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

01 March
- Military faces looming soldier shortage
- President Wulff slams German policy toward Arab despots
- Merkel under fire in Guttenberg affair
- Guttenberg resigns
- Public sector strikes hit two more states
- Biofuel confusion strains super petrol supplies
- Window shopping with a wave of the hand
- Joblessness edges lower
- Adult illiteracy found surprisingly high
- Man stabs kebab shop worker over bad döner
- Guttenberg and the price of decency
- Guttenberg: From political rock star to 'Baron Cut-And-Paste'
02 March
- Talk begins about a Guttenberg comeback
- Cabinet to back ban for phone 'on hold' fees
- Adidas doubles earnings
- Gadgets galore wow CeBIT crowds
- SPD flying high after Guttenberg scandal and Hamburg victory
- Police face outbreak of spring fever in randy Ruhr Valley
- VW unveils new 'Bulli' bus prototype
- De Maizière to become defence minister
- E.ON sells British power grid to US group
- Manchester United target Schalke's Neuer
- Two Americans shot dead at Frankfurt Airport
03 March
- Schalke's Magath gets revenge as struggling Bayern exit Cup
- Police see no wider terrorist plot in attack
- Public workers' strikes hit eastern states
- Sacked diplomat blames anti-German British bias
- What's on in Germany: March 3 - 9
- Half of doctors prescribe placebos, study finds
- German ships to return Egyptians fleeing Libya
- Karneval festivities commence in the sunny Rhineland
- Catholics urge ditching celibacy rule for priests
- Dozens injured in tram collision with bus
- Islamist shooter radicalized in Germany
- Booming Audi to pay workers €6,500 bonus
04 March
- 'Maximilian' and 'Sophie' most popular baby names of 2010
- US military identifies airmen killed at airport
- Train drivers strike again as wage battle wears on
- Suspect in triple murder found dead
- New E10 biofuel debacle sparks blame game
- Shooting was 'revenge' for Afghanistan war
- Berlin's Kreuzberg decries tourist swarms
- German media roundup: Frankfurt's lone terrorist
- Munich Olympic bid 'strong' says IOC delegation boss
- Interior Minister Friedrich reignites Islam debate
- Merkel: EU conservatives ready to defend euro
05 March
- Dortmund stretch lead at the top
- Train drivers strike seen hitting economy
- Organizers declare CeBIT success
- New defence minister to review army reform
- Pro-Guttenberg rally gathers in Bavaria
- Violence ahead of Bundesliga match
06 March
- Van Gaal awaits fate as Bayern lose again
- Partygoers mourn death of man behind Jägermeister success
- Bundeswehr soldiers return from Libya
- Stern journalist detained in China
- Guttenberg affair hits Merkel's conservatives
- Security lapses found after airport shooting
07 March
- Green energy surcharges too high, report says
- NYSE trading platform favoured over Deutsche Börse's Xetra system
- Millions expected at Rosenmontag parades in Rhineland
- Railway blunder leaves 2-year-old alone on train
- Popular children's cartoon turns 40
- Berlin state library displays treasures for 350th anniversary
- Bank owes up to €320k for lost savings account
- Merkel prepared to run for third term
- Hesse promises action after airport attack
- Van Gaal to leave Bayern Munich at end of season
- Train drivers back strike
08 March
- Government to meet with DAX firms over women execs
- Summit to tackle E10 biofuel debacle held
- Teachers strike in eastern states
- Germany wins global popularity contest
- Facebook becoming popular sacrifice for Lent
- Pope to hold mass at Berlin's Charlottenburg Palace
- Karneval parades claim two lives
- Audi net profit nearly doubled in 2010
- Bundestag blackout – MPs without WCs
- Bundesbank sees 2.5 percent growth in 2011
- Police swoop on 'Ndrangheta mafia
- Germany sticking with loathed E10 biofuel
09 March
- German support for Libya no-fly zone grows
- Turkish model refused visa for beauty contest
- Nazi papers welcome biathlon guests
- Daimler and Rolls-Royce unveil new joint venture
- Ageing immigrants spark new nursing care niche
- Magath leaving Schalke
- German media roundup: Berlin's botched biofuel summit
- Woman makes dramatic flight from Tunisia
- FDP's Lindner compares Bavaria's CSU with Islam
- The rime of the ancient minister
- Lufthansa soared back to profit in 2010
- Train drivers to strike Thursday commute
10 March
- Schalke beats Valencia to make Champions League quarter-finals
- Strike cripples rail traffic nationwide
- Vintage photo booths make a comeback in Berlin and beyond
- What's on in Germany: March 10 - 16
- German exports shift from US to China
- Berlin annoyed as Paris recognizes Libyan rebels
- Lady Gaga hackers charged with spying and copyright infringement
- Pete Doherty suspected of drunken music store theft in Bavaria
- BMW profits race ahead
- Afghan police say woman killed by German troops
- Coalition proposal would tie residency permits to German skills
- Guttenberg requests Deep Purple send-off
11 March
- Academy for undertakers offers 'recession-proof' job training
