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 Hamburg is to allow outdoor dining in restaurants - without a negative coronavirus test - earlier than planned due to a significant drop in the Covid-19 incidence rate. https://www.thelocal.de/20210518/hamburg-to-allow-outdoor-dining-earlier-than-planned-as-covid-infections-fall Tue, 18 May 2021 19:14:54 +0200 hamburg-to-allow-outdoor-dining-earlier-than-planned-as-covid-infections-fall Germany has scored three spots in the top 10 of a new survey of the best cities in the world to live in, with Munich picking up third place. https://www.thelocal.de/20190314/three-german-cities-ranked-in-the-top-10-of-the-best-places-to-live Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:24:25 +0100 three-german-cities-ranked-in-the-top-10-of-the-best-places-to-live German Football Association (DFB) president Reinhard Grindel has once again rejected accusations of racism, but has also admitted that he and his colleagues made mistakes in their handling of the ongoing debate over midfielder Mesut Özil. https://www.thelocal.de/20180726/dfb-president-grindel-admits-to-mistakes-in-zil-affair Thu, 26 Jul 2018 13:42:53 +0200 dfb-president-grindel-admits-to-mistakes-in-zil-affair Many German fans were left stunned after the national team's first World Cup game against Mexico last Sunday ended in a 0-1 defeat. Some experts say die Mannschaft’s performance has to do with politics. https://www.thelocal.de/20180622/germany-isnt-exactly-in-an-optimistic-mood-world-cup-and-die-mannschaft Fri, 22 Jun 2018 19:31:11 +0200 germany-isnt-exactly-in-an-optimistic-mood-world-cup-and-die-mannschaft The new agriculture minister of Germany’s largest state has been accused of mistreating animals on her own family farm. https://www.thelocal.de/20170713/new-state-farming-minister-accused-of-abusing-own-animals Thu, 13 Jul 2017 19:16:32 +0200 new-state-farming-minister-accused-of-abusing-own-animals Forget gardening, keep-fit classes, golf and Scrabble: this 70-year-old has a rather more unusual hobby. https://www.thelocal.de/20160830/mischievous-pensioner-terrorises-captains-on-bavarian-lake Tue, 30 Aug 2016 18:26:27 +0200 mischievous-pensioner-terrorises-captains-on-bavarian-lake Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned senior members of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party not to attack Germany's rising populist party too aggressively, Bild reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160503/afd-far-right-populists-germany-merkel Tue, 03 May 2016 10:50:18 +0200 afd-far-right-populists-germany-merkel Fans across Germany stayed up into the early hours on Wednesday night for the first midnight showings of the latest instalment in the Star Wars saga. https://www.thelocal.de/20151217/star-wars-fans-feel-force-awaken-in-germany Thu, 17 Dec 2015 09:57:40 +0100 star-wars-fans-feel-force-awaken-in-germany Lufthansa crew and passengers overpowered a man who interfered with a cabin door on a Frankfurt-Belgrade flight on Sunday, the German carrier said, insisting the safety of the plane had not been threatened. https://www.thelocal.de/20151207/man-arrested-after-in-flight-door-antics-lufthansa Mon, 07 Dec 2015 09:25:33 +0100 man-arrested-after-in-flight-door-antics-lufthansa Are you suffering from a raging tomcat after a heavy night out? Or are people saying you've got a bird and you just don't understand what they mean? Germany certainly doesn't hold back when it comes to animal-based idioms. We take a look at a few of the funniest. https://www.thelocal.de/20151014/nine-wacky-german-idioms-to-do-with-animals Wed, 14 Oct 2015 17:44:48 +0200 nine-wacky-german-idioms-to-do-with-animals Lady Gaga has taken home the top prize from the German Holstein Show in Oldenburg, making her the closest thing to a "Miss Germany" in the bovine world. https://www.thelocal.de/20150612/lady-gaga-named-germanys-prettiest-cow Fri, 12 Jun 2015 12:53:25 +0200 lady-gaga-named-germanys-prettiest-cow What do you do when you have had a successful and challenging career but events in your private life mean that you can no longer commit to a full-time job? Job sharing provides one interesting option. https://www.thelocal.de/20150518/jobsharing-germany-two-heads-are-better-than-one Mon, 18 May 2015 19:21:35 +0200 jobsharing-germany-two-heads-are-better-than-one In time for International Equal Pay Day, The Local spoke with Elonë Kastrati, whose project of posting period pads with feminist messages in public places went viral this month on social media. Kastrati discussed the gender pay gap in Germany, sexism and how she has faced cyber bullying for '#PadsAgainstSexism'. https://www.thelocal.de/20150320/german-teen-launches-global-feminist-period-pad-trend Fri, 20 Mar 2015 18:18:42 +0100 german-teen-launches-global-feminist-period-pad-trend Germany's newly-introduced €8.50 minimum wage is raising hackles at Polish trucking companies, who say they shouldn't have to pay their drivers at that rate for the hours they spend on their western neighbour's roads. https://www.thelocal.de/20150129/trucking-minimum-wage-germany-poland Thu, 29 Jan 2015 15:46:44 +0100 trucking-minimum-wage-germany-poland Melanie Fieseler is a British business/career consultant and coach, and founder of Berlin-based WorkSmart. She is on a mission to help ambitious mums like herself successfully combine motherhood with building a fulfilling and rewarding career or business. https://www.thelocal.de/20150126/jobtalk-worksmart-working-mothers-work-i-love-and-a-rewarding-family-life Mon, 26 Jan 2015 17:02:57 +0100 jobtalk-worksmart-working-mothers-work-i-love-and-a-rewarding-family-life The Pegida movement (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West) was unknown three months ago. Now it's making Dresden famous - for all the wrong reasons. https://www.thelocal.de/20141217/er-but-why-dresden-pegida-islam-germany-immigration-refugees-asylum-marches-pinstripe-nazis Wed, 17 Dec 2014 17:11:00 +0100 er-but-why-dresden-pegida-islam-germany-immigration-refugees-asylum-marches-pinstripe-nazis On December 8th 1912, Kaiser Wilhelm II summoned his senior officers to his palace in Potsdam to discuss how to deal with a war on two fronts against France, Britain and Russia. https://www.thelocal.de/20141211/wilhelm-ii-lays-plans-for-war-against-france-england-russia-world-war-one Thu, 11 Dec 2014 17:40:00 +0100 wilhelm-ii-lays-plans-for-war-against-france-england-russia-world-war-one German football legend Franz Beckenbauer is cancelling his trip to the World Cup in Brazil in the light of Fifa suspending him for 90 days over the investigation into the Qatar 2022 World Cup bid, he told the German media on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140614/beckenbauer-skips-world-cup-after-ban Sat, 14 Jun 2014 16:30:00 +0200 beckenbauer-skips-world-cup-after-ban A fifth of people living in Germany have foreign roots, figures released to coincide with International Migrants Day show. This is an 8.5 percent rise since 2005. https://www.thelocal.de/20131218/a-fifth-of-germans-have-migrant-roots Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:15:00 +0100 a-fifth-of-germans-have-migrant-roots Half of Germans are against giving more money to Europe’s troubled economies, while most do not believe the two main political parties are telling the truth on the issue, a survey released on Tuesday suggested. https://www.thelocal.de/20130904/51745 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 12:27:00 +0200 51745