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

01 November
- The 11th Hour: A brief history of the Great War
- 'They have played us for fools': Germans to vent VW fury in mass 'dieselgate' suit
- SPD politician saves life of AfD employee in Düsseldorf
- 23-tonne granite block falls onto motorway in Hesse
- German word of the day: Der Warmduscher
- Germany’s minimum wage to raise twice in 2019, yet poverty persists
- Germany, Netherlands back Niger border force to counter migration
- Bayern's Rafinha apologizes over 'Arab bomber' Halloween costume
- As Merkel travels abroad, can she still hold power as a world leader?
02 November
- Cologne Coexistence: Where the AfD and a refugee agency share an office space
- German state Hesse to finally scrap death penalty
- 14-year-old confesses to killing classmate in northwest Germany
- 'They're fleeing Brexit': More Brits moving to Germany despite uncertainty
- Meet the Halle politician helping to challenge stereotypes of eastern Germany
- Two more suspects being sought after alleged gang rape in Freiburg
- How Chemnitz is showing there's more to eastern Germany than far-right extremism
05 November
- German word of the day: Verzehren
- Teenager helps save 11 lives after carbon monoxide scare near Düsseldorf
- What led to the German collapse in WWI?
- Legal doping: Cannabis in beer experiencing a high in Germany
- 'Enough is enough': Brits living in Europe take citizens' rights fight to London
- Why Germany's controversial former spy chief Maaßen is finally being pushed out
- Tip of the week: How to open a blocked account in Germany
06 November
- German word of the day: Bauchpinseln
- Trial of former SS guard, now 94, starts in Münster
- Majority of primary school students in Germany can't explain meaning of 'Jew' or 'Roma': Study
- Why Cold War spy station Teufelsberg is now a protected historical site
- Pet travel after Brexit: Brits living in EU urged to visit vets
- Wales open for business in Germany: inside the new Welsh office in Berlin
- A new chapter begins in Bavaria after historic CSU losses. Can the party stay afloat?
- Even death doesn't cause holiday leave in Germany to expire, court rules
- German car parts maker to shut UK sites, citing Brexit
- German ex-SS concentration camp guard, 94, weeps in court
07 November
- German word of the day: Der Erbsenzähler
- German word of the day: Erbsenzähler
- Favoured Merkel successor 'AKK' vows to pursue chancellor's path
- Brexit and an aging population said to shade German economy
- Schnapsidee! Meet the Berlin barman serving up laughs as well as cocktails
- 100 years of female suffrage in Germany: the unknown story
- 'Divided into two opposing camps': A Democrat and Republican in Germany on the U.S. midterms
08 November
- Canada apologizes for turning away Jews fleeing Nazi Germany
- German phrase of the day: Tomaten auf den Augen haben
- Anti-foreigner attitudes on the rise in Germany, study finds
- Germany's Weber picked as lead candidate to head European Commission
- Germany starts mammoth trial over refugee centre abuses
- The Local takes home two gongs at media awards
- 'A step towards improved conditions': Ryanair strikes deal with German cabin crew union
- Cologne and Bonn hit with diesel ban orders
- Germany's housing crisis: Is development without displacement possible?
09 November
- Germany recalls Kristallnacht with warning for the present
- Brexit road-tripper: 'It has made me appreciate what Europe has to offer and what we have to lose'
- 'We don't just have voters, we have fans': inside the AfD 'newsroom'
- Update: Hundreds to stand against far-right march planned on 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht
- Stolpersteine: Standing defiantly in communities amid rising tensions
- Weekend Wanderlust: Reaching new heights in the Allgäu
- Quiz: How well do you know these important dates in German history?