- Traffic lights giving way to roundabouts
- Public sector wage dispute ends
- Berlin pledges support to devastated Japan
- Cartoon strip mocks Hitler and hipsters
- Poll points to possible left-wing coalition in Saxony-Anhalt
- Hydrangeas go missing as 'cannabis scenesters' experiment with flowers
- Man swallows €145 to avoid being robbed
- Union says no railway strikes till Tuesday
- Merkel demands Qaddafi step down immediately
12 March
- Merkel wary of military engagement in Libya
- Former neo-Nazi becomes leftist after sex change
- Japan quake fuels German nuclear debate
- Worried Wolfsburg to punish late players with five-figure fine
- Guttenberg apologises to Bundestag researchers
- Two adults, nine-day-old infant die in Berlin apartment fire
13 March
- Merkel calls for review of nuclear plant safety
- EU sees billions in Libyan assets frozen at German banks
- 10 Germans flee Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant
- Coach Veh ousted at Hamburg after Bayern drubbing
- Car plows into Hamburg pedestrians, killing four
- Investigators clear Gorch Fock commander of allegations
14 March
- Bayer beat Mainz to close in on Dortmund's lead
- Leipzig Book Fair eyes record attendance rate
- David Lynch launches German interview project
- Train drivers' strike postponed till Thursday
- Hamburg's landmark Michel church turns 350
- Merkel suspends nuclear power extension
- Tourism trade fair turns German wanderlust into euros
- The best of Berlin in March
- Wet cold to put damper on spring respite
- Booming economy seen shrinking deficit in coming years
- Lufthansa scans Japan flights for radioactivity
15 March
- More than 100,000 protest nuclear power
- THW team ends rescue operation in Japan
- Calls go out to reinstate Gorch Fock commander
- German reactors not quake-proof, experts say
- German media roundup: Merkel's nuclear U-turn
- Germany shutting down seven nuclear reactors
- Study ties birth month to longevity
- Investor confidence hit by Japanese crisis
- Löw extends Germany contract to 2014
- Lufthansa diverts Tokyo flights to Nagoya, Osaka
- Budget row could prompt new North Rhine-Westphalia vote
- BMW boosts sales outlook for 2011
- Neo-Nazi candidate probed for web bomb tips
- Lehmann set for Arsenal return, eyes title
16 March
- MPs question legality of nuclear shutdown
- Con man charged with US murder
- Euro fund reportedly to cost Germany up to €25 billion
- Bayern threw away Champions League victory, fumes van Gaal
- Geiger counters sell out amid atomic angst
- Greens jump in the polls
- Porsche to build Cajun mini SUV in Leipzig
- Latvian court allows march honouring Waffen SS forces
- Crying baby gets mum booted off bus
- Germans told to leave Tokyo and Bahrain
- WWI submarine found off Dutch coast
- Schalke sack Magath
17 March
- Leopard kills German woman on Namibian TV set
- Deutsche Bahn averts train drivers' strike
- 'No German soldiers in Libya,' Westerwelle says
- What's on in Germany: March 17 - 23
- Merkel defends nuclear power reversal
- Flip book publisher joins the digital age
- Porsche merger with VW delayed
- Prosecutors demand 14.5 years for ‘German Fritzl’
- Unlikely cities become 'secret stars' for real estate investing
- Lufthansa forecasts profits to withstand tough 2011
- Urban beekeeping gets Berlin buzzing
18 March
- Germany calls Libyan no-fly zone 'risky'
- Muslims forming charity system for kindergartens and care homes
- 'Win your own funeral' contest legal, court rules
- Opel reportedly to cut 1,200 jobs in Bochum
- Air Berlin books loss on volcano ash and strikes
- Human egg gives sperm a ‘navigation system’
- Hamburg mulling harbour gondola line
- Warmer, dryer weather expected for the weekend
- Addicts in treatment suspected of giving children hard drugs
- Merkel: Libyan reaction to UN 'encouraging'
- 'We've lost credibility in the Security Council'
19 March
- Expert says Japanese radiation poses no danger to Germany
- Oldest reactor goes dark
- Drivers still steering clear of E10 biofuel
- Schalke and Magath mend fences
- Bad marks for Merkel's response to atomic crisis
- Social worker steals from orphans in his care
- Polar bear star Knut dies
20 March
- Merkel narrowly escapes helicopter near-crash
- Saxony-Anhalt goes to the polls
- Majority supports military action in Libya
- Polar bear's death brings tears and criticism
- Greens flying high in opinion surveys
- Klitschko scores knockout in farcical fight
- AT&T to buy T-Mobile USA for $39 billion
- Greens surge in state election in Saxony-Anhalt
21 March
- Neo-Nazis face court for online radio content
- New flight tax pushing passengers to airports abroad
- Westerwelle finds reason to fear Libya mission
- Group offers to take in young Japanese to avoid nuclear fallout
- Germany's cowardly foreign policy
- Incest trucker confesses
- Sugar price spike in Poland leads to rationing in border region
- Feathers fly at mass pillow fight in Berlin
- 918 Spyder supercar to be Porsche’s most expensive model ever
