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 The German Police Union (DpolG) said on Monday that officers overworked with serious cases and terrorism should no longer be asked to investigate minor crimes. https://www.thelocal.de/20150119/police-union-doesnt-have-time-for-petty-crime Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:48:24 +0100 police-union-doesnt-have-time-for-petty-crime Inglourious Basterds star Til Schweiger - one of Germany's best-known actors - has seen his girlfriend's car set on fire and paint thrown at his house in an attack claimed by people who said his latest film glorified the German army in Afghanistan. https://www.thelocal.de/20130326/48759 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:46:00 +0100 48759 A Catholic priest found guilty of over 250 charges of sexual abuse towards young boys has been sentenced to six years in prison, a German court announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120126/40365 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0100 40365 German detectives investigating the neo-Nazi bomb-making bank robbers thought to have killed a policewoman, have found a gun used in a series of nine notorious snack shop killings in the suspects’ blown-up flat. https://www.thelocal.de/20111111/38819 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:02:00 +0100 38819 German authorities say they are confident they have solved the 2007 murder of a police woman after her pistol was found near the bodies of two neo-Nazi bank robbers. Their accomplice turned herself in on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20111108/38745 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:38:00 +0100 38745 The church official who initially said it was his fault that a paedophile priest was given succour in Pope Benedict XVI’s former diocese has broken ranks, alleging he was bullied into taking responsibility to protect the pontiff. https://www.thelocal.de/20100418/26613 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:18:00 +0200 26613 A 50-year-old Turkish man was jailed for life in Germany on Tuesday over the brutal "honour killing" of his 20-year-old daughter, a murder carried out together with the victim's twin brother. https://www.thelocal.de/20091229/24241 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:35:00 +0100 24241