📰 Breaking News: News Archive for December 2022 | Latest Updates from Germany 2025

01 December
- Germany recognises Stalin famine in Ukraine as 'genocide'
- Norway and Germany seek Nato-led cooperation for key undersea structures
- 'Breaking point': Why German pediatric wards are filling to capacity
- German parliament to hold urgent debate on citizenship
- Germany to extend (and increase) tax rebate for people working from home
- 'Dangerous and wrong': Why German MPs are clashing over citizenship plans
02 December
- Freudenfreude: Why we should all embrace this made-up German word
- PODCAST: Will Germany's planned citizenship reforms fail, and what are the best Christmas markets?
- German archive acquires trove of works by poet Rilke
- 'We deserved it': German fans reckon with early World Cup exit
- Beckmann self-portrait breaks German auction record
- Snowfall due at the weekend as winter arrives in Germany
- How 'tolerated' migrants could soon gain residency rights in Germany
- Scholz urges Putin to withdraw troops for 'diplomatic' end to war
- Germany's once fearsome World Cup reputation in tatters
03 December
- Berlin says goodbye to part of Germany's colonial past
04 December
- Scholz marks turbulent first year as German chancellor
- Concerns mount about Germany's F-35 jet purchase plan
- Germany's Habeck to promote green production with 'climate-protection contracts'
05 December
- What do Germans think of Merkel a year after her departure?
- Parents in Germany to receive early Kindergeld payments in December
- Living in Germany: Pushback on dual citizenship plans, university 'buddies' and Stollen
- Ex-Wirecard CEO starts trial over 'unparalleled' fraud
- Everything you need to know about sending post in Germany this Christmas
- 9 magical ways to give your children the best German Christmas ever
- ICE 3neo: Deutsche Bahn's speediest train makes first trip in Germany
06 December
- 'Over half' of Germans heating homes less or not at all
- German police probe fatal knife attack on schoolgirl
- German energy firm RWE takes Gazprom to court over supply halts
- EXPLAINED: How faster naturalisation in Germany 'leads to better integration'
- All cell phone users in Germany to be part of disaster 'warning day'
- First German states scrap face masks on public transport
- Deutsche Bahn 'goes green' with vegan menu and porcelain coffee cups
- Court turns down AfD-led challenge to Germany's spending in pandemic
07 December
- Germany busts far-right cell planning attack on parliament
- Germany's homegrown cannabis industry awaits legalisation
- Parents can't be denied Kita spot due to low staff, German court rules
- German word of the day: Umstritten
- Fact check: How much help has Germany given Ukraine?
- Who was involved in the alleged plot to 'overthrow German democracy'?
08 December
- Scholz says Russia nuclear threat 'reduced by international pressure'
- Munich airport forced to close runway due to climate protest
- 'Not harmless nutcases': German authorities identify new suspects in alleged coup plot
- UK border strikes threaten Christmas travel chaos to and from Germany
- How successful was Germany's latest 'Warning Day'?
- PODCAST: A coup plot, and how is Germany helping with bills in December?
09 December
- Winter freeze to strike Germany as mercury dips to 'minus 20'
- When is Germany’s €49 ticket coming - and how long will it last?
- German parliament to review security after coup raids
- Two Chinese 'police stations' uncovered in Germany
- One year on: Has Germany's government kept its promises?
- German word of the day: Ampel
- What do Germans think of plans to allow dual nationality?
10 December
- Germany to welcome first floating gas terminal
- Active hostage situation in Dresden shopping centre
- 'All clear': Dresden hostage situation ends
- German hostage held in Sahel since 2018 freed: NGO
12 December
- Frosty roads and 'icy rain': Cold spell continues in Germany
- Where rental prices are increasing the fastest in Germany
- Living in Germany: The Ampel's first year, a glass Tannenbaum and the coldest winter
- Night trains and faster routes: What you need to know about Deutsche Bahn's new timetable
- Berlin police call for consequences as climate protesters glue themselves to streets
- 'European parliament under attack': What we know about the Qatar bribery claims
13 December
- Notorious far-right German attacker takes hostages in jail
- Will Germany tighten gun laws following alleged plot to overthrow government?
- German police target climate activists in nationwide raids
- IN DEPTH: Are Germany’s immigration offices making international residents feel unwelcome?
- 7 amazing places to ski in Germany this winter
- Why Germany's energy agency is warning against electric heaters
- How sick leave pay in Germany compares to other countries in Europe
- German word of the day: Gleich
14 December
- Germans warned to reduce gas use amid 'coldest December in years'
- Number of people on sick leave in Germany reaches three-year high
- Germany's recession to be 'milder than expected' in 2023
- Germany pledges tighter laws after far-right coup plot
- EXPLAINED: How to get rid of your old electronics in Germany
15 December
- 'No space': German hospitals overwhelmed by sick kids
- Germany signs contract to buy 'world's most advanced' fighter jets
- EXPLAINED: Which German benefits are increasing in 2023 - and how do I claim them?
