📰 Breaking News: News Archive for August 2024 | Latest Updates from Germany 2025

01 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday
- German president asks Warsaw Uprising veterans for 'forgiveness'
- Disruption at Leipzig/Halle airport after climate protest
- Germany sold less beer in first half of 2024 despite Euros
- How Hamburg is dealing with surge of German citizenship applications
- What is Germany's 'Startchancenprogramm' and will it address poor school performance?
- School pupils evacuated after bomb threats at several German schools
- What your choice of German supermarket says about you
- Convicted hitman freed from Germany in Russian prisoner swap
02 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Friday
- Germany's 'deal with the devil' in Russia prisoner swap
- Eight ways to enjoy summer like a German
- Climate crisis: Heat claims '175,000 lives a year' in Europe
- What's behind the spike in arson attacks on Germany's railway network?
- 'Bitter concession': Germany admits tough wrangling over freed hitman Krasikov
- Why Germany may have to re-negotiate its 2025 budget
- The Team Germany games to watch at the Paris Olympics this weekend
03 August
- Inside Germany: Citizenship applications surge, 'Sommerloch' and Spreewald pickles
04 August
- Far left suspected of German rail sabotage as disruptions continue
05 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Monday
- What's behind the German love of hiking?
- Germany win thrilling Olympic mixed team relay triathlon
- TELL US: What are the best things about taking a summer holiday in Germany?
- Where police are stepping up speed checks on German roads
- Can I appeal the new property tax assessment in Germany?
- Eight things Americans need to know before moving to Germany
06 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Tuesday
- What are the German language requirements for family reunification?
- German word of the day: Saure-Gurken-Zeit
- Why Berlin tenants are paying extra €100 per month for elusive Anmeldung
- Dormouse causes hours-long power outage at Frankfurt airport
- The long German words you need to know (and some you don't)
- German mountaineers missing in French Alps after ice block topples
- What Brits in Germany need to know about British pensions
07 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday
- Two dead and several people trapped after hotel collapse in western Germany
- German engineering helps Ukrainian amputees walk again
- Woman fined in Berlin for using pro-Palestinian slogan
- What we know about fatal hotel collapse in western Germany
- Germany to see soaring temperatures amid heat spell
- How much do you need to earn in Germany to buy a million euro home?
08 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday
- Two dead and seven rescued after hotel collapse in Germany's Moselle valley
- Americans in Europe invited to share views with White House in new survey
- Will Germany's 'right to work from home' ever be introduced?
- German phrase of the day: Ich glaub' ich spinne
- Germany seeing price 'turnaround' on property market
- IN CHARTS: How German property prices are forecast to rise over next decade
09 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Friday
- Conservatives in southern German city push to limit number of kebab shops
- EXPLAINED: The steps to take when a loved one dies in Germany
- 'Goal is for no major delays': Can Berlin handle surge of German citizenship applications?
- OPINION: Unfair tax policies for Americans abroad must change
- German cyclist breaks women's sprint world record
- German Word of the Day: Einkehren
10 August
- 'Flying over Berlin' on Europe's highest swing
- Inside Germany: Anmeldung scams, public holiday, and will budget wrangling ever end?
- Climate activists demonstrate at several German airports
12 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Monday
- Why German transport companies are asking students to drive trams
- Lufthansa extends suspension of Middle East flights
- How many employees in Germany still work from home?
- How to get certified translations for your German citizenship application
- How to watch the Perseid meteor shower in Germany
13 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Tuesday
- Sections of the Berlin-Hamburg railway closed until December
- Visitors from Germany help Denmark set new tourism record
- Essential articles to help you survive a heatwave in Germany
- German investor morale drops sharply in August
- Beer to Bratwurst: How stereotypes about Germany are beginning to change
- How the FDP's 'pro-car' programme is stoking old debates in Germany
14 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday
- Germany battered by storms and floods after hottest day of year
- What to know about the new appointments system at Berlin immigration office
- German phrase of the day: Gut drauf sein
- Germany's housing benefit to increase at the start of 2025
15 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday
- Flights resume at German airports after climate protest disruption
- German court overturns ban on far-right 'Compact' magazine
- Why a German orchestra is using music to protest against the far-right
- EXPLAINED: How Germany plans to solve its Kita crisis
16 August
- WHO warns more mpox expected in Europe over the coming days or weeks
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Friday
- German town tells locals to boil water in fresh sabotage scare
- US approves Patriot missile sale to Germany worth 5 billion dollars
- Germany's employment rate rose in the second quarter of 2024
- EU health agency urges member states to prepare for more mpox cases
- 9 incredible foods you have to try while visiting Frankfurt
- How to watch the 2024 Paris Paralympics on TV in Germany
17 August
- Europe warned to prepare for mpox as Pakistan reports first case
- Inside Germany: Citizenship law fallout, Brückentage and the world's narrowest street
- Germany to cut Ukraine military aid in 2025 budget
18 August
- Ferris wheel fire at German festival injures more than 20
- Four men escape from psychiatric facility in Germany's Bavaria
- Europe's new EES biometric passport system to launch in November
- Germany's crisis-hit far-left party seeks new leadership
19 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Monday
- SURVEY: Almost 1 in 4 German employees worried that AI will take jobs
- EXPLAINED: Why German leaders are bashing planned Ukraine aid cuts
- 'Half of Germans feel less safe': Why the interior minister wants to ban knives
- How you can prepare for travel under Europe's new EES and ETIAS rules
- 'So much to do': Why Germany is a great holiday destination
20 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Tuesday
- How similar are Germany's AfD and BSW parties?
