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 Around 14,000 people were evacuated Sunday from their homes in the German city of Dortmund after local authorities identified suspected World War II bombs in the city centre. https://www.thelocal.de/20200112/suspected-wwii-bombs-prompt-dortmund-mass-evacuation Mon, 13 Jan 2020 00:24:45 +0100 suspected-wwii-bombs-prompt-dortmund-mass-evacuation A squirrel in the western German city of Dortmund sparked a major rescue operation after it got stuck in a manhole cover. https://www.thelocal.de/20190621/squirrel-stuck-in-manhole-cover-rescued-by-german-firefighters Fri, 21 Jun 2019 10:50:51 +0200 squirrel-stuck-in-manhole-cover-rescued-by-german-firefighters A German man who launched a shrapnel bomb attack on the team bus of football club Borussia Dortmund last year, wounding two people, has been given a 14 year jail sentence. https://www.thelocal.de/20181127/dortmund-team-bus-bomber-given-14-year-jail-sentence Tue, 27 Nov 2018 15:21:32 +0100 dortmund-team-bus-bomber-given-14-year-jail-sentence A Russian-born German man who launched a shrapnel bomb attack on the team bus of football club Borussia Dortmund last year, wounding two people, faces his verdict and sentence Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20181127/man-who-bombed-dortmund-football-team-bus-faces-verdict Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:15:47 +0100 man-who-bombed-dortmund-football-team-bus-faces-verdict German prosecutors asked a court Monday to sentence a man accused of an April 2017 bomb attack on Borussia Dortmund's team bus to life in prison. https://www.thelocal.de/20181119/prosecutors-demand-life-for-dortmund-bus-bomber Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:53:33 +0100 prosecutors-demand-life-for-dortmund-bus-bomber Spanish defender Marc Bartra told a German court Monday of his mortal fear when bombs hit the bus of his Borussia Dortmund football team last year in an attack which he said "changed my life". https://www.thelocal.de/20180129/dortmund-bomb-attack-changed-my-life-bartra-tells-court Mon, 29 Jan 2018 15:33:13 +0100 dortmund-bomb-attack-changed-my-life-bartra-tells-court The Jobcentre in Dortmund decided to cut a man’s welfare payments in August when his case worker spotted him begging. But they have now said he can keep begging, as long as he doesn’t make too much money. https://www.thelocal.de/20171206/jobcentre-concedes-that-people-on-welfare-can-beg-up-to-a-point Wed, 06 Dec 2017 12:11:46 +0100 jobcentre-concedes-that-people-on-welfare-can-beg-up-to-a-point Calls of "Einmal die Fahrkarten bitte!" or "tickets please" may soon be a thing of the past with the increasing digitalisation of rail travel in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20170911/deutsche-bahn-begins-test-phase-for-self-service-train-ticket-validation Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:06:12 +0200 deutsche-bahn-begins-test-phase-for-self-service-train-ticket-validation German prosecutors revealed Tuesday they are seeking 28 counts of attempted murder against Sergej W., who is accused of the April 11th bomb attack on the Borussia Dortmund team bus. https://www.thelocal.de/20170829/prosecutors-seek-28-counts-of-attempted-murder-against-dortmund-bus-bomber Tue, 29 Aug 2017 16:10:10 +0200 prosecutors-seek-28-counts-of-attempted-murder-against-dortmund-bus-bomber The Dortmund highway patrol police performed a rather unusual rescue over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20170522/ducklings-saved-from-road-by-police-officers-hat Mon, 22 May 2017 19:05:56 +0200 ducklings-saved-from-road-by-police-officers-hat Police commandos on Friday arrested a German-Russian suspect behind a bomb attack on Borussia Dortmund's team bus, prosecutors said, indicating the motive was financial and not terror-related. https://www.thelocal.de/20170421/police-arrest-man-who-bombed-borussia-dortmund-bus-for-money Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:37:49 +0200 police-arrest-man-who-bombed-borussia-dortmund-bus-for-money A local rapper spread alarm through the Dortmund public on Wednesday by using a fake gun while shooting a music video on the city streets - a day after a terror attack on the Borussia Dortmund team bus. https://www.thelocal.de/20170413/gun-toting-rapper-causes-huge-police-op-in-dortmund-day-after-bus-attack Thu, 13 Apr 2017 15:59:29 +0200 gun-toting-rapper-causes-huge-police-op-in-dortmund-day-after-bus-attack Chancellor Angela Merkel had some critical words for the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Berlin after both states experienced terror attacks in recent months. https://www.thelocal.de/20170413/merkel-criticizes-berlin-and-nrw-for-anti-terror-abilities Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:26:12 +0200 merkel-criticizes-berlin-and-nrw-for-anti-terror-abilities On Tuesday evening three explosive devices were triggered next to the Borussia Dortmund team bus as the players made their way to the stadium for a Champions League game against AS Monaco. https://www.thelocal.de/20170412/the-dortmund-bus-attack-explosions-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont Wed, 12 Apr 2017 12:35:24 +0200 the-dortmund-bus-attack-explosions-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont Officials said on Wednesday that one suspected Islamist has been detained after the explosive attack against the Borussia Dortmund team on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170412/police-hunt-dortmund-bus-bomber-after-letter-found-at-blast-site Wed, 12 Apr 2017 11:24:20 +0200 police-hunt-dortmund-bus-bomber-after-letter-found-at-blast-site Three explosions left one Borussia Dortmund player injured in what police believe to be a targeted attack on Tuesday, resulting in a planned Champions League match being postponed. https://www.thelocal.de/20170411/breaking-three-explosions-near-dortmund-football-team-bus Tue, 11 Apr 2017 22:10:16 +0200 breaking-three-explosions-near-dortmund-football-team-bus A man was arrested at the weekend on suspicion of murder for blowing up the terraced house that he lives in. The blast left the house destroyed with one woman dead. https://www.thelocal.de/20170403/man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-murder-over-blown-up-house Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:32:50 +0200 man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-murder-over-blown-up-house A huge explosion in Dortmund has destroyed three stories of a family apartment building, leaving it at risk of collapsing. https://www.thelocal.de/20170331/explosion-in-family-home-in-dortmund-rips-apart-block-of-flats Fri, 31 Mar 2017 13:51:20 +0200 explosion-in-family-home-in-dortmund-rips-apart-block-of-flats Borussia Dortmund will close their iconic south stand for this weekend's home Bundesliga match, having on Monday accepted the German FA's sanctions after hooligans attacked visiting fans a week ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20170213/dortmund-to-shut-stand-following-hooligan-attacks-on-families Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:34:01 +0100 dortmund-to-shut-stand-following-hooligan-attacks-on-families In scenes which have shocked German football, fans of Borussia Dortmund attacked opposition supporters and police with stones at the weekend, while banners were held up in the stadium inciting violence and murder. https://www.thelocal.de/20170206/dortmund-fans-shame-football-with-attack-on-women-children-before-match Mon, 06 Feb 2017 17:11:25 +0100 dortmund-fans-shame-football-with-attack-on-women-children-before-match