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

01 November
- IG Metall stages strike in wage dispute
- Woman discovers €50,000 cash in changing room
- Transport Minister Tiefensee under fire for Bahn bonuses
- German pilot dies in Iranian ultra-light crash
- BMW heiress Klatten blackmailed by gigolo
- Germany to help small business through slump
- Berlin to contest Italian Nazi massacre ruling
02 November
- Deutsche Bahn ICE woes to last longer than expected
- Bayern and Hoffenheim win big
- Former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt to release Bach CD
- Every fifth Frau would bed Barack
- Government crafting economic rescue plan
03 November
- Thousands of metal industry workers strike
- Commerzbank applies for state aid
- Navy frigate sets off to help US mission near Africa
- Essen Catholic diocese buys inflatable church
- Headless man found in Berlin apartment
- Gabriel warns anti-nuclear waste activists against violence
- Linde avoids financial crisis with big net profit increase
- SPD rebels block Hesse left-wing coalition
- Jewish leaders slam recent hate crimes
- Looking beyond the White House
- Congolese war crimes suspect living openly in Germany
04 November
- Headless Berlin corpse was actually legless
- Military bishop says Germans don't support troops
- Bridge murder suspect goes on trial
- BMW posts hefty quarterly loss
- Siemens sells computer unit to Fujitsu
- Live Jamie Oliver stage show postponed in Hamburg
- Hesse girds for new state elections
- Suspected HIV-positive sex offender on trial in Berlin
- Chocolate cigarettes labelled a gateway drug
- Merkel details economic recovery plan
- 'Don't ask, don't tell' voting for US soldiers in Germany
- Where to watch US election coverage in Germany
- German TV told it must broadcast Tour de France
- 20 die in fiery bus accident near Hannover
05 November
- Panathinaikos blitz Bremen's Champion League hopes
- Berliners back Obama amid US election fever
- German leaders congratulate Obama
- Police probe deadly autobahn bus fire
- EU questions Commerzbank bailout
- Merkel launches economic stimulus package
- Baby born on Munich train gets lifelong ticket
- Berlin sees 'completely new' US foreign policy
- Man arrested with 300 kilos of chewing drug Khat
- German Media Roundup: A new dawn in America
06 November
- Dumped fiancée ‘disappointed and hurt’ by Boris Becker
- Berlin unwilling to help Obama more in Afghanistan and Iraq
- German youth fail to see Berlin Wall shadow
- High court curbs data collection law again
- Deutsche Telekom stands by 2008 outlook
- Back to business for blackmailed BMW heiress Klatten
- Police probe possible copycat bus fire
- ECB cuts eurozone interest rates
- Bayern targets Champions League 16 after Fiorentina draw
- Polticians criticize Russia's missile threats
- Apartment explosion kills one, injures five
- Germany economy in 'disastrous' shape
- Test your German geography skills
07 November
- Man stands trial for attempted Merkel attack
- Tokio Hotel wins MTV Europe award
- Hesse rival parties agree to vote again in election crisis
- Merkel pledges to work closely with Obama
- Bavarian doctor jailed for faking pilot health exams
- Doctors blast bar boob battle
- Bus fire likely caused by technical defect
- Bavarian bishop says sinful Berlin ripe for missionary work
- Porsche reports record profits
- Former Deutsche Post chief indicted in tax scandal
- Berlin returns stolen Hebrew manuscript
- Waning demand for exports fuels recession fears
08 November
- Obasi says Hoffenheim can crush any opponent
- German police bust violent anti-nuclear protests
- Insurance giant Allianz posts big loss
- Jewish leaders slam politician for 'pogrom' comment
- Conductor throws teen off train for travelling without ticket
- Steinmeier to visit Iraq in sign of support for Obama
09 November
- Germany remembers 'Kristallnacht' pogrom
- Ypsilanti drops out of Hesse election race
- Telekom layoffs to hit disabled workers
- Fischer blasts Merkel's financial firefighting
- Deutsche Post to cut 40,000 jobs
- German police close in on killer pensioner
- Jewish life hailed 70 years after Kristallnacht
- Police beat back anti-nuke protestors
10 November
- Santa's post office opens in Himmelpfort
- Rwandan president's aide arrested in Frankfurt
- Jung says Somalian pirates should face trial in Germany
- Rwanda protests arrest of Kagame aide
