📰 Breaking News: News Archive for February 2018 | Latest Updates from Germany 2025

01 February
- Let’s be careful before we talk about rising anti-Semitism in Germany
- Hasselhoff says he never had anything to do with fall of Berlin Wall
- Everything that changes in Germany from February 2018
- Far-right distribute tear gas on streets as tensions in Cottbus remain high
- Duisburg pensioner lies dead in flat for three years before being found
- Bundestag votes to sharply cap refugee family reunions
- Goodbye, Xing: the growing success of LinkedIn in Germany
- 10 reasons why you really should visit North Rhine-Westphalia
02 February
- Holograms and mermaids: top trends at Nuremberg toy fair
- Social Democrats hit record low in popularity, survey shows
- Man who killed granny and two police officers sentenced to life in jail
- North German states set to get extra public holiday
- The rise, fall and open road of Germany's former 'Stalin City'
- Digitalization will destroy every tenth German job within five years: survey
- 'Abuse of power': black travellers describe their ordeals with German customs
- 'Serious differences' still blocking government deal, says Merkel
- Head of far-right AfD ‘mistakenly’ votes for refugees to bring families to Germany
- Half of cancer cases in Germany are preventable, experts say
04 February
- North Korea 'using Berlin embassy to supply nukes': spy chief
- Merkel enters final stretch in coalition-building marathon
05 February
- Vietnamese oil exec 'kidnapped' in Berlin gets second life sentence
- German police association calls for complete legalization of cannabis
- ‘Reality check’: Police union head criticizes uni after string of sexual assaults
- Confidence grows for deal on new government as deadline draws near
- The wink face emoji - are Germans flirting with you or not?
- Woman hospitalized after scalding legs in witch’s cauldron at carnival parade
- IN PICS: Snow and frost over the weekend in Germany
- 'Germany’s network agency should stop telling parents to smash their kids’ toys'
- Inflated pigs’ bladders vs. jesters: the difference between Fastnacht and Karneval
06 February
- Parties in final push to seal coalition deal under new Merkel government
- 'My daughter and I got dual citizenship to secure her future after Brexit'
- Metalworkers win ’milestone’ 28-hour week concession from bosses
- Braunschweig could soon get Germany’s first 'floating crosswalk'
- Far-right AfD almost as popular as Social Democrats: poll
- Munich named traffic jam capital of Germany (again)
- Berlinale film festival to spotlight #MeToo moment
- LG Buchheim: the multi-talented and irascible genius behind Das Boot
07 February
- Conservatives and Social Democrats agree on a new coalition deal
- Meat production drops ‘significantly’ as Germans spurn the sausage
- Mercedes issues grovelling apology to Chinese after quoting Dalai Lama
- Merkel, the eternal Chancellor now past her zenith
- The moment you know you’re in Germany for the long haul
- In Germany, the risk of poverty rises with every child a couple has: study
- What you need to know about the coalition deal for new Merkel government
08 February
- Hero to 'loser': the broken promises of SPD leader Schulz
- Can’t make amends: China receives second Tibet apology from Mercedes Benz
- AfD calls for end to English in NRW primary schools so kids can focus on German
- Fears for tourism as huge hole in north German autobahn doubles in size
- 100 people die in Germany each year due to risky sex practices
- Man found guilty of racial hatred jailed for running neo-Nazi website
- Visiting Germany: why is tourism continuously booming?
