The list of ARD hot spots contains an as yet incomplete list of all programs.
list 1971
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
January 6, 1971
Participation of German companies in the construction of the Cabora Bassa dam
25 minutes
3rd February 1971
The DDR parts of the relevant report of the Union address
March 3, 1971
Operation Lam Son 719
April 7th 1971
24th party congress of the CPSU
5th May 1971
Planned accession of the United Kingdom to the EEC
8:20 pm
2nd June 1971
Inflationist tendencies in Europe and the USA
7th July 1971
UK accession to the EEC
4th August 1971
American - Chinese Relations and Their Impact on the Vietnam War
October 6, 1971
Political, economic and military engagement of the USA since 1945
3rd November 1971
UN General Assembly resolution 2758
1972
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
5th January 1972
Discussion on fighting crime
2nd February 1972
Financial situation of German cities
March 1, 1972
Increase in the mineral oil tax
June 7, 1972
Stalemate in the Bundestag
5th July 1972
Situation of the Bundeswehr
4th October 1972
Structure of the parties
December 6, 1972
Conflict between CDU and CSU
1973
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
7th February 1973
Land speculation
March 7, 1973
Elections in Chile on March 4, 1973 and Argentina on March 11, 1973
April 4th 1973
SPD
May 2nd 1973
Future of European - American Relations
45 minutes
June 6, 1973
Energy shortage
4th July 1973
Air traffic controllers strike
1st August 1973
Radical Decree of January 28, 1972
3rd October 1973
Toxic waste scandal in Hessen
7th November 1973
Watergate affair
5th December 1973
Oil boycott
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
January 7, 1982
Cities are facing financial difficulties
4th February 1982
State elections in Lower Saxony on March 21, 1982, in Hamburg on June 6, 1982, in Hesse on September 26, 1982 and in Bavaria on October 10, 1982
March 4th 1982
Power of the unions
May 6, 1982
Central America
45 minutes
3rd June 1982
United Kingdom and its allies
8:18 pm
5th August 1982
Relations between Europe and the USA
October 7, 1982
Media , family and housing policy
4th November 1982
FDP
2nd December 1982
Federal Training Assistance Act
1983 1984
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
4th January 1984
“The million dollar thing. Politics and Capital: The Flick Case "
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
January 18, 1984
" Conference for Confidence Building and Disarmament in Europe (KVAE) "
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
January 25, 1984
"The Chancellor in Israel"
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
1st February 1984
" The MAD - Wörner, Kießling and the consequences "
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
February 8, 1984
“Hesse in front? Green-red the new majority "
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
February 15, 1984
" Lebanon - die without end "
40 minutes at 9:40 p.m.
February 22, 1984
"Leo, Marder + Co. - New boom in arms exports"
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
February 29, 1984
"Oil War in the Gulf? Threat to Europe "
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
March 7, 1984
"Hunger - Africa before the disaster"
45 minutes at 9:15 pm
March 14, 1984
"How much time for work? On the dispute over the 35-hour week "
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
March 21, 1984
"The million dollar thing - Rummenigge merchandise "
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
March 28, 1984
" El Salvador after the elections "
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
April 4th 1984
"Sick environment - sick children"
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
April 11, 1984
"Relaxation in South Africa?"
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
April 18, 1984
"Working time between struggle and compromise"
40 minutes at 9:50 p.m.
May 2, 1984
"Loreley in Tokyo - German exhibition in Japan"
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
May 9, 1984
"Pardon on one's own behalf" (on exemption from punishment for tax offenses in the case of party donations)
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
May 16, 1984
"Powder Keg Central America"
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
May 12, 1984
Computer crime
25 minutes
May 23, 1984
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
May 24, 1984
“The 35-hour strike. Labor dispute in the metal industry "
45 minutes at 8:15 pm
May 30, 1984
FDP federal party congress from June 1st to 3rd, 1984
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
June 6, 1984
?
43 minutes at 9:47 pm
June 20, 1984
Taxes
35 minutes at 9:55 pm
June 27, 1984
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
4th July 1984
?
40 minutes at 9:50 p.m.
July 11, 1984
?
35 minutes at 9:55 pm
July 18, 1984
?
35 minutes at 9:55 pm
July 25, 1984
Knesset election on July 23, 1984
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
August 1, 1984
?
40 minutes at 9:50 p.m.
3rd October 1984
?
45 minutes at 9:15 pm
October 10, 1984
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
17th October 1984
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
October 31, 1984
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
November 7, 1984
Re-election of US President Ronald Reagan on November 6, 1984
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
November 14, 1984
Germany's health system
40 minutes at 9:50 p.m.
November 28, 1984
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
5th December 1984
?
50 minutes at 9:40 p.m.
19th December 1984
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
1985
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
2nd January 1985
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
January 9, 1985
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
January 16, 1985
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
January 30, 1985
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
February 20, 1985
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
February 27, 1985
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
April 3, 1985
?
45 minutes at 9:15 pm
April 17, 1985
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
May 15, 1985
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
May 22, 1985
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
5th June 1985
World environment day
45 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
June 19, 1985
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
June 26, 1985
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
3rd July 1985
?
35 minutes at 9:55 pm
July 10, 1985
?
65 minutes at 9:25 pm
17th July 1985
?
30 minutes at 10:10 p.m.
July 24, 1985
?
40 minutes at 9:50 p.m.
July 31, 1985
?
40 minutes at 10:05 p.m.
7th August 1985
AIDS
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
August 14, 1985
?
30 minutes at 10:10 p.m.
August 21, 1985
?
40 minutes at 9:50 p.m.
August 28, 1985
?
65 minutes at 9:25 pm
September 11, 1985
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
September 18, 1985
?
55 minutes at 9:05 pm
September 25, 1985
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
2nd October 1985
?
50 minutes at 9:40 p.m.
October 9, 1985
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
October 16, 1985
?
35 minutes at 9:55 pm
October 23, 1985
40th anniversary of the UN on October 24, 1985
40 minutes at 9:50 p.m.
October 30, 1985
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
October 31, 1985
Scheduled performance of The Trash, the City and Death
November 6, 1985
?
25 minutes at 9:35 p.m.
17th November 1985
European Football Championship 1988
5 minutes
November 20, 1985
Summit of Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
35 minutes
November 27, 1985
?
35 minutes at 9:25 p.m.
1986
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
January 8, 1986
?
35 minutes at 9:55 pm
January 15, 1986
?
50 minutes at 9:40 p.m.
January 22, 1986
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
January 29, 1986
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
March 12, 1986
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
April 30, 1986
Chernobyl nuclear disaster on April 26th
25 minutes
May 14, 1986
Chernobyl nuclear disaster on April 26th
June 25, 1986
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
August 6, 1986
Nicaragua
9.45 p.m.
August 20, 1986
Drug smuggling
9:55 pm
October 22, 1986
?
25 minutes at 9:35 p.m.
1987
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
January 21, 1987
?
30 minutes at 10:05 p.m.
March 4th 1987
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
April 1, 1987
?
35 minutes at 9:55 pm
April 8, 1987
Malformations due to radioactivity
9.45 p.m.
August 19, 1987
?
50 minutes at 9:40 p.m.
December 8, 1987
Summit of Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
9:05 pm
1988
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
May 11, 1988
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
July 27, 1988
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
3rd August 1988
Situation in the West Bank
September 28, 1988
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
1989
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
January 11, 1989
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
January 18, 1989
?
35 minutes at 9:55 pm
March 2, 1989
KGB hack
33 minutes at 11:00 PM
April 19, 1989
Young Nazis
May 3, 1989
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
August 9, 1989
?
September 6, 1989
?
40 minutes at 9:50 p.m.
