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

01 May
- Hamburg sees first May Day clashes
- Google and government bury hatchet over 'Street View'
- Controversial art project provides audio track for Berlin riots
- MEP Koch-Mehrin calls for Europe-wide burka ban
- Germany reportedly slashing climate projects
- Merkel and Sarkozy agree to act quickly on Greece rescue
- Drunk driver plows into crowd, injures 14
- Thousands protest neo-Nazis on May Day
02 May
- May Day clashes in Hamburg and Berlin
- Bayern Munich secure league title
- Merkel: Greek crisis will inspire Spain, Portugal
- High design heads to the corner shop in the Ruhr
- Teacher reportedly made child porn with pupils
- Bayern's Ribery breaks silence over sex scandal
03 May
- New scandal hits CDU ahead of state election
- Merkel urges trust in next round of climate talks
- Man marries his dying cat
- Banks and insurers could lend Greece €1 billion
- Löw passes up Kuranyi for World Cup squad
- German Islamist said killed in Pakistan
- Merkel backs Greece but demands change
- Police call for parliament speaker to resign after neo-Nazi protest
- Germany jumpstarts electric car initiative
- New monument to honour Russia's Catherine the Great
- Jimmy Andrew: From Scottish miner to Ruhr fitness mogul
04 May
- Berlin exhibition explores Jewish roots of comics
- Customers unable to file taxes amid bank delays
- Chances grim for FDP's tax cut proposal
- Schäuble warns Greeks to stick to austerity plan
- Bavarian beer prices stable as beer garden season begins
- Stormy weather to keep volcanic ash at bay
- Adler ruled out of World Cup with broken ribs
- Police deny 15-year-old girl forced to marry
- US government calls out Deutsche Telekom over union busting
- Dog that killed baby will not be put down
- Röttgen says 'ice broken' at Bonn climate talks
05 May
- Klein unlikely to be disciplined over air strike
- BMW upgrades 2010 outlook following profitable quarter
- Cavern likely caused deadly rock slide that crushed family home
- Merkel says EU's future at stake in Greek crisis
- Voters blasé ahead of crucial state vote in the Rhineland
- Arms dealer Schreiber jailed for eight years
- Lufthansa forecasts higher profits for 2010
- German police using their guns less
- Making comfy footwear for hippies and supermodels
- Honey bees monitor air quality at Hamburg Airport
06 May
- Police scramble after toy gun spotted at Merkel rally
- SPD refuses support for Greece package
- New Topography of Terror museum to open
- What's on in Germany: May 6 - 12
- Air Berlin reveals scope of volcano damage
- No homicide charge for father of Winnenden killer
- HRE investors outraged as 'fat cat' banker sues
- Löw announces World Cup squad
- Court rules against extra welfare payment for disabled kids
- Sarkozy and Merkel push stricter eurozone rules
- Documenting the heart of Nazi terror
- Industrial orders surge as economy rebounds
- Profitable Commerzbank reassures on Greek debt
- Scientists prove humans bred with Neanderthals
07 May
- Millions of swine flu shots wasted
- Merkel gets pay rise of €4,000 a year
- Butt beaming after surprise selection
- Gory 'death metal' teacher too gruesome for school
- Parliament backs unpopular Greek bailout
- Bishop Mixa investigated for sex abuse
- Smart aims to electrify the future of urban mobility
- Spring snow to give way to (slightly) warmer weekend
- Industrial output soars
- Finding blue swords and 'white gold' in Meissen
08 May
- German ice hockey team stuns US
- Merkel braces for blow in vital state election
- Attacks on police rise dramatically
- Pope accepts Mixa's resignation
- Professor devises Germany's World Cup-winning formula
- Ash cloud stops six Frankfurt flights
- Whistles for Wowereit at Tempelhof park opening
09 May
- Bayern win league title
- Polls open in crucial state election
- Merkel in Moscow to mark VE Day
- Five pupils injured in school chemistry experiment
- End-of-season football riots break out
- Volcano forces closure of Munich airport
- CDU suffers defeat in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Schäuble 'conscious' after allergic reaction
10 May
- Rainy days and frosty nights ahead
- Southern German airports reopen after ash cloud scare
- CDU defeat a 'double debacle,' press says
- Merkel says EU aid fund will protect the euro
- Trade surplus jumps as euro slumps
- SPD faces difficult path to power in NRW
- Scientists find sunken islands in the Caribbean
- Bidding the Iron Lady Chancellor auf Wiedersehen
- Nuclear plant problems reportedly on the rise
- Berlin denies ailing Schäuble to step down
- Parking lot 'sheriff' jailed for draconian towing scam
- How sick is Germany’s healthcare system?
