Libya without stable government since rebels toppled and killed Gadafy in 2011

Senate rejects Bill which PiS says will stabilise legal system

Security breach of fraud’s rise through military reminds of 1906 Köpenick shoemaker

Dr Motte hopes reviving the street party will build awareness for what he and many DJs see as Berlin’s endangered club culture

Case focuses on 2017 law which expanded BND powers to collect foreign communications

‘It was ... startling to feel the level of public support,’ says Mr Justice John MacMenamin

Mr Justice John MacMenamin among EU judges calling for protection of Polish peers

Events in Germany and Austria indicate the Greta effect is merely part of the new reality

German chancellor sidelined as her party makes small steps towards post-Merkel future

Irish Supreme Court judge to take part in Warsaw march

Ideological enemies form government focused on security, migration and environment

Broadcaster apologises after airing satirical song Granny is an Environmental Swine

Enterprise Ireland pushing to reduce UK trade dependency as part of Government’s Brexit strategy to diversify markets

Minister says in Berlin he would not support moving to qualified EU majority voting in ‘key economic policy areas’ like taxation

Green Vault treasury is to remain closed for a time after theft of priceless objects

Republic caught in crossfire between Germany and other bailout states

Daring raid on Green Vault holding 18th-century crown jewels shocks Saxony

Minister for Finance’s visit aims to build ties with largest EU member ahead of Brexit

‘I am not a huge fan of Britain...It’s a silly and frustrating country’

Speech shows CDU leader betting Germans more restless for change than nostalgic

The Hills are Alive puppet show teases out immigration issues using famous musical

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer tells critics in ruling centre-right party to put up or shut up

Country realises it has to do more heavy lifting as the major European power

German chancellor’s chosen successor as party leader has had humiliating first year

German TV show seeks to block house of Hohenzollern demand for property return

Motor boss promises 10,000 jobs close to Berlin as Brexit blamed for ruling Britain out

At least 75 escape routes were built during 28 years of division. Just 19 were successful

Former Trabant factory begins turning out the most modern VW ever

Eva Röser fled for the West in 1978, aged 27 and pregnant

In a tiny chapel on the ‘death strip’, Berliners will mark 30 years since the wall was toppled

After 1989 many writers, actors, singers – and their work – sank without trace in the united Germany

German Democratic Republic’s secret police had a pair of eyes and ears for every 230 East Germans

Fall of Berlin Wall led to mixed emotions for Germany’s ambassador to Ireland

Jalda Rebling witnessed history but, as Germany marks fall of the wall, she will be gone

Always becoming, never being, cranes on the horizon and gravel crunching underfoot

Maud Grzemba was born in jail after the wall was built in world terrorised by Stasi officials

Jaroslaw Kaczynski realised before his rivals that most voters just want to make ends meet

Berlin officials try to remain optimistic ahead of potential Brexit breakthrough

Ruling Law and Justice party takes 44% of vote, eight seats more than absolute majority

Law and Justice (PiS) party set to secure absolute majority in parliament

PiS party deploys laws on mining and criticism of LGBT people in pursuit of poll boost

Media criticised for use of live-stream images and coverage of attack on synagogue

Voters increasingly ready to back party with narrow policies promising individual benefit

Shock after gunman livestreamed attack in Halle in which two people were shot dead

Malgorzata Gersdorf warns Poland is on the brink of authoritarianism ahead of election

Man arrested after attack on synagogue in Halle during Yom Kippur streamed online

Voters being warned of plague of so-called ‘LGBT ideology’ ahead of Sunday polls

Senior official in Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union says there is ‘no new German position on Brexit’

Majority of easterners unimpressed with how democracy is practiced in Germany

If his attempt to flee East Berlin failed, he risked prison. If it succeeded, he might not see his family again

Coalition options await Sebastian Kurz as conservative ÖVP wins 38% of snap election

Court urges compromise with 470,000 owners in case that could stretch to 2023

Former chancellor’s conservatives make gains while far-right Freedom Party slips

At the time, it seemed like a tiresome hoop to jump through. But it changed my life

Global climate protest may propel Vienna away from populist-conservative coalition

Freedom Party leader Hofer expected to be in a position to form another coalition with the People’s Party

Country’s political wunderkind will have to work exceedingly hard for a return to power

Chancellor’s interest in climate ebbs when it conflicts with German commercial interests

Protesters criticise German chancellor’s carbon dioxide tax and fuel hike measures

Protests mark 1st anniversary of Greta Thunberg’s solo school strike in Stockholm

US actor and singer's Looking for Freedom became part of Germany’s 1989 protests

Polarstern scientific environmental mission to drift with currents to North Pole

Björn Höcke rattled by reporter’s questions about his use of terms such as ‘living space’

Leaked documents suggest software fitted to detect if exhaust test being carried out

Angela Merkel calls for a ‘show of strength’ from EU on environment and digitalisation

Democracy campaigner Joshua Wong labels Hong Kong ‘the new Berlin’ on German trip

News comes ahead of snap election and after revelation party broke spending laws

Study suggests Germans feeling unusually chipper after ‘retreat in nearly all worries’

Judge calls men’s tactics, befriending single parents online to get closer to their children, ‘perfidious’

A gripping docudrama on German TV recounts the chancellor’s handling of the refugee crisis

Public selection process is a novelty, and a risk, for Germany’s oldest party

Trump approach is anathema to German chancellor’s level-headed approach to compromise

AfD’s success has reshuffled Germany’s coalition arithmetic for mainstream parties

Panda couple, Meng Meng and Jiao Qing, produce first panda cubs born in Germany

Election shows greater changes are underway in Germany’s wider political system

Exit polls put AfD finishing second with 27.5% in Saxony and 22.5% in Brandenburg

Events held in Poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of second World War

One key frustration is the growing fatigue with Merkle and her liberal migration legacy

Most papers sternly opposed to move but more right-leaning outlets more supportive

Proposal would see rent for 100sq m apartment reduced to maximum of €800 a month

Gifted but ruthless engineer built German car maker into a 12-brand empire

New conductor Kirill Petrenko will front free open-air concert – for one night only

Claims obscene postcards to supreme court president were sent by PiS-affiliated judges

Strong consumer spending not enough to counter weakening industrial production

‘Irish peace is European peace,’ says Macron ahead of visit to Paris from British PM

British PM visit fails to dent Brexit deadlock as German support for Ireland appears solid

German newspapers universally scathing of British PM and supportive of Irish concerns

German leader rebuffs UK attempts to make her officially negotiate on EU withdrawal

Federal finance minister enters race amid unpopular coalition and looming recession

Taking stock of dark and light legacy of a first experiment in democracy 100 years on

We are letting the British media make us doubt the strength of Berlin’s support

Far-right party paints itself in poll campaign as heir to protests that brought down wall

Berlin Letter: Forests are a cultural touchstone, so climate change’s effects have hit hard

SPD interim co-leader says party’s ambition is to lead alliance with Left Party and Greens

Petition seeks 20 cent charge per cigarette to be returned on proof butt is not discarded

‘Rainbow disease’ remarks and communist era comparison add to clerics’ anti-LGBTI rhetoric

The 1944 uprising remains a touchstone in Polish cultural memory

Berlin disagrees with Washington’s policy of ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran

Prosecutors in Munich charging Rupert Stadler with a number of offences

Karlsruhe court rules banking union of 2014 does not contradict German law