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

01 March
- Everything that changes in Germany from March 2018
- US investors buy up north German state bank hit by financial crisis
- More snow on the way for Germany as eastern beast refuses to budge
- Jihadist given life sentence for Hamburg supermarket knife rampage
- Berlin and Brandenburg boasted most hours of sun this winter
- Next week we’ll be asking you to become a Member of The Local. This is why
- The ongoing cyber attack on Germany's government - what we know so far
- High court overturns murder charge for Berlin street racers
- Second food bank rejects racism accusation over distribution policy
02 March
- German cold snap: thawing in the west and frosty in the east
- Kentucky Fried Chicken set to expand threefold in Germany
- Russian 'mastermind' in Argentina cocaine plot arrested in Berlin
- Half a million students in Germany suffer from a mental health illness: study
- New statistics show pickpocketing and burglaries in Berlin have decreased
- SPD leaders expect to clear coalition deal hurdle with Merkel's conservatives
- Frankfurt agrees on tight rules for letting out flats through Airbnb
03 March
- Shivering Europe hopes for weekend respite as deep freeze persists
- German economy minister wants tougher foreign investment rules
04 March
- Social Democrats clear path for Merkel fourth term
- Merkel vows to work with SPD for 'good of Germany'
05 March
- Attackers still on run after near-fatal acid attack on German business exec
- Berlin's emergency services warn of danger of icy roads and pavements
- Should Germany get rid of the word 'fatherland' from its national anthem?
- Family of four falls through ice into freezing Munich lake
- Germany warns US against following ‘wrong path’ of protectionism
- Merkel pledges 'strong voice for Germany' after SPD commits to new coalition deal
- The AfD: Germany’s new opposition hampered by sloppy research and poor German
06 March
- Energy companies heighten security measures after acid attack on executive
- Flixbus to take on Deutsche Bahn with low-cost trains from Berlin, Hamburg
- US billionaire Warren Buffett to buy Berlin's priciest real estate
- German drug peddler, 83, busted in Sweden after golf course mishap
- How a rare bird drove Ed Sheeran out of a west German town
- Join us: why we're asking you to become a Member of The Local
- Nine fun Swiss German words without an English translation
- Who are Germany's foreign population and where do they live?
- German message in bottle takes 132 years to be found, smashing world record
- AfD lawmakers travel to 'normal' Damascus in attempt to encourage refugee returns
- Number of job openings in Germany reaches historic high
07 March
- East German supermarket closed after snake attacks woman in fruit aisle
- Far-right 'terror' group faces verdicts for attacks targeting refugees
- Second highest number of tick-borne viruses recorded in Germany last year
- How Germany plans to zoom out of the digital slow lane (and why it could struggle)
- EU urges Germany to introduce air pollution toll for drivers
- Hatred against Germans is increasing in Berlin, says city’s interior minister
- Sea lions’ nighttime ruckus leads to Cologne Zoo’s first ever squabble with neighbours
- German prosecutors charge Vietnamese man over Cold War-style abduction
- Police solve murder of young girl found dead near Jena 27 years ago
- Freital far-right group found guilty of terror offences and attempted murder
- German government condemns AfD lawmakers' Damascus visit
08 March
- Drugstore chain Rossmann to become 'Rossfrau' for International Women's Day
- ‘Hitler didn’t intend to annex Austria so quickly, then the joyful crowds changed his mind’
- Iraqi teenager held in Hesse for 'bomb attack plot' in Germany or Britain
- From ‘skyrocketing’ demand to scepticism: one year of medical marijuana in Germany
- AfD politician steps down after his party criticizes him for racist comments
- What you need to know about women's rights in Germany
- How to maximize your German pension - even if you plan to retire elsewhere
- Fumes from diesel engines ‘killing thousands of Germans every year’
- Spring in temperatures: 18C weather predicted for coming weekend
- Justice Minister Heiko Maas to become German foreign minister: reports
09 March
- Anti-Nazi crusader Heiko Maas to become German foreign minister
- 'The risk is real': protectionist threats cloud German industry's sunny outlook
- German cities dominate European ranking on drug use
- Germany blasts Trump’s steel tariffs, vows 'cool and clear' response
- Stickler for low prices: Bonn woman faces jail over supermarket price switches
