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 The provocative French satire magazine launched its first German - and foreign language - version on Thursday, having a pop at a fairly obvious target. https://www.thelocal.de/20161201/controversial-satire-mag-charlie-hebdo-hits-the-stands-in-germany Thu, 01 Dec 2016 11:27:37 +0100 controversial-satire-mag-charlie-hebdo-hits-the-stands-in-germany The new German edition of the irreverent French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo hits newsstands in Berlin and Vienna on Thursday. What kind of waves will it be making in the Bundesrepublik? https://www.thelocal.de/20161129/charlie-hebdo-in-bid-to-find-german-funny-bone Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:53:54 +0100 charlie-hebdo-in-bid-to-find-german-funny-bone The famed French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo is starting up a German edition as soon as next month, the publication has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.de/20161123/charlie-hebdo-to-start-german-edition-report Wed, 23 Nov 2016 14:46:17 +0100 charlie-hebdo-to-start-german-edition-report The knife-wielding man who attacked a Paris police station on Thursday reportedly had a cell phone on him containing a German sim card, French officials said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160108/paris-attacker-had-german-sim-card-in-phone Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:48:40 +0100 paris-attacker-had-german-sim-card-in-phone Hamburg police temporarily detained nine suspects on Wednesday over a January arson attack on a newspaper that had reprinted cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammed from French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. https://www.thelocal.de/20150304/police-catch-charlie-hebdo-arson-suspects Wed, 04 Mar 2015 18:17:35 +0100 police-catch-charlie-hebdo-arson-suspects Braunschweig authorities cancelled the city's Karneval parade a mere 90 minutes before it was to start on Sunday, due to a "concrete threat of an Islamist attack" identified by state security officials. https://www.thelocal.de/20150216/terror-threat-cancels-karneval-parade Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:20:38 +0100 terror-threat-cancels-karneval-parade Cologne's planned Charlie Hebdo float in its Rosenmontag parade was a false start, after the organising committee scrapped its construction over security concerns. https://www.thelocal.de/20150129/karneval-parade-scraps-charlie-hebdo-float Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:43:14 +0100 karneval-parade-scraps-charlie-hebdo-float Germany will get more copies of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a spokeswoman for distribution company Deutsche Pressevertrieb (DPV) said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150120/extra-copies-of-charlie-hebdo-coming-to-germany Tue, 20 Jan 2015 13:48:00 +0100 extra-copies-of-charlie-hebdo-coming-to-germany German President Joachim Gauck told the country's Muslim community Tuesday that "we are all Germany" at a rally to condemn the Paris jihadist attacks and take a stand against rising Islamophobia. https://www.thelocal.de/20150114/gauck-tells-muslims-we-are-all-germany Wed, 14 Jan 2015 09:29:00 +0100 gauck-tells-muslims-we-are-all-germany A document seen by Die Welt shows that federal investigators (BKA) fear that Muslim fundamentalists in Germany might copy last week's attacks in Paris. https://www.thelocal.de/20150113/police-fear-copycat-attacks-in-germany Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:04:00 +0100 police-fear-copycat-attacks-in-germany French cartoonists distributed a flyer in Dresden on Sunday criticizing anti-Islam demonstrators' use of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris to try and boost their support. https://www.thelocal.de/20150112/french-caricaturists-target-pegida-marchers Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:23:00 +0100 french-caricaturists-target-pegida-marchers Chancellor Angela Merkel has signed a book of condolences for victims of the Paris shooting - as the anti-Islam Pegida movement announced it would wear black armbands at its next march on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150109/merkel-leaves-condolences-for-paris-victims Fri, 09 Jan 2015 09:56:00 +0100 merkel-leaves-condolences-for-paris-victims The German equivalent of Charlie Hebdo hit back Thursday with a joke front page suggesting Muslims have smaller penises, in the wake of the Paris newspaper massacre. https://www.thelocal.de/20150108/titanic-rises-with-cartoon-showing-pen-is-mightier-charlie-hebdo Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:10:00 +0100 titanic-rises-with-cartoon-showing-pen-is-mightier-charlie-hebdo