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

01 June
- RWE offers to sell off German gas transport network
- Steinmeier meets new Lebanese president
- Steffi Graf awarded top German sports honour
- Employers to sue Berlin over dole payments
02 June
- Merkel failing to lead, Social Democrats say
- Negotiations to end German milk strike sour
- Couple dies in farm plane crash near Konstanz
- Germans back tax cuts to lower petrol prices
- London artists exhibit defaced Hitler paintings
- Göttingen school evacuated after chemistry accident
- Germany reportedly readies legal veto on sovereign fund takeovers
- ECB celebrates 10th anniversary in Frankfurt
- EU says water quality at German beaches worsens
- Missing German researcher found alive in Congo
- Ticking baby doll causes bomb scare at German NATO base
03 June
- UN climate change talks in Bonn to follow up Kyoto
- Baden-Württemberg storm flooding kills 3
- Pilot strike grounds dozens of German flights
- German camera on Mars probe potentially discovers ice
- Milk supplies drying up amid German price row
- Germany to earn €1 billion from sales of carbon emission rights
- Drug traffickers busted in Frankfurt with €7 mln in cocaine
- Dutch paper claims Merkel is Oranje fan
- Sojourning in Schleswig
- Deutsche Bahn denies spying like Telekom
- Swede held for dramatic 1995 German bank robbery
04 June
- Energy dominates German imports from Russia
- Milk strike damages estimated at €50 mln
- Most Germans willing to pay more for milk
- Football: Jens Lehmann signs with VfB Stuttgart
- Deutsche Telekom to curb staff data access after spying scandal
- Germany's Euro 2008 referee will opt out on psychotherapy
- Glass ceiling means diplomacy is still a man’s world
- Support for SPD plummets to new low
- Germany's Zugspitze glacier gets sunshield
- Biblical theme park coming to Germany
- Police raid German rappers with fake guns and drugs
- German cabinet approves contentious bills for terror data
05 June
- Tchibo billionaire dies in US boating accident
- Russia's Medvedev due in Berlin for first European trip
- What's on in Germany: June 5 - 11
- Gabriel: no danger for Germany from Slovenian nuclear mishap
- Polish paper calls for Ballack's head
- Exberliner Magazine’s best of Berlin this month ...
- EU launches legal action against Germany over VW law
- Why are there more abortions in Berlin?
- German hiker finds dead baby near Zeitz
- German dairies demand nationwide price hike
- Berlin in their own words
- Dairy leader calls for end to German milk strike
- Medvedev tells Berlin he's 'worried' by tensions with West
06 June
- Germany urges EU to take more Iraq refugees
- Schäuble aims to keep German hooligans from Euro 2008
- Heidi Klum crowns teen Germany’s top model
- Russian media label Medvedev's Germany visit a success
- Drunken German attacks police with samurai sword
- German adventurer found Machu Picchu decades before American
- Bundesbank raises 2008 growth forecast, but cuts it for 2009
- Buback murder case reopened against ex-RAF terrorist
- Where to watch Euro 2008 matches in Germany
- Berlin 'interested' in Russian security pact proposal
- Worshipping the North Sea God
- German industrial output falls again
- Germany faces Italian WWII claims
07 June
- Police arrest German pensioner for pushing girl into train
- Polish-born Podolski banking on German win
- German smoking ban crippling bars and pubs
- German to sue ministry over wrongful CIA rendition
- Lufthansa reportedly snooped on journalist
08 June
- Germany ready to tackle Poland in Euro opener
- Germans face massive gas price hike
- German beer sales to climb during Euro 2008
- Lesbians shock Krefeld with public sex in the city
- German solar sector pulls in big investors
- German politicians slam Bush legacy
- Polish and German fans face off in Klagenfurt
- Podolski brace lifts Germany to victory
09 June
- German gender wage gap among EU's worst
- Merkel pledges backing for French EU presidency
- German trade surplus jumps in April
- Lufthansa adds Asia Pacific routes, but not fuel surcharges
- Germany coach Löw: 'The Euro is a marathon'
- Police force Polish hooligans back over Frankfurt border bridge
- Neo-Nazi NPD party takes hold in municipal vote in Saxony
- Joop's cemetery 'penis statue' irks German mourners
- Back in black, red, and gold
- Man killed in police skirmish had surprise corpse in his bathtub
10 June
- Merkel and Sarkozy resolve dispute over car emissions
- As Bush era passes, Germany fears greater US demands
- Bierhoff says 2008 German squad can match Euro 1996 win
- Truck loses 350 cases of beer on Autobahn
- Bertelsmann reportedly keen to sell Sony BMG stake
- German milk prices expected to fall again
- German court overturns poker tournament ban
- Dry spell threatens baby stork population in Germany
- German rapper nearly jailed for violent lyrics
- German carmakers welcome modified emissions targets
