Full coverage: Germany

One thing the European economy has always had going for it is its strong industrial sector. But thanks to bad luck, and a few big policy blunders, that's changing very quickly.

The great tradition of settling down on Christmas night to watch the family movie is still very much alive in Germany. But there’s no place for The Towering Inferno in Fergal Lenehan’s list of what Germans watch at this time of year.

Will Kennedy and Adrian Gilbane have backgrounds in brand, science and business. They have just raised €6.75m in debt and equity from some well-known names, and they’ve big plans.

Earlier this year, German accountancy firm ETL acquired 51% of Noone Casey. Anthony Casey talks about the deal and the ETL model.

Germany gave the world some of the largest department stores. They were retailing cathedrals opulently designed with marble staircases, rare woods and living palm trees. Today, many are closed, shuttered and decaying all across the country. What happened?

Diaries alleged in the 1980s to have been written by Adolf Hitler portrayed him as knowing little about the ongoing Holocaust. This was the main clue that the notebooks were fake.

Germans retain a vivid idea of what Total War actually means and the remnants of this occasionally re-appear. But are the country's conversations about Russia's war against Ukraine leading to a clarity absent in Ireland?

The economic consequences of sanctions are being felt in Russia and in the West. Nicholas Mulder discusses sanctions, the united response to Putin's invasion that may have stunned the Russian president and why unity is needed in the next steps too.

After retrenching from Germany at a profit in recent years, Galway-born brothers Brian and Luke Comer have just bought a high-profile hotel in Hamburg. Covid-19 has created the type of opportunity their fortune is based on.

German governments do what voters have elected them to do, under the watchful eye of the Bundestag. This previously led to austerity-laced EU bailouts. This time, Germany’s big election issue was the environment.