Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will arrive on stage this Sunday for some straight talking

How the fall of the Berlin Wall began in a beautiful Baltic port city in Poland with the Solidarity movement

Warsaw forum told trade with Tehran threat to sanctions against ‘murderous’ regime

Station says it is making ‘an exception in the case of the widow’ as she is in mourning

Pawel Adamowicz’s sibling believes he was the target of a public media hate campaign

French concerns about reliance on Russia for energy salved as Germany agrees to regulate

Project has taken 11 years to complete, and has been dogged by theft and cost overruns

Germany’s oldest political party gripped by existential crisis following election disasters

Relatives of 21 people killed are outraged after judge says there is not enough evidence

What made many Irish men treat women as badly as they did?

Berlin Letter: Stella Goldschlag dreamed of film stardom, but betrayed her fellow Jews

Gay politician’s new party targets progressive, left-oriented Poles with pro-EU message

David Trimble plans to take UK government to court over backstop agreement

German city trying everything to dodge emissions order banning older diesel vehicles

German chancellor opens up about her political life as a woman and an East German

German far-right party criticises ‘defamatory’ address to Bavarian parliament

Move to revive motor at heart of EU project

Polish foreign minister says London, Dublin ‘playing chicken’ over post-Brexit border

Report is a further stage towards full state scrutiny of far-right party’s leaders and communication

Merkle says she regrets deeply vote result on Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement with EU

Killing is low point in modern Poland and its sundering post-communist consensus

No-deal Brexit could spell chaos for German manufacturers and exporters, study warns

Pawel Adamowicz (53) suffered wounds to heart and abdomen in charity event attack

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer flags tougher line to recover public trust and party voters

Austrian Alps avalanche claims lives of men as region is hit by worst snow in 20 years

Centre-left Social Democrats hit confidence-and-supply deal with centre-right parties

100kg coin worth €3.7 million believed to have been melted down shortly after theft

Party has taken opponents’ hesitation as proof of double standards over political violence

Tim, who had Down syndrome, was adopted by foster parents who became campaigners

Eight people have been killed and others are missing as Austrian civil authorities warn citizens to stock up on supplies

20-year-old student working in bedroom admits being behind huge leak of personal data

Investigators say they have questioned several people in relation to mass data hack

Hundreds of politicians and media figures caught in Germany’s biggest data dump

Stability of euro key to Berlin amid external pressures on EU from China and the US

Tax introduced by SPD-Green coalition led to rise in fuel prices by 20% in first four years

The underestimated easterner steered Germany through crisis. But her pact with voters finally shattered

Country has a shortage of qualified labour

Journalist resigns after flaw exposed in otherwise ‘perfect’ stories – they weren’t true

Law facilitates document to be changed retrospectively if wrong gender first registered

Kramp-Karrenbauer, who wants to win back conservative voters, opposed to law change

However senior officials decline to confirm support would remain in the future

Juncker says there is ‘no room whatsoever’ for renegotiation of the withdrawal treaty

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer must grasp the nettle of migration while building power

Friedberg and Bad Nauheim pedestrian lights reflect memories of the American GI

Dossiers demand surveillance of populist party by domestic intelligence agency

Delegates feel German voters want a new start, clear decisions and long-term strategy

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer might have a testing transition ‘co-habitating’ with Merkel

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer’s victory puts her in pole position to be German chancellor

Many exporters are looking to Germany for opportunities amid Brexit uncertainty

Kramp-Karrenbauer is in the Merkel mould whereas Merz is seen as a departure

In total 12 people running but a close race likely between Kramp-Karrenbauer and Merz

Wolfgang Schäuble has publicly backed Friedrich Merz in what some see as revenge

Profile: Foiled in 2000, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer now tops polls to lead CDU

At least four relatives of Law and Justice party officials or employees work in its offices in Europe

Relinquishing CDU leadership seems to have freed up the buttoned-down German leader

Inquiry, sparked by Panama Papers revelations, to continue into second day

Finance minister favours minimum level of tax for multinationals

CDU leadership hopeful is learning the rich aren’t really trusted in Germany

Brussels has been in bad-tempered talks with Warsaw over judiciary reforms for two years

Every three days a German woman is killed by her partner

AfD officials urged to ‘refrain from blanket defamation of foreigners/immigrants/refugees’

France and Germany have ‘obligation not to let the world slip into chaos,’ president says

Three contenders for CDU leadership begin contest civilly but looking inward

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Angela Merkel insists alternative to deal agreed this week is disorderly Brexit

Vote against Ulf Kristersson a ‘protest against rising tide of right-wing nationalism’

German chancellor's announcement is a belated attempt to define her legacy

Ireland’s master milliner on Vivid, his huge Berlin revue, and being Irish and gay

The EU is vigilant about its borders. Brexit negotiators could learn valuable lessons here

Warsaw says it will study order but is determined to push ahead with reforms

VW says scheme is incentive to switch to cleaner vehicles and not ‘about selling new cars’

Germany’s biggest party faces a leadership crisis that dares not speak its name

More election disaster looms for CDU as chancellor moves into damage-limitation mode

Kaja Godek is being sued by 16 LGBTI+ people over comments on the Taoiseach

Rich Land, Poor Land: It is Europe’s largest economy, the EU’s biggest donor, and home to 120 billionaires

A last-minute miracle seems to be the only possibility now for the German chancellor

Malgorzata Gersdorf refuses to leave her job and accuses the government of ‘wanting to be sheriff’

Defamation case will decide line between freedom of expression and hate speech

Kaja Godek in May described Taoiseach’s homosexuality as a ‘perversion’ during television discussion

Warsaw Letter: ‘Kler’ church paedophilia and corruption plot points finger at passivity

Hamburg has already imposed bans and Frankfurt and Stuttgart to follow

Poor showings for her centre-right alliance could catalyse her transition out of power

After a multimillion-euro renovation, the arts institute is ready to spearhead a renaissance

Car bosses urge politicians to back purchase incentives instead of costly recall and refit

Portuguese footballer is accused of raping a woman at a Las Vegas hotel in 2009

Juventus star denies he assaulted 34-year-old American at Las Vegas hotel in 2009

Despite professed goodwill, ‘profound differences’ weigh on Turkish president’s trip

Disgruntled CDU backbenchers send signal to chancellor and further erode her power

New report details cases of 3,677 children abused by clerics over nearly 70 years

Far-right-controlled interior ministry calls for police to limit dealings with critical media

Attempts now begin to find new prime minister who can command parliamentary majority

Latest government row is frustrating voters and driving support for the far-right

Pamela Rendi-Wagner has been thrust into a tough role – to revive the country’s ailing centre-left

Chancellor reportedly changed her mind to favour retrofitting engines to cut emissions

Unpublished insights show how fascism swept through inter-war Germany

Also, Merkel’s alliance slips to 28%, its lowest-ever level of support in the poll’s history

Rank-and-file SPD members livid with deal seen as another humiliation for their party

Hans-Georg Maassen removed from office after playing down far-right role in Chemnitz unrest