📰 Breaking News: News Archive for February 2021 | Latest Updates from Germany 2025

01 February
- How can Germany speed up its Covid-19 vaccination campaign?
- How a Bavarian supermarket is helping shoppers find love amid shutdown
- German chemicals giant Bayer to produce Curevac coronavirus vaccine
- Eight online events in Germany not to miss in February 2021
- German politicians call for workers to get day off for public holidays that fall on weekends
- 'Now is not the time for easing Covid-19 restrictions', warns Bavarian premier
- German housing co-ops: What are they and how do I sign up?
02 February
- Munich hospital that treated Germany's 'patient zero' says Covid-19 fight not over
- Germany to launch national vaccination plan amid disappointment over shortages
- 'Miracles are not going to happen': Row breaks out over Germany's slow Covid- 19 vaccine rollout
- 'Lockdown' voted Germany's English word of the year
- EU launches 'vaccine tracker' and shifts strategy away from AstraZeneca
- Berlin's Berlinale film fest to be held both online and live during pandemic
- Germany sends ventilators and doctors to hard-hit Portugal
- Merkel to give rare unscheduled TV interview on Germany's Covid-19 situation
- 'A new generation of stamps': Deutsche Post rolls out QR-style tracking codes
- How Germany’s Covid-19 shutdown has made this winter tougher than most
- Merkel says 'all vaccines welcome' during rare TV interview
03 February
- German virologist warns against relaxing Covid-19 measures before vaccine widely available
- German police probes threat to school named after neo-Nazi victim
- Where (and why) demand for holiday homes in Germany is rocketing
- ANALYSIS: Can Germany get on board with a 'no Covid' strategy?
- Germany pushes to replace the term 'race' in constitution
- 'We can work together': Germany moves to bring Russian vaccine into EU
04 February
- EXPLAINED: How Germany plans to support families and businesses in the pandemic
- 'More than half' of Germans lose trust in government's handling of pandemic
- German Health Minister hints at easing of Covid-19 measures
- Here's how Germany's Kinderbonus payments 'boosted economy' in pandemic
- German Ethics Council speaks out against special privileges for vaccinated people
- Merkel assures parents that schools and Kitas will be first to open after shutdown
- Weird weather: Temperatures between -7C and up to 20C expected in Germany at weekend
- Germany records new spike in far-right crime in 2020
05 February
- Merkel admits pandemic keeps her 'awake at night'
- German phrase of the day: Auf den Keks gehen
- Why Germany is facing extreme winter weather this month
- German Health Minister calls for cautious shutdown exit amid Covid-19 mutation concerns
- Macron and Merkel in talks over European defence and US relations
- Can Germany's small breweries survive the coronavirus shutdown?
- German LGBT actors come out en masse in plea for diversity
- Germany charges Nazi camp secretary with complicity in murders
- Germany welcomes US troop withdrawal freeze under Biden
- What happened during Germany's 'catastrophic winter' of 78/79?
- 'It would be a mess': Merkel and Macron defend EU vaccine strategy
06 February
- 'It's a grieving process': The difficulties of moving home from Europe
- Germany in talks with vaccine makers about funding for more capacity
07 February
- Telemedicine takes off in Germany during pandemic
08 February
- Germany braces for more snow as extreme winter weather causes travel chaos
- IN PICTURES: Snow and bitterly cold temperatures hit Germany
- German government dampens hopes of relaxing lockdown ahead of crunch talks
- Vaccinated German care home residents test positive for British coronavirus variant
- Germany sees rise in number of Muslims injured in hate crimes
- When was Germany's coldest winter?
- Germany charges 100-year-old former Nazi camp guard
09 February
- Sweden, Germany and Poland throw out Russian diplomats in row over Navalny protest
- EXPLAINED: How Germany can increase its supply of vaccines
- Calls grow for Germany to offer 'step-by-step plan' to exit lockdown
- Here's when parents in Germany will receive a one-off €150 'Kinderbonus' payment
- 'Austria is acting irresponsibly': Germany considers border closures with neighbour
- Hundreds of drivers spend night on Autobahn as Germany's snow chaos continues
- Should Germany's lockdown be tightened further over virus variants?
