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 Adidas, the German maker of sportswear and equipment, announced Tuesday that it will start marketing its first series of sportshoes manufactured by robots in Germany from 2017. https://www.thelocal.de/20160525/adidas-to-return-production-to-germany-with-robot-shoe-factory Wed, 25 May 2016 12:59:55 +0200 adidas-to-return-production-to-germany-with-robot-shoe-factory The average German will spend €273 on Christmas presents this year - €43 more than last year, according to a new survey. https://www.thelocal.de/20131105/christmas-fever-germans-gift-spending-hits-new-high Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:27:00 +0100 christmas-fever-germans-gift-spending-hits-new-high Electricity customers will be forced to pay up to €2 billion too much for their power next year, a study commissioned by the environmentalist Greens party has found. https://www.thelocal.de/20101228/32073 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:35:00 +0100 32073 German Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner said Thursday she was deleting her Facebook account in protest because the social networking site's new privacy settings announced last week do not go far enough. https://www.thelocal.de/20100603/27633 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:35:00 +0200 27633 Anti-Facebook feelings in Germany grew Wednesday as a major consumer group urged people to abandon the social networking website unless it scraps planned changes to its privacy policy. https://www.thelocal.de/20100407/26399 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:31:00 +0200 26399 Germany's Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) advocated on Friday that the so-called 'morning-after' pill be offered without a doctor’s prescription. https://www.thelocal.de/20091016/22613 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:32:00 +0200 22613 Three months after the collapse of Cologne’s city archives, experts are amazed by how many of the precious documents have survived the devastating accident. https://www.thelocal.de/20090601/19635 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:24:00 +0200 19635