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 An international tribunal on Saturday urged Russia to release "immediately" 24 Ukrainian sailors seized last November off the Crimea peninsula. https://www.thelocal.de/20190525/global-tribunal-in-hamburg-tells-moscow-to-free-ukrainian-sailors-immediately Sat, 25 May 2019 15:14:46 +0200 global-tribunal-in-hamburg-tells-moscow-to-free-ukrainian-sailors-immediately The leaders of the five states of former East Germany said on Monday that they opposed continued sanctions against Russia over its illegal annexation of the Crimea. https://www.thelocal.de/20180130/east-german-state-leaders-call-for-end-to-sanctions-against-russia Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:48:00 +0100 east-german-state-leaders-call-for-end-to-sanctions-against-russia France and Germany on Monday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian opposite number to ensure that a new ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is enforced, warning there has been little let-up in the violence. https://www.thelocal.de/20170829/merkel-macron-urge-russia-and-ukraine-to-abide-by-commitments-and-back-ceasefire Tue, 29 Aug 2017 11:03:41 +0200 merkel-macron-urge-russia-and-ukraine-to-abide-by-commitments-and-back-ceasefire German industrial conglomerate Siemens said Friday it would scale back its operations in Russia after confirming gas turbines it sold to companies there had been diverted to Ukraine's Russian-annexed Crimea region in breach of sanctions. https://www.thelocal.de/20170721/siemens-to-cut-back-russia-trade-after-generators-end-up-in-crimea Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:59:54 +0200 siemens-to-cut-back-russia-trade-after-generators-end-up-in-crimea Critics have been questioning the German Foreign Minister's recent series of comments about working closer with Russia, with some labelling the diplomat a "Russia-sympathizer". https://www.thelocal.de/20160829/is-german-diplomacy-getting-too-chummy-with-russia Mon, 29 Aug 2016 19:04:42 +0200 is-german-diplomacy-getting-too-chummy-with-russia Lithuania on Monday signed its biggest ever arms deal for German-made armoured vehicles, as it seeks to allay concerns of a military resurgence of Russia on its doorstep. https://www.thelocal.de/20160822/fears-of-russia-prompt-lithuania-to-make-major-arms-deal-with-germany Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:31:01 +0200 fears-of-russia-prompt-lithuania-to-make-major-arms-deal-with-germany Russian TV news has begun questioning Berlin officials' stories about a young woman who was pushed under a U-Bahn train last week, adding to a media broadside that has Russian-German citizens in uproar against the government. https://www.thelocal.de/20160127/kremlin-propaganda-targets-germanys-refugee-weak-spot Wed, 27 Jan 2016 13:30:33 +0100 kremlin-propaganda-targets-germanys-refugee-weak-spot Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he didn't mean to scare Angela Merkel with his dog Koni at one of their first-ever meetings, a move that has left its mark on relations with the Chancellor ever since. https://www.thelocal.de/20160111/putin-didnt-mean-to-scare-merkel-with-dog Mon, 11 Jan 2016 12:41:21 +0100 putin-didnt-mean-to-scare-merkel-with-dog Germany pushed its NATO allies Wednesday to re-open high-level channels of communication with Russia, arguing that Moscow has a constructive role to play in many areas, especially in ending the Syrian conflict. https://www.thelocal.de/20151202/germany-pushes-nato-to-re-engage-russia Wed, 02 Dec 2015 18:29:19 +0100 germany-pushes-nato-to-re-engage-russia As competition heats up in the selection process for the “Youth Word of the Year”, a massive lead has opened up for 'merkeln' – a new coinage meaning 'to do nothing' or 'to decide nothing' that plays on Chancellor Angela Merkel's political style. https://www.thelocal.de/20150805/merkel-means-do-nothing-to-young-germans Wed, 05 Aug 2015 16:45:08 +0200 merkel-means-do-nothing-to-young-germans Germany's foreign minister warned on Wednesday that Russia risked spurring a "spiral of escalation" with the West after President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was boosting its nuclear arsenal. https://www.thelocal.de/20150617/germany-warns-russia-off-spiral-of-escalation Wed, 17 Jun 2015 18:04:44 +0200 germany-warns-russia-off-spiral-of-escalation Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed "great concern" on Thursday over "serious violations" of a February truce after a flare-up of violence in Ukraine, warning against the return of a "military escalation". https://www.thelocal.de/20150604/steinmeier-worried-by-new-ukraine-violence Thu, 04 Jun 2015 17:08:21 +0200 steinmeier-worried-by-new-ukraine-violence Germany received one of the highest numbers of Ukrainian asylum seekers in Europe last year, according to data released last week by Eurostat and analyzed by The Local. https://www.thelocal.de/20150326/germany-sees-spike-in-ukrainian-asylum-seekers Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:09:21 +0100 germany-sees-spike-in-ukrainian-asylum-seekers More than 25 years after the Berlin Wall's fall, Russian lawmakers are mulling a proposal to condemn West Germany's 1990 "annexation" of East Germany as Moscow's answer to Western denunciation of its seizure of Crimea. https://www.thelocal.de/20150128/russia-may-declare-german-reunification-illegal Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:54:21 +0100 russia-may-declare-german-reunification-illegal Foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday warned there are signs that pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are readying for major military clashes with troops of the Western-leaning government. https://www.thelocal.de/20141113/steinmeier Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:19:00 +0100 steinmeier German Eurofighters were scrambled on Tuesday to intercept seven Russian planes flying over the Baltic Sea in international airspace. https://www.thelocal.de/20141029/german-jets-scrambled-to-face-russian-planes Wed, 29 Oct 2014 16:04:00 +0100 german-jets-scrambled-to-face-russian-planes German exports to Russia have collapsed by more than a quarter, according to figures released on Wednesday, as sanctions brought about by the Ukraine crisis take effect. https://www.thelocal.de/20141029/german-exports-to-russia-collapse-by-a-quarter-ukraine Wed, 29 Oct 2014 10:27:00 +0100 german-exports-to-russia-collapse-by-a-quarter-ukraine A new poll shows that while most Germans fear military escalation between Russia and the Ukraine, only half want to see Nato intervene ahead of the alliance's summit starting on Thursday in Wales. https://www.thelocal.de/20140903/most-germans-fear-russian-action-poll-ukraine-crimea Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:48:00 +0200 most-germans-fear-russian-action-poll-ukraine-crimea A solution must be found to the Ukraine crisis that does not hurt Russia and which the Ukrainian people must choose for themselves, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140825/merkel-ukraine-solution-must-not-harm-russia Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:53:00 +0200 merkel-ukraine-solution-must-not-harm-russia Almost two thirds of Germans fear Russia plans further land grabs in Ukraine, according to an opinion poll released on the eve of Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to the conflict-torn country. https://www.thelocal.de/20140822/crimea-annexation-unnerves-germans-poll Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:12:00 +0200 crimea-annexation-unnerves-germans-poll