- Bush arrives in Germany for talks with Merkel
11 June
- German biker gangs descend on murder trial
- Polish politician wants to strip Podolski of Polish passport
- Bush to prod Merkel on Iran ties
- Merkel slams “Anglo-Saxon” financial market regulation
- New iPhone to be released in Germany on July 11
- A third of SPD members mulling leaving the party
- Bush urges Germany to cut business ties with Iran
- Böhmer rejects criticism of German naturalization tests
- 'Jordy' bringing a wet and chilly weekend to Germany
- Going postal in Regensburg
- IKEA won't sell its prefab homes in Germany
- German dads staying home with the kids
12 June
- Croatia looks to dent German title hopes
- Turkish-Germans celebrate football victory in the streets
- Economic official sees no 'real poverty' in Germany
- What's on in Germany: June 12-18
- Steinmeier to visit quake-hit China region
- Jung: Germany must increase troop levels in Afghanistan
- Three Germans die in French rafting accident
- German judge pooh-poohs 'sex piggy' pee plea
- German coalition agrees on green car tax
- Pet psychic says Knut has a heavy heart
- Croatians outnumber Germans but party remains peaceful
- Croatia stuns Germany
13 June
- Merkel hits the road for German education offensive
- German football reporter makes bomb threat to delay plane
- Munich celebrates 850th anniversary
- German inflation reaches 3.0 percent in May
- Berlin aims to fight piracy on the high seas
- Fear and loathing in Brandenburg
- Cheating scandal forces 28,000 Berlin students to retake exam
- Majority of Germans say their language is 'degenerating'
- Deutsche Post to privatize its post office branches
- Schweinsteiger banned as Germany ponders loss to Croatia
- Germany regrets Irish EU treaty rejection
14 June
- Dark clouds gather over German camp after Croat shock
- Germany suggests EU proceed without Ireland
- Turks say Germans would not pass citizenship test
- S-bahn to ban hooligans for a year
- Geldof says Steinbrück breaking Merkel's aid promise
- Agency sets up to help report tax evasion in Germany
15 June
- Germany champs for innovation, losers in development
- German wins skyscraper run
- HIV positive men and pharmacist con €90k from German insurer
- 'Degenerate' art stolen by Nazis on show in Rostock
- Greens line up for leadership battle among new generation
- German bees hit the road to avoid genetically manipulated pollen
16 June
- German transporters foresee 10 percent price hike
- Turkish-Germans celebrate Turkey's quarterfinals entry
- Three killed in Regensburg plane crash
- German insurer reports spike in youth 'coma boozing' cases
- Pressure on Germans to avoid another 'Cordoba'
- Berlin students protest repeat exam after cheating scandal
- Dublin rejects Steinmeier's plan to leave Ireland behind
- Winning at the art of losing
- Germany's ProSiebenSat1 sells unit to Sweden's TV4
- So you want to become a German citizen?
- Top cop: don't park fancy ride in Kreuzberg
- Ballack kicks Germany to the next round
17 June
- Germany and Poland pushing ahead with Lisbon Treaty
- Study: mobiles won't cause cancer
- Environmental group warns of pricey German drinking water
- Boehringer Ingelheim set to buy US biotech group Actimis
- Germany's top literature prize goes to Josef Winkler
- Carl Zeiss creates world's smallest football field
- Germans warned not to forget 1953 uprising
- Daimler unveils share buyback plan
- German ZEW investor confidence survey drops sharply
- Ex-contestant of Klum's model show acquitted of drunk driving
- Köhler calls for a new German reform push
18 June
- EU probes state aid for Frankfurt’s Hahn airport
- Rising grocery prices force Germans to shop at discounters
- Adidas to sue Wal-Mart for copycat shoes
- Tottenham and Juventus reportedly interested in Podolski
- Patriotic Germans flying the flag for football
- Famed Hummel figurines get the axe
- Daimler to build auto factory in Hungary
- Löw banned from Euro quarterfinal match
- German cabinet agrees on raft of energy-saving laws
- Germany welcomes Gaza truce ahead of Palestinian forum
- Circus elephant escapes in Brandenburg
19 June
- Hamburg airport faces delays amid Lufthansa strike
- Termites attack German base on Afghan border
- Scientists develop helmet to control toy cars via brain waves
- Merkel says Lisbon Treaty must be approved by all EU states
- What's on in Germany: June 19-25
- Most Germans think EU reform should go on without Ireland
- Nick Hornby prefers reading to Germans
- EU approves EON bid for Viesgo and parts of Endes
- Speedy German woman steals police radar camera
- Germany jails Iraqi for al-Qaida recruiting
- Lidl store manager faces jail in Greece for mouse in beer bottle
- Berlin Mitte goes Bilbao
- German petrol prices hover near record highs
- Peacekeepers die in Bosnia chopper crash
- Germany stun Portugal to advance to semis
20 June
- Fans party as Germany makes final four
- Stauffenberg photo allegedly altered to resemble Tom Cruise
