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 Germany warned the 'clock is ticking' for Russia to agree by the end of Monday to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine or face new sanctions. https://www.thelocal.de/20250512/german-leaders-warn-clock-is-ticking-on-ukraine-ceasefire-ultimatum Mon, 12 May 2025 16:31:14 +0200 german-leaders-warn-clock-is-ticking-on-ukraine-ceasefire-ultimatum President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared in person at a meeting of Ukraine's international backers in Germany on Friday, appealing for additional weapons as Kyiv faces advancing Russian forces in the east and devastating strikes by Moscow. https://www.thelocal.de/20240906/under-pressure-zelensky-in-germany-to-rally-ukraines-allies Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:08:35 +0200 under-pressure-zelensky-in-germany-to-rally-ukraines-allies Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked NATO members including Germany Thursday to send naval vessels to the Sea of Azov to back his country in the standoff with Russia. https://www.thelocal.de/20181127/putin Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:12:14 +0100 putin The leaders of Germany and France called on Saturday for all sides in the Ukraine conflict to "face their responsibilities" after a rise in ceasefire violations in the east of the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20171223/merkel-and-macron-call-for-peaceful-settlement-in-eastern-ukraine Sat, 23 Dec 2017 17:34:05 +0100 merkel-and-macron-call-for-peaceful-settlement-in-eastern-ukraine Germany announced Friday it had temporarily closed its embassy in Yemen and were pulling staff out because of ongoing violence in the troubled country. https://www.thelocal.de/20150213/germany-to-close-yemen-embassies Fri, 13 Feb 2015 15:14:06 +0100 germany-to-close-yemen-embassies "To be arrested and yelled at and be rudely treated by police I had to travel to Ferguson and St. Louis in the United States of America," writes veteran reporter of his ordeal. https://www.thelocal.de/20140819/german-journalists-held-in-ferguson-unrest Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:39:00 +0200 german-journalists-held-in-ferguson-unrest Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that EU foreign ministers will meet soon to consider imposing new sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20140425/merkel-voices-great-concern-on-ukraine-to-putin Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:10:00 +0200 merkel-voices-great-concern-on-ukraine-to-putin Three Germans were among 40 people killed when Pakistani jets and helicopters bombarded suspected Taliban hideouts in a northwestern tribal district, a senior security source said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140122/germans-among-dead-in-pakistan-air-strikes Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:36:00 +0100 germans-among-dead-in-pakistan-air-strikes Young Germans are more interested in World War One than generations before them, a poll released on Wednesday revealed. The results come amid controversy over the government's lack of plans to commemorate the centenary. https://www.thelocal.de/20140116/young-germans-more-keen-to-learn-about-world-war-one-wwi Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:34:00 +0100 young-germans-more-keen-to-learn-about-world-war-one-wwi German Islamists have set up their own camp in northern Syria with around 200 fighters, according to a report released on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20131021/52489 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:46:00 +0200 52489 Germany on Sunday handed over command of its northern Kunduz camp to Afghan security forces, a milestone in the drawdown from a more than decade-long military deployment. https://www.thelocal.de/20131007/52259 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:26:00 +0200 52259 In the wake of the UN releasing its report on chemical weapons in Syria, Germany's foreign minister confirmed on Wednesday that he is holding President Bashar al-Assad responsible for gas attacks. https://www.thelocal.de/20130918/51971 Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:43:00 +0200 51971 Germany welcomed on Monday a Russian proposal that the Syrian regime hand control of its chemical weapons arsenal to international supervision as a way of staving off the threat of military action. https://www.thelocal.de/20130910/51837 Tue, 10 Sep 2013 09:23:00 +0200 51837 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle urged the United Nations on Friday "to speed up" publication of a report by its weapons inspectors on the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria. https://www.thelocal.de/20130906/51787 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 18:30:00 +0200 51787 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle was to travel to Egypt on Wednesday for talks with the interim government and backers of ousted president Mohamed Morsi. https://www.thelocal.de/20130731/51157 Wed, 31 Jul 2013 17:57:00 +0200 51157 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told a German newspaper on Monday that European powers would "pay the price" if they sent weapons to rebel forces seeking to topple him. https://www.thelocal.de/20130617/50359 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:50:00 +0200 50359 Germany sees no grounds to speculate on military options in Syria a foreign ministry spokesman said Wednesday, a day after France's president said he would not rule out the use of force. https://www.thelocal.de/20120530/42855 Wed, 30 May 2012 16:27:00 +0200 42855