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Siobhan Dowling

GlobalPost

Based in Berlin, Siobhán Dowling covers German and European affairs.

Dowling has lived in Germany for many years and worked as an editor and journalist at Spiegel International from 2005 to 2011. She has written for many publications, including The Guardian, The Observer, CNBC Business Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Times, S Magazine, Ireland’s Sunday Business Post and the Irish Times website.

Dowling grew up in Ireland, and studied History in Dublin, Paris and Oxford.

Berlin techno clubs face tax nightmare

Lifestyle

Berlin techno clubs including Berghain, Cookies and Weekend face steep tax bills after inspectors deny their cultural value.

S&P downgrade irks euro officials, who call for homegrown alternative

Business, Finance & Economics

Auschwitz documents surface, then vanish

Agence France-Presse

No prosecution yet of German President Christian Wulff, yet the scandal deepens

Business, Finance & Economics

Critics slam plans to publish Mein Kampf extracts in Germany

Agence France-Presse

German economics minister sees no risk of recession

Business, Finance & Economics

Philipp Roesler tells parliament Germany only experiencing a temporary “growth dent.”

Greece and creditors inch toward debt deal

Agence France-Presse

Athens haircut agreement would ward off the threat of disorderly default in March.

German minister suggests alternative to EU Tobin tax

Agence France-Presse

Economics Minister Philipp Roesler floats a British-style bourse tax to get the UK back on board.

Berlin resists pressure from Lagarde and Monti to bolster European Stability Mechanism bailout fund

Agence France-Presse

IMF chief Lagarde urged a bigger ESM.

Germany’s jobs miracle

Agence France-Presse

How Europe’s biggest economy grew employment during the crisis.