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

03 April
- German economy minister makes surprise visit to Kyiv
- Living in Germany: The King's (German) speech, ski season winds up and Green Thursday
- €49 ticket goes on sale across Germany: What you need to know
- Which workers will get a discount on Germany’s €49 ticket?
- Berlin to get first conservative mayor in 20 years
- Where in Germany citizenship applications are processed the quickest (and slowest)
- 'Symbol of tolerance': Baden-Württemberg elects first Syrian-born mayor
04 April
- Germans eating 'record low' amount of meat
- Why are fewer people taking domestic flights in Germany?
- Why consumers in Germany are seeing their energy costs go down
- German chancellor Scholz faces possible parliamentary tax fraud probe
- German firm to buy local airport caught in Russia row
- Seven celebrities who will wow you with their German
- Everything you need to know about Easter weekend travel in Germany
05 April
- Why the German economy is expected to grow in 2023
- Weather: Will Germany see snow this Easter?
- German competition watchdog steps up monitoring of Apple
- COMPARE: Which is the best country in Europe to get naked in?
- Could Germany ban e-scooters following rise in accidents?
- Who benefits the most (and least) from Germany's new €49 ticket?
- REVEALED: How many non-EU citizens are ordered to leave European countries?
06 April
- Brückentag, Fenstertag and Zwickeltag: All the German words for longer holiday weekends
- Germany to repeal last protective measures against Covid-19
- Why German banks are getting more customer complaints than ever
- Reader Question: Can I take an ICE train in Germany with a €49 ticket?
- TELL US: What are your tips for learning German?
- Why Germany wants to force debt cuts in EU spending rules
- PODCAST: What is Germany's planned points-based visa and how do Germans mark Easter?
07 April
- Boy, 11, suspected in girl's death at German care home
08 April
- Is now the best time to open a savings account in Germany?
09 April
- German ambassador expelled from Chad, officials confirm
10 April
- German Interior Minister proposes visa ban for Russian athletes
- Deutsche Bahn sees demand surge for €49 nationwide ticket
- More than a third of German long-distance trains running late
11 April
- Germany to switch off last remaining nuclear plants
- How Germany plans to shut down its last nuclear power plants for good
- Former US President Obama to pay Berlin another visit
- EXPLAINED: How to book a journey on a German ICE train for €14.30 (or less)
- BONUS EPISODE: Why Germany is overhauling immigration laws
- 'Focus on your strengths': Our readers' top tips for learning German
12 April
- Could bureaucracy trip up Germany's planned points-based visa system?
- UPDATE: German ministers present draft law on cannabis legalisation
- Fridays for Future criticizes Germany’s “Letzte Generation” climate protestors
- Will Germany stop Chinese purchase in controversial Hamburg port?
- German word of the day: Kiffen
13 April
- 'Spargelzeit': Six things to know about the German love affair with asparagus
- How Germany wants to crack down on online hate speech
- Inflation in Germany eases despite soaring food prices
- EXPLAINED: What you need to know about Germany's plan to legalise cannabis
- Germany says energy supply safe despite nuclear exit
- From beer policing to bunny suits: 10 of Germany's strangest social clubs
- German minister stresses European unity on China visit
- INTERVIEW: 'Germany needs to become more attractive for immigrants'
- Germany approves Polish fighter jet delivery to Ukraine
14 April
- PODCAST: The German asparagus obsession and is the €49 travel ticket worth buying?
- Berlin patients use ping-pong to ease Parkinson's pain
- Germany Foreign Minister urges China to tell Russia to stop war
- FACT CHECK: Is Germany really planning to ban ChatGPT?
- Denmark to stop fewer drivers from Germany in new border control measures
- How to stay in Germany after graduating from a German university
- Will new Danish border controls make commuting from Germany easier?
- Which German cities have the fewest S-Bahn delays?
- Are German landlords allowed to ask for proof that you're not pregnant?
15 April
- Germany to end nuclear era by shutting down last three reactors
16 April
- Germany ends nuclear era as last reactors power down
- Non-EU travellers warned about unofficial ETIAS tourist visa websites
- Why is the population of Europe set to shrink?
- Germany's Axel Springer boss under fire over staff messages
17 April
- Living in Germany: Watered-down cannabis plan, Brotzeit and Spargel roots
- Germany sees record high rent increases in 2023
- '600,000 vacancies': Why Germany's skilled worker shortage is greater than ever
- Merkel given Germany's top honour despite criticism
- Last Generation climate activists plan to bring Berlin to a 'standstill'
- EXPLAINED: In which German cities are rent prices rising the fastest?