November 9, 1989
Fall of the wall
10 minutes at 9:08 pm (in the half-time break of the DFB Cup match VfB Stuttgart - FC Bayern Munich)
November 10, 1989
Fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989
135 minutes, plus a focus in the morning (10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.)
November 11, 1989
Fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989
45 minutes
November 12, 1989
Fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989
November 18, 1989
Fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989
60 minutes
December 26, 1989
Execution of Nicolae Ceaușescu on December 25, 1989
33 minutes
1990
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
March 14, 1990
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
April 9, 1990
Situation after the Volkskammer election on March 18, 1990
April 25, 1990
?
25 minutes at 10:05 p.m.
June 27, 1990
?
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
August 8, 1990
?
40 minutes at 9:50 p.m.
5th September 1990
?
40 minutes at 9:50 p.m.
1991
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
2nd January 1991
?
40 minutes at 9:50 p.m.
January 9, 1991
?
50 minutes at 9:40 p.m.
January 16, 1991
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
January 23, 1991
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
January 30, 1991
?
25 minutes at 10:05 p.m.
February 6, 1991
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
February 13, 1991
?
40 minutes at 9:50 p.m.
February 20, 1991
?
40 minutes at 9:50 p.m.
February 27, 1991
?
35 minutes at 9:55 pm
March 27, 1991
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
April 3, 1991
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40 minutes at 9:50 p.m.
April 10, 1991
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40 minutes at 9:50 p.m.
April 17, 1991
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
April 24, 1991
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
May 1, 1991
?
50 minutes at 9:40 p.m.
May 8, 1991
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
May 15, 1991
?
25 minutes at 10:05 p.m.
May 22, 1991
?
45 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
May 29, 1991
?
50 minutes at 9:40 p.m.
17th July 1991
?
55 minutes at 9:35 p.m.
September 25, 1991
Riots in Hoyerswerda between September 17 and 23, 1991
45 minutes at 9:50 p.m.
October 28, 1991
Resignation of the SPD chairman Hans-Jochen Vogel
9:30 p.m.
1992
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
January 8, 1992
The Ministry for State Security persecutes Heinz Eggert
January 15, 1992
?
51 minutes
March 4th 1992
?
34 minutes
March 11, 1992
?
34 minutes
March 18, 1992
?
44 minutes
March 26, 1992
Overstretching the judiciary
44 minutes
April 8, 1992
Hard times in Germany
25 minutes at 10:05 p.m.
April 15, 1992
?
44 minutes
May 13, 1992
?
44 minutes
July 1, 1992
Key witness Siegfried Nonne and the attack on Alfred Herrhausen
August 25, 1992
Riots in Rostock-Lichtenhagen
August 26, 1992
?
55 minutes at 9:35 p.m.
November 25, 1992
Assassination attempt in Mölln on November 23, 1992
2nd December 1992
?
25 minutes at 10:05 p.m.
December 9, 1992
UN mission UNITAF in Somalia
December 9, 1992
Separation of Prince Charles and Lady Diana
1993
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
January 12, 1993
Braer tanker accident on January 5th
January 13, 1993
Departure of Erich Honecker to Chile
January 14, 1993
Ship accident of Jan Heweliusz
January 18, 1993
Air strikes on Iraq
March 7, 1993
Local election in Hesse
22:00 O'clock
March 31, 1993
Bosnian War
22:00 O'clock
May 3, 1993
Resignation of the SPD chairman and Schleswig-Holstein Prime Minister Björn Engholm
30 minutes
May 28, 1993
Stop the abortion law by the Federal Constitutional Court
30 minutes, plus a focus in the morning (9:03 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.)
May 31, 1993
Assassination attempt in Solingen on May 29th
30 minutes at 6:00 p.m.
June 12, 1993
UN mission in Somalia
1:15 p.m.
July 21, 1993
Bundeswehr mission in Somalia
September 21, 1993
Dissolution of parliament in Russia
3rd October 1993
Attempted coup in Moscow
4th October 1993
Attempted coup in Moscow
45 minutes
October 8, 1993
HIV in blood
25 minutes at 10:05 p.m.
October 12, 1993
Decision of the Federal Constitutional Court on the Maastricht Treaty
35 minutes at 9:30 p.m., plus a focus in the morning (11:50 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.)
November 25, 1993
Withdrawal of the federal presidential candidate Steffen Heitmann ( CDU )
30 minutes
2nd December 1993
Government crisis in Saxony-Anhalt
December 13, 1993
Parliamentary election in Russia
December 14, 1993
GATT agreement
35 minutes at 9:30 p.m.
1994
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
January 11, 1994
Forest fires in Australia
35 minutes at 9:30 p.m.
17th January 1994
Los Angeles earthquake
25 minutes at 11:15 p.m.
January 25, 1994
Willy Brandt's estate 35 minutes at 9:30 p.m.
February 9, 1994
NATO ultimatum to Yugoslavia
30 minutes at 11:00 PM
February 22, 1994
Judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court on license fees
9:35 pm
February 25, 1994
Hebron massacre
10 minutes at 10:50 p.m., plus a focus in the afternoon (5:35 p.m. to 5:50 p.m.)
February 28, 1994
NATO mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina
March 23, 1994
Kurds in Germany
25 minutes at 11:00 p.m.
March 29, 1994
Situation after the general election in Italy on March 27th
25 minutes at 10:05 p.m.
April 11, 1994
NATO mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina
April 14, 1994
Jürgen Schneider went bankrupt
April 20, 1994
Situation in Goražde
35 minutes at 23:00
April 25, 1994
Goal of the year
11:00 p.m.
April 28, 1994
General election in South Africa
11:00 p.m.
May 4, 1994
Gaza-Jericho Agreement
9.45 p.m.
May 13, 1994
Genocide in Rwanda
11:00 p.m.
May 19, 1994
Drugs
55 minutes at 11:15 pm
July 12, 1994
State visit by US President Bill Clinton to Berlin
July 27, 1994
Ozone alert in Hessen on July 26th
20 minutes
September 19, 1994
US invasion of Haiti
September 28, 1994
Fall of the Estonia
October 19, 1994
Terrorist attack in Tel Aviv
November 30, 1994
Bosnian War
20 minutes at 9:45 p.m.
December 15, 1994
First Chechen War
9:00 p.m.
December 22, 1994
Resignation of the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
9:00 p.m.
1995
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
January 2, 1995
Cold spell
9:00 p.m.
January 17, 1995
Kobe earthquake
30 minutes
January 27, 1995
Rhine flood
9:15 pm
January 30, 1995
Rhine flood
45 minutes
January 31, 1995
Rhine flood
March 8, 1995
Low of the US dollar
10 mins
March 20, 1995
Toxic gas attack in Tokyo
20 minutes
May 18, 1995
Resignation of Klaus Kinkel as FDP -President
May 19, 1995
Arrest of Jürgen Schneider on May 18
May 26, 1995
Serbs took hostages of UN employees in the Bosnian war
June 14, 1995
planned sinking of the Brent Spar
30 minutes at 10:00 p.m.
June 19, 1995
Budyonnovsk hostage-taking on June 14th
June 22, 1995
Ratification of the merger between Berlin and Brandenburg by the state parliaments
9:00 p.m.
July 12, 1995
Srebrenica massacre
9.45 p.m.
August 3, 1995
Arrest of Peter Graf on August 2
4th August 1995
Croatian offensive in the Bosnian War
August 30, 1995
NATO attacks in Bosnia-Herzegovina
October 13, 1995
Judgments on the Solingen assassination attempt
35 minutes at 10:00 a.m.
November 6, 1995
Murder of Yitzhak Rabin on November 4th
40 minutes, plus a focus at night (4:20 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. on November 7th)
November 16, 1995
Election of Oskar Lafontaine as SPD chairman
50 minutes
November 21, 1995
Dayton Agreement
20 minutes at 8:40 p.m.
