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 There’s more to skiing in Germany than the northernmost bits of the Alps. As the new season begins, The Local introduces some alternative slopes that just might be closer than you think. https://www.thelocal.de/20111221/23963 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:53:00 +0100 23963 Green parliamentary co-leader Renate Künast, just confirmed as the party's choice to take on Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit in September elections, is the top pick for a Green chancellor candidate among respondents of a new poll released Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110410/34305 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:15:00 +0200 34305 German police staged raids against the Hells Angels motorcycle gang in three states on Monday morning, searching for evidence of plans to murder a rival group member, prosecutors reported. https://www.thelocal.de/20101213/31771 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:15:00 +0100 31771 Police said Friday evening that two bank robbers killed during a shoot-out with cops in Karlsruhe were likely the "Gentlemen Robbers," who have stolen some €2 million and evaded police custody for the past 15 years. https://www.thelocal.de/20101211/31741 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:11:00 +0100 31741 The German state of Baden-Württemberg said Monday it was buying a 45-percent stake in utilities group EnBW from France's Electricite de France (EDF) for €4.7 billion ($6.3 billion). https://www.thelocal.de/20101206/31629 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:03:00 +0100 31629 German luxury carmaker Porsche on Thursday announced a campaign to hire 100 new engineers for its southern German development centre “straightaway,” as part of a new recruitment programme. https://www.thelocal.de/20101118/31275 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:43:00 +0100 31275 Fed up with going up to five months a year without sunshine, a couple living deep inside Germany’s Black Forest have erected an enormous mirror to reflect light onto their valley home during the winter. https://www.thelocal.de/20101115/31187 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:45:00 +0100 31187 German Chancellor Angela Merkel will look on Monday to rally her ruling conservatives behind her at a party conference ahead of what is set to be a make-or-break year. https://www.thelocal.de/20101115/31171 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:00:00 +0100 31171 The elephants and hippos at Karlsruhe Zoo were rescued in dramatic circumstances on Friday night after a fire which had already killed a number of animals threatened to spread to their enclosure. https://www.thelocal.de/20101113/31143 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 10:56:00 +0100 31143 Three men died in a head-on collision with a truck during an illegal car race in Baden-Württemberg, police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20101104/30971 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:00:00 +0100 30971 Almost 100 US military and civilian families have lost most of their possessions in a warehouse fire outside Stuttgart, American officials told The Local on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20101102/30901 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:01:00 +0100 30901 A woman collecting Germany's GEZ public broadcasting licence fees in Ulm has reportedly been fined after a dispute with a pub owner escalated and she made racist comments and a Nazi salute. https://www.thelocal.de/20101101/30881 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:27:00 +0100 30881 The Baden–Württemberg state parliament on Thursday rejected a petition by the centre-left Social Democrats to hold a referendum on the controversial Stuttgart 21 rail project. https://www.thelocal.de/20101028/30821 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:50:00 +0200 30821 Mediated talks between advocates and opponents of the controversial Stuttgart 21 rail project began on Friday, with the process scheduled to be aired live on the internet and public broadcasters. https://www.thelocal.de/20101022/30677 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:33:00 +0200 30677 Mediated talks over the controversial Stuttgart 21 rail project will begin on Friday in the southern German city. The two sides agreed on the first official meeting on Thursday night. https://www.thelocal.de/20101015/30511 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:06:00 +0200 30511 A new video shows a pensioner blinded by a police water cannon in last week’s violent protests in Stuttgart was throwing objects at officers, raising questions about whether they were provoked or guilty of excessive force. https://www.thelocal.de/20101007/30351 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:31:00 +0200 30351 The man whose bleeding eyes shocked Germany in the wake of last week’s clash between Stuttgart 21 protestors and police has been identified as 66-year-old Dietrich Wagner. The pensioner was hit full in the face by a water cannon blast. https://www.thelocal.de/20101006/30295 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:53:00 +0200 30295 Six inmates in Baden-Württemberg began wearing electronic ankle bracelets on Friday to launch the first such monitoring programme for prisoners in Germany, according to a state justice ministry spokesman. https://www.thelocal.de/20101002/30227 Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:48:00 +0200 30227 The killing spree that left four dead and 18 injured in Lörrach last weekend was at least partly planned in advance, investigators said on Friday after finding “extraordinary quantities” of explosive liquids in the murderer's apartment. https://www.thelocal.de/20100924/30061 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:01:00 +0200 30061 Post-mortem results revealed on Tuesday that Sabine R. suffocated her five-year-old son with a plastic bag and that police halted her deadly rampage in Lörrach by shooting her 17 times. https://www.thelocal.de/20100921/29971 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:21:00 +0200 29971