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

01 July
- Covid vaccine from Germany's CureVac just 48 percent effective
- Delta variant accounts for 'at least half' of new Covid infections in Germany
- Germany to secure 204 million Covid vaccine 'booster' doses for 2022
- Germany could ease travel rules for UK and Portugal soon, says Health Minister
- EU Covid certificate: What are the different entry rules in place around Europe?
- Berlin to vote on radical bid to combat housing crisis
- Covid cases on the rise in Europe once again as WHO warns of Euro 2020 risk
- TRAVEL: Germany to impose stricter quarantine and border checks for summer
- EXPLAINED: How Germany's latest rules on international travel affect you
- Germany recommends mRNA Covid vaccine after AstraZeneca
- 'Extremely strict': What it's like to travel from the UK to Germany right now
02 July
- French Champagne makers win court case against German supermarket's sorbet
- German Greens' candidate defends herself against plagiarism claim
- Germany's nationwide Covid rate sinks to 5 cases per 100,000
- British drivers will no longer need an insurance 'green card' to visit Europe, EU rules
- EXPLAINED: The German words that come from Slavic languages
- ANALYSIS: What's going on with Germany's weather right now?
- Germany vows no more lockdowns for vaccinated people
- Schnelltests: Did rapid tests help bring Germany's Covid infection rate under control?
- What are the rules for travelling to some of Germany’s favourite holiday destinations?
- Merkel hopes to ease travel rules for vaccinated UK visitors to Germany
03 July
- Outdoor contact limits relaxed: these are Berlin’s new coronavirus rules
04 July
- How a rental car shortage in Europe could scupper summer holiday plans
- Germany's coronavirus infections rise for first time in four weeks
- Germany discusses fines for Covid jab no shows, as supply begins to outweigh demand
05 July
- German medical chief calls for end of Covid measures for vaccinated people
- Why (and where) Germans are choosing to go on holiday by car this year
- EXPLAINED: Why Covid vaccine demand is dropping in Germany
- German government rejects calls for fines on Covid vaccine no-shows
- When might Germany ease travel rules for countries with the Delta variant of Covid-19?
- German phrase of the day: Als hätte der Himmel seine Schleusen geöffnet
- Germany lifts ban on travellers from UK, Portugal and India
06 July
- How has the pandemic affected the number of people in Germany's cities?
- German Foreign Minister joins calls to relax Covid rules for vaccinated people
- Unvaccinated children could jeopardise herd immunity, German health experts warn
- One person injured in attack near Düsseldorf airport
- Young German football fan asks for £36,000 raised by Brits to go to charity
- Should Germany impose an Autobahn speed limit to fight climate change?
- Five jailed in 'horrific' German child abuse case
- EXPLAINED: Germany's new travel rules for the UK, Portugal and India
- German football fans get green light to return to stadiums next season
07 July
- German word of the day: Der Maskenmuffel
- Germany's infection rate rises slightly as new Covid variant reaches Europe
- Two under investigation in Germany over 2020 Vienna attack
- Masks 'will be needed indoors in autumn', says German Health Minister
- Berlin to relax more Covid-19 rules from Saturday
- Low-income workers in Germany 'left behind' in the vaccination rollout
- Tell us: Are you planning a trip to Germany?
- 'Make Germany together'? How Merkel's CDU missed the mark on election campaign launch
- 'Makes life easier': What foreigners in Germany think about the new digital vaccine pass
- How big is the divide between eastern and western German states?
08 July
- German word of the day: Papperlapapp
- Germany urged to 'get more creative' with Covid jab offers as Delta strain spreads
- Delta variant of Covid-19 becomes dominant in Germany: What does it mean?
- 'Stage zero': North Rhine-Westphalia to scrap all contact restrictions on Friday
- Germany to offer digital vaccine certificates to Covid survivors who've had one jab
- EXPLAINED: Munich's radical new approach to solving the housing crisis
- Do Brits living in Germany still have to quarantine on trips to the UK?
09 July
- Car parks, job centres and festivals: How Germany is trying to get Covid jabs to everyone
- German word of the day: Die Schnitzeljagd
- Germany declares whole of Spain a Covid 'risk area'
- EXPLAINED: The documents Americans need for travel to Germany
- REVEALED: 10 of the best hiking day trips from Munich
- EXPLAINED: Where rents are falling (and going up) in Germany's biggest cities
- No more ‘Schwarzfahren’: Austrian and German cities to phase out term due to racism concerns
- EXPLAINED: How Germany's 'small business' rule could affect your tax returns
10 July
- German 'mastermind' in huge tax fraud scam arrested
11 July
- German politicians call for eased Covid restrictions amid rising infection rates
12 July
- Germany to 'focus more on Covid hospital admissions' when deciding measures
- UPDATE: Germany's Greens eye comeback as they launch election campaign
- Autobahn speed limits becoming a 'fetish', says German Transport Minister
- German word of the day: Der Morgenmuffel
- German Ethics Council advisor wants mandatory Covid jabs for teachers
- EXPLAINED: What are the Covid rules for tourism around Germany?
