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 Secret services typically work away from the limelight, but Germany's top domestic spy Hans-Georg Maaßen has repeatedly crashed into the public eye, with his latest outing pitting him directly against Chancellor Angela Merkel. https://www.thelocal.de/20180912/spy-chief-a-tumultuous-history-with-germanys-far-right Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:40:33 +0200 spy-chief-a-tumultuous-history-with-germanys-far-right The number of Salafists in Germany has doubled in the last five years, the Interior Ministry said this week. https://www.thelocal.de/20180405/number-of-salafis-in-germany-has-doubled-since-2013 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:12:03 +0200 number-of-salafis-in-germany-has-doubled-since-2013 A Düsseldorf court on Wednesday freed an intelligence agent detained last November on suspicion of being an "Islamist" preparing to bomb his agency's headquarters. https://www.thelocal.de/20170713/court-frees-suspected-islamist-intelligence-agent-spy Thu, 13 Jul 2017 11:42:08 +0200 court-frees-suspected-islamist-intelligence-agent-spy German officials confirmed that an agent with the country's domestic spy service, the BfV, was in fact a suspected Islamist. Then media reported he had also once been a porn actor. Here's what we know so far. https://www.thelocal.de/20161201/what-we-know-about-the-gay-porn-star-turned-islamist-spy Thu, 01 Dec 2016 16:53:17 +0100 what-we-know-about-the-gay-porn-star-turned-islamist-spy The bizarre story of a spy for Germany's domestic secret service who was revealed to be an Islamist got even stranger when media reported on Wednesday that he was also once a gay porn star. https://www.thelocal.de/20161130/german-islamist-spy-was-spanish-gay-porn-actor-report Wed, 30 Nov 2016 18:52:46 +0100 german-islamist-spy-was-spanish-gay-porn-actor-report Update: The German government insisted on Wednesday that security measures at its domestic intelligence agency were sound after an agent was unmasked as a suspected Islamist. https://www.thelocal.de/20161130/german-intelligence-agent-exposed-as-suspect-islamist Wed, 30 Nov 2016 09:57:13 +0100 german-intelligence-agent-exposed-as-suspect-islamist Media reports on Thursday alleged that German spies traded access to information about the country to the US National Security Agency (NSA) in exchange for surveillance software. https://www.thelocal.de/20150827/spies-traded-germans-data-for-us-software Thu, 27 Aug 2015 13:33:12 +0200 spies-traded-germans-data-for-us-software Germany's justice minister on Tuesday fired the chief prosecutor in an escalating row sparked by a controversial treason case against a blog accused of revealing state secrets. https://www.thelocal.de/20150805/german-chief-prosecutor-sacked-in-media-treason-row Wed, 05 Aug 2015 10:06:58 +0200 german-chief-prosecutor-sacked-in-media-treason-row Opposition politicians on Friday demanded government clarification of reports German secret services spied for the NSA. It came as intelligence chiefs confirmed closer surveillance of social network users. https://www.thelocal.de/20140627/german-spies-target-social-networks Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:03:00 +0200 german-spies-target-social-networks One of the driving forces of neo-Nazism in Germany, Jürgen Rieger, has died after suffering a stroke, his far-right National Democratic Party announced on its website Friday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20091030/22933 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:29:00 +0100 22933 Neo-Nazi political parties are likely to go backwards in Germany’s upcoming elections as internal strife and growing tribalism in the far-right scene leaves their support in tatters, the domestic intelligence agency said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090731/20949 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:55:00 +0200 20949