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 When you receive the urn of a deceased loved one, you generally assume you're only going home with that family member. But a Regensburg crematorium is suspected of slipping other people's body parts into the mix. https://www.thelocal.de/20170215/crematorium-investigated-for-including-extra-body-parts-in-urns Wed, 15 Feb 2017 18:14:06 +0100 crematorium-investigated-for-including-extra-body-parts-in-urns A Berlin burial company is taking legal action against a grieving American mother after she refused to pay them for sending a damaged urn, which was meant to contain her son’s ashes, from Germany to the US. The urn arrived broken and almost empty of ashes. https://www.thelocal.de/20140617/german-funeral-firm-takes-legal-action-against-us-mother-over-sons-ashes Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:03:00 +0200 german-funeral-firm-takes-legal-action-against-us-mother-over-sons-ashes A graveyard in Cologne cremated a woman who was supposed to be buried after it mixed up two bodies, city authorities admitted on Wednesday. The family of the deceased went to the police after the woman's coffin disappeared. https://www.thelocal.de/20131023/52531 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:22:00 +0200 52531