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 Several district courts were evacuated in Germany on Tuesday after they received bomb threats, police said, although searches have so far turned up nothing concrete. https://www.thelocal.de/20200707/german-regional-courthouses-evacuated-over-bomb-threats Tue, 07 Jul 2020 14:07:00 +0200 german-regional-courthouses-evacuated-over-bomb-threats Several city halls in Germany were evacuated on Tuesday over emails threatening bomb attacks, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20190326/town-halls-across-germany-evacuated-after-receiving-bomb-threats Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:32:33 +0100 town-halls-across-germany-evacuated-after-receiving-bomb-threats Several district courts in Germany have been evacuated after bomb threats. According to police, anonymous e-mails were received in Potsdam, Magdeburg, Erfurt, Wiesbaden and Kiel. https://www.thelocal.de/20190111/bomb-threat-to-potsdam-court-leads-to-building-shut-downs-throughout-germany Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:49:51 +0100 bomb-threat-to-potsdam-court-leads-to-building-shut-downs-throughout-germany A Lufthansa airplane headed to Frankfurt from Texas on Monday made an emergency landing in New York after receiving a bomb threat. https://www.thelocal.de/20161213/lufthansa-plane-to-frankfurt-makes-emergency-landing-after-bomb-threat Tue, 13 Dec 2016 09:56:49 +0100 lufthansa-plane-to-frankfurt-makes-emergency-landing-after-bomb-threat State prosecutors in Munich said on Wednesday that they were dropping their investigation into the terror threat against the Bavarian capital on New Year's Eve for lack of clues. https://www.thelocal.de/20160218/munich-new-year-terror-investigation-comes-up-empty Thu, 18 Feb 2016 09:58:03 +0100 munich-new-year-terror-investigation-comes-up-empty Non-native speakers and Germans alike are well aware of just how impenetrable the Saxon dialect can be. But it turned into the clue that unlocked a case for some quick-thinking Munich police officers this weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20160104/saxon-accent-gives-away-munich-bomb-hoaxer Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:05:29 +0100 saxon-accent-gives-away-munich-bomb-hoaxer UPDATED: A flight from Berlin to Hurghada, Egypt was forced to land early in Budapest after receiving a bomb threat, but no explosives have been found on board. https://www.thelocal.de/20151207/plane-from-berlin-to-egypt-lands-after-bomb-threat Mon, 07 Dec 2015 14:36:00 +0100 plane-from-berlin-to-egypt-lands-after-bomb-threat The leader of a five-person group believed to be behind the bomb threat against the Germany-Netherlands friendly in Hanover on Tuesday is a German citizen, local media reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151120/german-suspect-behind-hanover-bomb-plot Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:22:08 +0100 german-suspect-behind-hanover-bomb-plot Federal police said on Tuesday that they had arrested a man suspected of causing havoc with a bomb threat against the main train station in Erfurt. https://www.thelocal.de/20150414/erfurt-man-arrested-over-false-bomb-threat Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:13:04 +0200 erfurt-man-arrested-over-false-bomb-threat Passengers and crew on a Germanwings flight from Cologne to Milan were on Sunday ordered to evacuate the plane as it prepared to take off due to a bomb alert. https://www.thelocal.de/20150413/bomb-alert-grounds-germanwings-flight Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:50:42 +0200 bomb-alert-grounds-germanwings-flight Police in Cologne are looking for a suspect on Wednesday after part of the city's centre was shut down by a bomb threat. https://www.thelocal.de/20141203/extortioners-bomb-threats-shut-down-city Wed, 03 Dec 2014 10:10:00 +0100 extortioners-bomb-threats-shut-down-city