1996
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
January 15, 1996
Pervomaiskoye hostage-taking
January 17, 1996
Pervomaiskoye hostage-taking ended on January 16
9.45 p.m.
January 18, 1996
Lübeck arson attack
February 7, 1996
Plane crash in the Dominican Republic on February 6th
February 21, 1996
Bremer Vulkan shipyard has
filed for insolvency20 minutes
February 23, 1996
Extradition of Jürgen Schneider
March 4, 1996
Terrorist attack in Tel Aviv
April 12, 1996
Fire disaster at Düsseldorf Airport on April 11th
April 18, 1996
Israeli air strike on Lebanese refugee camp Kana
9:00 p.m.
April 24, 1996
Austerity
April 27, 1996
End of the Reemtsma kidnapping on April 26
20 minutes
May 8, 1996
Castor transport
20 minutes
May 30, 1996
Election of Benjamin Netanyahu to the Israeli Prime Minister on May 29
July 12, 1996
March of the Orange Order
10:15 pm
July 18, 1996
Airplane crash off Long Island on July 17th
July 27, 1996
Attack on the Atlanta Olympics
20 minutes, plus a focus in the morning (10:30 a.m. to 10:55 a.m.)
September 3, 1996
US air strikes on Iraq
September 26, 1996
Tunnel opening under the Jerusalem Temple Mount on September 25th
10 mins
17th October 1996
Dismissal of the Russian security advisor Alexander Ivanovich Lebed
October 19, 1996
Abduction of Jakub Fiszman
November 6, 1996
Re-election of US President Bill Clinton on November 5th
November 13, 1996
First Congo War
30 minutes at 11:00 PM
November 29, 1996
Resignation of the VW board member José Ignacio López de Arriortúa
30 minutes
December 19, 1996
Hostage-taking in Lima
1997
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
January 16, 1997
Arrested in the murder of Kim
February 3, 1997
Mass demonstration in Belgrade
9:30 p.m.
March 5, 1997
Castor transport
20 minutes
March 13, 1997
Coal compromise in the Ruhr mining industry
March 13, 1997
State of emergency in Albania
20 minutes at 11:05 p.m.
May 2, 1997
General election in the UK on May 1st
June 30, 1997
Return of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong to China on July 1st
45 minutes
July 17, 1997
Repair work on the Russian Mir space station
9:05 pm
July 23, 1997
Or flood
20:35 (after reporting on the Tour de France )
July 25, 1997
Or flood
20:25 (after reporting on the Tour de France )
July 30, 1997
Terrorist attack in Jerusalem
July 31, 1997
Or flood
August 13, 1997
Nestlé blackmail
August 25, 1997
Judgments in the Politburo process
9:30 p.m.
August 31, 1997
Princess Diana has a car accident 45 minutes
September 15, 1997
Plane crash off Namibia on September 13th
September 18, 1997
Terrorist attack in Cairo
10 mins
September 26, 1997
Forest fires in Southeast Asia
October 9, 1997
Matthias Hintze murder case
November 17, 1997
Luxor attack
1998
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
January 27, 1998
Lewinsky affair
20 minutes
March 2, 1998
Situation after the state elections in Lower Saxony on March 1st
45 minutes
March 9, 1998
Serbian retaliation in Kosovo
21:00
March 30, 1998
Arrest of Reemtsma kidnapper Thomas Drach on March 28th
April 27, 1998
Situation after the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on April 26th
20 minutes
May 7, 1998
Merger of Daimler Chrysler
May 13, 1998
State visit by US President Bill Clinton to Germany
May 27, 1998
Veto of the EU Commission against the merger of the Kirch Group with Bertelsmann
9.45 p.m.
June 3, 1998
ICE accident at Eschede
June 4, 1998
ICE accident in Eschede on June 3rd
August 17, 1998
Survey of US President Bill Clinton in the Lewinsky affair
August 18, 1998
Questioned US President Bill Clinton on the Lewinsky affair on August 17th
August 21, 1998
US air strikes on Sudan and Afghanistan on August 20
August 24, 1998
Russian Prime Minister Sergei Wladilenowitsch Kiriyenko sacked on 23 August
August 28, 1998
Russian crisis
September 3, 1998
Plane crash off Canada on September 2nd
September 7, 1998
Resignation of the national soccer coach Berti Vogts
September 28, 1998
Situation after the federal election on September 27th
45 minutes at 8:20 pm
November 2, 1998
Rhine flood
November 4, 1998
Hurricane Mitch in Central America
December 17, 1998
US air strikes on Iraq
8:20 pm
December 18, 1998
US air strikes on Iraq
1999
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Deviation from the start of broadcasting at 8:15 p.m. or from the duration of 15 minutes
January 26, 1999
Talks about phasing out nuclear power
February 8, 1999
Death of the Jordanian King Hussein I on February 7th
February 9, 1999
Avalanche accidents in the Alps
February 10, 1999
Avalanche accidents in the Alps
February 16, 1999
Abduction of Abdullah Öcalan from Nairobi on February 15th
February 17, 1999
Kurdish riots in Berlin after the kidnapping of Abdullah Öcalan
February 23, 1999
Avalanche accidents in the Alps
10 mins
February 24, 1999
Avalanche accidents in the Alps
45 minutes, plus a focus in the afternoon (3:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.)
February 25, 1999
Avalanche accidents in the Alps
20 minutes, plus a focus in the afternoon (3:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.)
March 11, 1999
Resignation of the SPD chairman and federal finance minister Oskar Lafontaine
8:20 pm
March 12, 1999
Situation after the resignation of Oskar Lafontaine
an additional focus at noon (12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.)
March 16, 1999
Resignation of the EU Commission
25 minutes
March 24, 1999
Beginning of the Kosovo war
40 minutes
March 25, 1999
Kosovo War
50 minutes
March 28, 1999
Kosovo War
20 minutes
March 29, 1999
Kosovo War
March 30, 1999
Kosovo War
35 minutes
March 31, 1999
Kosovo War
April 1, 1999
Kosovo War
25 minutes
April 3, 1999
Kosovo War
20 minutes
April 5, 1999
Kosovo War
April 6, 1999
Kosovo War
April 7, 1999
Kosovo War
April 9, 1999
Kosovo War
April 12, 1999
Kosovo War
20 minutes
April 13, 1999
Kosovo War
20 minutes
April 14, 1999
Kosovo War
20 minutes
April 15, 1999
Kosovo War
20 minutes
April 16, 1999
Kosovo War
April 19, 1999
Kosovo War
April 20, 1999
Kosovo War
April 21, 1999
Columbine High School rampage on April 20th
20 minutes
April 21, 1999
Kosovo War
8:35 pm
April 22, 1999
Kosovo War
April 23, 1999
Kosovo War
April 26, 1999
Kosovo War
April 27, 1999
Kosovo War
April 28, 1999
Kosovo War
10 mins
April 29, 1999
Kosovo War
20 minutes
May 2, 1999
Kosovo War
May 6, 1999
Kosovo War
May 7, 1999
Kosovo War
May 10, 1999
Kosovo War
May 13, 1999
Green Party Congress in Bielefeld
May 22, 1999
Flood in the Alps
May 29, 1999
Fire in the Tauern tunnel
10 mins
June 3, 1999
Kosovo War
40 minutes at 8:23 pm
June 7, 1999
Kosovo War
June 10, 1999
End of the Kosovo war
45 minutes
June 13, 1999
Murder of three star - reporters in Kosovo
20 minutes at 9:30 p.m.