- Merkel seeks to extend Covid-19 measures as Germans grumble
- EXPLAINED: What you need to know about dealing with German bureaucracy online
- Hard-hit German state pushes for reopening of schools
10 February
- 'No food, no future': German farmers protest against insect protection plans
- German government pushes to extend Covid-19 shutdown until March 14th
- Germany grapples with temperatures as low as -26.7C
- EXPLAINED: What will Germany's plan to extend lockdown measures involve?
- BioNTech starts Covid-19 vaccine production at new German site
- Breaking the ice in Berlin: How I braved a winter dip during lockdown
- Germany aims to offer priority groups and all over 60s first vaccine by end of June
- Hair salons in Germany to reopen on March 1st
- Germany toughens China travel warning over 'invasive' Covid tests
- Germany extends Covid-19 lockdown measures to March 7th
- COMPARE: How are countries across Europe faring in the battle against Covid-19?
11 February
- What you need to know about Germany's extended Covid-19 measures - and opening plans
- 'The virus is our opponent': Merkel defends Germany's shutdown extension
- Snow chaos continues in Germany amid temperatures as low as -20C
- EXPLAINED: Here's where rent prices are falling (and going up) in Germany
- Berlinale: Famous Berlin film festival to spotlight pandemic-era movies
- UPDATE: Germany to close borders with Austria's Tyrol and Czech regions
- Majority of German schools and Kitas set to reopen on February 22nd
12 February
- EXPLAINED: The charts and maps that explain the state of the pandemic in Germany
- How people across Germany have skipped Covid-19 vaccine queues
- 'If Germany opens up now we'll gamble away our success,' warns Health Minister
- How European countries could use Covid-sniffing dogs to reduce infections
- How to finance your master's studies in Germany as an international student
- Merkel proposes plan to gradually relax Covid-19 restrictions
13 February
- How European countries have changed after a year of coronavirus crisis
- Germany wants troops to stay on in Afghanistan
- Czechs rush to Germany before border closes
14 February
- How the pandemic pushed Germany's 'mini-jobbers' to the brink
- Germany imposes controls on Czech and Austrian borders
15 February
- Carnival: How Germany is celebrating Rosenmontag in lockdown
- IN PICTURES: Germany embraces cold snap amid warnings over icy waterways
- Will Easter holiday travel be possible in Germany this year?
- Germany not ruling out French border checks over coronavirus
- Is Merkel's legacy in danger as Germany grapples with slow Covid-19 vaccine rollout?
- What you need to know about Germany's new border controls
16 February
- Icy weather causes accidents in Germany as cold spell set to end
- Update: Germany extends travel ban on Covid-19 variant countries
- Post-Brexit visa rules: How can Brits move to Germany in 2021 and beyond?
- Germany plans free coronavirus rapid tests for all residents
- EXPLAINED: How Germany will change Covid-19 strategy and ramp up testing
- German soldier in 'racist attack plot' to stand trial
- More Germans mull move to countryside as 'home office' grows in popularity
17 February
- How a German castle has sparked civil war in Monaco's royal family
- Airbnb drives up rents in Berlin, new study finds
- The forgotten story of an Irish dancer who brought down the king of Bavaria
- Top virologist backs mass rollout of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in Germany
- UK coronavirus variant spreading rapidly in Germany, warns Health Minister
- Employees in Germany see biggest drop in wages in more than a decade
- Mass testing v lockdown: How France and Germany's approaches to Covid radically diverged
- New head of Merkel's CDU under fire for pandemic comments
- 12 useful bureaucratic things you can do online in Germany
- Three injured in explosion at Lidl's German headquarters
18 February
- EXPLAINED: How Bavaria plans to reopen after Covid shutdown
- IN NUMBERS: What is the current coronavirus situation around Germany?
