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

01 April
- Demand for plexiglass coronavirus shields spikes in Germany
- Everything that changes in April 2020 in Germany
- Coronavirus in Germany: The phone numbers and websites you need to know about
- Why has Bavaria been hit so hard in the coronavirus pandemic?
- German word of the day: Der Aprilscherz
- Kurzarbeit: Germany bets on tried-and-tested tool for coronavirus jobs crisis
- 'A pandemic knows no holidays': Germany extends coronavirus curbs on public life
- Adidas apologises after outrage over coronavirus rent freeze
02 April
- How has your work or small business in Germany been impacted by the coronavirus crisis?
- Privacy-mad Germany turns to app to track coronavirus spread
- Majority of Germans are social distancing but don't support nationwide coronavirus lockdown
- 'Costing us votes': Head of Germany's far-right AfD urges split with radical wing
- German airline giant Lufthansa puts 87,000 workers on reduced hours
- 'A huge wave': German state bank to give up to €100 billion in coronavirus loans
- How German scientists hope to find coronavirus answers in country's worst-hit spot
- 'They could reduce the risk': Germany's public health institute updates stance on face masks
- Germany to let in foreign farm workers after alarm over coronavirus border closures
- More than 2,000 medical staff infected with coronavirus in Germany
03 April
- ‘Rest breaks are allowed’: What you need to know about Berlin’s new coronavirus rules and fines
- Coronavirus: Germans to be fined up to €500 for breaking social distancing rules
- Coronavirus deaths in Germany top 1,000 as officials say infection rate is slowing
- Germany enlists industrial giants to procure face masks and medical gear
- Merkel returns to office after two weeks in self-quarantine
- German car sales plummet to lowest level in nearly three decades
- Coronavirus across Europe: An inside view as Europeans search for signs of hope
- 'Modern-day piracy': German official says US swooped on masks at airport
- Dortmund stadium to be used as medical centre in coronavirus crisis
05 April
- Coronavirus and face masks: How countries have shifted their advice to the public
- German virologists say people 'initially immune' after coronavirus infection
06 April
- Coronabonds: Germany urged to back joint EU debt to fight crisis
- State by state: How much do you have to pay for flouting Germany's coronavirus rules?
- German government to guarantee 100 percent of loans to smaller firms in coronavirus aid package
- Germany to order all arriving travellers to self-quarantine
- How to make the most of German culture while social distancing
- Germany debates post-lockdown plan as Merkel calls coronavirus 'biggest test in EU history'
- US denies 'Wild West' swoop on Berlin-bound masks at airport
- Deutsche Bahn sees 85 percent drop in passenger numbers due to coronavirus
07 April
- LATEST: Germany launches app in bid to monitor coronavirus spread
- 'I make sure the windows are closed': German opera musicians on rehearsing at home
- ANALYSIS: When will the coronavirus epidemic peak in Germany?
- EXPLAINED: How are mental health issues at work dealt with in Germany?
- German 101-year-old sneaks out of nursing home amid coronavirus lockdown
- Germany warns of spike in anti-Semitism linked to coronavirus
- When and how will Germany's lockdown measures end?
- Germanwings shut down as Lufthansa reduces fleet size due to coronavirus
08 April
- Long-running German Love Parade stampede trial risks ending without verdict
- Coronavirus: Germany caught up in multi-million-euro mask fraud scheme
- How homeless people in Germany are being supported during the coronavirus crisis
- 'We're the only ones still willing': Germany to take up to 500 children from Greek camps
- IN PICTURES: Supermoon lights up the sky across Germany
- 'Highly likely' that Germany will enforce face masks, says Bavarian state premier
- 80 firefighters tackle blaze at rebuilt Kaiser's palace in Berlin
- Tell us: How are the coronavirus lockdown measures in Germany affecting you?
