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

01 June
- LATEST: Germany's emergency brake 'set to expire' in June amid low Covid figures
- ANALYSIS: How do Germany's Covid-19 numbers compare to other European countries?
- 'Significantly better situation': Germany's Covid danger level downgraded for first time in six months
- German word of the day: Grübeln
- Britons in Europe face Brexit deadlines with many yet to apply for residency
- Indoor dining and gyms: How Berlin's new eased Covid rules affect you
- EXPLAINED: How states across Germany are relaxing Covid rules
- Can Americans travel to Germany for tourism this summer?
02 June
- Meet the German team developing the EU's first vaccine passport
- Will Germans continue wearing face masks after the pandemic?
- Germany's far-right AfD ahead in regional poll with anti-shutdown stance
- EXPLAINED: How can people in Germany get a Covid vaccine appointment?
- LATEST: German Health Minister 'wants to prepare' for possible fourth Covid wave
- Brits in Germany urged to apply for residency before end of June deadline
- German cabinet approves decision to open up vaccines to all starting on Monday
- Reader question: Where can I get Germany's 'yellow vaccination booklet' and do I need it?
- UPDATE: Germany-Russia flights resume after tit-for-tat cancellations
03 June
- 'CDU in weak position': Merkel's conservatives face crucial test in Germany's regional elections
- EU delays adding UK to 'white list' for non-essential travel
- German health expert warns of 'fourth Covid wave' due to variants and travellers
- 'Infringement on air quality': EU court slams Germany for pollution in cities
- EXPLAINED: Will it be possible to travel to Germany this summer?
- 'I'm going crazy': Why international residents in Europe will travel this summer despite Covid
- State by state: What are the new rules for tourism around Germany?
- OPINION: Is it true that Germans don't understand sarcasm?
04 June
- Germany records lowest Covid numbers since October as more states open up
- German word of the day: Tja
- German bishop resigns over Catholic church's 'failure' in abuse scandal
- IN PICTURES: Storms and floods strike across western Germany
- Five lesser known German summer destinations to visit this year
- From ‘crisis beer’ to crowdfunding: How German small brewers are getting creative during the pandemic
05 June
- Germany cracks down on fake Covid vaccine documents
06 June
- Merkel's CDU faces final test as Germans vote in regional elections
- Germany records another new low in Covid-19 numbers
- Merkel's conservatives win last state vote before general election
07 June
- ANALYSIS: Merkel's CDU gains momentum after victory in key state election
- Postcode lottery: Brits in Germany on what it's like to apply for the post-Brexit residence card
- Germany opens up Covid vaccines to everyone over the age of 12
- German word of the day: Stimmt
- State by state: How to apply for a Covid vaccine appointment in Germany
- 'Nothing to do with facts': Merkel slams coalition partner in row over face masks
- German consumers 'pay the highest electricity prices in Europe'
- 7 things the Covid-19 crisis has taught us about Germany
- Berlin Marathon organisers hope for 35,000 runners to take part in September
- EXPLAINED: Everything you need to know about parental leave in Germany
08 June
- Germany's infection rate drops further as some areas reach 'zero-Covid'
- Commuting: How many people in Germany travel to another federal state for work?
- Weather: Germany hit by local storms before warming up to 35C in coming week
- A million Europeans obtain EU Covid health pass ahead of vote
- Tell us: What's your experience of trying to get a Covid vaccine in Germany?
- British football teams allowed to skip Germany's quarantine for Euro 2020
- Housing: How did it get so expensive to live in Munich?
09 June
- Can Germany's Greens win over voters in eastern states ahead of election?
- Reader question: What are the Covid-19 test requirements for entering Germany?
- EXPLAINED: Could people in Germany soon be working until the age of 68?
- German pharmacies to start offering digital vaccine certificates
- German train drivers announce strikes after pay talks collapse
- Germany opens fresh probe against police over neo-Nazi chats
- Reader question: Can I get a retirement visa for Germany?
- Germany's digital vaccine pass to be rolled out 'step by step' from Thursday
- Hamburg and Vienna plummet in ‘most liveable cities’ ranking due to pandemic
10 June
- German health experts warn some groups 'not fully protected' after Covid vaccine
- Germany to catch glimpse of rare partial solar eclipse on Thursday
- Frankfurt dissolves elite police unit over far-right chats
- Pope rejects German bishop's offer to quit over abuse scandal
- Germany takes third spot in global ranking of ‘ultra-rich’ people
- Germany launches new digital Covid health pass
- Berlin mayor hopeful and ex-cabinet minister stripped of doctorate title in uni scandal
- Eight unique words and phrases that tell us something about Germany
- How did this Bavarian Covid hotspot get infections down to zero?
