The Local Germany 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 'Francogeddon' sends city debts soaring 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 Merkel tells allies to pay Ukraine's gas debts Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called on Ukraine's allies to help the war-scarred nation pay off its gas debts to Russia, amid concern over gas supplies this winter. https://www.thelocal.de/20141021/merkel-urges-allies-to-pay-ukraine-debts Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:12:00 +0200 merkel-urges-allies-to-pay-ukraine-debts More young people going bankrupt Germany's robust economy has reduced the number of private bankruptcies in the first quarter of the year -but the number of young people going bankrupt has jumped by over a third, new statistics show. https://www.thelocal.de/20120608/43043 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:21:00 +0200 43043 Bad bank pushed into red by Greek debt cut The "bad bank" of German state-owned lender Hypo Real Estate said Tuesday that writedowns on its holdings of Greek bonds pushed it deeply into the red in the first six months of this year. https://www.thelocal.de/20111019/38297 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:15:00 +0200 38297 Germans have almost €25,000 of federal debt each Germany's public debt amounts to €24,904 per citizen, the Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110927/37853 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:25:00 +0200 37853