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 Spies at Germany's BND foreign intelligence service snooped on the communications of friendly states' embassies and government offices, including EU members and the USA, as recently as 2013, media reports claimed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151015/germany-spied-on-allies-until-late-2013 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:34:29 +0200 germany-spied-on-allies-until-late-2013 Campaigners against government surveillance used the second anniversary of the first leaks by US National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden to call on governments worldwide to do more to protect citizens' digital rights. https://www.thelocal.de/20150605/two-years-after-snowden-activists-push-on-privacy Fri, 05 Jun 2015 18:26:14 +0200 two-years-after-snowden-activists-push-on-privacy British spies have warned the government they may cut off ties with their German counterparts over a parliamentary inquiry into spying by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). https://www.thelocal.de/20150205/gchq-bnd-snowden-british-spies-threaten-germany-over-inquiry-fears Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:26:46 +0100 gchq-bnd-snowden-british-spies-threaten-germany-over-inquiry-fears Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) collects 220 million pieces of information about foreign phone calls and SMS every day, Zeit Online reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150130/bnd-collects-220-million-phone-records-a-day Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:12:01 +0100 bnd-collects-220-million-phone-records-a-day The IT security team at the Chancellery in Berlin say that an employee was the target of an espionage attack through a computer virus that is associated with British and American spy agencies, it was revealed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141229/spy-software-found-on-government-computer Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:51:00 +0100 spy-software-found-on-government-computer The US National Security Agency and British intelligence services are able to secretly access data from telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom and several other German operators, according to Der Spiegel magazine. https://www.thelocal.de/20140914/merkel-to-rally-fight-against-anti-semitism Sun, 14 Sep 2014 11:53:00 +0200 merkel-to-rally-fight-against-anti-semitism It was not just the US - Britain, Russia, China and North Korea were also tapping Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone, German security services believe, according to magazine reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20131125/five-countries-tapping-merkels-phone Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:18:00 +0100 five-countries-tapping-merkels-phone The German interior minister says it is high time that the US government cast some light on the NSA's activities. But what questions still need to be asked by Germany and answered by the US? The Local has some suggestions. https://www.thelocal.de/20131121/what-should-germany-ask-the-nsa Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:20:00 +0100 what-should-germany-ask-the-nsa British secret services are tapping a fibre-optic cable carrying data from Germany to the US, German media say, in the wake of bombshell revelations that the British are watching Europeans on a larger scale even than the Americans. https://www.thelocal.de/20130625/50501 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:32:00 +0200 50501