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

01 May
- Franco-German friendship cools further
- German graduates crave big name car careers
- Eight things that make Germans happy
- Visitors flock to Hamburg garden show
- Torn hamstring relegates Götze to the bench
- Hoeneß: 'I had a gambling problem'
02 May
- Bayern Munich secure all-German CL final
- Lufthansa settles bitter pay dispute
- New in German cinemas: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’
- Munich inventor makes splash with sea rucksack
- President: dodging tax is 'anti-social'
- Boy - the world's smallest film star
- Weekend promises storms for the south
- New €5 notes make German debut
- Optimistic youth fail to prepare for old age
- Sex in bathrooms best say one in five Germans
- The furniture-free way to relocate to Germany
03 May
- 50,000 metalworkers strike for more pay
- Atheist shoes go missing in God-fearing US
- 'Braunschweig: totally friendly to foreigners'
- Most would increase tax on the wealthy
- New law unmasks anonymous web surfers
- Merkel: I store sleep like a camel stores water
- Germany Marx Karl's birthday with red gnomes
- Sick staff ground new airport's first flight
- Bavaria nepotism scandal: 79 MPs named
- Fascists claim 'We are the people' slogan
04 May
- Free Democrats prepare to reveal election plan
- Germans still spend on classic greeting cards
- Top Muslims: 'terrorism not a topic for talks'
- Barroso defends Merkel on austerity
- Detectives' beloved sausage kiosk re-opens
- CDU: Zero tolerance for terrorism sympathizers
05 May
- Top rivals warm up for Champions League clash
- Senior models in demand as population ages
- Schäuble: Greens’ tax plan is ‘nonsense’
- Elite German soldier killed in Afghanistan
- Anti-Swabian graffiti sparks outrage in Berlin
- Breakfast TV parody to debut on ARD
06 May
- Scientists solve Monarch migration mystery
- 'You can get pension payments back'
- Bayern boss Hoeneß steps down - for now
- German lake full of dead carp baffles officials
- Lufthansa hits turbulence over top job choice
- Munich tinkles street pianos' ivories
- Men claim nearly 80 percent of driving points
- 'Racism is in society's wallpaper'
- Painter Baselitz raided in tax avoidance move
- Emotions high at start of neo-Nazi murder trial
07 May
- Cub photographer wins prize with fox picture
- Three Germans die as volcano erupts
- Arrested 'Auschwitz guard': I was just a cook
- 'The NSU trial is an aim in itself'
- Maastricht hash cafes welcome back Germans
- Germany 'lags behind on organic farming'
- France tells Germany: we need growth too
- Migration increases as euro crisis bites
- German footie fans bid for Wembley CL tickets
- Cops call spider man after catching tarantula
08 May
- BMW recalls 22,000 cars over airbag fault
- In German cinemas this week: ‘Side Effects’
- Scientists: fear of illness can make you sick
- Seven Supermums to mark Mothers' Day
- Indonesia gets 'secret go-ahead' for tank deal
- Court: gay and straight tax breaks must match
- Hertha: we're too busy to play Manchester United
- More working Germans need social support
- Machines spit out fivers in platform pickles
- Hamburg's technicolour train stop wins prize
- Lufthansa ex-CEO lands top job despite wrangle
09 May
- Mega pirate blames Hollywood for troubles
- How our brains grasp giggles, grunts, guffaws
- Beate Zschäpe: neo-Nazi of mystery
- Study: shorter winters threaten Alpine wildlife
- Berlin to ban holiday lets in city centre
- Storm clouds roll in over Germany
10 May
- Lightning leaves 39 hurt in lakeside strike
- Opera house kills Nazi themed Wagner show
- Merkel in surprise visit to Afghanistan troops