- Here's why it is becoming ever harder to create stable German governments
- Public sector unions demand six percent pay increase
09 February
- ‘It caused a real shitstorm’: meet the man who skewered Trump at last year’s Karneval
- Snubbed Foreign Minister lashes out at 'lack of respect' in SPD
- Far-right AfD to launch own ‘newsroom’ in order to bypass German media’s ‘fake news’
- Young lovers sink into river Elbe after releasing handbrake in throes of passion
- Afghan gets life term for killing Christian mother in southern Bavaria
- Schulz abandons bid for Foreign Ministry as SPD power struggle heats up
- Long-term Brits in Germany to get back vote, as London vows end to time limit
- How I made friends during my first year in Germany
- Newspaper editor sacked for describing Martin Schulz's 'perfect murder'
10 February
- Airbus to pay €81 million to end German corruption probe
- New finance minister Scholz: Germany won't lecture EU economies
- Ties strained over refugees and war reparations, Merkel eyes 'new chapter' in Poland relations
- Dahlmeier's biathlon win gives Germany its first gold at Winter Olympics
11 February
- Abused South Korean actress slams 'hypocritical' Berlin filmfest
- Syrian refugee teacher starts job at German school
12 February
- Merkel defies critics, vows to govern for full four-year term
- 5 things to know about this year's Berlinale film festival
- Young woman dies after being run over by tractor at carnival parade
- Karneval: satirical floats in Rhine region ready to make Rose Monday parade debut
- In eastern Germany, the gender pay gap favours women
- Facebook can’t force Germans to use their real names, court rules
- Several injured after horses bolt at Cologne Karneval
- Abortion in Germany - 'where providing information is a crime'
- From a freak Brexit baby to dancing little rocket man: Karneval in pics
13 February
- Here’s how a woman could be about to lead the SPD for the first time
- Police search for young Scot missing in Hamburg since weekend
- Frankfurt mayoral election: which candidate shares my political views?
- Electronic Music Museum to open in Frankfurt this summer
- Germany considers free public transport in fight to banish air pollution
14 February
- Social Democrats head Schulz quits amid party rift over his successor
- The 8 most beautiful places to get married across Germany
- One year on and German journalist still sits in Turkish jail without charge
- Amazon unveils plans for new crime drama based around Berlin club scene
- Then and now: how Valentine's Day has blossomed in Germany
- German economic growth will remain constant or speed up in 2018: analysts
- German government plays down 'free public transport' plan
- Germany’s controversial rent control law works after all (at least in central Berlin)
- Talking about sex: does Germany need more training in Sexology?
15 February
- Police call drivers to caution as thick snow falls in western Germany
- Why you should consider becoming an English teacher in Germany
- Germany not very ready to take over NATO’s very ready task force
- How one piece of paper holds the key to your future in Germany
- Berlinale slammed for inviting Korean director who assaulted actress
- Manhunt underway over alleged 'heinous and brutal' rape of schoolgirls
- Deutsche Bahn ‘exploited climate change’ to duck blame for train delays
- AfD leader faces legal action for saying ‘camel driver’ Turks should ‘go back to where they belong’
16 February
- Hurdles remain to rebuild damaged relations with Turkey, says Merkel
- Clue found in hunt for Scot missing in Hamburg since Saturday
- Turkey frees German journalist held for a year without charge
- Your reactions to Germany’s ‘free public transport’ idea
- Suicide in art: what Goethe can tell us about Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- Daimler, VW face thousands of further recalls over emissions cheating: report
- 'Innovation and creativity': German army in need of startup founders
- Ghanaian king who lives in southern Germany gifts his people a jail
- Seven things to know about weed in Germany
17 February
- German and French spy chiefs plead for post-Brexit security cooperation
- Merkel's fate in SPD hands as members vote on power pact
- May uses Munich speech to plead for 'urgent' post-Brexit EU security deal
- Freed German-Turkish journalist says Ankara held him 'hostage'
18 February
- Netanyahu slams 'outrageous' Holocaust remark by Polish PM in Munich
- Russia and US trade barbs in Munich over election meddling claims
- A movie a day for 60 years: cinema sustains a Berlin love
- 'Do not test Israel's resolve', Netanyahu warns Iran in Munich
19 February
- Merkel picks ‘mini Merkel’ and heir apparent for top party role
- Police suspect bank robbers after internet cut in 40,000 Berlin homes
- Pensioner injures three refugees in knife attack outside church
- High court to rule on whether banks can keep addressing women as men
