📰 Breaking News: News Archive for March 2008 | Latest Updates from Germany 2025

01 March
- Germany gets yet another polar bear cub
- German tech show CeBIT goes green
- SPD heavyweights reportedly plotting to sideline Beck
- Storm 'Emma' death toll rises in Germany
- Ribery's one-man show secures Bayern win
02 March
- Wave of German layoffs 'not a sustainable concept'
- For sale: Nazi German tanks
- EADS beats Boeing to massive US defense contract
- German soldiers ate sausage made from their own blood
03 March
- Lufthansa plane avoids near catastrophe
- Support for Germany's hard left surges
- Volkswagen increases stake in Sweden's Scania
- Germany threatened by massive public sector strikes
- Merkel congratulates Medvedev as Berlin criticizes vote
- Facebook goes Deutsch
- Attacks force Berlin to increase public transport security
- Springer posts loss after mail unit problems
- Germany must take Russia’s Medvedev at his word
- Porsche swallows Volkswagen as VW grabs Scania
- Man turns off fire truck to 'save environment'
- SPD rules out deal with Left
04 March
- Merkel and Sarkozy make nice
- Britain tried astrology to defeat Hitler
- Germany hit by widespread strikes
- Struck backs Beck as next SPD chancellor
- Strong euro hurts 2007 German exports
- Hot German athlete boasts 'mind-blowing' career
- German soldiers too fat to fight
- Ludwigshafen fire 'unlikely' to be arson
- SPD's Ypsilanti seeks leftist support in Hesse
- Air and rail strikes threaten to paralyze Germany
- Study finds German middle class shrinking
05 March
- Adidas races ahead as Reebok unit lags
- Survey shows Social Democrats in free fall
- Deer killed red pandas at Nuremberg Zoo
- Snow and transit strike shut down Berlin
- German gas companies under fire for price gouging
- German teen killers sentenced for grisly murder
- Erotic wood from the German countryside
- East Germany's ice princess retires
- How much can Germany bear?
- German police to help Kosovo
- German postal worker stole 29,000 letters in 15 years
- Hundreds of German flights cancelled amid strike
06 March
- Man sets farm alight after fight
- Fujitsu-Siemens fails to meet targets
- Canada delays Schreiber's extradition to Germany
- German moped thief narrowly escapes hairdresser
- German football league to discuss ref row
- Germany's Friesinger skates to new track record
- 'Little chance' of German strike deal
- What's On In Germany: March 7 - March 14
- German MP demands return of Iron Cross medal
- Hamburg sets sights on new 'black-green' alliance
- ECB cuts growth forecast amid inflation concerns
07 March
- German monk caught stealing porno DVDs
- German industrial orders drop 1.5 percent
- Afghanistan suicide bomber came from Germany
- Bayern’s Kahn revisits roots as career end nears
- German wage talks collapse
- Social Democratic MP balks at leftist coalition in Hesse
- Theatre and science collide in Berlin museum
- SPD’s Ypsilanti abandons bid to become premier in Hesse
- German railway braces for major strike
- Merkel to address election flaws on Russia visit
- Former hardline judge Schill caught snorting cocaine
08 March
- Austrian officials receive acid packages from Germany
- German railway fights strike in court
- Schäuble says SPD 'damaged' German government
- Paper: Passengers lambast Lufthansa after near crash
- Putin warns Merkel: Medvedev to be tough on the West
- Tunnel could save Dresden’s UNESCO status
09 March
- German tax scandal informer says life in danger
- Working poor undermine Germany's prosperous image
- German town seeks Easter egg world record
- German railway might avoid crippling strike
- Survey: Germans positive about new smoking ban
- Prosecutors set to offer deal to fallen cycling star Ullrich
- Germany avoids massive rail strike
10 March
- Massive explosion kills one, injures nine in German city
- Poorest Germans despair as middle class shrinks further
- German trade surplus stronger than expected
- German Social Democrats try to quell leadership doubts
- VW's Spanish car unit Seat eyeing China market
- German trains on track after dodging huge strike
- BBC sells Nazi-bashing comedy to German TV
- Eurovision contestants No Angels accused of plagiarism
- New bionic eye implant to help the blind
- Merkel: No German troops in south Afghanistan
- Germany sees record level of neo-Nazi violence in 2007
11 March
- EADS profits down while shareholders get paid
- Top Iran reformist attacked for German embassy meeting
- Strike over for German textile workers
- Gridlocked Berlin faces protracted transit strike
- Storm 'Kirsten' set to hit Germany
- US and Germany to share data in terrorism fight
- Exploring Munich for Gastro Goodies
- Israel: Merkel allowed to give Knesset speech in German
- Jewish leader calls German railway boss a 'Nazi'
