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

01 April
- Bayern to wrap up Bundesliga in lederhosen
- Cologne divided over Jewish artefacts
- Treasure hunt takes on modern GPS twist
- MPs stall on German attack drones
- Volkswagen creates 50,000 jobs outside EU
- Scientists set sail in search of 'fire ice'
02 April
- 'An unpaid internship was like an investment'
- Europeans try their luck in Germany
- Bird traps hundreds in Cologne train overnight
- April Fools' stories across The Local Europe
- Keeper saves match with last-minute goal
- Electricity exports up despite warnings
- EU: German fracking fears unwise
- Cost of living increases by just 1.4 percent
- Mould 'haemorrhoids' threaten church organs
- Hay fever set to follow winter colds
03 April
- Glass ceiling intact in most top German firms
- Bayern put a foot in Champion League semis
- Chilly economic climate and weather hit zoos
- WWII bomb disrupts Berlin main train station
- Germany recognizes skills of 30,000 foreigners
- Bieber 'should not get his monkey back'
- New in German cinemas: 'Beautiful Creatures'
- Merkel angry at paparazzi swimsuit shots in Italy
- US Army civilian workers demand wage hike
- Six ways the winter is worse in Germany
04 April
- Young Bavarians steal hydrangeas for highs
- Europe's anti-Merkel slurs offend Germans
- Fire brigade rescues 34 people from inferno
- Bertelsmann to cut stake in broadcaster RTL
- Shy balls cause televised Lotto cock-up
- 'I want to finish the film in the Middle East'
- Tax-haven leak implicates rich Germans
- Deutsche Bank allegedly hid losses during crisis
- Dortmund's misfiring Götze rues Malaga draw
- Heidi Klum: people took photos as I saved my son
- Topless feminists protest Islamist oppression
05 April
- 'Student life in Aachen is easy and a lot of fun'
- Turkish paper appeals to top court over trial
- Merkel still number one in voters' hearts
- Police and cameras make public transport safer
- Council blocks neo-Nazi conference with mud
- 'I never dreamed I'd see Berlin after bombing it'
- Stuttgart faces worst traffic jams in Germany
- Germany summons North Korean envoy
- German Amazon workers vote to strike
- Stronger factory orders offer 'rays of sunshine'
- Ruffled feathers get swan dropped from menu
06 April
- Merkel 'should push Putin for reforms'
- Bad weather behind asparagus price hike
- More women opting for engineering studies
- Police end kindergarten hostage situation
- Merkel: no separate sport for Muslim boys and girls
- Germany's North Korean embassy remains open
- Bayern Munich claim historic title win
07 April
- 50 Auschwitz guards face investigation
- Researchers find arsenic in German beers
- Radical German Muslims join fight in Syria
- Battle for new Spiegel chief heats up
- Nearly half of hospital infections 'avoidable'
- SPD calls for action on neo-Nazi trial seats row
08 April
- 'Germany is the Mecca of the car industry'
- Merkel tells Putin: Give NGOs a chance
- Jobless sick 'to face more official suspicion'
- Cameron starts 'EU treaty change' tour
- App reunites owners with stolen bikes
- Topless protests disrupt Putin visit to Hannover
- Lake Constance fishers fret: waters 'too clean'
- Tonnes of nicked Nutella gives cops bellyache
- Warm rain rings in spring
- Germany's Merkel praises Thatcher's legacy
- BMW unveils motorcycle tie-up with Indian firm
- Police arrest final Berlin fatal beating suspect
09 April
- 'There is a huge demand for nannies in Munich'
- Post-Wall children more likely to be criminals
- Search for Nazi death camp guards widens
- Airborne car smashes through barn
- Germans learn to love euro and let go of D-Mark
- Metal thieves delay 17,000 German trains
- US urges Germany to spur growth
- 'No one moaned about the Germans better'
- Sect doctor could face jail for Chile abuse
- Bundesliga may switch to summer and avoid mud
- Wulff rejects deal and fights for reputation
10 April
- Germany renews nuclear waste dump search
- New in German cinemas this week: 'Oblivion'
- German parents want more state support
- Westerwelle slams media limits for neo-Nazi trial
- Klopp admits Dortmund lucky to make semis
- Thatcher's top 10 quips about the Germans
- Merkel's coalition hits winning poll position
- Damaged Lufthansa plane crosses Atlantic
- Job centre's advisor speaks the right lingo
- Daimler prepares for potential profit warning
11 April
- 'He thought it was funny at first'
- US jury: fake Rockefeller guilty of murder
- Kohl says Thatcher behind UK-EU tensions
- Germany wants 'tax FBI'
- Public transport fare dodgers face fine hike
- General Motors to invest €4 billion in Opel
- High speed highway heists baffle police
- Merkel aims to bolster Indian economic ties
- Authorities uncover neo-Nazi prison network
- Dutch horsemeat sold as beef for two years
