📰 Breaking News: News Archive for January 2011 | Latest Updates from Germany 2025

01 January
- Germans ring in 2011 with a bang
- Huge snowball fight called off amid crowd concerns
- Berlin condemns closure of OSCE office in Belarus
- Archbishop: Church must proselytize Germany
- ‘I will never be German, but I am a Berliner in and out’
- Iranian woman facing stoning to sue journalists
02 January
- Hoffenheim part ways with Rangnick
- Construction industry continues to shrink
- Ashtiani 'under pressure,' say activists
- New Year's party goes out of control
- Women have strengthened army, says military association
- FDP minister backs Westerwelle, but wants changes
03 January
- German Coptics fear Islamist attacks
- Bayern to sign no new players over winter break
- Ski champ's brother killed in fireworks accident
- Lufthansa to create 4,000 jobs in Germany
- Top firms urge antitrust sanctions on Hungary
- Tourists rescued from croc-infested Aussie river
- Last Bundeswehr conscripts report for duty
- US and Germany allegedly developing secret spy satellites
- Swine flu kills two
- From euro crisis to Eurovision
- Dioxin shuts farms, forces hen cull
04 January
- Solar eclipse to occur Tuesday morning
- CSU calls for end to European Union perks
- Police search train for explosives
- Firm admits mistake in farm dioxin scandal
- Berlin S-Bahn woes plague commuters
- Spain's ACS grabs crucial Hochtief stake
- Unemployment falls to 7.7 percent in 2010
- German overstays New Zealand visa by 20 years
- Former St. Pauli player admits taking match-fixing bribes
- Fresenius boosts eastern Europe ops with big buy
- Diplomat attacked with döner knives
05 January
- US considered trade war over GM crops
- Seehofer warns FDP to pull together
- Newborn found in suitcase in Hamburg
- Ailing 'Dr. Death' to put own body on display
- Löw says winter World Cup in Qatar bad for fans
- Flooding feared from thaw and rain
- Ex-BayernLB exec behind Formula 1 deal arrested
- Bundesbank: first 2011 bond issue successful
- Dioxin scandal spreads
- Berlin's ambitious UN Security Council agenda
06 January
- Bubbling over from success
- German tourist dies of swine flu in Austria
- Freezing rain makes roads hazardous
- What's on in Germany: January 6 - 12
- Brüderle slams business conditions in China
- Industrial orders jump 5.2 percent
- Regional trains add to transport woes
- Embattled Westerwelle tries to rally FDP
- Policeman claims trauma from porn email
- Conservatives call for ban on The Left party amid commie flap
- Dioxin farm scandal spreads to UK
07 January
- Cross-eyed opossum wins legions of fans
- Dioxin contamination 77 times safe level
- Thaw threatens floods
- Imports hit all-time high
- Cologne Cathedral's 'Fat Peter' bell clapped out
- German Media Roundup: Westerwelle's buoyant navel-gazing
- Pastor sacked for sex in Hamburg church
- 'Almost T-shirt weather' forecast for weekend
- Daimler and VW post strong 2010 sales
- Germany urges China to change rare metals policy
08 January
- BND found Eichmann years before his arrest
- Deutsche Bahn faces political pressure ahead of special meeting
- Global concern about dioxin meat grows
- Plea made for increasing Iraqi asylum quotas
- Arson attacks against Berlin mosques continue
- Olympic discus gold medal winner loses leg to infection
09 January
- Rain and melting snow produce floods
- Return of swine flu prompts calls for more vaccinations
- Left remembers Luxemburg and Liebknecht amid communism row
- Government to crack down after dioxin scandal
- German women take first ski-cross world cup victory
- Westerwelle visits Afghanistan ahead of parliamentary vote
10 January
- Germany denies pushing Portugal towards bailout
- Mistakes, poor hygiene common in hospitals
- Floods continue to rise
- Farms given all-clear in dioxin scare
- Children's TV Kika station loses €7 mln to alleged embezzlement
- Dioxin-scanning egg app cracks the market
- Germany struggles to find skilled workers
- Porsche unveils hybrid 918 Spyder
- Bayer tests drug cure for double chins
- Deutsche Bahn boss grilled over rail chaos
11 January
- Carmakers aim for big gains in US market
- No end to terror alert in sight, minister says
- Heavy rain in forecast as floods begin to recede
- Google Analytics targeted by data protection officials
- High levels of dioxin found in German pork
- Fuel prices hit two-year high
- Frostbitten cyclist 'didn't think Siberia would be so cold'
- Merkel backs Cyprus reunification efforts
- Taiwan's TSMC teams up with Centrosolar
- Police search for suitcase baby suspect
- Booming sex trade begins to diversify
12 January
- Organic food demand soars amid dioxin scare
- Myspace shuts German office amid major cuts
- Cabinet extends Afghanistan mission