- Coronavirus: What is (and isn't) allowed over Easter weekend in Germany
- Coronavirus: Daimler to restart German factories from April 20th
09 April
- Germany could see 'gradual return to normality' after Easter holidays
- Polish healthcare workers in Germany face Easter away from families amid corona crisis
- North Rhine-Westphalia halts coronavirus aid payments over fake websites
- Kurzarbeit: German partial unemployment 'to exceed 2009 financial crisis level'
- German airline giant Lufthansa 'losing €1 million per hour'
- 'People are breaking the rules': What it’s like living in Germany during the coronavirus lockdown
- 'The situation is fragile': Merkel urges Germans to stick to coronavirus restrictions
10 April
- Russian investigators probe wartime Nazi massacres
- French and German beer brewers fear a bitter summer as lockdowns drag on
- Coronavirus across Europe: An inside view as countries plot a path back to normal life
- INTERVIEW: How Germany is gearing up for virus tracing app
- Ex-Olympic German champ to stage Ironman fundraiser from his home
- 'You get a feeling that Berliners think the worst of coronavirus has passed'
- Romanian seasonal workers head to Germany despite Covid-19 pandemic
11 April
- Why there are so many rainbows on German windows and footpaths
- Coronavirus: Battle breaks out as beach visits allowed in northern Germany
- Pandemic not war but 'test of humanity': German president
12 April
- Germany: Coronavirus quarantine for elderly may last until December
- Coronavirus: Germany condemns anti-French aggression along border
- Coronavirus in Germany: Police attacked while enforcing social distancing measures
13 April
- Buchenwald concentration camp quietly marks 75th anniversary of its liberation
- For the love of Spargel: Why Germany has eased border rules amid the coronavirus pandemic
- Majority of Germans 'against relaxation of coronavirus lockdown measures'
- Coronavirus: German football bosses set to decide fate of Bundesliga games
- 'Schools should reopen': Germany moves towards lockdown exit as coronavirus cases drop
- What needs to happen before European countries lift coronavirus restrictions?
14 April
- 'Visitors are questioning the truth': Germany's Holocaust memorial sites fight new threat from far-right
- 'Balconies, life, art': Berlin's locked-in artists display their work
- Germany's coronavirus lockdown exit plans: What happens now?
- Germany ranked 'second safest country in the world' during coronavirus pandemic
- German police deploy drones to monitor coronavirus restrictions
- LATEST: German coronavirus cases 'stable' as leaders debate easing lockdown
15 April
- Europol thwarts fake face mask sale to Germany
- Germany arrests five men over suspected IS terror plot
- UPDATE: Germany set to extend coronavirus restrictions until early May
- 'Blaming won't help': Germany slams Trump's WHO payment freeze
- Coronavirus: German recession to last until mid 2020
- Canned sausages and soup: What are Germans buying during the corona crisis?
- LATEST: Germany to begin easing coronavirus curbs in coming weeks
- Germany recommends face masks in shops and public transport
- 75 years later, Germany marks liberation of Bergen-Belsen Nazi camp
16 April
- Germany bans major events until end of August: What you need to know
- EXPLAINED: Do you have to wear a face mask in Germany?
- VIDEO: Watch Merkel explain the delicate challenge of ending lockdown in Germany
- Expert Q&A: 'Social distancing will be needed in Germany for a very long time'
17 April
- Each coronavirus-hit person 'infecting fewer than one' in Germany
- Race to succeed Merkel continues in the shadows of Germany's coronavirus battle
- Coronavirus outbreak in Germany is 'under control', says Health Minister
- Germany to make '50 million face masks a month'
- Coronavirus around Europe: Questions and concerns remain as countries move towards easing restrictions
- EXPLAINED: How France and Germany's lockdown exit strategies compare
- What you need to know about plans for Germany's states to ease lockdown
18 April
- German coronavirus patient feels 'lucky' to be treated with world-class care
19 April
- 'Europe needs an answer': Italian PM tells Germany to back 'coronabonds'
20 April
- Germany starts to slowly open up as coronavirus deemed 'under control'
- Baguette-loving Germans go fishing at French border for their pastry fix during pandemic
- 'Fight against forgetting': Germany marks Holocaust anniversary in shadow of coronavirus
- Germany to cover costs of coronavirus patients flown in from EU countries
- LATEST: Bavaria makes face masks compulsory in bid to control coronavirus spread
- Merkel 'greatly concerned' as public life in Germany starts to reopen
- Bavaria: How Germany's worst-hit state is emerging from coronavirus lockdown
21 April
- Germany's Oktoberfest 2020 cancelled over coronavirus pandemic
- From visas to taxes: These German deadlines have been extended due to the coronavirus
- LATEST: Berlin joins other German states to make face masks compulsory on public transport
- International students: How have you been affected by the coronavirus outbreak in Germany?
