https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Europe in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Given the intense focus on antisemitism in Berlin politics, it's strange that more explicit antisemitic acts highlighted in leaked emails from the AfD are scarcely in the headlines, writes The Local editor Paul Krantz in this week's Inside Germany. https://www.thelocal.com/20261031/inside-germany-gen-z-protests-left-party-scandals-and-the-afd-email-leak Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:11:35 +0100 inside-germany-gen-z-protests-left-party-scandals-and-the-afd-email-leak From the AfD's plan to defund one of Germany's most successful cultural exports, to the claim that Berlin is Europe's true capital of love, Inside Germany is our weekly look at some of the recent news and talking points you may have missed. https://www.thelocal.com/20260829/inside-germany-the-fascist-urge-to-attack-bauhaus-and-the-real-city-of-love Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:44:07 +0200 inside-germany-the-fascist-urge-to-attack-bauhaus-and-the-real-city-of-love From football-mad Germany getting ready for the World Cup to traditional Fronleichnam processions and exploring why foreign residents want to leave, here's what we are talking about this week at The Local. https://www.thelocal.com/20260606/inside-germany-getting-ready-for-the-world-cup-and-the-foreigners-choosing-to-leave Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:45:13 +0200 inside-germany-getting-ready-for-the-world-cup-and-the-foreigners-choosing-to-leave From a trip to one of Germany's 'cure towns' to Heated Rivalry fan nights and blooming flowers and trees, here's what we're talking about this week at The Local. https://www.thelocal.com/20260425/inside-germany-embracing-kur-culture-heated-rivalry-fandom-and-spring-scenes Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:06:40 +0200 inside-germany-embracing-kur-culture-heated-rivalry-fandom-and-spring-scenes From the government pushing ahead with welfare reforms to the beginning of autumn to how the debate around free speech has changed in Germany as compared to the US this week, here's what we're talking about at The Local. https://www.thelocal.com/20250920/inside-germany-a-change-of-season-brings-the-autumn-of-reforms Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:04:12 +0200 inside-germany-a-change-of-season-brings-the-autumn-of-reforms As of Monday, children in all but two German states will be back at school. From preparing for the new season to non-stop government melodrama, here’s what we’re talking about at The Local this week. https://www.thelocal.com/20250906/inside-germany-back-to-school-groundhog-day-politics-and-a-push-to-ban-catcalling Sat, 06 Sep 2025 12:14:52 +0200 inside-germany-back-to-school-groundhog-day-politics-and-a-push-to-ban-catcalling From the seemingly insurmountable challenges that await the next head of Deutsche Bahn to everything you should know for getting through the final hot weeks of the German summer, here's what we're talking about at The Local. https://www.thelocal.com/20250816/inside-germany-a-shake-up-at-deutsche-bahn-and-tips-for-the-summer-heat Sat, 16 Aug 2025 12:20:19 +0200 inside-germany-a-shake-up-at-deutsche-bahn-and-tips-for-the-summer-heat From the promise of more heatwaves to come in Germany to budget changes to alleged catfish attacks, here's what we've been talking about at The Local this week. https://www.thelocal.com/20250705/inside-germany-summer-heatwaves-budget-changes-and-bavarian-sea-monsters Sat, 05 Jul 2025 11:03:07 +0200 inside-germany-summer-heatwaves-budget-changes-and-bavarian-sea-monsters From summer solstice celebrations to why so many foreigners are thinking about leaving Germany, here's what we've been talking about at The Local this week. https://www.thelocal.com/20250621/inside-germany-midsummer-traditions-and-an-exodus-of-foreigners Sat, 21 Jun 2025 14:51:08 +0200 inside-germany-midsummer-traditions-and-an-exodus-of-foreigners From summer travel problems for rail passengers in Germany to just how friendly the locals are in the big cities, here's what we've been talking about at The Local this week. https://www.thelocal.com/20250524/inside-germany-deutsche-bahn-disruption-ahead-and-how-foreigners-really-feel-about-munich Sat, 24 May 2025 12:51:23 +0200 