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 Spanish police said Thursday they have arrested a German neo-Nazi on the holiday island of Mallorca who is wanted in his home country for allegedly trying to set off a bomb. https://www.thelocal.de/20190328/neo-nazi-wanted-in-germany-over-attempted-bombing-arrested-in-majorca Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:56:22 +0100 neo-nazi-wanted-in-germany-over-attempted-bombing-arrested-in-majorca Germany has arrested two alleged former Syrian secret service officers accused of torture and crimes against humanity, prosecutors said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190213/two-suspected Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:48:30 +0100 two-suspected A German-Kurdish singer was sentenced on Wednesday to more than six years in prison in Turkey for membership of a terrorist organisation, her lawyer said. https://www.thelocal.de/20181114/german-kurdish-singer-jailed-in-turkey-on-terror-charge Wed, 14 Nov 2018 18:18:23 +0100 german-kurdish-singer-jailed-in-turkey-on-terror-charge A Tunisian man arrested in western Germany is suspected of trying to build a biological weapon using the deadly poison ricin, prosecutors said on Thursday, stressing however there was no indication of any "concrete attack plans". https://www.thelocal.de/20180614/tunisian-held-in-germany-sought-to-build-biological-weapon Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:33:51 +0200 tunisian-held-in-germany-sought-to-build-biological-weapon A failed Iraqi asylum seeker suspected of raping and murdering a teenage girl in Germany was arrested in Iraq overnight, German authorities said Friday, after his escape sparked outrage and raised questions over immigration and police failings. https://www.thelocal.de/20180608/after-rape-murder-shocks-germany-suspect-captured-in-iraq Fri, 08 Jun 2018 16:40:11 +0200 after-rape-murder-shocks-germany-suspect-captured-in-iraq 800 police officers searched buildings in northern and central Germany where several suspects are said to have smuggled foreigners into Germany with fake documents. Some suspects are alleged to be connected to the alt-right Reichsbürger movement. https://www.thelocal.de/20180508/major-bust-of-smuggling-ring-of-illegal-foreigners-in-northern-and-central-germany Tue, 08 May 2018 13:17:17 +0200 major-bust-of-smuggling-ring-of-illegal-foreigners-in-northern-and-central-germany Police in Stuttgart have detained a Porsche manager in a probe into the diesel emissions cheating scandal that the luxury car brand's parent company Volkswagen has struggled to shed. https://www.thelocal.de/20180420/police-arrest-top-porsche-manager-over-diesel-scandal Fri, 20 Apr 2018 14:50:49 +0200 police-arrest-top-porsche-manager-over-diesel-scandal Two German journalists were arrested at the Greek border with Turkey on Friday after allegedly entering a restricted area, local police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20180310/german-journalists-arrested-at-greek-turkish-border-police Sat, 10 Mar 2018 09:58:11 +0100 german-journalists-arrested-at-greek-turkish-border-police After over two decades, modern investigative work have led the police in Thuringia to the suspected murderer of a ten-year-old girl named Stephanie who was pushed from a bridge near Jena in 1991. https://www.thelocal.de/20180307/suspect-arrested-for-murder-of-schoolgirl-pushed-from-bridge-over-26-years-ago Wed, 07 Mar 2018 15:32:48 +0100 suspect-arrested-for-murder-of-schoolgirl-pushed-from-bridge-over-26-years-ago German police said on Friday they have arrested Andrei Kovalchuk, the alleged mastermind of a plot to smuggle cocaine to Russia from Moscow's embassy in Argentina. https://www.thelocal.de/20180302/russian-mastermind-in-argentina-cocaine-plot-arrested-in-berlin Fri, 02 Mar 2018 12:03:58 +0100 russian-mastermind-in-argentina-cocaine-plot-arrested-in-berlin Prior to the suspect’s arrest on Wednesday over alleged plans to carry out an Isis-style ramming attack on the crowds outside a skating rink in the southern German city, security authorities had kept a close eye on the man for some time. https://www.thelocal.de/20171221/man-suspected-of-plotting-karlsruhe-terror-attack-arrested-after-close-observation Thu, 21 Dec 2017 13:04:24 +0100 man-suspected-of-plotting-karlsruhe-terror-attack-arrested-after-close-observation A Turkish court on Monday ordered the release under judicial control of a German journalist held for over half a year on charges of membership in a banned radical leftist group, in a case that raised tensions with Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20171218/turkey-prosecutor-seeks-release-of-german-reporter-charged-with-terror-group-membership Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:50:41 +0100 turkey-prosecutor-seeks-release-of-german-reporter-charged-with-terror-group-membership A German court said on Wednesday it is releasing one of three suspected jihadists arrested for allegedly planning coordinated suicide bombings in the western German city of Düsseldorf. https://www.thelocal.de/20171213/dsseldorf-court-releases-suspect-in-suicide-bomb-plot-over-lack-of-evidence Wed, 13 Dec 2017 17:36:29 +0100 dsseldorf-court-releases-suspect-in-suicide-bomb-plot-over-lack-of-evidence A 53-year-old German man admitted on Saturday to poisoning baby food and threatening to contaminate other products in stores across Europe, as part of a presumed blackmail plot, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.de/20171001/german-man-admits-poisoning-baby-food Sun, 01 Oct 2017 11:41:42 +0200 german-man-admits-poisoning-baby-food Berlin on Wednesday summoned Turkey's ambassador over the detention of a German human rights activist who was remanded in Turkish custody this week. https://www.thelocal.de/20170719/berlin-summons-turkish-envoy-over-detention-of-activist Wed, 19 Jul 2017 16:49:43 +0200 berlin-summons-turkish-envoy-over-detention-of-activist Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman on Tuesday condemned the detention of a human rights activist, who has become yet another German swept up in Turkey's mass arrests amid President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ongoing crackdown on perceived opponents. https://www.thelocal.de/20170718/outcry-after-turkish-court-orders-german-human-rights-activist-to-be-kept-in-custody Tue, 18 Jul 2017 17:43:05 +0200 outcry-after-turkish-court-orders-german-human-rights-activist-to-be-kept-in-custody Police in Essen arrested a German man, reportedly connected to the Salafist scene, over suspicions that he was plotting an attack. https://www.thelocal.de/20170526/man-arrested-in-essen-over-suspected-attack-plot Fri, 26 May 2017 12:13:28 +0200 man-arrested-in-essen-over-suspected-attack-plot A radical Marxist suspected of belonging to a left-wing extremist group accused of terrorism by Turkey has been arrested in Germany, judicial sources said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20161204/germany-arrests-marxist-militant-leader Sun, 04 Dec 2016 13:45:35 +0100 germany-arrests-marxist-militant-leader Police have arrested the controller who was on duty at the time of a deadly train crash in Bad Aibling, Bavaria, that killed 11 people in February. https://www.thelocal.de/20160412/police-arrest-controller-over-bavaria-train-crash Tue, 12 Apr 2016 19:32:20 +0200 police-arrest-controller-over-bavaria-train-crash German police have arrested a 19-year-old Syrian man accused of having fought with the Isis jihadist group in Syria, prosecutors said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160324/syrian-isis-fighter-arrested-in-berlin-prosecutors Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:26:45 +0100 syrian-isis-fighter-arrested-in-berlin-prosecutors