June 14, 1999
Entry of KFOR troops in Kosovo on June 12th
20 minutes
June 17, 1999
Return of refugees from the Kosovo war
July 19, 1999
John F. Kennedy, Jr. plane crash on July 16
August 11, 1999
total solar eclipse
August 17, 1999
Gölcük earthquake
August 18, 1999
Earthquake in Gölcük on August 17th
40 minutes
August 19, 1999
Arrest of the murderer Dieter Zurwehme
8:20 pm
September 6, 1999
Situation after the state elections in Brandenburg and Saarland on September 5th
September 20, 1999
Situation after the state elections in Saxony on September 19th
September 21, 1999
Jiji earthquake
10 mins
November 22, 1999
threatened bankruptcy of Philipp Holzmann AG
November 24, 1999
Rescue of Philipp Holzmann AG
November 26, 1999
Resignation of Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Gerhard Glogowski ( SPD )
10 mins
November 30, 1999
Interview with Helmut Kohl in the CDU donation affair
25 minutes at 9:05 p.m.
December 15, 1999
Second Chechnya War
9.45 p.m.
December 22, 1999
Conviction of Monika Böttcher
December 26, 1999
Hurricane Lothar
December 29, 1999
Investigations against Helmut Kohl in the CDU donation affair
December 31, 1999
Resignation of Russian President Boris Yeltsin
5 minutes at 8:05 pm
2000
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January 17, 2000
Resignation of the CDU MP Manfred Kanther
January 18, 2000
Resignation of the CDU honorary chairman Helmut Kohl
20 minutes
February 4, 2000
CDU donation affair
February 6, 2000
Brühl railway accident
10 mins
February 10, 2000
Government crisis in Hessen
February 15, 2000
Million fine for the CDU in the CDU donation affair
20 minutes
February 16, 2000
Resignation of the CDU party and CDU / CSU parliamentary group leader Wolfgang Schäuble
March 1, 2000
Floods in Mozambique
March 28, 2000
Avalanche accident in Kaprun
10 mins
April 5, 2000
Failure of the bank merger between Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Bank
May 3, 2000
Hostage-taking in the Philippines
June 10, 2000
Train accident on the Zugspitze
10 mins
June 14, 2000
Police murder in Dortmund
June 29, 2000
Judgment for Stasi file of Helmut Kohl
July 12, 2000
Emergency landing in Vienna
10 mins
July 17, 2000
Renate Wallert is released on Jolo
July 25, 2000
Plane crash in Paris
25 minutes
July 25, 2000
Failure of negotiations at Camp David
20 minutes at 8:40 p.m.
July 26, 2000
Plane crash in Paris on July 25th
July 27, 2000
Explosives attack in Düsseldorf
10 mins
August 15, 2000
The Kursk sank
August 16, 2000
The Kursk sank
August 17, 2000
The Kursk sank
August 18, 2000
The Kursk sank
August 19, 2000
The Kursk sank
August 20, 2000
The Kursk sank
10 mins
August 21, 2000
The Kursk sank
August 21, 2000
Bus accident
10 minutes at 8:30 p.m.
September 9, 2000
Marc Wallert is released on Jolo
10 mins
September 27, 2000
Sink of the Express Samina
October 5, 2000
Popular uprising in Yugoslavia
35 minutes
October 6, 2000
Resignation of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević
October 12, 2000
Second intifada
October 16, 2000
Flood in the Alps
October 18, 2000
Flood in the Alps
October 21, 2000
Christoph Daum resigns as coach of Bayer 04 Leverkusen
10 mins
November 3, 2000
Escape of the murderer Frank Schmökel
10 mins
November 8, 2000
US presidential election on November 7th
35 minutes at 8:20 pm
November 11, 2000
Kaprun cable car accident
25 minutes
November 24, 2000
BSE crisis
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January 9, 2001
Resignation of Federal Minister Andrea Fischer ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ) and Karl-Heinz Funke ( SPD )
March 9, 2001
Murder case Ulrike
June 7, 2001
Break of the coalition in Berlin
June 21, 2001
G8 summit in Genoa
June 30, 2001
Flood in Poland
20 minutes
August 9, 2001
Terrorist attack in Jerusalem
10 mins
September 11, 2001
Terrorist attacks in the USA
55 minutes (further special broadcasts uninterrupted until September 14th)
September 12, 2001
Terrorist attacks in the USA
70 minutes at 8:25 p.m., plus two focal points in the morning (9:03 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. and 9:35 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.)
September 13, 2001
Terrorist attacks in the USA
40 minutes at 8:20 p.m., plus a focus in the morning (9:00 a.m. to 9:55 a.m.)
September 14, 2001
Terrorist attacks in the USA
35 minutes at 8:20 p.m., plus a focus in the morning (10:05 a.m. to 10:35 a.m.)
September 15, 2001
Terrorist attacks in the USA
8:20 pm
September 16, 2001
Terrorist attacks in the USA
10 mins
September 27, 2001
Zug assassination attempt
10 mins
October 7, 2001
Beginning of the Afghan war
35 minutes at 8:20 pm
October 8, 2001
Afghan war
35 minutes at 8:25 pm
October 9, 2001
Anthrax attacks
October 10, 2001
Afghan war
October 12, 2001
Afghan war
October 17, 2001
Afghan war
20 minutes
October 19, 2001
Afghan war
October 24, 2001
Accident in the Gotthard tunnel
November 2, 2001
Anthrax suspected in Germany
November 6, 2001
Afghan war
November 12, 2001
Plane crash in New York
20 minutes
November 13, 2001
Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's vote of confidence and the conquest of Kabul in the Afghan war
30 minutes
November 16, 2001
Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's vote of confidence
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March 6, 2002
Bundeswehr accident in Kabul
10 mins
March 22, 2002
Scandal in the immigration law in the Federal Council
April 18, 2002
Plane crash in Milan
20:20
April 26, 2002
Erfurt rampage
20 minutes
April 27, 2002
Erfurt rampage
May 22, 2002
State visit by US President George W. Bush to Berlin
June 5, 2002
Karsli affair
8:20 pm
June 22, 2002
Resignation of the Brandenburg Prime Minister Manfred Stolpe ( SPD )
10 minutes at 8:20 pm
July 2, 2002
Aircraft collision in Überlingen on July 1st
20 minutes
July 11, 2002
Storm in Northern Germany
July 18, 2002
Dismissal of the Federal Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping ( SPD )
August 12, 2002
Elbe flood
August 13, 2002
Elbe flood
45 minutes
August 14, 2002
Elbe flood
10 mins
August 15, 2002
Elbe flood
45 minutes
August 16, 2002
Elbe flood
17th August 2002
Elbe flood
8:20 pm
August 18, 2002
Elbe flood
8:20 pm
August 19, 2002
Elbe flood
August 20, 2002
Elbe flood
August 21, 2002
Elbe flood
August 22, 2002
Elbe flood
September 23, 2002
Situation after the federal election on September 22nd
45 minutes
October 1, 2002
Murder of Jakob von Metzler by Magnus Gäfgen
October 13, 2002
Terrorist attack in Bali on October 12th
October 18, 2002
Hostage-taking at a school in Waiblingen
8:20 pm
October 24, 2002
Hostage-taking in Moscow's Dubrovka Theater
20 minutes
October 25, 2002
Hostage-taking in Moscow's Dubrovka Theater
October 26, 2002
Hostage-taking in Moscow's Dubrovka Theater
8:20 pm
October 28, 2002
Storm in Central Europe
November 1, 2002
Earthquake in San Giuliano di Puglia on October 31st
November 6, 2002
Plane crash in Luxembourg and train fire in Nancy
9:30 p.m.
November 19, 2002
Sinking of the oil tanker Prestige
10 mins
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January 3, 2003
Cold spell
January 4, 2003
Cold spell
February 1, 2003
Space shuttle Columbia crash
8:20 pm
February 2, 2003
The Columbia space shuttle crashed on February 1st
30 minutes at 4:30 p.m.
