📰 Breaking News: News Archive for January 2010 | Latest Updates from Germany 2025

01 January
- Troubled Toni returns to Italy
- Nearly a million celebrate New Year in Berlin
- Left-wing violence on streets of Hamburg
- Westerwelle against new anti-terrorist laws
- Bavarian interior minister wants Left party watched
- Allianz predicts economic boom in 2010
02 January
- German ski-jumpers disappoint at home
- Left party calls Hartz IV a 'poverty machine'
- Iran interferes with German news satellite
- New wave of tax relief comes into force
- CSU and SPD ridicule Westerwelle
- Man tries to kill wife and himself in motorway crash
03 January
- Germany and Israel set for joint cabinet meeting
- Wrangling starts between CDU and CSU
- Berlin dismisses Iran ultimatum
- Body scanners to come sooner than expected
- German driver quits Dakar rally after fatal accident
- Injured tiger-tamer recovering well
- Air Berlin jet skids off Dortmund runway
04 January
- Nazi resistance widow Moltke dies at 98
- More businesses founded than failed in 2009
- Child subsidies should be paid in vouchers, FDP says
- Bayern Munich plans player salary reductions
- Massive snowball fight descends into chaos in Leipzig
- Teen skiers die in cliff fall
- Making it in Germany: A cabaret songstress
- Policeman suspended from duty after sex in church
- CIA reportedly ordered murder of 9/11 suspect in Hamburg
- Bosch announces $400-million diesel engine project in India
- US to increase troops in German sector in Afghanistan
- Technical glitch kills German bank cards
05 January
- Westerwelle set to tour Turkey and the Gulf
- Privacy advocate warns against using 'naked' scanners too quickly
- Neo-Nazi violence dropped in 2009
- Airbus boss reportedly set to ditch A400M military transport
- North Sea nations planning renewable energy network
- Unemployment resists nasty 2009 recession
- Matthäus splits from fourth wife
- Steinbach offers to forgo expellee foundation job
- Germans glued to the tube
- Female body parts found under Hannover bridge
- Kosovar cousins jailed for vicious Munich U-Bahn beating
- Steinbach's halfhearted compromise
06 January
- Family’s holiday torpedoed by explosive underwear joke
- ‘Daisy’ to dump snow
- 30 million bank cards hit by 2010 glitch
- Holbrooke pressures Berlin on Afghanistan
- Teen boy charged with attempted murder for Kassandra attack
- Freight train wreck disrupts Rhineland high-speed rail links
- German exports on the ropes as China overtakes
- Police identify dismembered woman in Hannover
- Many jobs paying less than in 1990
- Hamburg calls for probe into alleged CIA assassination plot
07 January
- 71-year-old 'murders' grandson in Florida
- Germany mulling Afghan police training to avoid more troops
- Bank card bug turns Germans back to cash
- 'Naked' scans at airports supported
- Official says kidnapped family still alive in Yemen
- High court orders retrial in asylum-seeker death
- Conservatives and FDP agree to coalition 'crisis meeting'
- What's on in Germany: January 7 - 13
- Berlinale to screen restored 'Metropolis' at Brandenburg Gate
- Snow bounty boosts Germany's most northern ski slope
- The Best of the Rhineland in January
- Retail sales resist dire downturn in 2009
- Westerwelle urges Turkey to pursue EU reforms
- Bremen firm wins EU's Galileo satellite deal
08 January
- Sparkasse announces refunds for 2010 glitch
- Report confirms China overtakes German exports
- Bike couriers grappling with enduring snow and ice
- Majority of Germans against Merkel's tax cuts
- Winter storm on the way
- Ruhr Valley's European culture celebrations to defy deep freeze
- German companies falter in global market value rankings
- Germany ranked world's fourth best place to live
- Döner kebabs take hold in Vietnam
- St. Pius X brotherhood attacks Catholic bishops
- Berlin welcomes Spanish idea for EU economic 'government'
09 January
- Airport scanners to be deployed this summer
- German firms to build giant British offshore wind farms
- CIA agent says the US planned to kidnap but not kill Darkazanli
- Germans trace Hezbollah coke smuggling profits
- Winter storm freezes nation's transport
- Government moots delaying tax cuts
- Westerwelle debates human rights with Saudis
10 January
- Bahn to lose Berlin S-Bahn monopoly
- Courts hear business cases in English
- Oktoberfest security to be kept at last year's high level
- Germany grinds to a halt under thick blanket of snow
- Merkel under pressure from party ranks
- Germany rejects Spanish plans to penalise EU budget breakers
11 January
- German MP3 inventor turns to smartening up 'dumb' devices
- Yemen reports new information on German hostages
- Harsh winter means major losses for construction industry
- Northern Germany battles winter chaos
- Pirate Party protests 'naked' scanners in their underpants
- Circus trainer returns to ring after tiger attack
- Counterfeiting of euro banknotes surges
- Afghan opinion of Germany worsens
- When the lights go out in Wallywood
- Police investigating students after 12-year-old killed by schoolbus
- Volkswagen posts record sales for 2009
12 January
- Guttenberg invites Käßmann to Afghanistan
- Nobel author Müller wants probe into those who spied on her
- Nena becomes a grandmother, again
- Accidents close icy autobahns nationwide
- Metro sales dip on strong euro
- Transatlantic prospects for the New Year
- AOL shuts down German operations
- Poultry producer accused of massive animal abuse
- Anne Frank's helper Miep Gies dies
- Dozens rescued from gondola by helicopter
