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 A large apartment complex went up in flames in the German city of Essen early Monday morning, with fire services evacuating some 100 residents. https://www.thelocal.de/20220221/three-injured-after-huge-fire-at-german-apartment-complex Mon, 21 Feb 2022 10:20:44 +0100 three-injured-after-huge-fire-at-german-apartment-complex Two people have died of the novel coronavirus in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, officials said Monday, the country's first casualties of the outbreak. https://www.thelocal.de/20200309/germany-reports-first-two-coronavirus-deaths Mon, 09 Mar 2020 17:48:32 +0100 germany-reports-first-two-coronavirus-deaths A World War II bomb found during construction work will be defused on Monday, affecting residents in the area surrounding it. https://www.thelocal.de/20190204/over-4000-people-affected-by-world-war-ii-bomb-found-in-essen Mon, 04 Feb 2019 13:55:44 +0100 over-4000-people-affected-by-world-war-ii-bomb-found-in-essen A German food bank on Tuesday said it will reopen its doors to new migrant clients, some three months after its decision to stop giving free meals to foreigners sparked nationwide outrage. https://www.thelocal.de/20180403/german-food-bank-reopens-doors-to-migrants Tue, 03 Apr 2018 19:18:14 +0200 german-food-bank-reopens-doors-to-migrants A charitable food bank in the western town of Essen announced on Sunday that it will once again accept non-German clients after it restricted its services to foreigners in January. https://www.thelocal.de/20180312/food-charity-in-essen-reverses-decision-to-ban-new-migrant-clients Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:53:55 +0100 food-charity-in-essen-reverses-decision-to-ban-new-migrant-clients Ed Sheeran wanted to perform at an airport near Essen, but a certain animal had other ideas: the rare Skylark. The rare bird lives nearby and would have had to be resettled. Then there was a protest. Ultimately, the birds were victorious. https://www.thelocal.de/20180306/how-a-bird-drove-ed-sheeran-out-of-essen Tue, 06 Mar 2018 14:01:51 +0100 how-a-bird-drove-ed-sheeran-out-of-essen Two unidentified men who threw acid over the CFO of an energy concern on Sunday, almost killing him, were still on the loose on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20180305/attackers-still-on-the-run-after-near-fatal-acid-attack-on-business-exec Mon, 05 Mar 2018 11:17:46 +0100 attackers-still-on-the-run-after-near-fatal-acid-attack-on-business-exec Last week a food charity in Essen took the controversial decision to stop taking any new foreign clients. The move, said to be aimed at helping German Omas, has unleashed a heated debate about racism and poverty. https://www.thelocal.de/20180227/food-charity-furious-debate-refugees-poverty-racism Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:22:13 +0100 food-charity-furious-debate-refugees-poverty-racism The police said on Monday they were searching for vandals who sprayed the word "Nazis" on the building and vans of a charitable food bank that has stopped accepting new migrant clients. https://www.thelocal.de/20180226/nazi-sprayed-on-food-charity-in-essen-after-migrant-halt Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:33:14 +0100 nazi-sprayed-on-food-charity-in-essen-after-migrant-halt A food bank in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia has temporarily stopped accepting non-German new registrants. https://www.thelocal.de/20180222/food-bank-in-essen-only-accepting-germans-over-reasonable-integration Thu, 22 Feb 2018 12:03:26 +0100 food-bank-in-essen-only-accepting-germans-over-reasonable-integration A German court on Monday fined three people for failing to help an old man lying unconscious on the floor of a bank, instead walking around and even stepping over him. https://www.thelocal.de/20170918/court-fines-three-thousands-for-ignoring-dying-pensioner-in-bank Mon, 18 Sep 2017 17:39:13 +0200 court-fines-three-thousands-for-ignoring-dying-pensioner-in-bank Police in Essen arrested a German man, reportedly connected to the Salafist scene, over suspicions that he was plotting an attack. https://www.thelocal.de/20170526/man-arrested-in-essen-over-suspected-attack-plot Fri, 26 May 2017 12:13:28 +0200 man-arrested-in-essen-over-suspected-attack-plot Three teenagers were found guilty on Tuesday for a bomb attack at a Sikh Temple in Essen last year that injured three people. https://www.thelocal.de/20170321/teens-sentenced-to-xxx-for-sikh-temple-bomb-attack Tue, 21 Mar 2017 13:19:46 +0100 teens-sentenced-to-xxx-for-sikh-temple-bomb-attack Police said on Monday they have released a second suspect detained over an alleged Isis terror plot against a major shopping mall, citing lack of evidence. https://www.thelocal.de/20170313/police-free-second-suspect-in-essen-mall-attack-threat Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:38:01 +0100 police-free-second-suspect-in-essen-mall-attack-threat German police were searching Sunday for possible contacts of an Isis fighter believed to be behind a terror plot against a major shopping mall. https://www.thelocal.de/20170312/germany-hunts-possible-contacts-of-mall-attack-plotter Sun, 12 Mar 2017 17:30:34 +0100 germany-hunts-possible-contacts-of-mall-attack-plotter German police said on Sunday they had released one of two men held over a terror attack threat that led authorities to shut down a major shopping mall in the central city of Essen. https://www.thelocal.de/20170312/germany-frees-one-of-two-held-over-mall-attack-threat Sun, 12 Mar 2017 13:08:59 +0100 germany-frees-one-of-two-held-over-mall-attack-threat UPDATE: Security sources have told German media that a "very concrete" terror attack threat that shut down an Essen shopping centre on Saturday seems to be linked to an Isis fighter from Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20170311/germany-shuts-down-shopping-mall-over-attack-threat Sat, 11 Mar 2017 13:05:22 +0100 germany-shuts-down-shopping-mall-over-attack-threat After four people ignored an 82-year-old man who had collapsed and would later die in a bank in Essen, Germans have been forced to ask if their society has become too egotistical. https://www.thelocal.de/20161031/germany-searches-soul-after-bank-customer-left-to-die Mon, 31 Oct 2016 17:34:44 +0100 germany-searches-soul-after-bank-customer-left-to-die There was no way of predicting a bomb attack on a Sikh temple despite two suspects being known to police, North Rhine-Westphalia authorities said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160602/police-had-tip-offs-about-sikh-temple-bombers Thu, 02 Jun 2016 14:20:26 +0200 police-had-tip-offs-about-sikh-temple-bombers Police said on Thursday that two teenagers they have arrested in connection with a bomb attack on a Sikh temple in the western German city of Essen are linked to the Islamic fundamentalist scene there. https://www.thelocal.de/20160421/sikh-temple-bomb-attack-salafists-arrested-police Thu, 21 Apr 2016 17:22:58 +0200 sikh-temple-bomb-attack-salafists-arrested-police