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

01 September
- Eight injured in blast and ensuing blaze at German refinery
- Germany to raise funds for Palestinian refugee agency
02 September
- Thousands protest for and against migrants in divided Chemnitz
- U2 cancels Berlin show after Bono loses his voice
- German far-left leaders launch 'Stand Up' grassroots movement
- EU's Barnier open to brief extension of Brexit talks
03 September
- Failed asylum seeker sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for murder amid far-right tensions
- 18 people attacked by swarm of hornets at German wine festival
- Chemnitz concert to take stand against xenophobia
- Merkel to meet Macron in Marseille amid EU immigration row
- Merkel: 'Far-right protestors and neo-Nazis do not stand for Chemnitz or Saxony'
- 'Zeitzeuge': what the world can learn from how Germany presents the past
04 September
- Tens of thousands pack anti-racism concert in Chemnitz
- Angela Merkel 'underestimated' challenges of mass migration, says Italy's Matteo Salvini
- Message in a bottle in Goslar found by writer's grandson 88 years later
- Days before world horse riding championships, abuse scandal emerges within German team
- Should the AfD be spied on? What you need to know
- Love in Germany: 1.5 million relationships are between a German and foreigner
- From hippy ideal to hipster Ziel: How co-working is on the rise in Germany
- German left wing 'Stand up' movement vows to win back far-right voters
05 September
- Merkel to visit Chemnitz after murder, growing unrest
- Foreign Minister Maas travels to Turkey to push for release of German prisoners
- Saxony's Minister President: 'There was no mob in Chemnitz'
- Three years after Germany's borders opened: How migrants are lost in bureaucratic web
- The 5 best free apps for learning German for all levels
- In depth: Is Alternative for Germany becoming too extreme?
06 September
- No comeback for Mesut Özil after fallout, says Jogi Löw
- Interior Minister Seehofer: 'I also would have been going into the streets' in Chemnitz
- Unrest in Chemnitz: Police identify six demonstrators who showed Nazi salute
- Trump the greatest source of German angst: survey
- 'Unemployed', hungry wasps dominated Germany's summer but the end is in sight
- Grüß Gott, Moin, Hallo! The complete guide to regional dialects around Germany
- 'Rethinking the world': Bauhaus celebrates 100 years
- This is how Germans spend their free time
07 September
- Volkswagen faces German court showdown over 'dieselgate'
- Germany's domestic intelligence agency boss: 'no evidence that Chemnitz hunts took place'
- German bid to head EU commission wants to 'work with' far-right
- Hamburg: The most British city outside of Britain
- In graphs: Number of international students in Germany quickly growing
- House of Cardboard: How a German pensioner built a mini metropolis over 65 years
08 September
- Merkel, Macron look to fire up stuttering Franco-German motor
- US Army to boost strength in Germany by 1,500 troops
- EU ministers battle over proposed tax on 'big tech'
- Jewish restaurant attacked amid German protests
- German far-right wants to 'reclaim' Chemnitz after fatal stabbing
09 September
- Calls for calm as police hold Afghans suspected of killing German man
10 September
- Far-right march held after Köthen death as officials plead for no repeat of Chemnitz
- First major Volkswagen 'dieselgate' court case: What you need to know
- Köthen's mayor pleads for peace amid far-right push to protest in city
- 'Right-wing extremism not an East German issue': Saxony-Anhalt minister president
- Easyjet flight transports passengers from Berlin to Berlin in 80 minutes
- Merkel 'outraged' by Nazi chants in far-right rally
11 September
- 'I want to get back what we lost': investors pack convention centre for first day of VW trial
- German unions call for strike against Ryanair Wednesday
- Taking the stage from Munich to Magdeburg: 8 highlights of the German theatre scene
- Update: 150 Ryanair flights to and from Germany cancelled amid job cuts warning
- To du or not to du: How to crack one of Germany's most tricky etiquette dilemmas
- The surprising places around the world where German is still spoken
- 20 snakes found in hand luggage of man flying from Düsseldorf
12 September
- Update: Ryanair pilots and cabin crew stage walkout in Germany as disruption sparked
- Does Chemnitz video show a manhunt? Controversy continues over domestic intelligence head's statement
- Catholic priests abused thousands in Germany: study
- Germany's top spy: A tumultuous history with the far-right
- Former SPD chief Schulz to AfD's Gauland: 'You belong in the dung heap of German history'
- German Word of the Day: Das Sprachgefühl
- Wandervogel: How to get back to nature and embrace the wilderness like the Germans
13 September
- Separate 'dieselgate' hearing against VW's biggest shareholder Porsche SE begins
- No-deal Brexit: Brits travelling to Europe 'to face passport problems and soaring mobile bills'
- German forest activists brace for eviction in anti-coal fight
- Can you be sued in Germany for posting concert clips on YouTube? Court to decide Thursday
- Germany's spy chief accused of sharing information with AfD
- Man who gave Hitler salute in Chemnitz given eight month suspended sentence
- Brexit planning: What you'll need to do if there's no deal
14 September
- German Word of the Day: Der Anschlusstreffer
- Volkswagen to end production of iconic German cars
- Small flats are on the rise in Germany, leaving city dwellers increasingly cramped
- German triathlete banned from all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant for eating too much
- Germany says ready to contribute to Syria rebuilding
- The best TV comedies to improve your German while making you laugh
- Demonstrator sentenced to five months in jail after giving Hitler salute
15 September
- German troops face Russian 'hybrid war' in Lithuania: Merkel
16 September
- Kenyan runner sets new world record at Berlin marathon
- Nine injured in Germany as police evict coal mine protest
- Pussy Riot activist in Berlin hospital after suspected poisoning
17 September
- Perception or reality: Is Germany really gripped by a crime epidemic?