February 5, 2003
US Secretary of State Colin Powell presented "evidence" of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to the UN Security Council
February 14, 2003
Report of the UN weapons inspectors in Iraq
March 17, 2003
US President George W. Bush's ultimatum to Iraq
20 minutes
March 18, 2003
Preparation for the Iraq war
10 mins
March 19, 2003
Preparation for the Iraq war
March 20, 2003
Beginning of the Iraq war
55 minutes (further special programs until the next day)
March 21, 2003
Iraq war
50 minutes
March 23, 2003
Iraq war
March 24, 2003
Iraq war
March 25, 2003
Iraq war
March 26, 2003
Iraq war
March 27, 2003
Iraq war
March 28, 2003
Iraq war
April 3, 2003
Iraq war
April 4, 2003
Iraq war
April 5, 2003
Iraq war
April 6, 2003
Iraq war
April 7, 2003
Iraq war
20 minutes
April 8, 2003
Iraq war
April 9, 2003
Conquest of Baghdad in the Iraq War
40 minutes
April 10, 2003
Iraq war
20 minutes
April 11, 2003
Iraq war
May 8, 2003
Bus accident in Hungary
May 14, 2003
Liberation of some of the hostages in Algeria on May 13th
May 17, 2003
Bus accident in Lyon
10 mins
June 5, 2003
Suicide by Jürgen Möllemann ( FDP )
August 15, 2003
Power outage in the US on August 14th
August 19, 2003
Dismissal of the Hamburg Interior Senator Ronald Schill ( PRO )
10 minutes at 8:20 pm
August 29, 2003
Terrorist attack in Najaf
10 mins
September 11, 2003
The murder of the Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh
10 mins
September 18, 2003
Hurricane Isabel in the USA
10 mins
October 27, 2003
Terrorist attacks on the International Red Cross in Baghdad
November 15, 2003
Terrorist attacks in Istanbul
10 mins
November 20, 2003
Terrorist attacks in Istanbul
December 9, 2003
Break of the coalition in Hamburg
10 mins
December 14, 2003
Arrest of Saddam Hussein on December 13th
10 mins
December 15, 2003
Agreement of the mediation committee on the introduction of Hartz IV
25 minutes
December 27, 2003
Earthquake in Iran on December 26th
December 28, 2003
Earthquake in Iran on December 26th
10 mins
2004
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February 6, 2004
Resignation of Gerhard Schröder as SPD -President
March 4, 2004
Nomination of Horst Köhler (CDU) and Gesine Schwan (SPD) as federal presidential candidates
March 11, 2004
Madrid train stops
June 24, 2004
Resignation of the national soccer coach Rudi Völler
September 1, 2004
Beslan hostage-taking
September 2, 2004
Beslan hostage-taking
September 3, 2004
End of the Beslan hostage-taking
30 minutes
September 20, 2004
Situation after the state elections in Brandenburg and Saxony on September 19th
October 14, 2004
Strike at Opel
10 mins
November 3, 2004
Re-election of US President George W. Bush on November 2nd
December 27, 2004
Sumatra-Andaman quake on December 26th
25 minutes
December 28, 2004
Sumatra-Andaman quake on December 26th
20 minutes
December 29, 2004
Sumatra-Andaman quake on December 26th
20 minutes
December 30, 2004
Sumatra-Andaman quake on December 26th
2005
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January 5, 2005
Sumatra-Andaman quake on December 26, 2004
January 27, 2005
Football betting scandal
February 16, 2005
Snow chaos
March 17, 2005
Failed re-election of Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister Heide Simonis ( SPD )
10 mins
March 17, 2005
"Job summit"
8:25 pm
April 1, 2005
Pope John Paul II is dying
April 2, 2005
Death of Pope John Paul II
April 3, 2005
Death of Pope John Paul II on April 2nd
April 18, 2005
Beginning of the conclave
10 mins
April 19, 2005
Election of Pope Benedict XVI.
30 minutes
May 23, 2005
Situation after the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia on May 22nd
40 minutes
July 1, 2005
Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's vote of confidence
July 7, 2005
Terrorist attacks in London
20 minutes
July 21, 2005
Dissolution of the Bundestag
25 minutes
August 23, 2005
Flood in the Alps
10 mins
August 24, 2005
Flood in the Alps
10 mins
August 29, 2005
Hurricane Katrina
20 minutes
August 31, 2005
Hurricane Katrina on August 29th
8:20 pm
September 1, 2005
Hurricane Katrina on August 29th
10 mins
September 2, 2005
Hurricane Katrina on August 29th
October 10, 2005
Resignation of Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder ( SPD )
20 minutes
October 31, 2005
Resignation of the SPD chairman Franz Müntefering
November 7, 2005
Riots in France
10 mins
November 22, 2005
Election of Angela Merkel ( CDU ) as Federal Chancellor
10 mins
November 26, 2005
Muensterland snow chaos
10 mins
November 27, 2005
Muensterland snow chaos
10 mins
November 29, 2005
Abduction of Susanne Osthoff in Iraq
10 mins
2006
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January 2, 2006
Collapse of the Bad Reichenhall ice rink
10 mins
January 3, 2006
The Bad Reichenhall ice rink collapsed on January 2nd
10 mins
February 10, 2006
Snow chaos
February 15, 2006
Avian flu H5N1
10 mins
February 20, 2006
Doping at the Olympic Winter Games in Turin
20 minutes
March 4, 2006
Snow chaos
March 5, 2006
Snow chaos
April 5, 2006
Avian flu H5N1
April 10, 2006
Resignation of the SPD chairman Matthias Platzeck
April 25, 2006
Terrorist attacks in Dahab on April 24th
10 mins
June 30, 2006
Jan Ullrich is excluded from the Tour de France
10 minutes at 8:20 pm
July 12, 2006
Resignation of the national soccer coach Jürgen Klinsmann
July 20, 2006
Heatwave
10 mins
July 21, 2006
Lebanon War
July 27, 2006
Suspected doping against Tour de France winner Floyd Landis
10 mins
July 30, 2006
Lebanon War
10 mins
August 10, 2006
Terrorism alert in the UK
September 22, 2006
Transrapid accident in Emsland
October 25, 2006
Scandal over the desecration of corpses of Bundeswehr soldiers in Afghanistan
10 mins
November 8, 2006
US Congressional Election November 7th
10 mins
November 20, 2006
Emsdetten rampage
10 mins
December 30, 2006
Execution of Saddam Hussein
10 mins
2007
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January 18, 2007
Hurricane Kyrill
January 18, 2007
Resignation of the CSU chairman and Bavarian Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber
8:30 p.m.
