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

01 November
- Dual German, Swiss exhibitions lift veil on Nazi-era art hoard
- Protestants, Catholics mark 500 years since Reformation in Wittenberg service
- Germany overtakes UK as top location in Europe for real estate investors: study
- Religious freedom for Muslims: the AfD have picked their first fight in the Bundestag
- What to know about the flu and getting vaccinated against it in Germany
- Women earn less, are more likely to face sexism at German startups: study
- German embassy in Paris accused of undeclared staff payments and wrongful dismissal
- Is Cologne becoming a more dangerous place to live?
- 7 unmissable events to attend in Germany this November
02 November
- How learning to ski helped me shake off my German winter blues
- Unemployment in Germany rock-steady at historic lows
- How trucks from eastern Europe are coming to dominate German roads
- 'Natural healer' on trial for drugging group of doctors at seminar
- Why did Berlin dog owners pay over €11 million in ‘dog tax’ last year?
- German director of Cloud Atlas to head Berlin film festival jury
03 November
- Insults and slurs: parties posture in coalition talks with little progress made
- Despite being away, Munich man catches burglars by using smartphone
- Could Frankfurt’s compact 'cube' housing be the student digs of the future?
- Why there are so few women in the Bundestag and what this could mean
- Ten reasons why it's great to be a parent in Munich
- False alarm after man mistakes large courgette in garden for WWII bomb
- Turkey frees another German 'political prisoner': Berlin
- No, 30,000 migrants haven’t disappeared in Germany ‘without a trace’
- PODCAST: "You don't have to be very successful to get into the AfD"
- Court bans zoo from letting children swim with crocodiles and alligators
04 November
- German parties vow to drop the insults in push to forge new Merkel government
- BMW recalling around 1 million cars in US over fire risks
- Germany, Turkey top diplomats hold talks amid tensions
- Thousands march on Bonn ahead of UN climate talks
05 November
- 30 ways to avoid boredom on a Sunday in Germany
- Netanyahu associates grilled in German sub graft probe: report
- The tricky process of returning Nazi-looted art
06 November
- Attacks on refugee homes still taking place almost daily: report
- ‘A snap election would be a catastrophe', Merkel ally warns
- Police end hostage situation in Bavaria after hours-long stand off
- November rain: gloomy weather expected across Germany this week
07 November
- Lighter, more sugar: controversy spreads after Nutella changes formula
- Poland angered after German defence minister calls for support for 'youth resistance'
- ‘The opposite of our modern technical world': The Trabi turns 60
- Green party signals big concessions on diesel and coal in coalition talks
- Is Germany the green leader it's hyped up to be?
- The Local Germany is hosting our first ever meet-and-greet in Berlin
- Federal government has violated Bundestag's rights, Constitutional Court rules
- Police alleged to have used banned combat weapon during G20 riots
- This is why people in northwest Germany are the happiest
08 November
- Move over Mickey: Donald Duck is king in Germany
- Key things to know about German war reparations and Poland
- Germany's top court tells lawmakers to recognize 'third gender'
- Drunk man with python in his pants sent to sobering-up cell
- Will new fair Art Düsseldorf compete with largest German art fair in Cologne?
- How Berlin police are fighting off claims they have been infiltrated by mafia
- 'Wise men' of the German economy have spoken - and it's good news (largely)
- Eastern German town of Görlitz named best filming location in Europe
- Syrians in Germany file war crime cases against Assad regime
09 November
- No injuries after minor earthquake rattles Cologne
- Swiss man who spied on German tax officials avoids jail time
- Killer nurse responsible for over 100 patient deaths: police
- These are the 15 most romantic towns to visit in Germany
- German hiker dramatically rescued after 5-day ordeal in Alpine rock crevice
- How united is Germany 28 years after the Berlin Wall's fall?