- Anti-nuke activists continue transport blockades
- Frankfurt Ryanair flight skids off Rome runway
- 'Biergarten weather' expected this week
- Preserving German expressions and dialects for posterity
- Deutsche Post to slash 9,500 DHL jobs in US
- Nazi death camp plans found in Berlin
- Cologne 'dog hater' strikes again
- Opel asks Merkel for help
- German prosecutors looking to charge 'Ivan the Terrible'
- Neo-Nazis face Jewish lawsuit for Obama slurs
11 November
- Asia launches German tsunami warning system
- Merkel calls for NATO strategy changes
- Nuclear waste transport reaches Gorleben
- Karneval kicks off in Cologne
- Engineers bail out of runaway freight train
- German economic confidence up despite recession reports
- Berlin's tale of two art scenes
- 'Senator Death' sparks euthanasia debate
- Police arrest three men for blowing up ATMs
- US suggests Boeing alternative amid A400M transport woes
- Mother admits freezing babies, denies killings
- Rwanda expels German envoy as diplomatic row escalates
12 November
- Germany wants warning labels for pregnant women on beer
- German WWII dead to be buried in Czech cemetery
- Hypo Real Estate posts €3.1 billion Q3 loss
- German troops in Afghanistan drink copious amounts of booze
- Ford asks German government for help
- Deutsche Bahn forbids ejecting minors from trains
- Customers fed up with lousy German internet providers
- Duisburg mafia killers on trial in Italy
- Doctor heals leukemia patient of AIDS
- IG Metall wage deal averts massive strike
- Three-star German chefs reshuffled in Michelin Guide
- German economy seen grinding to halt in 2009
- Neo-Nazis brawl in Saxon parliament
- German students ditch school in nationwide strike
- Starchitect Libeskind to build synagogue in Munich
13 November
- Cyclist Ullrich swears oath he didn't dope
- Thousands queue for midnight 'Warcraft' game sale
- Germany falls into recession
- Study shows divorce can be deadly
- Seven injured in Cologne metro fire
- Tilda Swinton to head Berlin Film Festival jury
- Cops find drunk German with record alcohol level
- Woolly rhinoceros lived in Germany earlier than thought
- Frings left out of squad for England friendly
- Berliner Charité to return Aborigine skulls
- O Tannenbaum, your price is so uninviting!
- What's on in Germany: November 13 - 19
- Lidl apologises for poisoning trashed food
- Lufthansa snaps up Austrian Airlines
- Steinmeier calls for European jobs pact
14 November
- Germany and France united for G20 summit
- Parliament approves leave benefits for grandparents
- Dairy industry says it's on the verge of collapse
- Bayern Munich eyeing US star Donovan
- From high finance to Hartz IV
- Prussian Potsdam named among world's top historic places
- Lafontaine demands 'millionaire tax' to boost economy
- Wagner's granddaughter avoids accident as driver dies at wheel
- Cologne brothel offers tattoo discount
- Banned Berlin iPhone app to return with improvements
- Snow on the way from Greenland
- Opel asks for state guarantees
- Teen sentenced for faking neo-Nazi assault
15 November
- Remains of German WWII soldiers unearthed in Polish Hel
- Opel rescue summit planned for Tuesday
- Woman gives birth after ovary transplant makes her fertile
- Merkel calls for tighter rules at G20 summit
- Suspended gay sex priest employed in Munich parish
- Police check 'plain clothes' officer who wore neo-Nazi jumper
- Greens pick Özdemir as new party co-leader
16 November
- England will face Germany without Rooney and Ferdinand
- Yoko Ono's art proves a bigger draw than expected in Bielefeld
- Doctors set to examine Nazi-era crimes
- Left party MP blocks wikipedia.de website
- Dairy farmers tackle union leader on sinking prices
- Bus inferno driver calls for emergency exits
17 November
- Rwandan president says aide arrest shows 'contempt'
- Steinbrück rejects auto industry rescue plan
- New teen drug trend has officials worried
- Löw to lay down the law ahead of England friendly
- The best of Berlin in November
- Left party MP backs off wikipedia.de ban
- Season's first grey seal pups born on Helgoland
- Hypo Real Estate expects heavy charges
- EU industry groups call for coordinated economic action
- Doc claims southern Germans smarter than northerners
- German cyclist Sinkewitz announces January comeback
- One-third of German kids not read to at home
- Find Germany's Obama? Yes we Cem!
