📰 Breaking News: News Archive for August 2019 | Latest Updates from Germany 2025

01 August
- New law set to guarantee Brits residency in Germany in case of no-deal Brexit
- Brexit: What are the main differences between a deal and a no deal for Brits in the EU?
- Berlin makes public transport free for all schoolchildren
- 13 things foreigners do that make Germans really uncomfortable
- Seven unmissable events in August 2019 in Germany
02 August
- Angela Merkel remains most popular politician in Germany
- German potato prices set to spike due to drought
- Record 4.5 tonnes of cocaine worth €1 billion seized in Hamburg
- Why you might not receive post in Germany six days a week in future
- German Interior Minister calls for security control on the Swiss border
- Germany orders Google to stop listening in on audio recordings
- Weekend Wanderlust: Get a Handel on Halle
- Germany's no-deal Brexit residency law leaves 'many questions unanswered'
04 August
- Two German climbers die in Swiss peak fall
05 August
- Munich plans platform screen doors on U-Bahn amid security debates
- Police break up far-right protest at Düsseldorf open air swimming pool
- Pressure grows for Bundesliga club boss to resign over racist slur
- Clouds, rain and thunder: Is summer in Germany over?
- From Friedrichstraße to flea markets: 11 essential shopping spots in Berlin
- Explained: Who are the foreign workers coming to Germany?
- Human rights battle: German Bundestag calls on China to allow MPs visit
06 August
- 8 German words which are impossible for English native speakers to pronounce
- Children who don't speak German 'shouldn't be allowed to start school'
- Here's where employees earn the most (and least) in Germany
- German hospice receives 'lucky bag' with €100,000 from secret donor
- Meet the medieval German warlord with a message for modern politicians
- Studying in Germany: Seven unusual academic traditions
- Refugees integrating 'faster than expected' into Germany’s labour market
07 August
- Car market slowdown 'threatens jobs' at Germany's Bosch
- ‘Segregation achieves nothing': Should children without fluent German be held back from starting school?
- 'We need a meat tax': German politicians pitch plan to improve animal welfare
- Seven German words which stem from Arabic
- German Bundesliga club chairman steps down for three months following 'racist' slur
- These are the ways Munich should improve its public transport system
- State by state: Why private school enrolment across Germany is growing
08 August
- Vibrio bacteria: What bathers at one of Germany's most popular holiday spots need to know
- Why these three German cities offer the 'best work-life balance'
- 10 epic German movies you have to watch before you die
09 August
- Germany enjoys tourism boom as country welcomes more visitors than ever
- Weekend Wanderlust: Finding high culture and simple pleasures in Karlsruhe
- Housing in Germany: Why are fewer young people buying their own homes?
- 'Germany is not an open society': Chinese artist Ai Weiwei on leaving Berlin
- ‘Being honest helps’: how expats have overcome loneliness in Germany
11 August
- Germany to suspend Amazon aid to Brazil
12 August
- Recycled fashion: Refugee boats find second life as bags in Berlin
- From climate action to 'Soli tax': What you need to know about Germany's planned changes
- Working in Germany: The three tricks to impressing managers
- Deliveroo pulls out of Germany
- 'I've never been able to shake off the feeling of being a foreigner': How tolerant is Germany?
- Photo of the Day: Meet the gay Berlin penguins who've adopted an egg
13 August
- Germany debates legalizing egg donations and surrogacy
- Berlin seeks to keep rents down on commercial properties to save small shops
- German word of the day: Klasse
- Spaghetti ice cream to wobbly Peter: Why we love Germany's sweet summer snacks
- How and why was the Berlin Wall built?
- Nearly 600 traffic bridges in North Rhine-Westphalia 'have to be repaired'
14 August
- 'I was just 19 when I cycled up to a German officer and put two bullets in his head'
- Number of social housing units drops by 42,000 in Germany
- German economy is 'down on its knees': Is a recession looming?
- Chemnitz: Portrait of a city shaken by anti-foreigner riots
- More than 14,200 flights cancelled in Germany so far this year
- From folk to techno: 13 German songs that never grow old
15 August
- Parking bans and restricted zones: How German cities plan to crack down on e-scooters
- Wasserwende: Germany urges more people to drink tap water to protect environment
- Art in Germany: 10 critically acclaimed galleries you can't miss
- How Germany plans tougher penalties for reckless drivers
- Why US President Trump is avoiding visiting Germany - again
16 August
- 'Winds of change': EU's von der Leyen bids Germany goodbye with Scorpions hit
- Brandenburg elections: In east German rust belt, economic fears boost far-right
- Gay penguins in Berlin adopt egg after trying to hatch stone
- How to ride a rental bike from Berlin to Copenhagen - and leave it there
- Saxony 'top' and Berlin 'flop' in new Germany-wide education rankings
17 August
- Austria shelves German spy probe after running out of leads
- Runners brave 160km marathon to mark fall of Berlin Wall
19 August
- Merkel to mark Iron Curtain anniversary with Orban amid new divides
- Commuters face major disruption as storms lash Germany
- Can Boris Johnson win over Germany during Brexit talks?
