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 Germany's governing coalition came to a major new agreement on carbon emissions on Wednesday evening. But the reported deal has left environmentalists feeling betrayed. https://www.thelocal.de/20150702/gov-deal-on-c02-emissions-leaves-environmetalists-sour Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:47:22 +0200 gov-deal-on-c02-emissions-leaves-environmetalists-sour The G7 summit saw Bavaria put out a huge police operation to protect world leaders. But it resulted in a rather unusual operation afterwards - tracking down a police officer in the name of love. https://www.thelocal.de/20150611/manhunt-in-the-name-of-love Thu, 11 Jun 2015 19:10:10 +0200 manhunt-in-the-name-of-love It was a summit which seemed to please the left and the right while leaving the liberal centre ground somewhat underwhelmed. The German media reacts to the G7 summit in Elmau. https://www.thelocal.de/20150609/merkels-g7-well-received-by-german-media Tue, 09 Jun 2015 13:34:46 +0200 merkels-g7-well-received-by-german-media Leaders of the G7 group of nations agreed on Monday to aim for a maximum two degrees of global warming, hoping to present a united front at December's Paris climate summit. https://www.thelocal.de/20150608/g7-leaders-unite-around-2-degree-warming-goal Mon, 08 Jun 2015 16:49:31 +0200 g7-leaders-unite-around-2-degree-warming-goal World leaders at a G7 summit in Germany were on Monday set to present a united front against global security threats ranging from jihadist insurgencies to what US President Barack Obama condemned as "Russian aggression in Ukraine". https://www.thelocal.de/20150608/g7-condems-russian-aggression-in-ukraine Mon, 08 Jun 2015 10:23:55 +0200 g7-condems-russian-aggression-in-ukraine Group of Seven leaders will gather from Sunday in a quintessentially German venue handpicked by Chancellor Angela Merkel, a luxury hotel with a fairytale setting and a tumultuous past. https://www.thelocal.de/20150605/g7s-fairytale-palace-battles-with-nazi-past Fri, 05 Jun 2015 14:06:55 +0200 g7s-fairytale-palace-battles-with-nazi-past More than 30,000 people on Thursday kicked off protests against a G7 summit starting at the weekend in the southern German state of Bavaria, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20150605/anti-g7-marchers-take-to-munich-streets Fri, 05 Jun 2015 10:23:20 +0200 anti-g7-marchers-take-to-munich-streets Writing in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) on Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel defended the role of the G7 group of developed nations, saying it must be ‘the engine of a world worth living in.’ https://www.thelocal.de/20150603/merkel-g7-must-be-engine-of-world Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:48:50 +0200 merkel-g7-must-be-engine-of-world American soldiers in Germany have been forbidden from travelling to Munich and Garmisch-Patenkirchen over fears that they might be attacked by anti-G7 protestors. https://www.thelocal.de/20150603/us-soldiers-banned-from-bavaria-g7-zone Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:29:41 +0200 us-soldiers-banned-from-bavaria-g7-zone German authorities have reintroduced border controls two weeks before the leaders of the G7 economies gather in Elmau, southern Bavaria. https://www.thelocal.de/20150526/police-tighten-borders-ahead-of-german-g7 Tue, 26 May 2015 17:11:23 +0200 police-tighten-borders-ahead-of-german-g7 A man from northern Bavaria hired to work on preparations for next month's G7 meeting of world leaders sent a posthumous letter threatening a poison attack on their hotel. https://www.thelocal.de/20150512/carpenter-threatens-g7-from-beyond-the-grave Tue, 12 May 2015 12:55:16 +0200 carpenter-threatens-g7-from-beyond-the-grave