The Local Germany 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 Germany calls in Belarus envoy over foreign media crackdown Germany will summon the Belarus ambassador after Minsk revoked accreditations of foreign media reporters covering the country's anti-government protests, a government source said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200830/germany-summons-belarus-envoy-over-foreign-media-crackdown Sun, 30 Aug 2020 21:12:11 +0200 germany-summons-belarus-envoy-over-foreign-media-crackdown German fire department frees chubby rat from manhole cover Like many of us, the rat overindulged during the Christmas period and added a little ‘Winterspeck’ to its hips. A team of eight firefighters worked together to free the chubby rodent. https://www.thelocal.de/20190227/german-fire-department-free-chubby-rat-from-manhole-cover Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:07:27 +0100 german-fire-department-free-chubby-rat-from-manhole-cover 60,000 Germans want Google to forget them Since a top European court ruled people have a right to be forgotten online, Google has received 348,085 requests for tidbits to vanish from search results. https://www.thelocal.de/20151126/1000s-of-germans-want-google-to-forget-them Thu, 26 Nov 2015 09:45:29 +0100 1000s-of-germans-want-google-to-forget-them 'Liberty isn't free, we need German support' A former US secretary of state warned Germany on Thursday that liberty came at a price and urged the country to up its defence spending. https://www.thelocal.de/20141010/liberty-isnt-free-usa-warns-germany Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:00:00 +0200 liberty-isnt-free-usa-warns-germany Berlin condemns arrest of Chinese artist Germany expressed its "great concern" on Monday about the detention of Ai Weiwei, a prominent Chinese artist and outspoken critic of the regime in Beijing who was planning to set up a studio in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20110404/34167 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:29:00 +0200 34167