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

01 August
- Bayreuth's 'Ring' director pokes fun at audience
- Germany's 'industrial Oskar Schindler' dies
- Escaped monkey risks family jewels if caught
- Long lunches are 'bad for afternoon concentration'
- Germans: money worries the best contraceptive
- Wind and waves conquer Hitler's Atlantic Wall
- Berlin drag queen sews mouth in Russia protest
- Scorching summer weekend on its way
- Oil under Brandenburg 'could deliver billions'
- Smoking ban hits small pubs where it hurts
02 August
- Merkel's coalition seems set for election victory
- Bayern Munich bounce back to floor Man City
- Kohl wanted to send half Turks home in 1980s
- Five-year-old dies, sister injured after car chase
- Rammstein rock Wacken metal festival
- Lufthansa: halved profits this quarter no problem
- Germany: progress needed in Iran nuke talks
- Turkish man takes pain out of praying
- Neo-Nazi victims get their day in court
- Boy finds grandfather's 'mummy' hidden in attic
03 August
- Germany shuts Yemen embassy over security
- Berlin axes Cold War-era spying accords with US
04 August
- German pensioner arrested on spy charge
- West German doping probe sparks concern
05 August
- 'I'll never in my life regret coming to Germany'
- Germans say 'nein danke' to retiring at 67
- Minister: EU should follow German data law
- Women play 'major role' in neo-Nazi scene
- Violent storms injure dozens over weekend
- Greens call for 'Veggie Day' in canteens
- BMW to recall 140,000 cars in China
- Man run over by train lives, shouts at driver
- Ibiza phone thief 'world's most stupid'
- Attack in Afghanistan leaves troops injured
06 August
- Müller scores hat-trick for Bayern Munich
- Disgruntled Germans call for census re-count
- 'Serious security flaws' in Vodafone routers
- Postal service posts impressive profits
- Police defuse 'suicidal' asylum seeker drama
- Court frees 'paranoid' man after seven years
- Spying fears prompt talk of cabinet phone ban
- Greens’ veggie pledge provokes Nazi jibe
- Kids stash record pocket money cash
- Impotence drug too strong - firm flops
07 August
- A quarter of Germany is obese: experts
- Jail for police officer who punched woman in face
- Pigs burn in huge lightning storm
- School rebels 'most successful' in later life
- Merkel gets flak for record Gulf arms sales
- Brit family goes native in Germany for TV
- German manufacturing soars in June
- Naked in the train: artist shocks Europe
- Two killed in light aircraft crash in north Germany
- Holocaust-denier David Irving defies hotel ban
- Top ten tips for flathunters in Germany
08 August
- Bundesliga players to be screened for doping
- Do benefits harm the unemployed?
- Adidas hits currency hurdles but profits up
- Cyber thieves plunder 250,000 accounts
- Jobless youth spurn apprenticeships
- Bayern Munich boss to battle fresh tax claims
- Lifetime travel pass for baby born on train
- New in German cinemas: ‘The Lone Ranger’
- Toilet queen caught 'up to knees in tips'
- 'Crybaby' Playboy model travels like refugee
09 August
- Staff shortage costs German firms €30 billion
- Top Nazi's car sits in US garage for years
- Keeper catches last monkey of escaped trio
- Sun setting on Berlin's Star Boulevard
- 1,000 chicks die in plane fire at airport
- 'Made in Germany' tag threatened by EU
- Rösler: No more debt cuts for Greece
- Germans rescued from sinking ship off Iceland
- Pensioner shoots at child plum thieves
- Politicians abandon election fight for holidays
- Guardiola starts Bayern reign with victory
10 August
- German email providers unite against spying
11 August
- Germany 'mid-level' interest to NSA: Report
- Dortmund show title intent with first day romp
- Bundesbank forecasts more Greek aid: Report
- First gay wedding for Protestant Church
12 August
- Bundesliga round-up of opening weekend
- Foreign minister supports Israel talks
- 'Get off your rear end and learn German'
- Snapping turtle terrorizes Bavarian lake
- Pro-paedo text scuppers would-be MP's campaign
- Three train signallers 'hold key to rail chaos'
- Bavarian leader: charge foreigners autobahn fee
- Record number of Germans work two jobs
- Giant meteor shower to give Germany a show
- Gambling banker 'took €8.4m from customers'
13 August
- Germans happiest to show bellies on holiday
- Energy giant E.ON: profit dip due to politics
- Badger digs up medieval warrior graves
- Runners ready for Berlin Wall ultra-marathon
- Cops arrest teenagers after father shot dead
- Merkel's man: pledge will prevent future spying
- Peppers lead eye- watering food price rises
- 'It was racist to stop refugee luggage porters'
- Olympic chief plays down German doping
- Substitute teacher Merkel leads history class
14 August
- Bisky dies: East German defender in tough times
- German care industry 'wide open to corruption'
- Robert Harting takes third world discus title
- German economy returns to growth after slump
- Honey spill creates sticky situation
- Should Berlin protect its Soviet-era buildings?
