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

01 May
- Germany calls for 'permanent exemption' from Trump tariffs
- 7 events not to be missed across Germany in May 2018
- Marx at 200: Germany torn over revolutionary's legacy
02 May
- ‘Most peaceful in years’: no riots at Labour Day rallies across Germany
- 40 sheep die in suspected wolf attack near French border
- German Luftwaffe only has four operation-ready Eurofighter jets: report
- Roman relics found in Rhine region show evidence of bloody uprising
- Frankfurt’s bombed-out old town has been rebuilt. Here’s what we found there
- Sunny and dry: Germany records hottest April ever
- Violence against teachers reported at every third primary school
- Pedal power: the rise and rise of cargo bikes in Germany
- Merkel's coalition bickers over military and aid spending
- 200 migrants in south German town prevent deportation of man
- Berlin Airport plans to build additional terminal - before grand opening
03 May
- Gunmen kidnap German nurse in Somalian capital
- 'Fates we will never know': search for WWII missing drawing to a sombre close
- Several injured after huge police operation at ‘rebel’ asylum home
- How moving to Germany as a couple put a big strain on our relationship
- The gruesome story of a radical Isis-like movement that once ruled Münster
- These are Germany’s most popular baby names of 2017
- The Hanseatic Silicon Valley? New digital centre to be built in Hamburg
- The German words we use every day - that are actually French
- In hot water: authorities in Bonn smash potato packers' cartel
04 May
- Former VW boss Winterkorn indicted in US over 'dieselgate' scandal
- One key thing you should do before buying an Altbau flat in Germany
- 10 fun and important facts about Karl Marx as he turns 200
- Amazon announces over 2,000 new jobs in Germany this year
- Germany should take drinking tips from Scotland, experts insist
- These are the 8 German tax breaks you need to know about
- Migrant deportations often hit the wrong people, Merkel ally warns
- How Germany's Baltic coast plans to honour its humble fish sandwich
05 May
- Divisions resurface as Germany celebrates Marx at 200
- Germany arrests Albanian over record cocaine smuggling
- German and Polish cyclists feared dead in Mexico
06 May
- Lokomotiv Leipzig fire two coaches for a Nazi salute
07 May
- President Steinmeier sees 'substantial change' in trans-Atlantic ties
- Body found after May 1st celebration in Berlin was local barkeeper
- Germans and Americans believe common values are eroding, survey shows
- 140,000 Deutsche Bahn trains never arrived at their destination last year
- Foreigners in eastern Germany are fewer in number but better educated
- Deutsche Post under fire for penalizing employees who call in sick too often
- 'Nazi grandma' arrested in Germany after skipping jail
- How riding Germany's local transport really helps you get under a city's skin
- Why Putin’s swearing-in ceremony showed Germany’s key role in Russia relations
08 May
- Bavarian police arrest traffic controller after train crash claims two lives
- Grubs up! Berlin tackles American crayfish invasion by putting them on our plates
- Police raid migrant smuggling network with connections to far-right
- Is Frankfurt really Germany's most dangerous city? Not so fast!
- Audi halts production of latest A6 model over 'new emissions cheating': report
- Thunderstorms and a dip in temperatures forecast for public holiday
- Crime rate hits 30-year low, but police warn of rise in violence against cops
- Where in Germany it now pays to buy a home instead of renting
- Trump ally Richard Grenell takes over as US envoy to Germany
09 May
- US tells German businesses to stop trade in Iran 'immediately'
- Far-right unionize on German car factory floors in fight against globalization
- What we learned from this year’s crime statistics… and what we didn’t
- 'A slap in the face’: How Germany reacted to Trump leaving the Iran nuclear deal
- Danish woman injured in Germany in latest motorway rock throwing incident
- 10 jobs you can do if you don’t want to teach English in Germany
- Iran nuclear deal ‘should never be called into question’, says Merkel
- German political class reacts angrily to ‘instructions’ from new US ambassador
- Merkel cabinet agrees law change to let all refugees bring families to Germany
- Berlin court bars woman with headscarf from teaching in primary school
- Multi-billion euro tax recalculation spells good news for middle-income earners
10 May
- Macron urges Germany to step up at 'historic moment' for EU
- European commissioner Oettinger says Britain's May is 'weak'
- Germany expels suspect in Tunisia Bardo museum attack
- Latest Mideast escalation is matter of 'war and peace': Merkel
- Lagerfeld may drop German citizenship over migrant welcome
11 May
- ‘Attack on democracy’: 30,000 demonstrators in Munich protest police bill
- Damaged homes and flooded streets after thunderstorms sweep across Germany
- Here’s why your car has been covered in a strange yellow dust lately
- The ‘asylum industry’ debate: who is profiting from the refugee crisis?
