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 Here's what you need to know about how your pension and social security rights apply, if you've spent time working in both the US and Germany, or worked in one and plan to retire in the other. https://www.thelocal.de/20241022/what-americans-living-in-germany-should-know-about-pensions Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:01:12 +0200 what-americans-living-in-germany-should-know-about-pensions Leading economic institutes Thursday slashed their 2025 growth forecast for Germany to near stagnation, warning Europe's struggling top economy will face extra pain from US President Donald Trump's tariff blitz. https://www.thelocal.de/20250410/germany-threatened-with-further-recession-as-institutes-cut-forecasts Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:42:25 +0200 germany-threatened-with-further-recession-as-institutes-cut-forecasts Germany said on Friday it was committed to buying F-35 fighter jets despite reports that it was reconsidering due to worries about an over-reliance on American defence supplies. https://www.thelocal.de/20250321/germany-says-its-committed-to-order-of-us-f-35-fighter-jets Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:36:39 +0100 germany-says-its-committed-to-order-of-us-f-35-fighter-jets Germany's online hate speech watchdog rejected Wednesday a suggestion by JD Vance that its efforts to police crimes on the internet were "Orwellian", the latest broadside from the US vice president. https://www.thelocal.de/20250220/german-hate-speech-watchdog-rejects-vances-orwellian-accusation Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:08:07 +0100 german-hate-speech-watchdog-rejects-vances-orwellian-accusation Germany enters the final week of election campaigning on Monday, with the debate more heated than ever amid controversy over alleged US interference in favour of the far right. https://www.thelocal.de/20250217/us-tensions-plague-final-phase-of-german-election-campaign Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:50:42 +0100 us-tensions-plague-final-phase-of-german-election-campaign As Donald Trump is set to take office in the United States, people in Germany are wondering how his leadership and plans, such as import tariffs, might affect the country - and Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20250120/it-will-cost-jobs-what-trumps-return-could-mean-for-germany Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:03:53 +0100 it-will-cost-jobs-what-trumps-return-could-mean-for-germany Sunday's leak of a cable from Berlin's ambassador to the United States worrying about Donald Trump's "plans for revenge" has sent German diplomacy in a spin ahead of the Republican's return to power. https://www.thelocal.de/20250120/leaked-diplomat-cable-lays-bare-germanys-fears-over-trump Mon, 20 Jan 2025 09:27:48 +0100 leaked-diplomat-cable-lays-bare-germanys-fears-over-trump German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that EU leaders were baffled after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out military action to take Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. https://www.thelocal.de/20250108/trumps-greenland-comment-has-baffled-eu-says-germanys-scholz Wed, 08 Jan 2025 17:42:04 +0100 trumps-greenland-comment-has-baffled-eu-says-germanys-scholz German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday called the assassination attempt against former US president Donald Trump "despicable", and said political violence posed a threat to democracy. https://www.thelocal.de/20240714/scholz-condemns-despicable-assassination-attempt-on-trump Sun, 14 Jul 2024 12:32:44 +0200 scholz-condemns-despicable-assassination-attempt-on-trump The National Football League announced the matchups for its five European games - including a new one in Frankfurt - on Wednesday. Here's what to expect in the coming season. https://www.thelocal.de/20230510/what-sports-fans-need-to-know-about-the-latest-nfl-game-announced-in-germany Wed, 10 May 2023 19:08:08 +0200 what-sports-fans-need-to-know-about-the-latest-nfl-game-announced-in-germany Former US president Barack Obama is back in Berlin - and paying visits to former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and current Chancellor Olaf Scholz. https://www.thelocal.de/20230503/former-us-president-obama-dines-with-scholz-and-merkel-in-berlin Wed, 03 May 2023 14:17:19 +0200 former-us-president-obama-dines-with-scholz-and-merkel-in-berlin Former US President Barack Obama is slated to speak in Berlin as part of a three-city European tour. https://www.thelocal.de/20230411/former-us-president-obama-to-pay-berlin-another-visit Tue, 11 Apr 2023 14:11:43 +0200 former-us-president-obama-to-pay-berlin-another-visit As the USA reopens its borders to travellers from Europe, here's what you need to know about travel between Germany and the US. https://www.thelocal.de/20211108/everything-you-need-to-know-about-travel-between-germany-and-the-usa Mon, 08 Nov 2021 14:20:47 +0100 everything-you-need-to-know-about-travel-between-germany-and-the-usa When The Local Germany Editor Rachel Stern had a baby, she found a new appreciation for the German healthcare system, especially compared to her home country of the US. https://www.thelocal.de/20211018/from-elternzeit-to-midwives-an-americans-perspective-on-having-a-baby-in-germany Mon, 18 Oct 2021 19:07:15 +0200 from-elternzeit-to-midwives-an-americans-perspective-on-having-a-baby-in-germany US President Joe Biden has nominated University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann as ambassador to Germany, German government sources said Wednesday, after tumultuous years with Donald Trump's envoy. https://www.thelocal.de/20210630/us-picks-amy-gutmann-as-first-woman-ambassador-to-germany Wed, 30 Jun 2021 15:14:01 +0200 us-picks-amy-gutmann-as-first-woman-ambassador-to-germany