- Economy grows record 3.6 percent in 2010
- Porsche and Audi win design awards at Detroit auto show
- Flood threat remains along nation's rivers
- Retrial for asylum-seeker death in Dessau jail begins
- Lufthansa passenger traffic cracks 90 million
- Court orders workers to wear bras
- Libyan spies jailed
- A nation of free thinkers
- Berlin says no need to boost euro fund now
- China bans pork, eggs as dioxin scandal grows
13 January
- Leftists fear becoming ‘attractive as a cow pie’
- Firm develops internet ‘eraser’ for web photos
- Ship with acid capsizes near the Loreley
- Citizenship for Iraqi informant 'Curveball' sparks questions
- Lower Saxony hopes song contest will give voice to Plattdeutsch
- European court rules preventive detention of sex offenders unjust
- Commerzbank to boost capital
- Porn star suffers heart attack during breast enlargement
- Nazi-hunters give Germany top grades
- Banks to display extra ATM fees
- Schäuble: Hike lending capacity of euro fund
- What's on in Germany: January 13 - 19
14 January
- The best of Berlin in January
- Peeing policewoman artwork pisses off Dresden
- Aigner to crack down on animal feed production
- Little hope of finding missing tanker crew members
- Floodwaters still rising
- Belarus accuses Berlin of plotting coup
- Young mother confesses to killing her newborn
- SAP revs up electric car operations
- Woman pleasures herself in train – other passengers not amused
- Greek police arrest German in terror raid
- Thomas Cook pulls 2,000 tourists from Tunisia
15 January
- Dortmund extends league lead to 13 points
- Schröder calls for kindergartens to have male workers
- Farmers call for action amid €100 mln losses
- British undercover cop could face German law
- BND files show war criminal Barbie was their agent after the war
- Another 1,000 farms closed for dioxin
- Erdogan blasts Merkel for comments on Turkish Cyprus
16 January
- Germany could trade euro funding for thrift
- Lidl recalls peppers contaminated with growth chemical
- Merkel offers to help Tunisia as tourists flee
- Hacker cracks W-LAN password in 20 mins using Amazon cloud
- Milder weather set to continue through the week
- Pharma experts doubt new drug testing system
17 January
- Hannover takes second, but Dortmund still on top of Bundesliga
- Merkel referees dioxin scandal bickering
- Costs of hard winter feared
- Schäuble: EU's Barroso 'complicating' euro crisis
- Brüderle wants discount petrol from Aldi and Lidl
- Rocker Rio Reiser's grave to be moved
- Your winter of discontent: A German TV primer
- MAN demands €237 million from ex-CEO
- Grenade sent to Croatian embassy in Berlin
- Aquarium to honour octopus oracle Paul with memorial
- Germany to develop 'happiness index'
18 January
- Aigner calls for state support at dioxin summit
- Huge chunk falls off Rügen's famous coastline
- Neo-Nazis using sports clubs to spread message, researcher says
- Flooding still critical along many rivers
- Galileo satellite boss suspended over WikiLeaks cable
- Capsized acid ship near Loreley threatens to sink
- Investor sentiment soars
- Croat embassy grenade an extremist 'warning'
- Damning report rules out Deutsche Bahn share sale
- Rwandan genocide trial opens in Frankfurt
- Once upon a time in Frankfurt
- Spacey thriller vies for Berlinale honours
19 January
- Family Minister Schröder expecting her first baby
- Duisburg prosecutors investigate 16 over Love Parade deaths
- VW planning new car brand for China
- Soldiers' Afghanistan letters allegedly opened
- Third Reich job comparison grounds for termination, court rules
- Germany hikes 2011 growth forecast
- Mappus feels 'no guilt' for water cannon blinding
- Merkel vows no return to Deutsche mark
- Cold and snow to return
- In praise of the Sunday roast
20 January
- Death on navy ship sparked 'mutiny'
- German militant reported killed in Bagram base attack
- Corpses found after mystery house explosion
- What's on in Germany: January 20 - 26
- Soldier may have killed comrade in prank
- Frankfurt Airport bus rams crowd, killing one
- Over 100 kilos of dope found in car
- St. Pauli strippers get sent off
- Cost of groceries to keep climbing
- Flooded Lower Saxon county raises disaster alarm
- Germany stands by Schengen veto
- Solar subsidies slashed
- Berlin's fashion scene struts into the future
21 January
- Müller admits Bundesliga title race over for Bayern Munich
- Retirees help foreign students adjust to German life
- Women and immigrants must fill labour shortage, study says
- Porn star dies after heart attack during breast enlargement
- Scientists model ancient bog woman's face
- Business confidence hits new record high
- Guttenberg denies cover-up allegations
- Dr. Rösler to the rescue: Health Minister attends to fainting woman
