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 A man in Munich asked a judge to relieve him of the duty to pay alimony when he saw pictures on Facebook indicating his former wife was in a relationship – but the court wasn't convinced. https://www.thelocal.de/20160204/facebook-photos-not-enough-evidence-to-get-out-of-alimony Thu, 04 Feb 2016 11:10:28 +0100 facebook-photos-not-enough-evidence-to-get-out-of-alimony A man who shot at random passing cars in western Germany has been sentenced to nine and a half years' jail after being convicted of 14 counts of attempted murder. https://www.thelocal.de/20150918/car-sniper-sentenced-to-9-years-jail Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:51:44 +0200 car-sniper-sentenced-to-9-years-jail A court fined a 23-year-old man in North Rhine-Westphalia after he admitted to giving his girlfriend a sedative so that he could keep playing video games with a friend. https://www.thelocal.de/20150708/man-drugs-girlfriend-to-keep-playing-xbox Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:30:10 +0200 man-drugs-girlfriend-to-keep-playing-xbox German prosecutors said on Thursday they had charged a 93-year-old alleged former guard at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz with complicity to murder. https://www.thelocal.de/20130926/52121 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 19:36:00 +0200 52121 Germany took another step towards equal rights for gay couples on Tuesday, after the country's highest court ruled those in a civil partnership have the right to adopt their partner's adopted children. https://www.thelocal.de/20130219/48057 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:03:00 +0100 48057 An elderly British woman died after a German surgeon working as a locum botched an operation on her hip, severing an artery, British media reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100317/25935 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:30:00 +0100 25935 Forty-three defendants went on trial this week from both sides of a deadly Italian mafia feud that led to last year's slayings of six clan members in Duisburg. https://www.thelocal.de/20081021/15031 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:15:00 +0200 15031