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 In cities across the country on Thursday, people lined up in order to get their hands on the new specially minted five-euro coin. https://www.thelocal.de/20180419/hundreds-queue-across-germany-for-new-special-edition-five-euro-coin Thu, 19 Apr 2018 17:28:56 +0200 hundreds-queue-across-germany-for-new-special-edition-five-euro-coin When it comes to spending the digital currency Bitcoin, it seems Berliners have been on trend longer than the rest of Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20180123/why-berlin-remains-the-bitcoin-capital-of-europe-in-2018 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 11:28:56 +0100 why-berlin-remains-the-bitcoin-capital-of-europe-in-2018 China and Germany are not manipulating the value of their currencies to gain an unfair trade advantage, but both should do more to reduce their large trade surpluses with the United States, the Treasury Department said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170415/germany-and-china-must-do-more-to-cut-trade-surpluses-us Sat, 15 Apr 2017 11:41:26 +0200 germany-and-china-must-do-more-to-cut-trade-surpluses-us Fourteen years after the introduction of the Euro in cash, Germans are still holding onto their Deutschmarks (DM), mainly for the sentimental value attached to them. https://www.thelocal.de/20160718/nostalgic-germans-still-hoarding-deutschmarks Mon, 18 Jul 2016 18:07:03 +0200 nostalgic-germans-still-hoarding-deutschmarks The European Central Bank (ECB) unveiled a new "state-of-the-art" €50 bill on Tuesday. A German police union said criminals would find a way to forge it. https://www.thelocal.de/20160706/new-50-note-is-forgeable-says-german-police-union Wed, 06 Jul 2016 18:32:51 +0200 new-50-note-is-forgeable-says-german-police-union The German government believes Greece should be granted debt relief only in 2018 after it has fully complied with its EU bailout, according to a finance ministry document seen by AFP Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160519/germany-sticks-to-nein-on-debt-relief-for-greece Thu, 19 May 2016 18:20:15 +0200 germany-sticks-to-nein-on-debt-relief-for-greece A brand-new five-Euro coin, which has a blue plastic ring in the middle, will make life harder for counterfeiters, the Bavarian finance ministry claims. https://www.thelocal.de/20160412/see-through-five-euro-coin-unveiled-in-munich Tue, 12 Apr 2016 16:40:37 +0200 see-through-five-euro-coin-unveiled-in-munich It hasn't been legal tender for 14 years, but in January a German supermarket chain will start accepting Deutschmarks again. https://www.thelocal.de/20151230/supermarket-starts-taking-payments-in-deutschmark Wed, 30 Dec 2015 17:13:58 +0100 supermarket-starts-taking-payments-in-deutschmark A survey published on Tuesday shows that German public trust in the single currency has risen sharply over the last two years to hit 57 percent. https://www.thelocal.de/20150324/german-trust-in-euro-grows-markedly Tue, 24 Mar 2015 17:34:28 +0100 german-trust-in-euro-grows-markedly Following the shock move last week do unpeg the Swiss Franc (CHF) from the Euro, estimates suggest that debt in German municipalities has gone up by €2 billion, it was reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150119/francoggedden-hits-german-debt Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:05:30 +0100 francoggedden-hits-german-debt Train passengers across Germany are battling with outdated train ticket machines refusing to recognise the new €5 note issued last week. https://www.thelocal.de/20130508/49605 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:07:00 +0200 49605 The Bundesbank started issuing a new €5 note on Thursday which will gradually replace the bill that has been in circulation since the introduction of the single currency in 2002. https://www.thelocal.de/20130502/49493 Thu, 02 May 2013 16:30:00 +0200 49493 Almost 70 percent of Germans now favour the euro, and only 27 percent would prefer to ditch the common currency and return to the once-beloved deutschmark, a survey published on Tuesday found. https://www.thelocal.de/20130409/49019 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:49:00 +0200 49019 The price of gold has had an extraordinary run over recent years, and for happy industry professionals holding their annual powwow in Germany, the party is set to continue. https://www.thelocal.de/20100927/30117 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:29:00 +0200 30117 The European Union will have to mull stricter penalties against member states over budget deficits, Germany said on Monday, in the wake of the Greece crisis that has knocked confidence in the euro. https://www.thelocal.de/20100222/25423 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:20:00 +0100 25423 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has taken an impassioned swipe at banks, saying it would be a "scandal" if it were proved they had helped Greece massage its statistics, prompting a major crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20100218/25337 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:12:00 +0100 25337 Germany said on Friday that it sees no reason for "unease" over Greece's fiscal woes and that it is confident that Athens will live up to its promises to rein in its yawning budget deficit. https://www.thelocal.de/20100129/24911 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:21:00 +0100 24911 Eight people were injured at the Hamburg headquarters of the German Bundesbank when mysterious gas seeped out of bags of old Deutsche mark coins they were cleaning, authorities reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20081027/15167 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:38:00 +0100 15167