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 Topless activists interrupted a concert by Woody Allen in Germany, calling for an end to the "culture of silence" around sexual abuse allegations against the US director. https://www.thelocal.de/20170712/topless-protesters-disrupt-woody-allen-concert-hamburg Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:28:54 +0200 topless-protesters-disrupt-woody-allen-concert-hamburg A 22-year-old woman has been fined €600 after she jumped naked onto the altar of Cologne Cathedral during Christmas midnight mass in 2013. https://www.thelocal.de/20150604/woman-handed-fine-for-nude-church-stunt Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:10:11 +0200 woman-handed-fine-for-nude-church-stunt A female protester stormed a press conference at the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB)in Frankfurt on Wednesday. Italian ECB president Mario Draghi is reportedly unhurt after being showered with confetti. https://www.thelocal.de/20150415/ecb-preisdent-suffers-confetti-attack Wed, 15 Apr 2015 17:33:17 +0200 ecb-preisdent-suffers-confetti-attack A member of activist group Femen will stand before a court in Cologne on Wednesday after jumping topless onto the altar of the city's famous cathedral. https://www.thelocal.de/20141203/topless-cathedral-protest-gets-day-in-court Wed, 03 Dec 2014 09:00:00 +0100 topless-cathedral-protest-gets-day-in-court Activist group Femen is facing criticism in Germany for its latest stunt. On Christmas Day a half-naked protester clambered onto the altar of Cologne cathedral with the words “I am God” scrawled across her chest. https://www.thelocal.de/20131227/topless-femen-protest-interupts-church-service-cologne-cathedral-germany Fri, 27 Dec 2013 11:03:00 +0100 topless-femen-protest-interupts-church-service-cologne-cathedral-germany Two topless women stormed the stage of a German talkshow on Wednesday night in protest at the treatment of workers building football facilities for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. https://www.thelocal.de/20131212/topless-protesters-storm-talkshow-over-qatar-2022 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 12:22:00 +0100 topless-protesters-storm-talkshow-over-qatar-2022 Half-naked feminists took to the streets of Berlin on Thursday morning to protest outside the Ukrainian embassy. https://www.thelocal.de/20130829/51667 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 16:26:00 +0200 51667 One German and two French women from the radical protest group Femen were freed from a Tunisian jail Wednesday after receiving suspended sentences from an appeal court for baring their breasts in public. https://www.thelocal.de/20130627/50547 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 09:20:00 +0200 50547 A German activist with radical women's protest group Femen was handed a four-month jail sentence along with two Frenchwomen by a Tunisian court on Wednesday for staging a topless anti-Islamist demonstration last month, their lawyer said. https://www.thelocal.de/20130612/50279 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:34:00 +0200 50279 German police on Friday broke up a protest by topless activists from radical women's rights group Femen outside Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices against the visiting Tunisian prime minister. https://www.thelocal.de/20130607/50159 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:16:00 +0200 50159 Bare-breasted activists staged rallies in front of mosques and Tunisian embassies in Berlin and across Europe Thursday against what they called an Islamist crackdown on Arab women's rights. https://www.thelocal.de/20130404/48939 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:37:00 +0200 48939