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  • 01 January
    • The 12 maps that help explain Germany today
    • Renowned German opera director Harry Kupfer dead at 84
    • Five German lifestyle habits you should think about adopting
    • Fire kills 30 animals at German zoo on New Year's Eve
    • Everything that changes in Germany in January 2020
    • IN PICS: Berlin brings in 2020 with fireworks and winter bathing
  • 02 January
    • The big changes in Germany to expect in 2020
    • Update: Lanterns reportedly behind deadly New Year's Eve fire at German zoo
    • German word of the day: Der Vorsatz
    • What you need to know about Deutsche Bahn's new reduced ticket prices
    • Mother and daughters investigated over German zoo fire
  • 03 January
    • Flights in Germany to 'radically decrease' in 2020
    • German jobless count 'stable' after recession warning
    • Weekend Wanderlust: Skiing in a small but stylish Bavarian resort
    • Seven events you can't miss in January 2020 in Germany
  • 04 January
    • Inflation rose in Germany in December: report
  • 05 January
    • Six German tourists killed by driver in Italian ski resort
  • 06 January
    • Police shoot dead knife-wielding attacker in western Germany
    • What and when are Germany's 2020 public holidays?
    • Berlin rent freeze: 340,000 tenants 'paying too much' for housing
    • Renting in Germany: Here's what to know about changes in 2020
    • Three Kings Day: What to know about the holiday in three German states
    • Why has German car production hit a 22-year low?
    • German police doubt terror link in knife attack
    • German word of the day: Das Feiern
    • How German startups are profiting from Deutsche Bahn delays
  • 07 January
    • Update: Germany withdraws some troops from Iraq as tensions soar
    • Two surviving monkeys from deadly German zoo fire 'doing well'
    • 'Pointless paperwork' or necessary? Mixed views over Germany's new 'receipt obligation'
    • 'Germany needs 500,000 new immigrants every year'
  • 08 January
    • How to get over a cold, according to the Germans
    • ‘We need a modernization push:' How Germany wants to speed-up infrastructure projects
    • Three Germans on board Ukranian plane that crashed in Iran: reports
    • Eight deaths in southern Germany blamed on shrew-borne disease
    • Man faces court after hundreds of cars scratched in Bavaria
    • German word of the day: Das Fettpolster
    • Germany sees 14 percent drop in asylum claims
    • 10 ways of speaking German you'll only ever pick up on the street
    • Neo-Nazi accused of killing German politician blames accomplice
  • 09 January
    • Seven-year-old 'mini-Picasso' shakes up German art world
    • How German health care is set to become more digital in 2020
    • Brexit: What do Brits in Germany need to think about before January 31st?
    • 'Goodbye Erasmus': Brits express anger after UK votes against much-loved EU student scheme
    • German beer prices to rise in 2020 as consumption sinks
    • British actor Jeremy Irons to head 2020 Berlin film festival jury
    • Tesla gets green light for factory site near Berlin
    • What you need to know about changes to German driving laws in 2020
  • 10 January
    • Turkey in talks to ‘set up schools in Germany'
    • Why poverty among pensioners continues to rise in Germany
    • How Germany is preparing for the rise of the electric car
    • Big birthday in a small state: Saarland celebrates its 100-year old history
    • The essential words and phrases for a night out in Germany
    • Germany's Lufthansa scraps Tehran flights until January 20th
    • German word of the day: Schweineteuer
    • Nine ways to get through winter the German way
    • German man dies three years after colleague poisoned sandwiches
  • 12 January
    • WWII bombs in Dortmund made safe after mass evacuation
  • 13 January
    • More than 500 seals born on historic German island in three months
    • Rise of e-mobility in Germany puts 'more than 400,000 jobs at risk'
    • Why a plan to open Turkish schools in Germany has prompted uproar
    • German word of the day: Der/Das Schlamassel
    • UPDATE: Two US airmen found dead at Germany military base
    • Neglected five-year-old German girl saw 'no daylight for years'
    • 'We can deploy this money sensibly for the future': Germany pockets billions in surpluses
    • Outrage in Germany as Siemens backs Aussie mine project
  • 14 January
    • Germany and France to push EU to end shredding of male chicks
    • Update: German police raid 'Islamists' suspected of violent attack plot
    • Saxony police probe motorcycling 'Hitler'
    • Why is this Germany's 'ugliest word of the year'?
