📰 Breaking News: News Archive for April 2017 | Latest Updates from Germany 2025

01 April
- Germany opens spying probe into Turkish religious agency
03 April
- Police hunt 'machete wielding man' who raped woman in Bonn
- Man stabbed to death for complaining about late newspaper delivery
- Cyclists to be able to breeze past traffic lights to get to work on time
- The 7 best events taking place across Germany in April
- Hundreds of Turkish officials and families seek asylum in Germany
- Dortmund woman dies after neighbour 'deliberately blows up building'
- Outrage as Muslim students 'bully Jewish classmate out of Berlin school'
- Islamist given life sentence for trying to bomb Bonn train station
04 April
- Former VW chairman sells most of shares after family fall-out
- Decision not to light up Brandenburg Gate for Russia terror victims stirs up debate
- World's shortest international flight to be grounded for good
- These German CEOs earn the biggest salaries compared to their workers
- NATO boss urges Germany to spend more on its military
- Daimler and Bosch team up to build car 'that'll drive itself to you'
- German trust in newspapers soars to record level
- Elephants in Hanover Zoo 'living in daily fear' due to beatings by keepers
05 April
- Germany to crack down on foreign child marriages
- The tunnel that'll turn central Munich into a building site for a decade
- Germany building new army of 13,500 'cyber soldiers'
- Germany to fine social media giants up to €50 million for hate speech
- 'Beer slug' thought extinct reappears in Hamburg after 80 years
- Renting in Germany - what you need to know
- These are Germany's 11 best 'young' universities
- Quarter of a million Syrians allowed to bring families to Germany: report
- German Millennials among most 'immigrant-friendly' in Europe
06 April
- Germany clears extradition of suspected Bardo museum attacker
- Berlin gives refuge to Rosa Parks' Detroit house
- German researchers find out apes can tell when humans are wrong
- Merkel's human side: Instagram account captures Chancellor off guard
- Shocking video emerges of Stuttgart police beating man over unstubbed cigarette
- Far-right party claims to be one of few 'guarantors of Jewish life' in Germany
- Germany investigates 20 for alleged spying for Turkey
- German parents go to court after police seize kids over homeschooling
07 April
- In Berlin, a street art gallery designed to be destroyed
- Merkel: Assad bears sole responsibility for US air strikes
- These German cities offer the best work-life balance
- Refugees not so welcome: most Germans say country has reached its limit
- Adidas to launch mass production of shoes using 3D-printing
- Germany moves to eliminate state funds for far-right party
- Police detain 5-year-old trying to tank up pedal tractor at gas station
- AfD voters are the most adventurous in bed, study claims
08 April
- Merkel, Hollande voice support for US strike against Assad
09 April
- France enshrines decision to close Germany border nuclear plant
10 April
- Man arrested near Leipzig was 'planning attack in Berlin': report
- Winter wear at the ready! Snow and storms predicted for Easter
- Convertible driver causes train crash after parking on rail crossing
- Man rams town hall with car, likely out of 'frustration with government'
- Easter in Germany: The very deutsch origins of the Easter Bunny
- Police hunt small child who seriously injured granny in hit-and-run on bike
11 April
- Syrian teen sentenced to 2-years' jail for planning Isis attack
- Obama coming to Berlin for Protestant church celebration
- The most and least expensive German towns for student digs
- Police hunt arsonist after series of fires flare up in east of Munich
- 75 billion smokes: report reveals which vices Germans indulge most
- Germany stops sending refugees to Hungary due to poor treatment
- Germany has second biggest tax burden worldwide, report shows
- Christian teacher in Berlin banned from wearing crucifix necklace
- Police believe explosions near Dortmund bus were 'targeted attack'
- Police search for clues after explosions near Dortmund team bus injure player
12 April
- Islamist detained after attack against Dortmund team bus
- Dortmund fans take stranded Monaco supporters into their homes after attack
- The Dortmund bus attack: what we know and what we don't
- These are Germany's most popular baby names of 2016
- Eight wonderful ways to celebrate spring in Germany
- Police arrest 'Isis terror coordinator' in Bavaria
- Viral Facebook post helps distraught mum find lost photos of dead baby
- Thieves rewarded with beer after stealing Munich's maypole
- Merkel spokesman chides Trump spokesman for Hitler comparison
- This viral hit perfectly skewers bland German pop music
13 April
- Dortmund team treated as if 'beer can' thrown at bus, rages coach
- Recycling-mad Germans turn to sharing to battle waste
- Investigators: No evidence suspect detained participated in Dortmund attack
- Europe's oldest gorilla celebrates 60th birthday in Berlin
- Merkel criticizes Berlin and NRW for anti-terror failings
- Gun-toting rapper causes major police op in Dortmund day after bus attack
- Nine in ten single parents can't survive on German minimum wage alone
- Bus driver faces fine for refusing ride to niqab-wearing woman
14 April
- Dortmund attack 'longest 15 mins of my life' - Bartra
15 April
- Germany and China must do more to cut trade surpluses: US
- Germany probes new message claiming Dortmund attack
- Dortmund boss considered Champions League pull out
17 April
- Berlin startup offers a year with no money worries
- Merkel urges 'respectful dialogue' in Turkey after referendum
18 April
- Germany warns Turkey not to 'end the European dream'
- Meet Germany's 'forgotten' foreign workers
- Six photos that show just how cold it was over Easter weekend
- One in 11 taxpayers fall within Germany's highest tax bracket
- 14 German towns with hilarious literal translations
- 18-karat gold crown found in baggage at Düsseldorf airport
- 14 furry fugitives from Cologne petting zoo run amok through city
19 April
- Train crash with car kills three in Thuringia
- Brits in Germany fear snap UK election will only make things worse
- Why German is dominating the European job market
- Thousands of protesters expected to 'shut down' AfD party conference
- How Britain blew up Germany's most remote island 70 years ago
- AfD leader says she will not run in September election
- One in six German school kids regularly bullied: report
- Bayern Munich file complaint over Madrid police 'attack' at match
20 April
- Cologne enacts four-day no-fly zone ahead of AfD party meet
- Minimum wage is turning low-paid mini-jobs into regular work: report
- Can Berlin compete against London as a great capital city?
