Rowing Ireland chief executive Hamish Adams hopes yesterday’s medal haul at the European Championships in Germany lays the foundation for glory at the Olympic Games in Rio later this year.

A collection of cigars made for Hitler’s deputy, Hermann Goering, has sold for £1,300.

Germany has dispatched thousands of soldiers to help cities and towns cope with flooding from the rain-soaked Danube and other southern rivers, a day after the Bavarian city of Passau saw its worst flooding since 1501.

Brandenburg: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said investors are trying to “blackmail” governments into helping debt-strapped European countries, underscoring the need for all euro-area governments to reduce debt.

THE businesspeople of Kerry are celebrating after the county was awarded the prestigious title of European Entrepreneurial Region of the Year for 2011.

Kerry has been awarded the prestigious title of European Entrepreneurial Region of the Year 2011 at a ceremony hosted by the EU Committee of the Regions (CoR) in Brussels today.

Aerospace giant Rolls-Royce has snubbed Government support to help it build a test centre in the UK after being offered £10m (€14.3m) to launch the new facility in Germany, it emerged today.

German customs agents raided 41 companies across the country last week suspected of illegally selling equipment and technology to Iran intended for use in its nuclear programme, authorities said today.

THREE more wild birds in north-eastern Germany have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus, authorities said yesterday, bringing to 117 the total number of infected birds found in the region.

Three more wild birds in north-eastern Germany have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus, authorities said today, bringing to 117 the total number of infected birds found in the region.

Some 7,000 people were evacuated from homes, schools and a hospital in a city north of Berlin after a Second World War-era bomb was found in a river.

A senior conservative’s participation in Germany’s proposed new left-right government was in doubt today as politicians struggled to digest the implications of a sudden leadership crisis in the centre-left Social Democrats.

Fifteen years after the Berlin Wall fell, 24% of West Germans surveyed said they wanted it back, according to a poll published today.

British transport group Arriva today said it was entering the German bus market with the acquisition of one of the country’s largest privately owned bus companies.

The boxing world united in tribute today to the former world heavyweight champion Max Schmeling, who has died at the age of 99.

Some 5,000 residents of Potsdam in Germany were evacuated from their homes today while explosives experts defused a 250-kilogram (550lb) US Second World War bomb, police said.

EAST GERMANS gave a strong boost to right-wing extremists and the former communists in two state elections, punishing the country’s biggest mainstream parties for the region’s high unemployment and cuts in social programmes.

East Germans gave a strong boost to right wing extremists and the former communists in two state elections, punishing the country’s biggest mainstream parties for the region’s high unemployment and cuts in social programmes.

Thousands of workers continued to fight devastating floods in central Europe today as the death toll from the disaster rose to at least 105.

Thousands of people were evacuated from the baroque city of Dresden in eastern Germany today as floods on the Elbe River reached record levels.

German authorities evacuated thousands of people near Dresden's historic centre today as floodwaters in the Elbe River reached an all-time high, also spilling into a square close to some of the city's cultural landmarks.

Flash thunderstorms that lashed northeastern Germany with winds up to 95 mph left seven people dead and forced an airliner to make an emergency landing.

A British rabbi needed hospital treatment after he was attacked by anti-semitic youths in Berlin.