📰 Breaking News: News Archive for March 2023 | Latest Updates from Germany 2025

01 March
- German phrase of the day: Etwas in Kauf nehmen
- Germany peels away most of remaining Covid-19 measures
- Munich's public transport largely 'out of service' amid strikes
- German food prices rise 'above average' as inflation remains steady
- Which German train stations have the highest crime rates?
- Germany to open Olympic bases to Ukrainian athletes
- Foreign drivers could get simpler way to exchange licence under EU proposal
- Baden-Württemberg launches new budget transport ticket for young people
02 March
- More money and less bureaucracy: How Germany wants to change its child benefits system
- Olaf Scholz pledges no peace talks without Ukrainian agreement
- German word of the day: Versorgung
- Record year for EU countries granting citizenship to foreigners
- How students can apply for the €200 energy payment in Germany
- Germany's Scholz vows to ramp up weapons production for Ukraine
- Apple announces big investments into Munich site
- More than a quarter of people in Germany have an 'immigration background'
- Germany's Social Democrats fail again to expel ex-chancellor over Putin ties
03 March
- 'World's largest village': How foreigners in Germany feel about Munich
- PODCAST: Who’s against Germany’s dual citizenship plans - and why?
- Ukraine the top priority for Olaf Scholz visit to Washington
- Who is most affected by Friday's public transport strikes across Germany?
- Germany's Lufthansa pushes to expand amid strikes and staff shortages
- OPINION: Critics need to wake up to the reality of dual citizenship in Germany
- France and Germany to host Charles III on first state visits as king
04 March
- Biden, Scholz pledge Ukraine support at White House talks
- How a German war film disarmed Oscar voters despite woes at home
- German firm in talks to build tank plant in Ukraine
05 March
- Anger as climate activists smear German monument
06 March
- Living in Germany: Munich's different sides, going vegan, and comparing health costs
- How falling fuel costs could slow down inflation in Germany
- Number of furnished rental apartments rising rapidly in Germany
- The five German states most affected by the latest round of strikes on Monday
- How climate change could cost Germany almost one trillion euros by 2050
- EXPLAINED: The small German cities where rents are rising the fastest
07 March
- Germany's citizenship reform aims to meet needs of immigrants, draft law reveals
- 'More than 50,000' unfilled teaching positions in German schools
- Public transport disruption in Frankfurt due to a technical problem
- Why are Germans sending their loved ones' ashes to Switzerland?
- What we know so far about Germany's plans to shake up fast-track citizenship
- German phrase of the day: Bescheid sagen
- Why a record high number of employees went on sick leave in Germany in 2022
08 March
- Nord Stream: Investigators link Ukrainian-owned yacht to sabotage, reports claim
- Why part-time workers are less happy than full-timers in Germany
- Germany angers EU after putting brakes on fossil fuel car ban
- German kindergartens hit by warning strikes on Wednesday
- EU defence ministers hash out plan for sending more ammunition to Ukraine
- EXPLAINED: What to know about Germany’s new €49 ticket app
- France makes new arrests in €2 million German heist
- 10 German women who changed the world
09 March
- Six months on, what do we know about the Nord Stream blasts?
- German wine labels to include nutritional value from end of 2023
- Germany or Austria: Where is it easier to get an EU Blue Card?
- Berlin rental prices rose by 'almost a third' in three months
- Apple to spend extra €1 billion on Munich chip hub
- Reader question: Can I still get German citizenship after claiming benefits?
- Germany plans oil and gas boiler ban in 2024
- Are Germans stingy when it come to tipping?
- German postal workers vote in favour of 'open-ended strike'
- UPDATE: Gunman kills six people in shooting at Jehovah's Witness centre in Hamburg
10 March
- Last member of White Rose Nazi resistance group dies
- What we know so far about the shooting in Hamburg
- Train route between Frankfurt and Mannheim to close for five months
- First students get their €200 energy relief payments in Germany
- Which products are driving up inflation in Germany?
- Poorer and non-German speaking families less likely to find a kita place
- German phrase of the day: Es kommt mir Spanisch vor
- How could Germany’s planned reforms to citizenship law change?
11 March
- German bishops go against Vatican to back blessings for gay couples
- Hamburg reels from Jehovah's Witness centre shooting
- German Interior Minister wants bigger crackdown on guns after Hamburg shooting
- Four German airports cancel Monday flights due to strike
12 March
- Hamburg gunman: disturbed entrepreneur who penned apocalyptic book
- German Catholics challenge Vatican with sweeping reform drive
13 March
- Living in Germany: Modernising citizenship laws, snow and a strong beer festival
- German anti-war epic 'All Quiet on the Western Front' claims Oscars glory
- What’s the difference between B2 and C1 German for new fast-track citizenship?
- German bars and restaurants still short-staffed following pandemic
- 7 German words that make my blood run cold
- Germany gets a blast of Spring as temperatures top 20 C
14 March
- Healthcare workers across Germany begin two-day strike
- EXPLAINED: Why are there so many strikes in Germany right now?
- EXPLAINED: Can women in Germany bath topless in public swimming pools?
- German department store Galeria Kaufhof closes 52 shops
- German military has 'too little of everything'
- German schoolgirls confess to fatal stabbing of 12-year-old
15 March
- State by state: Who will get a discount on Germany's €49 transport ticket?