12 April
- 'The nightlife in Jena is very good'
- Uni raises tuition fees for non-EU foreigners
- Brazil to buy German anti-aircraft tanks
- Bank Austria ordered to pay East German cash
- SPD call for 'Eurofood' police force
- Cameron and family to stay with Merkel
- Deserting the wrong way: Why soldiers went East
- Ex-President hit with official corruption charge
- All-German Champions League final in sight
- Germany rejects footing bigger Cyprus bailout
- Sun, spring and high temps to arrive Monday
13 April
- Court gives foreign press access to neo-Nazi trial
- Musical instrument makers face tough times
- New immigrants are younger, more skilled
- Klopp's hair transplant sparks aesthetic debate
- Woman dies two days after forced eviction
- Euro stars Bayern and Dortmund run riot
14 April
- Merkel rival tries to kick-start campaign
- Teachers try to weed out high-tech cheaters
- Volunteer group uncovers WWII graves
- German automakers cater to Chinese tastes
- German wins record €46 million lotto jackpot
- 'Tank & Cut' hairdressers hit petrol stations
15 April
- Syrian wounded fly to Germany for help
- Doctors: noisy offices 'can make you ill'
- 'First and foremost, read the regulations!'
- Merkel rival Steinbrück rallies SPD: 'So to battle!'
- Scientists to crunch crisp craving mystery
- Anti-euro party aims to tip German election
- Putin's spies target German embassy staff
- Court delays neo-Nazi murder trial for press
- Job centre official: unemployed aren't lazy
16 April
- Biscuit bully uses shopping cart as weapon
- Louvre art exhibition raises German hackles
- Germany 'not strong enough' for stimulus
- Boston bombing 'deeply shocks' Germany
- 200-year-old German mummies on display
- Petty criminals chose prison over €5 fine
- Anti-euro party polls at three percent
- Investor confidence falls
- Amnesty deal for ThyssenKrupp workers
- Swiss CD sparks nationwide tax raids
17 April
- Daimler unloads EADS stake for €2.2 billion
- Study: teens better with money than thought
- Woman finds bag of human bones
- Nine German stereotypes debunked
- Provincial judges hurt Germany's image abroad
- Treble-chasing Bayern blast into Cup final
- Spring has sprung but not for long
- Postal strike leaves letters in limbo
- Rat poison-laced bread puts 25 in hospital
- New in German cinemas: ‘I Give It a Year’
18 April
- 'Today I am happy to live with a beard'
- Euro debt crisis 'could last a decade'
- Baby formula rationed as parents panic
- Stuttgart to face Bayern in German Cup final
- Police bag biggest-ever crystal meth haul
- Think tanks scale back growth forecast
- Johns 'need clean bill of health' for hooker visits
- Germany approves Cyprus bailout package
- 'Inhumane' authorities separate refugee family
- Merkel quashes revolt over female exec quota
19 April
- Germany offers to keep 800 troops in Afghanistan
- Poles no longer the losers in Berlin
- Merkel loses Time's 100 influential people place
- Lufthansa staff to stage strike on Monday
- Heidi Klum's 'Top Models' catch head lice
- Turkish media ensured access to neo-Nazi trial
- Brewers fear beer war
- Leverkusen confirm Schürrle Chelsea talks
- UN takes Germany to task for 'racist' Sarrazin
- Suspected letter bomb to president found harmless
20 April
- Hamburg voted most attractive German city
- Neo-Nazi NPD party 'weak and in tatters'
- No new investigation into RAF prison deaths
- Merkel 'hangs out' online to discuss integration
- 15,000 expected at Hamburg Marathon
- Man kidnaps 7-year-old boy in 'revenge'
21 April
- German teams gear up for Champions League
- New manual sparks ‘what is normal?’ debate
- Lufthansa passengers offered rail vouchers
- Nearly 1,000 Islamists watched since 2001
- Bayern's Hoeneß said to hide cash in Swiss bank
- Politicians eye up new anti-euro party
22 April
- 'Germany has a very good work culture'
- Germany re-considers Syria arms embargo
- Lufthansa strikes hit German airports
- Family minister wants more time with her family
- Friend reportedly helped neo-Nazi on the run
- Bahr: 'Germany needs more foreign nurses'
- Disposable camera snaps creativity in Dresden
- Germany fines Google for privacy violations
- Bundesbank: German wage hike will hurt euro
- Riefenstahl's Olympic film secretly sold to IOC
- Merkel: Germany doesn't want to dominate Europe
23 April
- Top German clubs worry about lopsided league
- 'Hoeneß can't preach water and drink wine'
- Germany faces spotty measles coverage
- Smoker survives car cleaning product blast
- Magdeburg waterworks keeps crocodile mascot
- Rising star Götze ditches Dortmund for Bayern
- Upstart Grillo demands 'German invasion' of Italy
- HSH Nordbank cuts loose bad shipping loans
- Chemical giant BASF to axe 500 jobs
- Can the law go easy on pickpocket pensioners?
