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

01 October
- Bayern snatches draw from Lyon
- Germany meets Russia for first time since Georgia crisis
- Financial crisis seen pushing Germany into recession
- Edeka recalls contaminated spice
- German retail sales jump
- Police struggling to find evidence against Cologne terror suspects
- Bavarian premier Beckstein resigns
- Deutsche's Ackermann calls for European financial safety net
- Elderly German divorcées protest east-west benefit gap
- ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ goes to German gynaecologist
02 October
- Berlin irked over French talk of EU bailout fund
- Aging Nazi sentenced for attempted toy gun heist
- Historians lower death toll in Dresden bombing
- Melamine-tainted candy found in Germany
- What's on in Germany: October 2 - 8
- Struck slams Deutsche Bank CEO over bank bailout suggestion
- Customs officers bust gold smuggling ring
- Partying like it's 1989
- IG Metall begins key wage negotiations
- Germany ranks number one as country 'brand'
- US soldier sentenced to prison in Germany
03 October
- Rescue package for Hypo Real Estate approved
- German minister rejects plan to extend maternity leave
- Germany kicks off Unity Day celebrations in Hamburg
- Cops break up wild teen party in Lippstadt
- German carmakers report plunging sales
- Merkel wants young Germans to learn about recent history
04 October
- Economy minister rejects Europe-wide bank bailout
- Germans face higher health costs
- Deutsche Telekom rocked by massive data theft scandal
- Ballack and Frings back for Russia, Wales clashes
- Steinmeier wants German elite troops out of Afghanistan
- Drunk in Cologne dials emergency to 'save the world'
05 October
- Bailout for Germany’s Hypo Real Estate collapses
- Minister invokes Hitler to warn of finance crisis dangers
- Klinsmann admits lacklustre Bayern deserve fans' boos
- Retail giant to cut ‘hundreds of jobs’ in Germany
- Six million visit Munich's beer bash
- Report says Berlin a hub for Vietnamese traffickers
- Merkel pushes bank rescue to avert wider financial crisis
- Germany rescues Hypo Real Estate
- Unlimited guarantee promised for all German accounts
06 October
- Europe scrambles to follow Germany's financial rescue plan
- Germany's largest pumpkin weighs in at 604 kilos
- Coalition agrees on domestic deployment of Bundeswehr
- Police search 140 German homes for illegal ebay goods
- German awarded Nobel Medicine Prize for cancer virus work
- 'Marriage terror' spurs axe murder in Bavaria
- DAX slumps to two-year low amid turmoil
- Germany moves to shore up panicky financial markets
- Activist group petitions to save Tempelhof airport
07 October
- Regional train collision injures one in Berlin
- Germany at odds with Italy on European bailout fund
- Industrial federation says crisis creates credit problems
- Opel closing two factories temporarily
- German cabinet backs new Afghanistan mandate
- Bayern guarantees Klinsmann's job until end of season
- Hypo Real Estate boss Funke resigns
- Oktoberfest revellers shun beer for condoms
- Path clear for Seehofer to become next Bavarian premier
- Bringing Berlin's BMWs to bed
- Cologne terrorist suspects released on lack of evidence
- Merkel: Germany 'strong' enough to cope with financial crisis
08 October
- Germans believed dead in Nepal plane crash
- Demand for gold exceeds supply as Germans seek safe haven
- German Nobel winner criticizes big pharma
- DAX plunges under 5,000 points
- Berlin boasts brilliant fall leaves and a hefty cleanup bill
- Germany planning to make stay in terror camps a crime
- World's first double arm transplant patient lauds results
- German teen injured making internet bomb
- ECB joins concerted worldwide rate cuts
- Exberliner Magazine picks the best of bilingual Berlin
- Hitting Berlin's streets for Obama
- US soldier in Grafenwöhr to be tried for fatal beating
09 October
- Germany planning new official government email service
- Angelina Jolie praises family-friendly Berlin
- Leipzig remembers peaceful revolution in East Germany