- Europe remains at risk of Autumn Covid resurgence, WHO warns
11 June
- Germany is in 'race to vaccinate' amid rise of Covid Delta variant, Merkel warns
- German states call for uniform Covid rules at big events
- Almost one in four people in Germany fully vaccinated against Covid
- Germany to lift Covid travel warning for most countries from July
- Austria removed completely from Germany's Covid risk list
- Will Curevac's Covid vaccine delay impact Germany's jab rollout?
- Merkel to meet US President Biden in Washington this July
- Travel: Five of the best day trips to take in Lower Saxony
- Lufthansa fires up 'jumbo jet' for surge in German tourists bound for Mallorca
- German bishop says 'why not?' to blessing same-sex unions
12 June
- It’s legal to trim your neighbour's tree (even if he doesn't want you to), Germany’s highest court rules
- Major milestone: more than 40 million Germans vaccinated against Covid
13 June
- German Greens back weakened leader Baerbock after polls slump
- German justice minister tells states to consider abolishing mask wearing rules
- Dancing like there's no Covid: first German nightclub reopens in Leipzig
14 June
- German pharmacies begin offering digital vaccination certificates
- German Health Minister suggests gradual end to compulsory face masks
- What happens if Brits in Germany don't apply for post-Brexit residence card by deadline?
- EXPLAINED: The complete guide to recycling in Germany
- Merkel and Macron to meet for dinner in Berlin on Friday
- German phrase of the day: Das Blaue vom Himmel versprechen
- Germany braces for first heatwave of year with temperatures up to 36C forecast
- How I got Germany's new digital CovPass with my US vaccination certificate
- COMPARE: What are the Covid test requirements around Europe for child travellers
15 June
- Half of big city households in Germany 'spend over 30 percent of income on rent'
- German health experts give green light to end of masks, but only outside
- German far-right scene grows as 'extremists infiltrate lockdown protests'
- EXPLAINED: The new rules on masks that come into force in Germany next week
- Imams 'made in Germany': country's first Islamic training college opens its doors
16 June
- Two hospitalized in Munich after activist crashes parachute into Euro 2020 stadium
- New army scandal: Germany vows to punish soldiers caught singing anti-Semitic songs
- Germany records lowest seven-day Covid incidence since September
- EU opens door to return of American tourists after adding US to safe list
- Delta variant: how worried should Germany be about a new wave of cases?
17 June
- Vaccine setback: Germany's CureVac jab posts poor trial results
- Dozens of police injured during riots at Berlin's last hold-out squat
- IN PICTURES: Germany enjoys scorching temperatures in hottest day of year
- Defenders vs. explorers: Germany 'divided into two bitterly opposed ideological camps'
- 'Chaotic and badly managed': Your verdict on Germany's Covid vaccine rollout
- Fact check: Is Germany facing an imminent Covid vaccine shortage?
18 June
- Two killed in shooting in western Germany
- Germany set to open borders to vaccinated non-EU nationals
- Heat wave brings thunderstorms, hail and heightened forest fire risk to Germany
- Why Germany's most famous wine tour has such a problematic past
- 'This can be a good summer': Half of Germans vaccinated at least once against Covid
- Berlin dancing ban ends on Friday: what you need to know
19 June
- EU and AstraZeneca both claim victory after Covid vaccine judgement
20 June
- How a new Berlin museum is carefully exploring Germany's wartime suffering
- TRAVEL: Germany plans to maintain border restrictions after pandemic laws end
21 June
- German conservatives to unveil manifesto for post-Merkel world
- Germany plans to bring in FFP2 masks made for children
- 'Confidence with caution': Germany's Covid rate halves in a week
- Germany arrests Russian scientist for spying for Moscow
- EXPLAINED: How Hamburg is relaxing its Covid rules
- No tax hikes, climate action: Here's what's in the election manifesto of Germany's CDU
- 7 ground-breaking German movies made by female filmmakers
22 June
- German health experts warn against travel to Covid Delta variant areas
- Spain lifts Covid testing requirement for travellers from Germany, Italy, Austria and more EU countries
- German interest in climate change drops amid worries over Covid
- UPDATE: UEFA refuses to light Munich stadium in rainbow colours for Germany-Hungary match
- Nearly a quarter of new Covid infections in Munich area 'caused by Delta variant'
- Merkel calls for better EU coordination on Covid travel rules
- Merkel gets Moderna as second jab after AstraZeneca first dose
- EXPLAINED: How Berlin's new eased rules on social gatherings affect you
- Tell us: What's your verdict on Germany's digital Covid health pass?