- Father accused of broadcasting rape of 2-year-old daughter live online
- Why Germans need far less supervision at work than Americans
- Berlin deports Serbian killer of Turkish-German civic 'heroine'
21 April
- Police arrest man for 'bombing Borussia Dortmund bus for money'
- Berlin postcard finally arrives at destination - 53 years later
- Chancellery investigated in hunt for WikiLeaks sources: reports
- The mobile Berlin brewery made out of shipping containers
- Violent and sexual crimes rose, break-ins fell in 2016: media reports
- UK ambassador: we want to guarantee rights of Brits in Germany ASAP
22 April
- Clashes as German anti-immigration party AfD stages showdown
23 April
- Germany's anti-immigration AfD to pick election team at fractious congress
24 April
- Far-right AfD picks openly gay leader for election battle
- German centrists cheer on Macron into French election second round
- Head of Jewish Council calls for refugees to visit concentration camps
- Women do 60 percent more unpaid work than men: report
- Ten face new trial over negligence in fatal Love Parade stampede
- Germany's ageing baby boomers to be drain on economic growth: report
- More rain, snow and sleet predicted for the week ahead
- This map of Berlin will show you how badly Aleppo has been destroyed
- 5 things we learned from the latest German national crime report
- German Jews fear growing Muslim anti-Semitism: report
25 April
- Netanyahu cancels talks with Germany over minister's meeting with rights groups
- After Nazi remarks, Turkey says 'we need Germany'
- Police union demands 20,000 new cops to fight violent crime
- These are the German states with the best school marks
- Ivanka Trump forced to defend father at Berlin women's summit
- Researchers hope to recruit 25,000 Berlin weed-smokers for study
- Berlin 'U-Bahn kicker' suspect accused of sexually harassing women: report
26 April
- Here’s why Germany still lags behind Scandinavia on press freedom
- Seven little-known German museums with brilliant ideas
- Munich men 'dared colleague to jump into river then let him drown'
- Germany claims it is finally bringing down large trade surplus
- Is the special relationship between Germany and Israel in trouble?
- How a school shooting 15 years ago changed Germany
27 April
- Merkel: Britain is wasting its time thinking it will get equal EU rights
- Relations with Turkey 'severely hit' over past weeks, says Merkel
- German soldier 'disguised himself as refugee to carry out terror attack'
- Overseas voters urged to have their say in the UK general election
- 'Anything but dramatic': What experts say about Germany's latest crime report
- Second father suspected of murdering his young children in week
- Deutsche Bank could move almost half of jobs out of UK due to Brexit
- Ex-chancellor Kohl wins €1 million in legal battle with ghostwriters
- Man jailed for attacking rescue workers at site of deadly car crash
- 10 beauty spots that'll make you want to visit east Germany right now
- Germany took in 160 times more Syrian refugees in 2016 than UK
28 April
- German parliament passes partial burqa ban for officers, soldiers
- Airlines to overturn two-person cockpit rule, two years after Germanwings crash
- 'Totally insensitive': Israel fires back at Germany over cancelled meeting
- Germany urges EU not to break off Turkey accession talks
- Italy claims to break up Berlin terror cell linked to Christmas market attacker
- Young men drive over Egyptian student then mock her as she lies dying, witnesses say
- Govt could block Turks from voting in Germany on death penalty
29 April
- Maersk to pay 3.7 billion euros for German rival
- German minister refers to 'nepotism' regarding Ivanka Trump's role
30 April
- Eva Braun: The lover Germany never knew Hitler had