- The easiest visa to get for your first year in Germany (if you're young)
- Far-right AfD now the second most popular party in Germany: poll
20 February
- Germany's top court could open way to bans on diesel cars
- Oasis singer’s claim that Munich police pulled his teeth is ‘complete rubbish’
- 8 German words that are impossible to translate into English
- Prosecutors in Tübingen seek to fine scientists over monkey experiments
- Munich set for major S-Bahn disruption as network gets ‘biggest overhaul in history’
- Crisis-hit Social Democrats start ballot on grand coalition with Merkel
- Fire crews called out after pro footballer forgets to turn off stove before match
- Underequipped German army ever less ready for battle, damning report concludes
- What working parents in Germany need to know when their child is sick
- Doctor wins landmark legal case against rating website’s ‘protection racket’
21 February
- German court jails Sweden's 'laser man' shooter for life
- In rural Germany, 'mobile banking' means a bank on a truck
- The young Scot missing for 11 days in Hamburg - what we know so far
- Germany remains ‘best country for international students,’ above UK and France
- Volkswagen workers in Germany secure 4.3 percent pay bump
- Frankfurt authorities are ‘trying to drive homeless Roma out of town’, says rights group
- Cold snap: lows of -20C set to hit Germany starting at the weekend
- Germany’s biggest newspaper under fire for publishing fake Russian email story
22 February
- 75 years since the White Rose siblings were killed for resisting Hitler
- Berlinale: Soderbergh unveils ‘Unsane’ thriller shot only on iPhone
- Bomb find set to bring disruption to Frankfurt's suburban rail system
- Food bank in Essen bars new migrant clients 'to ensure reasonable integration’
- Pensioner rearrested after stabbing three refugees in 'politically motivated' attack
- Bavarian court jails ex-priest for 108 counts of child sex abuse
- The 10 things that you really love about living in Germany
23 February
- Where the flu outbreak has been hitting Germany the hardest
- Germany recorded record budget surplus of €36.6 billion last year
- Train driver avoids head-on collision at station west of Munich
- Study: fear of social decline motivates Alternative for Germany voters
- Swimmers take plunge as Germany’s first open air pool of season opens
- Costs of finishing Berlin’s disaster airport to swell to over €7 billion
- WATCH: Germany picks heartfelt ode to dead father as Eurovision song
- Bielefeld man given six-month jail term for “cheeky Jewish functionary” slur
24 February
- Volkswagen profit roars back two years after 'dieselgate'
- Row at German art fair over 'Erdogan with banana' painting
- Chinese billionaire Li Shufu buys biggest single stake in Daimler
- 'Don't gloat': Germans get Canada travel advice after Olympic hockey shock
25 February
- Merkel quells party rebellion ahead of coalition deal vote
- Romanian sex docudrama 'Touch Me Not' wins Berlin Golden Bear
- Russia beat Germany 4-3 to win Olympic men's hockey gold
- Germany, France urge Russia to pressure Syria for 'immediate' ceasefire
26 February
- Craft beer drives surge in new German breweries
- Coldest night of year has Germans shivering, from Hamburg to Bavaria
- German tourists trapped overnight in Tenerife cave as Canary Islands hit by storms
- Roma and Sinti: Germans for centuries, but still considered outsiders
- 'Nazi' sprayed on food charity which refused to take new migrant clients
- Meet the gay-rights champion gunning for Merkel’s job from the right-wing of her party
- Deutsche Bahn pilots illuminated platform in effort to improve train punctuality
- Merkel's Christian Democrats approve coalition deal with Social Democrats
- Sitting Frankfurt mayor just misses out on outright election victory
27 February
- German prosecutors drop case against Facebook involving 'hate speech'
- Village in southwest Germany votes to keep 'Hitler bell' as memorial
- Ice cold and lots of snow: slippery roads and rail disruptions in Hamburg
- How a food charity has sparked a furious debate about refugees, poverty and racism
- Coldest late February night on Germany’s highest peak in over a century
- Federal court gives green light for diesel ban in German cities
- Education Minister violated constitution by criticizing AfD, top court rules
28 February
- 10 pictures that show just how freezing Germany is right now
- The seven best events taking place across Germany this March
- Extreme cold wreaks havoc on suburban trains in Munich and Berlin
- Here’s how you could be affected by diesel bans in German cities
- Unemployment in Germany stays steady at historic low
- Bochum police take heat for keeping brutal rape by serial offender secret
- Freezing temperatures pose constant danger to Germany's homeless
- Everything you need to know about having a baby in Germany
- Security crisis: hackers invade German government's data network