- 'We risk a shortage': Oktoberfest cancellation deals fresh blow to German beer industry
- What are Berlin's new rules to ease the coronavirus lockdown?
- 'No risks' ahead of Berlin Brandenburg (BER) airport opening in October 2020
22 April
- German football plans May return amid raging debate
- 'Important milestone': Germany to start first clinical tests on coronavirus vaccine
- Climate crisis: 2019 was Europe's hottest year in history, EU says
- Face masks to be made compulsory across Germany in fight against coronavirus
- State by state: When (and how) will Germany's schools open again?
23 April
- Workers and restaurants benefit from Germany's new €10 billion coronavirus package
- 'Let's not risk a setback': Merkel warns against easing Germany's coronavirus rules too quickly
- 'Spirit of solidarity': Germany to 'significantly' raise EU budget contribution
- 'The German government has sent the wrong signal by relaxing coronavirus lockdown'
- Face masks in Germany: What are the requirements and potential fines in every state?
- UPDATE: When will it be possible to travel to and from Germany again?
24 April
- LATEST: Germany gears up for second coronavirus wave amid steps back to normalcy
- Coronavirus: German couple fined €400 after eating ice cream too close to shop
- Have you applied for Germany's coronavirus grants for freelancers, the self-employed or small businesses?
- Danish parties agree to kickstart $7.5bn Germany link
- Alone Together: How I had an unexpected night out at a German online bar
- Coronavirus: Calls for footballers to wear masks if Bundesliga returns
- 'It's important that people stay active': How a Munich fitness studio evolved online in the corona crisis
- 'Orgies' and squabbling: Why Germany is not in control of the coronavirus pandemic as much as it appears
25 April
- Germany ramps up antibody tests to determine coronavirus immunity
- Coronavirus across Europe: How the pandemic has affected those living abroad
- 'No evidence' you can't get Covid-19 twice: WHO
- German official asks Poland to ease border restrictions
26 April
- German start-up in global demand with anti-coronavirus UV light treatment
- Coronavirus: Dozens of anti-lockdown protesters arrested in Berlin
- Germany's AfD fires self-proclaimed fascist spokesman
27 April
- German government set to introduce permanent 'right to work from home'
- Bavarian police bust cellar hairdressers
- Germany switches to Google and Apple on virus tracing app over privacy concerns
- From schools to face masks: What changes in Germany from Monday?
- Merkel faces growing criticism over German coronavirus strategy
- Family returns large sum of cash found in discarded sewing machine in Germany
- 200 migration reporters sign up for The Local's solutions journalism training
- 'It's warm and you can't breathe well': Germans don face masks to slow coronavirus spread
28 April
- 11 German words and phrases we've learned during the coronavirus outbreak
- LATEST: German coronavirus spread worsens as lockdown eases
- Which parts of Germany are 'corona free' and where is the virus most prevalent?
- 'No significant risk' of catching coronavirus from Euro banknotes
- All pupils in Germany 'should return to school before summer holidays'
- Face masks become mandatory in all shops and on public transport in Germany
29 April
- UPDATE: Germany extends worldwide tourist travel warning until mid-June
- 'We just didn't realise': What it was like growing up in post-Nazi Dachau
- More tests to flu shots: How Germany plans to improve its coronavirus response
- German coronavirus testing capacity increases to 900,000 a week
- Germany braces for 'worst recession' in post-war history
- New rules and tougher penalties: Here's what's changing for drivers and cyclists in Germany
- Neo-Nazi charged with murder 'projected his xenophobia' on German pro-migrant politician
30 April
- 'Poisoning social relations': German coronavirus 'snitches' spark rows
- Germany's top court rules against coronavirus ban on religious services
- LATEST: Germany to extend coronavirus social distancing measures until May 10th
- German jobless total spikes in April due to coronavirus
- Coronavirus: Germany to reopen religious buildings, museums and playgrounds
- Everything that changes in May 2020 in Germany
- Merkel warns Germans to 'remain disciplined' despite easing coronavirus measures
- German Bundesliga starts testing players for coronavirus amid restart hopes