- Why Germany is expected to 'dodge recession' in 2023
- Will Germany raise the pension age to tackle its worker shortage?
- EXPLAINED: How to travel (without stress) in Germany this Christmas
- Germany's Rheinmetall to create new munitions facility
16 December
- 'Tsunami': Hundreds of fish die as giant aquarium bursts open in Berlin hotel complex
- PODCAST: How Germany’s immigration offices leave foreigners anxious, and the latest on Christmas travel
- Berlin sex workers reclaim their history with audio app
- Germany warns on media freedom after Twitter halts reporter accounts
- Munich news roundup: Snow travel chaos, weapon checks and a bird arrest
- EXPLAINED: Who are the people taking German citizenship?
- German debt rises as energy crisis bites
- German word of the day: Eindeutig
17 December
- Former Volkswagen boss Diess to join chipmaker Infineon
- Germany cuts the ribbon on first LNG terminal
- Ice in Belgium disrupts international trains from France and Germany
- Germany finds most items from 2019 jewellery heist
18 December
- Girls strike new note at ancient German boys' choir school
19 December
- Living in Germany: Cold and flu wave and the legend of Christmas tree pickles
- Several flights slashed at Frankfurt airport due to icy conditions
- German doctors call for New Year's Eve fireworks ban to spare overburdened hospitals
- EXPLAINED: Is cold weather threatening Germany’s gas supplies?
- What changes are coming to German supermarkets in 2023?
- What do Germany’s top ten words of the year say about 2022?
20 December
- France and Germany urge US to expand green energy exemptions
- Cyprus transfers dozens of asylum seekers to Germany
- Germany pauses orders of new military tanks after mass breakdown
- Iconic menorah returns to Germany for Hanukkah
- 97-year-old former Nazi camp secretary found guilty in German trial
- What's changing for tenants and home owners in Germany in 2023?
- 'Dangerous' icy spell in Germany to be followed by mild temperatures
- 5 ways to fight colds and flu like a true German
- Germany to pay more for children's medication as shortages spike
21 December
- Why employees in Germany can now take back unclaimed holiday
- Germany hands back looted artefacts to Nigeria
- Where in Germany public transport prices are increasing in 2023
- German climate activists cut off top of Berlin Christmas tree
- What experts say will happen to the German housing market in 2023
- When are Germany's state and national public holidays in 2023?
- The vocabulary you need for the perfect Christmas in Germany
22 December
- Germany to require 'C1 language skills' for new fast-track citizenship
- PODCAST: Will Germany relax citizenship laws in 2023?
- One in three German workers 'wants to quit their job'
- UK warns arrivals from Europe to 'expect delays' due to border force strike
- Could Germany still see a white Christmas?
- Germany asks EU to rein in Twitter after 'arbitrary' bans by CEO Musk
- Which shops are open in Germany over the Christmas holidays - and when?
- INTERVIEW: Germany on track to pass dual citizenship despite opposition
- What to know about Germany's new health insurance fees for 2023
23 December
- 'Traumatising': Foreign residents share stories from German immigration offices
- Will Germany block travel from China amid soaring Covid infections?
- German court jails 'jihadist' for train stabbing
- German Finance Minister vows no more relief for struggling households
- How one simple rule could help German trains arrive on time
27 December
- Gas reserves increase as weather gets milder in Germany
- Calls to end Covid measures as top German virologist declares pandemic 'over'
- 'Existential fears': How Germans are feeling about the start of 2023
- German phrase of the day: Zwischen den Jahren
- Why 2023 will be a better year to grow your savings in Germany
28 December
- Europeans less keen to move to North America and UK, survey reveals
- Everything that changes in Germany in 2023
- Temperatures of 'up to 22C' expected on New Year's Eve in Germany
- All-time high: Germans break 90 world records in 2022
- 97-year-old German woman appeals guilty verdict for role in Nazi camp
- Germany shrugs off Russia's oil export ban but warns high gas prices to last 'until 2024'
- EXPLAINED: Where fireworks are allowed in Germany this New Year's Eve
29 December
- 'There's not enough gas in the world': Can Europe keep the heating on this winter?
- Will Covid measures end sooner than expected in Germany?
- German word of the day: Böller
- Prayers and emotion in ailing ex-pope Benedict's German home region
- EXPLAINED: How travelling by train between Berlin and the UK is now easier
30 December
- REVIEW: Ten stories that shaped the news in Germany in 2022
- How customers in Germany can demand multi-use packaging from 2023
- Germany urges EU Covid variant checks for China arrivals
- Where were Germany’s most expensive homes in 2022?
- Eight unmissable events in Germany in January 2023
31 December
- Ex-pope Benedict XVI's fragile state prompts prayers in Germany
- Chancellor Scholz remembers former pope Benedict as 'formative figure'