- Berlin: Europe must 'stay the course' with austerity
24 April
- Twelve English words made up by Germans
- Giant spider bites florist
- Rampant Bayern Munich trounce Barcelona
- Stern's forged Hitler diaries to go public
- Pride parade shuns CDU over gay marriage
- Fading confidence fuels ECB rate cut talk
- IMF backs thrifty German budget policy
- New in German cinemas: 'Iron Man 3'
- German terror list breaks privacy rules: court
- Dusty discs unite Germany and Iran
25 April
- Borussia Dortmund hit four to stun Real Madrid
- Queen Asparagus reigns supreme over Germany
- Berlin ghost airport costs €162k a month to clean
- Los Angeles sues 'slumlord' Deutsche Bank
- 'Messi? I want to be Germany's Ronaldo'
- Adidas loan haunts Bayern boss Hoeneß
- Germany 'optimistic' on growth despite crisis
- Hot ice-cream shop hikes prices to deter custom
- Merkel rejects European bank deposit guarantee
- Telekom sparks ire with plans to throttle internet
- Germany apologizes for neo-Nazi murder debacle
- Restored monarchy gains young Germans' support
26 April
- Scandal hits Merkel's partner with huge fine
- Cop loses gun in bid to keep trousers clean
- Germans save best for Spanish return games
- 'I'd furnish Oldenburg with more hills'
- Union delivers postie pay rise after marathon talks
- German male mental health 'often ignored'
- Washout weather set to ruin weekend
- Tourist tax to hit summer Berlin trippers
- Gunman kills Hamelin politician then himself
- Merkel gave Obamas golf putts and wine
27 April
- EU socialists unite to fight ‘selfish’ austerity
- 'Berlin-bashing' book catalogues capital’s flops
- Files reveal star actor Horst Tappert's Nazi past
- Greens pledge to raise tax on rich to almost 50%
- Hospital hands back Aborigine skulls
- Germany prepared to enter Mali: Westerwelle
28 April
- Bayern determined to 'finish job' against Barca
- German man's crocodile passion attracts tourists
- Police investigate 14 suspected neo-Nazis
- Conservative politician in hot water on fiancé's job
- 'I don't regret trip' says journalist shot in Syria
- SPD and Greens unite to battle election
29 April
- 'It's important to master German subtleties'
- EU jobs chief: wages should rise in Germany
- Pirates put sex and drugs on Bavaria election plan
- Brit lands Berlin airport half marathon victory
- German wild apples in danger of extinction
- Women Catholic deacons 'no longer taboo'
- Merkel: we're still friends with France
- Wanted: 1,000 German tax collectors
- German tackles bird deaths with cat tax idea
- Big German papers miss out on Nazi trial seats
30 April
- Bundeswehr soldiers 'for hire as mercenaries'
- Germany warns US: no 'red lines' in Syria
- Rogue dentist barred after 20-tooth incident
- Germany gets HuffPo and new Spiegel editor
- 'Insane' euro departure 'would cost 200,000 jobs'
- Tougher smoking ban worries bar owners
- Unique baroque feather room opens for visitors
- Watchdog: 500 products cost more for less
- 'Women give the Catholic church a future'
- Teacher works for years with fake qualifications