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

01 June
- Family minister suggests cut to parental benefits
- Flooding eases in the east
- Merkel begins search for new president
- MPs deny activists on Gaza aid trip were armed
- Singapore's flush research funding attracts German scientists
- German media roundup: Köhler’s shocking departure
- Unemployment drops as retail sales rebound
- Bars and restaurants pin profit hopes on World Cup
- A crisis of presidential proportions
- Poor children losing hope early
- Brüderle stays 'sceptical' about state aid for Opel
02 June
- Von der Leyen tipped to become president
- Three killed in WWII bomb explosion
- Defender Beck last man dropped from World Cup squad
- Germany ranked best for business in Europe
- Berlin may delay city palace reconstruction
- Cabinet backs wider ban on naked short trading
- Feisty 'literature pope' Reich-Ranicki turns 90
- Germany is getting fatter
- German among wounded in Israeli sea attack
- Baring all at the OB/GYN
- Deutsche Bank glitch hits Japanese bourses
- Archbishop investigated for abetting sex abuse
03 June
- Ballack urged to retire from national team
- 'Grand coalition' talks break down in Rhineland
- Summer temperatures finally on the way
- What's on in Germany: June 3 - 9
- Heavy rains threaten Bavaria with flooding
- Persecuted by the Nazis, former Berliners visit their hometown
- Paraffin spill pollutes Baltic beaches
- Thousands of WWII bombs found on sunken German ship
- Talk turns to Christian Wulff for president
- States aim to block cuts to solar energy subsidies
- Schäuble moots hiking 'solidarity' tax to help rescue budget
- Aigner unfriends Facebook
- Merkel nominates Wulff for president
04 June
- Banker's wife found dead
- Löw feeling good after final friendly win
- Rösler's health reforms rebuffed by coalition colleagues
- Teachers call for student weigh-ins to curb obesity
- German media roundup: Little excitement for Wulff presidency
- Still rockin' on the Ring after 25 years
- EADS to launch algae-powered airplane
- Court agrees to German trial for Somali pirates
- Neo-Nazi parties look for salvation through a merger
- German companies to build world's biggest wind park
05 June
- Thousands demonstrate against Israeli sea raid
- Unions warn unfair cuts would prompt trouble
- Crime handbook provokes fear of increased left-wing violence
- Support grows for Gauck presidency
- 26,000 raise their voices to fill the Ruhr region with song
- Germany and Russia agree on Iran sanctions
06 June
- Teacher sues Bayer for birth defects
- Hot weekend gives way to stormy and cooler week
- Religious Muslim boys more violent, study says
- Merkel to cut social services in tight budget
- Investigation starts as 30 wellness hotel guests hospitalised
- Police under pressure over lack of progress in kidnap murder case
07 June
- Guttenberg blasted by predecessor Jung
- Coalition dubious about state aid for Opel
- D-Day arrives for Germany's budget
- Father dies trying to rescue toddler son from river
- Armed man sighted near Berlin school yard
- German team arrives in South Africa ahead of World Cup
- Banned GM corn growing in seven states
- Candidate Gauck blasts 'timid' politicians
- Germans worry the most about unemployment, study shows
- Axe falls on welfare and family benefits
- Lufthansa demands EU compensation for volcano losses
08 June
- Bankrupt Karstadt chain finds US-German buyer
- Austerity package sparks heated debate
- Trial over Aachen jailbreak begins
- Portnoy's Podcast: Hanging ten with Michael Scott Moore
- Critics call for end to GEZ television licence fees
- Berlin Air Show takes off
- Where the axe has fallen: a budget cut breakdown
- Police woman kills kids and takes own life
- Leftists name third presidential candidate
- Friedrich says German squad ready for World Cup without Ballack
09 June
- Storm warnings issued as mercury climbs
- Police put dent in neo-Nazi websites
- Rhineland inches towards traffic light coalition
- Voters favour Gauck for president
- Design festival taxies for takeoff at Berlin's Tempelhof Airport
- Merkel and Sarkozy push financial market reforms
- Immigrant children disadvantaged in German schools
- Injured Ballack leaves Chelsea
- Thousands of students take to streets in protest
- Germany rejects state guarantees for Opel
10 June
- Legendary Beckenbauer backs Germany for semi-finals
- Merkel 'strongly welcomes' Iran sanctions
- Employers' group supports watching World Cup at work
- States agree to reform TV licence fees
- Storm causes flooding and fires from lightning
- What's on in Germany: June 10 - 16
- Ten percent of schoolchildren think the sun rises in the North
- Where to watch World Cup matches in Germany
- German Jews sending aid ship to Gaza Strip
- Neighbourhood feud ends in bloody weed-whacker attack
- Supermarket cashier wrongly fired for taking deposit slips
- John E. Woods: Bringing German literature to the world
