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

01 April
- The Local launches America's News in British English
- Cracks still plaguing Holocaust memorial
- Von der Leyen tops poll for favourite politician
- Child abuse reported at East German institutions
- What's on in Germany: April 1 - 7
- Gloomy Easter weather to creep in from the west
- Merkel discusses nuclear Iran with China's Wen
- Court rejects backdated Hartz IV welfare increase
- Green Technologies: E-mobility
- Green Technologies: Bio-energy
- Green Technologies: Wind
- Green Technologies: Solar
- Green Technologies: Feed-in tariffs
- Munich voted Europe's best airport
- Etsy gets made in Berlin
- Market watchdog Bafin probing UBS unit
02 April
- Daimler pays out to settle bribery claims
- Church admits abuse victims came second
- Massive cave-in stokes familiar fears in Saxony-Anhalt
- Seeking the 'Old Man' at the beginning of time
- Three German soldiers killed in Afghanistan
- Push for Scientology ban looks wobbly
- Germany celebrates Good Friday – in its way
03 April
- Bundeswehr kills five Afghan allied soldiers
- Jews slam Catholic anti-Semitism remarks
- The giant of German politics celebrates 80th
- Press freedom laws planned to protect whistleblowers
- 'King' Kahn puts personal development ahead of football
- Bishop Mixa can't remember his accusers
- Second Lufthansa pilots' strike looms
- Bayern back in form with win over Schalke
04 April
- It's war, says Guttenberg
- Schumi forced out of Malaysian GP
- Clouds part over Germany's job market
- Crucial NRW election on knife edge
- Lazy job recruiter tries to blackmail boss with bomb threat
- Scientists use 'naked scanners' to probe mummies
- Open up medicine to solve doctor shortage, Rösler urges
05 April
- Guerrero faces punishment over bottle-throwing
- Police fear third wave of German Jihadists
- Union boss likens FDP to Jörg Haider's party
- Fewer Germans tying the knot
- Minister threatens Facebook over privacy
- Hospital fleecing costs billions, insurers claim
- Conservative opposition to taking on Gitmo prisoners grows
- Dividends boom despite recession and job cuts
- Guerrero fined up to €100,000 for bottle attack on fan
- Tens of thousands join 50th year of Easter Marches
06 April
- Dutch rescue German ship from pirates
- Warm spring weather expected as short work week begins
- Four German hikers found alive after three days in snow
- Bloodshed sparks row over Afghan strategy
- Hamburg police search for car arsonists after fiery weekend
- Daimler and Renault set to partner on small cars
- Germany’s humour crisis
- Women arrested in UK for trying to get corpse on flight to Berlin
- Politician moots dog-poop patrol for welfare recipients
- Sharing the steering wheel
- Auto sales plunge but exports surge
07 April
- Westerwelle calls US nuclear policy 'brave'
- Police moot online version of 110 emergency call service
- Experts attack health minister's plan to rope in rural doctors
- BMW unveils plans for US carbon-fibre plant
- 'We thought he was sleeping,' corpse smugglers say
- What's on in Germany: April 8 - 14
- The Best of the Rhineland in April
- Taxman rakes in hundreds of millions thanks to stolen bank data
- Daimler launches alliance with Renault and Nissan
- Ten-year-old pulls knife on police officers
- Two men charged for Iran missile parts exports
- Consumer group urges users to ditch Facebook
08 April
- Old WWII bomb shuts down Berlin's Tegel airport
- Lufthansa pilots call off planned strike
- Neo-Nazis increase online social network activity for new recruits
- Man U’s Fergie petulant after Bayern beating
- Germans smoking less, but still drinking copiously
- Hitler may have tried stealing the Shroud of Turin
- Escaped cobra found dead
- Bundesbank reportedly wary of Greece bailout
- David Hasselhoff eyeing musical blitzkrieg on Germany
- Baby hatches turn 10 amid calls for closure
- Green Technologies: Can Germany keep its edge?