- Merkel stresses need for 'humane' Europe on Iron Curtain anniversary
- 'Until now it hasn't been talked about': Who were the East German victims of the Iron Curtain?
- Kurds in Syria hand over four IS-linked children to Germany
- 'We need to stand up to crisis': Germany warns of recession
- 'A considerable risk': Germany plans to protect its airports from drones
20 August
- German word of the day: Wehtun
- Germany's top court sides with tenants in landmark rent control ruling
- German theme park closes 'swastika ride'
- In numbers: Who are Germany's international students?
- Summer returns to Germany as temperatures up to 30C forecast
- Daily dilemmas: Is it ever acceptable to cross the road at a red light in Germany?
21 August
- Merkel and Johnson to face off in Berlin in first Brexit talks
- Could the far-right AfD really win in upcoming German state elections?
- Kitas: Why are parents suing for a childcare spot in Germany?
- 'Already causing us headaches': Merkel warns of Brexit economic pain
22 August
- Verdict due in Chemnitz killing that sparked racist riots
- Did Merkel really give hope of a Brexit agreement with UK in '30 days'?
- 'We must expand cycling infrastructure': Biking fatalities rise in Germany
- Man jailed for Chemnitz knife killing that sparked far-right protests
- Merkel gives Britain until October 31st for Brexit solution
- In depth: What are the histories behind German city names?
23 August
- Why is Bielefeld offering €1 million to anyone who proves it doesn't exist?
- Gamers in Cologne take aim at Trump's criticism of virtual violence
- Bundesliga: Your complete guide to becoming a football fan in Germany
- German word of the day: Per du
- Weekend weather of up to 33C expected in Germany
24 August
- German activists stage anti-racism protest ahead of key state polls
25 August
- Thousands march against racism in Dresden ahead of key state polls
- Police probe Georgian's 'execution' in Berlin park
26 August
- Far-right surge in Germany rattles guardians of Nazi-era remembrance
- Update: High-profile German family killed in Helicopter crash in Mallorca
- German army seeks out gamers in hunt for computer-savvy recruits
- Authorities search for missing cobra near Bochum
- German football officials face trial over World Cup tax evasion charges
- ‘I have German in my blood’: US President Trump on his plans to visit Merkel
27 August
- Dashed hopes boost far-right in eastern Germany 30 years after fall of Berlin Wall
- 'A passion for cars': Former VW boss Ferdinand Piëch dies at 82
- Far-right extremists in Chemnitz planned to ‘hunt’ foreigners, new probe reveals
- Berlin Zoo confirms panda Meng Meng is pregnant
- 130 flights cancelled at Munich Airport after Spanish man skips security check
- Visionary and autocrat: Remembering 'Mr Volkwagen' Piëch
28 August
- Escaped deadly cobra still on the loose in German town
- What were the key dates of World War II?
- German phrase of the day: Die Daumen drücken
- WWII wounds remain as Poland seeks German reparations 80 years on
- Lack of staff at German railway stations raises safety concerns
- Former German cycling star fined for attacking escort at Frankfurt hotel
29 August
- Germany's far-right AfD hopes for first state election wins
- Last German kaiser's heirs fight for riches lost behind Iron Curtain
- Everything that changes in September 2019 in Germany
- Five people arrested for allegedly 'enslaving' German teens
- Germany's (dis)connectivity: Can the broadband Internet gap be bridged?
- German unemployment stable despite recession warning
- Hitzefrei: Is it ever legally too hot to go to work or school in Germany?
- 8 events not to miss throughout Germany in September 2019
- Man accused of pushing German boy under train suffers from schizophrenia
30 August
- Meet Uli Hoeneß: German football legend and tax sinner
- Race heats up in eastern German states as parties bid for votes in final election rallies
- German government eases citizenship rules for descendants of Nazi victims
- Could cheap flights in Germany receive a 'penalty tax'?
- Weekend Wanderlust: Hiking to ‘Wollywood’, the former Hollywood of Brandenburg
- ‘We are heading up’: Why the Green party is gaining support in eastern Germany
- German nurse under investigation for murdering patients
31 August
- Europe to push for new talks between US and Iran: Germany
- Deadly Cobra caught in Germany after five days on the loose