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 Many job ads in Germany list - not surprisingly - speaking German as a requirement for the job. But this shouldn't scare you away from applying, argues career coach Chris Pyak in the first career column in a new series. https://www.thelocal.de/20190614/the-myth-that-you-need-to-know-german-to-be-hired Fri, 14 Jun 2019 12:34:09 +0200 the-myth-that-you-need-to-know-german-to-be-hired A gay man is being blocked from collecting his title as King of the Marksmen in Düsseldorf because he plans on collecting the prize with his husband. https://www.thelocal.de/20151002/gay-shooting-champ-must-name-female-queen Fri, 02 Oct 2015 17:41:13 +0200 gay-shooting-champ-must-name-female-queen Nurembergers are fuming at a plan by the state of Saxony to give away free bratwurst at the world-famous Christ Child Christmas Market. https://www.thelocal.de/20141126/saxon-bratwurst-unwelcome-at-nuremberg-market Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:32:00 +0100 saxon-bratwurst-unwelcome-at-nuremberg-market At least five people died after a pre-dawn Christmas Day fire in a house in the German town of Unna in North Rhine-Westphalia, the police said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20091225/24173 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:48:00 +0100 24173