chancellor – ‘leader of the liberal free world’ – looks likely to seek a fourth term

EU leaders underline importance of Nato in resolving conflicts in Syria and Ukraine

Commission president resisting moves to force out head of parliament, says report

Europe’s largest carmaker faces multibillion-euro bill related to its emissions scandal

US president joins with Angela Merkel in Berlin to defend transatlantic relationship

US president to give leaders first impressions of successor Trump during Berlin visit

Huge bill issued in Germany for badly sorted rubbish highlights bewildering process

Outgoing US president forged strong links for US with Germany and its chancellor

Index finds growing EU economic recovery has done little to ease levels of poverty

Last election ended with narrow victory for Green Party-backed Van der Bellen

President Lech Kaczynski was among 96 people killed when plane crashed in 2010

Ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski promises to restore full sovereignty from EU

In Trump, German chancellor faces biggest challenge after many tussles with awkward men

Many are still annoyed at how he ignored an appeal for funds to restore the church organ

Commission president insists controversial call not related to Trump’s election victory

Islamic State’s alleged ‘No 1’ man in Germany described as ‘the worst’ by returnee jihadist

Arrests of Turkish opposition politicians prompt ‘grave concern’ in EU states

Conservative government passes law promising parents of disabled children €926

General plague of incompetence hangs over major public building projects in Germany

Widening of inquiry and new Audi revelations mean Volkswagen scandal far from over

UK press reacts to high court’s Brexit ruling, with some newspapers criticising judges

Women assaulted in New Year’s Eve attacks only saved from worse by tights, officer says

Germany tackles its most ambitious and unwieldy new museum project

Decision time approaches for chancellor who has dominated German politics for 11 years

Speech had swipes at gay marriage, gender quotas and ‘slitty-eyed’ Beijing delegation

Berlin will listen ‘closely’ to Dublin once London triggers divorce proceedings, says MEP

The Friedrichstrasse ‘Palast’s’ latest spectacle, `The One', is an orgy of colour and style with costumes by French fashion icon(...)

Businessman hired movie set designer and spent €1m to recreate Führer’s office

Polls suggest upstart party is poised for victory in weekend election

Claiming tight ethical control, Berlin saw tenfold rise in bullet sales in first half of year

ECB president says Germany should stop railing against monetary policy

New laws passed since Snowden revelations may give more powers to intelligence service

Leipzig authorities ordered to pay three mothers €14,000 in lost earnings

Vladimir Putin, François Hollande, Petro Poroshenko meet in Berlin over Ukraine and Syrian conflicts

Moscow’s Syria bombing campaign looms large over talks with Poroshenko, Hollande

Berlin Letter: costs of machinery of state based in two German cities are set to persist

German chancellor says she is not expecting miracles

Viewers’ dilemma: would they shoot down an airliner set to crash into a packed football stadium?

Residents of Ludwighshafen urged to stay indoors after incidents at BASF facilities

Jaber al-Bakr was arrested on Monday when allegedly planning to bomb a Berlin airport

Relief but anxiety in Germany after suspect tied up with cable and handed over to police

Study shows West German judiciary was saturated by Nazi officials after the war

Plan could see revival of Deutschland AG postwar network of mutual cross-holdings

MPs overwhelmingly back dismissal of Bill that would effectively outlaw terminations

Justice minister Heiko Maas says populist party is ‘pouring oil on the fire’ for own ends

Many Germans seem not to be sure what is German and what is not these days

Comedian Jan Böhmermann made provocative comments about the Turkish president

Wikileaks founder tells journalists it is ‘false’ to say he does not like Hillary Clinton

Chancellor targeted by jeering crowd over migration policy outside Dresden church

Sigmar Gabriel accuses John Cryan of hypocrisy over bank’s growing financial problems

Two books looking at how the Irish are portrayed abroad provide insights we might miss

US fine of $14 billion has plunged pillar bank into crisis with potential to rival Lehman

Remarks come as Germany denies it is working on rescue plan for Deutsche Bank

Anti-Islamic minority’s Monday night protests are hurting German city’s reputation

Drop at Germany’s biggest financial institution sparks sell-off in European banks

Martin Winterkorn said to have know about illicit VW software before scandal broke

Almost 80 years after his death, Berlin is acknowledging one of its most celebrated sons

Party candidate caught selling Nazi-era medals while Berlin MP calls refugees ‘worms’

Parliament debates Bill to ban abortion as government continues conservative push

Exruptive claims trolley-docking system gets you through security four times faster

Pirate Party’s Gerwald Claus-Brunner believed to have killed ex-boyfriend before suicide

Strategists believe Germany’s ‘Merkel must go’ mood is an opportunity to dump her

Gerwald Claus-Brunner and his party had promised to overthrow traditional politics

Analysis: Chancellor faces difficult task of re-engaging voters alienated by migration crisis

Prospect of alternative national coalition emerges after heavy loss in Berlin state elections

The German chancellor is increasingly vulnerable amid backlash to her migration policy

Report shows 18 serious breaches of German fundamental law, 12 formal complaints

Pressure on German chancellor to halt slippage as far-right AfD wins 10th state election

Fears over migration and frustration with political parties as Germans vote in state poll

Recent attacks raise fears around event as about six million expected to attend

Head of Bayer crop sciences sees merger as key to long-term food security strategy

Martin Sonneborn says State should ‘take the money and run. It is a win-win situation’

Woman discovered 500 images on social network from all stages of her life after joining

Archbishop of Vienna says the continent is ‘gambling away its Christian heritage’

Syrian men planned to carry out ‘previously determined order’ from Isis, prosecutors say

Re-run of presidential poll was planned for October after initial result declared invalid

Finance minister says ruling fallout will drag on while Germany faces post-Brexit costs

German sentiment has changed drastically in a year. Since the chancellor tried to alleviate the crisis of fleeing Syrians by let(...)

Residents say brawls, public urination and shoplifting occurred amid visit by 600 people

Even to a jaded Berliner, there’s much more to Hamburg than its notorious Reeperbahn

Turkish diplomat says Ankara aims to join EU by 100th anniversary as republic in 2023

Ministers to redraft demands as chancellor describes veil as impediment to integration

Report set to anger Turkish president and pile pressure on Angela Merkel

Irish among those having terminations in Germany due to its similar laws to Poland

Deportation and policing main focus of measures which avoid controversy

Constitutional court dismisses revised Bill on how it goes about business

Proposal to strip citizenship from those who fight with Islamic State remains

Merkel mulls series of security proposals, including reported ban on burkas

Ideas reportedly include prohibition on burka, relaxing medical confidentiality rules

The collapse of Hard Candy ends a strange business arrangement that began in 2013

Ahead of visit to Russia, president Erdogan suggests Germany is ‘feeding the terrorists’

EC president’s warning comes after Austrian chancellor Christian Kern described as “diplomatic fiction” Turkey’s EU accession hop(...)

1,700 players gather in Dublin this week for GAA World Games. With so many overseas players, it still an Irish sport?

Festival organisers around the world may face fee as city applies for property rights

Parliament reviews restrictive Bill as pro-choice side lodges liberal one