- UK's Clegg charms Berlin with German skills
- Merkel says states ready to help Opel
11 June
- Bollywood takes on Hitler film
- Sarrazin says Germany 'dumber' through immigration
- 'Traffic light' coalition talks fail in Rhineland
- Alisar crowned 'Germany's next Topmodel'
- Luxury goods market set to rebound
- Mutti Merkel fed up with coalition bickering
- Bundesbank hikes 2010 growth forecast
- Teachers to get training in forced marriage prevention
- Severe storms to subside for pleasant weekend
- The daily World Cup roundup
- Lahm plays captain, but Schweinsteiger becomes boss
- Modernist painter Sigmar Polke dead at 69
12 June
- Military plans exclude conscripts
- Gauck criticises government savings plans as not fair enough
- Germany ready for Aussie Socceroos in first World Cup match
- Woodland sealed off due to poisonous caterpillars
- Investigation finds DNA traces on Bögerl's body
- New capital airport up to nine months late
- Suspected Mossad agent arrested in Poland for Germany
13 June
- Police injured in Berlin anti-budget demo
- New medicines watchdog head says nine of ten drugs pointless
- Guttenberg considers resignation
- Post plans to downgrade jobs and sell offices to reduce costs
- Furry hopefuls line up at Babelsberg animal casting day
- Police hunt man who raped one taxi driver, killed another
- The weekend World Cup roundup
- Germany crush Aussies in World Cup opener
14 June
- Suspect arrested in taxi murder and rape case
- Crowd breaks world record for ballet class in Hannover
- Mixa returns to bishop's palace quarters in 'defiance'
- Cities desperate as €15-billion budgetary shortfall looms
- Man moons and throws puppy at Hells Angels bikers
- Embattled coalition faces calls for fresh elections
- Getting toddlers to like bikes
- Siemens planning massive new Munich headquarters
- Berlin and Paris plan new fiscal rules for EU, G20
- The daily World Cup roundup
15 June
- England gripe about Germany's World Cup balls
- Politicians suggest reducing German states
- Woman caught driving while nursing baby
- Vuvuzela resellers eye World Cup gold in Europe
- Language group moots GEZ boycott and support for BBC over radio
- Anxious middle class shrinks as gulf between rich and poor grows
- More cars burned in Hamburg
- Hostage taker in Leipzig shop gives up
- Court rules Germany must recognise foreign gay marriages
- The daily World Cup roundup
16 June
- Falcons disrupt Commerzbank ceremony in Frankfurt
- Köhler defends surprise resignation
- Mixa wants his case reviewed by Vatican
- Teens arrested for laser pointer attack on plane in Hamburg
- Bavarian company resurrects classic Horex motorcycle brand
- Leipzig hostage-taker wanted attention for malpractice suit
- Turning teamwork into World Cup glory
- GM ends quest for EU loan guarantees for Opel
- The daily World Cup roundup
- One-fifth of Germans want Merkel to resign
- Lufthansa announces higher ticket prices
17 June
- Merkel lauds Spain's reforms amid bailout talk
- Train collision injures 16
- Industry leader predicts job boom this year
- What's on in Germany: June 17 - 23
- Why every dentist needs a Prussian finca
- Rush on iPhones cripples Telekom site, delays deliveries
- Germany looking to seal second round berth with win over Serbia
- Neo-Nazi leader ejected from Saxon legislature
- Court convicts Magdeburg Zoo workers for killing tiger cubs
- Germany agrees to release bank stress tests
- SPD to form minority government in Rhineland
- The daily World Cup roundup
18 June
- Löw preps team for tough fight against Serbia
- 'Sheep's Chill' weather pattern to create dreary weekend
- Wulff calls on coalition to back candidacy
- Bollywood actor pulls out of controversial Hitler film
- Metal thieves disrupt train traffic between Berlin and Hannover
- The Best of Berlin in June
- One-third of Germans allowed to watch World Cup at work
- The Local’s tips for bat conservation
- The Local's urban bat watching tips
- Urban bats: Berlin's other nightlife
- Serbia sink 10-man Germany as cards fly
- Porsche rakes in cash and US consumer awards
- The daily World Cup roundup
19 June
- Parties prepare for NRW minority red-green rule
- Premium rate service lines to drop fee for waiting callers
- Greens discuss BP boycott as CEO taken out of firing line
- German 'female Viagra' fails to excite US drug approval agency
- Top music stars join calls to tax the rich more
- Berlin celebrates gay pride parade
- Löw says Germany not in 'headless-chicken mode' after loss
- Merkel refutes Obama on G20 fiscal policy
20 June
- Candy Bomber plane makes crash landing
- Gauck not intending to damage Merkel in presidential race
- Israel blocks German minister's Gaza visit
- Gay pride heroine says march too superficial and commercial
- ECB head blames Germany and France for debt crisis
- 'Sheep's Chill' to end with warmer weather on the way
- The weekend World Cup roundup
21 June
