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 Former MP Sebastian Edathy quit his job and left Germany after videos of naked children were found on his computer. https://www.thelocal.de/20160527/im-definitely-not-a-paedophile-disgraced-mp Fri, 27 May 2016 13:18:03 +0200 im-definitely-not-a-paedophile-disgraced-mp Sebastian Edathy, the disgraced, former Social-Democratic (SPD) MP who admitted to downloading pornographic images and videos of children, will likely be kicked out of his party. https://www.thelocal.de/20150307/child-porn-mp-likely-to-be-booted-out-of-party Sat, 07 Mar 2015 18:35:28 +0100 child-porn-mp-likely-to-be-booted-out-of-party The Child Protection Federation of Lower Saxony has rejected the €5,000 which ex-MP Sebastian Edathy was ordered to pay them for illegally downloading child pornography, saying they didn't want to endorse his escape from punishment. https://www.thelocal.de/20150304/child-protection-federation-rejects-edathys-money Wed, 04 Mar 2015 09:51:17 +0100 child-protection-federation-rejects-edathys-money A court has decided to fine former MP Sebastian Edathy €5,000 after he admitted on Monday to downloading child pornography images and video onto his official parliamentary laptop. https://www.thelocal.de/20150302/child-pornography-mp-court-agrees-to-let-edathy-off-with-fine Mon, 02 Mar 2015 12:44:59 +0100 child-pornography-mp-court-agrees-to-let-edathy-off-with-fine A former rising star of German politics who resigned after pictures of naked children were allegedly found on his official laptop said Thursday what he did was "wrong, but legal." https://www.thelocal.de/20141218/wrong-but-legal-claims-child-porn-case-ex-mp Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:16:00 +0100 wrong-but-legal-claims-child-porn-case-ex-mp A German lawmaker who resigned early this year will stand trial for allegedly downloading child pornography onto his parliamentary work computer, a court said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141118/edathy-to-stand-trial-on-child-porn-charges Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:31:00 +0100 edathy-to-stand-trial-on-child-porn-charges People caught in possession of indecent images of children will face tougher prison sentences, the government announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140917/german-cabinet-unveils-stricter-sentences-for-child-image-possesion Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:52:00 +0200 german-cabinet-unveils-stricter-sentences-for-child-image-possesion The Constitutional Court on Friday rejected an attempt by former Social Democratic (SPD) MP Sebastian Edathy to have evidence against him thrown out in his trial for possession of child pornography. https://www.thelocal.de/20140829/constitutional-court-rules-against-child-porn-suspect-sebastian-edathy-karlsruhe-hanover Fri, 29 Aug 2014 18:25:00 +0200 constitutional-court-rules-against-child-porn-suspect-sebastian-edathy-karlsruhe-hanover UPDATE: A former rising star of German politics was charged on Thursday for allegedly possessing indecent images of children. https://www.thelocal.de/20140717/sebastian-edathy-politician-faces-trial-over-child-images Thu, 17 Jul 2014 12:46:00 +0200 sebastian-edathy-politician-faces-trial-over-child-images The politician at the centre of a scandal which has shaken Germany’s coalition government broke his silence on Monday, accusing prosecutors of leaking confidential information about him to the press. https://www.thelocal.de/20140225/sebastian-edathy-promises-to-break-silence-spd-starts-proceedings-against-him Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:05:00 +0100 sebastian-edathy-promises-to-break-silence-spd-starts-proceedings-against-him UPDATE: State prosecutors launched a preliminary investigation on Tuesday into whether a former minister broke the law when he disclosed details of an ongoing child porn investigations into a politician. https://www.thelocal.de/20140218/ex-minster-denies-guilt-in-child-porn-affair Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:33:00 +0100 ex-minster-denies-guilt-in-child-porn-affair UPDATE: Buying and selling photos of naked children in Germany should be banned the Association for the Protection of Children demanded on Tuesday, in the wake of a child porn scandal. But a leading politician said it would be tricky to do. https://www.thelocal.de/20140218/german-government-scandal-naked-child-photos-should-be-banned Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:13:00 +0100 german-government-scandal-naked-child-photos-should-be-banned The fallout of a child porn scandal which has led to the resignation of one minister and an MP has led to a “crisis” in relations within Germany’s coalition government. https://www.thelocal.de/20140217/christian-schmidt-made-germanys-new-agricultural-replacing-hans-peter-friedrich-over-edathy-scandal Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:24:00 +0100 christian-schmidt-made-germanys-new-agricultural-replacing-hans-peter-friedrich-over-edathy-scandal UPDATE: The first minister of Germany's new cabinet resigned on Friday. Hans-Peter Friedrich came under fire when it emerged he passed on information to a party chief about an MP suspected of possessing naked photos of children. https://www.thelocal.de/20140214/friedrich-edathy-child-porn-scandal Fri, 14 Feb 2014 16:50:00 +0100 friedrich-edathy-child-porn-scandal Social Democrat leaders knew for months that one of their leading politicians allegedly possessed inappropriate images of children, it emerged on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140213/spd-leaders-knew-about-child Thu, 13 Feb 2014 13:20:00 +0100 spd-leaders-knew-about-child