January 19, 2007
Hurricane Kyrill on January 18th
20 minutes
April 17, 2007
Blacksburg rampage on April 16
10 mins
May 24, 2007
Doping confession by Erik Zabel and Rolf Aldag
June 18, 2007
Bus accident in Saxony-Anhalt
10 mins
August 26, 2007
Forest fires in Greece
September 5, 2007
Terrorism alert
November 13, 2007
Resignation of the Federal Minister of Labor and Vice Chancellor Franz Müntefering ( SPD )
2008
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January 28, 2008
Situation after the state elections in Hesse and Lower Saxony on January 27th
20 minutes
April 14, 2008
Resignation of the Prime Minister of Saxony Georg Milbradt ( CDU )
10 mins
May 13, 2008
China earthquake on May 12th
May 14, 2008
China earthquake on May 12th
August 20, 2008
Plane crash in Madrid
September 7, 2008
Resignation of SPD chairman Kurt Beck
September 29, 2008
Situation after the state elections in Bavaria on September 28th
October 10, 2008
Financial crisis
November 3, 2008
Failed election of Andrea Ypsilanti ( SPD ) as Prime Minister of Hesse
November 5, 2008
Election of US President Barack Obama on November 4th
35 minutes
November 5, 2008
Bus accident in Hanover
10 minutes at 8:50 pm
November 28, 2008
Terrorist attacks in Mumbai
December 29, 2008
Gaza war
2009
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January 7, 2009
Cold spell
February 4, 2009
Dispute over Bishop Richard Williamson
February 27, 2009
Opel crisis
March 11, 2009
Winnenden rampage
30 minutes
March 12, 2009
Winnenden rampage on March 11th
April 3, 2009
State visit by US President Barack Obama to Germany
April 6, 2009
L'Aquila earthquake
April 27, 2009
Jürgen Klinsmann is suspended as coach of FC Bayern Munich
April 29, 2009
World Health Organization warning of a swine flu pandemic
June 1, 2009
Plane crash in the Atlantic
June 9, 2009
Arcandor bankruptcy
June 15, 2009
Protests after the Iranian presidential election on June 12th
June 16, 2009
Protests after the Iranian presidential election on June 12th
September 28, 2009
Situation after the federal election on September 27th
November 27, 2009
Resignation of Federal Labor Minister Franz Josef Jung ( CDU )
2010
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January 13, 2010
Haiti earthquake on January 12th
10 mins
January 14, 2010
Haiti earthquake on January 12th
January 18, 2010
Haiti earthquake on January 12th
March 29, 2010
Terrorist attacks in Moscow
10 mins
April 10, 2010
Polish President Lech Kaczyński dies in a plane crash near Smolensk
10 mins
April 15, 2010
Death of four Bundeswehr soldiers in Afghanistan
April 16, 2010
Ash cloud
April 17, 2010
Ash cloud
April 18, 2010
Ash cloud
April 23, 2010
Application for EU aid from Greece
10 mins
May 10, 2010
Situation after the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia on May 9th
May 17, 2010
Michael Ballack cannot take part in the 2010 World Cup due to an injury .
May 31, 2010
Resignation of Federal President Horst Köhler ( CDU )
45 minutes (the first 20 minutes as a joint interview by ARD and ZDF with Chancellor Angela Merkel )
June 7, 2010
Government meeting
June 30, 2010
Election of Christian Wulff ( CDU ) as Federal President
30 minutes at 9:00 p.m.
July 24, 2010
Misfortune at the Love Parade
10 mins
July 25, 2010
Misfortune at the Love Parade on July 24th
July 26, 2010
Misfortune at the Love Parade on July 24th
10 mins
August 16, 2010
Flood in Pakistan
August 18, 2010
Flood in Pakistan
October 1, 2010
Suppression of the demonstration against Stuttgart 21
November 29, 2010
Publication of secret documents by WikiLeaks on November 28
December 2, 2010
Snow chaos
10 mins
December 17, 2010
Snow chaos
December 20, 2010
Snow chaos
2011
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January 24, 2011
Terrorist attack at Moscow Domodedovo Airport
January 28, 2011
Uprising in Egypt
10 mins
February 1, 2011
Uprising in Egypt
February 2, 2011
Uprising in Egypt
February 3, 2011
Uprising in Egypt
February 4, 2011
Uprising in Egypt
February 10, 2011
Uprising in Egypt
February 11, 2011
Resignation of the Egyptian President Husni Mubarak
20 minutes
February 24, 2011
Libyan civil war
March 1, 2011
Resignation of the Federal Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
10 mins
March 11, 2011
Tōhoku earthquake
41 minutes
March 12, 2011
Fukushima nuclear disaster on March 11th
30 minutes
March 13, 2011
Fukushima nuclear disaster on March 11th
25 minutes
March 14, 2011
Fukushima nuclear disaster on March 11th
20 minutes
March 15, 2011
Fukushima nuclear disaster on March 11th
30 minutes
March 16, 2011
Fukushima nuclear disaster on March 11th
March 17, 2011
Fukushima nuclear disaster on March 11th
March 19, 2011
Beginning of the Libya war
March 20, 2011
Libya war
10 mins
March 21, 2011
Libya war
March 28, 2011
Situation after the state elections in Baden-Württemberg on March 27th
35 minutes
March 28, 2011
Fukushima nuclear disaster on March 11th
10 minutes at 8:50 pm
May 2, 2011
Killing Osama bin Laden
20 minutes
May 16, 2011
Bailout package for Portugal
45 minutes
July 23, 2011
Terrorist attacks in Norway on July 22nd
August 8, 2011
Price falls on the stock exchange
August 22, 2011
Conquest of Tripoli
October 20, 2011
Murder of Muammar al-Gaddafi
10 mins
October 27, 2011
EU summit in Brussels
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17th February 2012
Resignation of the Federal President Christian Wulff ( CDU )
45 minutes
March 14, 2012
Dissolution of the state parliament in North Rhine-Westphalia
May 16, 2012
Dismissal of Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen ( CDU )
May 16, 2012
Football riot in Düsseldorf on May 15th
10 minutes at 8:30 p.m.
September 12, 2012
Decision of the Federal Constitutional Court on the European Stability Mechanism
September 28, 2012
Appointment of Peer Steinbrück as SPD candidate for Chancellor and resignation of the Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Kurt Beck
October 30, 2012
Hurricane Sandy hit the US on October 29th
November 7, 2012
Re-election of US President Barack Obama on November 6th
November 21, 2012
Gaza conflict
10 mins
November 26, 2012
Fire in Titisee-Neustadt
10 mins
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January 21, 2013
Situation after the state elections in Lower Saxony on January 20th
February 11, 2013
Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.
30 minutes
12th March 2013
Snow chaos
April 16, 2013
Situation after the attack on the Boston Marathon on April 15th
10 mins
April 19, 2013
Situation after the attack on the Boston Marathon on April 15th
May 6, 2013
Start of the court process against the NSU
10 mins
21st May 2013
Moore tornado on May 20th
10 mins
2nd June 2013
Floods in Germany
3rd June 2013
Floods in Germany
45 minutes
4th June 2013
Floods in Germany
5th June 2013
Floods in Germany
6th June 2013
Floods in Germany
June 7, 2013
Floods in Germany
June 8, 2013
Floods in Germany
June 9, 2013
Floods in Germany
June 10, 2013
Floods in Germany
45 minutes
11th of June 2013
Floods in Germany
June 12th, 2013
Floods in Germany
20 minutes
June 16, 2013
Protests in Turkey
10 mins
3rd July 2013
Military coup in Egypt
13 minutes
July 28, 2013
Scorching heat and storms over Germany
August 12, 2013
Personnel bottlenecks at Deutsche Bahn ( Mainz Hauptbahnhof )
August 14, 2013
Violence in Egypt after the overthrow of the government
23rd September 2013
Situation after the federal election on September 22nd
48 minutes
October 10th, 2013
Penal order against Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst
November 9, 2013
Situation after Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines on November 8th
10 mins
11th. November.2013
Situation after Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines on November 8th
10 mins
November 13, 2013
Situation after Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines on November 8th
10 mins
November 27, 2013
Agreement on the coalition agreement between the CDU , CSU and SPD
40 minutes
5th December 2013
Hurricane Xaver over northern Germany
20 minutes
December 6, 2013
Hurricane Xaver over northern Germany
18 minutes
2014
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22th January 2014
Demonstrations in Kiev
10 mins
February 14, 2014
Resignation of Agriculture Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich because of the Edathy affair
15 minutes at 9:00 p.m.
