Leaders hold pre-summit talks as German officials again deny any moves on backstop

Return of up to 4,000 fighters represents a security, political and legal nightmare

Germany and France urge calm amid fears Moscow could abandon diplomacy

Former Catalan leader arrested on Sunday on way back to self-imposed exile in Belgium

Daimler, BMW and VW implicated as politicians react with horror to news of trials

German chancellor accused by rival over use of helicopter at ‘knockdown price’

Angela Merkel under pressure to get tough with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Germany’s late leader asked for a ‘European state ceremony’. Was he settling scores?

Jean-Claude Juncker: An attack on any of our member states is an attack on us all

Kiev and Moscow both dismiss ‘secret peace plan’ reportedly delivered to Donald Trump

Berlin has vowed to examine consequence of Trump’s executive order for people with dual US-German citizenship

More air strikes reported in Syrian army offensive as Russia ignores Western pleas

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

Central bank counters German government claim retirement age of 67 will be enough

Angela Merkel criticised as open-door refugee policy linked to axe rampage in Bavaria

Ankara demands Washington hand over cleric it holds responsible for the putsch

United States calls on all parties in Turkey to support President Tayyip Erdogan

Opposition has warned the plan is rash and possibly illegal

Israeli leader had blamed Muslim cleric for getting Hitler to carry out extermination of Jews

Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko in Berlin for talks that exclude Vladimir Putin

Sources say deal reached on 3rd bailout after all-night talks

Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union warns repeated bending of rules will end in ‘chaos’

No vote deemed to ‘widen the gap’ between Greece and other euro countries

Greece government plans to extend closure of banks until Friday

German foreign intelligence agency accused of processing over 40,000 spy requests from US organisation

Ceasefire still in doubt as clashes continue and artillery stays at frontline

Kiev says it cannot withdraw weapons under truce and fears Mariupol is next big target

Leaders to hold Minsk summit on Wednesday, says German government spokesman

Putin, Hollande and Merkel meet for five hours amid fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine

German reaction to Syriza’s election victory in Greece ranges from negative to jubilant

Spokesman: Syriza victory does not change European, German attitudes towards reform

Newspaper claims government working on contingency plan for possible ’Grexit’

National interest comes first, says chancellor George Osborne after ‘Der Spiegel’ story

Top official tells Security Council ‘no way’ of verifying report of Russian invasion

Pro-Moscow rebels push back Kiev’s forces as Russia’s secret death toll appears to mount

Foreign minister says it is ‘not enough to show disgust’ at murder of journalist

Germans say ‘deep differences of opinion’ remain

Nothing resolved by Merkel and Obama phone conversation

31-year-old employee of BND intelligence agency admits passing documents to US contact

Russia offers access to border posts to monitor for fighters and weapons