- Third of new drugs 'offer no additional benefit'
- The chilly off-peak perks of Rügen prove a treat
- Man kills wife then shoots neighbours
- Obama set to visit Berlin next month
- Netto pioneers mobile phone payments
- German giants dazzle Dax
- Cops stop speeding car with dog at wheel
11 May
- Eighty percent of Germans apply for jobs online
- Bayern coach to bow out of Bundesliga
- Potato price-fixing costs consumers millions
- German home burgled every four minutes
- Pirates gather to steer election course
- Westerwelle: Turkey's success 'breathtaking'
- Sex workers learn to help disabled clients
12 May
- Bayern fans celebrate Bundesliga win
- Top-selling 'Bild' tabloid to slash staff figures
- Insider predicts shoe prices to take hike
- Düsseldorf police hunt for serial arsonist
- West tested drugs on '50,000 East Germans'
- Firemen free toy-seeking toddler stuck in parasol
13 May
- 'Germans are nice thanks to my Ami accent'
- Pirate Party declare election-year attack
- Frankfurt Germany's biggest crime city
- Some teachers survive on benefits in summer
- Merkel reveals new details of GDR past
- More migrant kids need help with German
- Germany launches new job creation drive
- German parties get record state handouts
- Suspect pleads not guilty in fatal beating trial
- Metal workers enter huge warning strikes
14 May
- Germany pets Justin Bieber's monkey
- Greens to investigate old paedophilia claims
- Schäuble pours cold water on EU bailout plans
- Volkswagen plans giant car plant in China
- F1's Ecclestone 'faces German bribery charges'
- First ever strike hits Amazon's German unit
- Germans cling to Europe as others sour on EU
- NSU trial told neo-Nazi woman 'part of kill squad'
- 'It's time Germany got over its speed fetish'
- German court cuts off Google's auto-complete
15 May
- Ten German words with double meanings
- Berlin's 'Peacemaker' soothes the city
- Pay deal for metal workers averts strike
- ThyssenKrupp bins 3,000 admin jobs
- Anaemic economy feels winter chill
- Toxic chemical cloud drifts over Frankfurt
- Single women 'too much trouble' for allotments
- Bremen part ways with long-serving manager
- Diplomat's dog bites wife of Korean fat cat
- New in German cinemas: ‘The Great Gatsby’
- Germany kills 'Euro Hawk' drone programme
16 May
- Army to start soldier psychological tests
- GDR football coach tackles Singapore team
- 'At his final heartbeat I knew I had to act'
- Fewer flats free in Germany
- US denies Christian homeschoolers asylum
- Unhappy diners 'beat top Japanese chef to death'
- Big pharma 'human guinea pigs' spark anger
- Capri-Sun drink wins false advertising award
- Germany in for wet Whit weekend
- Germany refuses to slam French economic policy
- Giant Barbie doll house opens amid protests
17 May
- Holiday travellers face traffic trouble
- No child support if dad is anonymous sperm donor
- Look-alike prisoner gets cell-mate's release
- Merkel opens up privately ahead of election
- 'Lüneburg is a small and cosy city'
- Two accused in neo-Nazi trial 'will talk'
- Au pairs rules relax for non-German families
- Germany cool to France's EU economy plan
- Christian Democrats set up political donation ATM
- Burning ship had tonnes of radioactive material
18 May
- Survey: Half of gays harassed in Germany
- Economists warn against German euro exit
- Russians top asylum seekers to Germany
- Friedrich wants hate preachers expelled
- Organic food stores expand rapidly
- Most Germans optimistic about the future
19 May
- Bayern wins, Dortmund loses ahead of CL Final
- Wagner descendant slams composer
- Did Merkel's politics hurt Germany at Eurovision?