- Merkel praises diversity of national football team
- Secret Mixa file details alcohol and sexual abuse
- Fire kills four at home for addicts
- Indian banker touted as potential Deutsche CEO
- Niebel renews criticism of Israel
- German satellite blasts off to create new 3-D earth model
- Dresden Albertinum reopens with 'art ark' for future flooding
- Nobel laureate Krugman slams Bundesbank's Weber as risk to euro
- Sons confront doctor over UK man's death
- Adidas expecting football sales of €1.5 billion in 2010
- The daily World Cup roundup
22 June
- Pakistan police arrest German man in burka
- Germany to take on less debt than projected
- Viernheim bomber handed 12 years in prison
- Berliner Boateng set for German backlash
- 'Bild' editor racks up €42,000 in roaming charges
- Armed forces personnel could be cut by 100,000
- Steamy Bruce Willis shower sparks fire alarm in Frankfurt
- Business confidence back to pre-crisis level
- Germany, Britain and France agree to bank levy
- Bacteria spoiling one quarter of all beaches
- The daily World Cup roundup
23 June
- Neo-Nazi leader loses hotel ban court case
- Windfall raises fresh calls for tax cuts
- Justice minister rejects driving ban for criminals
- Löw predicts fast and physical game in Ghana clash
- Professor dead after vintage electric car crash
- Holy division and cynicism
- German aid workers kidnapped in Darfur
- Growing ranks of smokers support ban
- Mixa backs down, promises to go quietly
- Brewer banishes Bud to crown Hasseröder official World Cup beer
- BASF snaps up Cognis for €3.1 billion
- Hitler begged for car discount, letter reveals
- US Army announces base closures in Baden-Württemberg
- The daily World Cup roundup
- Germany beat Ghana to advance to final 16
24 June
- Children's stone attack on Jews sparks outrage
- Toyota test driver killed in head-on crash
- Merkel hits back at Obama fiscal criticism
- Standardised tests reveal huge learning gaps
- Yemen question German after suicide attack on UK ambassador
- What's on in Germany: June 24 - 30
- Terrified lover calls police from wardrobe
- Summer decides to show up after all
- BMW and Daimler ramp up amid surging demand
- Germany hopes Schweinsteiger will be fit for England clash
- Drunk football fan beats police officer with vuvuzela
25 June
- Art missing since 1945 returns to Prussian palace
- McDonald's to sell Hoeneß bratwurst burger
- Rüttgers announces 2011 retirement from politics
- Lufthansa ends lengthy pilot labour dispute
- Ballack returns to Bayer Leverkusen
- Nazi-era pavilion sparks row ahead of Venice Biennale
- Gabriel backs Obama’s economic policy attack
- Court rules euthanasia with patient consent ok
- Bunkers trade NATO nukes for art
- New Berlin airport to open seven months late
- The daily World Cup roundup
26 June
- Merkel and Cameron to watch big match together
- Minister demands Apple transparency
- Merkel claims harmony at G8 summit
- Union ramps up pressure on auto industry
- Germany to break climate aid promises
- Mountain biker missing for four days found alive
27 June
- Fans hunt for big showdown tickets
- Karstadt set to reap unexpected profit
- Publishers bicker over Lena rights
- Showcase concert hall divides Hamburg
- Ukraine detains top German political observer
- German post considers raising postage charges
- Germany bury England with 4-1 victory
28 June
- Merkel scores victory at G20 summit
- Conservatives suggest intelligence tests for immigrants
- Summer sun to last all week
- German media roundup: Late revenge for Wembley?
- Leftists harass immigrants for supporting Germany
- Police recover stolen Caravaggio painting in Berlin
- Demand for day care on the rise
- Major films funded for overseas cinema push
- Most Germans undaunted by economic crisis
- Germans eager to tame Argentina's Messi
- Beleaguered FDP vows to stay the course
- The daily World Cup roundup
- Scotsman to make history as state premier
29 June
- Germany uses foreign torture intel, report says
- Bundeswehr protects soldiers from harassment with anonymity
- Gauck turns to The Left for votes ahead of election
- Earthquake shakes Rhine-Main region overnight
- Cleopatra death caused by drugs not asp bite, historian claims
- Half of Germans want the Deutsche mark back
- Opposition demands overhauled citizenship laws as naturalisations drop
- Berlin aims to end big pharma's price monopoly
- Teen scores World Cup glory with Lego films
- The daily World Cup roundup
30 June
- Germany to choose new president
- Merkel in the crowd for Argentina clash
- Health insurers warn of system breakdown
- Guttenberg under fire for putting troops at risk
- Jobless rate drops amid growing confidence
- Morning sickness? There's a tea for that
- Wulff elected president, Merkel humiliated
- Stolen 'Caravaggio' likely a copy, experts say
- Weekend heat wave on the way
- Karadzic: Germany withholding proof of Bosnian weapons trade
- The daily World Cup roundup