19th February 2014
Demonstrations escalate in Ukraine
20th February 2014
Demonstrations escalate in Ukraine
10 mins
February 22, 2014
Revolution in Ukraine
20 minutes
March 1, 2014
Possible use of Russian forces in Crimea
4th March 2014
Situation after the Russian intervention in Crimea
March 6, 2014
Possible secession of the Crimea
March 13, 2014
Judgment in the trial against Uli Hoeneß
17th March 2014
Situation after the referendum in Crimea on March 16
March 24, 2014
Confirmation of the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on March 8th
10 mins
April 2, 2014
Lufthansa pilots
strike
April 14, 2014
Situation on the crisis in Ukraine
May 2, 2014
Situation on the crisis in Ukraine
May 14, 2014
Mine disaster in Soma
13 minutes
June 10, 2014
Storm over Germany
June 12, 2014
Attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in Iraq
17th July 2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash in Ukraine
July 18, 2014
Situation after the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on July 17th
July 18, 2014
Gaza conflict
8:30 p.m.
August 8, 2014
Advance of the IS terrorist group in Iraq
23rd September 2014
United States air strikes against IS terrorist group
10 mins
October 7, 2014
Advance of the IS terrorist group on the Kurdish city of Kobanê in Syria
10 mins
November 6, 2014
Strike by the train drivers of Deutsche Bahn
18th November 2014
Terrorist attack in a synagogue in Jerusalem
10 mins
November 25, 2014
Riots in Ferguson
5th December 2014
Election of Bodo Ramelow as the first Prime Minister of the Left Party in Thuringia
December 16, 2014
Attack on a school in Pakistan
10 mins
2015
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January 7, 2015
Attack on the editorial office of Charlie Hebdo in Paris
January 8, 2015
Situation after the attack on the Charlie Hebdo editorial team on January 7th
January 9, 2015
Situation after the attack on the Charlie Hebdo editorial team on January 7th
30 minutes
January 11, 2015
Funeral march in Paris after the attack on the Charlie Hebdo editorial team on January 7th
January 22, 2015
Decision of the European Central Bank to buy government bonds
January 26, 2015
Situation after the general election in Greece on January 25th
February 11, 2015
Ukraine crisis summit in Minsk
February 12, 2015
Results of the Ukraine crisis summit in Minsk
20 minutes
February 18, 2015
Withdrawal of the Ukrainian army from Debaltseve
March 18, 2015
Rioting by militant demonstrators at the opening of the new European Central Bank
Attack on the Bardo National Museum in Tunisia
a focal point with two themes
March 24, 2015
Germanwings flight 9525 crashes over southern France
50 minutes
March 25, 2015
Situation after the crash of Germanwings flight 9525 on March 24th
20 minutes
March 26, 2015
Presumed cause of the crash of Germanwings flight 9525 on March 24th
20 minutes at 8:20 pm
April 19, 2015
Refugee disaster in the Libyan Sea
10 minutes at 9:45 p.m., Günther Jauch ran within the program
April 27, 2015
Earthquake in Nepal on April 25th
May 27, 2015
Corruption allegations against FIFA
10 mins
2nd June 2015
Resignation of FIFA President Sepp Blatter
10 mins
June 8, 2015
G7 summit at Schloss Elmau
June 26, 2015
Attack in Port El Kantaoui
June 27, 2015
Failure of negotiations between Greece and its creditors
June 28, 2015
Situation after the failure of negotiations between Greece and its creditors on June 27th
June 29, 2015
Situation after the failure of negotiations between Greece and its creditors on June 27th
25 minutes
5th July 2015
Referendum in Greece
July 7, 2015
Situation after the referendum in Greece on July 5th
July 12, 2015
Preliminary negotiations on a third aid package for Greece
July 13, 2015
Results of the preliminary negotiations on a third aid package for Greece
33 minutes
August 27, 2015
Refugee tragedy near Parndorf
10 mins
August 28, 2015
Incitement and violence against refugees, including in Heidenau
September 1, 2015
Refugee crisis in Europe
As part of the ARD topic: Refugees - Germany is looking!
3rd September 2015
Refugee crisis in Europe
19 minutes; as part of the ARD topic: Refugees - Germany is looking!
5th September 2015
Refugee crisis in Europe
As part of the ARD topic: Refugees - Germany is looking!
September 11, 2015
Refugee crisis in Europe
13th September 2015
Refugee crisis in Europe
10 mins
September 14, 2015
Refugee crisis in Europe
18 minutes; as part of the ARD theme evening: Refugees - Germany is looking!
22nd September 2015
VW exhaust scandal
10 mins
23rd September 2015
Resignation of VW CEO Martin Winterkorn
10 mins
October 16, 2015
Fraud allegations against the German Football Association in connection with the award of the 2006 Football World Cup
November 9, 2015
Resignation of DFB President Wolfgang Niersbach
13 minutes
November 14, 2015
Terrorist attacks on November 13, 2015 in Paris
45 minutes
15th November 2015
Terrorist attacks on November 13, 2015 in Paris
18 minutes
November 16, 2015
Terrorist attacks on November 13, 2015 in Paris
18th November 2015
Terrorist attacks on November 13, 2015 in Paris
20 minutes
20th November 2015
Attack on the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako
2016
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January 7, 2016
Sexual assault on New Year's Eve 2015/16
January 8, 2016
Sexual assault on New Year's Eve 2015/16
January 12, 2016
Terrorist attack in Istanbul
February 9, 2016
Bad Aibling railway accident
10 mins
February 29, 2016
Refugee crisis in Europe
March 14, 2016
State elections in Baden-Wuerttemberg , Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt on March 13, 2016
30 minutes
March 18, 2016
Arrest of Salah Abdeslam in a raid in Brussels
10 mins
March 22, 2016
Terrorist attacks in Brussels
30 minutes
March 23, 2016
Terrorist attacks in Brussels on March 22, 2016
April 22, 2016
Mass recall in the emissions scandal
May 30, 2016
Storm in Germany
2nd June 2016
Storm in Germany
3rd June 2016
Refugee crisis in Europe
12 minutes
June 12, 2016
Orlando rampage
10 mins
17th June 2016
Exclusion of Russian athletes from the Olympic Games by the IAAF
10 mins
June 24, 2016
Referendum on whether the United Kingdom should remain in the European Union on June 23, 2016
45 minutes at 8:20 pm
June 29, 2016
Terrorist attack in Istanbul on June 28, 2016
10 mins
July 8, 2016
Assassination attempt on police officers in Dallas on July 7, 2016
10 mins
15th July 2016
Attack in Nice on July 14, 2016
30 minutes
July 16, 2016
Attempted coup in Turkey on July 15, 2016
19th July 2016
Attack near Würzburg on July 18, 2016
10 mins
23rd July 2016
Attack in Munich in 2016
July 25, 2016
Explosives attack in Ansbach on July 24, 2016
10 mins
August 25, 2016
Accumoli earthquake on August 24, 2016
November 9, 2016
Election of Donald Trump as US President on November 8, 2016
45 minutes
December 13, 2016
civil war in Syria
12 minutes
20th December 2016
Attack on the Berlin Christmas market at the Memorial Church on December 19, 2016
30 minutes
December 23, 2016
Shooting of Anis Amri
10 mins
2017
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17th January 2017
Failure of the NPD ban proceedings
10 mins
January 24, 2017
Appointment of Martin Schulz as SPD candidate for chancellor and resignation of SPD chairman Sigmar Gabriel
22nd March 2017
Terrorist attack in London
10 mins
3rd April 2017
Bomb explosion in St. Petersburg
10 mins
April 7, 2017
Terrorist attack in Stockholm
10 mins
April 7, 2017
US air strike in Syria
8:25 pm
April 12, 2017
Attack on the Borussia Dortmund team bus on April 11, 2017
25 minutes
April 16, 2017
Constitutional referendum in Turkey
