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

01 July
- Europe pays tribute to Helmut Kohl, 'a giant' of post-war history
- Body of Berlin attack suspect returned to Tunisia
02 July
- Pope dismisses German doctrine chief in turbulent week for Vatican
- Thousands rally in Hamburg over looming G20 summit
03 July
- Merkel overshadows party ahead of September election
- 18 dead and 30 injured in Autobahn bus crash
- 'Several injured' as police clash with G20 protesters at disputed campsite
- Police seize 'enormous' weapons stash linked to suspected G20 plot
- Conservative leader urges Bavaria to challenge same-sex marriage law
- Germany urges treatment for cancer-stricken Chinese Nobel laureate
- Relentless political lobbying gives Frankfurt edge in Brexit banking race
- Re-elect me and I'll eradicate unemployment, Merkel pledges
04 July
- Merkel party vows to control migration more strongly if re-elected
- Militant left planning 'biggest black bloc of all time' at G20, claims interior minister
- Politicians blast 'disgraceful' drivers who blocked fire crews’ path to fatal bus blaze
- Russia could leak ‘explosive’ facts ahead of election, German spies warn
- If you know these 10 things, you're a German grammar master
- When Muslim women are allowed to wear headscarves in Germany, and when not
- This is how much you get paid for having kids in Germany
- Volkswagen returns to Iran after 17-year absence
- Hundreds sign petition to kick male staff out of historic women-only baths
- Police release video of thieves who stole €1 million-coin from Berlin museum
05 July
- Hamburg police break up unauthorized G20 demos with water cannons
- Five key issues that'll mark Hamburg's stormy G20 summit
- Turkey condemns Berlin 'kill dictatorship' artwork featuring Erdogan
- Founder of Germany's first 'liberal' mosque under 24/7 police guard after death threats
- Armed Islamist gang terrorizing 'immoral' Chechen women in Berlin: report
- Swedish neo-Nazis lose trademark battle with German deep-freeze firm
- German investigators pay €5 million for Panama Papers to hunt global tax criminals
- Three Syrians go on trial over alleged plot to bomb central Düsseldorf
- 'Trump is banned': Hamburg's famed red-light district gears up for G20
- Kindergarten evacuated after child brings WWII bomb to class
- Berlin named top city worldwide to earn money while travelling
- Erdogan accuses Germany of 'political suicide' after rally ban
06 July
- Soldiers told to hide uniforms for fear of attack by militant G20 protesters
- Frankfurt police bust online child porn ring with nearly 90,000 members
- This is how likely things are to get violent in Hamburg at the G20
- AS IT HAPPENED: Cars burn after police break up first major G20 protest with water cannons
- Deutsche Bank shares gain on report it is ditching London for Frankfurt
- Court orders retrial of street racers let off jail after killing young cyclist
- Volkswagen recalls 770,000 cars due to braking problem
- Berlin 'U-Bahn kicker' sentenced to nearly three years in prison
- Berlin again to be battered by storms on Friday
07 July
- LIVE: 12 hours in Hamburg - A guide to the harbour city
- 76 police hurt in clashes with anti-G20 protesters
- SoundCloud lays off almost half of staff, but keeps Berlin HQ
- AS IT HAPPENED: Rioting steals attention from politics on first day of G20 summit
- Former Audi exec arrested in Munich over 'dieselgate' emissions scam
- How Hamburg's anti-G20 riots were born in West German squats in the 1980s
- Smoke on the water: Hamburg under siege for G20
08 July
- Special forces deployed, as rioters plunder shops in left-wing Hamburg neighbourhood
- Trump versus the rest as violent G20 wraps up
- 12 hours in Hamburg chasing down G20 protests
- Who is to blame for the riots that hit Hamburg during the G20?