- Six things to know about Catholicism in Germany
12 May
- German, Polish cyclists murdered in Mexico: prosecutors
- Volkswagen to recall 410,000 cars over faulty seat belts
- Draghi urges eurozone solidarity as Macron pushes reforms
- Merkel blasts breaches of Ukraine truce
13 May
- Hamburg relegated after 55 seasons in the Bundesliga
- VW 'contests' report boss knew of diesel cheating risk
14 May
- Extreme weather advisory as thunderstorms to hit southern Germany
- Crane called in after stray water buffalo cause massive autobahn logjam
- Berlin protests Russia's World Cup ban on German journalist
- The party that tried to bring back Nazism - and had one stunning success
- 14 cars damaged in arson attack in wealthy Berlin neighbourhood
15 May
- German GDP growth disappoints in first quarter of 2018
- German or Turkish? Footballers’ meeting with Erdogan stokes identity debate
- New German budget: (slightly) more money in taxpayers’ pockets
- 10 important rules and tips for cycling safely on German streets
- ‘Record high’ number of vacant positions in Germany’s IT sector
- German gun firm execs on trial over 'illegal' rifle shipments to Mexico
- This is how much German professionals earn in different industries
- ‘Guantanamo Bayern’: Why Bavaria’s tough new police law is so controversial
- ANALYSIS: How will the killings in Gaza affect German-Israeli relations?
- Injured Neuer named in Germany's World Cup squad
- Bee-n and gone: Hanover supermarket warns customers of bee-less world
- Construction begins on gas pipeline connecting Germany to Russia
16 May
- Members’ Forum: is cycling on German streets all it’s cracked up to be?
- Pilot left to use own instincts - and almost lands at wrong airport
- Global ambitions? Flixbus takes on Greyhound on American highways
- 'Mad' King Ludwig's lost porcelain gift to Wagner gets rare show
- Short candidates in NRW cannot become police officers, court confirms
- What to know about starting your personal banking in Germany
- Top court deliberates whether compulsory broadcaster fees are legal
- ‘Germany’s foreign population - it’s time to make your voice heard!’
- Foreign students in Germany: why they come and if they plan to stay
- 'Insurance against forgetting': Auschwitz trial files classed Unesco heritage
- Merkel reveals plan for dealing with AfD in crucial budget debate
17 May
- Soldier jailed in case of Freiburg mother who sold young son for sex
- Tornado rages through NRW, injuring two and ripping roofs from houses
- Nerve agent handed to Germany in 1990s could prove key in UK spy attack case
- Hamburg prepares for diesel driving ban with signs warning motorists
- Members’ Forum: should Germany’s foreign population be more political?
- My German city: life in Aschaffenburg, 'the Nice of Bavaria'
- EU takes Germany to court over poor quality of air
- String of homophobic attacks in Berlin’s Neukölln worries LGBT community
- German beer can no longer be called 'wholesome,' top court rules
- Why learning German at an older age isn’t as hard as you think
18 May
- New hurdles for Germany's remembrance culture as Holocaust survivors dwindle
- Forever modern: German fashion icon Jil Sander looks back
- What stereotypes do other Europeans most associate with Germany?
