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 Germany on Wednesday put Belgium's Antwerp province on its list of coronavirus risk zones, requiring travellers arriving from the region to go into quarantine for 14 days unless they can produce a negative COVID-19 test. https://www.thelocal.de/20200806/germany-adds-belgiums-virus-hit-antwerp-to-quarantine-list Thu, 06 Aug 2020 11:11:55 +0200 germany-adds-belgiums-virus-hit-antwerp-to-quarantine-list Germany is still making payments to more than 2,000 people worldwide under a law that provides for "war victims", including those who collaborated with the World War II Nazi regime. https://www.thelocal.de/20190222/germany-making-disputed-nazi-war-payments-to-over-2000-people Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:27:48 +0100 germany-making-disputed-nazi-war-payments-to-over-2000-people Belgian lawmakers have demanded a halt to German pension payments that a handful of residents still receive for their collaboration with the World War II Nazi occupation. https://www.thelocal.de/20190221/calls-to-stop-nazi-pension-payments-by-german-government Thu, 21 Feb 2019 10:22:01 +0100 calls-to-stop-nazi-pension-payments-by-german-government Catalonia's deposed president Carles Puigdemont, who has been in Germany for four months, said Wednesday he will return to Belgium after a Spanish judge dropped a European arrest warrant for him. https://www.thelocal.de/20180725/deposed-catalan-leader-puigdemont-says-to-return-to-belgium Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:52:35 +0200 deposed-catalan-leader-puigdemont-says-to-return-to-belgium Divers have found a well-preserved wreck of a German submarine sunk during the First World War in the North Sea, Belgian officials said on Tuesday. The bodies of its crew members were found aboard the vessel as well. https://www.thelocal.de/20170920/wwi-german-submarine-found-off-belgian-coast-with-23-bodies-inside Wed, 20 Sep 2017 16:49:38 +0200 wwi-german-submarine-found-off-belgian-coast-with-23-bodies-inside The European Commission on Monday approved Germany's plans to grant insolvent Air Berlin a €150 million loan to allow it temporarily to serve passengers while selling off its business. https://www.thelocal.de/20170905/brussels-gives-berlin-green-light-to Tue, 05 Sep 2017 11:03:09 +0200 brussels-gives-berlin-green-light-to Belgium on Wednesday rejected a request by Germany to shutter two ageing nuclear plants near their shared border, arguing the facilities met with the strictest safety standards. https://www.thelocal.de/20160420/germany-spars-with-belgium-over-ageing-nuclear-plants Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:40:29 +0200 germany-spars-with-belgium-over-ageing-nuclear-plants A German woman has been missing for two days after the Brussels attacks, while her husband lies seriously wounded in a coma, media reported on Thursday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20160324/german-woman-missing-after-brussels-bombing Thu, 24 Mar 2016 11:40:34 +0100 german-woman-missing-after-brussels-bombing Three Kosovan men were arrested by police in southern Bavaria on Tuesday evening driving a car with Belgian licence plates. https://www.thelocal.de/20160323/terror-suspects-with-belgian-connection-arrested-in-bavaria Wed, 23 Mar 2016 10:17:24 +0100 terror-suspects-with-belgian-connection-arrested-in-bavaria Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Europe's "strength is in our unity" in fighting terrorists in a statement on the Brussels attacks on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160322/how-germany-reacted-to-the-brussels-attacks Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:15:09 +0100 how-germany-reacted-to-the-brussels-attacks German authorities alerted France to a possible security threat from a French national later arrested over last month's fatal shooting of three visitors at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, German interior minister Thomas de Maizière said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140606/de-maiziere-france-was-alerted-to-brussels-museum-shooter Fri, 06 Jun 2014 10:10:00 +0200 de-maiziere-france-was-alerted-to-brussels-museum-shooter All high-speed Thalys rail services between Belgium and Germany will be cancelled Wednesday due to Europe-wide anti-austerity protests, with other connections to France and the Netherlands also disrupted. https://www.thelocal.de/20121113/46139 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:44:00 +0100 46139 Hundreds of Belgian Ford employees targeted a German factory on Wednesday in a border-hopping protest at the closure of their factory and looming unemployment. Some stormed the building but were later persuaded to leave. https://www.thelocal.de/20121107/46027 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:36:00 +0100 46027 One person was killed and at least 20 injured when a bus carrying German school children crashed in eastern Belgium. Initial reports suggest the driver fell asleep at the wheel. https://www.thelocal.de/20120819/44451 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:32:00 +0200 44451 A family of five used a house of horror in Germany to cut up the bodies of two men they had killed – one stabbed with an ice pick, the other shot to death - and dissolve them in acid, before flushing the remains away, a Dutch court heard. https://www.thelocal.de/20120320/41451 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:38:00 +0100 41451 Germany moved Monday to reassure Belgium that people who suffered forced labour at the hands of the Nazis would not have to pay tax on their compensation, after a row between Berlin and Brussels. https://www.thelocal.de/20111121/39001 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:40:00 +0100 39001 Germany beat Belgium 3-1 Tuesday to complete their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with a perfect ten wins from ten games and end the visitors hopes of reaching next year's finals. https://www.thelocal.de/20111012/38147 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:16:00 +0200 38147 Belgium have not qualified for a major finals since the 2002 World Cup and to keep alive their hopes of reaching Euro 2012 they will need to do something no-one else has managed in the qualifiers and beat Germany on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20111011/38125 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:36:00 +0200 38125 Police in Germany are phasing out the use of German Shepherds as police dogs in favour of a sturdier Belgian breed. https://www.thelocal.de/20110822/37117 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:47:00 +0200 37117 German automaker Opel, a unit of US car giant General Motors, said Monday it would shut down a plant in Antwerp, Belgium by the end of the year because no suitable buyer had been found. https://www.thelocal.de/20101004/30261 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:20:00 +0200 30261