📰 Breaking News: News Archive for August 2016 | Latest Updates from Germany 2025

01 August
- Tensions as tens of thousands rally for Erdogan in Cologne
- Munich shooting memorial calls for tolerance and peace
- Turkey calls in senior German diplomat after Cologne rally
- Merkel's party mates push to end minimum wage for interns
- Renegade horse herd runs amok in small Saxon town
- Six things you need to get right when you first arrive in Germany
- Tired Nazi jibes bring German-Turkish relations to new low
- 9-year-old saves his newborn brother from kidnapping
- Private security sector booms on terrorism fears
02 August
- Police hunt tourists who vanished from 'Disney' castle
- German hiker dies after falling 100 metres in Austrian Alps
- Aldi Nord makes first global cage-free egg pledge
- London v. Berlin: Which is better for startups?
- 9 hilarious gifts Judaism gave the German language
- Bavaria to sue Volkswagen over emissions cheating
- 80 years since the Olympics gave Hitler a propaganda coup
- Hundreds seek to leave the German army
- Left Party politician calls for sanctions against Turkey
- Fugitive cow outwits police for 4 weeks before capture
03 August
- Number of refugee children arriving alone quadruples
- Cop acquitted after breaking woman’s nose with his fist
- German flashmob sparks 'terror attack' panic in Spain
- These are Germany's 10 most beautiful and iconic castles
- German High Court: It’s OK to call lawyers 'repulsive'
- Yugoslav spy chiefs jailed for Munich murder of dissident
- Over 2 in 3 Germans don't blame Merkel for terror attacks
- German scientists prove birds can sleep while flying
- What's on in Germany: August 2016
04 August
- Germans held in Spain as flashmob sparks terror alert
- Himmler's diary reveals daily life of Nazi mass murderer
- Jailed jihadist reveals how Isis organizes terror in Germany
- German man says 'toilet paper mishap' started Spain wildfire
- German rapper turned Isis fighter 'may still be alive'
- Gender equality? Meet Germany's first 'men's officer'
- Syrian refugee crowned wine queen in Germany
- Man attacks Muslim woman, tries to rip off headscarf
- 11-year-old boy steals bus, passengers don’t notice
05 August
- Germany's first Pokémon train helps you catch 'em all
- Merkel's popularity plunges in wake of attacks
- Rostock halts asylum home plans over far-right fears
- German minister: Donald Trump is a 'hate preacher'
- Three dead after treatment at alternative cancer clinic
- Arsonist burns down Merkel party mate's campaign bus
- More Turks are seeking asylum in Germany
- German attackers were 'advised by Isis': report
- Robots and drones: deliverymen of the future?
- Ten times Germans proved they really, really love beer
06 August
- 14 facts you never knew about the Brandenburg Gate
- K-Town teen in bunny suit raises police alarm
- Real and imagined terror stalks a jittery Europe
- 500-year-old German artwork bought at flea market
- German officials blast IOC over Russia verdict
07 August
- German Canaries blaze suspect remanded
08 August
- Erdogan: Germany is ‘feeding the terrorists’
- Experts call for ‘migrant quota’ for top business jobs
- This map of Berlin Wi-Fi names is oddly addictive
- Berlin only European capital that makes country poorer
- Facebook: We aren't culpable for German terror attacks
- Chinese tourist loses wallet, becomes refugee by mistake
- The easiest visas to get as an American in Germany
- German judges' associations call for headscarf ban in court
- Arson suspected at Berlin refugee home blaze
09 August
- German hopes of export boom to Iran frustrated
- German Olympic team off to worst start since reunification
- Here's where Germany's unhealthiest people live
- Thuringia teen found with stash of rifles, pistols, bullets
- Court rules small victory against Berlin Airbnb ban
- Refugee's internship stopped 'due to attacks in Germany'
- Scheisse Ship: the greatest viral story that never was
- Prince William to visit Düsseldorf in August
- Investigators identify 8 more Nazi war crimes suspects
10 August
- German police arrest Isis suspect, cite football plot
- Genetic testing on animals in Germany tripled over decade
- Doctor-patient trust at risk in new anti-terror proposals
- Top tips for watching the meteor shower in Germany
- The things about the US that left a German exchange student feeling confused
- German government breaks neutrality on US elections
- Conservative leaders call for burqa ban to fight terror
- Man becomes wine queen after no blond beauties found
11 August
- Immigrants create 1.3 million jobs in Germany: report
- How moving to Berlin inspired me to go vegan
- Almost all VW cars sold since 1995 have this security flaw
- August temperatures dip to coldest level in 25 years
- Germany mulls stripping citizenship from jihadists