18 April
- Germany sees spike in asylum applications from Russian citizens
- Is Germany about to see an end to months of public sector strikes?
- UPDATE: Travel chaos expected at German airports as security staff plan strike
- 10 signs you've become more German than the Germans
- How one German company wants to plug the skilled worker gap in green tech
19 April
- Deutsche Bahn strike brings rail traffic to a halt in Germany
- EU's planned biometric border check system 'delayed again'
- Will Germany's airports face travel chaos again this summer?
- REVEALED: The German industries most desperate for skilled workers
- UPDATE: What you need to know about Germany’s latest transport strikes
- German president asks forgiveness on Warsaw ghetto anniversary
- How long can you leave Germany for without losing permanent residency?
- German supermarket Lidl wins trademark case over Tesco
20 April
- Germany struggles to reform 1930s law jailing fare dodgers
- What are the best websites and apps to learn German?
- OPINION: I became a German citizen to vote but paying taxes should have been enough
- 'Uncharted territory': Europe faces more deadly droughts and extreme heat
- Germany to see weekend highs of up to 26C before icy spells
- German airport strike hits thousands of passengers Friday
- Schumacher family plans to sue over fake AI quotes in German magazine
- Why does Germany keep missing its house-building targets?
- How many people in Germany have a 'immigration history' in 2023?
21 April
- Just how big a deal is Eurovision in Germany?
- Germany holds Munich Olympics massacre probe 50 years on
- How can you buy Germany’s upcoming €49 ticket for someone else?
- German phrase of the day: Bekannt wie ein bunter Hund
- Disney marks centenary with retrospective in Munich
- BERLIN: Post-pandemic crime rate surges in the German capital
- EXPLAINED: How Berlin rents and property prices soared in 2022
22 April
- What is the EU's plan to make freedom of movement easier for non-EU residents?
- Editor fired over 'tasteless' Schumacher interview
- Union calls for Berlin airport strike on Monday, demands higher pay
23 April
- Moscow expels over 20 German diplomats in tit-for-tat move
- German public sector workers clinch 5.5 percent pay rise
- German manufacturers hope for AI boost in factories
24 April
- Living in Germany: Endless travel strikes, asparagus Automaten and more diversity
- Hundreds of flight cancellations at Berlin and Hamburg airports as workers strike
- Climate activists stop Berlin traffic to put pressure on government
- 'I still have a lot to see': Meet the oldest living German at 113-years old
- More rail strikes planned Wednesday in Germany: How long will they last?
- German phrase of the day: Öl ins Feuer gießen
25 April
- Germany launches data protection inquiry over ChatGPT
- Germany's colonial crimes in Namibia tackled on screen
- 'New direction': How Berlin is getting its first conservative-led government in decades
- What's the deadline for ordering - or cancelling - Germany's €49 travel ticket?
- Where to enjoy cherry blossom trees in Germany
- German police arrest Syrian man over suspected bomb plot
26 April
- Russian military aircraft intercepted over Baltic Sea, says Germany
- Undeterred by jail, Germany's climate activists ramp up protests
- Why Germany could narrowly avoid a recession in 2023
- Cancellations and compensation: How French strikes affect European flights
- More public transport disruption as workers around Germany strike
- German rail union ends talks with Deutsche Bahn as more strikes loom
- How to find out what your colleagues earn in Germany
- Everything that changes in Germany in May 2023
- 'Inhumane ideologies': Germany labels far-right AfD's youth wing 'extremist'
27 April
- Turks in Germany hope for citizenship law overhaul
- Germany's oldest convicted former Nazi camp guard dies aged 102
- Naked landlord not a reason for rent reduction, German court rules
- German pensioners set to get a pay rise on July 1st
- German train stabbing suspect charged with murder
- Germany's North Sea coast 'most affected by climate change'
- REVEALED: Germany's longest regional train journeys with the €49 ticket
- Ex-insurance salesman elected unlikely mayor of Berlin
28 April
- Turkish diaspora voters head to polls in Germany
- German rail union threatens week-long strike after failed talks
- German word of the day: Überreden
- Germany dodges recession but low growth disappoints
- 10 unmissable events happening in Germany in May
- How do I get a student visa for Germany and what does it let me do?
30 April
- Germany's climate activists find sanctuary in churches
- European paediatricians sound alarm over medicine shortage