- Nepal crash that killed Germans blamed on poor visibility
- Police stage nationwide raids on neo-Nazi youth organization
- What's on in Germany: October 9-15
- Merkel confers with Sarkozy and Bush over crisis
- Bavaria could relax smoking ban
- Steinbrück: Berlin not mulling nationalizing banks - for now
- Deutsche Bahn postpones stock listing
- Identified WWII British bomber crewman to be buried in Berlin
- Dead man found in Aalen flat one year later
10 October
- Regulator Bafin freezes Icelandic bank Kaupthing operations
- Poles upset over EU's 'German' Copernicus project
- Wild boar kills hunter near Potsdam
- Bundesrat rejects dual citizenship motion
- Frankfurt's DAX tanks over ten percent
- Saxony slaughters 1,400 farm fowl after bird flu outbreak
- Man accidentally sells yacht for €22.50 in online auction
- Making the Tropics topical in Berlin
- 3-D model of Roman-era Cologne goes online
- Zwickau cops mistake beet juice for blood
- Merkel demands international rules for financial markets
11 October
- German investors flee to Sparkasse safety
- Ballack says harmony reigns ahead of Russia match
- Kingfisher crowned bird of the year
- Protests force Hamburg Neo Nazi clothes shop to close
- Telekom mobile phone customers' data available on internet
- Nobel laureate warns against relaxing smoking ban
- Merkel and Sarkozy vow joint front against financial crisis
- Ballack seals German win over Russia
12 October
- Vitali Klitschko crowned boxing world champ in Berlin
- Reich-Ranicki rejects 'rubbish' television honour
- Anglers discover arm washed up on Cologne riverbank
- Löw kicks Kuranyi out of national team for going off in a huff
- Cannabis killers face murder charges for killing rich granny
- Merkel: state must restore faith in markets
- Merkel pledges German bank rescue package
13 October
- British Airways flight makes emergency landing at Schönefeld
- German health insurers reject medical marijuana coverage
- Berliners rush to ride 'candy bomber' before Tempelhof closes
- Berlin parents helpless as childcare workers strike
- Troubled German chip maker Qimonda to slash 3,000 jobs
- German engineer alleges lies in Kaprun fire catastrophe trial
- Germany arrests BND's top spy in Iran
- DAX surges higher on bank rescue plan
- Germany puts together €480-billion rescue plan
- Bavarian police search for murdering hitchhikers
14 October
- Famed Frankfurt book fair feels financial crisis
- Man and dog fall from Berlin autobahn bridge
- Franco used Nazi Enigma machines in Spanish civil war
- Drunk truck driver stops at police station for directions
- Schürrer gets life sentence for murdering Swedish kids
- Daimler slashes 3,500 jobs in North America
- German economy 'on the brink of recession'
- German women don't want to cook your dinner
- Socialists nominate TV cop Sodann for German presidency
- Indian minister's son suspected of raping German girl in Goa
- German Media Roundup: Berlin’s bank rescue bonanza
- Gerolsteiner scraps cycling team amid doping scandals
15 October
- Ballack injury creates doubts for qualifier with Wales
- High German inflation eases slightly
- Bavarian slaughter house shut down in rotten meat scandal
- Germans aren’t freaking out about financial crisis
- What's on in Germany: October 16-22
- Merkel: world facing worst crisis since 1920s
- Thousands of WWII bombs uncovered in Köthen
- Munich Re boss warns German banks still under threat
- English church cricket team apologises for losing to Germans
- Bishop Mixa slams Germany’s 'hostile' attitude toward children
- Google appeals German court ruling against image searches
- Brown coal: Germany's big dirty secret
- Lufthansa cuts ticket fuel surcharges
16 October
- Trochowski secures German win over Wales
- Provocative pope musical debuts in Munich
- Merkel: Germans and Turks must show more respect and tolerance
- Student busted for Peruvian cocaine candy at Munich airport
- 'Caliph of Cologne' reportedly jailed for life
- Germany slashes 2009 growth forecast
- Kinky German couple creates cop chaos on Bavarian highway
- Electronic books a hit at Frankfurt Book Fair
