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 How Germany's anti-mask movement is creating strange bedfellows A dancer in harem pants moves down a Berlin street next to a skinhead wearing a "Reich" flag: Germany's escalating anti-mask protests in the coronavirus pandemic draw from a wide, seemingly contradictory range of political camps. https://www.thelocal.de/20201121/how-germanys-anti-mask-movement-is-drawing-strange-bedfellows Sat, 21 Nov 2020 10:16:04 +0100 how-germanys-anti-mask-movement-is-drawing-strange-bedfellows Berlin’s final Zug Der Liebe soured by allegations of sexual harassment, stabbings and firework attacks The final Zug Der Liebe (Love Train) Festival wound its way though the streets of Berlin on Sunday afternoon. As the day went on however the festival failed to live up to its name, with some revellers turning their attention on police - and each other. https://www.thelocal.de/20180827/berlins-final-zug-der-liebe-soured-by-allegations-of-sexual-harassment-stabbings-and-firework-attacks Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:31:40 +0200 berlins-final-zug-der-liebe-soured-by-allegations-of-sexual-harassment-stabbings-and-firework-attacks Thousands square off in Berlin far-right rally and counter demos Thousands of demonstrators for and against the far-right faced off in mass rival rallies in Berlin on Sunday, where calls of "We are the people" were countered with "Go away, Nazis" and techno beats. https://www.thelocal.de/20180527/thousands-of-counter-far-right-takes-to-streets Sun, 27 May 2018 16:50:26 +0200 thousands-of-counter-far-right-takes-to-streets AfD supporters attack activists, journalists in Munich An Alternative for Germany (AfD) supporter attacked photographers on Sunday evening outside a pub where the far-right party was celebrating success in a recent state election. https://www.thelocal.de/20160906/journalist-attacked-during-fight-at-afd-party-in-munich Tue, 06 Sep 2016 15:10:24 +0200 journalist-attacked-during-fight-at-afd-party-in-munich Don't give Pegida the rope to hang themselves Pegida is a reactionary and xenophobic movement. But applying double standards to the group and belittling its followers is only scratching an already infected wound, argues The Local reporter Jörg Luyken. https://www.thelocal.de/20151013/make-heaadline Tue, 13 Oct 2015 19:41:45 +0200 make-heaadline Bus drivers, locals spoil neo-Nazi day out Neo-Nazis planning to march through the town of Bad Nenndorf had to set off on foot earlier than expected, after demonstrators blocked their train – and at least one driver of the replacement bus service refused to take them. https://www.thelocal.de/20120805/44169 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 12:11:00 +0200 44169 120,000 take stand against nuclear power Around 120,000 people formed a 120-kilometre human chain on Saturday linking the nuclear power stations Krümmel in Schleswig Holstein and Brünsbuttel in Hamburg, in the country's biggest anti-nuclear demonstration for years. https://www.thelocal.de/20100425/26763 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:45:00 +0200 26763 Protestors released after German army induction ceremony scuffle Seven German demonstrators who were arrested in Berlin on Sunday during the first-ever swearing in ceremony for new Bundeswehr recruits in front of the Reichstag parliament building have been released, police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20080721/13191 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:44:00 +0200 13191