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 France and Germany will this week introduce tighter controls at their shared border, but for the moment the border will remain open despite fears in Germany of the spread of Covid virus variants from France's Moselle département. https://www.thelocal.de/20210225/france-and-germany-agree-tighter-border-controls-due-to-covid-variant-fears Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:42:51 +0100 france-and-germany-agree-tighter-border-controls-due-to-covid-variant-fears Germany partially closed its borders with the Czech Republic and Austria's Tyrol on Sunday over a troubling surge in coronavirus mutations, drawing a swift rebuke from the European Union. https://www.thelocal.de/20210214/germany-imposes-controls-on-czech-and-austrian-border Sun, 14 Feb 2021 11:57:02 +0100 germany-imposes-controls-on-czech-and-austrian-border Czechs hurried to cross the German border on Saturday a day before it closes as part of Berlin's effort to stop the spread of highly infectious coronavirus strains. https://www.thelocal.de/20210213/czechs-rush-to-germany-before-border-closes Sat, 13 Feb 2021 21:37:03 +0100 czechs-rush-to-germany-before-border-closes Over 100 people have been refused entry to Denmark in recent days due to rules requiring documentation of a negative Covid-19 test. https://www.thelocal.de/20210111/denmark-turns-away-at-least-100-at-german-border-over-new-covid-19-rule Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:26:09 +0100 denmark-turns-away-at-least-100-at-german-border-over-new-covid-19-rule The EU wants a coordinated reopening of borders, but it seems that for 24 hours the France-Germany border will only be open one way. https://www.thelocal.de/20200613/confusion-at-french-german-border-over-reopening-date Sat, 13 Jun 2020 09:25:14 +0200 confusion-at-french-german-border-over-reopening-date A 20-year-old American man tried disguising himself as a cleaner to cheat coronavirus border controls in Germany so he could see his girlfriend, police said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200512/lovesick-american-dons-cleaner-costume-in-bid-to-visit-girlfriend-in-germany-coronavirus-border-controls Tue, 12 May 2020 20:55:59 +0200 lovesick-american-dons-cleaner-costume-in-bid-to-visit-girlfriend-in-germany-coronavirus-border-controls Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has called for controls to be put in place at the Swiss border after the death of boy who was allegedly pushed under a train by an Eritrean man living in Zurich and on the run from police. https://www.thelocal.de/20190802/german-interior-minister-calls-for-security-control-on-the-swiss-border Fri, 02 Aug 2019 14:55:59 +0200 german-interior-minister-calls-for-security-control-on-the-swiss-border The border area between Denmark and Germany should be included on the Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage List, according to Danish Minister for Culture Mette Bock. https://www.thelocal.de/20190205/denmark-germany-border-could-be-added-to-unesco-heritage-list Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:10:29 +0100 denmark-germany-border-could-be-added-to-unesco-heritage-list In a bid to protect its pork industry, Denmark began building a fence on Monday along its border with Germany to keep out wild boar infected with the African swine fever virus. https://www.thelocal.de/20190128/denmark-raises-fence-on-german-border-to-prevent-swine-fever Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:13:33 +0100 denmark-raises-fence-on-german-border-to-prevent-swine-fever Germany’s top court has rejected complaints by the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) parliamentary group against the government’s refugee policy. https://www.thelocal.de/20181218/afd-fails-in-court-bid-against-merkels-refugee-policy Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:06:18 +0100 afd-fails-in-court-bid-against-merkels-refugee-policy Austria's government warned Tuesday it could "take measures to protect" its borders after Germany planned restrictions on the entry of migrants as part of a deal to avert a political crisis in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20180703/austria-announces-plan-to-protect-border-after-controversial-german-migrant Tue, 03 Jul 2018 11:21:09 +0200 austria-announces-plan-to-protect-border-after-controversial-german-migrant Two German journalists were arrested at the Greek border with Turkey on Friday after allegedly entering a restricted area, local police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20180310/german-journalists-arrested-at-greek-turkish-border-police Sat, 10 Mar 2018 09:58:11 +0100 german-journalists-arrested-at-greek-turkish-border-police Police in Denmark have required participants in an amateur running event that crosses the Danish-German border to carry passports or other valid travel documents. https://www.thelocal.de/20170829/athletic-runners-asked-to-carry-passport-while-crossing-denmark-germany-border Tue, 29 Aug 2017 15:29:02 +0200 athletic-runners-asked-to-carry-passport-while-crossing-denmark-germany-border The nationalist Danish People’s Party wants to put up a barbed wire fence with motion sensors on Denmark’s border with Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20170522/danish-peoples-party-wants-barbed-wire-fence-on-germany-border Mon, 22 May 2017 10:18:55 +0200 danish-peoples-party-wants-barbed-wire-fence-on-germany-border The Mexico border wall was one of the most controversial elements of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, but that hasn't stopped two German companies from registering an interest in building it. https://www.thelocal.de/20170330/two-german-firms-interested-in-building-trumps-border-wall Thu, 30 Mar 2017 12:57:36 +0200 two-german-firms-interested-in-building-trumps-border-wall A suspect suitcase that caused a border crossing between Switzerland and Germany to be evacuated on Wednesday turned out to contain an electric shaver that had turned itself on inside of the bag. https://www.thelocal.de/20160331/electric-razor-closes-german-swiss-border Thu, 31 Mar 2016 13:24:00 +0200 electric-razor-closes-german-swiss-border Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has given Europe two weeks to implement measures agreed last week's EU summit - if not “other measures will be necessary”, he warned. https://www.thelocal.de/20160222/dont-dump-asylum-seekers-on-us-germany-tells-austria Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:07:55 +0100 dont-dump-asylum-seekers-on-us-germany-tells-austria Germany's eurosceptic right-wing populist AfD party created a storm Saturday by suggesting police "if need be" should threaten to shoot migrants seeking to enter the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20160131/border-police-should-threaten-to-shoot-migrants-afd Sun, 31 Jan 2016 09:45:46 +0100 border-police-should-threaten-to-shoot-migrants-afd Germany has decided to extend temporary border controls until mid-February, its interior ministry said on Friday, as Europe's top economy faces a record migrant influx. https://www.thelocal.de/20151113/germany-to-extend-border-checks-refugee Fri, 13 Nov 2015 14:00:12 +0100 germany-to-extend-border-checks-refugee Police near Passau, on the Bavarian border with Austria, have warned that there are no places left in emergency accommodation centres as crowds wait to cross into Germany in plummeting temperatures. https://www.thelocal.de/20151029/risk-of-refugees-freezing-bavarian-police-warn Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:08:02 +0100 risk-of-refugees-freezing-bavarian-police-warn