- After riots, Merkel takes flak for decision to hold G20 in Hamburg
- Merkel praises peaceful G20 protests for 'putting pressure' on world leaders
09 July
- Stormy G20 ends with opt-outs for Trump on climate, trade
- German industry picks EU unity over post-Brexit trade
- Germany pushes G20 plan to fight poverty in Africa
10 July
- Close to 500 police injured after three days of rioting in Hamburg
- Muslim leaders gather in Berlin to rally against terrorism
- 13-year-old found handing out thousands of euros 'to make friends'
- Germany among top five countries for immigrants worldwide: US report
- Passengers halt drunk train driver's journey through German countryside
- Fight among mothers over baby buggies leaves three police officers injured
- Berlin justice ministry seeks to make more toilets unisex for transgender community
- We must stop ignoring left-wing extremism in Germany, Merkel's party declares
- Police strategy during G20 riots 'simply did not work', say critics
- German 'dieselgate' investigators target Porsche employees
- Interior Minister compares G20 rioters to 'neo-Nazis, terrorists'
11 July
- 'German Atlantis' emerges from lake amid dry spell
- After century of dispute, the German alphabet just got a new character
- 9-year-old 'hostage' sets off police hunt with paper plane cry for help
- 'No more faith in humanity': A day in the life of Berlin Facebook moderators
- The Rote Flora: the iconic Hamburg squat right-wingers call a danger to the nation
- 10 things you never knew about train travel in Germany
- Police release photos of suspects behind two more Berlin U-Bahn attacks
12 July
- Foreign Minister accuses Merkel of 'passing the buck' on G20 riots
- Museum guard among four arrested over stolen €1 million gold coin in Berlin
- Police shoot and kill man who opens fire on them with assault rifle
- German gvnt to toughen rules to protect German 'know-how' from foreign takeovers
- Topless feminist protesters disrupt Woody Allen concert in Hamburg
- Investment in Berlin startups jumped by €1 billion this year, study shows
- Germany made more than €1 billion from helping out Greece: report
- Husband clinging to wife's car goes on wild ride after marital spat
- Exploding yacht injures 16 in west German harbour
- Health insurance told to pay for ex-prostitute to have tattoo removed
- Samsung picks Berlin over London for new HQ because UK capital 'only fun for the rich'
13 July
- German journalists furious after 32 reporters barred from G20
- Germany to try IRA suspect for 1996 mortar attack
- Court frees suspected 'Islamist' intelligence agent
- Daimler manipulated one million cars to appear more eco-friendly: report
- 'The mafia are invisible but almost everywhere in Germany', experts say
- 'I became a politician because of Auschwitz': meet Germany's justice minister
- New state farming minister accused of abusing own animals
- Merkel and Macron put defence at heart of blooming ties
14 July
- Russia claims it won't try and influence German election
- 'I came to Berlin for Gay Pride six years ago, and never left'
- Suspect arrested over knocking man down Berlin U-Bahn stairs
- Outcry after AfD politician suggests shooting G20 looters
- Thieves snatch 500 cases of urinal cakes, worth thousands of euros
- Man found guilty of raping student in Munich university toilets
- 35 investigations launched over police actions during G20 protests
- IN PICS: Germany's funny obsession with little green men
- How I stopped worrying and learned German in six months
15 July
- Two Germans reportedly killed in 'cowardly' Egypt knife attack
- Turkey again blocks German MPs from visiting troops: Berlin
- Volkswagen to sponsor German national football team
- Germany confirms two nationals killed in Egypt knife attack
16 July
- Sweden's women plot Olympic final revenge against Germany
- Macron outshines Merkel as EU's top diplomat
- German fighter jets help Korean plane make emergency landing
- Merkel challenger Schulz calls for guaranteed public investment
17 July
- Germany must be legally bound to invest in infrastructure, says Schulz
- OSCE mulls monitoring German election, as far-right complains of 'massive interference'
- Fight over order of chips at Berlin fast-food joint leaves two in hospital
- Police 'shocked' by violence as youth riot at small town fair
- How German discount supermarkets hope to help fight obesity
- Police launch manhunt after teen brings 'gun' to school near Stuttgart
- How new fees for non-EU students could hurt German universities
- One in three Bavarians want independence from Germany, poll shows
- 6,000-strong neo-Nazi music festival sparks call for ban on far-right gigs
18 July
- 'Hero' truck driver risks life to guide burning tanker away from town
- Muslim woman banned from divorcing husband while wearing headscarf
- 547 boys were abused at Regensburg Catholic choir school: lawyer
- Here's where to catch Prince Will and Kate during their royal visit to Germany
- 'Enormous rise' in girls threatened with genital mutilation in Germany: report
- Bavaria introduces new pollution rules to try and save diesel cars
- Turkish custody for German activist 'unjustified', says Merkel spokesman
- Man with diplomatic immunity accused of filming up woman's skirt during town festival
19 July
- Daimler announces emissions recall of 3 million diesel cars in Europe
- Ryanair calls for yet another airport in Berlin
- Housing prices keep roaring up in Germany, new study shows
- Thunderstorms to sweep Germany from Munich to Berlin on Thursday
- British royal couple take Brexit 'charm offensive' to Germany
- Radical left plot to assassinate opponents no longer unthinkable, Berlin warns
- Germany summons Turkish envoy over detention of activist
- Thousands swarm to greet Prince William and Kate in Berlin
20 July
- US bank Morgan Stanley to shift jobs to Frankfurt due to Brexit
- Former Pope's brother accused of 'merciless rule' of choir hit by abuse scandal
- Heavy storms flood streets, kill one in west Germany