- One in three young Berliners has a mental health illness, study shows
- Merkel arrives in Russia for talks with Putin about Iran, Ukraine and energy
- Porsche ordered to recall 19,000 SUVs over diesel emissions cheating
- IN PICS: The top 10 best places to live in Germany
- Germany wins World Cup 2018... according to computers
19 May
- Putin and Merkel defend Nord Stream pipeline
- BMW expands UK car recall again
- 'Germans don't have a sense of humour? That's rubbish!' Q&A with comedian Eddie Izzard
- Hitler definitely died in 1945 according to new study of his teeth
20 May
- Football stars Gundogan and Ozil meet German president after Erdogan controversy
- Frankfurt shock Bayern in German Cup final and ruin Heynckes farewell
21 May
- Germany's Nazi hunters in final straight of race against time
- Germany and EU partners scramble to save Iran deal
22 May
- Over 20 families busted at Bavarian airports for taking kids out of school early
- Cash for refugee status: the scandal rocking the German asylum system
- German court again refuses to jail Puigdemont
- Merkel visits China seeking united front against Trump on trade, Iran
- Russian payment for AfD leaders’ private jet is ‘shocking’, critics say
- Protesters occupy apartments in Berlin in outcry over rising rent prices
- Lufthansa gets on board with budget tickets for flights across Atlantic
- How dropping the small talk helped me make friends with Germans
23 May
- Evacuation delayed in Dresden after WWII bomb found in city centre
- Who is obliged to file a tax return in Germany and who isn’t?
- Number of Brits who became German nearly tripled last year
- Hamburg is first city in Germany to order diesel driving bans
- French bank ordered to pay back German lender millions in massive tax fraud case
- The window plunge that led to the death of a third of all Germans
- Berlin agrees to compensate power firms for nuclear phase out
- Deutsche Bank mulls cutting tenth of entire staff: report
24 May
- Deutsche Bank to cut more than 7,000 jobs over profitability
- WWII bomb defused in Dresden after fire and mass evacuation
- Nearly 50 percent of planned migrant deportations are aborted: report
- How a childcare crisis is leaving Berlin parents stuck at home with their kids
- Highs of 31C and sunny skies forecast for Germany this weekend
- German carmakers dismayed as US considers imposing auto tariffs
- What to know about the different types of schools as an expat parent in Germany
- Germany has ‘second most powerful passport in the world’
- Munich football star faces up to 10 years’ prison for bar brawl
25 May
- Roads and railways flooded after heavy storms sweep across Saxony
- Eight simple reasons why learning German is really worth your while
- Berlin club scene aims to block major AfD demo using techno and dance
- British investment in Germany leaps as UK firms ‘prepare for hard Brexit’
- Refugees left anxious over future after Bremen asylum scandal
- How German has completely fuddled up my English (and how I’ve dealt with it)
- The surprising global cities where German food is considered a treat
26 May
- New US tariffs a headache for German automakers
- Bayer's Monsanto takeover less lucrative than expected
- Eurosceptic in Italy's government standoff is 'radically anti-German'
27 May
- Iran sanctions shadow falls on smaller German banks
- Thousands square off in Berlin far-right rally and counter demos
- Seven firefighters injured in 'Pirates of Batavia' blaze
28 May
- At least two deadly swimming accidents over summer-like weekend
- Deutsche Bahn to offer new budget ticket for long distance travellers
- Free for all? How Germany plans to tackle its childcare problem
- Merkel met wives of jailed human rights lawyers during China visit
- Berlin demands answers from Daimler over diesel 'pollution cheating' devices
- 'Tropical' heat predicted after storms bring floods and mudslides
- ‘Danger to life and limb’: 2,000 elevators shut down in Germany last year
29 May
- 25 years on, tense Germany and Turkey mark deadly neo-Nazi attack
- Woman shot dead on street in Salzgitter, shooter on the run
- Rent a tent: shared flat in central Berlin posts advert for balcony
- Balloons and spray cream: nationwide campaign launched against illegal parking
- Berlin immigration authorities enabled years’ long fraud: report
- These are the German lakes not deemed to have excellent swimming water
- 10 facts you probably didn't know about Cologne (even if you live there)
- The beginner's guide to buying a home in Germany
- Rejected asylum seeker severely burned after setting himself on fire near Stuttgart
30 May
- Diesel: the ‘German child’ Berlin politicians are loath to let go of
- Nine school pupils hospitalized at Hamburg sports event on hottest day of year
- Working internationally? Share your experiences
- 'It’s going to get loud': heavy storms set to hit Berlin and other cities
- Virtual museum to immerse worldwide audience in history of German migration
- Does Germany have a problem with aggressive attack dogs?
31 May
- Police officer shoots knife attacker dead on Flensburg train
- One in every four refugees now has a job, study finds
- 8 unmissable events across Germany in June 2018
- German spies can keep monitoring internet hubs, court rules
- Sign up today for half price student membership with The Local
- The trip back home that helped me put my Berlin woes into perspective