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 vicious spat is cleaving Germany society in two, and politicians seem helpless to do anything about it - but two nine-year-olds from Bavaria reckon they have found the answer. https://www.thelocal.de/20160304/kids-invent-robot-to-settle-germanys-dog-poo-wars Fri, 04 Mar 2016 16:01:17 +0100 kids-invent-robot-to-settle-germanys-dog-poo-wars Bergisch Gladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia, hometown of supermodel Heide Klum, was once linked in Germans' minds with the catwalk. But now it is just as infamous for a dog walk, after two women came to blows over a mound of pooch poo. https://www.thelocal.de/20150701/women-throw-punches-over-discarded-dog-poo Wed, 01 Jul 2015 14:02:54 +0200 women-throw-punches-over-discarded-dog-poo Upset locals in the small central German town of Einbeck have kicked up a stink about a plague on their public spaces, by collecting 250 kg of dog poo and hanging it around the neck of a local statue. https://www.thelocal.de/20150409/quarter-tonne-of-dog-poo-hung-on-statue-in-protest Thu, 09 Apr 2015 12:40:13 +0200 quarter-tonne-of-dog-poo-hung-on-statue-in-protest