- How Germany is racking its brains to find a way to deal with Turkey
- 'Women are being attacked every day': violence at small town festival reignites migration debate
- Police stage nationwide raids against child porn suspects
- German customs seize largest ever haul of cocaine, worth €800 million
- Turkey accuses Germany of 'great political irresponsibility'
- German judge warns of court system 'collapse' due to mass number of asylum complaints
- Boat races, bake-offs and beer: How Prince William and Kate spent their day in Heidelberg
21 July
- German business warns Turkey trade will plunge amid escalating diplomatic row
- Namibian tribe continue fight for German compensation over colonial genocide
- Siemens to cut back Russia trade after generators end up in Crimea
- Turkey reminds me of communist East Germany, says veteran German finance minister
- Germany's first same-sex marriages expected in October
- German media failed to report refugee crisis honestly, study finds
- Brit seeks asylum in Germany, claiming life in danger in UK
- German car giants formed cartel to secretly collude on diesel emissions: report
- Briton faces court over Deutsche Telekom cyber attack that hit 1 million German homes
- Prosecutors file terror charges against ‘Isis ambassador in Germany'
22 July
- Germany edge Italy at women's Euro
- Germany to take part in new talks on Ukraine conflict
- EU backs Germany's tough stance on Turkey
- German jihadi girl arrested in Iraq
- German woman chases down masturbating Indian driver in New Delhi
23 July
- Turkey re-arrests activists in Amnesty case involving German, Swedish citizens: group
- Germany's Gay Pride march celebrates same-sex marriage law
24 July
- BMW denies colluding with rivals to cheat on diesel emissions
- German President 'irritated' with how Trump's presidency is going
- Turkey backtracks on terror financing charge against German companies
- How the German car industry is trying to avoid a 'total meltdown' of its reputation
- 'I can't breathe': English-speaking 'shoplifter' held in chokehold at Berlin store
- Deutsche Bahn invests millions in Berlin ride-sharing startup: report
25 July
- Summer of rain continues with flooding and heavy storms
- German business leaders have never been so confident about the future, survey shows
- 10 things you should know about illegal drug use in Germany
- Granny's ashes lost in mail en route from Germany to Sweden
- Daimler could dodge billions in fines for being the first to reveal cartel: report
- Police intervene as notorious neo-Nazi goes on squirrel-killing spree
- Nepalese girl born in Germany allowed to return after deportation, delighting Duisburg
- Here's how to marry a German as an expat
- 7 trains delayed as French tourists use tracks as bike path to idyllic island
26 July
- German women squash Russia to set up quarter-final clash with Danes
- One woman missing and disaster alert sounded amid storms across Germany
- Police make arrest after American tourist pushed in front of tram in Cologne
- More details emerge on 4 German women arrested as suspected Isis 'brides'
- Opening opera at famed Wagner festival holds mirror up against composer’s anti-Semitism
- Young, healthy immigrants are stabilizing Germany's social security system, figures show
- German man jailed for filming women peeing at Roskilde Festival
- IRA suspect admits role in 1990s attack on British base in north Germany
- Trend of ever more childless women comes to halt in Germany - even for academics
- Notorious German Islamist preacher jailed for five and a half years
27 July
- Two German UN peacekeepers killed in Mali helicopter crash
- How to convince German bosses to employ you... even without the language
- Constitutional Court rules deportation of suspected terrorists is legal
- 500-year-old town hall burns down in small Bavarian town
- Movie releases reflect growing German ambivalence towards refugees
- Turkey reassures German execs after placing firms on 'terror list'
- Volkswagen to refit 1 million more cars in Germany after dieselgate scandal
- German court rules bosses can't use keyboard-tracking software to spy on workers
- Woman fired for eating co-worker's chocolate bar wins back job
28 July
- Germany orders recall of 22,000 Porsches over emissions cheating
- German carmakers face class action lawsuits in US over price-fixing
- How 'urban explorers' are flocking to Berlin to discover its abandoned ruins
- IN PICS: Central Germany begins clean-up effort after heavy flooding
- Man forgets kilo of gold under tree in Berlin as he locks up bike
- If you've mastered these eight tricky skills, you're truly now a German
- This is how Germans think the state should deal with political extremism
- Eastern German gym bans ethnic minorities from joining - out of fear of terrorists
- Germany is 'rejecting' responsibility for WWII, Polish ruling party head claims
- Germany warns US against Russia sanctions
- British hacker convicted of massive cyber attack in Germany
- Court rules that Stuttgart must ban diesel engines from city centre
- One dead, six wounded in Hamburg supermarket knife attack
29 July
- Hamburg knife attack stokes refugee debate as German vote nears
- Hamburg attacker was known to authorities as 'Islamist'
30 July
- Two killed, four wounded in German disco shooting
- German police say terrorist motive unlikely in disco shooting
- Is 'diesel summit' the last chance for Germany's favourite engine?
31 July
- Denmark stun Germany to set-up Austria semi-final clash
- Three arrested after car drives down stairs of Berlin U-Bahn station
- Govt accused of helping Porsche cover up emissions cheating
- Investigation starts after dramatic cable car rescue in Cologne
- Germany calls for countermeasures against ‘illegal’ US sanctions on Russia
- Man seriously injured by combine harvester after taking drunk nap in field
- 900,000 eggs recalled in western Germany due to insecticide fears
- Hamburg knife attacker had 'radical Islamist' motive: prosecutor