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 Broadcaster fees could jump to €19 per month: report Those monthly fees all residents have to pay towards public broadcasting could get steeper in the next five years, officials say. https://www.thelocal.de/20160401/broadcaster-fees-could-increase-to-19-per-month-report Fri, 01 Apr 2016 13:35:33 +0200 broadcaster-fees-could-increase-to-19-per-month-report Mandatory broadcaster fees go before high court Thirty complaints have been launched against the mandatory monthly fee of €17.50 German residents must pay for public television and radio broadcasters. https://www.thelocal.de/20160316/mandatory-german-broadcaster-fees-to-go-before-high-court Wed, 16 Mar 2016 12:43:56 +0100 mandatory-german-broadcaster-fees-to-go-before-high-court