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 A German man went on trial Wednesday suspected of inflicting damage worth €930,000 on 642 cars, but prosecutors say he may have damaged twice as many vehicles. https://www.thelocal.de/20200108/german-man-goes-on-trial-for-scratching-hundreds-of-cars-in-bavaria Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:57:12 +0100 german-man-goes-on-trial-for-scratching-hundreds-of-cars-in-bavaria This year there will be a ban on fireworks on Hamburg's Jungfernstieg, a promenade that stretches through the centre of the city. https://www.thelocal.de/20191205/hamburg-to-ban-fireworks-in-city-centre-on-new-years-eve Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:30:30 +0100 hamburg-to-ban-fireworks-in-city-centre-on-new-years-eve For the second time in a week, a kangaroo has escaped a private enclosure in Untertraubenbach, a small village in Bavaria. https://www.thelocal.de/20191204/bavarian-village-searches-for-second-escaped-kangaroo Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:17:20 +0100 bavarian-village-searches-for-second-escaped-kangaroo KitKat, an iconic fetish club in Berlin’s nightlife scene, is threatened with closure, local media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20191128/berlin-institution-kitkat-club-set-to-close-doors Thu, 28 Nov 2019 15:52:12 +0100 berlin-institution-kitkat-club-set-to-close-doors Commuters, school pupils and other passengers were hit with cancellations and delays on Wednesday as bus drivers went on strike for the second day in a row. https://www.thelocal.de/20191120/passengers-face-disruption-as-bus-driver-strike-continues-in-german-state-of-hesse Wed, 20 Nov 2019 13:28:59 +0100 passengers-face-disruption-as-bus-driver-strike-continues-in-german-state-of-hesse A fire broke out at one of Berlin’s most famous kebab shops. https://www.thelocal.de/20191007/popular-berlin-dner-shop-mustafas-damaged-in-fire Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:22:40 +0200 popular-berlin-dner-shop-mustafas-damaged-in-fire A 77-year-old patient has died and 72 people were injured at a fire in a Düsseldorf hospital. https://www.thelocal.de/20190910/patient-dies-and-more-than-70-injured-at-dsseldorf-hospital-fire Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:31:57 +0200 patient-dies-and-more-than-70-injured-at-dsseldorf-hospital-fire More than six months after the disappearance of 15-year-old Rebecca Reusch from Berlin, police have started a new search operation in east Brandenburg. https://www.thelocal.de/20190904/search-for-missing-berlin-teen-rebecca-reopened Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:40:08 +0200 search-for-missing-berlin-teen-rebecca-reopened Gamers at the industry's biggest fair in Europe have taken aim at US President Donald Trump's assertions that violence in video games was partly to blame for recent mass shootings. https://www.thelocal.de/20190823/gamers-in-cologne-take-aim-at-trumps-criticism-of-virtual-violence Fri, 23 Aug 2019 13:53:09 +0200 gamers-in-cologne-take-aim-at-trumps-criticism-of-virtual-violence Bielefeld, in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, is offering the large sum to anyone who can provide proof of its non-existence. https://www.thelocal.de/20190823/why-is-germanys-bielefeld-offering-1-million-to-anyone-who-proves-it-doesnt-exist Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:08:22 +0200 why-is-germanys-bielefeld-offering-1-million-to-anyone-who-proves-it-doesnt-exist Commuters in parts of Germany faced disruption Monday after storms lashed the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20190819/commuters-face-major-disruption-as-storms-lash-germany Mon, 19 Aug 2019 11:02:10 +0200 commuters-face-major-disruption-as-storms-lash-germany A same-sex penguin couple are caring for an abandoned egg in Berlin's zoo. https://www.thelocal.de/20190812/photo-of-the-day-the-gay-berlin-penguins-whove-adopted-an-egg Mon, 12 Aug 2019 19:12:51 +0200 photo-of-the-day-the-gay-berlin-penguins-whove-adopted-an-egg A hospice in the German city of Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, has received a huge sum of cash from an anonymous benefactor. https://www.thelocal.de/20190806/german-hospice-receives-100000-from-secret-donor Tue, 06 Aug 2019 17:06:06 +0200 german-hospice-receives-100000-from-secret-donor Heavy showers, hail and thunderstorms have been lashing Germany in recent days. https://www.thelocal.de/20190805/cloudy-skies-and-rain-is-summer-in-germany-over Mon, 05 Aug 2019 14:34:05 +0200 cloudy-skies-and-rain-is-summer-in-germany-over A group of 50 far-right sympathizers were denied admission to a Düsseldorf swimming pool on Sunday, where they had gone to protest migration to Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20190805/police-break-up-far-right-protest-at-dsseldorf-swimming-pool Mon, 05 Aug 2019 12:05:37 +0200 police-break-up-far-right-protest-at-dsseldorf-swimming-pool Around 50 German teenagers rioted as they attempted to free a 15-year-old reveller from police custody after he disrupted a school-leavers party, police have confirmed. https://www.thelocal.de/20190726/rioting-bavarian-teens-stage-boozed-up-jailbreak-attempt Fri, 26 Jul 2019 17:15:51 +0200 rioting-bavarian-teens-stage-boozed-up-jailbreak-attempt Meet the 100-year-old German great-grandmother who is shaking up politics and standing up to climate change. https://www.thelocal.de/20190725/grannies-for-future-100-year-old-german-enters-politics Thu, 25 Jul 2019 10:40:19 +0200 grannies-for-future-100-year-old-german-enters-politics A Düsseldorf brewery has removed a controversial advertisement after the German Advertising Council deemed it to be “sexist". https://www.thelocal.de/20190724/german-brewery-removes-sexist-ad-following-nationwide-complaint Wed, 24 Jul 2019 19:01:17 +0200 german-brewery-removes-sexist-ad-following-nationwide-complaint Police said Tuesday that the drive-by shooting of a 26-year-old man from Eritrea in a small west German town was "very clearly" motivated by xenophobia. https://www.thelocal.de/20190723/xenophobic-motive-behind-shooting-of-eritrean-man-near-frankfurt Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:18:04 +0200 xenophobic-motive-behind-shooting-of-eritrean-man-near-frankfurt Police were investigating Tuesday if the drive-by shooting of a 26-year-old man from Eritrea in a small west German town was racially motivated. https://www.thelocal.de/20190723/german-police-probe-racist-motive-over-shooting-of-eritrean-man Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:13:46 +0200 german-police-probe-racist-motive-over-shooting-of-eritrean-man