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

01 November
- Dortmund back at Bundesliga top after beating Mainz
- Röttgen to lead North Rhine-Westphalia CDU
- TV licence fee collector fined for Nazi salute
- Merkel: Public service needs more immigrants
- Flight ban extended to Yemeni passenger jets
- Aachen stinks
- Sinkhole swallows car
- Deutsche Bahn to reduce freight train noise with 'whisper brakes'
- Travelling to Germany’s heart of darkness
02 November
- Yemen angry over flight ban
- Dentists accept emergencies only as insurance budgets run out
- Saxony-Anhalt officials warn of sinkhole plague
- Google offers German Street View preview
- Cars sales seen accelerating in 2010
- Historic locomotives disappear from museum
- Family Ministry launches early language initiative for day care
- Explosive package seized at Merkel's office
- Hugo Boss struts ahead with strong quarterly profit
- US military families lose everything in huge fire
- Merkel rejects EU tax
03 November
- No tax cuts, Merkel says
- Kachelmann won't work as TV weatherman after trial
- Energy giants to drill for untapped natural gas in Rhineland
- Germany seeks better integration of immigrants
- Berlin demands security crackdown on cargo
- BMW roars ahead
- Aquarium unveils heir to Paul the psychic octopus
- CSU party newspaper offers holidays to 'occupied East Prussia'
- North Rhine-Westphalian roads clogged by mysterious traffic
- Finding peace in Westphalia
- Village asks to be wiped from Google's map
04 November
- Unruly MPs to face €3,000 fines
- Muslims call for public service immigrant quota
- German woman killed in severe Malaysian flooding
- Lufthansa A380s to keep flying despite Qantas explosion
- What's on in Germany: November 4 - 10
- Digitally desecrating Germany’s landscape
- Life expectancy on the rise
- Deutsche Telekom earnings highlight iPhone effect
- Illegal car race ends in deadly head-on crash with truck
- BayernLB abandons merger talks with WestLB
- More men being treated for impotence
- First woman rabbi since WWII ordained
- Hamburg bank made customer psych profiles
05 November
- Hospital, birthing house or at home? Delivery options in Germany
- Income tax could vary by city under government plan
- Boris Becker ordered to pay pastor for wedding
- ‘Going back is so foreign – I speak Polish with a German accent’
- Women's equality stronger in former east, study finds
- Boar piglet learns to moo with new cow family
- Noisy children most likely to annoy wealthier tenants
- US has lost its way, Schäuble thunders
- BMW puts €400m into electric car race
- Police arrest Islamist bomb threat suspect
- Psychedelic Berlin art show hosts live reindeer, canaries and mice
- Protest blocks nuclear waste train headed for Germany
06 November
- Künast to run for Berlin mayor in 2011
- German states look to skip court OK on blood tests for drunk drivers
- Merkel says full employment in Germany is possible
- Berlin mulls security 'black list' for airports
- Nuclear waste train enters Germany
- Cold and rainy November days ahead across the country
07 November
- Westerwelle departs for Israel, Gaza Strip
- Neo-Nazi NPD votes to join forces with smaller right-wing party
- Schäuble regretful over press conference outburst
- Protests heat up along nuclear waste route
- Structural shake-up in store for EON
- Jewish WWI soldiers remembered at Frankfurt ceremony
08 November
- Enke's suicide changed little in German sports, expert says
- Police clear anti-nuclear blockade overnight
- Sinkhole filled, but residents not allowed to return
- The longest last name in Germany? Ottovordemgentschenfelde
- Exporters shift back into top gear
- Train kills Jehovah's Witness stabbing suspect
- Westerwelle calls Gaza blockade 'unacceptable'
- 'Degenerate' sculptures found beneath Berlin
- Cutting to the chase in Solingen
- Woman sailor dies in Gorch Fock training accident
- Adidas aims to outgrow Nike
- Police and activists gear up for nuclear showdown
09 November
- Nuclear waste reaches depot as blockade ends
- Merkel to warn G20 on trade protectionism
- Family Minister Schröder locked in blazing feminism row
- Schäuble's spokesman quits after public spanking
- Germans set to spend more on holiday shopping this year
- Winnenden case 'lay judge' sacked after drunken police abuse
- Supermarkets launch 'drive-in' grocery shopping
- German media roundup: Split by the atom
- Technology aims to stop drivers from falling asleep at the wheel
- Schröder hits back, saying Bush lied
10 November
- Schäuble faces fresh pressure over tax plans
- Minorities call for their languages to be constitutionally enshrined
- Fraudsters scammed Holocaust victims' fund
- Santa's post office opens in Himmelpfort - every letter to be answered
- Bahn manager to be sacked over ICE mishaps
- Donkey helps Bundeswehr fight Taliban in Afghanistan
- 'Wise ones' see economy powering forward
- Energy giant EON to divest away from Europe
- Merkel slams US ahead of G20 summit
- Mario Gomez tells gay footballers to come out
