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 Russia's leading opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who the West believes was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, has been discharged from hospital after just over a month, the Berlin medical facility treating him said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200923/russian-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-discharged-from-berlin-hospital Wed, 23 Sep 2020 11:31:11 +0200 russian-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-discharged-from-berlin-hospital Russia's leading opposition politician Alexei Navalny announced on Saturday that he could now walk with a "tremble", and gave the first detailed account of his recovery nearly a month after being poisoned. https://www.thelocal.de/20200919/russian-opposition-leader-can-walk-with-a-tremble-after-berlin-treatment Sat, 19 Sep 2020 17:09:42 +0200 russian-opposition-leader-can-walk-with-a-tremble-after-berlin-treatment Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny showed that he was poisoned by a Novichok chemical nerve agent, the German government said Wednesday, demanding explanations from Moscow. https://www.thelocal.de/20200902/german-government-says-putin-critic-alexei-navalny-poisoned-with-novichok Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:31:34 +0200 german-government-says-putin-critic-alexei-navalny-poisoned-with-novichok A member of Russian dissident punk band Pussy Riot, Pyotr Verzilov, was the victim of suspected poisoning with unknown substances but is now out of danger, his German doctors said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180918/pussy-riot-activist-reportedly-out-of-danger-after-suspected-poisoning Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:16:31 +0200 pussy-riot-activist-reportedly-out-of-danger-after-suspected-poisoning A leading German hospital announced that it had handed over the skulls and bones of 33 Aborigines to Australian representatives to be returned for burial. https://www.thelocal.de/20130427/49403 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:45:00 +0200 49403 In a potential scientific breakthrough for the treatment of venomous snake bites, a German doctor has been given a grant to develop a universal antidote. https://www.thelocal.de/20121219/46869 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:44:00 +0100 46869 A German hospital worker has been suspended after allegedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl in his care - and it has emerged that despite earlier similar allegations, he had been working in the children's department since 2008. https://www.thelocal.de/20121122/46325 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:28:00 +0100 46325 A world-respected cancer specialist is being treated in his own hospital in Germany after two men burst into his office and beat him with sticks. A colleague who tried to stop the attack was also hurt. https://www.thelocal.de/20121024/45757 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:38:00 +0200 45757 One baby has died and seven others are being treated for a bacterial infection at a Berlin hospital, where two of five neonatal wards have been shut as staff hunt for the source of the infection. https://www.thelocal.de/20121021/45687 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 16:19:00 +0200 45687 German doctors have released extraordinary moving images of a baby being born – using an MRI scanner which shows the dynamic process of the child being pushed out into the world. https://www.thelocal.de/20120717/43805 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:41:00 +0200 43805 Baby bonanza in Berlin: doctors at Charité hospital on Monday announced a young mother has given birth to four boys and two girls – the first time in more than 20 years anyone in Germany has had sextuplets. https://www.thelocal.de/20081020/15021 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:16:00 +0200 15021