- Autopsy searches for clues to Knut's untimely demise
- Kabel BW sold to Liberty Global for €3.16 billion
22 March
- BASF boosts Russian gas pipeline
- More reactor closures 'could cause blackouts'
- Bundeswehr general optimistic as Afghan regions tipped for handover
- Study finds high concentration of chemicals at kindergartens
- Schäuble says Islam is part of Germany
- Incest trucker receives maximum jail sentence
- Retailer Metro warns of difficult path ahead
- Snowflakes forecast for weekend
- Deutsche Bank to pay investing compensation
- Knut died of brain disorder
- 'Nazi guard' Demjanjuk faces six years in jail
23 March
- Radioactive particles to hit Europe today, German expert says
- Deutsche Bahn beefs up security
- Conservatives lose ground after nuclear energy reversal
- Zoo defends decision to stuff Knut
- Atomic crisis puts focus on renewable energy
- Reinsurers post Japan quake loss estimates
- German warships won't enforce Libyan embargo
- Teen severely beaten as cyber-bullying escalates
- Truck driver caught pumping iron while cruising the autobahn
- Merkel aiming to reschedule euro debt fund payments
- Cabinet backs foreign credential recognition
24 March
- Tough state elections loom for Merkel's conservatives
- Old National Gallery celebrates 150 years with Romantics
- Brüderle admits nuclear reversal electioneering
- What's on in Germany: March 24 - 30
- Navigating the pitfalls of job etiquette
- Automakers nervous as Japanese delivery delays persist
- Westerwelle mulled 'No' to Libya UN resolution
- Mother finds two daughters dead
- Germany fails to close gender wage gap
- Radiation checks offered to travellers from Japan
- Doctors forget 16-centimetre clamp in woman's belly
- Merkel 'regrets' rejection of Portugal austerity plan
- US troops ordered not to wear uniforms
- Man kills son and self with chainsaw
25 March
- Merkel annoys Europe with euro change
- Badly behaved MPs face €2,000 fines
- Petrol industry calls for biofuel tax cut
- Free Google initiative aims to get small businesses online
- Fallout continues after Brüderle's nuclear gaffe
- Japanese food import checks tightened
- Bundestag votes to broaden Afghan mission
- Germany provokes more tensions over Libya
- Former coach Heynckes set for Bayern Munich comeback
- Police seize boy in mafia fancy dress costume
26 March
- Most Germans support Libyan abstention
- De Maizière makes first trip to Afghanistan
- Modern art stolen from Deutsche Bank
- Sunny days to resume next week
- Summer time begins amid safety warnings
- Huge anti-nuclear protests hit the streets
27 March
- Germany close in on Euro 2012
- Train drivers edge closer to deal
- Merkel braces for blows in vital state elections
- Epilepsy killed Knut, says doctor
- Schäuble advisors fret over euro rescue package
- Banks lower ATM fees
- CDU suffers historic loss in Baden-Württemberg
28 March
- Private train drivers strike in the northeast
- Teens injured in pop idol event stampede
- German media roundup: A seismic shift for Merkel's coalition?
- Merkel blames 'painful defeat' on Japan fears
- Girl finds boa constrictor in toilet
- India channels funds to Iran via Bundesbank
- Broadcaster ProSieben kills nuclear-themed Simpsons episodes
- Doctor jailed for removing organs while using lemon juice antiseptic
- Blown out in Baden-Württemberg
29 March
- Germany second in global green energy race
- Brüderle quits state leadership post after election disaster
- Tanker sinks after explosions at refinery
- Chinese artist Ai Weiwei to work from Berlin
- Eurofighter jet drops fuel tanks during training flight
- Kidnapped doctor put on trial for murder in France
- Deutsche Bahn halts Stuttgart 21 construction
- Brazilian busted driving 291 kph on autobahn
- Portly cross-eyed opossum Heidi slims down with strict diet
- Inflation, global unrest upsetting consumers
- Friedrich: Muslims must help catch extremists
30 March
- Australia stuns young Germany line-up in friendly
- Hamburg port preps for radioactive ships
- Teens warned of risks from 'vodka tampon' use
- Father in court for castrating daughter's older boyfriend
- German boy's message in a bottle found 24 years later in Russia
- Pressure mounts on Westerwelle to resign
- Berlin's techno scene shows its feminine side
- Bertelsmann reportedly targeting Warner Music
- Pay back to pre-crisis levels for top bosses
- Top corporations resist quota for hiring women execs
- Prost! Weekend set for beer garden weather
- ‘Can Germany be counted on?’
31 March
- Train drivers on strike
- Fake euro coin scam uncovered
- Free Democrats' nuclear battle intensifies
- What's on in Germany: March 31 - April 6
- Unemployment hits post reunification low
- Foreign population increase bucks downward trend
- Aircraft contrails causing global warming
- Southwestern workers take less sick leave
- Deutsche Bahn offices raided by European Commission
- Police foil Dortmund stadium bomb plot
- Dog owner guilty of three-year-old's brutal death by pit bull pack
- Merkel demands Burma free political prisoners