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

01 February
- Longest snowy period in 30 years set to end soon
- Leverkusen back on top after quick victory over Freiburg
- Politicians renew calls for NPD ban
- Software glitch renders parking ‘verboten’ at UK garage
- Booze-related violence on the rise among youths
- Germany to hunt down fines for EU traffic violations
- Cops bill owner after running over dog
- Bafin lifts ban on short-selling
- Berlinale announces complete line-up for 60th anniversary
- TripAdvisor ranks Germany's top 25 hotels
- Germany clashes with Switzerland over tax info
02 February
- Cities face dire finances
- Munich Re profits soar thanks to fewer natural disasters
- Dead infant found abandoned in Saarland snow
- Jesuit school sex abuse scandal spreads through Germany
- French court examines deadly Concorde crash
- Germany grapples with relentless winter weather
- Siemens unveils 'green' investment in India
- German film 'The White Band' nominated for two Oscars
- Kurdish-German fights Iranian Interpol listing
- Paying for info on tax dodgers is immoral
- Social parasites with Swiss bank accounts
- Berlin to buy stolen Swiss tax dodger data
- Retail sales post biggest drop since euro launch
03 February
- Speedy German wins fifth straight Empire State Building race
- Public workers strike across Germany
- Jewish council lauds 'renaissance' in Germany
- Rhineland suffers spate of naked and drunk train passengers
- Man lost at night on North Sea ice saved by webcam
- Hamburg exhibition shows 150 years of nude photography
- Hartz IV welfare benefits considered too low
- File reveals West Berlin locksmith copied police keys for Stasi
- Berlin: Iran must make 'concrete' nuke offer
- ‘Miriam’ wreaks winter havoc
- Third man confesses in Jesuit sex abuse scandal
04 February
- Three dead in US military helicopter crash
- Deutsche Bank rebounds with strong 2009 profits
- New round of public worker strikes hit air and commuter traffic
- Tax dodger scandal could mean €400 million for treasury
- Bayern Munich extends contracts of rising stars
- Denmark to return famous Flensburg lion monument
- The Best of Berlin in February
- FDP proposes national road salt stockpile as shortage looms
- What's on in Germany: February 4 - 10
- Deutsche Bahn closes deal on British train network
- Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt: 'I'll give up Hollywood and mingle with the people'
- UK coroner calls German doctor 'incompetent' for lethal overdose
- Don't mess with Bavaria
05 February
- Löw contract extension hits snag
- British airman killed in avalanche during training
- Public workers begin third day of strikes
- Coalition defends first 100 days of governance
- China shows growing clout at Munich security conference
- Bayern hopes for eighth straight win against Wolfsburg
- Portnoy's Podcast: Roger Boyes, the Pinkelwurst and Guido
- Orthodontist refuses to treat teen named 'Jihad'
- New data stokes fears of uncertain economic recovery
- 40 millionth Ford rolls from production line
- Brutal winter devastates German roadways
06 February
- Iran nuclear deal inches closer in Munich
- At least 94 Catholic abuse cases suspected: report
- Conservatives taking a battering on atomic energy, minister warns
- Swiss data to be bought this weekend: report
- Neo-Nazi party given green light to target school children
- Give ‘no nukes’ a chance, says Westerwelle
- Munich S-Bahn victim may have thrown the first punch
- Football chief wants to keep Löw
- Bonuses are back for Opel managers
07 February
- Merkel urged to lead integration debate
- Marlene Dietrich the first star on 'Berlin Walk'
- Guttenberg calls for NATO reform, blasts Iran
- Google 'Street View' hits fresh privacy snag
- Germany under ice Queen's spell
- Germany scores lucky draw for 2012 Euro Cup
- Bundeswehr probes claims that teen girl was killed in shootout
- Knobloch to step down as Jewish leader
- Watchdog eyes Opel state help
08 February
- South Korea seeks Germany's advice on reunification
- Public worker strike drags on in wage dispute
- FDP to speed reform pace to combat falling opinion polls
- The Best of the Rhineland in February
- Liechtenstein bank owes tax dodger damages, court rules
- Bahn CEO intervenes after railway gives teen wine as redress
- Indie cinemas battle for Berlin's spotlight
- Smallest Karneval parade faces curtain call
- SAP shares slump amid leadership shake-up
- Germany facing another blast of winter weather
- Doctors outraged by infant vaccine shortage
09 February
- Munich and Nuremberg airport workers strike
- Berlinale highlights shift to 3-D films
- Construction worker confesses in Cologne archive collapse case
- Hamburg politician puts the 'I' in street de-icing
- Hartz IV welfare benefits ruled unconstitutional
- Opel boss unveils plan to slash 8,300 jobs
- China claims Germany's export crown
