https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Artist and activist Ai Weiwei sparked a debate when he said he plans to leave Germany because he believes it is an intolerant society. Here's what you had to say. https://www.thelocal.de/20190812/ive-never-been-able-to-shake-off-the-feeling-of-being-a-foreigner-how-tolerant-is-germany Mon, 12 Aug 2019 17:43:01 +0200 ive-never-been-able-to-shake-off-the-feeling-of-being-a-foreigner-how-tolerant-is-germany Ai Weiwei, the Chinese activist and artist, has lived in self-imposed exile in Berlin since 2015. But he plans to leave Germany because he believes it is too intolerant. https://www.thelocal.de/20190809/germany-is-not-an-open-society-chinese-born-artist-ai-weiwei-on-leaving-berlin Fri, 09 Aug 2019 17:43:12 +0200 germany-is-not-an-open-society-chinese-born-artist-ai-weiwei-on-leaving-berlin Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, in Germany after being barred from overseas travel out of China for four years, says he is interested in teaching for a while in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20150806/ai-weiwei-plans-long-berlin-stay-after-uk-rejection Thu, 06 Aug 2015 16:50:34 +0200 ai-weiwei-plans-long-berlin-stay-after-uk-rejection Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei arrived in Munich on Thursday on his first overseas trip since he was arrested nearly four years ago, after Britain denied him a six-month visa because he did not declare a supposed "criminal conviction" on his application. https://www.thelocal.de/20150731/ai-weiwei-in-germany-as-uk-slammed-over-visa Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:22:28 +0200 ai-weiwei-in-germany-as-uk-slammed-over-visa Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has been given a visa to travel to Germany, he told AFP on Monday, just days after police handed him back his passport following a four year confiscation. https://www.thelocal.de/20150727/chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-says-has-german-visa Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:33:06 +0200 chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-says-has-german-visa Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has said he hopes President Xi Jinping makes time to see his exhibition during the leader's visit to Germany this month, in an interview published on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140315/ai-weiwei-asks-china-president-to-visit-berlin-show Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:49:00 +0100 ai-weiwei-asks-china-president-to-visit-berlin-show Prosecutors will file no charges in the case of art exhibition featuring a mock corpse of Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei, which caused a commotion in a small Rhineland-Palatinate town. https://www.thelocal.de/20111104/38655 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:01:00 +0100 38655 Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has accepted a guest professorship at Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), it said Wednesday, although it was unclear when he will be able to take up the post. https://www.thelocal.de/20110713/36261 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:46:00 +0200 36261 The arrested Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei will be made guest professor at Berlin’s University of the Arts (UdK), it was announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110420/34517 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:11:00 +0200 34517 Germany has "invited" the Chinese ambassador for talks at the foreign ministry to press home Berlin's call for artist Ai Weiwei to be freed, Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110406/34237 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:57:00 +0200 34237 Ai Weiwei, perhaps China’s best-known artist, plans on moving to Berlin to escape growing repression in his home country, a media report said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110329/34031 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:46:00 +0200 34031