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 Two people have died and several are injured after a car ploughed onto a busy street in the eastern city of Leipzig on Monday. Here's what we know so far. https://www.thelocal.de/20260505/what-we-know-so-far-about-suspected-car-ramming-attack-in-leipzig Tue, 05 May 2026 10:14:58 +0200 what-we-know-so-far-about-suspected-car-ramming-attack-in-leipzig A car ploughed into a crowd in the historic centre of the eastern German city of Leipzig on Monday, killing two people and injuring several others, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.de/20260504/driver-arrested-after-car-ploughs-into-people-in-leipzig Mon, 04 May 2026 18:22:37 +0200 driver-arrested-after-car-ploughs-into-people-in-leipzig Budget airline Ryanair said Friday that it would reduce flights to and from Berlin starting in October and relocate aircraft based in the German capital, citing comparatively high costs and taxes. https://www.thelocal.de/20260424/ryanair-to-significantly-cut-flights-from-berlin-from-october Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:06:53 +0200 ryanair-to-significantly-cut-flights-from-berlin-from-october Lawmakers in the German parliament voted on Friday to pass measures aimed at relieving the financial burden on consumers related to high energy prices. https://www.thelocal.de/20260424/germany-adopts-fuel-tax-cuts-and-employee-relief-bonus-scheme Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:10:19 +0200 germany-adopts-fuel-tax-cuts-and-employee-relief-bonus-scheme Pilots for German airline Lufthansa will go on strike for a second time on Thursday and Friday over a pensions dispute, the Vereinigung Cockpit union said in a statement. https://www.thelocal.de/20260311/pilots-at-germanys-lufthansa-to-stage-two-day-strike Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:24:22 +0100 pilots-at-germanys-lufthansa-to-stage-two-day-strike Volkswagen said Tuesday that it would cut 50,000 jobs in Germany by 2030 as its profit slid to its lowest level since 2016. https://www.thelocal.de/20260310/volkswagen-to-cut-50000-jobs-in-germany-by-2030 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:03:59 +0100 volkswagen-to-cut-50000-jobs-in-germany-by-2030 Germany's largest airline Lufthansa grounded flights on Thursday as a strike by pilots and cabin crew got underway. https://www.thelocal.de/20260212/hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-in-germany-as-lufthansa-staff-strike Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:42:22 +0100 hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-in-germany-as-lufthansa-staff-strike Germany's Bundestag on Friday approved a landmark military service law as thousands of school students walked out of classrooms to protest against the return of compulsory assessments for 18-year-olds. https://www.thelocal.de/20251205/german-parliament-passes-military-service-law-as-school-students-protest Fri, 05 Dec 2025 13:48:53 +0100 german-parliament-passes-military-service-law-as-school-students-protest Thirteen people are reportedly injured – one seriously – after a tram came off the rails in the south of Düsseldorf, western Germany, on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20251126/several-injured-after-tram-derails-in-dusseldorf Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:08:39 +0100 several-injured-after-tram-derails-in-dusseldorf German federal police will be allowed to shoot down drones, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said on Wednesday, following a recent string of sightings which Berlin has blamed on Russia. https://www.thelocal.de/20251008/german-police-to-get-power-to-shoot-down-drones Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:26:44 +0200 german-police-to-get-power-to-shoot-down-drones A newly-elected mayor of the German town of Herdecke in North Rhine-Westphalia is in a critical condition after a knife attack on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20251007/german-town-mayor-critically-injured-after-knife-attack Tue, 07 Oct 2025 17:19:59 +0200 german-town-mayor-critically-injured-after-knife-attack Oktoberfest remained closed for much of Wednesday as police investigated a bomb threat and the death of a suspect. Here's what we know so far about the closure and the explosions and blaze in northern Munich. https://www.thelocal.de/20251001/qa-what-we-know-about-the-fire-in-munich-and-why-oktoberfest-closed Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:59:52 +0200 qa-what-we-know-about-the-fire-in-munich-and-why-oktoberfest-closed Germany's Bundestag will debate and vote on the government's push to get rid of the three-year path to citizenship, dubbed "turbo naturalisation" by critics, on October 8th. https://www.thelocal.de/20250929/german-parliament-sets-date-for-vote-on-future-of-three-year-citizenship-path Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:38:28 +0200 german-parliament-sets-date-for-vote-on-future-of-three-year-citizenship-path German airline group Lufthansa said Monday it will slash 4,000 jobs – nearly four percent of its workforce – as part of cost-cutting measures. https://www.thelocal.de/20250929/germanys-lufthansa-confirms-it-will-cut-4000-jobs-by-2030 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:57:08 +0200 germanys-lufthansa-confirms-it-will-cut-4000-jobs-by-2030 The Deutschlandticket will once again become more expensive after a conference of Germany's state transport ministers confirmed the monthly price for the nationwide travel pass in 2026. https://www.thelocal.de/20250918/e63-ticket-deutschlandticket-price-increase-locked-in-for-2026 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 20:03:55 +0200 e63-ticket-deutschlandticket-price-increase-locked-in-for-2026 A Flixbus headed for Berlin overturned on the A19 motorway in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania early on Friday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20250704/twenty-passengers-injured-in-flixbus-accident-in-northern-germany Fri, 04 Jul 2025 12:50:18 +0200 twenty-passengers-injured-in-flixbus-accident-in-northern-germany Following a failed first vote on Tuesday morning, CDU leader Friedrich Merz has now received 325 of the necessary 316 votes he needed to become Germany's next Chancellor. https://www.thelocal.de/20250506/breaking-germanys-merz-elected-chancellor-in-second-bundestag-vote Tue, 06 May 2025 18:25:03 +0200 breaking-germanys-merz-elected-chancellor-in-second-bundestag-vote Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz announced on Wednesday that his centre-right CDU/CSU alliance had finalised a coalition agreement with the centre-left SPD. The announcement clears the way for a new government to be formed in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20250409/breaking-germanys-union-and-spd-unveil-final-plans-for-government Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:11:10 +0200 breaking-germanys-union-and-spd-unveil-final-plans-for-government From a reduction of the parental allowance benefit to new questions on the drivers' licence theory test to various trials for digital documents, here's a look at what's changing in Germany this April. https://www.thelocal.de/20250317/everything-that-changes-in-germany-in-april-2025 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:11:48 +0100 everything-that-changes-in-germany-in-april-2025 With coalition negotiations between the CDU-CSU and SPD reaching a crucial point of no return, Brian Melican looks at what the likely outcomes will be and what they will mean for people living in Germany. One thing about these talks is already clear: failure is not an option. https://www.thelocal.de/20250329/from-citizenship-to-renting-what-to-expect-when-germanys-coalition-talks-conclude Sat, 29 Mar 2025 12:13:20 +0100 from-citizenship-to-renting-what-to-expect-when-germanys-coalition-talks-conclude