- Former Red Army Faction member Becker indicted
09 April
- Bayern Munich hoping for historic treble
- Gloomy weekend weather expected
- Cities beg for federal financial help
- Taliban attacks ahead of Bundeswehr funeral
- Rebounding trade and weak euro boost exports
- Transport minister suggests autobahn ban on trucks passing
- Munich's makeshift Michael Jackson memorial sparks bitter row
- Air traffic controllers back strike
- UN climate talks in Bonn suffer early setbacks
- Merkel mourns fallen Bundeswehr soldiers
- Medvedev starts Baltic gas pipeline construction
10 April
- Germany reportedly to take 3 Gitmo prisoners
- Five German snowboarders dead after avalanche in Russia
- The cuckoo clock makes a comeback
- Names of Buchenwald Nazi camp victims put on Web
- Number of Jesuit abuse victims continues to climb
- Merkel shocked by Polish president's death
11 April
- Woman sues over 'Ossi' discrimination
- After 3G hype, 4G frequencies to go on auction in Germany
- Population free-fall continues
- Germany triumphs in NASA's 'Great Moonbuggy Race'
- German press mourns Poland's Kaczynski
- Nazi camp Buchenwald liberated 65 years ago
12 April
- Bonn climate talks mirror Copenhagen disaster
- Industry leader defends 'unfit' young job trainees
- Merkel travels to US for nuclear summit
- Guttenberg moots overhaul of military
- Magath says Schalke 'too soft' to win Bundesliga
- Inmate kills girlfriend in visiting room
- Bailout for Greece just a 'last resort,' Germany says
- Going full-tilt for pinball in the Rhineland
- Return of Hamburg's Alster swans signals start of springtime
- Creditors agree to sell retailer Karstadt
13 April
- Merkel calls for better laws on nuclear material
- 300-year-old shoes found in castle wall during restoration
- Gabriel: Chancellor must retract Afghan 'war' acknowledgement
- Breakdancing to Bach in Berlin
- The Best of Berlin in April
- Used paper shortage creates cardboard crisis
- T-Systems lands €100-million TUI deal
- Pope Benedict's birthplace vandalised
- Boateng to join Manchester City
- Makers of cold cuts exposed for using 'meat glue'
- FDP unveils scaled-down tax reform proposal
- Demjanjuk speaks, calling trial 'torture'
14 April
- FDP tax plan gets broad thumbs up
- Police make biggest ever cocaine bust
- Liechtenstein digs in heels against stolen bank data
- Hamburg tops table of highest income-earners
- Williamson's Holocaust trial to start Friday – without him
- Transport minister halts pricey street sign update
- Guttenberg boosts firepower in Afghanistan
- Daimler to 'restructure' Iran business ties
- Bishop Mixa attacked from within Church for dismissing victims
- Somali pirates extradited to Germany
15 April
- Guttenberg rushes to re-equip Bundeswehr
- Merkel pushes closer ties with California
- Environment agency backs national road tolls
- What's on in Germany: April 15 - 21
- Bee colonies wiped out by killer parasite
- Nazi castle turned into museum dedicated to Hitler's dreaded SS
- Brotherhood ordered Williamson to skip Holocaust trial
- Scientists predict colder European winters to come
- Germany offers world advice on running an efficient economy
- Court rules against 'Ossi' discrimination case
- Police union warns of carnage during May Day protests
- Four soldiers killed in Afghanistan attack
- Volcanic ash shuts Berlin and Hamburg airports
16 April
- Merkel firm on Afghan mission despite deaths
- Sunny spring weather expected for the weekend
- Bayern's Demichelis relishing title race with Schalke
- Munich closure to ground German air travel
- Ash cloud forces Merkel to overnight in Lisbon
- Holocaust-denying bishop Williamson sentenced to fine
- Lufthansa not insured against volcano impact
- Founding Germany's new digital republic
- Neo-Nazi clothing label Thor Steinar sues satirical copycat
- 2010 Porsche Cayenne: Leaner, meaner and greener
17 April
- Bishop Mixa admits cuffing kids as wine and art bills come to light
- Potholes could be filled with federal cash as Greens mull city car toll
- Class size not important in education say researchers
- Injured soldiers and Merkel among those stranded by volcano ash
- Bayern coach says he has 'cissies' on team
18 April
- Priest says he was bullied into taking fall for Pope in abuse scandal
- Air travel ban extended into Sunday evening
- German airlines question extended flight ban
- Merkel misses Kaczynski funeral but Westerwelle takes helicopter
- Nearly half of Germans say nuclear power stations should run longer
- Bayern's 'cissies' deliver 7-0 victory
- Passengers stuck in transit prepare for third night in limbo
19 April
- Air traffic ban extended through Monday
- Two Germans kidnapped in Nigeria
- Cooler temperatures expected after sunny weekend
- Merkel stays cool despite odyssey home
- Transport Minister defends flight ban
- Merkel to defend Afghanistan mission
- Flight ban now stretched to early Tuesday
- Long winter shrivelled German economy, central bank says
- British expat voter registration deadline looms
- Konrad who? Unsung computer pioneer remembered
- Bayern Munich's Ribery faces probe over prostitution scandal
- Deutsche Bahn in advanced talks for Arriva takeover
20 April
- Bayern preps for semi-final clash with worn-out Lyon
- German airlines resume limited flight schedules
- Crime drops for 2009
- Senior conservative calls for end to Kunduz inquiry
- Stubborn 'strongmen' brave ash cloud for gruelling foot race
- Mixa asks for forgiveness as Church begins abuse inquiry