- German bank execs called upon to contribute to bailouts
- Doping scandals wreck German cycling
- Mother pedals naked toddler through chilly Munich
- German MPs vote to send more troops to Afghanistan
17 October
- First eastern German mosque opens in Berlin
- Two die in huge crash on A43 near Dülmen
- Socialist presidential candidate says Germany isn’t a democracy
- Deutsche Bank CEO gives up bonus of millions in 'solidarity'
- Police hope mass DNA test will nab 'Germany's oldest serial killer'
- Teen band Tokio Hotel wins at Latino MTV awards
- Germany passes €480-billion bailout
- Germany’s 'nastiest priest' avoids jail
- Frustrated Frings mulling leaving German national team
- Germany threatening to cut funding to cycling federation
18 October
- Women Turkish writers stand proud in Frankfurt
- Klinsmann bets on Bayern recovery with squad stars
- SPD meets to crown new leadership duo
- Lonely hearts' real info available to all on internet
- German wines sell well even in global financial gloom
- Engine problem forces holiday jet to stop in Belgrade
- Merkel 'ignored' Morsleben nuclear waste dump warnings
- Klose breaks Bayern's winless streak as Hoffenheim tops league
19 October
- Steinmeier promises tough finance rules
- Fraudster tries to sell US embassy in Rome
- Rare books keep their price despite threat of depression
- Breakdancers bust a move in Braunschweig
- Forensic scientists solve puzzle of body with DNA from two people
- German human rights activist thrown out of Colombia
20 October
- German university fees scaring students away
- Dead infant found in Großkugel washing machine
- German retiree attacks neighbour with Samurai sword
- Bayern could face Fiorentina without injured Toni
- Germany sets tough rules for bank bailouts
- Putting the surround in sound
- German study connects snoring to erectile dysfunction
- Berlin planning 'targeted measures' to boost economy
- Berlin mother gives birth to sextuplets
- Rutting buck tramples girl at animal park near Silz
- Suicide attack kills two German soliders
- Lafontaine backs Sodann's call to jail German bankers
21 October
- Glos demands bankers sacrifice bonuses
- Mafia trial for Duisburg slayings starts in Italy
- Alba Berlin hopes to lure Nowitzki from NBA
- Reich-Ranicki ruckus co-opted by advertising industry
- OECD sees gap between rich and poor growing in Germany
- Germany and France lead in writing new tax haven blacklist
- Bureaucratic error frees dangerous sex offender early
- Germany's favorite 105-year-old singer sues over SS claims
- Lentil and pork stew recalled in broken glass scare
- TSV 1860 München fires Göktan for taking cocaine
- Swiss student dies of Meningitis in Berlin
- Police remove determined talent show reject in handcuffs
- Farmer who killed parents and fed neighbour to pigs loses appeal
22 October
- Military association blames government for dead soldiers
- Merkel aims to repair relations with China
- Education minister calls for schools to separate boys and girls
- Klinsmann insists Bayern must build on Fiorentina win
- BayernLB first in line for German state aid
- Germany promises €33.7m extra reconstruction aid to Georgia
- German terror suspect warns of attacks
- Police search KfW over transfer scandal
- Conductor throws 12-year-old cellist off train
- Berlin film tackles Brad and Angelina rumour mill
- Ballack's national team spot under threat
- Suspected Sauerland terror group helper arrested
23 October
- Football legend Trautmann to be honoured before England match
- Ex defence ministers: Germany is at war
- Cologne man trapped in old clothes container
- What's on in Germany: October 23 - 29
- Family cats warn father of house fire
- Wild boars cause surge in traffic accidents
- US Army redeploying troops to Germany
- Daimler issues 2008 profit warning
- Frings takes Ballack's side in tiff with Löw
- German public funds placed €100 million with Lehman Brothers
- Baby hatches have not reduced infant killings
- Danish court rules neo-Nazis should be extradited to Germany
- Getting by in Germany during the global meltdown