- Number of German residents with foreign roots rising
- German clubs target UEFA Cup quarterfinals
- Steinmeier: Don't let Holocaust memories fade
12 March
- Liechtenstein retracts all art loans to Germany
- German-Muslim integration improving despite 'mistrust'
- Poll: Germans support public worker strikes
- Lufthansa expects to soar in 2008
- Bono praises crusading Germany
- Two injured in Lufthansa emergency landing
- Ministry: joblessness nearly double official figures
- Support for Social Democrats plummets
- Austria grapples with Nazi past 70 years after Anschluss
- Ex axes door and stabs two
- Storm 'Kirsten' gets feisty
- Allianz offers Tsunami area microinsurance
- Berlin’s Tempelhof is more than just an airport
- Munich airport police find skeleton in carry-on luggage
13 March
- Transit strike slams Berlin economy
- German human rights envoy criticizes CIA 'waterboarding'
- German high court upholds incest law
- Euro hits new high against dollar
- Berlin plumber gets 7 months in jail for killing cat
- What's On In Germany: March 14 - 20
- VW welcomes Porsche takeover while thinking global
- German schools to teach Islam
- Steinmeier denies role in 'rendition' of German citizen
14 March
- Merkel's historic Israel visit
- Bremen's Klasnic dreams of Euro with new kidney
- German police kill US soldier
- Japan bars entry of German globalization activist
- Landlord gets life for gas explosion
- Economic upswing passes by average Germans
- Wall photo exhibition brings the West Bank to East Berlin
- Granny victim of colostomy confusion
- Afghans demand $50,000 for German hostage
- Germany calls for calm in Tibet
- Merkel: Russia could help with US missile defence system
- Dresdner Bank to split investment and retail units
15 March
- Merkel urged to be critical on Israel visit
- Talks begin to resolve German public sector wage row
- Fraudster busted over mobile phone contract for parrot
- Germany calls on China to talk to Dalai Lama over Tibet
- Germans to pay for failed tattoos
- WWII pilot regrets gunning down France's 'Little Prince'
16 March
- Shipwreck near Australia may solve war mystery
- 'Black day' for Bayern as Cottbus thrash leaders
- Candidate kicked off reality show for Nazi gaffe
- Germany wants cash back from Nokia
- Merkel to stress Germany’s responsibility to Israel
- Deutsche Post to trim operations
- Merkel rejects Olympics boycott over Tibet
17 March
- Long-lost WWII wreck found
- US soldier killed by German police identified
- Euro hits record high against dollar as gas prices soar
- Siemens tanks amid surprise profit warning
- Merkel visits Holocaust memorial on Israel trip
- Berlin transit strike ends
- Nude photos torpedo local SPD candidate
- Turkish-German terrorist was under government watch
- Hitler's Germania: A capital fit for a megalomaniac
- German orangutans sell €3,200 in paintings to UK
- Travel giant TUI to break up leisure and shipping units
- Protesters attack Chinese consulate
18 March
- Germany objects to EU milk ruling
- Social Democrats reach all-time low
- Huge blaze at Cologne plant extinguished
- Hamas says Merkel blind to Israeli 'Holocaust'
- German retail giant Metro to drop Kaufhof chain
- BMW motors ahead despite strong euro
- Lovesick pensioner 'blew up' woman's car
- Court upholds German school ban on Muslim headscarf
- Catholics hang condom ban on Fulda pharmacy
- Germany to start blind football league
- Merkel: Shoah binds Germany and Israel forever
19 March
- Dresdner Bank bails K2 out with $1.5 billion
- Snow forecast for Easter weekend
- Source offers list of 30,000 German tax evaders
- Bruno the bear on display in Munich
- Couple finds loaded pistol in used baby stroller
- Deutsche Telekom forecasts shrinking fixed-line sales
- German media mixed on Merkel's Knesset speech
- Organic Berlin firm targets primate palates
- German high court blocks data collection
- Russia to return looted WWII church windows to Germany
- Berlin to set up memorial for war displaced
20 March
- Berlin suspends talks with China over Tibet
- Rampant computer theft in German government offices
- Beijing forces German journalists out of Tibet
- Deutsche sole European bank to bid for Bear Stearns
- German energy agency warns of 'power void'
- Poll: Steinmeier best SPD candidate for 2009 chancellor
- What's on in Germany: March 20 - 26
- Passengers uninjured after plane crash in Germany
- Storm to bring wintry Easter weekend
- Siemens to sell electronics assembly unit
- Study: German youth boozing on the rise
- Bathing in Baden-Baden
- Swedish child murder suspect arrested
21 March
- Report: T-Mobile cyclists 'probably' doped
- Jewish group sues Google over Nazi YouTube content
- Germany demands transparency in Tibet
- German far-left reports success in west
- What does Tibet mean to us?
