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 Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the strongest force in Brandenburg, the neighbouring state to Berlin, for the first time, according to a new poll. But the Greens are also on the up. https://www.thelocal.de/20190612/far-right-afd-is-strongest-force-in-brandenburg-poll Wed, 12 Jun 2019 14:34:40 +0200 far-right-afd-is-strongest-force-in-brandenburg-poll The former communist east Germany has made major progress but is still lagging behind the west nearly three decades after reunification, according to a new study. https://www.thelocal.de/20180926/east Wed, 26 Sep 2018 16:54:06 +0200 east The Local spent two days in the eastern town of Cottbus, meeting international students and locals to get a sense for a city made famous by its decision in January to stop taking in refugees. https://www.thelocal.de/20180328/a-portrait-of-cottbus-the-german-town-that-stopped-accepting-refugees Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:29:44 +0200 a-portrait-of-cottbus-the-german-town-that-stopped-accepting-refugees With higher unemployment rates than western Germany and support for the anti-immigration AfD party reaching 20 percent, the country's former communist east has often been associated with economic decline and xenophobia. https://www.thelocal.de/20170326/east-german-boom-town-breaks-populist-backward-stereotypes Sun, 26 Mar 2017 10:58:55 +0200 east-german-boom-town-breaks-populist-backward-stereotypes A lack of women in the East, more wealth in the West, and lingering bitterness - a report published on Wednesday exposed the stark differences that still exist between East and West Germany 25 years after reunification. https://www.thelocal.de/20150723/east-west-divide-remains-25-years-later-report Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:20:24 +0200 east-west-divide-remains-25-years-later-report Researchers estimate that 25 years of financial support flowing from the former West into East Germany has cost just under €2 trillion. https://www.thelocal.de/20140505/bill-for-german-reunification-runs-to-two-trillion-euros Mon, 05 May 2014 14:46:00 +0200 bill-for-german-reunification-runs-to-two-trillion-euros Peeling paint and boarded-up windows mark the tiny main street in the eastern German village of Briesen where a new private high school improbably stands. https://www.thelocal.de/20131227/shrinking-towns-hang-hopes-on-private-schools Fri, 27 Dec 2013 09:32:00 +0100 shrinking-towns-hang-hopes-on-private-schools Emigration from the former Communist states of East Germany has finally ended, 23 years after reunification. The slowly improving economy is behind the fall in people moving to the west, a report released on Wednesday found. https://www.thelocal.de/20131120/population-flight-from-east-germany-ends Wed, 20 Nov 2013 15:24:00 +0100 population-flight-from-east-germany-ends Many of the millions of east Germans who flocked to the west of the country to take jobs when the country was reunified are now returning home, a study published on Thursday showed. https://www.thelocal.de/20120719/43847 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:09:00 +0200 43847 A team of German and British social scientists have published a new study into trust in more than 50 countries. Germany as a whole ranked in the top ten, although those in the western part are more trusting than easterners. https://www.thelocal.de/20110929/37913 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:42:00 +0200 37913 Subsidies for former communist east Germany will continue past their 2009 expiration date, the German government announced on Wednesday amid disagreements about how large the payments should be. https://www.thelocal.de/20080514/11879 Wed, 14 May 2008 21:10:00 +0200 11879