- Düsseldorf could build 'tent city' for Eurovision as hotels fill up
- Rail chaos more severe in December than first thought
22 January
- Gorch Fock captain relieved of duty
- Suspect arrested in mosque arson case
- Pharma firm probed for allegedly bribing doctors
- Town evacuates after explosives discovered
- Thousands protest industrial agriculture during Green Week
- Saarland's state premier to leave post this year
23 January
- Bayern take third after biggest win of the season
- Pork farmers could get EU help on dioxin scare
- Sarrazin's wife mulls book on education
- Guttenberg orders full review of armed forces
- Exxon to invest millions in Rhineland natural gas drilling
- Elbe River swells to record levels
24 January
- Catholic abuse victims offered firm payout
- Parents demand fresh probe in navy death
- Motorbike riders given licence plate break
- Pharma firms urged to refuse US capital punishment drug
- From Pong to Wii: Museum offers glimpse of gaming over the years
- Young Israelis go crazy for Berlin
- Capital gains tax revenue plummets
- Daimler teams up with Toray to form carbon fibre unit
- Egypt demands Berlin return Nefertiti bust
- Guttenberg slams 'clueless' critics
- Rich states push to curb federal redistribution
- Calling Germany home: The Local's special immigration series
25 January
- Experts call for stiffer penalties on drugged-up driving
- Facebook beefs up 'Friend Finder' privacy for German users
- Gorch Fock crew drank heavily, report says
- German among dead in Moscow attack
- German Media Roundup: Guttenberg's slick image slips away
- Bayern's Van Bommel transfers to AC Milan
- Share ownership plunges despite recovery
- Google to hire hundreds in Germany
- School closed after dozens collapse from norovirus infection
- Helmut Kohl's son tells of failed relationship
26 January
- Film giant Eichinger dies of heart attack in LA
- Inflation tipped to hit 4 percent
- German student held on terror charges in Afghanistan
- Teen rising star shoots Schalke into semis
- Dozens hurt in accidents as winter returns
- VW unveils super-efficient '1-litre' hybrid
- Germany suspends global AIDS fund payments
- Middle class shrinking
- Man asks for police protection from sex-crazed wife
- Germany 'very worried' about unrest in Egypt
- Museums aim to probe Nazi art seizures
- Online sex harassment among youths common
27 January
- Bayern Munich scores win despite losing captain van Bommel
- US must give access to student terror suspect, says Polenz
- Sex abuse victims reject Church payout offer
- Police arrest suspect in missing boy case
- What's on in Germany: January 27 - February 2
- Gorch Fock captain used ship to water ski
- Roma Holocaust survivor pleads for better treatment in Europe
- Paper planes launched from 'edge of space' above Germany
- Police find missing boy Mirco's body
- Survey reveals priciest places to live
- Hip cat: Tiger gets landmark artificial joint operation
- Beer sales continue their gradual slide
28 January
- Germany signs Barbie for Women's World Cup
- In privacy-crazed Germany, web users neglect online security
- Bundestag extends Afghanistan mission
- Adventurous duo fined for nude photo shoot in Bavarian church
- Berlin exhibition shows real-life 'Indiana Jones' artefacts
- Court ruling could mean equal adoption rights for gay couples
- Lena aiming not to come last at Eurovision
- China promises Merkel help with debt crisis
- Father of three confesses to Mirco's murder
- Germany celebrates automobile's 125th anniversary
- Merkel says debt biggest danger to Europe
29 January
- Ballack back on pitch to beat Hannover
- Crucial papers to include organ donation will
- Sweatshop claims hit Adidas and Puma
- Two sailors from hijacked German ship found in lifeboat
- German student freed from Bagram airbase
- Tour operators ready for fast Egypt evacuation
- Danube town hosts Europe's biggest winter swim carnival
- Germany, France, UK warn Egypt on violence
30 January
- Ten killed, dozens injured in train crash
- Most expect inflation to wipe out any income increase
- Cross-eyed opossum on diet to improve health and eye alignment
- Love Parade witnesses say police ordered fatal fence opening
- Hells Angels wrap themselves in the law to fight against ban
- Hundreds of ships still stuck by Rhine wreck
31 January
- Freight train driver investigated over crash
- Robben defiant after attack on Müller
- Merkel steps up pressure on Egypt's Mubarak
- Gorch Fock sets sail for home
- Police catch pair of 12-year-old girls driving in pyjamas
- Experts puzzled by Bavaria's suicide rate
- Metal and electrical industries expect 50,000 new jobs in 2011
- Merkel in Israel for two-day visit
- Facebook launches 'deals' marketing tool
- Ministers at odds over jobs quota for women