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 Social media giant Facebook announced on Sunday that it would introduce new measures to combat fake news in Germany, as Europe's largest economy and most populous nation enters an election year. https://www.thelocal.de/20170115/facebook-launches-battle-against-fake-news-in-germany Sun, 15 Jan 2017 22:19:36 +0100 facebook-launches-battle-against-fake-news-in-germany Right-wing social media groups have been sharing pictures of alleged “free brothel vouchers" given to refugees. But the coupons are well-known fakes. https://www.thelocal.de/20160203/fake-refugee-brothel-passes-cause-stir-online Wed, 03 Feb 2016 14:02:56 +0100 fake-refugee-brothel-passes-cause-stir-online Eight young men in western Germany were arrested in a school yard on Monday after drawing fake guns on a teacher and claiming to be from terrorist group Isis. https://www.thelocal.de/20151117/young-men-storm-school-claiming-to-be-from-isis Tue, 17 Nov 2015 09:56:06 +0100 young-men-storm-school-claiming-to-be-from-isis A man who had been practicing surgery for years was fired from the hospital where he worked after it emerged that he had forged his credentials. https://www.thelocal.de/20151109/fake-surgeon-fired-from-hospital Mon, 09 Nov 2015 18:25:12 +0100 fake-surgeon-fired-from-hospital A man who performed cosmetic surgery on more than 50 different patients using fake medical certificates was sentenced to four years and three months in prison on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150728/fake-plastic-surgeon-sentenced-to-4-years Tue, 28 Jul 2015 16:37:52 +0200 fake-plastic-surgeon-sentenced-to-4-years A man who fooled a hospital in Hamelin into believing he was a psychotherapist and allowing him to work from their premises has been arrested. Police also found illegal weaponry when they searched his house. https://www.thelocal.de/20150304/fake-shrink-tricks-hospital-for-a-year Wed, 04 Mar 2015 18:36:28 +0100 fake-shrink-tricks-hospital-for-a-year Good Samaritan motorists pay the price as fraudsters target Germany's highways with a fake jewellery scam. https://www.thelocal.de/20141125/all-that-glitters-might-be-autobahngold Tue, 25 Nov 2014 14:48:00 +0100 all-that-glitters-might-be-autobahngold