- Soldiers attacked twice in Afghanistan
- Russia returns looted church windows
18 November
- Police conduct massive child porn investigation
- New talent will shine in England friendly
- Opel executives go cap-in-hand to Merkel
- Werner Herzog documentary shortlisted for Academy Award
- Inmate escapes German prison in cardboard box
- Police find pig's head at Jewish cemetery
- Engineer sentenced in deadly Bavarian ice rink accident
- Airline pilots stage strike in Düsseldorf
- Ditching grey Berlin for Fläming red and yellow in Brandenburg
- Saxony tops new PISA scholastic achievement results
- Deutsche Bank linked to US tax shelter probe
- Rats return to Pied Piper's Hamelin
19 November
- Historical preservation honours to be awarded in Leipzig
- Party politics threaten German crisis response
- Record number of foreign students stay in Germany
- The Grinch who stole Weihnachten
- Thousands of Rwandans protest official's extradition to France
- Court rules big breasts not a health problem for insurance
- German kayaker survives rapids accident in New Zealand
- Germans call their mothers more
- SolarWorld makes €1-billion Opel bid
- World Toilet Day and the perilous poo platform
- BASF suspends work and cuts profit target
- Berlin beefs up security for England football friendly
- Berlin says EU planning €130-billion stimulus
- Arctic storm bringing widespread snow Friday
- Hesse dissolves parliament for early election after SPD rebellion
- Terry seals England win over Germany
20 November
- Rwandans protest Germany after war crimes extradition
- Schäuble says immigrant students need more help
- Steinmeier wants Germany to fight pirates
- German producer prices up from last year
- What's on in Germany: November 20-26
- Fire chaos at Berlin's Tegel airport
- Family minister aims to block child porn sites
- Cologne Cathedral named Germany's top tourist site
- Berlin cops want parents to pay for drunk teen transport
- Germany pressured to ignite economy
- Toy safety tests reveal troubling shortcomings
- German Airbus plants hit by wildcat strike
- Germans are the most pessimistic Europeans
- US star Donovan joins Bayern Munich on loan
21 November
- Lebanese TV channel banned in Germany
- Ribery back with Bayern ahead of weekend Leverkusen match
- Experts predict 215,000 lost jobs next year
- Government spending, borrowing up in 2009
- Man extradited from Turkey in Sauerland terror case
- BMW heiress opens up about gigolo blackmailer
- Hunters kill thousands of wild boars as population explodes
- Merkel wants broadband internet for every German
- Widow asks grave robbers to return billionaire's body
- LBBW piles up loss of €2 billion
- More German students learning English
22 November
- Banks start to receive billions in government loan guarantees
- Winter hits across Germany with deadly force
- Trio of Germans arrested in Kosovo 'are secret agents'
- Wowereit brings 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards to Berlin
- Russians accused of radioactive murder fear German justice
- Merkel warns next year will be full of bad economic news
23 November
- Islamic banking world waits for Germany to adapt laws
- Security van man turns himself in and reveals buried millions
- Steinmeier strengthens calls for action against pirates
- More than ten million will buy Christmas presents online
- Merkel pressured by party on climate change measures
- Ganz's Hitler rages over Ronaldo, the BNP in You Tube mash-ups
24 November
- KfW to report more losses after 'catastrophic' autumn
- Özdemir says schools should teach Turkish language
- Klinsmann demands Bayern win over Steaua
- Absolutely abstract: Munich’s major Kandinsky retrospective
- Double-decker bus flips on icy road
- First Christmas markets open
- Germany denies secret agents involved in Kosovo bombing
- Ex-RAF terrorist Klar granted parole
- German business climate hits 15-year low
- German model wrecks Amy Winehouse's marriage
- Podolski planning to transfer teams
- Berlin day care centres to fingerprint parents
25 November
- Bush 'a great president'
- German MPs want Iran group off terror list
- Report claims EU climate plan could cost 100,000 jobs
- Every German 'could get €500 gift voucher'
- Man ignites own flat to see neighbours burn
- Retiree shoots rifle at snowball pranksters
- Former economics minister turns his back on his party
- Finance minister admits Germany is in a recession
- Britney Spears awarded German 'Bambi' award
- Poland threatens to sue German paper over Nazi reference
- Vomiting bug traps pensioners on riverboat
- Berlin job agency reports Santa deficit
26 November
- Klose scores two goals for Bayern win
- Australia lets German doc with Down's Syndrome son stay
- Jolie attends American Academy lecture
- Berlin police bust Vietnamese human trafficking ring
- Erfurt school evacuated after email threat
- Maggot-infested monkey head found at Munich customs
- Merkel pressures banks to tap rescue packages
- Four more Brits catch barf boat bug
- Mamma Mia! Lufthansa to set up Italian airline
- Parents furious at naked day care games
27 November
- Germany donates €1 million for Palestinian aid
- German troops to be stationed in France
- Erfurt students return to class with heavy police presence
- Unemployment drops despite downturn
- Mailbox bomb blast injures 12-year-old girl
- What's on in Germany: Nov. 27 - Dec. 3
- Deutsche Telekom leaks more customer data
- US Army deserter seeks asylum in Germany
- Wild boar storms community centre
- Kosovo gives German bombing suspects to UN
28 November
- Navy chopper fishes pirate victims out of sea
- Film confronts rapes of German women in WWII
- Germans escape Indian hotel held by terrorists
- Police still on hunt for mailbox bomber
- Commerzbank speeds Dresdner deal
- Vendor sells all-natural dildos at Hamburg Christmas market
- Teen suspect's new book claims he didn't abuse Brit
- Chris Corner: 'Berlin is special'
- Parliament approves record 2009 budget
- Germany on track to meet Kyoto targets
- Group poisons coworker's coffee
- Man drowns in storm drain trying to get lost car keys
29 November
- Court frees German Kosovo bomb suspects
- Italian architect gets nod to rebuild Berlin palace
- 'Ghost' train careens through Bavaria
- Up to four Germans killed in Mumbai attacks
30 November
- Economic stimulus plan 'ineffective populism'
- Bavarian man killed in police shootout
- Germany reverses position over 'naked' scanners
- Merkel against withdrawing troops from Afghanistan
- Singing Santas square off
- German military attache targeted in Afghanistan
- Merkel under fire for economy ahead of CDU congress
- The Warsaw-Berlin connection