- Can I travel to Germany if I've had AstraZeneca's 'Covishield' vaccine?
13 July
- Stuttgart airport passengers offered Covid vaccine without appointment
- Should Germany bring in compulsory Covid vaccines for frontline workers?
- Germany's Lufthansa opts for gender-neutral plane greeting
- Germany not planning compulsory Covid vaccinations, says Merkel
- More trains and energy grants: What a Green election win could mean for Germany
- Saxony becomes first German state to get rid of compulsory masks in shops
14 July
- 'We need more advertising': Germany moves focus of vaccine drive to target the undecided
- German words you need to know: Der Föhn
- Germany braces for more torrential rain as some areas hit by severe flooding
- Will Germany charge unvaccinated people for Covid tests in future?
- Bavaria mulls reopening clubs - but only for the vaccinated
- 6 Berlin cafes and co-working spaces to escape the home office
- Is Germany facing a Covid 'fourth wave' fuelled by the Delta variant?
15 July
- Dozens dead and more missing after floods hit western Germany
- German health expert calls for 'more disadvantages' for unvaccinated
- German words you need to know: Der Tagedieb
- IN PICTURES: Torrential rain and flooding leaves trail of destruction across western Germany
- German employers can ban headscarves 'in some cases', EU court rules
- Young people 'contributing most' to Germany's rising Covid numbers
- 'Where did this rain come from?' Germany in shock after deadly flooding
- 'History': Merkel visits White House for last time as Chancellor
- 'We've never seen anything like this': How one western German town reacted to the flash floods
16 July
- Death toll rises to 133 after flood disaster in western Germany
- German floods: Several feared dead after landslide south of Cologne
- Merkel pledges 'full support' to flood victims during White House visit
- Why have so many died in the German floods?
- The Local's Confronting Coronavirus series nominated for major European media award
- German floods push climate change to front of election campaign
- Techno, Testing and Tanzverbot: What it’s like to go to Berlin’s clubs under Covid rules
- Germany declares Greece and the Netherlands Covid 'risk' zones
- EXPLAINED: How the extreme flooding in Germany is linked to global warming
- 'Like a war zone': Stunned Germans count cost of floods
- 'Solidarity in crisis': Financial aid pours in for German flood victims
17 July
- German floods: More than 140 dead as search continues
- 'We have to keep going': German spa town begins mammoth flood clean-up effort
- Merkel to visit flood-ravaged western Germany on Sunday
- German chancellor candidate Laschet sparks anger with flood zone laughter
- Why have the floods in Europe been so deadly?
18 July
- Merkel to visit flood zone as western Europe death toll tops 180
- Two dead as flooding hits German states of Saxony and Bavaria
- Germany's Merkel sees 'surreal' wreckage as Europe flood death toll tops 180
- Germany questions warning system after flood catastrophe
19 July
- German flood disaster: What went wrong?
- Flood death toll rises to 165 in Germany as search continues
- Petition calls on the UK government to recognise vaccination certificates of Brits living in Germany
- Reader question: Can tourists in Germany get the digital vaccine certificate?
- IN PICTURES: The aftermath of Germany's catastrophic floods
- 'Unbelievable tragedy': Germany vows to improve flood warning system
- EXPLAINED: How you can support victims of the German flood tragedy
- Clean-up underway in Bavaria after heavy floods wreak havoc
- After the floods: German spa town searches for the missing
20 July
- Brazilian workers and students demand end to German travel ban
- Germany fears Covid outbreaks in flood-hit communities
- German words you need to know: Pappsatt
- Rebuilding Germany's flood-ravaged areas 'could take years'
- German tax deadline extended due to Covid pandemic
- Why weren't all residents of Germany's flood zones warned via text?
- Merkel defends German flood alerts as death toll climbs
- 'I am homeless and unemployed': German flood survivors face uncertain future
- ANALYSIS: Why Germany faces tough questions over its disaster response
21 July
- UPDATE: Germany approves €400 million relief package for flood-hit regions and survivors
- Berlin offers Covid jabs in vaccination centres without appointments
- 'Nobody can rule out enormous fourth wave': German schools fear new Covid restrictions
- How the pandemic is driving German residents out of cities and into suburbs
- Germany to ease quarantine rules for vaccinated travellers from 'virus variant' zones
- How language speaks to identity in eastern Germany
- IN NUMBERS: Where are Covid cases rising in Germany - and what does it mean?