- Merkel rules out tax cuts
11 May
- Brüderle accused of blocking minimum wage for care workers
- Berlin backs EU aid fund after Obama prodding
- Deutsche Post Q1 profits surge
- Free Democrats plumb new poll depths
- Naked and pregnant Claudia Schiffer adorns Vogue
- Teens accused of raping girl on London class trip
- Bundeswehr lacks chaplains for Muslim and Jewish soldiers
- Shoe fetishist fox plundering townsfolk's footwear
- Libeskind extension for Berlin Jewish Museum unveiled
- ECB resumes dollar loans to eurozone banks
12 May
- Merkel congratulates new British Prime Minister Cameron
- EU court slams German penal system
- Day care guarantee not in danger, minister says
- Church member leader urges end to celibacy for Catholic priests
- Growth offers hope amid eurozone gloom
- Berlin Airlift remembered at Tempelhof
- Bavaria reports heavy damage after overnight storm
- Turks found worst integrated group amid widespread bigotry
- Bosch opens Southeast Asian office for green technologies
- Glitch shuts down German internet
- Merkel backs added EU budgetary surveillance
13 May
- German among dead in Libyan plane crash
- SAP buys Californian Sybase for €4.6bn
- Internet users must secure wireless connections against abuse
- Löw mulls future ahead of World Cup prep match
- What's on in Germany: May 13 - 19
- Blow to Islamic Conference as leading Muslims pull out
- Grey May to continue into weekend
- Two Moroccan deportees in comas after prison fire
- Bridging discord in the Mosel Valley
- Merkel: EU facing biggest threat since communism
- Christians gather for interfaith congress
14 May
- Käßmann stirs Catholics with pill speech
- Far-right leader sues over hotel ban
- Löw unsatisfied with 3-0 win against Malta
- Banker's wife kidnapped
- Deutsche Bank chief doubts Greece can repay
- Going the distance: students race towards fuel-efficient cars
- France reportedly threatened to ditch euro
- Municipalities face €15-billion shortfall
- Hard-rocking Tokio Hotel guitarist in sex party Viagra overdose
- Hamburg's merry buccaneers celebrate a century of football
- Sweden's SEB mulling sale of German bank unit
- Investigation into sex abuse by Mixa dropped
15 May
- Google gathering private data via ‘Street View’
- Merkel says major budget cuts on the horizon
- Car and mobile phone of kidnapped banker’s wife found
- Lafontaine steps aside for new Left party leaders
- Daimler to stop trading on New York Stock Exchange
- Claudia Schiffer gives birth to third child
- Teen fatally stabbed in Hamburg S-Bahn station
16 May
- Bayern beat Bremen for German Cup
- Passion Play season opens in Oberammergau
- Bundeswehr to boost air power with US attack helicopters
- Government to sidestep Bundesrat on nuclear power plant extension
- Merkel: Rescue package is a temporary fix
- Union leader, Merkel at odds over financial transaction tax
17 May
- Discount tickets on sale for Deutsche Bahn's 175th anniversary
- Arsonists attack Rhineland synagogue
- Municipal doctors strike across country
- Police enlist Turkey Vulture for corpse searches
- The Best of Berlin in May
- Germany spared volcanic ash cloud - for now
- Injured Ballack ruled out of World Cup
- Berlin to present plan for new EU deficit rules
- Government's Islamic Conference gets off to a rocky start
- US social commerce site Groupon buys Citydeal
18 May
- Former MP Tauss faces court on child porn charges
- Kidnapped German girls rescued in Yemen
- Coalition agrees on future of compulsory community service
- Chinese hurl 'Nazi' epithets at German Expo pavilion in Shanghai
- Rain likely until holiday weekend
- German media roundup: Ballack's football tragedy
- Porsche driver abducts child after dandelion attack
- Schäuble warns Britain over hedge fund rules
- Ballack lawyer targets Boateng
- Investor confidence falters but eurozone locomotive chugs on
- Merkel tells Club Med not to expect cash transfers
- Brake problem sparks BMW motorcycle recall
19 May
- Euro slides after German trading crackdown
- Heating bill refunds likely for millions of renters
- Centre-right coalition partners reach 10-year voter approval low
- Ballack tells Schweinsteiger to lead World Cup team
- Lufthansa receives first A380 superjumbo
- Merkel warns Europe's fate tied to euro
- Prosecutors file rape charges against weatherman Kachelmann
- Saxon craftsmanship before its time
- Prosecutors probe Google for data breach
- Floodwaters heading towards Germany
20 May
- ECB lays cornerstone for new Frankfurt headquarters
- Ninjas save German student from alley robbery in Sydney
- No new clues on kidnapped banker's wife
- What's on in Germany: May 20 - 26
- Afghan mission costing triple ministry estimates
- Merkel pushes for new global financial rules
- Facebook group launches 'virtual protest' against neo-Nazis
- Portnoy's Podcast: Amok Mama and a female Fatherland
- University graduates pick Audi as best place to work
- Westerwelle stresses privacy concerns to Google founder Page
- Living the wildlife in Berlin
- 4G phone auction raises 'only' €4.4 billion
21 May
- Minister moots shorter work week for parents
