📰 Breaking News: News Archive for May 2014 | Latest Updates from Germany 2025

01 May
- Germany's younger universities on the rise
- Police brace for violence at May 1st demos
- Anne Frank memorial tree planted at US Capitol
02 May
- Merkel meets Obama in Washington
- Police and protesters clash in May 1st demos
- German politician defends party with Putin
- These German grandmas want to raise my baby
- Germans find stress is contagious
- Berlin's new airport is already too small
- Is Germany shying away from global role?
- Germany fumes over McCain's Merkel attack
- Style, scuffles and surf - seven days in pics
- German IT expert hacks NSA homepage
- Father of student shot in US attacks gun culture
03 May
- Obama & Merkel: Spying differences still remain
- German hostages freed in Ukraine
- Hopfner replaces Hoeneß as Bayern president
- Lewandowski signs off at Dortmund
05 May
- Ukraine hostage release sparks coalition row
- Income taxes 'to be cut from 2016'
- Hundreds mourn student shot in US
- 'Masked man' faces life for attacking millionaires
- German reunification bill hits €2,000,000,000,000
- Ten things you should do in a German office
- QUIZ: Who should you vote for in EU elections?
- Hells Angels banned from buses and beer
- Paedophile ring used girl, 5, to entice victims
06 May
- Three dead at Berlin tower block
- Footballer in trouble for throwing a kebab
- Burger King sorry for poor hygiene
- A hitchhiker's guide to Germany
- Bin Laden joker ends up on terror watchlist
- Germany warns of 'point of no return' in Ukraine
- Mother kills her three children with BBQ fumes
- Nazi-era art trove heir Cornelius Gurlitt dies
- German sailors missing in suspected kidnapping
- How good is Germany for mothers?
- Game of Thrones star on violence against women
- Tens of thousands claim medical mistreatment
07 May
- Gurlitt art collection to head to Switzerland
- Millions could pay less health insurance
- Merkel gives up bread for carrots and loses 10kg
- Howzat? Germany enjoys cricket revival
- German students turn to private universities
- Ten English words only Germans use
- Germany is EU's worst polluter
- Five injured in train crash near Munich
- Berlin skyscraper too heavy for Alexanderplatz
- Postwoman jailed for throwing 800 letters away
08 May
- Germans unaware of own Eurovision entry
- Jeweller raids jewellery shop and banks
- Steinmeier praises Putin's Ukraine U-turn
- Burger King boss admits scandal has hit revenues
- West has more teething problems than East
- Overbudget concert house 'possibly criminal'
- German Parliament to question Snowden
- Löw reveals German World Cup squad
- Equality tsar wins case against own ministry
- Legendary VW Golf turns 40
09 May
- Swiss museum to inspect Gurlitt paintings
- Orbán to Merkel: Thanks for your support
- Woman, 86, damages 11 parked cars
- Every third child in Berlin lives off benefits
- Fans angry at Bayern Munich kit colour change
- How to master the art of the German stroll
- 10 things you didn't know about asparagus
- VIDEO: Politicians turn to cow to get out the vote
- Toddler survives 18-km running board stunt
- Merkel welcomes Hollande on 'Europe Day'
10 May
- US firm pulls detergent box over neo-Nazi code
- Warsaw uprising comes to life on the big screen
- Ecclestone accused of '$10 million' bribe
11 May
- Hitler's Jewish neighbour looks back in new book
- A victory for bearded men in dresses
12 May
- Police protect football players from own fans
- Two-year-old crashes dad's Mercedes in Berlin
- Spy base will cost €1 billion (and it's late)
- BSkyB in talks to buy Sky Deutschland stake
- German hourly labour costs outstrip EU rivals
- Military starts exercises with 11 nations
- Germans accept gays more, immigrants less
- German foreign minister to visit Ukraine
- What does the CDU want for Europe?
- Ivory smugglers fail with sweet tooth lie
13 May
- Germany pushes for dialogue in Ukraine crisis
- Author held in Abu Dhabi for snapping embassies
- No wartime paperwork? Tear down your home
- Bomb scare ruins Schröder's party
- Police arrest man in Hoeneß blackmail sting
- Third of species in German seas at risk
- 'The only way to fight Denglisch is with English'
- The Local launches new site in Austria
- Germany has more jobs, but more inequality
- What does the SPD want for Europe?
- City to give alcoholics beer to clean streets
14 May
- Löw ignores boos as young German side held
- Yemen tribesmen free German hostage
- Berlin's ghost airport vote approaches
- Mother parties while baby starves to death
- Teacher's nine-month building nightmare
- Immigrant helper 'too qualified' for Germany
- German food - the seven best and wurst dishes
- 4,700 ducks shut motorway after crash
- One in four Germans deemed anti-Semitic
- What does the Left Party want for Europe?
15 May
- Berlin's Ampelmann needs a woman
- German fast food goes upmarket
- German economic growth doubles
- Entire family struck by lightning
- Police blame gangs for burglary rise
- German court copyrights 'Jesus messages'
- Funeral home 'sold dead people's passports'
- 'We're driving 1,000km on a litre of fuel'
- Deutsche Bank staff told to behave via video
- Unqualified doctor clears breast cancer patients
- What do the Greens want for Europe?