- Syrian medical students study German in hopes of move abroad
- Germany hits emissions-reduction target in 2022
- Germany opens applications for €200 student energy payout
- German word of the day: Schlau
- UPDATE: German airports struck by travel chaos due to Friday strikes
- Germany shuts down 'world's largest' crypto launderer
- Berlin under fire over Netanyahu visit
16 March
- Düsseldorf public transport 'at a standstill' due to strikes
- Olaf Scholz stresses need for quick ammo supplies for Ukraine
- ‘Record sick leave’ cost Germany billions of euros in 2022
- EXPLAINED: How America's banking crisis could hit consumers in Germany
- Netanyahu defiant over legal reforms despite Berlin's 'great concern'
17 March
- PODCAST: Berlin’s topless swimming row, strike season and German tipping culture
- COMPARED: Germany’s Chancenkarte vs. Austria's Red-White-Red card for skilled non-EU workers
- Can German homeowners expect high renovation costs under new EU law?
- First German minister to visit Taiwan in 26 years
- German word of the day: Kette
- German parliament votes to make itself smaller in disputed reform
- EXPLAINED: Why travel chaos from transport strikes in Germany could get worse
19 March
- Lacking health workers, Germany taps robots for elder care
20 March
- Living in Germany: Ramped-up transport strikes, hibernating statues and Spargelzeit
- German minister vows to 'learn from Canada' on immigration
- German politician shot 'through window' of his home
- Polite but not mandatory: The dos and don'ts of tipping in Germany
- Here's how much more pensioners in Germany can expect to receive this year
- EXPLAINED: How rents are changing in Germany’s five biggest cities
21 March
- German minister begins first cabinet-level trip to Taiwan in 26 years
- Germany ranked 'most difficult country' for foreign residents to get started
- Kita and U-Bahn closures: Cologne among cities hit by strikes Tuesday
- 'Less than half' of families in Germany feel positive about their finances
- EXPLAINED: Why Berlin is voting on going climate neutral by 2030
- How better rural transport could help solve Germany's housing crisis
22 March
- Manpower shortage dims solar panel boom in Germany
- Can a flat swap help me find a new apartment in Germany?
- Shots 'fired at police' during raids on German far-right group
- German word of the day: Die Sommerzeit
- Why Germany wants families to move to the countryside
- Man sentenced to five years for deadly attack at German pride parade
23 March
- What foreign students should know about applying for German citizenship
- Bone fragments held by Nazis to get funeral in Berlin
- France-Germany row overshadows EU leaders' summit
- Strikes: Do parents in Germany receive a day off work when Kitas close?
- How strikes in Hamburg are affecting flights and public services
- German word of the day: Leseratte
- German unions call major nationwide transport strike for Monday
- Why are people in German-speaking countries so obsessed with Schlager music?
24 March
- PODCAST: Is Germany really one of the hardest countries to start a new life in?
- INTERVIEW: Why newcomers in Germany have a hard time getting started
- Germany says reforms 'essential' for Georgia's EU membership
- EXPLAINED: What to expect during Monday's 'mega strike' in Germany
- Denmark and Germany announce plans for hydrogen pipeline
- Everything that changes in Germany in April 2023
- No reason to worry about Deutsche Bank, says Scholz
- Which cities have the cheapest - and most expensive - Döner kebabs in Germany?
25 March
- EU, Germany reach deal on fossil fuel car phaseout plan
- Germany simplifies gender change procedure
26 March
- Germany's Scholz looks to quell coalition divisions
- Germany relaxes Sunday lorry ban ahead of strike but traffic jams unlikely
- Berlin condemns Russian nuclear weapon deployment in Belarus
27 March
- Germany hit by major disruption as transport workers stage 'mega strike'
- Living in Germany: A day of transport disruption, regional differences and blossoming trees
- Reader Question: Can workers in Germany stay home during transport strikes?
- IN PICTURES: German workers down tools in unprecedented strike action
- German business morale improves again in March
- Germany lifts veto to make way for EU fossil fuel car ban
- 7 unmissable events taking place across Germany in April
28 March
- Germany delivers Leopard tanks to Ukraine
- 'New chapter': Charles III in Germany for first foreign trip as king
- German phrase of the day: Die Butter vom Brot nehmen
- Snow and highs of 20C: Germany set for 'rollercoaster' weather before Easter
- Reader question: Will there be more strikes in Germany over Easter?
- Germany plans hike in military aid for Ukraine
- German home prices drop for first time in over 10 years
29 March
- Five things that are changing about Germany - and five that never will
- How Germany is opening its doors to foreign job seekers amid labour shortage
- What are the German roots of the British royal family?
- How to celebrate Easter 2024 in Germany
- Abendbrot: What time do Germans eat dinner?
- Activists accuse German government of climate climbdown
- From trains to heating: What you need to know about Germany's new 'climate package'
30 March
- EXPLAINED: The German tax changes coming into effect in April 2023
- Germany commits to billions in military aid for Ukraine
- Charles warns Europe's security under threat in landmark German speech
- What are the chances of unlimited strikes in Germany?
- German government signs off on sweeping reforms for skilled worker visas
- Germany scraps law allowing workers to get sick notes over the phone
- Inflation in Germany eases due to lower energy prices
- Germany's most populous state plans discounted €49 ticket
- Just how well does Britain's King Charles III speak German?
31 March
- PODCAST: How Germany is (and isn't) changing, royal bonds and do Germans make small talk?
- Chancenkarte: How many points could you get on Germany's planned skilled worker visa?
- Ask an expert: Do Germans really hate small talk?
- FACT CHECK: Is crime really on the rise in Germany?
- Charles III lays wreath for WWII bombing victims in Hamburg
- Over a million German households spend half of their income on rent