- Düsseldorf loses patience as Pokémon shuts down bridge
- Researchers row over number of Cold War border deaths
- Luxury Berlin hotel denies erasing Israel from phonebook
12 August
- Three Germans injured in bomb attack in Thailand
- Kurdish protesters occupy public broadcast studio
- Why an old lady scribbled on an €80,000 Nuremberg artwork
- Study: German drivers play dirty to be king of the road
- German held in Turkey's post-coup crackdown released
- First gay ‘wedding’ happens in Berlin Protestant church
- New far-right group comes under gaze of state spies
13 August
- Scientists to unveil new Earth-like planet: German weekly
14 August
- Porsche training is prize for lucky few refugees
- Mosque group in Germany takes step back from Ankara
15 August
- Refugees create app to crack German bureaucratic maze
- Man injured in 'knife and gun' attack in Cologne
- Berlin fires refugee home firm after jokes about killing kids
- Flats more affordable as rents rise slower than salaries
- Driver takes passengers captive after using wrong bus
- Far right in uproar after police break up 'political' BBQ
- German Federal Bank wants to raise retirement age to 69
- Man faces fine after assaulting car with jumbo sausage
16 August
- How veganism is taking over the German capital
- US finds evidence of criminality in VW probe: report
- German Olympic canoe coach dies after taxi crash
- Two stabbed on Austrian train by German man
- Why Trump doesn’t have a clue about Germany or Merkel
- Footballer Reus gets licence after driving illegally for years
- The restaurants punishing guests for not finishing meals
- Germany accuses Turkey of supporting terrorism: report
- Police arrest suspect for sale of gun to Munich shooter
17 August
- Greek PM vows to make Germany pay war reparations
- Fraudsters steal €40 million from German car parts maker
- Vice-chancellor Gabriel gives neo-Nazi protesters the finger
- Dead Olympic coach saves 4 lives with organ donations
- Munich shooter could have killed more but didn't: police
- Five places Nigel Farage should live in Germany
- Berlin bids to calm storm over report on Turkey Islamist ties
- Police arrest 'Islamist' terror suspect near Polish border
- Berlin metro firm: It's really not cool to ride trains naked
- Worried neighbours alert police to parrot’s cry for help
18 August
- Merkel: 'Terror did not come to us through refugees'
- Police 'find Isis paraphernalia' at terror suspect's home
- Germany starts sending weapons to Kurds again
- 'I don't want to spend my twenties hunting Pokémon'
- 'Sahara heat' to bring summer back to Germany at last
- Policeman uses kiddie's bike to hunt down drunk fugitive
- Seven German cities you never knew were once capitals
- VW puts workers on part-time after dispute with supplier
- Disasters in East Germany: socialism was never at fault
19 August
- 5 reasons Hamburg is one of the best cities to live globally
- Interior minister proposes partial burqa ban
- Kanye West pop-up store opens in Kreuzberg, Berlin
- Number of car arsons in Berlin explodes in 2016
- VW given green light to seize car parts from supplier
- Berlin's education system is worst in Germany: study
- 15 ways to recognize you’ll never quite master German
- The weirdest party slogans from Berlin’s state elections
- Controversial Berlin historian dies aged 93
20 August
- Germany win their first women's football gold
- VW suspends Golf production amid supplier standoff
21 August
- Work until 69? Germans riled by Bundesbank call
- German penalty heartbreak as Brazil win men's gold
- Sri Lanka airline suspends drunk pilot in Frankfurt
- Germany to chart first civil defence plan since Cold War
- VW to hold talks on production-crippling dispute
22 August
- Why German babies cry differently to Chinese ones
- Lithuania signs major German arms deal over Russia fears
- Berlin bolsters Swiss border as more refugees arrive
- Bowie gets a memorial plaque at former Berlin home
- German killed in Danish stone-throwing ‘murder’
- Government warns of dangers of vegan diet
- Muslim teen banned from wearing face veil in school
- TV model found guilty of false rape claims in disputed case
- Govt advice to stockpile food criticized as 'scaremongering'
23 August
- Govt paper mulls bringing back army conscription
- Merkel calls for 'loyalty' from Turkish-Germans
- VW reaches supplier deal to resume production
- Merkel wants migrant return deals with N. African states
- AfD accused of using neo-Nazi symbols on campaign car
- Drugstore chain DM starts selling pepper spray
- Bayern ban big bags and bottles for Bundesliga opener
- Teachers' union: school burqa bans only isolate girls more
- Berlin airport employee admits taking €150,000 bribe
- Travellers stuck after dozy train driver forgets Freiburg
- How did this bike end up on top of Berlin’s Molecule Man?
