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 Sex workers are now allowed to return to work in the northern states of Hamburg, Bremen and Schleswig-Holstein after a further easing of coronavirus restrictions. https://www.thelocal.de/20200915/hamburg-sex-workers-celebrate-easing-of-coronavirus-restrictions Tue, 15 Sep 2020 18:49:13 +0200 hamburg-sex-workers-celebrate-easing-of-coronavirus-restrictions Prostitution has long been legal in Germany, and the country has been called "Europe's biggest brothel". But forced prostitution continues to be an issue as well. Here's a look at the history and policies. https://www.thelocal.de/20170321/five-things-to-know-about-prostitution-in-germany Tue, 21 Mar 2017 17:42:10 +0100 five-things-to-know-about-prostitution-in-germany A children's Carnival celebration in a Rhineland town has caused outcry among parents after merchandise advertising a brothel were thrown out to kids along with candy and goodies. https://www.thelocal.de/20170302/parents-outraged-after-brothel-adverts-tossed-out-during-kids-parade Thu, 02 Mar 2017 13:24:42 +0100 parents-outraged-after-brothel-adverts-tossed-out-during-kids-parade Cops near the French border were conducting routine road checks when they stopped a man who who was making the most of the freedom of the open road. https://www.thelocal.de/20160405/police-force-naked-driver-to-reach-brothel-on-foot Tue, 05 Apr 2016 13:10:48 +0200 police-force-naked-driver-to-reach-brothel-on-foot Moves to reform Germany's controversial prostitution law are based on bad information and don't have sex workers' best interests at heart, argues expert Sonja Dolinsek. https://www.thelocal.de/20151203/changing-prostitution-law-would-only-harm-sex-workers Thu, 03 Dec 2015 13:22:14 +0100 changing-prostitution-law-would-only-harm-sex-workers When a policeman in Bavaria retired he made a career change none of his colleagues had ever made before - and it turned him into a pariah. https://www.thelocal.de/20151028/from-blue-right-to-red-light-district Wed, 28 Oct 2015 12:57:09 +0100 from-blue-right-to-red-light-district A lamb that was stolen from Nuremberg Zoo and found in a Munich brothel nine days later has finally been returned to its flock, the zoo announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150623/brothel-lamb-finally-returns-to-her-flock Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:53:53 +0200 brothel-lamb-finally-returns-to-her-flock Police in Munich raided a brothel after it was reported that a prostitute there possessed contraband. During their search they found marijuana, other narcotics... and a three-week-old lamb. https://www.thelocal.de/20150521/police-seize-tiny-lamb-from-munich-brothel Thu, 21 May 2015 13:30:47 +0200 police-seize-tiny-lamb-from-munich-brothel Controversial adverts for one of Berlin's biggest brothels have disappeared from the city's trams and buses. https://www.thelocal.de/20130819/51473 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 18:25:00 +0200 51473 Police in Berlin are searching for a gunman on Saturday after a shooting at Germany's largest brothel. The gunman injured three security men in an argument over the bill. https://www.thelocal.de/20120818/44435 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 14:03:00 +0200 44435 A new exhibition at Nazi concentration camp Ravensbrück near Berlin details the fate of women forced to work as sex slaves for fellow prisoners during World War II. https://www.thelocal.de/20090228/17711 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:01:00 +0100 17711 Plans to turn a three story Berlin sex shop into a huge brothel have been shelved after local protests. The venture at the LSD sex store on the boarder between the Mitte and Tempelhof-Schöneberg districts of Berlin, was halted by 3,400 signatures of local residents. The neighbourhood is known as a haunt of prostitutes, however, residents found the thought of a mega-brothel on a prominent corner overwhelming. https://www.thelocal.de/20080211/10287 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:01:00 +0100 10287