- Birthday cake saves German driver in crash
22 March
- German official warns biofuels could hurt developing nations
- Bishop slams violent Easter TV lineup
- Romania expels six Germans ahead of NATO summit
- German economic advisor sees worst crisis since 1945
- Schumacher third in motorbike debut
- Berlin backs proposal to reform UN Security Council
23 March
- Easter protests over Iraq and Afghan wars
- Albert Speer to rebuild Berlin stadium
- CSU demands better tax breaks for commuters
- Berlin hails Taiwan election results
- Swedish child murder suspect released in Germany
24 March
- Merkel to be firm on Afghanistan mission at NATO summit
- Football: Bayern deserve Bundesliga title, says Völler
- Block thrown from bridge kills mother of two
- EU's Pöttering threatens Olympic boycott
- German spy chief warns of new terror threats
25 March
- Drunk passengers cause emergency Lufthansa landings
- Metal industry booming in Germany
- German hostage in poor health
- Sony BMG said to offer unlimited online music plan
- Tokio Hotel singer to have surgery
- Neo-Nazi NPD leader charged for racist World Cup pamphlet
- Germany urges Pakistan's new premier to make reforms
- Sex no longer sells in St. Pauli
- 40,000 German doctors to strike
- Stuttgart's Super Mario looking to blitz the Swiss
- German transit freeloader gets nearly 2 years in jail
- Adidas unit Reebok to team up with Brazil's Vulcabras
26 March
- Late winter hangs on in Germany
- German discount grocery chain spies on employees
- Record profits for German construction giant Hochtief
- German business confidence posts surprise rise in March
- Parents of switched babies compensated
- German police arrest US soldier after deadly brawl
- Löw lays down the law to Germany's Euro squad
- Bruno the bear debuts
- Canada demands Germany join south Afghanistan fight
- Abramovich orders colossal German tunnel borer
27 March
- French orphans of Nazi conscripts sue Germany
- German consumer confidence picks up
- Autobahn motorist again targeted by falling debris
- Hamburg’s new philharmonic hit by cost explosion
- Verdi says Lidl workers should sue
- Munich's Transrapid maglev project axed
- What's on in Germany: March 27 - April 2
- German troops hurt in Afghan attack
- Controversial Russian artist missing in Berlin
- Review: Wolfgang Tillmans retrospective in Berlin
- Strike looms as German wage talks fail
- Schumacher gets first in Barcelona motorbike race
- Talks to sell 3 EADS plants fail
- IKB faces shareholder wrath over subprime mess
28 March
- Heidelberg plans ban on public drinking
- Suspected PKK ringleader arrested in Germany
- MP demands ban for German neo-Nazis
- Jilted German swan reunited with paddleboat crush
- German cannabis growth on the rise
- Özdemir: It's wrong to censor Dutch anti-Islam film
- EON to pay €11.8 billion for Endesa assets
- Berlin hardens 'no' to NATO offer for Georgia and Ukraine
- Berlin Zoo scandal: scores of animals 'disappeared'
- German vicar's grave therapy thwarted
- Berlin dismisses boycott of Beijing Games
29 March
- Muslim leader urges calm over 'Satanic' play in Potsdam
- German inflation spikes to 3.1 percent in March
- Olympic athletes urged to wear human rights bracelet
- Tokio Hotel cancels US tour dates
- Most Germans would do away with time change
- Young violent offenders seldom punished
- Telekom cycling soigneur to detail Ullrich's doping
- Germany threatened by massive strike
30 March
- Seehofer calls for employee protection
- German handball team scores place at Olympics
- Germany set for scorcher summer
- German circus camels run for freedom
- Schumacher: no new career in motorbikes
31 March
- ‘Satanic Verses’ premiere passes off peacefully
- Tokio Hotel singer's surgery successful
- Lidl apologizes for spying on workers
- Bush won’t ask Germany to increase troops in Afghanistan
- Woman suspected of killing Swedish children rearrested
- German public sector wage row resolved
- 'Flash mob' floods Berlin McDonald's with 10,300 burger orders
- Deutsche Bahn posts solid 2007 results despite strikes
- The art of discovering Frankfurt
- Germany considering tax fraud probe of Swiss bank UBS
- German Interior Minister Schäuble's fingerprint hacked
- Limp sales hit German sex shop chain Beate Uhse