24 August
- Frankfurt attempts to charm banks away from London
- Ten injured after freight train crashes into bus in Osnabrück
- Düsseldorf swoons as Prince William comes for royal visit
- Man wins ten-year court battle over €2.50 surcharge
- Germany's first 'intelligent' bridge to open in Nuremberg
- Stockpile food in case of attack, Germany tells citizens
- Turkey's spy network in Germany 'thicker than Stasi's'
- Former East to lag behind West for years to come: study
- President who pioneered Moscow ties dies aged 97
25 August
- Mayor fires refugee project intern for wearing headscarf
- Giant 2-metre catfish attacks woman in Bavarian lake
- German man arrested over Bali meth lab
- Germany mulls pullout from Turkish airbase: report
- Epic father-daughter comedy picked for Oscars success
- Merkel urged to address Turkmenistan rights record
- Politicians renew call to bring Snowden to Germany
- Germany-denying beauty king fights cops with guns, teeth
26 August
- Czech police detain driver for harassing Merkel's motorcade
- Teacher convicted for holding kids back after class
- Vast majority of Germans in favour of burqa ban: poll
- Poland criticizes Germany’s 'self-serving' foreign policy
- Upstarts RB Leipzig plan to go right to top of Bundesliga
- 6 reasons why Berlin is now known as 'the failed city'
- Merkel’s party mate wants to get rid of all Karl Marx streets
- Eastern Europe pushes Germany for joint EU army
- Study finds rival Rhineland beers 'actually taste the same'
- Naked swimmer hospitalized after angler hooks his penis
29 August
- EU nations must not refuse Muslim migrants: Merkel
- Vice-Chancellor: TTIP trade deal is dead
- Nearly 9,000 refugee children reported missing: report
- Attempted murder charge for Isis teen who stabbed cop
- Germans race bulls too, but with a difference
- Law to force mums to give up identity of child's real father
- Police investigate after mosque door is bricked shut
- Is German diplomacy getting too chummy with Russia?
30 August
- 'Unfriendly' Germans make expat life harder: report
- 'Idiot' youth lets regional train drive over him as dare
- Merkel offers Russia a lifting of sanctions - if it behaves
- Spain seeks return of Nazi gifts 'proving' Aryan origins
- German EU commissioner doubts Brexit will happen
- What are Merkel's chances for remaining Chancellor?
- Underwater pensioner hunts boats on famed Bavarian lake
- Far-right AfD leader injured by flying frozen cake
31 August
- Berlin plans to be first state to arm police with tasers
- Nazi beach resort ruin turned into luxury playground
- Police left stumped by third axe attack on cross
- 100 flights cancelled due to Frankfurt airport security alert
- Merkel: 'Germany will remain Germany'
- Record 125k people file suit against Canada trade deal
- 5 super cute things German kids do at primary school
- AfD leader attacked and beaten in Mainz
- New train line to cut 2 hours off Berlin-Munich trips
- Germany to tighten checks of soldiers amid jihadist fears