- Hundreds of Berlin police carry out raids and arrests on criminal gangs
- What a famous German cartoon can teach jobseekers
- ANALYSIS: How (and why) Germany tightened its target for lifting lockdown restrictions
- 'Take AstraZeneca now': German health officials plead with public to get jab amid scepticism
- EU agrees list of accepted Covid rapid antigen tests and says results should be in English
- 'I want to know origin of my grapes': Amazon loses fruit and veg ruling in German court
19 February
- How the chatty robot Franzi is cheering up German patients
- Covid-19 variant: Is the Flensburg outbreak a red flag for Germany?
- Berlin launches task force against anti-Muslim racism on anniversary of Hanau attacks
- Germany marks a year since deadly racist shooting in Hanau
- 'More young people will become ill': Germany facing tough battle against Covid-19 variants
- Several German states prepare to open schools Monday
- German police probe mysterious letter-bomb attacks on food firms
- Germany to see temperatures up to 20C after winter freeze
- How Berlin couples are navigating open relationships during the lockdown
- Germany gives extra €1.5 billion for global vaccine rollout
- Denmark tightens border to Germany following coronavirus outbreak
20 February
- Germany worries about corona case rise, as R-value goes above one
- US deports 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard to Germany
- Here's how Germany's sport and cultural venues plan to reopen safely
21 February
- Pensioner arrested over letter-bomb attacks in Germany
- Ancient Jewish settlement to be brought back to life in Cologne
- Head of Germany's 'wise men' council warns against quick end to lockdown
22 February
- Germany urges 'caution' as Covid-19 infections climb and schools reopen
- What you need to know about sending post between Germany and the UK after Brexit
- Berlin's health officials call for new strategy to come out of shutdown
- Merkel proposes plan to ease lockdown measures in three stages
- 'The right thing to do': How Germany is reopening its schools
- OPINION: How the Covid-19 vaccine fiasco exposes the myth of German efficiency
- 'Millions could be vaccinated quickly': Should Germany grant wider rollout of AstraZeneca?
- Kurzarbeit: Everything you need to know about paying taxes on reduced working hours
23 February
- German government delays free rapid Covid-19 test rollout
- These are the unusual names parents in Germany are giving their newborns
- Germany is entering Covid-19 third wave, warns health expert
- Germany sees temperature rise of record 41.9C in one week
- Is this Germany's step-by-step plan to come out of shutdown?
- What you need to know about donating to nonprofits in Germany
- German Catholic Church appoints first female secretary
24 February
- Third of Germans 'do not want Covid-19 vaccine'
- EU tells Germany to lift Covid-19 border restrictions
- The new German words that perfectly describe the coronavirus pandemic
- Germany seizes 16 tonnes of cocaine in Europe's biggest-ever haul
- What you need to know about Germany's new at-home coronavirus tests
- Germany's teachers and Kita staff given green light to get Covid-19 vaccine this week
25 February
- France and Germany bring in extra testing rules at border due to Covid variant fears
- Everything that changes in Germany in March 2021
- Why an ‘old’ man is taking on German nightclubs' door policies in court
- German man arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia from Reichstag
- Germany records rise in new Covid-19 cases amid talk of loosening restrictions
- Germans turn to hunting to 'ethically' source food
- German retail giants start wave of lawsuits against lockdown
- 'Restore trust': Boss of German Wirecard office replaced following scandal
- State by state: What are Germany's plans to reopen public life in March?
26 February
- German MP investigated for 'bribery' over mask contract
- Berlin activists show manspreaders who wears the trousers
- Merkel dampens hopes of imminent easing of Covid-19 restrictions
- Merkel supports plan for EU vaccination passports by summer
- German Health Minister expresses 'delight' at drop in Covid-19 infections among elderly
- Berlin’s rental cap has 'more than halved the size of market'
- 6 Covid-19 vaccine challenges Germany is facing right now
27 February
- Germany holds virtual Berlinale film festival
28 February
- German commission may do U-turn on AstraZeneca jab for elderly
- Germany to tighten Covid controls at French border