- Germany: what I've learned from living in the country from which my family once fled
10 November
- Macron and Merkel lay wreath at WW1 armistice site
11 November
- Merkel on WW1 centenary: 'This day should be a call to action'
- Merkel joins Trump and Putin in sombre Paris ceremony
- Israeli PM 'unaware' of corruption in German sub deal
- German leader takes part in UK's Remembrance Sunday for first time
12 November
- Hundreds attend 'techno mass' in Berlin church with renowned DJ priest
- 'Madame Macron?' 'No, I'm the Chancellor of Germany'
- German word of the day: Das Frauenwahlrecht
- Another shake-up for German politics as CSU’s Horst Seehofer set to quit
- EU defence efforts musn't hurt transatlantic bond: NATO chief in Berlin
- Angela Merkel refuses to be 'excuse' for lack of female politicians
13 November
- Ex-SS guard, 94, to testify at trial in Münster
- Man, 59, to stand trial in Germany for stealing John Lennon's belongings
- Chemical accident sparks alert sirens and road closures in Frankfurt
- 'Here I am a human being': How Kaiserslautern continues to integrate refugees
- Ex-SS guard 'ashamed' but tells German court he's innocent
- Polish care worker 'killed and robbed' six Germans
- Merkel calls for a 'real, true' European army
- German prosecutors probing 'illegal' donations to AfD: report
- EU's 'no-deal' Brexit plan spells out bad news for British travellers
- 'I feel slightly more German': Reflections of a Brit after taking the German citizenship test
- Ryanair cabin crew in Germany back labour deal
14 November
- How to take the best pictures of the Northern Lights
- German word of the day: Das Bargeld
- Seven camels spotted outside of Lidl in Lower Saxony
- How the Greens co-leader wants to ditch Germany’s controversial benefits system Hartz IV
- What the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement means for Brits in Europe
- OPINION: Brexit deal does not deliver on the rights of Britons in Europe
- 100 years later, Germany calls the 8-hour working day into question
- German-Kurdish singer jailed in Turkey on terror charge
- 10 golden rules to know if you lose your job in Germany
15 November
- German prosecutors seek to lift AfD MP Alice Weidel's immunity over suspicious donations probe
- 'I'm still holding out for a people's vote': The Brexit reaction from Germany
- German word of the day: Der Fleischesser
- Germany eases diesel vehicle bans, angering environmentalists
- Merkel 'very happy' Brexit draft deal has been reached
- Train passengers in Germany should receive more money back for delays: EP vote
- Several children among injured in bus crash near Nuremberg
16 November
- Weekend Wanderlust: Scenery as far as the eye can see in Saxon Switzerland
- Q&A: How the race to replace Merkel is breathing life into the CDU
- End of an era in Bavaria as Seehofer sets date to step down as CSU leader
- Quiz: Just how German have you become?
- Germany considers expelling convicted Syrians
- Merkel's CDU and Greens can breathe sigh of relief after Hesse vote recount
- Diesel driving bans 'self-destructive': German transit minister
- Should people without children be forced to pay more tax in Germany?
- Macron and Merkel unite in struggle for Europe
- Merkel defends refugee decision in protest-hit Chemnitz
17 November
- Paris, Berlin agree on future eurozone budget: French ministry source
- Volkswagen to spend 44 billion euros on 'electric offensive'
18 November
- Macron, Merkel meet amid WWI centenary debate on European army
- The complete German supermarket survival guide (Video)
- Macron tells German parliament European revival can prevent global 'chaos'
- Germany out to dent Dutch dreams after 'slap in face' year
19 November
- Drought causes potato prices to rise by more than half - and they have more flaws
- How did Germany's 10 top 'Youth Words of the Year' originate?
- Armed man barricades himself in petrol station in Bochum
- Why are so many Germans obsessed with Sweden?
