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 How to sound just like a Berliner in ten easy steps Berliners are famously impatient with newcomers. So if you use a bit of local jargon, you might just win their respect - or you could end up looking like an idiot. But it's good to know the Berlin dialect anyway. https://www.thelocal.de/20160310/slang-words-you-need-to-survive-among-berliners Thu, 10 Mar 2016 16:30:29 +0100 slang-words-you-need-to-survive-among-berliners Three Germans killed in Italian Riviera yacht blaze Three Germans died after a yacht harboured on the Italian Riviera was destroyed by a fire early on Thursday, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20161229/germans-feared-dead-in-italian-riviera-yacht-blaze Thu, 29 Dec 2016 11:08:34 +0100 germans-feared-dead-in-italian-riviera-yacht-blaze Nostalgic Germans hoarding billions of Deutschmarks Fourteen years after the introduction of the Euro in cash, Germans are still holding onto their Deutschmarks (DM), mainly for the sentimental value attached to them. https://www.thelocal.de/20160718/nostalgic-germans-still-hoarding-deutschmarks Mon, 18 Jul 2016 18:07:03 +0200 nostalgic-germans-still-hoarding-deutschmarks Germans are ‘not how foreigners think’: report Are Germans as logical, law-abiding and beer-crazy as stereotypes would have you believe? The answer isn’t so black and white, according to a new book that reveals Germans’ habits from the supermarket to the bedroom. https://www.thelocal.de/20150810/germans-are-not-how-foreigners-think-report Mon, 10 Aug 2015 13:55:13 +0200 germans-are-not-how-foreigners-think-report Germans, Russians trust each other less and less Despite so-called Putin-sympathizers and eastern Germany's historic link to Mother Russia, a new poll shows that German and Russian opinions of one another have soured dramatically in recent years. https://www.thelocal.de/20150806/germans-russians-increasingly-dislike-each-other Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:38:12 +0200 germans-russians-increasingly-dislike-each-other Money 'not main motive' for German expats Germans leaving to work abroad tend to be more interested in new career and life experiences than earning a lot of money, a study published on Tuesday showed. https://www.thelocal.de/20150310/money-not-main-motive-for-german-expats Tue, 10 Mar 2015 12:34:01 +0100 money-not-main-motive-for-german-expats What do Germans really think about Americans? Germany and the USA face each other in the World Cup on Thursday, but what do the two countries think of each other? The Local looks at 11 of the best quotes from Germans about the United States. https://www.thelocal.de/20140626/what-do-germans-think-about-america-the-local Thu, 26 Jun 2014 14:38:00 +0200 what-do-germans-think-about-america-the-local