- Zalando to cut 250 staff and replace them with algorithms
- ‘City of the future’ tech hub to be constructed at Munich Airport
- The Munich startup trying to tackle old-age loneliness through Oma’s baking
- Olaf Scholz, Germany's pragmatic new finance chief
- Everything you need to know about becoming a freelancer in Germany
- Police intervene after security men at Berlin tourism fair harass Israeli stand
- The real meanings behind German words that are used in English
10 March
- German journalists arrested at Greek-Turkish border: police
11 March
- Berlin mosque ablaze after suspected arson attack
- Greece frees German TV journalists
- New German interior minister to speed up migrant repatriations
- EON to take over RWE's renewables arm in €20bn deal
12 March
- Kurdish protesters clash with police at Düsseldorf airport
- How a six-letter word has opened a debate about lederhosen and Nazis in German politics
- Food charity in Essen reverses decision to ban new migrant clients
- ‘No one in Germany would go hungry if food banks didn’t exist’
- Frankfurt mayor re-elected with overwhelming majority
- The 10 false friends Germans and English speakers keep muddling up
- German automakers are biggest global spenders on electric cars: study
- Winter not over just yet: polar air masses heading for Germany this weekend
- Passenger quaffs fine wine blocked by Frankfurt airport security, lands huge fine
- Arsonists attack Turkish community centres and businesses across Germany
13 March
- Former 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' dies at 96 before serving sentence
- Hamburg court jails three Syrians over IS 'sleeper cell'
- Energy giant EON to cut 5,000 jobs as part of huge takeover deal
- Banks can keep addressing women as men, high court rules
- Brexit deadline for firms next week, German industry warns
- Police swoop on Turkish biker gang in nationwide raids
- What crimes are committed in Germany and where is criminality most common?
- German population has grown by two million since 2015 due to immigration
14 March
- Public sector workers in Germany to strike for more pay 'before Easter'
- These are the top priorities of Merkel's fourth government
- Merkel narrowly elected to fourth term as German Chancellor
- Saarmojis: Saarland the ‘first German state with its own emojis’
- What you need to know about getting a German driving licence
- Across EU, most asylum applications still being made in Germany: report
- AfD lawmaker fined €1,000 for tweeting photo of anti-Merkel ballot
- Germany’s first vegan kindergarten: progressive education or physical abuse?
- Brexit and German cars: Britain will suffer most from a rupture
- Supermarket with ‘secret source’ of Nutella buckets strikes Germany’s sweet tooth
15 March
- After Air Berlin bankruptcy, Lufthansa soars to record profits in 2017
- 'In Berlin’s housing market people are getting mad, getting scared'
- Germany sees biggest consumer spending growth in 24 years
- Anti-Semitic crime in Berlin doubles in prevalence in four years: report
- Winter making a comeback: snow and polar air on the way for Germany
- What you need to know about filing taxes as an American in Germany
- Is Germany about to face a crisis of opioid deaths similar to the US?
- Muslim groups bemoan lack of public outcry over string of mosque attacks
16 March
- Dozens injured in Cologne tram crash, driver reportedly drunk
- Merkel visit to Paris gives Macron chance to put EU reforms back on the table
- Merkel contradicts interior minister, saying ‘Islam belongs to Germany’
- Monitors at Berlin airport to be replaced for €500,000 before ever being used
- World’s second largest container ship docks in Hamburg
- 10 modern German musicians you need to listen to before you die
- Berlin to open anti-terrorism centre near old airport in 2020
17 March
- Dutch PM warns Macron, Merkel against dictating EU reforms
- Macron, Merkel promise EU reform roadmap by June
- African, EU states focus anti-trafficking efforts at source
- Siemens' health unit shares surge in Frankfurt debut
- Huge bonuses at Deutsche Bank despite 2017 loss
- German serial killer nurse faces October trial over 97 deaths
- Holocaust survivor Marko Feingold, 104, recalls the Anschluss
18 March
- Germany's Henkell takes majority stake in Spain's Freixenet
- US 'will fail if it tries to split Europe', says Germany's new economy minister
19 March
- Here are the parts of Germany that will be hit by public service strikes this week
- Yes, it’s freezing... but watch out for sunburn
- Where are the vacant jobs in Germany and which industries are most in demand?
