📰 Breaking News: News Archive for January 2020 | Latest Updates from Germany 2025

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