    • Carmaker Opel announces 2,100 job cuts in Germany
    • Update: Germany to invest €62 billion to modernize rail network
    • German health care: Everything that changes for patients in 2020
    • Five maps that explain Saarland, Germany's 100-year old state
    • German carmakers beat global sales slump amid job cut woes
    • Brits living in Europe warned of post-Brexit 'consequences'
  • 15 January
    • Germany debates how to spend massive budget surplus
    • Germany investigates three suspects over 'spying for China'
    • German word of the day: Naja
    • Environmental groups launch suit against Merkel's 'weak' climate laws
    • 'Tyres made from dandelions': Germany to invest billions in 'bio-economy'
    • 'Bullet holes' found in window of Halle politician's office
  • 16 January
    • Traffic chaos hits German cities as farmers stage tractor protest
    • Germany backs speedier 'shutdown plan' for coal mines
    • German startups receive record €6.2 billion in investment
    • 'The threat exists': Germany confirms possibility of higher European car tariffs from US
    • Bundestag votes against 'opt-out' system of organ donation in Germany
    • Berlin villa where Holocaust was planned launches new permanent exhibit
  • 17 January
    • New website shows how German industry used Auschwitz prisoners as slaves
    • Far-right Danish politician calls (again) for return of German region
  • 18 January
    • Farmers protest green tape ahead of giant German food fair
  • 19 January
    • German shops chaff against 'wasteful' receipt law
  • 20 January
    • German army adviser goes on trial for spying for Iran
    • REVEALED: Where rent prices are falling in Germany
    • OPINION: We shouldn't expect special treatment from EU just because we're British
    • Protests as Tesla receives approval for factory purchase near Berlin
    • The complete guide to German animal-themed phrases
    • New photos show convicted Nazi guard John Demjanjuk at Sobibor
    • 10 of the best things to do around Germany in 2020
    • 5 key things you need to know about German working culture
  • 21 January
    • Discovery of US WWII bomb in Cologne disrupts train services
    • German phrase of the day: Mach's gut
    • From Galapagos to Germany: My workplace goal of 2020
    • Police to lower German language requirements to encourage more recruits
    • Explained: How to find a lost friend or relative in Germany
    • Fact-check: Is winter actually coming to Germany this year?
    • WWII bomb found in central Cologne made safe after evacuation
    • 10 German words you need to know to engage in the climate debate
    • The German habits foreign residents say they can't shake off
  • 22 January
    • 'I've lived 81 years in the shadow of the Shoah': Holocaust survivor flown back to Germany for exhibition
    • Germany's Adidas turns to recycled material 'to combat ocean plastic'
    • Kitas: Berlin mother awarded €7,500 for lack of childcare spot
    • Why are more and more people in Germany working multiple jobs?
    • Jobs in Germany: Should foreign workers join a union?
    • Can Brits still move to Germany after Brexit day?