10 November
- Jamaica hoping to attract boom in German tourists amid coalition talks
- Britain’s exit from the EU will cost Germany billions: EU report
- Germany tolerates men staring at breasts more than most, survey reveals
- Palestinian man charged with murder after deadly Hamburg knife attack
- Illegal download portal shut down after authorities conduct nationwide raids
- 'With fake news, the people are the first line of defence'
- Winter is here! Polar air brings storms, sleet and snow
- Suspect accused of bomb attack on Dortmund football team bus faces trial in December
- Deutsche Bahn unveils 'train of future', complete with gym and TVs
- Berlin currywurst seller faces spicy match in world boxing title
11 November
- BMW loses appeal against $158 million fine by Swiss competition watchdog
12 November
- Löw to test German World Cup hopefuls in France friendly
13 November
- Two thirds of Germans are against cannabis legalization, survey shows
- Two men arrested for arson attack on homeless man at Munich central station
- Lufthansa to add 1,000 new domestic flights in light of Air Berlin insolvency
- Passengers left in lurch as train driver forgets to stop in Wolfsburg (again)
- Why are so many Danish people drawn to Berlin?
- What it's like to walk around Berlin as a blind tourist
14 November
- Heat on 'climate chancellor' Merkel over coal-fired plants and cars
- How patients in Germany are still struggling to get cannabis, despite loosening of law
- 'German startup founders in general are much more extroverted'
- German economy growing even faster than predicted
- Gulf minister warns Germany to keep better control over its mosques
- These are Germany’s 10 'smartest' cities
- Walker stumbles on huge trove of post dumped in field by ‘overloaded’ delivery man
- Number of people living on German streets has jumped by a third: report
- Domestic flights up to four times more expensive after Air Berlin bankruptcy
15 November
- Merkel and Macron to lead diplomatic push at UN climate talks
- 'Super bright and light green': numerous sightings of phenomenon in night sky
- High-speed train from Munich to Berlin abandoned after it hits wild boar
- EU planning to sue Germany over dirty air in cities: report
- Hamburg set to get extra public holiday, but parties can’t agree on which one
- Mystery meat piles at southwest German train station baffle residents
- Two ex-Nazi camp guards charged over hundreds of Holocaust deaths
- These are the disagreements taking German coalition talks down to the wire
16 November
- Siemens says to slash 6,900 jobs worldwide in restructuring
- Man forgets where he parked car, reunited with it 20 years later
- These 10 German universities are best at landing you a job
- Wish lists from children worldwide pile up at Santa's post offices in Germany
- Poland to take more active role in caring for homeless on Berlin’s streets
- Merkel warns of tough talks as clock ticks on coalition deal
- You can’t always get what you want: police raid Hamburg officials over Rolling Stones gig
- Germany knocks US off its throne and places first in global image ranking
- Life in suspense: the refugees in Germany who can’t reunite with their families
17 November
- Merkel's fate hangs in the balance as German coalition talks drag on
- Woman finds seven-centimetre worm in fish fillet bought at German supermarket
- Leipzig University considers firing law professor over call for ‘white Europe’
- 'Alter Schwede!': the surprising role of old Swedes in the German language
- VW says will invest over 34 billion euros in cars of the future by 2022
- Protests and tears: how black musicians perplexed Germans before WWII
- Court rules Hamburg bar cannot keep its name after Yoko Ono sues
- Here are the top Michelin star restaurants in Germany for 2018
- German teens pick misspelling of 'I am' as coolest word of the year
- Here's how Germany could end up having a snap election next year
- PODCAST: Why is Jamaica so hot in Germany? Plus F-words in France
18 November
- Crunch time for Merkel to build coalition or face new polls
19 November
- The three top hurdles in German coalition talks
20 November
- Merkel battles turmoil as German coalition talks collapse
- Macron says German political crisis 'not in our interest'
- Summer in November? Temperatures predicted to reach 20C in southern Germany
- Germany's political uncertainty rattles markets
- Lübeck elects youngest mayor of all time in narrow vote
- What the collapse of coalition talks could mean for Germany and Europe
- German political chaos shows France 'needs to take lead in Europe'
- Berlin police recover Lennon items 'stolen by Yoko Ono's driver'
- Newcomer Lindner under fire for torpedoing Merkel's coalition hopes
21 November
- Merkel says ready to lead party in case of new election
- Germany seeks way out of crisis after government talks collapse
- Giant swastika made of concrete excavated on Hamburg sports field
- Six Syrians arrested for 'planning terror attack' in Germany
- Several injured after family home collapses in west of Berlin
- German schoolkids are strong at solving problems as part of team: study
- Cometh the hour: does Germany’s President have the skill to break political deadlock?
