The Local Germany 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 Car-sharing trip turns into cocaine nightmare Austrian police are searching for a 30-year-old man who allegedly forced a car-pooling woman into working as a courier for his drug deliveries around Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20150605/woman-gets-caught-in-car-sharing-cocaine-nightmare Fri, 05 Jun 2015 16:17:05 +0200 woman-gets-caught-in-car-sharing-cocaine-nightmare Budget trains steam into Bahn monopoly A new train service challenged Deutsche Bahn's monopoly of the German rail network on Monday, hitting the rails to take passengers between Hamburg and Cologne for as little as €20. https://www.thelocal.de/20120723/43921 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:50:00 +0200 43921 Nervy Checkpoint Charlie stand-off remembered Fifty years ago on October 27, 1961, US and Soviet forces took the world to the brink of war at Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie. Hannah Cleaver takes the temperature of the legendary Cold War flashpoint today. https://www.thelocal.de/20111027/38499 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:26:00 +0200 38499 Berlin remembers building of the Wall Germany marks on Saturday the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Wall going up with solemn ceremonies across the city and the opening of an expanded memorial for its victims. https://www.thelocal.de/20110813/36931 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:54:00 +0200 36931 Berlin calls air strike in Afghanistan 'necessary' The German Defence Ministry on Monday stood by a controversial air strike that is thought to have caused scores of civilian casualties in Afghanistan two weeks ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20090914/21903 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:42:00 +0200 21903 Politicians say Twitter 'damages democracy' after exit poll leak German politicians were outraged on Monday after election results for three states were relayed over micro-blogging site Twitter 1.5 hours before polls closed on Sunday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20090831/21601 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:14:00 +0200 21601 Facebook loses legal fight against StudiVZ Facebook’s legal challenge to shut down its German rival, StudiVZ, has failed after a Cologne court rejected the social networking site’s argument that StudiVZ ripped off Facebook’s design. https://www.thelocal.de/20090616/19977 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:58:00 +0200 19977