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 Concern is growing over the Chancellor's health after a series of shaking spells. Should we be worried – and is it any of our business? https://www.thelocal.de/20190716/should-germany-be-worried-about-angela-merkels-health-after-new-trembling-spell Tue, 16 Jul 2019 19:26:16 +0200 should-germany-be-worried-about-angela-merkels-health-after-new-trembling-spell For the German Luftwaffe or air force - and the wider military, known as the Bundeswehr - the chancellor's plane issues were the latest in a string of mishaps that have made headlines in recent years. https://www.thelocal.de/20181130/not-a-unique-occurance-how-plane-problems-have-plagued-german-policians-travel Fri, 30 Nov 2018 13:42:47 +0100 not-a-unique-occurance-how-plane-problems-have-plagued-german-policians-travel 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 The G20 in Hamburg was marked by violent clashes between demonstrators and police in several parts of the city. On Tuesday morning police raided properties across the country as part of their investigation into the rioting. https://www.thelocal.de/20171205/police-raid-left-wing-scene-in-8-states-over-hamburg-g20-violence Tue, 05 Dec 2017 10:52:08 +0100 police-raid-left-wing-scene-in-8-states-over-hamburg-g20-violence Authorities in Hamburg are facing new accusations of abuse of power during July’s G20 summit, after Spiegel reported on Tuesday that they used a banned weapon to fire on rioters. https://www.thelocal.de/20171107/police-alleged-to-have-used-banned-combat-weapon-during-g20-riots Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:55:00 +0100 police-alleged-to-have-used-banned-combat-weapon-during-g20-riots 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 German media reported on Friday that 35 investigations are now ongoing, examining police behaviour amid G20 protests and riots in Hamburg last week. https://www.thelocal.de/20170714/35-investigations-launched-over-police-actions-during-g20-protests-hamburg Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:49:27 +0200 35-investigations-launched-over-police-actions-during-g20-protests-hamburg An AfD politician from northern Germany has sparked controversy after suggesting in a Facebook post that those who looted amid G20 riots should be shot. https://www.thelocal.de/20170714/outcry-after-afd-politician-suggests-shooting-g20-looters-hamburg-riots Fri, 14 Jul 2017 12:47:26 +0200 outcry-after-afd-politician-suggests-shooting-g20-looters-hamburg-riots German media groups protested on Wednesday after government authorities at last week's G20 summit suddenly withdrew the accreditations of 32 journalists on unspecified security grounds. https://www.thelocal.de/20170713/german-journalists-furious-after-32-reporters-barred-from-g20 Thu, 13 Jul 2017 11:01:28 +0200 german-journalists-furious-after-32-reporters-barred-from-g20 A blame game over ugly street violence that marred Germany's hosting of the G20 summit last week spilled into the national election campaign Tuesday as Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel attacked Chancellor Angela Merkel. https://www.thelocal.de/20170712/foreign-minister-accuses-merkel-of-buck-passing-over-g20-riots Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:06:51 +0200 foreign-minister-accuses-merkel-of-buck-passing-over-g20-riots The Rote Flora is known throughout the European left-wing scene as a gathering place for activists and radicals. And now this venue is at the centre of debate about left-wing violence in Hamburg amid the G20 summit. https://www.thelocal.de/20170711/what-you-should-know-about-hamburgs-historic-left-wing-squat-the-rote-flora-g20 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:44:10 +0200 what-you-should-know-about-hamburgs-historic-left-wing-squat-the-rote-flora-g20 Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Monday compared the far-left and anarchist radicals who rampaged through the G20 summit host city of Hamburg to "neo-Nazis and Islamist terrorists". https://www.thelocal.de/20170710/german-minister-compares-g20-rioters-to-neo-nazis-terrorists Mon, 10 Jul 2017 20:06:50 +0200 german-minister-compares-g20-rioters-to-neo-nazis-terrorists Blame continues to be passed around for the violent images that emerged surrounding Hamburg’s G20 summit on Friday and Saturday, with some pointing fingers at police as well as left-wing radicals. https://www.thelocal.de/20170710/police-strategy-during-g20-riots-simply-did-not-work-say-critics Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:42:23 +0200 police-strategy-during-g20-riots-simply-did-not-work-say-critics 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 Nearly 500 police officers were injured in clashes with protesters during the G20 summit, officials said Sunday, after fresh riots broke out overnight. https://www.thelocal.de/20170710/g20-number-of-injured-police-close-to-500-after-three-days-of-rioting-in-hamburg Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:51:13 +0200 g20-number-of-injured-police-close-to-500-after-three-days-of-rioting-in-hamburg G20 nations launched an unprecedented initiative Saturday at the group's summit in Germany to fight poverty in Africa, but critics called the plan half-hearted. https://www.thelocal.de/20170709/germany-launches-g20-plan-to-fight-poverty-in-africa Sun, 09 Jul 2017 11:55:15 +0200 germany-launches-g20-plan-to-fight-poverty-in-africa World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G20 summit ever, in exchange for preserving a fragile unity of the club of major industrialised and emerging economies. https://www.thelocal.de/20170709/stormy-g20-ends-with-opt-outs-for-trump-on-climate-trade Sun, 09 Jul 2017 11:04:37 +0200 stormy-g20-ends-with-opt-outs-for-trump-on-climate-trade Chancellor Angela Merkel “wholeheartedly condemned” the violent riots that erupted in parts of Hamburg during the G20 summit, but praised the many peaceful protesters for “putting pressure” on world leaders. https://www.thelocal.de/20170708/merkel-condemns-riots-but-praises-peaceful-protests-for-putting-pressure-on-world-leaders-g20-hamburg Sat, 08 Jul 2017 20:15:09 +0200 merkel-condemns-riots-but-praises-peaceful-protests-for-putting-pressure-on-world-leaders-g20-hamburg Raging street battles that marred Germany's G20 summit have sparked a political fight over how Hamburg could descend into "mob rule" and why Chancellor Angela Merkel chose a hotbed of leftist militancy as the venue. https://www.thelocal.de/20170708/merkel-blamed-for-viol Sat, 08 Jul 2017 17:01:21 +0200 merkel-blamed-for-viol