Germany – Page 3 – Ian Birrell

Germany’s refugee inferno

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th September, 2015) In the three-storey house in the neat village of Gerstungen, the smell of smoke and charred wood hangs heavy […]

Defence / Europe / Germany / Politics / Russia

Europe’s defence wanes as the Putin threat grows

Published by The Wall Street Journal (4th March, 2015) The chill of a new Cold War is descending over Europe. In Ukraine, ripped apart by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s […]

Arts / Books / Europe / Germany

Living in the shadow of the Wall

Published by The Daily Mail (2nd January, 2015) Born in the GDR by Hester Vaizey (OUP Oxford) As the daughter of a Protestant vicar brought up in East […]

Europe / European Union / Germany

The little communist who grew up to be the world’s most powerful woman (with the future of capitalism in her hands)

Published in the Daily Mail (November 25th, 2011) Unlike so many modern politicians, Angela Merkel does not believe in placing her private life on public display. We know […]