- Germany to bar 18 Saudis over Khashoggi murder
- Prosecutors demand life for Dortmund bus bomber
- German priest confesses at Sunday mass to embezzling church funds for lottery
- More than a corner store: Spätis struggle for survival in a changing Berlin
20 November
- German BASE jumper dies in Portuguese accident
- Amazon takes trade union to court to stop strikes on premises
- Flight cancellations as Eurowings employees strike in Düsseldorf
- German word of the day: Die Kastanie
- How Germany plans to fight worker shortage with new immigration law
- The Local has 7,000 reasons to celebrate the first anniversary of Membership
- Snowy weather strikes throughout Germany on Tuesday
- World’s first blockchain science slam held in Berlin
- Plane flying from Vienna to Frankfurt forced to turn back due to smoke in cockpit
21 November
- Germany carries out largest terrorism drill to date
- Merkel defends UN migration pact amid party split on issue
- Extra security measures in place for terror-hit Berlin Christmas market
- Harvesting at home: The Germans who live life in energy-saving mode
- Brexit and budget top lively Bundestag debate led by Merkel
- Hochvogel: A famed mountain straddling Germany and Austria faces a rocky collapse
22 November
- Art repatriation: Colonial ghosts haunt German and other European museums
- 'We hate Mondays!' German league to ditch Monday matches after fan protests
- Merkel: 'A lot of discussion still needed especially in UK' on Brexit
- CDU candidate Merz calls German asylum law into question
- The secrets behind stollen, Germany's beloved holiday treat
- Germany's 'killer nurse' tells families of over 100 victims 'sorry'
- Sparks fly in Berlin and Brussels over cancelled diesel meet
- German church complains Christmas markets open too early
- Frankfurt confident it is the big Brexit-relocation winner: Special report
23 November
- Why a pensioner is campaigning for British soldiers who died a century ago in Germany and Poland
- Lower Saxony rolls out warning system to prevent trucks hitting cyclists
- German Interior Minister rules out deportations to Syria
- Survey: Kramp-Karrenbauer top choice to replace Merkel as CDU leader
- 8 of the most beautiful German Christmas markets
- Merkel successor hopefuls bid to bury her migration legacy
- Quiz: How well do you know these famous German buildings?
- Berlin man, 95, charged with over 36,000 deaths at Nazi camp
- EXPLAINED: When can my landlord raise the rent in Germany?
- Weekend Wanderlust: Chasing a hoax across the Black Forest
26 November
- Number of new HIV infections declines in Germany, but many still unknowingly positive
- Berlin moves step closer to gaining extra public holiday
- Rapper Kollegah rejects accusations of anti-Semitism
- Greece's former finance minister to stand for election in Germany
- How Germany's environment minister plans to turn around plastic use
- What you should know about the Brexit deal if you're British in Germany
27 November
- Ukrainian president calls for German help in growing conflict
- Man who bombed Dortmund football team bus faces verdict
- German word of the day: Das Bratkartoffelverhältnis
- Survey: 40 percent of Germans fear UN migration pact will result in more asylum claims
- Brits in Germany: How do you feel about Brexit?
- Dortmund team-bus bomber given 14-year jail sentence
- How Germany is reforming its rental law in favour of tenants
28 November
- 'Anti-Merkel' convinced he can take top spot as CDU leadership race heats up
- Hamburg man makes emergency call after mistaking sunset for fire
- How Seehofer is pushing to 'replace foreign influence' at Islam Conference
- Germany urges France to turn UN seat into EU one
- U-Bahn stations, containers, hotels: How Germany helps the homeless in winter
29 November
- 10,000 people affected by unexploded bomb found in Cologne
- 'There is no Sharia law on German soil': CDU candidate Merz
- German police raid Deutsche Bank in 'Panama Papers' graft probe
- German unemployment hits fresh record low
- German firm criticised for keeping Danish power from energy market
- Merkel warns 'no military solution' to Ukraine conflict
- Tomatoes and watermelons grow for first time in the middle of the Rhine
- Small talk with Luna: German robots increasingly in contact with customers
- German firm Bayer to cut 12,000 jobs, many of them in Germany
- German competition watchdog launches probe against Amazon
- German government backs controversial UN migration pact
30 November
- Bumpy start to G20 summit for Merkel after plane is forced to make emergency landing
- 'No indication of a criminal act': Merkel set for late G20 arrival after plane fault
- 8 events not to miss in Germany this December
- Police arrest further suspect in connection with Freiburg gang rape case
- Not a unique occurrence: how plane problems have plagued German politicians' travel
- German court jails Syrian refugee for planning car bomb attack
- Everything that changes in Germany in December 2018
- Weekend Wanderlust: Hiking to the heart of Potsdam