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 Airline companies said flights between Germany and Russia had resumed Wednesday evening, after each country blocked the other's incoming flights as part of the fall-out from tensions over Belarus. https://www.thelocal.de/20210602/germany-blocks-incoming-russian-flights-in-tit-for-tat-action Wed, 02 Jun 2021 21:44:25 +0200 germany-blocks-incoming-russian-flights-in-tit-for-tat-action Germany said on Monday it had summoned the Belarusian ambassador over the forced landing of an airliner and detention of a critical journalist. https://www.thelocal.de/20210524/germany-summons-belarus-envoy-over-forced-ryanair-landing Mon, 24 May 2021 19:35:17 +0200 germany-summons-belarus-envoy-over-forced-ryanair-landing German airline Lufthansa said it delayed the departure of a flight from Minsk to Frankfurt on Monday after it received a "security warning", one day after a forced landing over Belarus. https://www.thelocal.de/20210524/lufthansa-suspends-flight-from-minsk-over-security-warning Mon, 24 May 2021 17:53:31 +0200 lufthansa-suspends-flight-from-minsk-over-security-warning A group of ten Belarusians has filed a criminal complaint in Germany against President Alexander Lukashenko and members of his regime for crimes against humanity, lawyers representing them said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20210505/belarusians-file-case-in-germany-against-lukashenko-regime Wed, 05 May 2021 12:30:50 +0200 belarusians-file-case-in-germany-against-lukashenko-regime Germany will summon the Belarus ambassador after Minsk revoked accreditations of foreign media reporters covering the country's anti-government protests, a government source said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200830/germany-summons-belarus-envoy-over-foreign-media-crackdown Sun, 30 Aug 2020 21:12:11 +0200 germany-summons-belarus-envoy-over-foreign-media-crackdown A largely second string Bayern Munich comfortably secured top spot in Group F of the Champions League with a 4-1 victory at home to BATE Borisov in a match which ended with both teams a man down, on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20121206/46599 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:15:00 +0100 46599 German police officers trained security forces in Belarus at the same time as the German foreign minister condemned militia crackdowns in what has been called Europe's last dictatorship, a newspaper reported. https://www.thelocal.de/20120824/44553 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:19:00 +0200 44553 Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that it was “better to be a dictator than gay,” in reference to German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, after his human rights record was questioned. https://www.thelocal.de/20120305/41143 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:08:00 +0100 41143 Belarus on Friday accused EU members Germany and Poland of seeking to topple its strongman President Alexander Lukashenko by organising the December mass protest against his re-election. https://www.thelocal.de/20110114/32429 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:25:00 +0100 32429 Germany has condemned Belarus's decision to order the closure of the OSCE's office in Minsk, saying the move was another step backwards for democratic rights in the ex-Soviet republic. https://www.thelocal.de/20110101/32153 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:52:00 +0100 32153 Germany said Wednesday it had summoned Minsk's ambassador to express its concerns over a brutal crackdown of post-election protests, as Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle warned that Belarus faced "isolation." https://www.thelocal.de/20101222/31969 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:09:00 +0100 31969 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Monday slammed the crackdown on protests against the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus as "unacceptable." https://www.thelocal.de/20101220/31921 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:17:00 +0100 31921 A German helicopter crashed Sunday outside the Belarusian capital Minsk during an aerobatics show, killing its pilot, a spokesman for the emergency situations ministry said. https://www.thelocal.de/20100809/29027 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:30:00 +0200 29027