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 police officer was seriously injured in Cologne when far-left activists invaded an event organized by right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD), authorities said. https://www.thelocal.de/20181221/german-policeman-hurt-as-radical-left-invades-far-right-event Fri, 21 Dec 2018 12:22:34 +0100 german-policeman-hurt-as-radical-left-invades-far-right-event Arsonists set fire to three cars in the upmarket Berlin district of Prenzlauer Berg early on Monday morning, causing damage to a total of 14 vehicles. https://www.thelocal.de/20180514/14-cars-damaged-in-arson-attack-in-wealthy-berlin-neighbourhood Mon, 14 May 2018 18:34:27 +0200 14-cars-damaged-in-arson-attack-in-wealthy-berlin-neighbourhood In response to the police publicly investigating alleged offenders during the G20 riots which took place five months ago in Hamburg, left-wing activists have published photos of Berlin police officers online. https://www.thelocal.de/20171218/far-left-lash-out-at-police-by-posting-photos-of-them-online Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:33:03 +0100 far-left-lash-out-at-police-by-posting-photos-of-them-online Four decades after a wave of far-left militancy shook Germany, a former Red Army Faction (RAF) member has apologised to the son of one of its most high-profile victims, a newspaper reported Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20171128/former-raf-terrorist-apologises-to-son-of-murdered-industrialist Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:59:38 +0100 former-raf-terrorist-apologises-to-son-of-murdered-industrialist Forty years ago next month, German anti-terror commandos stormed a Lufthansa jet in Somalia, shot its Palestinian hijackers and freed 90 hostages, a climax in a bloody era of far-left militancy. https://www.thelocal.de/20170923/last-flight-home-for-icon-of-german-autumn-of-terror Sat, 23 Sep 2017 11:13:50 +0200 last-flight-home-for-icon-of-german-autumn-of-terror On September 5th 1977 left-wing terrorists kidnapped industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer. The abduction kicked off “the German Autumn” - six weeks of hostage-taking, murder and intrigue. https://www.thelocal.de/20170905/10-things-you-ought-to-know-about-the-raf-terrorist-organization-baader-meinhof Tue, 05 Sep 2017 11:49:51 +0200 10-things-you-ought-to-know-about-the-raf-terrorist-organization-baader-meinhof A 21-year-old Dutchman was handed jail time by a German court on Monday in the first trial over violent riots against the G20 summit in Hamburg in July, local media reported. https://www.thelocal.de/20170829/dutch-man-jailed-in-germany-in-first-trial-over-violent-anti-g20-riots Tue, 29 Aug 2017 11:05:31 +0200 dutch-man-jailed-in-germany-in-first-trial-over-violent-anti-g20-riots The Federal Interior Ministry has banned what it describes as the most influential internet platform for the militant left in Germany. The move is believed to be in response to violence outside the G20 in Hamburg last month. https://www.thelocal.de/20170825/interior-ministry-bans-far-left-website-linked-to-g20-violence Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:38:17 +0200 interior-ministry-bans-far-left-website-linked-to-g20-violence Riots at the G20 summit in Hamburg and neo-Nazis giving the Hitler salute at a far-right festival in Thuringia have made headlines in July. But how do Germans think the state should react to political militants? https://www.thelocal.de/20170728/this-is-how-germans-think-the-state-should-deal-with-political-extremism Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:03:25 +0200 this-is-how-germans-think-the-state-should-deal-with-political-extremism For years far-left activists in Berlin followed the strategy of attacking property, not people. But that is changing, the Berlin interior ministry claimed on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170719/left-wing-assassination-attempt-on-political-opponents-no-longer-out-of-question-berlin-authorities-warn Wed, 19 Jul 2017 16:00:46 +0200 left-wing-assassination-attempt-on-political-opponents-no-longer-out-of-question-berlin-authorities-warn Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has blamed a culture of silent tolerance of left-wing extremism for riots that blighted Hamburg during the G20 summit over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20170710/we-must-stop-ignoring-left-wing-extremism-in-germany-merkels-party-declares Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:43:43 +0200 we-must-stop-ignoring-left-wing-extremism-in-germany-merkels-party-declares The G20 summit of 20 leading world economies begins on Friday in Hamburg. Anti-capitalist demonstrators have already gathered in the city, and not all have peaceful intentions, police warn. https://www.thelocal.de/20170706/this-is-how-likely-things-are-to-get-violent-in-hamburg-at-the-g20 Thu, 06 Jul 2017 12:37:22 +0200 this-is-how-likely-things-are-to-get-violent-in-hamburg-at-the-g20 Hamburg has drafted in some 20,000 police to protect against terrorist attacks and street violence at the G20 summit, with the city police force describing it as the biggest operation the city has ever seen. https://www.thelocal.de/20170629/policing-g20-protests-will-be-biggest-operation-in-hamburgs-history-police-chief-claims Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:05:18 +0200 policing-g20-protests-will-be-biggest-operation-in-hamburgs-history-police-chief-claims Dutch police on Tuesday told people to be on the lookout for three German far-left militants, at large for decades and suspected of a string of recent heists. https://www.thelocal.de/20160727/dutch-police-join-hunt-for-terrorists-turned-outlaws Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:03:47 +0200 dutch-police-join-hunt-for-terrorists-turned-outlaws A total of 17 cars were damaged by arson attacks in the early hours of Monday morning. Police believe far-left extremists are responsible for at least two of the fires. https://www.thelocal.de/20160718/far-left-extremists-burn-cars-in-berlin Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:03:25 +0200 far-left-extremists-burn-cars-in-berlin Political extremism rose sharply in Germany last year - among far-right but also far-left and Islamist radical groups - the domestic intelligence agency said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160629/extremist-groups-of-all-colours-gaining-far-right-islamist-far-left Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:41:37 +0200 extremist-groups-of-all-colours-gaining-far-right-islamist-far-left Far-left activists in Berlin warned on Sunday that they would exact €1m in revenge in revenge for any police raids on their squats and other 'projects' in the capital, after dozens of cars were burned at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20160208/far-left-threaten-1m-of-damage-per-police-raid Mon, 08 Feb 2016 13:42:51 +0100 far-left-threaten-1m-of-damage-per-police-raid A group of ten far right demonstrators were brutally attacked on their way back from a protest on Saturday, with one rushed to hospital for a life-saving operation. https://www.thelocal.de/20160118/right-wing-demonstrators-brutally-beaten-by-left-wing-gang Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:29:10 +0100 right-wing-demonstrators-brutally-beaten-by-left-wing-gang Around 500 police joined a raid on a squat in east Berlin on Wednesday night after four unknown attackers beat up an officer. https://www.thelocal.de/20160114/500-cops-raid-berlin-house-after-attack Thu, 14 Jan 2016 09:43:42 +0100 500-cops-raid-berlin-house-after-attack Far-left extremists attacked an immigration office in Leipzig early on Friday morning. It was the second targeted attack on an official building in the city in recent months. https://www.thelocal.de/20150424/far-left-activists-attack-immigration-office Fri, 24 Apr 2015 18:28:42 +0200 far-left-activists-attack-immigration-office