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 President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged Germans to "defend democracy" on the 75th anniversary of the destruction of Dresden in World War II on Thursday, as the emboldened far right rattles the political establishment. https://www.thelocal.de/20200213/germans-urged-to-defend-democracy-75-years-after-dresdens-wwii-bombing Thu, 13 Feb 2020 17:34:01 +0100 germans-urged-to-defend-democracy-75-years-after-dresdens-wwii-bombing The destruction of Dresden in 1945 is still deeply rooted in Germany's memory. Even 75 years later, the struggle for neutral interpretation remains, and Neo-Nazis want to turn guilt to innocence. https://www.thelocal.de/20200211/germany-ruminates-75-years-after-dresdens-destruction Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:17:21 +0100 germany-ruminates-75-years-after-dresdens-destruction Germany said on Wednesday it had postponed a scheduled deportation flight of rejected Afghan asylum seekers after a Kabul truck bomb attack killed 80 and wounded hundreds. https://www.thelocal.de/20170531/germany-postpones-deportation-of-asylum-seekers-after-kabul-attack Wed, 31 May 2017 16:00:26 +0200 germany-postpones-deportation-of-asylum-seekers-after-kabul-attack The German embassy was massively damaged and workers were injured in a vehicle bomb attack in the Afghan capital on Wednesday morning that has killed at least 80 people. https://www.thelocal.de/20170531/german-embassies-damaged-in-kabul-blast-french-minister Wed, 31 May 2017 11:16:53 +0200 german-embassies-damaged-in-kabul-blast-french-minister Urban legend has it that Britain tried to completely destroy the tiny German Island of Heligoland in April 1947. The truth is less spectacular, but the explosion was nonetheless enormous. https://www.thelocal.de/20170419/70-years-since-britain-blew-up-germanys-most-remote-island Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:49:28 +0200 70-years-since-britain-blew-up-germanys-most-remote-island Fans of St Pauli football club have caused shock by unfurling a banner which mocked the victims of the firebombing of Dresden during the Second World War. https://www.thelocal.de/20170213/your-grandparents-burned-for-dresden-new-football-banner-controversy Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:12:06 +0100 your-grandparents-burned-for-dresden-new-football-banner-controversy The last week has been brutal and shocking, but we need to stay calm and keep the events we have witnessed in perspective, argues Jörg Luyken. https://www.thelocal.de/20160726/there-still-hasnt-been-an-isis-attack-in-germany Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:24:41 +0200 there-still-hasnt-been-an-isis-attack-in-germany Several Germans were among the injured in the Brussels bombings on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry has said. https://www.thelocal.de/20160323/several-germans-wounded-in-brussels-bomb-attacks Wed, 23 Mar 2016 15:09:38 +0100 several-germans-wounded-in-brussels-bomb-attacks