- Young literary star Hegemann counters plagiarism claim
- Study finds major discrimination against Turkish job applicants
- Germans splashing out on Karneval despite bad economy
- Löw backs down in contract dispute
10 February
- Berlin eyes 'firewall' to contain Greek debt crisis
- Rampaging 'wild cows' near A1 autobahn shot dead
- Bundeswehr launches investigation into hazing
- Police bust Vietnamese human-trafficking ring
- Support for Merkel's coalition flagging
- Politicians defend Hartz IV following high court ruling
- Leading Germany's kids down a dead-end street
- Rhineland jesters try to get Munich to lighten up for Karneval
- Klein addresses closed Kunduz air strike inquiry
- Rösler vows high drug prices to fall
11 February
- Boris Becker announces new son 'Amadeus'
- Olympic skeleton team accused of cheating
- Documents in Kunduz affair may have been destroyed
- Ramsauer rules out Deutsche Bahn privatisation
- Karneval off to a chilly start
- What's on in Germany: February 11-17
- The 60th anniversary Berlinale at a glance
- Meet the 2010 Berlin Film Festival jury
- A look back at the Berlinale's 60-year history
- Merkel says EU will not abandon Greece
- The Local’s best bets for the Berlinale
- Poisonous gas munitions to remain off Helgoland
- VW recalls thousands of vehicles in Brazil
- Berlin forges deal over WWII expellee centre
12 February
- Biathlon pin-up among Olympic gold favourites
- Verdi defends wage demands after talks fail
- Economic recovery stalls
- Polanski only a 'ghost' at Berlinale premiere
- Sorry Germany, but Canada's gold for bobsleigh champ Lueders
- Cologne considered evacuation near metro
- HIV-positive No Angels singer charged with bodily harm
- German athletes go for gold at Winter Olympics in Vancouver
- ThyssenKrupp posts strong Q1 profit
- Thin Alpine air has slimming effect on the obese
- Westerwelle attacks ‘socialist’ welfare debate
13 February
- How to lose a guy (or girl) for just €29.95
- 'Metropolis' restored to pride of place in Berlin
- Schäuble talks down chances of welfare boost
- Three dead in Danish tour bus crash
- Metal employers' group slams wage claim
- More shoddy building uncovered in Cologne
- Dresden forms human chain against neo-Nazis
- Werner Herzog: 'I am not an eccentric'
- Swiss MP threatens fire with fire over bank data
14 February
- Neuner takes silver in Olympics biathlon
- Leading conservative calls for more immigrant naturalisation
- Army ritual abuse scandal spreads
- Artist Banksy keeps Berlin guessing
- Westerwelle removes gloves in welfare debate
- A little brighter, and plenty slipperier: this week's weather
- Banks forced to tell customers about risks
- Gorbachev receives Dresden award for nuclear disarmament
15 February
- Germany takes gold and silver in men's luge
- Rescuers locate remains at small plane crash in Saxony
- Organised crime may have caused Cologne archive collapse
- Terrified tax dodgers turning themselves in
- Catholic school sex abuse scandal widens
- Bob Edwards: From US soldier to musical maestro
- Thieves steal road salt as harsh winter depletes supply
- Karneval floats feature giant Obama, naked Merkel and zombie bankers
- MAN industrial group posts 2009 loss
- Berlin begins jockeying for top ECB job
16 February
- Germany takes skating bronze despite fall
- Hartz IV ruling sparks jump in welfare applications
- Fake medicine trade booming
- Cologne may use controlled flooding to save metro
- The winners of The Local’s Berlinale book giveaway
- Damages for Catholic abuse could cost millions
- Policeman killed in Karlsruhe tram collision
- Deutsche Bahn to ditch English
- VW offers job guarantees to 100,000 workers
- Contaminated Austrian cheese kills two Germans
- Meeting the ‘golden girls’ of prostitution
17 February
- Hüfner and Neuner snatch double gold
- Boisterous Westerwelle still shedding popularity
- Business confidence buoyant for 2010
- Lufthansa pilots to strike
- Horde of 'Vikings' attacks home in Bavaria, injuring four
- Less but better: Design according to Dieter Rams
- Soviet soldier in famous Reichstag photo dies
- Lidl pushes for retail minimum wage
- Number of Germans living in poverty surges
- German scientists help find Egyptian mummy's mommy
18 February
- Metalworkers' union reaches wage deal
- Bayern beats Fiorentina with controversial Klose strike
- Luge winner Möller breaks tooth on silver medal
- Merkel chides banks for role in Greek crisis
- What's on in Germany: February 18 - 24
- EasyJet strike in Berlin causes cancellations
- Golden Bear contender focuses on Muslims in crisis
- Daimler posts dramatic loss for 2009
- School attack leaves teacher dead
- Two women implicated in Catholic school sex abuse scandal
- 'Marie' and 'Maximilian' top Germany's 2009 baby name list
- Motoring past the mainstream
- Germany demands Israel address Hamas killing
19 February
- Car falls from bridge onto train tracks in deadly accident