11 November
- Group honoured for saving world's oldest stationary carousel
- Merkel attacks 'political' limits on trade surpluses
- Surprise security checks at logistics firms after letter bomb scare
- What’s on in Germany: November 11 - 17
- Judge refuses to prosecute speeders
- Karneval season kicks off
- Karl Lagerfeld pans Berlin fashion scene
- German ‘ß’ to be allowed in internet domain names
- Several children injured in bus crash
- Spain's ACS presents Hochtief takover bid
- Stormy weekend to be wet, warm and windy
12 November
- Bond market jitters misplaced, Germany says
- Hesse suggests searching for alternative nuclear waste sites
- Merkel denies cabinet reshuffle report
- Booming economy cools slightly in third quarter
- Storm 'Carmen' capsizes boat, fells trees and dumps snow
- Jewish doctor refuses to operate on Nazi patient
- The Best of Berlin in November
- Births hit record low
- Parliament passes health insurance premium hikes
- ‘I don’t feel at home here, it’s clear I’ll remain a foreigner’
- Löw warns of Turkish 'aggressive' recruitment
- Indian official calls German cars 'criminal'
13 November
- Fire kills animals at Karlsruhe Zoo
- European mobile phone roaming charges could be binned next year
- French police deployed at anti-nuclear protests
- DFL asked to make May 1 weekend match free
- Bahn to pit bus against train services in 2011
- Merkel tells Burma to free all political prisoners
- Germany eases ban on flights from Yemen
14 November
- US report admits CIA harboured Nazis
- 100,000 march against social service cuts
- Floods close motorways as leaves and rain cause chaos
- 'New horse breed' which challenged historical theory is a donkey
- Police stick to refusal to make officers wear identifying badges
- Department stores benefit as domestic economy recovers
- Vettel becomes youngest F1 champ ever
15 November
- Merkel seeks to rally CDU ahead of election year
- 'Wetlands' author offers sex to president for nuclear extension veto
- Weather extremes bring record heat and flooding
- Funeral home tries to cater to gay funerals with erotic caskets
- Northern German accent in its last generation, experts say
- Feisty Merkel fires up conservatives
- Adidas creates new brand to tap youth fashion market
- Scania eyes merger with MAN
- Black Forest family fights winter blues with huge sun mirror
- Greece blames Berlin for Irish debt crisis
- Hamburg rounds up Alster swans
- UFC hopes homegrown fighters will convince sceptical Germans
- Woman who hid dead babies in freezer jailed
16 November
- US soldier found guilty of fellow soldier's death in Germany
- Christmas tree prices remain stable
- Study sees no skilled worker shortage
- Thuringia faces growing neo-Nazi activity
- Germans held in Iran accused of espionage
- Lufthansa gets new A380 as safety concerns persist
- 'Naked' scanners fooled by creased clothing
- Crowd funding comes to Germany
- Mediaeval graffiti casts light on everyday workers at nunnery
- Brüderle: EU can't 'throw money' at debt crisis
17 November
- Pinola gives Schweinsteiger apology for spitting at him
- Labour Ministry defends raising retirement to 67
- Politician demands more police in Muslim areas
- Climate experts warn of extremely cold winters
- Toasting the best wurst ever
- De Maizière warns of imminent terror attacks
- Taxpayer group slams Merkel’s pricey ads thanking Germans
- Father sparks classroom crucifix row in Bavaria
- Dortmund football hooligans given chance to work off stadium bans
- Court spares pony Rolling Stones tattoo
18 November
- Westerwelle confirms 2012 as Afghan withdrawal target
- Terror warning sparks surveillance debate
- Merkel gets prestigious US 'freedom medal'
- Löw tips Ballack comeback after boring draw with Sweden
- Google Street View goes online
- Suspected bomb meant for Munich-bound flight
- German media roundup: Alert but not hysterical
- Jealous of an unsatisfied Germany
- Father jailed for starving daughter to death
- What's on in Germany: November 18 - 24
- Sex abuse victims still waiting for Catholic Church compensation
- New financial rules to cost banks €50 billion
- Porsche to hire 100 new engineers for research centre
19 November
- Namibia 'bomb' was only a security test
- New exhibition explores legacy of Nuremberg trials
- Afghanistan has 'no military solution,' German envoy says
- ‘I can’t imagine being in a city that I could love more than Berlin’
- Training suspended on Gorch Fock after sailor's death
- Pope Benedict to visit Germany in 2011
- Justice Minister warns against 'exploiting' terror
- Schlecker drugstores set for major facelift
- VW targets Toyota with €51 billion in investments
- Bayern Munich coach slams Ribery's lazy recovery
20 November
- Greens meet amid hopes for national splash
- Reports warn of attack on Reichstag
- Bayer cuts 1,700 German jobs in global reorganisation
- NATO sets timetable to leave Afghanistan by end of 2014
- Obi accused of misusing TÜV seals on dangerous products