22 July
- 'Things didn't go optimally': Germany's disaster chief admits mistakes in flood warning system
- WEATHER: German flood zones at risk of further storms
- Merkel urges Germans to get vaccinated amid 'exponential growth' of Covid infections
- German floods: More than 150 people still missing
- Merkel demands faster climate action as German flood death toll rises
- Nine things you might be surprised came from Germany
- 'Germany is a strong country - but we have work to do', says Merkel in last summer press conference
- 'Our lives are at a standstill': South Africans urge Germany to lift travel ban
23 July
- 'Prepare for autumn and winter': Germany's RKI warns of Covid spike
- German pharmacies unable to issue digital Covid vaccine pass amid security fears
- TRAVEL: Germany puts Spain and Netherlands on Covid 'high incidence' list
- What's behind Germany's rising Covid infection rates?
- POLITICS: Frontrunner to succeed Merkel as chancellor on back foot after flood disaster
- The six types of German hikers you're bound to see this summer
- European health authorities warn of surge in Delta variant infections
- Fact check: Will Germany's Covid incidence really reach 800 by October?
24 July
- German floods death toll hits 180, with 150 still missing
- Unesco adds spa towns in France, Germany and Austria to World Heritage list
- Germany's interior, economics ministries give go-ahead to emergency SMS warnings
- Fears mount in western Germany as fresh rain falls
25 July
- Unvaccinated could face restrictions in Germany this autumn: top German official
- Germany's flood zones spared severe storms on Saturday
- Lyniv becomes first woman conductor at Germany's Bayreuth Festival
26 July
- Should Germany bring in Covid restrictions for unvaccinated people only?
- Herd immunity 'unattainable' in Germany, claims health expert
- Can families with unvaccinated children holiday in Germany this summer?
- WEATHER: Heavy rain and lightning forecast this week across Germany
- German pharmacies start offering digital vaccination pass again after pause
- German words you need to know: Die Merkel-Raute
- Living in Germany: Aftermath of the floods, language confusion and Merkel's last summer conference
- Germany to warn of future floods with phone alerts
- EXPLAINED: Who can vote in German elections
27 July
- German Health Ministry 'wants to tighten Covid testing rules' for travel
- 'Dark day for Leverkusen': Two dead and five missing after blast at German chemical park
- 'Not worth it': German tourists cancel holidays to Covid-hit Spain
- Everything that changes in Germany in August 2021
- EXPLAINED: Why vaccinated people in Germany are still getting Covid
- ANALYSIS: Germany split over vaccine strategy as election looms
28 July
- Germany to order mandatory Covid tests for all returning unvaccinated travellers 'from August'
- 'Milestone': More than half of German population fully vaccinated
- Germany at 'start of fourth wave' - but Covid infections are slowing
- Tokyo 2020: The German athletes making waves at the Olympics
- German words you need to know: Der Smalltalk
- UK to allow fully vaccinated travellers from Europe to skip quarantine (but not tests)
- EXPLAINED: Germany's new quarantine rules for vaccinated travellers
- 'No hope' for five missing after chemical blast in German city of Leverkusen
- How is Germany using Covid health passes compared to other European countries?
29 July
- Tell us: Are you planning a trip to the UK from Germany?
- Germany's 'fisher king' contest should be open to women, court rules
- German unemployment rate drops after Covid restrictions relaxed
- What are the new rules for travel between Germany and the UK?
- REVEALED: Germany's plans to curb Delta wave with new Covid travel rules
- Eight things Germans believe bring good luck
- 'Troublesome but possible': How Brits in Germany feel about going home after quarantine rules eased
- 'Unheard and let down': The couples kept apart by Germany's South Africa travel ban
30 July
- Do vaccinated travellers transiting from Germany through France still have to quarantine in UK?
- Swiss chocolate maker Lindt hops towards victory in German golden bunny trademark case
- Masks, Covid jabs, tests and ventilation: How German children are returning to the classroom
- TRAVEL: Thousands of holidaymakers bring Covid back to Germany
- Germany to require Covid tests for all unvaccinated travellers arriving by 'plane, car or train'
- Bavaria's Danube Limes becomes UNESCO world heritage site
- How Hamburg recovered after the catastrophic flood of 1962
- Germany knew its disaster warning system wasn't good enough - why wasn't it improved?
- Frontrunner to succeed Merkel admits plagiarism 'mistakes' in book
31 July
- Health fears ease after German chemical park blast
- Germany lifts ban on travel from South Africa, offering relief to students and cross-border couples