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 Police released details Tuesday about a 28-year-old woman and her new born baby who died last week as a result of taking medicine from a pharmacy in Cologne. https://www.thelocal.de/20190924/cologne-mother-baby-die-medicine-apotheke Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:12:39 +0200 cologne-mother-baby-die-medicine-apotheke Berlin's beloved panda Meng Meng is expecting a cub, the zoo announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190827/berlin-zoo-confirms-panda-meng-meng-is-pregnant Tue, 27 Aug 2019 14:44:34 +0200 berlin-zoo-confirms-panda-meng-meng-is-pregnant Recent data show that more than 20,000 babies have been born in Germany using artificial insemination, meaning that doctors have significantly improved their success rate. https://www.thelocal.de/20171214/sharp-rise-in-german-births-using-artificial-insemination Thu, 14 Dec 2017 11:27:04 +0100 sharp-rise-in-german-births-using-artificial-insemination Angela Merkel Muhammed was born to refugees from Syria in Münster on August 16th, though she isn't the first baby named after Germany's Chancellor. https://www.thelocal.de/20170821/syrian-refugees-name-their-baby-angela-merkel Mon, 21 Aug 2017 19:26:58 +0200 syrian-refugees-name-their-baby-angela-merkel Police in Kassel are investigating a photo posted online, showing a baby with a cigarette in its mouth, being helped by an adult hand. https://www.thelocal.de/20170811/police-launch-child-abuse-investigation-over-photo-of-baby-smoking Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:04:56 +0200 police-launch-child-abuse-investigation-over-photo-of-baby-smoking A woman has been arrested after snatching a baby from her mother in Potsdam and fleeing to Lower Saxony. https://www.thelocal.de/20170811/woman-flees-with-a-strangers-baby-250-km-away-to-hanover Fri, 11 Aug 2017 13:35:08 +0200 woman-flees-with-a-strangers-baby-250-km-away-to-hanover After four hours of waiting in hospital, a pregnant woman in Bavaria was examined, only to find out that she had lost her baby. https://www.thelocal.de/20170810/pregnant-woman-loses-baby-and-waits-four-hours-in-hospital-for-help Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:40:34 +0200 pregnant-woman-loses-baby-and-waits-four-hours-in-hospital-for-help A 38-year-old woman was found dead in her car with her newborn baby in Weinböhla, near Dresden. https://www.thelocal.de/20170601/woman-found-dead-after-giving-birth-alone-in-her-car Thu, 01 Jun 2017 13:12:43 +0200 woman-found-dead-after-giving-birth-alone-in-her-car A woman had a three-night affair with a man at a hotel. Nine months later she gave birth, but all she knew about the likely father was his first name. Should the hotel give her more details? https://www.thelocal.de/20170502/woman-sues-hotel-to-find-name-of-lover-after-summer-fling-leads-to-baby Tue, 02 May 2017 13:20:06 +0200 woman-sues-hotel-to-find-name-of-lover-after-summer-fling-leads-to-baby A young mother's desperate plea to find a lost phone possessing pictures of her dead baby son moved thousands on social media. Now it seems that cry for help worked. https://www.thelocal.de/20170412/viral-facebook-post-helps-distraught-mum-find-lost-photos-of-deceased-baby-son Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:55:50 +0200 viral-facebook-post-helps-distraught-mum-find-lost-photos-of-deceased-baby-son A ten-month-old baby found himself in the care of some unintentional babysitters after his mother accidentally left him on a train alone in west Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20161129/teenage-good-samaritans-care-for-baby-left-alone-on-train Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:26:16 +0100 teenage-good-samaritans-care-for-baby-left-alone-on-train A German court ruled on Thursday that a man who put his one-month-old baby up for sale on the online auction platform eBay should only be allowed contact with the child under supervision. https://www.thelocal.de/20161028/dad-who-sold-his-baby-on-ebay-sentenced-to-restricted-contact Fri, 28 Oct 2016 11:12:46 +0200 dad-who-sold-his-baby-on-ebay-sentenced-to-restricted-contact When a mother realized she had locked herself out of her car with her baby inside, she called police, who resorted to an unusual method to calm the crying child. https://www.thelocal.de/20161019/cop-turns-car-into-cradle-to-lull-trapped-baby-to-sleep Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:03:42 +0200 cop-turns-car-into-cradle-to-lull-trapped-baby-to-sleep Germany’s birthrate has increased to over 1.5 children per woman for the first time in 33 years, as around 738,000 newborns arrived in Germany in 2015. https://www.thelocal.de/20161017/mini-baby-boom-continues-with-33-year-birthrate-high-children-baby-population Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:46:16 +0200 mini-baby-boom-continues-with-33-year-birthrate-high-children-baby-population An ad posted on eBay purporting to be selling a month-old baby for €5,000 has sparked outcry and an official investigation. https://www.thelocal.de/20161013/outrage-over-ebay-ad-offering-to-sell-baby-for-5000 Thu, 13 Oct 2016 13:40:43 +0200 outrage-over-ebay-ad-offering-to-sell-baby-for-5000 A baby has been found alive, along with the skeleton of another infant inside of a suitcase in Hanover, police reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160930/living-baby-and-skeleton-found-in-suitcase-in-hannover Fri, 30 Sep 2016 16:23:37 +0200 living-baby-and-skeleton-found-in-suitcase-in-hannover The young boy followed the abductor as she tried to leave the hospital with his baby brother. https://www.thelocal.de/20160801/nine-year-old-saves-his-newborn-brother-from-kidnapping Mon, 01 Aug 2016 19:10:48 +0200 nine-year-old-saves-his-newborn-brother-from-kidnapping A woman on trial in one of Germany's worst infanticide cases was convicted Wednesday of killing four of her babies and handed a 14 year jail sentence. https://www.thelocal.de/20160720/german-mother-who-killed-four-of-her-babies-jailed-for-14-years Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:49:49 +0200 german-mother-who-killed-four-of-her-babies-jailed-for-14-years A young woman was left at a Munich bus station while her baby son went on ahead on a long-distance bus to Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20160622/baby-child-autobahn-bus-alone-munich Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:07:12 +0200 baby-child-autobahn-bus-alone-munich Tens of thousands of people in Germany have shared a Facebook post in which a new father explains how dangerous the herpes virus can be to babies – as illustrated by the tragic case of his own son. https://www.thelocal.de/20160523/new-fathers-tragic-warning-touches-thousands-online Mon, 23 May 2016 14:10:14 +0200 new-fathers-tragic-warning-touches-thousands-online