The leader of Germany’s surging Greens party, a likely coalition partner in any new government, raised the pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives to ditch their balanced budget goal and finance a climate protection plan with new debt.

Germany’s economy minister said he believed the Russian-backed Nord Stream 2 pipeline can go ahead while preserving Ukraine’s vital interests, but that Berlin is also in talks to diversify its energy supply with liquefied natural gas.

America’s trade deficit widened in February, reaching the largest monthly gap between exports and imports of goods and services in a decade.

In almost any other sport or competition, it would be anathema to a type of observer, especially Real Championship Man: The wretched dead rubber.

Why would you do that to yourself?

There is room for a special deal on the North in any Brexit deal. 

Hertha Berlin players took a knee in solidarity with American sports stars ahead of their Bundesliga game against Schalke on Saturday.

Germany has the confidence and capacity to lead Europe, but, ahead of Angela Merkel’s expected re-election, that doesn’t mean its partners have to like it, writes John Lloyd.    

Lufthansa is considering buying a majority of insolvent Air Berlin’s aircraft, sources have said, as the German government and rivals race to carve it up.

Earlier this week, Britain’s new £3bn (€3.3bn) aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in Portsmouth amid much fanfare and red-white-and-blue jingoism. The carrier is to be based there for 50 years.

British airline Easyjet is set to win unconditional EU competition approval to buy parts of failed German peer Air Berlin, say sources.

Two giant pandas have received a celebrity welcome in Berlin from the mayor and Chinese ambassador after they weathered a long flight from China.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed the Netherlands in its diplomatic fight with Turkey as Nato's chief called for alliance members to respect each other and the European Union urged Turkey to calm down.

The UK should block any attempt by Germany to shift the headquarters of the London Stock Exchange to Frankfurt after it merges with rival Deutsche Boerse, an MP has said.

Greece's prime minister has vowed to exhaust diplomatic and, if necessary, legal means to wrest reparations from Germany for its brutal occupation of the country in the Second World War.

Italy said yesterday that it is “making progress” in protracted talks with Brussels over the best ways to inject much-needed money into its broken banks.

Europe urgently needs a €150bn bailout fund to recapitalise its beleaguered banks, particularly those in Italy, said Deutsche Bank’s chief economist in an interview with Welt am Sonntag.

Too many other Nato countries rely on the US to defend them without making a full contribution of their own to the alliance’s budget, writes Josh Cohen

Germany is considering scrapping tax benefits for companies that do business with tax havens abroad as a reaction to the Panama papers, Der Spiegel magazine reported yesterday.

This is how the men and women who would be involved in the looming rebellion spent this week 100 years ago — some deeply involved in its planning, others still oblivious.

We still underestimate the crucial role played by veteran Fenians in the United States including O’Donovan Rossa and, in particular, John Devoy, writes Terry Golway

Greece must implement its bailout programme fast to achieve its main aim of regaining access to market financing and escaping international supervision, re-elected leftist prime minister Alexis Tsipras has said.

Many of Germany’s top figures have a history with the car industry, including the chancellor, Angela Merkel, and regulations have been lax as a result, writes Noah Barkin.

The German government has agreed to give its 16 states a total of around 4 billion euros next year to help them deal with the increased number of migrants and refugees entering the country.

US singer Demi Lovato has given the most literal answer to the ’what’s your favourite dish’ question you are ever likely to hear.

Hundreds of migrants protested outside Budapest’s Eastern Railway Terminus demanding they be allowed to travel on to Germany, as EU asylum rules came close to collapse under the strain of unprecedented migration.

Germany will pull two Patriot missile batteries, and 250 troops, from southern Turkey by the start of next year, after a reassessment of the threats from the conflict in neighboring Syria.

Whether Greece stays in the eurozone remains a question of no little importance to Europe and the future prosperity of the Greek people. 

Germany was fooling itself if it believed the peaceful post-WW2 neighbourhood it helped create transcended the logic of brute force, as the Ukraine crisis reveals, writes Lucian Kim.

Negotiations on the Greek plan broke down completely last night with pressure due to mount today as EU leaders gather in Brussels.

The departure of Patrick Honohan from the Central Bank caps a week where the Irish public saw the true reality of central bank independence.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has called for a speeding-up of work to conclude a reform-for-cash deal with eurozone creditors to keep his country afloat after talks with German chancellor Angela Merkel, yesterday.

Greece failed yesterday to secure a quick cash payment from the eurozone rescue fund to help stave off potential bankruptcy next month, raising pressure on Athens to deliver a convincing reform programme within days.

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras and German chancellor Angela Merkel put on a public display of mutual goodwill yesterday, appealing to Greeks and Germans to set aside recrimination and national stereotypes and work for a better European future.

Angela Merkel and Alexis Tsipras have sought to play down the drama of the Greek leader’s first official visit to Berlin today.

Germany has dismissed Greek demands to pay World War Two reparations after leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused Berlin of using legal tricks to avoid paying compensation for the Nazi occupation of his country.

Greece has been cast as Europe’s bad boy, with other states happy to deliver a kicking, but in fact it fulfilled many of its troika commitments, writes Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill

Greece has made a pitch to convince its European creditors to accept its request for a six-month loan extension, which would allow Athens to pay its bills and avoid a potential exit from the euro.

The stage is set for a bad tempered meeting between Greece and its eurozone colleagues over extending its present programme, with Germany demanding major compromises from Athens.

Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin has hit out at the IMF's former mission chief for Ireland, who suggested we could have had a better deal on our debt burden.

The Government has denied claims it had squandered its own mandate for change by missing an opportunity to secure a significant debt reduction deal for Ireland.

Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s movie Taxi, in which the director stars as a taxi driver talking to passengers as he navigates the streets of Tehran, won the top Golden Bear prize Saturday at the Berlin International Film Festival.