📰 Breaking News: News Archive for March 2013 | Latest Updates from Germany 2025

01 March
- German 'Wolf Town' learns to love its lupus
- Fossil-hunter finds ancient hedgehog
- Tatters of Kohl family life return to public spotlight
- 'You don't feel the cold in Osnabrück'
- Clowns, Berlin Wall luxury and whiny soldiers
- Vattenfall Germany under fire in Sweden
- Protesters block Berlin Wall gallery demolition
- Outrage over Heidi Klum 'hot as Holocaust' gibe
- 'All Berliners should be standing here today'
- Lufthansa cuts flights and services to Berlin
02 March
- Losing coach accuses rival of 'Chinese' copying
- Milk banned from cows given carcinogenic feed
- Minister regrets tone of 'whiny' soldiers comment
- Thieves unload trucks in high-speed robberies
- Study reveals shocking scale of Nazi camps
- Record-breaking Maze wins Garmisch downhill
03 March
- Bundeswehr 'bullied' by Turkish troops
- Germany calls on Italy's 'sense of responsibility'
- Embassy helped save Malian cultural treasure
- Sun to return after three month absence
- Woman returns 8 years after shock deportation
- No to passport-free travel for Bulgaria, Romania
04 March
- Thousands protest to save Berlin Wall
- Top politicians to get 'high security' phones
- German politicians call for fat cat cap
- Artist calls for genital close-ups via Facebook
- Foreigner quota to fix 'too German' Daimler
- Deutsche Bahn in new fight with Bombardier
- Germany: Europe's favourite holiday spot
- Mastering Germany's foreign credential maze
- Metalworkers' union pushes for pay rise
- CeBIT tech fair targets Asia and social media
05 March
- Five German unis crack global top 100
- Bayer fights for cancer drug patent in India
- Defence minister visits Afghanistan
- Interior minister: We need populism
- German railway stations ordered to go electronic
- Jobs centre advertises 'escort' position
- German museum returns art looted by Nazis
- Berlin Wall protests criticized
- Top court deals blow to neo-Nazi party
- Bienvenido to The Local Spain!
- Fans frustrated as top CL match airs on Sky
- German fake bishop infiltrates Vatican
06 March
- The world-changing history of the Berlin Wall
- Deutsche Bahn backs billions for Stuttgart 21
- British troops to leave Germany a year early
- New in cinemas: ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’
- Cool to be in quarters, says Dortmund's Klopp
- Gadgets and gizmos galore blink at CeBIT
- Sperm donations flowing despite paternity ruling
- EU probes German electricity exemptions
- Germany wants new era in Venezuela after Chavez
- Germany to block EU quota for women execs
- Cardinal: Picking pope like 'visiting the dentist'
07 March
- 'Acting was more exciting than therapy'
- Carmakers cruise past Europe's crisis
- Cabinet backs 'white-washed' poverty report
- Berlin beating suspects face manslaughter
- Cancer-causing fungus found in raw milk
- Stasi murder theory haunts footballer's death
- German hospitals focus on hygiene to beat bugs
- Buy your own Baltic Sea harbour for just €38,500
- Spring joy premature as snow returns
- Bowie rekindles Berlin love affair on new album
08 March
- This week's highlights: March 8 – 13
- 'Heidelberg has a zeitgeist you can feel'
- Ballack confirms June goodbye game
- Social justice 'key issue' for German voters
- Bullies, bishops, big gaps, and The Hoff
- Airport security strike hits Cologne-Bonn again
- Turkish envoy shut out of neo-Nazi murder trial
- Mehdorn to lead troubled new Berlin airport
- Music award strips 'far-right' band nomination
- Germany demands North Korea be punished
- Speedy disabled man told: Get out and walk
- Most German women still feel disadvantaged
09 March
- Columbian rebels free two Germans
- Germany ranks second in tourism survey
- RTL cancels sex segment over incest
- Vegetable vendor finds rat poison in lettuce
- Few follow German no nukes policy
- Greens call for 22 cent tax on plastic bags
10 March
- Fire kills seven, including six children
- Health minister criticises alcoholism TV show
- FBI tip-off lands German investor behind bars
- Politicians push to give public its say
- Big boom in bathroom business
- Snow and sunshine, weather splits Germany
11 March
- 'I had to work very hard at integrating myself'
- Düsseldorf travellers face airport strike delays