- Ukraine urges sanctions against ex-Chancellor Schröder over Putin links
- 'Russia will remain difficult partner for Europe,' says German foreign minister
- 'Sizeable moves' of London banks to Frankfurt expected to begin in April
20 March
- Merkel confidant offers hope of detente on Trump's steel tariffs
- Berlin mayor backs ‘basic income’ to tackle capital’s unemployment
- Berlin district offers foreigners a lifeline by translating online info into ‘easy German’
- Germany’s top judges hear case that could offer plane passengers a big boost
- Snow falls on first day of spring in much of Germany
- German investor confidence plunges on fears of trade war with US
- Terror drill to take place at Frankfurt central station on Tuesday evening
- The things you need to watch out for when you move house in Germany
- How Greek farmers feed Germany’s asparagus habit through the winter
- Prosecutors raid BMW headquarters, suspecting 11,400 cases of fraud
21 March
- Germany paying €350 million in child benefits to children abroad
- AfD faces ridicule for erasing Islam survey after result doesn’t go its way
- Walkers of the world unite: Marx traffic light installed in his hometown
- Trump trade war is biggest risk to world economy, say German experts
- Strikes in Rhine region bring public transport to halt: what you need to know
- Does Islam ‘belong to’ Germany? The most meaningless debate of the year
- 5 things we learned as Merkel laid out her vision for the next four years
22 March
- Hussein K. given life sentence for rape and murder of Freiburg student
- Ever more people worldwide living under dictatorship, German study finds
- Study: What's in a name? A six-figure salary for these names in Germany
- Rich German states pay record bailout to poorer regions
- LinkedIn to open second German office in Berlin
- German Justice Minister demands Facebook explain data scandal
- The odd ways I’ve noticed myself slowly becoming a German
- Thieves outwit police by driving 48-tonne crane through Germany
23 March
- Poland estimates German WWII damages at €440bn
- Berlin to drop Airbnb 'ban' on renting out main homes
- Courts overruled four in ten asylum decisions last year: report
- World's largest pterodactyl skeleton goes on show in Germany
- Far-right group protests with funeral candles at Merkel’s office after Freiburg murder verdict
- Our 5 worst German tourist traps - and top alternatives
- Two thirds of Germans think the country has a major loneliness problem
24 March
- German police arrest parents of teenager over her stabbing
- VW boss says 'risk of jail' justifies mega salary
- Portuguese pilot held in Germany after being found drunk in cockpit
- Germany’s Siemens and France’s Alstom couple train units
25 March
- Toni Kroos: Brazil are 'two grades' better than 2014
- Puigdemont to face court in Germany after arrest at Danish border
26 March
- Chessboxing: the 'Intellectual Fight Club' hits hard in hometown Berlin
- Trial starts of asylum seeker over brutal rape in Munich’s English Garden
- 'One heck of a ride:' Berlin-based duo on writing Russia's Eurovision songs
- Germany to expel four Russian diplomats over UK spy attack
- 10 German words becoming extinct thanks to English
27 March
- German Justice Minister vows stricter oversight of Facebook
- Ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont remanded in custody by German court
- String of knife attacks further fuels debate over refugees and violence
- Frankfurters told to get on bikes as public transport grinds to halt
- New report of anti-Semitic bullying at Berlin school alarms Jewish community
- The Puigdemont files: what you need to know about the case
28 March
- German authorities approve gas pipeline from Russia
- German birth rate surges to highest level in over four decades
- easyJet expects to grow passengers in Germany by 10 million this year
- A portrait of Cottbus, the German town that stopped accepting refugees
- Snowfall in north Germany as low pressure spreads over country
- Germany starts army makeover by stripping barracks of name
- Germany’s two major car-sharing services are about to merge into one
- Munich residents have just been spared Germany’s most annoying bit of bureaucracy
- Fuggerei: The German district where rents haven’t gone up in 500 years
- Ten excellent reasons to become a Member of The Local
29 March
- Headless body of homeless man found in Koblenz graveyard
- 15 years on, British mother fights for truth over son’s ‘racially motivated’ death in Wiesbaden
- Hungarian police arrest German over online anti-migrant gun store
- Thick snowfall brings severe travel restrictions to Hamburg
- 'Middle-aged men in suits' interior ministry photo sparks outrage
30 March
- Four Syrians held for Molotov attack on mosque
- FEATURE: The doctor battling Germany's Nazi-era abortion law
- Russia expels four German diplomats in tit-for-tat response
31 March
- 7 fantastic events going on around Germany in April 2018