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 More than 30 years after reunification, a new study has shown that a majority of Germans think that the country is disunited. But are there other signs that the nation may be splitting? https://www.thelocal.de/20230926/33-years-on-are-east-and-west-germany-growing-apart Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:11:53 +0200 33-years-on-are-east-and-west-germany-growing-apart Thirty-two years after German reunification, dissatisfaction with German democracy is on the rise in the former East, while leaders of eastern German states warn that the energy crisis is jeopardizing the successes achieved in rebuilding since then. https://www.thelocal.de/20221003/is-the-energy-crisis-dividing-eastern-and-western-germany Mon, 03 Oct 2022 12:50:26 +0200 is-the-energy-crisis-dividing-eastern-and-western-germany As Germany marked 31 years of reunification on October 3rd, we looked at what has changed in the past three decades, from life expectancy to religion. https://www.thelocal.de/20201001/2020-vs-1990-how-life-in-germany-has-changed-since-reunification Thu, 01 Oct 2020 11:50:24 +0200 2020-vs-1990-how-life-in-germany-has-changed-since-reunification Lots of progress has been made since German reunification - but there are still differences and division between east and west, according to a new report. https://www.thelocal.de/20210707/how-wide-is-the-gap-between-eastern-and-western-german-states Wed, 07 Jul 2021 19:47:08 +0200 how-wide-is-the-gap-between-eastern-and-western-german-states The Berlin Wall fell 31 years ago on November 9th 1989. We looked back at the moment the unbelievable happened – and how it changed the world. https://www.thelocal.de/20191106/berlin-wall-fall-the-unbelievable-moment-that-changed-the-world-forever Wed, 06 Nov 2019 09:50:32 +0100 berlin-wall-fall-the-unbelievable-moment-that-changed-the-world-forever On October 3rd, Germany celebrates 30 years of reunification. But by that date in 1990, the cogs of reform had already been turning for quite some time. The Local looks at just what happened during this momentous year - from the night the Wall fell to the day two countries truly became one. https://www.thelocal.de/20151001/timeline-the-road-to-german-reunification Thu, 01 Oct 2015 16:26:19 +0200 timeline-the-road-to-german-reunification Almost 30 years on from German reunification, the former East Germany has largely caught up with the west economically but still has a lower level of trust in democracy, according to an annual report presented Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200917/german-report-hails-success-of-reunification-30-years-on Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:34:30 +0200 german-report-hails-success-of-reunification-30-years-on Three citizens of former East Germany recount how they experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall, from the joy of November 9th 1989 when the barriers opened, to the three decades of economic hardship and rebuilding that followed. https://www.thelocal.de/20191108/freedom-is-the-most-precious-possession-how-berlin-walls-fall-sparked-joy-and-upended-lives Fri, 08 Nov 2019 09:40:01 +0100 freedom-is-the-most-precious-possession-how-berlin-walls-fall-sparked-joy-and-upended-lives November 9th is 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Here's how one of the first Berliners to cross the East German border remembers the historic time. https://www.thelocal.de/20191107/there-was-a-human-tide-moving-berliner-remembers-crossing-the-wall Thu, 07 Nov 2019 10:47:48 +0100 there-was-a-human-tide-moving-berliner-remembers-crossing-the-wall Artist Margaret Hunter's life changed forever when she moved to Berlin in 1985. Now her experiences of German reunification are being shown as part of events to mark 30 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall. https://www.thelocal.de/20191106/zeitzeugen-meet-the-scottish-artist-who-left-her-mark-on-the-berlin-wall Wed, 06 Nov 2019 18:26:04 +0100 zeitzeugen-meet-the-scottish-artist-who-left-her-mark-on-the-berlin-wall Germany marks three decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall this week, but a hint of a return of the Cold War and the rise of nationalism is dampening the mood. https://www.thelocal.de/20191104/spirit-of-optimism-is-gone-sombre-mood-as-germany-marks-30-years-of-berlin-wall-fall Mon, 04 Nov 2019 09:43:24 +0100 spirit-of-optimism-is-gone-sombre-mood-as-germany-marks-30-years-of-berlin-wall-fall To mark German Reunification Day on Thursday The Local spoke to two eastern Germans from different generations to find out what unity means to them and what they think the country can learn from its past. https://www.thelocal.de/20181003/talkin-bout-my-generation Wed, 03 Oct 2018 07:00:00 +0200 talkin-bout-my-generation A new study has highlighted major concerns of eastern Germans, 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. https://www.thelocal.de/20191002/is-germany-really-united-30-years-after-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:22:22 +0200 is-germany-really-united-30-years-after-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall Next year marks 30 years since East and West Germany came together. But the Interior Ministry appeared to overlook the special anniversary – and was forced to ask for €61 million to pay for reunification celebrations. https://www.thelocal.de/20190430/interior-ministry-forgets-30-years-of-german-reunification-asks-for-60million Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:35:16 +0200 interior-ministry-forgets-30-years-of-german-reunification-asks-for-60million German leaders paid tribute to former US president George H.W. Bush on Saturday for his role in their country's reunification, calling him a "true friend". https://www.thelocal.de/20181201/berlin-hails-bush-as-architect-of-german-unity Sat, 01 Dec 2018 18:48:29 +0100 berlin-hails-bush-as-architect-of-german-unity With German unification celebrations just around the corner, we have been discovering the German Democratic Republic (GDR) monuments which have become a part of the cityscape of the new Berlin and reunified Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20181001/5-east-berlin-monuments-which-still-have-a-part-to-play-in-todays-city Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:39:36 +0200 5-east-berlin-monuments-which-still-have-a-part-to-play-in-todays-city Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives agreed with the Social Democrats on Tuesday to allow refugee family reunions to bring up to 1,000 people a month to the country, removing a key hurdle in their talks to form a government. https://www.thelocal.de/20180130/union-reaches-agreement-with-spd-on-refugee-family-reunions Tue, 30 Jan 2018 13:36:01 +0100 union-reaches-agreement-with-spd-on-refugee-family-reunions A suggestion that schools send students on exchange between Germany's former East and West to heal persistent divides sparked debate on Monday, almost 30 years after the country's reunification. https://www.thelocal.de/20180116/germany-considers-student-exchanges-to-heal-east-west-divide Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:47:35 +0100 germany-considers-student-exchanges-to-heal-east-west-divide On November 9th, 1989, the wall that divided east and west Berlin came down. At the time, there was exuberant joy over the border being opened. But are old divisions still being felt? And how different is the east from the west today? https://www.thelocal.de/20171109/how-united-is-germany-28-years-after-the-berlin-walls-fall Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:25:47 +0100 how-united-is-germany-28-years-after-the-berlin-walls-fall It is widely known that the Berlin Wall came down on November 9th, 1989. But the "Day of Fate" is a date on which several momentous events in German history have happened. https://www.thelocal.de/20161109/schicksalstag-the-strange-significance-of-november-9-in-german-history-berlin-wall-kristallnacht Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:07:55 +0100 schicksalstag-the-strange-significance-of-november-9-in-german-history-berlin-wall-kristallnacht