- In photos: how Berlin's U-Bahn tells city's story
- Merkel's partner picks leader for crucial fight
- Germany and Turkey mourn eight fire victims
- German trade increases more than expected
- Biggest Bavarian brewer bans GM from beer
- Bravehearts take on Bavaria's toughest race
- Many Germans could back anti-euro party
- Wintry blast heads south and west
12 March
- SPD aims to topple Merkel with social justice
- Leipzig's baby tapir charms fans worldwide
- Syrian war lures German Islamists
- Frankfurt Airport opens a runway after shutdown
- British professor redraws Berlin's metro map
- German banks break non-nuclear promises
- Bundesbank profits stall as eurozone risks grow
- Austria marks 75 years since Nazi 'annexation'
- At least 20 hurt in 100-car autobahn pile-up
- McDonald's pays for kids' consumer lessons
13 March
- Bear or bunny? Top German lover's names
- Galatasaray torpedo Schalke's CL dreams
- Latest ever recorded triplets born in Rostock
- Couple face jail over 14-month hotel bill
- Snow strands thousands at Frankfurt airport
- David Hasselhoff to rock Berlin Wall protests
- Merkel: fat cat packages must slim down
- Commerzbank makes €2.5 billion capital hike
- Police mount nationwide raid against Islamists
- New in German cinemas: ‘Take This Waltz’
- Germany agrees to 'historic' balanced budget
- Islamists 'plotted to kill far-right politician'
14 March
- 'We wanted to end the dreadful crimes'
- Bayern stumble onward in Champions League
- Merkel's Polish roots emerge in new book
- This week's highlights: March 14 – 20
- Porsche to hire 1,000 workers in Leipzig
- Pope Francis surprises German Catholic bishops
- 'Extremism in Germany is still safely on sidelines'
- Germany looks back at a decade of reform
- Sex 'a great cure for migraines'
- Germans 'can't eat any more chocolate'
15 March
- 'Erfurt is small yet sustainable'
- Strikes hit hundreds of flights in west Germany
- Social Democrats fail to increase appeal
- 'Ireland must recover so people come home'
- Every town and city from The Local's My Germany
- Plagiarism scandal satire nicks 'Yes Minister' line
- German cities see increase of break-ins
- Migrating birds leave frozen Germany
- German teens turn to grown-up books
- Bayern and BVB draw easy CL quarter-final ties
- VW to open seven new factories in China
16 March
- FDP vow to cut 'solidarity' tax
- German-born woman freed from death row
- Christo opens gigantic ‘air’ sculpture in Ruhr
- More seasonal confusion over spring’s no-show
- Bundesbank chief: No bailout guarantee for Italy
- Germans to go green for St. Patrick's Day
17 March
- Bayern strike again
- Conservatives: We'll lower taxes too
- Minister calls for crackdown on extremism
- Anti-euro party enters German election race
- Munich man rolled over by train survives
- Woman set on fire fighting for life
- David Hasselhoff rallies support for Berlin Wall
18 March
- 'Not being German was a big plus in my case'
- Train strike sparks early morning travel turmoil
- Arctic weather brings fresh snow to the north
- Germany: Cyprus must finance EU bailout
- Germany world's number three arms dealer
- Defence Minister visits German troops in Mali
- President 'feels sorry' for ousted predecessor
- Industry experts excited for export boost
- Top prosecutor takes on Islamist murder plot
- Bid to ban neo-Nazi party flounders as FDP baulks
19 March
- Germany and France talk growth, avoid Cyprus
- Fewer medics than ever chose GP route
- Heavy snow snarls traffic in the east
- Job centre goes to court over 15 cents
- Investor sentiment hits three-year high
- Merkel to Cyprus: 'Talk to Troika not Russia'
- 'Germany's worst neighbour' faces court
- Facebook 'censors' radio host's pope criticism
- How I learned to stop laughing and love The Hoff
- Top German CEOs earn below European average
- Catholic churches up for sale on eBay
20 March
- China's export prowess needs German imports
- Afghans seek damages for Kunduz air strike
- Algae façade makes house truly 'green'
- Panama 'tax haven' for wealthy Germans
- Merkel blamed for Cyprus bailout 'disaster'
- Volkswagen recalls 384,000 cars from China
- New in German cinemas: ‘The Croods’
- Zombie apocalypse no joke for Berlin officials
- Lufthansa cancels 500 flights ahead of strike
21 March
- Germany to take in 5,000 more Syrian refugees