- Berlinale crowd boos movie about notorious Nazi propaganda film
- Riesch takes gold in super-combined
- Extreme winter strains accident insurers
- Munich Re to stop doing business in Iran
- Poverty charity boss outed for driving Maserati company car
- Baden-Württemberg to ban nighttime alcohol sales
- Bishop Mixa under fire for sexual abuse scandal comments
- Germany raises pressure on Iran over nukes
- Deadbeats should have dole benefits docked, Westerwelle says
- Lufthansa sets up emergency plan for strike
- Weapons stockpile found at school attacker's home
20 February
- German bobsleighers set to reclaim gold
- Germany to be nuclear-power-free by 2030
- Favourites chew their nails as Berlinale reaches climax
- Deutsche Bank criticises German export fixation
- Facebook comes under German law
- Germany prepares for floods as big thaw looms
- Hamburg politician resigns for de-icing affair
- Lufthansa hopes final talks will avert strike
21 February
- Polanski and Turkish film win Berlinale prizes
- Bayern's winning streak comes to shock end
- FDP wants unemployed to shovel snow
- Merkel plans major tour of US in April
- Fleeing man drives car into house
- WestLB expects profits but warns of job cuts
22 February
- Airports reel as Lufthansa pilots strike
- Six dead after German tour bus crash in Austria
- Neuner to sit out final Olympic biathlon relay
- German bobsledder Lange takes fourth career gold
- Naked sled race draws 14,000
- Porsche faces hefty fines from US fuel efficiency law
- EU should dole out stricter penalties after Greece, Berlin says
- Futuristic solar yacht set for voyage around the world
- Giving English the big kiss-off
- Rhineland CDU official resigns over influence peddling affair
- Suspected ‘German’ Mossad killer probed
- Top Catholic bishop apologises for child abuse scandal
- Strike ends as Lufthansa and pilots resume talks
23 February
- German women take gold in cross country relay
- Minister accuses church of blocking child sex abuse investigation
- Commerzbank posts €4.54 billion in losses for 2009
- Belarus declares Rammstein an enemy of the state
- Harsh winter freezes business confidence
- Bundeswehr hazing scandal widens
- Privacy official calls for review of Google's 'monopoly'
- Once upon a time in Goslar
- Young boy sparks huge search after setting off 'to find gold'
- Top Protestant bishop caught driving drunk
- Germany aims to cut solar power subsidies
24 February
- Scrappy Stuttgart manages draw against Barcelona
- Women's ski team leaves luck to underwear and kangaroo
- Experts predict rapid spike in cancer cases
- Organised crime suspicions spread to Düsseldorf U-Bahn
- Church leader Käßmann resigns for driving drunk
- German economic recovery put on hold
- Lufthansa slowly restores service after strike
- ‘I manipulate my characters, Goebbels manipulated real people’
- Klein tells inquiry he ordered Kunduz air strike in a rush
- Germans stick with homegrown classic brands during tough times
- Greek row with Germany over debt turns nasty
25 February
- Germany gets silver and a scare in Vancouver
- Westerwelle inflating the obvious on welfare, says Merkel
- Campaign kicks off for German language revival
- What's on in Germany: February 25-March 3
- BASF surprises with strong Q4 results
- Deutsche Telekom profit tanks in 2009
- Publishers fear Apple iPhone app censorship
- German Media Roundup: Has Käßmann redeemed herself?
- Bovine beauty queens primp and preen for udder domination
- Allianz cautious despite solid profit for 2009
- Schavan wants Islamic scholars for universities
- Police bust child pornography ring
26 February
- Victorious Viktoria puts Germany in top spot
- German banks to avoid Greek state bonds
- Bundestag backs Afghan troop boost amid protest
- Munich's answer to Lent: stronger beer
- Hunters urge calm as wolves return to Bavaria
- Lousy 2009 results pressure Bayer shares
- Win Ocean Colour Scene concert tickets from The Local
- Majority supports Westerwelle in controversial welfare debate
- Bringing 3D television to a living room near you
- VW profits plummets 80 percent in 2009
- Cologne to flood metro tunnel as Rhine rises
- Germany plays down spat with Greece
27 February
- Germans call for bobsleigh course to be closed after crashes
- Riesch takes second gold after sister crashes out
- Catholic child abuse scandal widens
- Telekom accused of not helping police to prevent suicide
- British mother gets new inquest on son killed in Germany
- Cranes return ahead of springtime weather
- North Rhine-Westphalia buys info on tax cheats
28 February
- Germany's women speed skaters take gold - just
- Berlin wall restoration handed over to experts
- CeBIT tech fair to open with 3D and smart gadgets
- Two million government workers to get pay raise after long talks
- SPD launches NRW election campaign with optimism
- Cologne puts metro flooding plan on hold
- Fierce storm turns deadly