- Most German households hit by electricity price rises next year
21 November
- Pope says condoms are sometimes acceptable
- Garden show brings in buzzards to control rabbit plague
- Letters suggest Schering knew of birth defect problems with drug
- Pirates who tried to capture MS Taipan to face justice this week
- Church thief sent packing empty-handed by falling saint statue
- Former Catholic theologian says much of the clergy is gay
22 November
- Police investigate double teen killing
- Schäuble defends Ireland euro bailout
- Most Israelis cannot forgive Germany for Holocaust
- Body of anti-nuclear protestor found in stream
- Psychiatrists needed to cope with army trauma
- Reichstag dome closed amid terrorism fears
- Third most-wanted Nazi war criminal dies ahead of trial
- Namibian airport police officer charged for fake bomb scare
- Andrew Preble: Bringing the Big Easy to Berlin
- Swiss schoolboys jailed over Munich assaults
- Police fear sex crime in teen murders
- Opel headed for loss of €1.4 billion this year
23 November
- Military conscription to be suspended in July
- Police call for military help in terror alert
- Snowstorm buries Harz Mountains
- Holocaust-denying bishop turns to lawyer with neo-Nazi links
- Suspect keeps silence over teen murders
- The Greening of Berlin
- German growth still solid and expanding
- Westerwelle 'very worried' by North Korean attack
- Rhineland taxpayers foot bill for prosecutors' karate lessons
- Rügen loses huge chunk of national park coastline in slide
- Terrorism suspects arrested in Germany
- Euro at stake in Ireland bailout, Schäuble says
24 November
- SAP hit with record fine for copyright infringement
- Minister floats minimum wage for temp workers
- Teen murder suspect close to confession
- German embassies to remove portraits of Nazi ambassadors
- 'People call our harmonies mediaeval, strange inversions that aren’t normal'
- British MEP punished for Nazi slogan
- German business confidence highest since reunification
- Merkel attacks 'obstructionist' Greens
- BASF pledges no job cuts until 2015
- German foreign ministry summons North Korean ambassador
- Authorities scramble to improve winter driving conditions
25 November
- 'When We Leave' takes European film prize
- Schalke makes last 16 in Champions League with win over Lyon
- Petraeus lauds Bundeswehr efforts
- Conservatives call on Muslims to report radicals in their midst
- What's on in Germany: November 25-December 1
- Suspect boasted of teen murder on Facebook
- Workers need to unplug, survey finds
- Pensioner builds brick wall and traps himself in basement
- Germany battles rising tide of sex trafficking
- Bailout fund could top €750 billion, Weber says
- Merkel 'pours cold water' on Putin's vision of free trade zone
- Priest jailed for seven years over sex abuse
26 November
- Stuttgart 21 mediator to call for changes
- Dozens of Eurowings flights cancelled Friday
- Westerwelle urges Europe to look to China
- Minister slams 'macho' Muslim culture
- Cancer spikes around Asse nuke dump
- Schäuble dismisses bailout increase talk
- Holocaust-denying bishop to drop lawyer with neo-Nazi ties
- 'Mini-jobs' work against families, study finds
- Workers help steal €3 million in parts from BMW
- Ye olde mulled wine not for the young, drug commissioner warns
27 November
- Stuttgart 21 mediation talks go into final phase
- Putin backtracks on trade zone after Merkel's cool response
- Bafin could scupper Hochtief takeover
- Jan O. confesses to Bodenfelde murders
- Minister dismisses Nazi extradition
- Germany has worst gender equality in top jobs
28 November
- President Wulff makes first trip to Israel
- Dortmund domination continues but Bayern win again
- Left accuses government of hiding security gaps
- Von der Leyen calls for fresh ideas on immigration
- US ambassador braces for Wikileaks revelations
- Germany's only CDU-Green coalition falls
29 November
- Snowstorm snarls road and air traffic
- German Jews elect first post-Holocaust generation leader
- Hamburg vote set for February after coalition collapses
- Schools failing to integrate special needs students, study finds
- German Media Roundup: A timid Merkel and inept Westerwelle?
- Schäuble says markets acting irrationally towards eurozone
- Cream and sugar with your jet fuel? Plane water tanks mistakenly filled
- Merkel's leadership derided by US diplomats
- Being born a poster child for the Third Reich
- BASF looks to invest billions in Asia
30 November
- Wulff demands peace engagement from Israel
- Accidents and delays rise as weather worsens
- Wikileaks shock waves continue to reverberate
- Germany draws 'difficult' group for women's World Cup
- Couple gunned down in Cologne street shooting
- Regulators approve takeover bid for Hochtief
- Unemployment nudges lower
- Traditional snowball fight turns into giant melee in Leipzig
- Babyeaucracy – paperwork for payouts
- 'This is more damaging to Wikileaks'
- Mediator Geißler backs Stuttgart 21 rail project
- Lufthansa to offer internet on most flights