- 'It's the biggest brothel on German TV'
- Lufthansa strikes sweep across country
- Most bike locks child's play for thieves
- Winter shows no remorse as snows falls till Easter
- This Week's Highlights: March 21 – 27
- Police helicopters collide over Berlin
- Consumers irked by goods built to break
- Truck rolls 10km on autobahn with no driver
- Deutsche Bahn profits up as traffic surges
- Mother jailed for killing her five newborns
22 March
- Bremen - A city built on migration
- Germany 'weighs up' Syrian arms embargo
- Germany's first gay rugby team scrums down
- Burglars turn in child abuser to police
- German spies accused of racism, Islamophobia
- Echo Music Awards bring glitz to Berlin
- German business confidence sours
- Merkel warns of limits to EU patience for Cyprus
- Designer turns trash into treasure
- Germans 'poorer' than European neighbours
- Bosch pulls plug on solar business
- Opel to end Bochum car production in 2014
23 March
- Hungary slams critical German kids TV show
- Germany scrapes win in World Cup qualifier
- €880m shot in the arm for debt-ridden hospitals
- German beer giants accused of price-fixing
- Easter Bunny smashes chocolate Santa record
- Woman slept next to dead mum for months
24 March
- Drunk hitches ride on high-speed ICE train
- Minister: neo-Nazi violence up in 2012
- Hackers wanted to man front line in cyber war
- Beaver boom benefits German rivers
- Icy spring sets records for deep freeze
- German schoolkids told: The military wants you
25 March
- Ten tips for German business etiquette
- Corporate Germany lacks foreign execs for success
- El Pais retracts Merkel comparison to Hitler
- Pensioner decorates tree with 10,000 Easter eggs
- Massive far-right network aided neo-Nazi gang
- Merkel 'very pleased' with Cyprus bailout deal
- Holiday jet fumes left crew unconscious
- Violent vomiting bug halts high-speed train
- Court rejects airline strike compensation plea
- Frankfurt's tricky orang-utan gets guard
26 March
- Long winter 'could cost the country €6 billion'
- German couple jailed for snatching Czech baby
- Turkish media fail to get seats at neo-Nazi trial
- Icy autobahn causes 23-car pile-up in Bavaria
- Nazi submarine wreck found off Norway
- Anti-war group attacks actor Schweiger's home
- German 'wise men' slash growth forecast
- Young easterners as anti-foreigner as old in west
- Russia searches German NGO offices
- Euro crisis sparks anti-German sentiments
- 'Fifty Shades' whips Bertelsmann into frenzy
27 March
- 'The artistic atmosphere is different in Germany'
- Egg-cellent idioms for Easter - it's no yolk
- Pollster: 'Cyprus hasn't hurt the chancellor'
- Germany ease past scrappy Kazakhstan
- Part of Berlin Wall demolished at dawn
- German sailors held after shipping death in India
- S&P puts Deutsche Bank on negative rating watch
- New in German cinemas: ‘Identity Thief’
- Young Germans happy to answer phone on loo
- Risk of poverty lower in Germany than in EU
28 March
- Germany soccer coach to sweet-talk Greeks
- Drivers brace for major Easter traffic jams
- Fire fears ban visitors from Stuttgart TV tower
- Teen finds web fame singing dumpling hymn
- Neanderthal birthplace kills archaeology funding
- Hasselhoff wants Berlin Wall benefit concert
- Organic label calls for return to 'real farming'
- German labour market feels winter chill
- Schäuble: Cypriot anger at Germany will pass
- Easter holiday 'dance ban' curbs clubbers
- Supermarket Aldi starts budget bus lines
29 March
- China unplugs Kraftwerk for Tibet stance
- German pension tax bills anger Austrians
- TV series accused of re-writing history
- Lindt loses bunny battle
- Are Germans poor in European terms?
- Cyclist admits doping, says doctors helped
30 March
- Prisoner takes jail staff member hostage
- Westerwelle: North Korea ‘playing with fire’
- Hardy Germans brave snow to take a dip
- Working on the move increases malware risk
- Clocks go forward: spring stays back
- Iraqi president's health 'improving' in Germany
31 March
- Bieber's pet monkey seized at Munich airport
- Bayern win tenth match in a row
- Turkey appeals for media seats at terror trial
- German television reporter shot in Syria
- Performing fleas freeze to death before show
- Saxon horseback riders spread Easter message