- Court orders retrial of Bad Reichenhall ice rink disaster
- Forgotten German film diva Luise Rainer turns 100
13 January
- Obama musical to premiere in Frankfurt
- Coalition loses majority support from public
- Public workers threaten strikes as wage negotiations begin
- Economy shrivels five percent in 2009
- Family refuses to claim 'lonely corpse' in Austria
- Requests to see Stasi secret police files surge in Wall anniversary year
- Mice invade German parliamentary building
- Ailing ski jumper Schmitt slams scrawny weight allowances
- Green party celebrates 30th anniversary
- Organic food sector stagnates amid tough economy
14 January
- Yemenis demand $2 mln for German hostages
- Integration official says 20 percent of public jobs should go to immigrants
- Merkel stands by disputed tax cut plans
- Germany offers €1 million in aid to Haiti
- What's on in Germany: January 14 - 20
- Farmers complain as discount grocers lower prices again
- Oettinger faces anti-Semitism accusations at EU hearings
- More snow forecast for the weekend
- Tram collision injures 27 in Karlsruhe
- Young adventurers ditch kindergarten for Africa
- Competition watchdog raids major retailers
- Berlin and Tokyo to work together on climate, arms
- Merkel: Greece puts euro in 'very difficult phase'
15 January
- Röttgen says Asse nuke dump should close
- Politicians reject immigrant quota for public service sector
- Kunduz governor calls Bundeswehr 'ineffective'
- Bayern Munich aims for Bundesliga's elusive top spot
- Leftist leader Bartsch to step down
- Deutsche Post to offer cheaper 'hybrid mail' service this spring
- When the Maharaja came to town
- Opel names Nick Reilly as new CEO
- Kiel offers free parking for low-emission cars
- Man caught smuggling huge 'blood diamond' in Frankfurt
- Berlin's Green Week begins amid GM controversy
- Merkel rejects weak leadership criticism
16 January
- German mobile hospital heads for Haiti
- Doctor convicted after lemon juice used on operation wounds
- World Bank says Germany most efficient exporter
- 'Terror-pisser' killed neighbour's garden with night-time golden showers
- More snow expected on Sunday
- FDP under fire for large donation from hotel magnate
- Berlin seen raising 2010 growth forecast
- Bayern's Klose hits World Cup form
17 January
- Thousands mark moment when Stasi lost control
- Merkel holds crisis talks as squabbles tarnish coalition
- 'Mile of Democracy' opposes neo-Nazi march in Magdeburg
- Ramshackle chancellery repairs force Merkel to move offices
- Germany increases aid to Haiti, confirms 1 dead, 30 missing
- Disagreements reign over how to end Afghan mission by 2011
18 January
- Israel and Germany hold historic meeting in Berlin
- Hunt for Russia's famed Amber Room leads to Nazi bunker
- Catholics back Protestant criticism of Afghanistan war
- 'Das Weisse Band' wins Golden Globe
- The Local's guide to the Ruhr Valley's year of culture
- Trial of CDU slush fund figure Schreiber begins
- Obama musical thrills ardent German fans
- Berlin police shoot wild boar after biting rampage in park
- Berlin residents at highest risk for poverty
- Woman pulled from Haitian hotel alive thanks to text message
- GM pays €650 million to Opel for restructuring
19 January
- Cities tighten their belts after tax cuts
- First German Muslim bank prepares to open
- Germans cut back on smoking, but spend more as prices increase
- Berlin councils join forces to freeze fascists out of public buildings
- Airbus head pessimistic for 2010 amid fears for orders
- 'Works-council-infested' named as 'non-word' of 2009
- Investor sentiment continues to slide
- Pop starlet gets deported from the United States
- FDP dismisses donation accusations
- Alpine association threatens to scupper Munich Olympic bid
- Sobibor survivor testifies at Demjanjuk trial
- Eurowings to slash fleet and workforce
20 January
- Beckenbauer slams pricey World Cup tickets
- Fashion Week brings visitors and their cash to Berlin
- Legendary pirate's skull stolen from Hamburg museum
- Twelve injured in train collision with truck
- Italian media dubs Bill Kaulitz a 'black angel' after catwalk debut
- What's on in Germany: January 21 - 27
- Merkel aims to turn tide with fiery speech
- ZDF telethon raises more than €20 million for Haiti
- Munich airport bomb scare sparks manhunt
21 January
- Frings dropped from German national team
- Berlinale announces star-studded schedule
- Police moot better airport security after breach
- Church archive rediscovers curious 1676 papal document
- Exhibition gives first peek at restored masterpiece 'Metropolis'
- The Best of Berlin in January
- Opel to shut down its Belgian plant this year
- FDP mulls breaking up Deutsche Post to spur competition
- Sun kisses Berlin for first time in 16 days
- Body scanner firm sees security worries boosting business
- Parliamentary probe into Kunduz affair begins
- Germany continues to shrink
- Flat of suspected ex-Nazi death camp guard raided
22 January
- German embassy distributes anti-Mafia tourist maps for Sicily
- Berlin ensures future of Stasi file archive
- Merkel calls minister meeting on Afghanistan ahead of summit
- Man hospitalised after nuclear plant leak
- English film buffs bring Mönchengladbach to the big screen
- Munich Airport admits to serious security mistakes
- German TV is murder
- 'Mailbox bomber' gets life in jail after nearly killing 12-year-old
- Talks stall over future of troubled Airbus military plane
- Speed skater Pechstein makes provisional Olympic squad
- Is Germany dying out?