- Germany extends 'trust' period for employing UK citizens after Brexit
23 June
- Ancient sculptures prompt Germany to reckon with colonial past
- 'Vaccinate quickly': German states seeing surge in Delta variant Covid cases
- German word of the day: Das Tanzverbot
- Germany 'desperately searching' for skilled workers to plug shortage
- COMPARE: What are the entry rules around Europe for American travellers?
- Germany turns rainbow-coloured in protest at UEFA stadium ban
- EXPLAINED: What you need to know about travel between the US and Germany
- Merkel condemns Hungary's LGBTQ law as 'wrong'
- Merkel wants to see all European countries quarantine UK arrivals
24 June
- Share of Delta variant Covid cases in Germany almost doubles in a week
- 'We're running late on this': Deutsche Bahn promises better Wifi on German trains by 2026
- ANALYSIS: Where (and how) are Germany's Delta variant Covid-19 infections spreading?
- Germany and Europe ‘on thin ice’ amid rise of Delta variant, Merkel warns
- 'Shouldering the burden': US and Germany launch plan to combat Holocaust denial
- Medical expert warns Germany Euro 2020 fans not to travel to England
- EXPLAINED: How Germany is finally set to improve Wifi and phone signal on trains
- Namdeutsch: How has the German colonial period left its mark on Namibian culture?
25 June
- How can tourists and visitors in Germany get a Covid-19 test?
- Masks and Covid tests should continue in Germany's schools until 2022, say health officials
- Should Germany shorten Covid vaccine intervals to combat Delta?
- Fourth Covid wave in Germany 'depends on our actions', warns Health Minister
- Merkel to meet Boris Johnson for talks on pandemic and UK-Germany ties
- Germany's latest travel rules for vaccinated non-EU residents: What you need to know
- Hamas flag banned in Germany under new terror rules
- Germany passes new bee-protection law to ward off 'ecological apocalypse'
- How Germany is making it easier for Nazi victims' descendants to get citizenship
- Covid vaccine mix-and-match: Why is it so common in Germany - and is it safe?
- 'The customer is ready': German supermarket chain Aldi to phase out battery farm meat
- Three people killed in knife attack in German city of Würzburg
- Germany bans travel from Portugal and Russia over Covid Delta variant spread
26 June
- German investigators seek motive in deadly knife attack
27 June
- Germany to accelerate vaccinations as Delta variant spreads
28 June
- Is Germany set to tighten testing and quarantine travel rules?
- End of home office: Are employees in Germany ready to return to the workplace?
- UPDATE: Two injured in knife attack in German city of Erfurt
- EXPLAINED: What to do if your second Covid jab in Germany clashes with your holiday
- VIDEO Q&A: What Brits in Germany need to know about residency after Brexit
- Bavaria opens up Covid vaccines to all adults in bid to speed up jab drive
- Everything that changes in Germany in July 2021
29 June
- TRAVEL: Germany holds back on imposing tougher entry rules to tackle Delta strain
- IN PICTURES: Devastating storm rips through southern and western Germany
- 'Irresponsible': Germany urges UK government to reduce Euro 2020 crowd sizes
- Islamist motive 'likely' in deadly knife attack in Würzburg
- TRAVEL: How does the new EU Covid certificate work and how do I get one?
- EXPLAINED: Germany's new Covid-19 rules for workers
- German word of the day: Zocken
- Covid sceptics launch German job site for 'unvaccinated people only'
- 'Don't mention the war': Are the days of England-Germany jingoism behind us?
- EXPLAINED: How to get your digital Covid vaccine pass in Germany for EU travel
30 June
- 'Historic chapter ends': Germany completes troop pull-out from Afghanistan
- Number of people in Germany suffering from long-Covid set to 'significantly increase'
- Germany braces for more storms and torrential rain
- What it's like to study abroad in Germany during a pandemic
- US set to pick Amy Gutmann as first woman ambassador to Germany
- Queen Elizabeth to host Germany's Merkel during UK visit
- Reader question: Can I apply or return to a German university from a 'virus variant' area?
- Germany overtakes US for first Covid jabs
- German phrase of the day: über Gott und die Welt reden