- Germany named Europe's top computer virus culprit
- Volcanic ash fallout halts work at BMW factories
- Pensioner jailed for attempted Jehovah's Witness massacre
- Test flights show no damage to planes
- Former Siemens execs fined for corruption
- Four soldiers injured in Afghanistan crash
- Travel havoc continues as flight ban is extended
21 April
- Flight ban lifted
- Bodies of Bundeswehr soldiers brought home
- German beer blasts hole through Apple's security core
- Volcano chaos to cost airlines $1.7 billion
- Broken rib may keep goalkeeper Adler out of World Cup
- Bank customer locked in vault
- Ash danger unclear despite green light
- Spring hits speed bump but should recover for weekend
- Church asks Bishop Mixa to take a break
- Part-time space racers shoot for Lunar X Prize
- IKB considers suing Goldman Sachs for fraud
22 April
- Bishop Mixa resigns
- Bayern wins 1-0 in Champs League semi
- Government defends lengthy flight ban
- Deutsche Bahn buys British transport operator Arriva
- What's on in Germany: April 22 - 28
- New Afghan plan poses more danger to troops
- Kidnapped Germans still missing in Nigeria, officials say
- The downfall of the 'Downfall' mash-ups
- City invasion of 'wallpeckers' a boon for tradesmen
- BMW to roll out electric cars by 2013 - two years early
- Guttenberg defends his Kunduz mistakes
23 April
- Bayern eye treble championship dream
- Catholics relieved by Mixa's resignation
- FDP gears up for fresh tax cut battle
- Lufthansa offers iPhone loser free flight for German pub crawl
- Catholics ready for Church exodus, poll finds
- Sugary children's drink voted year's worst advertising lie
- Business confidence hits two-year high
- Of mice and Portnoy
- Driver obeys car navigation literally, promptly crashes
- Losses from failed bank are tough luck, court rules
- Merkel talks tough on aid for Greece
24 April
- Pre-war drama 'Das weiße Band' sweeps German Film Prize awards
- Muslim minister-designate calls for state school crucifix ban
- Conservatives suggest Greece leave Euro currency union
- NRW coalition shaky as parties turn on each other ahead of poll
- Politicians honour fallen Bundeswehr soldiers
- Thousands gather to protest nuclear power plant extension
25 April
- 120,000 take stand against nuclear power
- Two Germans kidnapped in Niger Delta released unharmed
- Colonia Dignidad founder, Nazi and child abuser Schäfer dies in prison
- Baby dies after being bitten by family dog
- Karstadt rescue deal likely to sacrifice 4,000 jobs
- South Korean pension fund bids for Berlin's Sony Centre
- Five stork pairs dazzle bird lovers by nesting in same crane
- Germany could refuse aid to Greece
26 April
- Former Nazi death camps celebrate liberation anniversary
- Rain to follow sunny weekend
- Politicians bicker over police attacker penalties
- Integration official rejects call for school crucifix ban
- Sick days increase as economy improves
- VW to invest €1.6 billion in China plants
- GM to compensate Russia's Sberbank for failed Opel deal
- East German message in a bottle sender meets boy finder
- CDU chastens new Muslim minister for mooting school crucifix ban
- Merkel: Greece expulsion from euro not an option
- Lynxes clawing back a bit of German wilderness
27 April
- Deutsche Bank profits up 50 percent from last year
- Transport minister holds volcano fallout summit
- Germany's first offshore wind farm joins power grid
- Artist Eliasson explores Berlin's urban environment in new show
- Candidates tame in key state election debate
- Majority of Germans oppose Greek bailout
- A Muslim Christian Democrat's crucifixion
- Weather service warns climate change is real
- Daimler returns to profit and raises 2010 forecast
- Expensive military IT project 'Herkules' does not compute
- Commerzbank fined £595,000 in Britain
- Porsche recalls Panamera amid seatbelt concern
28 April
- Olic hat trick takes Bayern to Champion's League final
- Bundeswehr trauma cases spike
- Swiss mull lawsuit against Germany over bank data
- Struggling students to get guidance counsellors
- Cracking the corporate glass ceiling
- Germans like their jobs, bosses
- Ifo's Sinn: Greece will never pay Germany back
- Ribery banned from Champions League final
- Teen sentenced to 8 1/2 years in custody for Kassandra attack
- Emissions trading tax evasion sparks huge raid
- Laura Bush suspected poisoning at G8 summit
- Merkel: Greek bailout must be 'accelerated'
29 April
- Obama urges swifter action on Greece
- Bus ploughs into school group, injuring 13
- What's on in Germany: April 29 - May 5
- Bavaria rebuffs China over Uighur 'terrorists'
- Asian business boosts BASF Q1 profit
- German scholar rankles Swiss with questions over Heidi's origins
- Unemployment drops sharply in April
- Three German restaurants eke into world's top 50
- Northern biker gangs banned amid deadly feud
- Scientists create men with emotional sensitivity
- Ansbach school attacker gets nine years
- Baltic Sea hotel blasts Bush's 'poison' theory
30 April
- Bayern Munich edges toward treble dream
- Teen expelled from Catholic school for leaving Church
- Upping the Antifa: Leftist riots feared for May Day
- Pensioner fined €14,000 for 'ass bombing' pool
- Retailer Metro's profits edge higher as economy improves
- 'Die Fremde' takes top honours at Tribeca Film Festival
- Schäuble to urge banks to join Greek bailout
- Police save 15-year-old girl from forced marriage
- Facing a century: 100 German portraits
- Environment ministers gather in Bonn to save climate talks