- Court rules excessive toilet time no grounds for docked pay
- Walton Ford's lusty menagerie debuts in Berlin
23 January
- SPD: No additional troops for Afghanistan
- Jobless rate for college grads jumped in 2009
- Fake bomb sent to Hesse state premier Koch
- Leftist chief Lafontaine to step down
- Berlin reportedly keeping all nuclear plants online
- Former East German athlete wants name removed from record
- Germany to host G20 conference to tighten leash on financial markets
24 January
- German cyclist wins second Tour Down Under
- Germany to focus on training in Afghanistan, Merkel says
- Rockers 'The Scorpions' calling it quits
- Discounter Lidl recalls tainted cheese
- Westerwelle backs plan to buy off Taliban
- HSV signs legendary Dutch striker van Nistelrooy
- Extremist Swede gives anti-Islam party millions
25 January
- Kroos takes Leverkusen back to top of Bundesliga
- Snow and ice snarl roads and air traffic
- Women touted to replace ailing Lafontaine
- Taste for cheap eats worries German food producers
- Arrest warrant issued for ex-Argentine dictator
- Higher tobacco taxes push smokers to contraband cigarettes
- Deutsche Bahn picks Siemens as 'preferred bidder' for train order
- Randy Rostock burglar steals pinup girl calendars
- Teens beat man with club in Munich S-Bahn
- Extra fees for state health insurance seen by 2011
- Peres begins Holocaust remembrance trip
- Big-boned in Berlin
26 January
- Mercedes shows off 'Brawny' Schumacher
- Two dead after boulder crushes family home
- Hotel chain Starwood warns of possible credit card fraud
- Business confidence continues record rise
- Berlin sending 500 extra troops to Afghanistan
- Folklorists baffled over 'love locks' in Cologne
- Renée Zellweger joins Berlinale jury
- Heavy snow to follow record lows
- Merkel warns Iran of coming sanctions
- Parents on dole must repay €20 windfall
27 January
- Surgery may keep Rolfes out of World Cup finals
- FDP loses popular support in poll
- US 'accepts' German troop increase
- Homeschooling German family granted US asylum
- Oettinger ridiculed online for atrocious English
- German 'prince' hopes to become governor of California
- Brüderle raises 2010 growth forecast
- Peres demands justice for living Nazi criminals
- Women still rare in German boardrooms
- Diplomats reportedly arrested in Iran
28 January
- German Olympians look to dominate winter games
- Snowstorm mangles traffic across Germany
- Politicians consider French-style burka ban
- Sex abuse revelations rock elite Catholic school in Berlin
- Staying the course in Afghanistan
- Tokio Hotel singer Bill pledges never to quit band
- Siemens to eliminate nearly 2,000 jobs
- Warren Buffett raises stake in Munich Re
- Cycling comes full circle in Berlin
- Beer consumption hits 20-year low
- Banks hike cash machine fees
- What's on in Germany: January 28 - February 3
- Green blueblood's solar project irks commoners
29 January
- Teen kicked off train on coldest night of the year
- Berlin says Afghanistan talks a 'turning point'
- Haitian children arrive in Frankfurt for adoption
- BMW sales slid by almost five percent in 2009
- Bayern Munich must win all games for title, Gomez says
- Freight train derailment in Lower Saxony delays commuter traffic
- Two homes evacuated after landslide opens huge crater
- Hamburg put on ice as Alster freezes
- No need for 'unease' about Greece, Berlin says
- Discounting death
30 January
- Porsche turns corner after terrible year
- Springer mulls suing over postal wage chaos
- Russian Foreign Minister to meet German resistance veterans
- Former Jesuit teacher admits abuse
- KSK reportedly had key role in Kunduz airstrike
- Snow causes chaos in the north
- German police officers brought back from Iran
- Informant offers to sell names of tax dodgers
31 January
- Bayern regain top spot with home win
- Ministers bicker over Davos breakfast
- Westerwelle gives Greece verbal support in debt struggle
- Merkel got bad marks for Marx
- Train hits snow-clearing vehicle
- CDU and FDP consider U-turn on hotel tax