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 German passengers were hailed for preventing a disaster at the weekend when they were able to bring a runaway tram to a halt after the driver lost consciousness. https://www.thelocal.de/20191223/german-passengers-hailed-for-stopping-horror-tram Mon, 23 Dec 2019 18:49:47 +0100 german-passengers-hailed-for-stopping-horror-tram For the second time in two days, the discovery of a World War II bomb has forced an evacuation in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20190424/breaking-wwii-bomb-discovery-forces-evacuation-in-cologne-traffic-and-train-services-affected Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:45:38 +0200 breaking-wwii-bomb-discovery-forces-evacuation-in-cologne-traffic-and-train-services-affected Police in North Rhine-Westphalia are on the hunt for three masked attackers who robbed an armoured vehicle at the Cologne-Bonn Airport. A security guard was seriously injured in the incident. https://www.thelocal.de/20190306/police-begin-manhunt-after-cologne-bonn-airport-robbery Wed, 06 Mar 2019 14:17:47 +0100 police-begin-manhunt-after-cologne-bonn-airport-robbery The Cologne administrative court said Cologne must ban the dirtiest diesels from its centre and other streets from April 2019 to tackle dangerously high levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions. https://www.thelocal.de/20181108/cologne-and-bonn-issued-with-diesel-ban-orders Thu, 08 Nov 2018 17:38:41 +0100 cologne-and-bonn-issued-with-diesel-ban-orders An airline passenger is suing police after missing her flight to Mallorca in Spain due to having to wait in a lengthy cue at airport security, German media reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20180921/german-woman-misses-majorca-flight-sues-police-over-long-queues-at-airport-security-check Fri, 21 Sep 2018 13:22:14 +0200 german-woman-misses-majorca-flight-sues-police-over-long-queues-at-airport-security-check An Israeli professor was the victim of an anti-Semitic hate crime on the streets of Bonn on Wednesday. But when police arrived at the scene they mistook him for the offender and physically assaulted him. https://www.thelocal.de/20180712/victim-of-anti-semitic-hate-crime-assaulted-by-police-after-identity-mix-up Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:53:17 +0200 victim-of-anti-semitic-hate-crime-assaulted-by-police-after-identity-mix-up Competition authorities pounded two German potato packing firms on Thursday with a massive fine for secretly agreeing prices for their sacks of spuds. https://www.thelocal.de/20180503/german-authorities-bonn-smash-potato-packers-cartel Thu, 03 May 2018 19:36:55 +0200 german-authorities-bonn-smash-potato-packers-cartel Every spring in Bonn the city’s cherry blossom trees in the old town attract tourists and Instagrammers alike. But after posters criticizing the frenzy over the blooms appeared at the weekend, police have been investigating. https://www.thelocal.de/20180426/police-investigating-after-threats-over-bonns-cherry-blossom-trees Thu, 26 Apr 2018 12:22:39 +0200 police-investigating-after-threats-over-bonns-cherry-blossom-trees A district court in Bonn has slapped a month-long suspended sentence on a 62-year-old woman for fraud and forgery of documents, local newspaper Express reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180309/court-gives-woman-one-month-suspended-sentence-for-manipulating-price-tag Fri, 09 Mar 2018 12:37:27 +0100 court-gives-woman-one-month-suspended-sentence-for-manipulating-price-tag After a hole about 30 centimetres large was discovered in one of the runways at the Cologne/Bonn Airport on Tuesday, there were numerous flight delays and diversions. https://www.thelocal.de/20180109/small-hole-big-impact-landings-temporarily-halted-at-cologne-airport Tue, 09 Jan 2018 16:54:55 +0100 small-hole-big-impact-landings-temporarily-halted-at-cologne-airport The leaders of Germany and France will front a diplomatic charge on Wednesday to reinvigorate UN climate talks clouded by Washington's rejection of a planet rescue plan backed by the rest of the world. https://www.thelocal.de/20171115/merkel-macron-to-front-diplomatic-push-at-un-climate-talks Wed, 15 Nov 2017 09:41:23 +0100 merkel-macron-to-front-diplomatic-push-at-un-climate-talks Several thousand demonstrators converged on Bonn on Saturday ahead of UN climate negotiations demanding that governments step up action to halt global warming, starting with a rapid phase-out of coal-burning power plants. https://www.thelocal.de/20171104/thousands-march-on-bonn-ahead-of-un-climate-talks Sat, 04 Nov 2017 17:24:25 +0100 thousands-march-on-bonn-ahead-of-un-climate-talks Portions of the spectacular art collection hoarded by the son of a Nazi-era dealer will be shown for the first time since the Second World War in parallel exhibitions in Switzerland and Germany starting on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20171101/dual-german-swiss-exhibitions-lift-veil-on-nazi-era-art-hoard Wed, 01 Nov 2017 09:31:19 +0100 dual-german-swiss-exhibitions-lift-veil-on-nazi-era-art-hoard A 31-year-old man was found guilty of rape by a court in Bonn on Thursday and was sentenced to eleven and a half years in custody. https://www.thelocal.de/20171019/man-who-raped-camper-while-holding-saw-sentenced-to-11-years-in-jail Thu, 19 Oct 2017 16:13:13 +0200 man-who-raped-camper-while-holding-saw-sentenced-to-11-years-in-jail The trial involving a man accused of extortion and raping a young woman who was on a camping trip with her boyfriend began in a Bonn regional court on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170925/trial-begins-of-branch-saw-wielding-man-suspected-of-raping-woman-in-bonn Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:31:13 +0200 trial-begins-of-branch-saw-wielding-man-suspected-of-raping-woman-in-bonn Four men are going to court on Tuesday accused of beating a man to death after prosecutors said they went out to "hunt refugees". https://www.thelocal.de/20170502/four-men-on-trial-over-beating-man-to-death-amid-hunt-for-refugees Tue, 02 May 2017 15:53:34 +0200 four-men-on-trial-over-beating-man-to-death-amid-hunt-for-refugees A German court Monday sentenced to life in prison an Islamist militant who plotted a failed bomb attack at a railway station, and handed jail terms to three other extremists. https://www.thelocal.de/20170403/islamist-jailed-to-life-for-trying-to-bomb-bonn-train-station Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:50:03 +0200 islamist-jailed-to-life-for-trying-to-bomb-bonn-train-station A German man caught for drink-driving twice in one night surprised police by confessing to a murder he committed a quarter of a century ago, authorities said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170302/drink-driver-stuns-police-by-confessing-to-25-year-old-murder Thu, 02 Mar 2017 17:18:23 +0100 drink-driver-stuns-police-by-confessing-to-25-year-old-murder Federal prosecutors on Tuesday said that two brothers had been arrested in the greater Bonn area, suspects of being members of terrorist group Isis. https://www.thelocal.de/20170124/brothers-arrested-in-west-germany-suspected-of-joining-isis Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:38:54 +0100 brothers-arrested-in-west-germany-suspected-of-joining-isis You might not have heard of Rhenish before, but it's the regional dialect of The Rhineland. And by the end of this article you'll be able to astound western Germans with your knowledge of their lingo. https://www.thelocal.de/20161212/10-words-and-phrases-to-know-when-youre-in-the-rhineland Mon, 12 Dec 2016 13:24:12 +0100 10-words-and-phrases-to-know-when-youre-in-the-rhineland