- Lahm admits pressure high for Germany after Ballack injury
- Left-wing coalition talks fail in the Rhineland
- Parliament passes billion-euro rescue fund
- Family strife blamed for high suicide rate among Turkish women
- Bayern set to pay Ribery club's highest salary ever
- The euro rescue package poses incalculable risks
- Erotic magazine for women hits German newsstands
- Sunshine and heat to grace Pentecost holiday weekend
- Opel agrees on restructuring plan with unions
- Merkel and Cameron play down differences
22 May
- Berlin airport ground staff to strike next week
- Four dogs kill three-year-old girl during family visit
- Schoolboy pays €17,000 to child blackmailers
- Schäuble says he feels fine amid speculation about his health
- Bono stuck in Munich after emergency back surgery
- Russia, China engaging in industrial espionage
- Russia edge Germany to face Czechs in hockey final
- Inter torpedo Bayern's treble dream
23 May
- Westerwelle says Nefertiti stays in Berlin
- German mercenaries en route to Somalia
- Thousands of goths brighten up Leipzig at festival
- Ribery signs to remain with Bayern Munich until 2015
- Goldman Sachs to make bid for Karstadt
- Carnival of Cultures fills Berlin with dancers and music
24 May
- 'Traumschiff' cruise ship evacuated after fire
- Amusement park in running for socks-on-line world record
- Four die in helicopter crash but group in hot air balloon unhurt
- Westerwelle attacked from within FDP for poor polls and low profile
- Wedding party turns into mass fight with restaurant staff
- Sun gives way to rain and storms as summer still fails to materialise
25 May
- Merkel begins Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi
- One dead after tornado hits eastern states
- Brandenburg braces for floods
- Hessian premier Roland Koch to resign
- Warring bikers decide to play nice
- States reportedly set to grant Opel aid
- Claudia Schiffer names baby daughter Cosima Violet
- Volkswagen snaps up Italian car designer
- Injury sidelines midfielder Träsch for World Cup
- Bus driver fired for tying boy to seat
- Misha Aster: A cultural historian
- U2's Bono leaves Munich hospital after temporary 'paralysis'
- Ministry slams defective Tiger attack helicopter
26 May
- Merkel in Saudi Arabia for talks on Gulf tour
- High water reaches Brandenburg early
- Volker Bouffier to replace Roland Koch as Hessian state premier
- Poles, Romanians and Americans lead immigration to Germany
- BND spy jailed for passing secrets to gay Balkan lover
- Euro crisis stokes inflation and debt fears
- World Cup rivals will be tough, injured Ballack warns
- Germany defends short-selling ban
- Bumbling repo men kidnap wrong woman
- Germany's golden future
- Oktoberfest hikes beer prices for 200th anniversary
- Economic recovery picking up speed
27 May
- Delays expected amid Berlin airport strikes
- Lahm to lead Germany in World Cup
- Greens moot scaling down German military
- What's on in Germany: May 27 - June 2
- Brandenburg on alert as floodwaters rise
- Mysterious property tycoon chokes in own hotel
- Daimler announces electric car joint venture with China's BYD
- Organic food neither healthier nor tastier, watchdog finds
- Köhler under fire for 'economic war' remarks
- Flagellating the Fatherland
- US demands Germany boost EU economy
- Deutsche Bank chief warns against labelling bankers immoral
- Study uncovers 205 cases of Jesuit abuse
28 May
- New shock poll for Merkel's coalition
- Hungary friendly a test for World Cup team
- Brandenburg floodwaters may have peaked
- Military cuts unavoidable, says Guttenberg
- 'Dr. Death' opens shop selling human cross sections
- Former MP Tauss sentenced for child porn
- Germans pay second highest electricity prices in EU
- Coalition forced to weigh up tax hikes
- Police arrest alleged poker heist mastermind
- Keepin' it real: Can Lena's calculated chaos win Eurovision?
- German war graves desecrated in France
29 May
- Klitschko sets sights on Sosnowski
- Coalition considers retracting tax break for hotels
- Germans ready to skip sex for World Cup glory
- SPD grassroots condemn party leadership
- Germany willing to accept Gitmo prisoners
- Russian consortium joins race for Karstadt
- Merkel visits flood zone
30 May
- Lena wins Eurovision
- Klitschko knocks out Sosnowski
- Löw faces 'brutal' choices
- Germany celebrates Lena's victory
- Minister: Google faces 50,000 lawsuits
- Bankers condemn ECB purchase of Greek bonds
- Summer delayed again with more gloomy weather ahead
- Dike breaks in eastern Germany
31 May
- FDP open to Rhineland 'traffic light' coalition
- Labour minister moots community service for long-term jobless
- 40,000 welcome Eurovision winner Lena in Hannover
- Tauss leaves Pirate Party after child pornography conviction
- Four dead after small plane crash in North Rhine-Westphalia
- President Köhler resigns
- Deadly Israeli commando raid shocks Merkel
- Hardware stores beat crisis as Germans take to nesting
- Horst Köhler profile: The modest but outspoken president
- ECB heavyweights tangle over bond purchases