The Local Germany 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 How Germany deals with activist movements against Israel On Monday German public radio said it would not air concerts by rock star Roger Waters due to his links to a boycott movement against Israel. Is this normal practice in the Bundesrepublik? https://www.thelocal.de/20171129/how-germany-deals-with-activist-movements-against-israel Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:07:17 +0100 how-germany-deals-with-activist-movements-against-israel Luxury store brings back Israeli wine after uproar Berlin luxury department store KaDeWe said Sunday that it would resume selling Israeli wines it had pulled from its shelves over new EU labelling guidelines for products from Jewish settlements. https://www.thelocal.de/20151123/luxury-store-brings-back-israeli-wine-after-uproar Mon, 23 Nov 2015 12:00:51 +0100 luxury-store-brings-back-israeli-wine-after-uproar Shopkeeper refuses to put clocks forward A Berlin pet shop owner is living an hour behind the rest of the country after refusing to put her clocks forward for summer time. She has encouraged her neighbours to join the protest and tells The Local why. https://www.thelocal.de/20140331/berlin-shopkeeper-rejects-summer-time-circus-refusing-to-put-clocks-forward-2 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:14:00 +0200 berlin-shopkeeper-rejects-summer-time-circus-refusing-to-put-clocks-forward-2 Third of Germans want total Euro 2012 boycott A third of Germans want their football team to boycott the football European Championships in Poland and Ukraine in protest at the treatment of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. https://www.thelocal.de/20120504/42345 Fri, 04 May 2012 13:38:00 +0200 42345 Politicians plan boycott of pope's Bundestag speech Several Social Democratic parliamentarians are planning to boycott the speech Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to give to the Bundestag in September. They accuse the pontiff of oppressing millions around the world. https://www.thelocal.de/20110625/35885 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:01:00 +0200 35885 Olympic athletes urged to wear human rights bracelet Former German Olympic medallists on Friday called for those competing in the 2008 Olympics to wear a specially designed green and blue bracelet to protest human rights violations by China in Tibet. https://www.thelocal.de/20080329/10969 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:19:00 +0100 10969