- Germany spends billions on climate-harming subsidies each year, study finds
- Former German Nazi secretary loses appeal against conviction
- Everything that's changed in the latest Duden German dictionary
- These are the best ways to send money to Germany
- Tesla imports to face lower-rate EU tariffs in Germany than other China-made EVs
21 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the news on Wednesday
- Iran shuts German cultural and language centre
- Man shot dead at Frankfurt's main station
- EXPLAINED: Why train passengers in Germany could see major ticket price hikes
- Who should get a top-up Covid vaccination in Germany?
- Four of the best day trips to do from Cologne
- What to know about the new night train connecting Belgium, Germany, Austria and Italy
- Pilots and cabin crews vote for strike action at German airline Discover
22 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday
- 'Right vision for Germany': Far-right firebrand Höcke draws crowds in eastern state
- Where are the cheapest places to fuel your car in Germany?
- Where in Germany do people live the longest?
- Americans in Germany: How to vote in the US presidential election from abroad
- German word of the day: Fleischersatz
- Cosplay and queues at gamers gathering in Cologne
23 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Friday
- Greens struggle against far-right tide in eastern Germany
- NATO airbase in Germany raises security level over 'potential threat'
- What return of liquid limits at airports means for travel in Germany
- How dangerous is Frankfurt central station and the Bahnhofsviertel?
- Berlin zoo panda gives birth to twins for second time
- How a project to help German citizenship applicants could relieve immigration offices
- British Prime Minister Starmer to visit Germany in first bilateral trip
24 August
- Three dead, several wounded in knife attack on German festival
- Minister says Germany 'deeply shocked' by knife attack
- Inside Germany: Gearing up for state elections and the German 'Switzerlands'
- German police hunt festival knife attack suspect
25 August
- German police say Syrian suspect confesses to Solingen knife rampage
- Runners to climb 40 floors of Cologne's tallest office building in staircase race
26 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Monday
- Pilots and cabin crew to stage four-day strike at German airline Discover
- Why drivers in Germany could face hike in car insurance next year
- 'Ban asylum seekers': How Germany is reacting to Solingen knife attack
- Scholz pledges to tighten German weapons law 'very quickly'
- Everything that changes in Germany in September 2024
27 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Tuesday
- German consumer confidence to worsen in September
- 'Turning point': Deadly knife attack fuels bitter German immigration row
- Germany's heat subsidies now available to all homeowners
- What can I do about a homeless person sleeping in my apartment building in Germany?
- Oktoberfest visitors to face tighter security checks after Solingen terror attack
- How to request an extension on your tax return in Germany
28 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday
- UK Prime Minister Starmer promises Brexit 'reset' on Germany trip
- Why is Switzerland so popular for Germans moving abroad?
- German police shoot dead man armed with knives
- Why support for the far-right AfD is set to surge in eastern Germany
- How an explosive row over immigration has divided Germany
- Budget airline Ryanair to cut flights from Berlin
- What's on in Germany: 9 events not to miss this September
29 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday
- Old traumas boost far-right support in Germany's industrial east
- Do employees in Germany have to declare tax on a side job?
- Germany to deport leader of banned Islamic centre
- German inflation falls to lowest level in more than three years
- How can Germany tackle its problem with knife crime?
- What is Germany's planned 'cash bonus' for later retirement?
- Germany announces tougher knife laws after Solingen attack
30 August
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Friday
- Far-left rebel seeking peace with Putin rocks German politics
- Germany deports first Afghan nationals since Taliban took control
- 'Not as bad as it looks': How is Frankfurt improving the Bahnhofsviertel?
- Which US states have driver's licence exchange agreements with Germany?
- REVEALED: The German airport with the cheapest long-haul flights
31 August
- Five wounded in Germany bus stabbing
- Inside Germany: Inflation falls, Edeka's far-right stand and school traditions