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 Poland on Wednesday said it would extend temporary checks along its borders with Germany and Lithuania by a further six months, until April 4th next year. https://www.thelocal.de/20251001/poland-to-extend-german-border-checks-until-april Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:24:37 +0200 poland-to-extend-german-border-checks-until-april Poland's right-wing nationalist president Karol Nawrocki visits Paris and Berlin on Tuesday, seeking help to shore up his country's eastern defences in the wake of a major Russian drone incursion. https://www.thelocal.de/20250916/polands-nawrocki-talks-drone-defence-in-paris-and-berlin Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:28:04 +0200 polands-nawrocki-talks-drone-defence-in-paris-and-berlin Poland has extended temporary controls on the border with its EU neighbours Germany and Lithuania, Poland's Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said on Sunday, as the government cracks down on irregular migrants. https://www.thelocal.de/20250804/poland-extends-checks-on-border-with-germany-by-two-months Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:03:06 +0200 poland-extends-checks-on-border-with-germany-by-two-months Poland reimposed checks on its borders with EU neighbours Germany and Lithuania on Monday in a bid to crack down on irregular migration amid surging anti-immigrant sentiment creating political pressure in Berlin and Warsaw. https://www.thelocal.de/20250707/poland-restores-checks-on-german-borders Mon, 07 Jul 2025 10:35:24 +0200 poland-restores-checks-on-german-borders Germany's strict new border policy is bringing back memories of separation on the frontier with Poland, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz's new government seeks to implement a promised crackdown on irregular migration. https://www.thelocal.de/20250510/new-border-checks-stir-old-memories-on-polish-german-border Sat, 10 May 2025 10:05:45 +0200 new-border-checks-stir-old-memories-on-polish-german-border German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has met with Warsaw Uprising veterans and asked for their "forgiveness" during a visit to Poland on the eve of the revolt's 80th anniversary. https://www.thelocal.de/20240801/german-president-asks-warsaw-uprising-veterans-for-forgiveness Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:43:13 +0200 german-president-asks-warsaw-uprising-veterans-for-forgiveness Poland's prime minister has demanded Germany explain an "unacceptable" incident in which German police reportedly drove a family of migrants across the border and abandoned them on Polish soil. https://www.thelocal.de/20240618/poland-confronts-germany-over-migrant-border-drop-off Tue, 18 Jun 2024 11:32:08 +0200 poland-confronts-germany-over-migrant-border-drop-off The European Union and Germany on Wednesday pressed the Polish government to clear up "serious" visa fraud allegations that could impact its neighbours in the bloc. https://www.thelocal.de/20230920/germany-demands-poland-clarify-serious-visa-scandal-amid-border-fears Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:28:07 +0200 germany-demands-poland-clarify-serious-visa-scandal-amid-border-fears Germany on Tuesday announced plans to establish a memorial in Berlin to the Polish victims of the Nazis, almost 84 years after Adolf Hitler launched the invasion of Poland. https://www.thelocal.de/20230830/germany-plans-berlin-memorial-for-polish-victims-of-nazis Wed, 30 Aug 2023 10:44:01 +0200 germany-plans-berlin-memorial-for-polish-victims-of-nazis Germany's president on Wednesday sought pardon for his nation's World War II crimes in comments on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising anniversary in Poland's capital. https://www.thelocal.de/20230419/german-president-asks-forgiveness-on-warsaw-ghetto-anniversary Wed, 19 Apr 2023 18:01:03 +0200 german-president-asks-forgiveness-on-warsaw-ghetto-anniversary Poland's defence minister has asked Germany to ship a Patriot surface-to-air missile defence system intended for Poland to Ukraine instead to help defend itself against Russia. https://www.thelocal.de/20221124/poland-asks-germany-to-send-patriot-missiles-to-ukraine Thu, 24 Nov 2022 16:57:49 +0100 poland-asks-germany-to-send-patriot-missiles-to-ukraine Germany said Wednesday it could send its own warplanes to support patrols over Poland following a deadly rocket strike in a village close to the border with Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.de/20221116/germany-offers-to-aid-polish-air-patrols-after-rocket-strike Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:56:59 +0100 germany-offers-to-aid-polish-air-patrols-after-rocket-strike