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 A German minister is calling for children to be given the vote, it was reported on Thursday. He said that excluding the country's 13 million under-18s was "absurd", triggering a backlash from other politicians. https://www.thelocal.de/20130104/47129 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 08:16:00 +0100 47129 German Development Minister Dirk Niebel expressed concern on Monday that Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi was leading the country toward dictatorship. https://www.thelocal.de/20121217/46807 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:57:00 +0100 46807 Development Minister Dirk Niebel is facing calls for his resignation after it emerged that he saved thousands of euros by getting the German foreign intelligence service to fly a carpet home from Afghanistan, avoiding import tax. https://www.thelocal.de/20120611/43077 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:54:00 +0200 43077 A German minister with a taste for soft-furnishings has hit turbulence after he got a carpet flown home from Afghanistan free – on an intelligence service plane, avoiding import tax. https://www.thelocal.de/20120608/43029 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:16:00 +0200 43029 Germany's development minister became the country's first member of government to announce a boycott of the Euro 2012 championships in Ukraine over human rights concerns, in an interview Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120508/42403 Tue, 08 May 2012 10:13:00 +0200 42403 Labor Minister Ursula von der Leyen said Monday she approves of Development Minister Dirk Niebel's plan to introduce commissions to decide a minimum wage. https://www.thelocal.de/20110926/37821 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:20:00 +0200 37821 German Development Minister Dirk Niebel has ruled out handing out any more development aid for Libya, saying there was no need. https://www.thelocal.de/20110902/37337 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:34:00 +0200 37337 Development Minister Dirk Niebel has waded into the controversy surrounding a deal to sell tanks to Saudi Arabia, saying German weapons exports can be compatible with human rights by stabilizing an entire region. https://www.thelocal.de/20110720/36413 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:10:00 +0200 36413 German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a UN summit on Tuesday that developing nations needed better governance and urged them to take more responsibility for building up their economies to combat poverty. https://www.thelocal.de/20100921/29961 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:27:00 +0200 29961 Development Minister Dirk Niebel on Monday renewed his criticism of the Israeli government for being refused entry into the Gaza Strip, but welcomed signs the country's blockade of the Palestinian area could soon be weakened. https://www.thelocal.de/20100621/27993 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:55:00 +0200 27993 Germany’s Development Minister Dirk Niebel has harshly criticised the Israeli government after it refused him entry into the Gaza Strip at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20100620/27975 Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:45:00 +0200 27975