- Lack of Catholics kills holiday in unlucky areas
- New in German cinemas: ‘Elysium’
- Seven tips to beat German bureaucracy
- Train boss begs staff to return from holiday
15 August
- Paraguay draw 'warning' for jittery Germany
- Rescued seal pups swim to freedom - pics
- Merkel launches election campaign in tiny town
- Police hunt father who 'shot daughter and wife'
- Artist wins Hitler salute court battle
- Germany urges Egypt to stop deadly crackdown
- Roma group: 'Gypsy sauce' is offensive
- Judge jails six men for fatal Berlin beating
- Air Berlin cuts losses by flying fewer routes
- Barrier-breaking writer celebrates film premiere
16 August
- Shark bites off German swimmer's arm
- New US ambassador introduces self on video
- Fake Rockefeller jailed for killing US landlord
- Germany: 'We can beat US in export rankings'
- Group guinea pig sex 'too loud' say neighbours
- German law change to 'recognize third sex'
- New drink 'clears breath for post-kebab kisses'
- Social Democrats trail in polls despite anniversary
- Germany cuts holidays after Egypt violence
- Baby seals to socialist offices - in pictures
17 August
- Arsenal target Gustavo signs for Wolfsburg
- Merkel warns of far-right extremism in Europe
18 August
- Venice gondola accident kills German tourist
- Energy giants pull plug on coal and nuclear
- Germany and Qatar condemn Egypt violence
19 August
- Dortmund top as Bayern Munich struggle
- 'Berlin is a great place for start-ups - get in early'
- Al-Qaeda 'plots Europe rail terror attacks'
- Rain ruins 100,000 'eco-friendly' posters
- Donor scandal doctor blasts 'absurd' charges
- Young Germans lead organic food boom
- Germans 'trust cleaner more than their doctor'
- Brothel adverts pulled from Berlin trams
- Steinbrück attacks Merkel's euro ideals
- Hostage drama ends with release of captives
20 August
- Can Germany's green man conquer Europe?
- Hostage-taker 'shot twice by police'
- Dortmund set for record sales and profits
- Tornado rips up church campsite, injures 27
- Grounded ships close the river Rhine
- ‘Why this is Germany’s most boring election’
- Twins die together on same day after 83 years
- Shark attack victim fights for life
- Finance minister: Greece needs more money
- Hopes for a new Knut as Berlin polar bear arrives
- Three dead in sports club shooting
21 August
- Controversy mars Merkel's Dachau visit
- Breweries 'fixing beer prices for decades'
- Tributes paid to German intern at London bank
- Germany slams British action against Guardian
- Social Democrats flounder in latest poll
- New in German cinemas: ‘The Bling Ring’
- Fight over bills sparks deadly shooting
- Tax hikes likely for majority of Germans
- Germany's ten best gap year jobs
- Swarm of bugs drives family out of home
22 August
- Swimmer who lost arm in Hawaii shark attack dies
- New Berlin museum for 20th century art
- Neo-Nazi protests met with backlash
- Man blows up house inflating air mattress
- Blood donor barred as 'German too poor'
- The man who gate-crashed Merkel's plane
- Report: Police bias held up neo-Nazi case
- Manning ruling 'A victory for democracy'
- Lifelong friendship ruined by broken toilet
- Drug addiction on the rise among workers
23 August
- Bank worker jailed for Swiss data leak
- Merkel’s challenger publishes his Stasi files
- Public finances back in the black by €8.5 billion
- Are Germany's high tax rates fair?
- World's oldest Shetland pony dies in Berlin
- Mayor ditches election posters for music video
- Will France lift Mercedes ban?
- Inventors unveil drone for heart attack victims
- 'Ampelmann is a positive symbol of the GDR'
24 August
- Billionaire backer slams 'amateurish' Hamburg
- Dortmund down Bremen to stay top of Bundesliga
25 August
- Bundesliga victory has sting in the tail for Klopp
- Ribery, Robben strike as Bayern win again
- European experiments with sex drive ins
- Greek 'haircut' may have 'domino effect': Merkel
26 August
- Big names struggle in flurry of red cards
- Bridge 'too ugly' for Unesco opens
- Extremists attack Eurosceptic party leader
- Berlin's city bear dies in compound
- Tourist killed in motorboat accident
- Germans turn away from domestic flights
- Germany will back Syria 'consequences'
- Catholics rise up against bishop's leadership
- Festival-goers: 'We've been permanently dyed'
- Double murderer 'lured third victim with texts'
27 August
- More Greeks take German citizenship
- German award for Turkey's 'Standing Man'
- Bank raiders botch tunnel heist
- Good news for economy keeps coming
- Ex-president to face trial over €800 hotel payment
- Hailstone fears for 17,000 new Volkswagens
- 'Spiked whiskey' kills teenage teacher
- 'Germany must give Greece more help'
- Probe into 40 more Nazi Auschwitz guards
- 'Merkel' photos capture a German journey
28 August
- Court orders France to lift Mercedes ban
- Half of German women unhappy with inequality
- Finance minister: 'Don't ask us for more money'
- Child and four adults killed in plane crash
- Cop claims sauna call-out led to new illness
- Outcry over arrest of German 'book thief'
- Merkel: Greece joining euro was a mistake
- New in German cinemas: ‘We’re the Millers’
- Five reasons to date a German (and five not to)
- Government makes 2,000 Facebook data requests
29 August
- Pilots: Five German airports not safe enough
- Teen love-bites no big deal says top court
- German firms ditch umlauts for global trade
- Deutsche Telekom 'weak link' for UK spies
- Second brother dies after Indonesia booze night
- Foreigners often escape German speeding fines
- Merkel warms to Syria action, Germans say no
- Topless Berlin feminists protest Ukraine raids
- The comedian who will quiz Merkel and her rival
- Seal escapes, hangs out with swans
30 August
- Champions League draw challenges Germans
- Labour Ministry: we won't call staff after work
- Steinbrück gains on Merkel but still trails
- Germany will not take part in Syria attack
- Nuremberg 'must fix up Hitler's parade grounds'
- The architect behind 'eyesore' Dresden bridge
- Top banker resigns after colleague's suicide note
- Munich trumps Berlin as Euro 2020 candidate
- Bank raids and bridges - the week in pictures
- Watchdog serves sweet and sour burger verdict
31 August
- Merkel slams China & Russia over Syria stance