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 German police have set up a special team to fight a growing number of forged vaccine certificates being sold in the black market https://www.thelocal.de/20210605/germany-cracks-down-on-fake-covid-vaccine-documents Sat, 05 Jun 2021 14:58:14 +0200 germany-cracks-down-on-fake-covid-vaccine-documents People from Bavaria will be able to pop over the border into Austria and vice versa to visit friends and relatives from Wednesday, Bavaria's Minister Markus Söder and Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz have announced. https://www.thelocal.de/20210511/border-to-open-between-austria-and-germany-for-visits-and-shopping Tue, 11 May 2021 17:20:41 +0200 border-to-open-between-austria-and-germany-for-visits-and-shopping Germany is in the grip of a third Covid wave, with intensive care beds filling up. As politicians and medical experts talk of a “lockdown”, many people are confused. Aren’t we already in a lockdown? No, and this is part of the confusion, writes Rachel Loxton. https://www.thelocal.de/20210410/opinion-germany-has-never-had-a-real-covid-lockdown Sat, 10 Apr 2021 12:25:09 +0200 opinion-germany-has-never-had-a-real-covid-lockdown France and Germany will this week introduce tighter controls at their shared border, but for the moment the border will remain open despite fears in Germany of the spread of Covid virus variants from France's Moselle département. https://www.thelocal.de/20210225/france-and-germany-agree-tighter-border-controls-due-to-covid-variant-fears Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:42:51 +0100 france-and-germany-agree-tighter-border-controls-due-to-covid-variant-fears Germany on Sunday, February 28th, classed France's Covid-battered Moselle region as a high risk area for virus variants, triggering tougher entry requirements at the border between the two neighbours. https://www.thelocal.de/20210228/germany-to-tighten-covid-controls-at-french-border Sun, 28 Feb 2021 15:46:58 +0100 germany-to-tighten-covid-controls-at-french-border With special tax rules for dogs, prostitutes and church members, the German tax system can seem a tad overwhelming - even if you speak the language fluently. Here are the most important things to consider when paying tax in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20200227/what-you-need-to-know-about-germanys-tax-system Thu, 27 Feb 2020 12:57:42 +0100 what-you-need-to-know-about-germanys-tax-system Germany has become an unlikely champion of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, offering support and possible production sites in the hopes of speeding up the European Union's troubled inoculation drive. https://www.thelocal.de/20210203/germany-moves-to-bring-russian-vaccine-into-eu-orbit Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:47:34 +0100 germany-moves-to-bring-russian-vaccine-into-eu-orbit When a strict shutdown, and bans on international travel, became a clear reality, tour guide Jeremy realized he had to think outside the box. https://www.thelocal.de/20201215/a-new-way-to-travel-how-one-guide-is-showing-off-berlin-through-virtual-tours Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:33:07 +0100 a-new-way-to-travel-how-one-guide-is-showing-off-berlin-through-virtual-tours Germany, traditionally hostile to government borrowing, will take on €180 billion in new debt in 2021 as it grapples with the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis, according to a draft budget agreed Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20201127/germany-smashes-debt-rule-with-180-bn-euros-in-borrowing Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:47:49 +0100 germany-smashes-debt-rule-with-180-bn-euros-in-borrowing Germany has stepped up checks at its border with Austria following multiple shootings that have left four people dead. https://www.thelocal.de/20201103/germany-steps-up-checks-at-austria-border-after-vienna-attack Tue, 03 Nov 2020 10:06:15 +0100 germany-steps-up-checks-at-austria-border-after-vienna-attack A debate over tightening border controls in Germany has been sparked as countries, including Austria and the Czech Republic, battle with increasing coronavirus infections. https://www.thelocal.de/20201020/should-germany-impose-border-controls-as-covid-19-rates-rise-across-europe Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:35:59 +0200 should-germany-impose-border-controls-as-covid-19-rates-rise-across-europe As 10 Swiss cantons are now on Germany’s ‘high risk’ list, many in the region worry that cross-border shopping may be in peril. https://www.thelocal.de/20201019/panic-buying-fearing-the-closure-of-borders-the-swiss-go-binge-shopping-in-germany Mon, 19 Oct 2020 16:02:13 +0200 panic-buying-fearing-the-closure-of-borders-the-swiss-go-binge-shopping-in-germany Coronavirus cases are going up around Germany, with infections spiking in some areas. Through maps and graphs, take a look at which regions are the most affected. https://www.thelocal.de/20201008/maps-where-in-germany-are-the-covid-19-hotspots-right-now Thu, 08 Oct 2020 15:41:32 +0200 maps-where-in-germany-are-the-covid-19-hotspots-right-now Russia's leading opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who the West believes was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, has been discharged from hospital after just over a month, the Berlin medical facility treating him said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200923/russian-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-discharged-from-berlin-hospital Wed, 23 Sep 2020 11:31:11 +0200 russian-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-discharged-from-berlin-hospital German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced mounting pressure Thursday to toughen her ambivalent stance toward Russia following her announcement that Berlin has "unequivocal" proof that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a deadly nerve agent. https://www.thelocal.de/20200903/navalny-case-poisons-ties-between-germany-and-russia Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:05:39 +0200 navalny-case-poisons-ties-between-germany-and-russia Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny showed that he was poisoned by a Novichok chemical nerve agent, the German government said Wednesday, demanding explanations from Moscow. https://www.thelocal.de/20200902/german-government-says-putin-critic-alexei-navalny-poisoned-with-novichok Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:31:34 +0200 german-government-says-putin-critic-alexei-navalny-poisoned-with-novichok The number of babies born in Germany has decreased for the first time in the last three years, with new statistics showing the birth rate is falling in 14 of the 16 federal states. https://www.thelocal.de/20200804/the-number-of-babies-born-in-germany-has-decreases-for-the-first-time-in-the-last-three-years Tue, 04 Aug 2020 18:11:42 +0200 the-number-of-babies-born-in-germany-has-decreases-for-the-first-time-in-the-last-three-years If you're planning to travel from Sweden to Germany this summer, things just got a little bit simpler. https://www.thelocal.de/20200714/germany-lifts-quarantine-rules-for-swedish-travellers Tue, 14 Jul 2020 19:18:25 +0200 germany-lifts-quarantine-rules-for-swedish-travellers German prosecutors said Saturday police had arrested a 51-year-old man on suspicion of loosening the bolts on a stretch of the busy high-speed rail line between western cities Cologne and Frankfurt. https://www.thelocal.de/20200321/man-arrested-over-german-rail-sabotage-attempt Sat, 21 Mar 2020 20:14:09 +0100 man-arrested-over-german-rail-sabotage-attempt An Indian couple accused of spying on Sikh and Kashmiri communities in Germany went on trial Thursday on charges that carry a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. https://www.thelocal.de/20191121/indian-couple-go-on-trial-in-frankfurt-for-spying-on-sikhs Thu, 21 Nov 2019 11:58:08 +0100 indian-couple-go-on-trial-in-frankfurt-for-spying-on-sikhs