24 October
- Doctor charged for reusing dirty needles
- China's Hu labels ties with Germany 'good'
- 'Cannibal from Rotenburg' loses appeal
- DAX and euro slide to new lows
- Drunk fined €2,400 for swiping sausage in Cologne
- Volkswagen to cut output
- Kandinsky retrospective kicks off world tour in Munich
- Germany rejects 'naked' airport security scanner
- Seven-year-old runs amok in stolen go-kart
- Hitler's favourite meal stinks up Belgian cooking show
- Deutsche Bahn to recall part of ICE train fleet
25 October
- Rail passengers face delays amid train recall
- Chelsea blocks Ballack crisis talks
- Merkel warns of hard economic times ahead
- Daylight Saving Time ends
- Internet 'phishing' increasing in Germany amid financial crisis
26 October
- Daimler to suspend production for a month
- Iceland creates banking pain in told-you-so Germany
- Toddler crushed by candy machine
- Ballack to apologise for remarks about Löw
- Frankfurt animal lounge caters to furry frequent fliers
- Deutsche Bahn planned huge bonuses for bosses after IPO
- Collapse of circus stand near Düsseldorf injures 16
- Berlin districts agree to ban patio heaters
- Berlin sex trade fair titillates the masses
27 October
- German checkpoint attacked in Afghanistan
- Train fare increases higher in the east
- Merck posts solid third-quarter results amid crisis
- Postbank unveils €1-billion capital increase
- German business confidence tanks
- Six circus tigers saved from burning trailer
- Economist compares bank managers to persecuted Jews
- Energy company cooperation could curb consumer costs
- Seehofer elected premier of Bavaria
- Gassy old money bags injure Bundesbank workers
- Cold front 'Xevera' bringing taste of winter
- Church officials defend pricey birthday bash for pope's brother
28 October
- Germany ready to help stabilize Pakistan
- Deutsche Telekom suspends four workers in spying scandal
- Germans still shopping despite financial crisis
- Canada rejects ex-Nazi citizenship appeal
- Software giant SAP cuts 2008 revenue forecast
- Swede makes up kidnapping after marriage dispute
- Cops kybosh outdoor copulation
- Court orders neo-Nazi retailer to close
- Dead soldier's father says German troops ill-prepared
- Ebay reportedly slashing jobs in Berlin
- How green is Berlin?
- Hoffenheim lives Bundesliga fairytale
- Lufthansa cuts 2008 profit target
29 October
- Berlin wants EU peacekeepers to stay in Bosnia
- One-third of German hospitals in debt
- Beer sales on the rise
- Germany opens first offshore wind farm
- Porsche denies blame for VW stock chaos
- Czech cops post pics of German johns online
- Berlin extends anti-terror Naval mission off Horn of Africa
- Muppet caught speeding in Bavaria
- Lufthansa to take control of Britain's BMI
- Economy Ministry sets up hotline for crisis-hit firms
- Berliners struggle with Tempelhof closure
30 October
- Germans back nationalization of key industries
- Germany mulling tax break for green cars
- Steinbrück expects private banks to ask for state aid
- German unemployment hits 16-year low
- Retailer Metro warns of slower sales
- BASF lowers 2008 earnings targets
- VW earnings resist economic slump
- Berlin inaugurates contemporary art hall
- First snow snarls southern traffic
- Germany launches first gay TV channel
- Naked man sparks police chopper search
- What's on in Germany: October 30-November 5
- Physical and sexual abuse affects 40 percent of women
- Merkel calls for joint action to stem crisis
31 October
- Berliners say farewell to fabled Tempelhof
- German MPs warn against selling subs to Pakistan
- Train schedule delays will last until Christmas
- No treat for Halloween fans in Bavaria
- Australia snubs doc and Down Syndrome son
- Puma leaps over weak economy
- Hypo Real Estate gets first cash injection
- How do I cancel German contracts?
- Thieves pilfer cash machine with a bang
- Education ministry defends university fees
- Hamburg addresses racism by bouncers on the Reeperbahn
- Ballack to remain national team captain
- Berlin's public transport company forbids free iPhone app