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 Police in the city of Osnabrück had to clear crowds in front of a new döner kebab shop on Tuesday, after about 150 hungry people packed the street outside, eager to get their hands on a döner for only €0.01. https://www.thelocal.de/20180124/1-cent-doener-police-calm-crowds-at-kebab-shop-opening-in-west-germany Wed, 24 Jan 2018 13:33:11 +0100 1-cent-doener-police-calm-crowds-at-kebab-shop-opening-in-west-germany Not only is Lukas Podolski a former World Cup football star, he will soon open up a döner kebab eatery in the west German city of Cologne. https://www.thelocal.de/20180104/german-football-star-podolski-to-open-dner-kebab-shop-in-cologne Thu, 04 Jan 2018 15:48:27 +0100 german-football-star-podolski-to-open-dner-kebab-shop-in-cologne The EU Parliament is holding up a new law on using phosphate in frozen kebab meat. While the Bild Zeitung says this threatens the future of the döner, EU MPs have said people have nothing to worry about. https://www.thelocal.de/20171130/germans-fear-for-future-of-dner-kebab-after-proposed-change-to-eu-rules Thu, 30 Nov 2017 12:30:45 +0100 germans-fear-for-future-of-dner-kebab-after-proposed-change-to-eu-rules The largest döner kebab in the world was served at the Mall of Berlin on Friday, breaking the previous world record held by Australians from 2004. https://www.thelocal.de/20171023/berliners-break-world-record-with-423-kg-dner-kebab Mon, 23 Oct 2017 12:56:45 +0200 berliners-break-world-record-with-423-kg-dner-kebab Get ready to see long lines snaking around the corner in Munich: Berlin's famed Mustafa's Gemüse Kebap is heading down south. https://www.thelocal.de/20170802/hyped-berlin-dner-shop-mustafas-arriving-in-munich Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:17:08 +0200 hyped-berlin-dner-shop-mustafas-arriving-in-munich On Wednesday a Syrian teenager reported she had been kicked off Berlin public transport for wearing a headscarf. It now appears that was a misunderstanding. https://www.thelocal.de/20161201/syrian-teen-kicked-off-berlin-tram-for-food-not-headscarf Thu, 01 Dec 2016 18:35:19 +0100 syrian-teen-kicked-off-berlin-tram-for-food-not-headscarf A new study reveals what is really inside that greasy treat we buy at the end of a night out - and the vast majority doesn’t even qualify as Döner meat. https://www.thelocal.de/20161121/this-is-what-is-really-inside-your-dner-kebab Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:04:14 +0100 this-is-what-is-really-inside-your-dner-kebab Police in Berlin had to drag a man from a bus on Wednesday evening after he refused to stop eating a Döner which he’d brought on board. https://www.thelocal.de/20160211/berlin-police-seize-man-who-refuses-to-give-up-dner Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:39:35 +0100 berlin-police-seize-man-who-refuses-to-give-up-dner “Taste Away” in Berlin's Kreuzberg, is putting a new twist on dessert with the chocolate doner, a first for the city that invented the better known meat variety. https://www.thelocal.de/20140325/chocolate-doner-mixes-up-cultures-in-kreuzberg Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:28:00 +0100 chocolate-doner-mixes-up-cultures-in-kreuzberg The man credited with inventing the doner kebab, Kadir Nurman, passed away last Thursday aged 80. The Local pays homage to him and his famous creation in our German of the Week. https://www.thelocal.de/20131031/doner-kebab-inventor-kadir-nurman-dies Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:02:00 +0100 doner-kebab-inventor-kadir-nurman-dies Europe's meat scandal is likely to widen, Consumer Minister Ilse Aigner warned on Monday, after it was revealed that horse and pork had been found in German döner kebabs and Nestlé meals with German-supplied meat were taken from shelves across the continent. https://www.thelocal.de/20130219/48051 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:06:00 +0100 48051 Discussions of integration generally focus on how well immigrants have adapted to their new country – but half a century after Turks started moving to Germany, few things underscore their broad societal impact here more than the ubiquitous döner kebab. https://www.thelocal.de/20111028/38493 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:26:00 +0200 38493 Döner in Washington state? A Seattle man has opened “The Berliner,” a fast food outlet that may be the furthest place west selling the classic Turkish-German snack. https://www.thelocal.de/20110812/36909 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:04:00 +0200 36909 Hamburg police have released surveillance footage of a stabbing at a döner kebab shop in hope of finding the attacker. The man nearly killed the snack shop worker because he was apparently unhappy with the quality of the meat he was served. https://www.thelocal.de/20110301/33435 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:17:00 +0100 33435 A high-ranking German diplomat in the Turkish capital Ankara has reportedly been attacked by three men wielding döner kebab knives following a traffic altercation. https://www.thelocal.de/20110104/32215 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:53:00 +0100 32215 The German döner kebab market has come of age, with the industry holding its first ever national conference in Berlin at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20100327/26157 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:50:00 +0100 26157 The döner kebab, Germany’s most famous street snack, is making a splash in the unlikely city of Hanoi, Vietnam thanks to an enterprising cook at the Goethe Institute. https://www.thelocal.de/20100108/24453 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:26:00 +0100 24453 A court in Munich ruled on Monday that a chewed-on döner kebab thrown at a restaurant worker posed no threat to her dignity as a human being. https://www.thelocal.de/20080407/11141 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:31:00 +0200 11141