    • These are the changes families in Germany need to know about in 2020
  • 23 January
    • Explained: Why Germany is vulnerable to US car tariffs
    • 'No place in our society': Germany bans neo-Nazi group Combat 18
    • Flu virus in Germany causes more than 30 deaths and leaves 3,500 in hospital
    • Germany returns famous artwork looted by Nazis
    • Everything you need to know about eating out in Germany
    • UPDATE: Two children die after school bus crash in eastern Germany
    • Neo-Nazis 'targeting' tours raise alarm at former WWII Buchenwald concentration camp
    • Sweet 16: How Germany's Bundesliga wants to lower minimum age limit
    • Meet the Beatles superfan keeping the Fab Four alive in Hamburg
  • 24 January
    • Germany's biggest automobile club 'no longer against' speed limit on Autobahn
    • Halle politician reportedly receives death threats from far-right
    • Demand for tax cuts in Germany grows after record budget surplus
    • UPDATE: Gunman kills parents and four others in southwestern Germany
    • Woman, 33, dies after being shot during police operation in Berlin
    • 'Life here is worth living': Meet Germany's countryside influencers
    • 'Hiding under the duvet with a bottle of wine': How Brits in Germany will mark Brexit day
    • 10 beautiful ways to express your love in German
  • 26 January
    • German rescue boat picks up 78 migrants off Libya
    • Germany fears 'mass exit' of Jews if hatred persists
  • 27 January
    • Seven WWII bombs defused at Tesla's factory site near Berlin
    • 'It should never happen again': Auschwitz survivors mark liberation 75 years on
    • Berlin plan for €1 per day public transport ticket stirs up controversy
    • 'We have to expect cases': Germany ramps up preparations for coronavirus
    • 'Ready, set, test!': Volunteers sought for trial opening of Berlin's new BER airport
    • Survivor born in Auschwitz says stories of atrocity must be told
  • 28 January
    • UPDATE: German coronavirus patient is first human-to-human case in Europe
    • German word of the day: Der Augenstern
    • UPDATE: Coronavirus in Germany - what you need to know
    • Brexit will shift the EU's new centre to a German village of 80
    • Why is this phrase Germany's 'Anglicism of the Year'?
    • Deutsche Bahn rejects 25 Bombardier trains over 'manufacturing defects'
    • Berlin court rules hostel at North Korean embassy must close
    • Number of German coronavirus patients increases to four
  • 29 January
    • German MEP quits leftist bloc after far-right past unmasked
    • Coronavirus: Demand for face masks in Germany jumps - but do they actually work?
    • German word of the day: Der Schlussstrich
    • U-Büro: Fully-equipped office discovered in Berlin metro line
    • Past 'evils' are returning, Germany and Israel warn at Holocaust event
    • Double trouble: Berlin's panda twins get set for public debut
    • Activists stage protests in Germany as cabinet passes coal exit law
    • Germany's Lufthansa cancels all flights to and from China over coronavirus
  • 30 January
    • Germans in Scotland: How Brexit has changed their view of the UK
    • Why the number of self-employed people in Germany is rising
    • OPINION: If the UK won't stand up for the rights of Britons in Europe then it's down to us
    • Coronavirus: Germany to evacuate 90 citizens from China
    • UPDATE: German nurse 'poisoned babies with morphine'
    • German far-right AfD leader faces tax evasion probe
    • Trinkgeld: What you need to know about tipping culture in Germany
    • 'No big bang but things will change down the line’ : How Brexit will affect Brits in Germany
    • 'I hope no one else leaves': Sadness and hopes at EU's post-Brexit centre in German village
    • Seven events you won't want to miss in February 2020 in Germany
    • Travel in Germany: Sipping smoked beer and soaking up culture in beautiful Bamberg
    • Working in Germany: How to write the perfect cover letter in English
    • 'We're setting a clear stop sign': Berlin passes five-year rent freeze law
    • German word of the day: Das Drachenfutter
  • 31 January
    • Berlinale award withdrawn over founding director's Nazi past
    • 'I'm giving up my UK passport': Brits in Germany share their heartbreak over Brexit day
    • The Local's view: Most Brits in Europe didn't ask for Brexit, but now we have to make it work
    • The words you need to know before renting a flat in Germany
    • Coronavirus: Berlin sends plane to Wuhan to evacuate citizens as fifth case detected in Germany
    • Watch: How do Brits in the EU feel about Brexit actually happening?
    • 'Goodbye and good luck': How Germany is reacting to Brexit day
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