inside-germany-deutsche-bahn-disruption-ahead-and-how-foreigners-really-feel-about-munich From mulling over how Germany can have better conversations about immigration in these divisive times to Hamburg's vote and a goodbye from the editor, here's what we're talking about this week. https://www.thelocal.com/20250301/inside-germany-can-we-change-the-conversation-on-immigration Sat, 01 Mar 2025 10:25:10 +0100 inside-germany-can-we-change-the-conversation-on-immigration From election fever with poll surprises to politicians on TikTok and the push to highlight the positive contributions of immigrants, here's what we're talking about at The Local this week. https://www.thelocal.com/20250222/inside-germany-poll-surprises-election-tiktok-and-the-benefits-of-immigration Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:07:24 +0100 inside-germany-poll-surprises-election-tiktok-and-the-benefits-of-immigration From public sector strikes to a tense atmosphere following the car ramming attack in Munich plus another televised election debate, here's what we're talking about at The Local Germany this week. https://www.thelocal.com/20250215/inside-germany-endless-strikes-election-debates-and-shock-after-munich-car-attack Sat, 15 Feb 2025 11:02:13 +0100 inside-germany-endless-strikes-election-debates-and-shock-after-munich-car-attack From an online quiz to help you find your political party match to free beer for voting, a fake citizenship test and the shaky future of the German tradition of Abendbrot, here's what we're talking about at The Local this week. https://www.thelocal.com/20250208/inside-germany-wahl-o-mat-free-beer-for-voting-and-is-it-the-end-of-abendbrot Sat, 08 Feb 2025 10:06:07 +0100 inside-germany-wahl-o-mat-free-beer-for-voting-and-is-it-the-end-of-abendbrot From an historic 'turning point' in German politics combined with some hope for the future of dual citizenship via five years of Brexit and a 'house tiger', here's what we're talking about at The Local this week. https://www.thelocal.com/20250201/inside-germany-historic-vote-in-the-bundestag-and-hope-for-future-of-dual-citizenship Sat, 01 Feb 2025 11:27:04 +0100 inside-germany-historic-vote-in-the-bundestag-and-hope-for-future-of-dual-citizenship From survivors' stories ahead of the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz to the German reaction to Elon Musk's hand gesture and the long road to citizenship, here's what we're talking about this week at The Local. https://www.thelocal.com/20250125/inside-germany-frankfurts-mammoth-citizenship-wait-times-and-remembering-auschwitz Sat, 25 Jan 2025 10:48:12 +0100 inside-germany-frankfurts-mammoth-citizenship-wait-times-and-remembering-auschwitz From worries over the frontrunner parties in Germany taking aim at immigration and citizenship to accidentally annoying your German neighbours, here's what we're talking about this week at The Local. https://www.thelocal.com/20250118/inside-germany-dual-citizenship-bashing-and-annoying-your-german-neighbours Sat, 18 Jan 2025 09:14:21 +0100 inside-germany-dual-citizenship-bashing-and-annoying-your-german-neighbours From a strange election campaign week involving fake cake and misinformation to a debate about sick leave, queues for kebabs and Chemnitz in the spotlight, here's what we're talking about at The Local. https://www.thelocal.com/20250111/inside-germany-election-campaign-ramps-up-sick-leave-row-and-the-year-of-chemnitz Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:30:21 +0100 inside-germany-election-campaign-ramps-up-sick-leave-row-and-the-year-of-chemnitz From German Chancellor Scholz's vote of confidence the week before Christmas to draft beer no more on the Deutsche Bahn Bordbistro and 20 years of Berghain, here's what we're talking about this week at The Local. https://www.thelocal.com/20241214/inside-germany-vote-of-confidence-bordbistro-changes-and-20-years-of-berghain Sat, 14 Dec 2024 11:04:27 +0100 inside-germany-vote-of-confidence-bordbistro-changes-and-20-years-of-berghain From an island ritual that involved smacking women with cow horns to a political stalemate and the joys of Glühwein, here's what we've been talking about at The Local this week. https://www.thelocal.com/20241207/inside-germany-violent-rituals-gluhwein-and-political-deadlocks Sat, 07 Dec 2024 10:58:54 +0100 inside-germany-violent-rituals-gluhwein-and-political-deadlocks