- Why Berlin is once again consumed by talk of a coalition collapse
- Hydrogen-powered train has world premiere in Lower Saxony
- A laughing matter: Looking beyond the stereotype of the serious German
- Trial starts of men who put cement blocks on Autobahn ‘out of boredom’
- Integration still perceived positively in Germany: study
- Q&A: A drive to help American expats in Germany vote from abroad
- Summer back for one final hurrah as temperatures to reach into 30s
18 September
- Algeria will take back its citizens illegally residing in Germany
- EU targets BMW, Daimler, VW in pollution cartel probe
- Pussy Riot activist out of danger after suspected poisoning: German doctor
- Bavaria - the reality behind a state defined by kitschy cliches
- Firefighters struggle to control fire sparked by German army missile
- Germany frees Iraqi suspect in killing that sparked racist attacks
- 10 German words that come from Italian
- German spy chief Maaßen removed from his post
19 September
- Maaßen profile: The curious case of the spy who gave too much away
- German Word of the Day: Die Geborgenheit
- Shortage of tradespeople in Germany leading to illegal labour
- Maaßen to be in charge of internal security while top spy job remains open
- How the German media is reacting to the spy chief saga
- High winds and storms expected to put an end to summer
- 'I want to encourage people to leave the city and take their kids outside'
20 September
- Operation to evict Hambach Forest activists suspended after tragic death
- German Word of the Day: Der Futterneid
- Gold rush: Man finds treasure worth €83,500 in kitchen cupboard
- One Brit's European tour to spell 'Stop Brexit' with GPS
- Rising rents and stiff competition: What you need to know about Germany's housing market
- Heiko Maas says Germany wants stronger EU border agency on migration
21 September
- German Word of the Day: Die Zweisamkeit
- Right-wing AfD second most popular party in Germany, poll finds
- German supermarket chain Rewe agrees to buy produce with 'beauty errors'
- German woman sues airport security for missing flight to Mallorca
- Plans to rebuild Berlin Wall for art project blocked
- Former SS guard, now 94, faces trial in Germany
- Update: 'We were wrong' about German spy chief's promotion: SPD boss Nahles
- Diplomacy is a ‘24 hour rolling news cycle,’ says UK Ambassador to Germany
22 September
- 'Thanks, bro' - Özil grateful for Boateng's backing
23 September
- One year on from election, far right has transformed German politics
- Three crises that have rocked Merkel since her re-election
- Late to the party, German carmakers join race against Tesla
- Porsche first German carmaker to abandon diesel engines
24 September
- German Word of the Day: Der Kummerspeck
- New role for German spy chief in bid to defuse coalition clash
- Clean-up underway after deadly storm 'Fabienne' causes havoc across Germany
- On the agenda: What's coming up in Germany this week
- 'You can't feel tired': Behind the scenes of an Oktoberfest waitress
- Merkel admits mistakes made over German spy boss promotion
- How 'Kiezdeutsch' is enriching rather than threatening German
- Are Berlin’s bitcoin investors blinded by their enthusiasm?
25 September
- German Word of the Day: Der Dreikäsehoch
- Update: German Catholic Church apologizes as scale of child abuse laid bare
- How traditional German cuisine is overcoming its PR crisis
- Merkel: 'still unclear what Britain wants in Brexit talks'
- German court says it won't jail doctor from Nazi paedophile sect
- Angela Merkel confesses to smuggling Western currency during GDR days
26 September
- German Word of the Day: Bummeln
- Why German media is saying the Chancellor is on a 'sinking ship'
- Merkel, Erdogan to meet in Berlin amid rising tensions
- 'We were never given the time to mourn': Activists continue fight for Hambach Forest
- 'The wounds still hurt today' despite progress: 28 years of German unity
- How Yiddish survives in Europe - through German
- Pussy Riot activist in German hospital says he was poisoned
- The Local shortlisted for top native advertising award
27 September
- German Word of the Day: Der Schmetterling
- 9 Events not to miss throughout Germany in October 2018
- German pilots get on board with Ryanair's 'biggest strike'
- 'Unacceptable' for CDU to consider coalition with AfD in Saxony: SPD's Klingbeil
- Erdogan greeted by supporters and protesters as Germany visit gets underway
- Texas German: How southerners are keeping a distant dialect alive
- German federal police chief faces kidnapping probe
- Germany beats Turkey for right to host Euro 2024
- Brexit: 'Brits should try for German citizenship even if they don't think they qualify'
28 September
- Update: Almost 40 percent of Ryanair flights in Germany cancelled
- 'Chaos' in Berlin as Merkel and Erdogan try to repair ties
- 'Celibacy is not a dogma': German Catholic Church to examine practices
- One year of 'Marriage for all' in Germany: How many couples have tied the knot?
- Everything that changes in Germany in October 2018
- Merkel to push for release of detained Germans in Turkey as leaders vow to rebuild bridges
- Weekend Wanderlust: A love letter to the eastern German city of Leipzig
29 September
- Germany announces €116m for UN refugee agency
- Merkel wants car giants to pick up 100% of diesel refit bill
- Cologne braces for protests as Erdogan opens mega mosque
- Trouble brewing for return of tense Hamburg derby
30 September
- Merkel warns Trump against 'destroying' UN
- Tense Hamburg derby ends goalless