13 minutes
May 7, 2017
Presidential election in France
15th May 2017
State election in North Rhine-Westphalia on May 14, 2017
23 May 2017
Terrorist attack in Manchester on May 22nd 2017
May 26, 2017
US President Donald Trump at the G7 summit in Taormina
10 mins
4th June 2017
Terrorist attack in London on June 3rd 2017
10 mins
3rd July 2017
Bus tragedy near Münchberg
6th July 2017
G20 summit in Hamburg on July 7th and 8th, 2017
7th July 2017
G20 summit in Hamburg
25 minutes
July 8, 2017
G20 summit in Hamburg
20 minutes
28th July 2017
Possible driving bans for vehicles with diesel engines
18th August 2017
Terrorist attack in Barcelona on August 17, 2017
20th September 2017
Earthquake in Mexico on September 19, 2017
10 mins
25th September 2017
Situation after the federal election on September 24, 2017
45 minutes
2nd October 2017
Mass murder in Las Vegas on October 1, 2017
10 mins
20th November 2017
The exploratory talks between the CDU , FDP , Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen and CSU failed on November 19, 2017
30 minutes
5th December 2017
IOC decision on Russia's participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics
10 mins
2018
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January 18, 2018
Storm depression Friederike
10 mins
February 7, 2018
Agreement on a coalition agreement between CDU , CSU and SPD
10 mins
February 27, 2018
Judgment on driving bans for vehicles with diesel engines
April 14, 2018
Air strike on Syria
April 27, 2018
Meeting of Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in
10 mins
May 14, 2018
Protests to open the United States Embassy in Jerusalem
June 12, 2018
Summit in Singapore
30 minutes
2nd July 2018
Government crisis in Germany
11th July 2018
Judgment in the NSU trial
20 minutes
16th July 2018
Meeting of Donald Trump and Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
10 mins
July 26, 2018
Extreme summer in Germany
August 30, 2018
Riots in Chemnitz on August 26 and 27, 2018
10 mins
15th October 2018
State election in Bavaria on October 14, 2018
October 29, 2018
Waiver Angela Merkel on the party chairmanship of the CDU
20 minutes
2019
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January 9, 2019
Winter chaos
January 10, 2019
Winter chaos
30 minutes
January 14, 2019
Avalanche danger
March 13, 2019
UK withdrawal from the EU
April 18, 2019
Bus accident in Madeira on April 17th, 2019
10 mins
May 27, 2019
Situation after the European elections from 23 to 26 May 2019
45 minutes
2nd June 2019
Resignation of the SPD party and SPD parliamentary group leader Andrea Nahles
17th June 2019
Murder of Walter Lübcke on June 2, 2019
10 mins
June 26, 2019
Murder of Walter Lübcke on June 2, 2019
1st July 2019
Forest fire near Lübenheen
16th July 2019
Result of Ursula von der Leyen in the election for EU Commission President
July 25, 2019
Record heat in Germany
2nd September 2019
State elections in Brandenburg and Saxony on September 1, 2019
20 minutes
20th September 2019
Global climate strike and resolutions of the climate cabinet
10 mins
23 September 2019
Insolvency of the Thomas Cook Group
October 9, 2019
Stop in hall
October 9, 2019
Turkish military offensive in northern Syria
8:30 p.m.
2020 Two consecutive broadcasts in one evening
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December 9, 1992
UN mission UNITAF in Somalia
Separation of Prince Charles and Lady Diana
March 13, 1997
Coal compromise in the Ruhr mining industry
State of emergency in Albania
April 21, 1999
Columbine High School rampage on April 20th
Kosovo War
July 25, 2000
Concorde accident in Paris
Break off the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations in Camp David
August 21, 2000
The Kursk sank
Bus accident
March 17, 2005
Failed re-election of the Schleswig-Holstein Prime Minister Heide Simonis
"Job summit" in the Federal Chancellery
January 18, 2007
Hurricane Kyrill
Resignation of Edmund Stoiber
November 5, 2008
2008 US presidential election on November 4th
Bus accident near Hanover
March 28, 2011
State election in Baden-Württemberg on March 27th
Fukushima nuclear disaster on March 11th
May 16, 2012
Dismissal of Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen
Chaos at the Bundesliga relegation game in Düsseldorf on May 15th
July 18, 2014
Situation after the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on July 17th
Gaza conflict
March 18, 2015 (two topics within one broadcast)
Rioting by militant demonstrators at the opening of the new European Central Bank
Attack on the Bardo National Museum in Tunisia
April 7, 2017
Terrorist attack in Stockholm
US air strike in Syria
October 9, 2019
Attack in Halle (Saale) 2019
Turkish military offensive in northern Syria 2019
Focus broadcasts on three or more consecutive days During the two flood disasters in 2002 and 2013, hotspot programs were broadcast on eleven days in a row, the highest number of consecutive days to date. From August 12 to 22, 2002, eleven programs ran a total of 229 minutes of focal point, and from June 2 to 12, 2013, a total of 233 minutes.
Days in a row
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Theme or themes
3
12-14 January 1993
Braer tank accident on January 5th (January 12th), departure of Erich Honecker to Chile (January 13th), Jan Heweliusz shipwreck (January 14th)
3
8-10 February 1999
Death of the Jordanian King Hussein I on February 7th (February 8th), avalanche accidents in the Alps (February 9th and 10th)
3
23-25 February 1999
Avalanche accidents in the Alps
5
March 28–1. April 1999
Kosovo War
3
5th-7th April 1999
Kosovo War
5
12-16 April 1999
Kosovo War
5
19.-23. April 1999
Kosovo War (April 19-23, plus a broadcast on April 21 about the Littleton school massacre )
4th
26.-29. April 1999
Kosovo War
3
17th-19th August 1999
Earthquake in Gölcük (August 17 and 18), arrest of the murderer Dieter Zurwehme (August 19)
3
25-27 July 2000
Airplane crash in Paris (July 25 and 26, plus a broadcast on July 25 about the failure of the negotiations in Camp David ), explosives attack in Düsseldorf (July 27)
7th
15-21 August 2000
Sinking of the Kursk
6th
11-16 September 2001
Terrorist attacks in the USA
4th
7-10 October 2001
Afghan War (October 7th, 8th and 10th), Anthrax attacks (October 9th)
11
12-22 August 2002
Elbe flood
3
24.-26. October 2002
Hostage-taking in Moscow's Dubrovka Theater
5
17.-21. March 2003
Iraq war
6th
23-28 March 2003
Iraq war
9
3rd-11th April 2003
Iraq war
3
1st - 3rd September 2004
Beslan hostage-taking
4th
27.-30. December 2004
Sumatra-Andaman quake on December 26th
3
1st - 3rd April 2005
Death of Pope John Paul II
4th
15-18 April 2010
Death of four Bundeswehr soldiers in Afghanistan (April 15), ash cloud (April 16-18)
3
24.-26. July 2010
Misfortune at the Love Parade
4th
1st - 4th February 2011
Uprising in Egypt
7th
11-17 March 2011
Fukushima nuclear disaster
3
19. – 21. March 2011
Libya war
11
2nd - 12th June 2013
Floods in Germany
3
7th-9th January 2015
Attack on the editorial office of Charlie Hebdo in Paris
3
24.-26. March 2015
Germanwings flight 9525 crashes over southern France
4th
26.-29. June 2015
Attack in Port El-Kantaoui (June 26th), failure of negotiations between Greece and its creditors (June 27-29)
3
14.-16. November 2015
Terrorist attacks on November 13, 2015 in Paris
3
6-8 July 2017
G20 summit in Hamburg
Announced but canceled hot spots
So far, a focus has been announced by the ARD editorial team, but it was not broadcast.
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April 7, 2018
Rampage in Münster
"No terrorist background"
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