- Germany economy expected to slow in Q2
- Jeers for North Rhine- Westphalia's new English slogan
- German man banned from naked jogging
- German internet portal offers advice to families of neo-Nazis
- Woman caught rooming with three-legged llama in Mülheim
- Germany at odds with France on fuel tax
- Daimler announces an electric Smart car for 2010
- Bra missive saves American hiker missing in Bavarian Alps
21 June
- Jubilant Turks to face Germany in semifinals
- Germans to investigate WWII massacre in France
- Marburg makes solar power mandatory
- Dresden might lose world heritage site status in July
- US nuclear weapons in Germany considered insecure
- Bikers invade Hamburg for Harley fest
22 June
- German economics minister calls for more oil and nuclear power
- Tax men raid more millionaire homes
- Newspaper report on schoolgirls was an early Brecht satire
- Bionade could be cleared from shelves for misleading labels
- Jogi says stress cigarette his business
- Kieler Woche regatta and festival sets sail
23 June
- Old pilots due back in Berlin for Airlift anniversary
- Ammonia gas leak at German pool injures dozens
- Official calls for new German energy efficiency laws
- German general calls for 6,000 more NATO troops in Afghanistan
- Politicians demand Germany ditch US nukes
- Munich subway thugs stand trial for attempted murder
- High oil prices undermine Ifo German business sentiment
- Lufthansa workers strike in Frankurt and Düsseldorf
- Heavy storms damage property in Germany
- Batty for baseball in Bavaria
- Google loses right to Gmail name in Germany
24 June
- Berlin conference to boost Palestinian security
- Germany pledges 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan
- Berlin's Komische Oper to get new director
- Cheating rumours plague Berlin math exam retake
- German consumer confidence tanks
- "People want to be reminded of America at its best"
- Donors pledge $242 mln to support Palestine at Berlin talks
- German border town mobilizes against student 'drug trail'
- Russian-German Baltic gas pipeline ready by late 2011
- Pirates capture German-French family near Somalia
25 June
- Germany bans Kurdish television channel
- Berlin conference ends with fretting over fragile peace talks
- German police shoot man after knife attack on officer
- Siemens boss says firm is too German, white and male
- German grannies help produce modern crochet bikinis
- Germany prepares for massive football party
- One in eight Germans live in poverty
- Lufthansa says will meet profit target despite fuel costs
- Meet Germany's new letter, the big 'ß'
- What's on in Germany: June 26 - July 3
- Bavaria gets bareback in the saddle
- Lahm shoots Germany into Euro 2008 final
26 June
- Turks in Germany mourn loss
- Tiefensee wants to thin out traffic sign jungle
- ZDF sees record TV ratings despite broadcast blackout
- Study: German business likes Munich best
- Germany still shrinking despite more births
- Siemens hopes to avoid outright job cuts
- Untouched WWII bunker found on Danish coast
- Kate Moss hair extension lost in Berlin for sale on eBay
- Pilots return for 60th Berlin Airlift anniversary
- Storms slam Bavaria
27 June
- Hail pummels 30,000 new VWs
- German panty burglar caught trying on lingerie
- Germany begins preparations for Euro final against Spain
- Constantin Film planning first next gen German 3-D movie
- Künast: CDU nuking chances for alliance with Greens
- Merkel reportedly breaks her foreign aid promise
- German politicians slam Obama for death penalty comments
- Munich firm told to stop supplying Zimbabwe with banknote paper
- Unemployed German sets car alight as petrol protest
- German inflation surges to fastest pace in 15 years
28 June
- 'Jekyll and Hyde' Germany hoping for fairytale finish
- Ending Germany's six minutes of eternity
- Siemens reportedly planning 6,400 layoffs in Germany
- Great Dane attacks girl in Lower Saxony
- Berlin celebrates 30th CSD gay pride parade
- Ballack in doubt for Euro final after injury
29 June
- Half of Germans favour digital fingerprints on IDs
- Bavarian police arrest 50 for destroying GM corn field
- German special forces offer cash to recruits
- CDU wants to redouble efforts in eastern Germany
- Polish influx boosts German border economy
- German paedophile suspect arrested in Portugal
- Germany reaches fever pitch for Euro final
- Spain defeats Germany to win Euro 2008
30 June
- Severe weather causes damage near Bodensee
- Hamm bar brawl ends in stabbing
- German hiker falls to his death on Zugspitze
- Spain rains on Germany's football party
- Three killed on Saxony autobahn
- The fox nose
- Berlin to enforce smoking ban halfheartedly
- Heroes' welcome for Germany's almost-champions
- German blood brother ritual ends at hospital
- Germany's Adidas wins at Euro 2008
- Germany to store carbon dioxide underground
- Press Review: Germany comes up short again
- German dairy farmers ask for EU aid