- 'No matter what Merkel does next, Germany has become Europe's latest problem'
- 'You have to fight against neo-Nazism': German TV series wins Emmy
- Why anarchist Silvio Meier is mourned 25 years after his murder by neo-Nazis
22 November
- Truck driver admits to murdering jogger outside Freiburg
- Why Repentance Day is causing parents stress in Bavaria
- Food producers in Germany take note: EU rules set to tighten from 2018
- Lonely pensioner flooded with Christmas invites after posting note in supermarket
- Activists taunt AfD politician with mini Holocaust memorial outside his house
- Netflix’s first original German series, a dark thriller, to debut in December
- Pressure mounts on Social Democrats to throw Merkel a coalition lifeline
23 November
- Six Syrians suspected of terror plot released over lack of evidence
- Everything you need to know about having a pet in Germany
- An American shopping frenzy is hitting Germany, but not everyone is happy
- How a family feud is raising questions about the future of discounter Aldi
- Life expectancy much lower in Germany compared to EU neighbours: study
- Doctor faces up to two years' jail for 'advertising' abortion on her website
- Berlin police widen hunt for stolen John Lennon belongings
- Greek police to help German airports catch migrants with fake papers
24 November
- Social Democrats signal openness to new coalition with Merkel
- German business morale soars to record high
- Movie directors call for drastic overhaul of Berlinale film festival
- 'Fundamental faults' identified in over half of emergency systems at Berlin airport
- PODCAST: ‘There is still no obvious successor to Merkel’
- Doctor who ‘advertised’ abortion on her website fined €6,000
- Stuttgart cafe stirs controversy by saying 'no' to sweatpants
- Cartel authorities probe Lufthansa after domestic flight prices explode
- 5 things to know about retirement in Germany
25 November
- Germany's SPD says ready for talks to end political crisis
- Europe embraces Black Friday sales with some reservations
- China U-20 footballers' Germany tour suspended after Tibet row
- Merkel hopes to form government 'very soon'
26 November
- German far-right claims credit for Merkel struggles
- Charr ends Germany's 85-year wait for a world heavyweight champion
- Merkel ally sees repeat coalition with SPD as 'best option'
27 November
- Drunk driver 'deliberately' crashes car into revellers at Cuxhaven nightclub
- Parents fail in compensation claim against police who didn't find daughter after crash
- Merkel's conservatives, SPD gear up for 'serious' coalition talks
- Drug store tycoon found guilty of embezzlement before ‘biggest wave of layoffs since WWII’
- New 'eTuk-Tuk' shuttle service to be tested in Frankfurt
- New failures uncovered in police investigation of Berlin truck attacker
28 November
- Small town mayor stabbed at kebab shop over pro-refugee stance
- Former RAF terrorist apologises to son of murdered industrialist
- Rundown state of Berlin’s U-Bahn lines has hit ‘crisis point’
- Fine dropped for pensioner caught 'illegally' resting at Düsseldorf bus stop
- Social Democrats demand ‘trust building’ from Merkel after pesticide debacle
- Hamburg walking tour: how to see the city's best spots by foot
29 November
- From cheering to sneezing: Why Americans still use 'Gesundheit'
- Two die in accident at gravel pit in western Germany
- 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz', 96, fit to serve jail term: German court
- How Germany deals with activist movements against Israel
- Can Germans fast track California's delayed high-speed rail project?
- Court frees far-right soldier accused of planning attack disguised as refugee
- Snow, sleet and frost are on the way for much of Germany
- Berlin police seize radioactive playing cards used in gambling scam
30 November
- AfD meet for party congress trying to capitalize on Merkel’s woes
- German judges agree to hear Peruvian farmer's climate case against RWE
- Stuttgart 21 rail project to cost an extra billion euros
- Germans fear for future of döner kebab after EU objects to change in rules
- Merkel to start coalition talks with reluctant SPD under watchful eye of President Steinmeier
- Berlin police search lake for 16 stolen Holocaust memorial stones
- Man on trial over two fully equipped tanks bought for Berlin fashion show
- Miss Germany competition gets its first ever Jewish finalist