- Boy dies at Tropical Islands swimming pool
- Some fear inflation if small euro coins cut
- Police warn against high-tech Islamist attacks
20 May
- Pricey Reichstag visitor centre scrapped
- Hungary's Orbán: Merkel policy like Nazi invasion
- Fans flock to London for all-German CL final
- Germany grapples with nuclear energy phaseout
- 20,000 Goths gather in Leipzig
- Cooler and wetter week ahead
21 May
- Germany seeks 'visible' Kosovo-Serbia progress
- 'My friends call me travelling x-ray salesman'
- England fans decry 'German' football jersey
- SAP to hire hundreds of autistic IT experts
- The Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek dies at 74
- States to toughen laws on drunken cycling
- Conservatives demand East German symbol ban
- Car boss asks Merkel to rethink CO2 pledge
- Germany's collective blame phobia
- First bison born in wild 'for centuries'
22 May
- Justin Bieber's monkey becomes 'German'
- Spain and Germany fight youth employment
- Germans bathe easy in clear waters
- New in German cinemas: 'Fast & Furious 6'
- Social Democrats seek revival on 150th b-day
- Rösler wants dual citizenship for IT talent
- 'I hate Wagner but I hate him on my knees'
- NSU known as neo-Nazi 'terror cell' before killings
- Police raid suspected leftist extremists
- Cop faces charges for punching woman
23 May
- Grey seals return to German Baltic shores
- Tax evasion 'OK for Joe Normal' say Germans
- Social Democrats launch left-wing global network
- Dortmund's Götze ruled out of Wembley final
- Germany tops world popularity poll
- Hipster Berlin dogs get meaty frozen yoghurt
- Ten German body parts
- Brewers: 'No fracking with our German beer'
- Keep your socks on because autumn is in the air
- Hollande praises tough German reforms
24 May
- Cardinal: Women should stay at home and breed
- German consumers keep recession at bay
- Immigrants 'more skilled' than many Germans
- 'Herrenberg is a colourful, cultural gem'
- Fraternities mull 'Aryan purity' test for members
- Prologue to 'The Jewish Candidate'
- Chapter One of 'The Jewish Candidate'
- 'Germany is indifferent to neo-Nazi violence'
- Job centre Facebook spying 'is illegal'
- Nationwide cannabis limit rolls nearer
- IEA: protect consumers from energy price hikes
- Fan wants Bayern ticket-Oktoberfest beer swap
25 May
- Bundesbank chief: allow eurozone defaults
- Helicopter sprays 220 kids with insecticide
- Police put Germany on terror alert for CL final
- Skyscraper festival hits new heights in Frankfurt
- Chinese premier visit to strengthen trade ties
- Merkel: business must fight immigrant prejudice
- Bayern defeat Dortmund in Wembley thriller
26 May
- VW's 75th birthday marred by Nazi roots
- Bahn 'drone' helicopter to hunt graffiti vandals
- 'Frankfurt weathers euro crisis better than rivals'
- One third of customers face discrimination
- Germany renews support for Syrian rebels
- State: school shooting killer mother must pay
27 May
- 'Speaking German gives you an edge'
- Merkel pledges to avert EU-China trade war
- Tank crushes German soldier during training
- 'Young cancer sufferers have specific problems'
- Germany doubles small arms exports
- 'Time is money' in new Wiesbaden café
- Beyoncé makes midnight Berlin shopping spree
- Stasi victims share memories on stage
- DZ Bank stops foodstuffs speculation
- Accidental corpse thieves get jail time
28 May
- Bayreuth immigration office 'unfair' to students
- Hoffenheim beat 'Lautern to stay in Bundesliga
- Fisher snags monster halibut off Norway
- German jewel thief escapes Aussie police
- Woman outs sexual harassers on Twitter
- Italy paid refugees €500 to leave for Germany
- Germany's Bild tabloid launches online paywall
- Rösler: Germany needs top qualified immigrants
- Berlin and Paris confront Europe's youth job crisis
- Many ready-to-eat salads 'riddled with fungi'
29 May
- Lidl gets stick for running out of stickers
- Electric cars fail to gain traction in Germany
- EU's Oettinger says Europe ripe for 'overhaul'
- Police find body lying 'among 50 snakes'
- Use of 'designer drugs' on the rise in Germany
- Cold weather chills German job market
- New in German cinemas: 'The Hangover Part III'
- Easyjet may fly from new Berlin airport this autumn
- Germany lifts Holocaust help to €800 million
- 'Diversity in Germany has become reality'
30 May
- Businessman builds a used Lego empire
- Top tasty Teutonic treats
- Germany sticks plan to buy armed drones
- Man lives 15 years with pencil in head
- Police warn train ticket machines may explode
- Heavy rainfall likely to worsen flooding
- Germans not fussed by TV on smartphones
- Podolski scores fastest Germany goal ever
- JC Penney 'Hitler kettle' advert raises eyebrows
- Merkel and Hollande show unity for eurozone
31 May
- Heidi Klum: supermodel, supermum, media mogul
- Five-year-old from China loses deportation battle
- Topless protestors crash 'Heidi’s Horror Show'
- Saturday supermarket hours spark retail row
- Floods kill cyclist and block roads
- Huge anti-capitalism rally hits Frankfurt
- Census shrinks German population by 1.5 million
- 'Magdeburg locals are always willing to help'
- Woman escapes €70,000 parking fine