16 May
- Merkel: We want close ties with Russia
- Private security firm watches teenager 24/7
- Bavarian health leader seeks e-cigarette ban
- Germany second in US foreign lobbying list
- Two high-speed trains crash in Berlin rail yard
- How to enjoy coffee with a German kick
- Ex-chancellor Schmidt slams EU over Ukraine
- Planes, trains and the Dalai Lama - in pics
- 'Why foreigners must get the vote in Germany'
17 May
- Schweinsteiger injuries worry Germany
18 May
- Bayern win cup ending Guardiola 'toughest year'
- Polynesian hunter jailed for German's murder
- Berlin start-up pioneers fish-farm veggie garden
19 May
- Man, 75, kills neighbours in 'parking row'
- 'Artists need an online presence'
- Earthquake damages 70 homes in Hesse
- Mayor urges Erdogan to cancel German trip
- Two men escape from prison using a blanket
- Elderly German workers just keep on going
- David Bowie is back in Berlin
- Swimming champion auctions Olympic medals
- Summer highs of 30C to hit Germany
- Berlin's tourism boom - the good, bad and ugly
20 May
- Merkel set to be biggest winner in EU elections
- Coalition agrees to lower retirement age to 63
- Prison guards take three hours to notice escapees
- Twitter eyes Berlin start-up SoundCloud
- Voyeur, 30, admits raping woman, 86
- Man smuggles 90 exotic animals in suitcase
- Spanish tourist falls from Berlin bridge and drowns
- 'Germany can deny foreigners benefits'
- Germans want smaller role in world crises
- ILA Air Show takes off in Berlin
- 'EU elections? No thanks'
21 May
- Germany rises in popularity for immigrants
- Man finds €18,000 on street, hands it in
- Netflix confirms German launch for 2014
- VIDEO: Foreign Minister becomes a YouTube hit
- Sausages contain dangerous bacteria
- Customs seize falcon wearing Nazi SS hat
- Cycling star Ullrich admits drink drive crash
- Ex-head of neo-Nazi party opens bar in Spain
- 13 things Germany leads the world in
- Cleaners find dead baby in Munich train toilet
22 May
- Court orders ex-lovers to delete sexy pics
- German satellites capture Earth in hi-def 3D
- NSA panel invites US tech chiefs as witnesses
- Apprenticeship numbers hit record low
- Germany plans to ban EU benefit fraudsters
- How the NSA may have tapped Merkel's phone
- Astronaut takes part of cathedral to space
- Police appeal over Berlin prison break
- Bavarian butcher turns Weißwurst green
- Officer puts neo-Nazi stickers in police van
- Football chiefs to double doping tests
23 May
- 'Mini town' planned for central Berlin
- Economic growth spurred by consumers
- Summer storms thunder over central Germany
- Firefighters rescue man from women’s jail
- Homosexual couples win limited adoption rights
- EU elections should (but don't) matter to Germans
- 'Bling bishop' to live in €31m HQ until job found
- Berlin's Holocaust memorial is falling apart
- How the Germans went crazy for witch hunts
- Ageing Germany lowers retirement age
24 May
- Ex-Lions star in Berlin for gay rugby 'Bash About'
- Thousands protest at Erdogan German rally
25 May
- Schulz mocked for 'German' EU election ad
- Merkel evokes EU 'peace project' over Ukraine
- Live Blog: EU elections in Germany 2014
- EU Elections: The Local's live reaction on Twitter
- Eurosceptics and SPD celebrate EU vote gains
- AfD leader celebrates rise of German eurosceptics
- Berlin voters reject Tempelhof development
26 May
- France demands Germany invests €50bn
- Merkel's party tops vote but loses ground
- Germany gains foreign talent from rivals
- Six injured as drunk driver stops on motorway
- Steinmeier 'horrified' at far-right seat win
- Slave probe exposes Audi's Nazi past
- Bulky ballet dancer sues club for barre break
- Social worker fined for death of addict's son
- Berliners hail Tempelhof referendum win
27 May
- 'I thought you could vote in two EU countries'
- Foreigners set up 40pc of new German firms
- 'A dangerous divide has opened up in Europe'
- Meet the neo-Nazi boss costing you €8k a month
- Heavy rain hits central Germany and heads east
- Two men shot in Munich beer garden
- Speedy internet comes to fast German trains
- One in five Germans can't afford a holiday
- Germany coach Löw banned for speeding
- Expat denied vote in EU elections
- Film fest underway after grand opening
28 May
- Germany is Europe's top place to invest
- Germans explore WWI guilt 100 years on
- PR stunt injures two at German World Cup camp
- Joyrider, 14, hits police cars in 200km/h chase
- Bribery probe hits Berlin's scandal airport
- A third of German homes have just one person
- Germany's eight wurst sausage sayings
- Customs seize record €2m of amphetamines
- Heavy rain washes road away
- Germany stocks up on gas
29 May
- German drug giant pays $650m to settle lawsuits
- Marlene Dietrich's belongings go on auction
- German World Cup bid hit by string of scandals
30 May
- German study finds porn makes men stupid
- German astronaut docks with space station
- Amazon workers down tools again
- Berlin bans Hells Angels' symbol
- Thank you Germans for your love of nature
- One fifth of young Germans live in poverty
- Cleared ex-president claims he was framed
- Merkel backs Juncker for next EC president
- Up, up and away - a week in pictures
- Bill Bailey's lyrical love affair with German
31 May
- Siemens may slash 12,000 jobs says boss
- Germany calls in Turkish envoy over PM's remarks