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 UPDATE: Ex-German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle is being treated for leukaemia at a clinic in Cologne. The shock diagnosis came after he sought treatment for a minor sports injury. https://www.thelocal.de/20140620/ex-foreign-minister-westerwelle-has-leukaemia Fri, 20 Jun 2014 18:47:00 +0200 ex-foreign-minister-westerwelle-has-leukaemia In the wake of the UN releasing its report on chemical weapons in Syria, Germany's foreign minister confirmed on Wednesday that he is holding President Bashar al-Assad responsible for gas attacks. https://www.thelocal.de/20130918/51971 Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:43:00 +0200 51971 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle urged the United Nations on Friday "to speed up" publication of a report by its weapons inspectors on the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria. https://www.thelocal.de/20130906/51787 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 18:30:00 +0200 51787 The German government said on Monday it would support "consequences" against the Syrian regime if its suspected deadly use of chemical weapons is confirmed. https://www.thelocal.de/20130826/51593 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:25:00 +0200 51593 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said he hoped for progress in the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme after Hassan Rowhani assumes the presidency on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20130802/51195 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:53:00 +0200 51195 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle was to travel to Egypt on Wednesday for talks with the interim government and backers of ousted president Mohamed Morsi. https://www.thelocal.de/20130731/51157 Wed, 31 Jul 2013 17:57:00 +0200 51157 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Wednesday said the military intervention that toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was "a major setback for democracy in Egypt" and called for "dialogue and political compromise". https://www.thelocal.de/20130704/50687 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 13:55:00 +0200 50687 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on a visit to Greece on Wednesday that he believed the country was beginning to see a "silver lining" in its debt turmoil and urged international creditors to recognize its achievements. https://www.thelocal.de/20130704/50681 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 09:25:00 +0200 50681 Germany on Friday called an escalation in political violence in Egypt which has already claimed three lives a "moment of truth" for its fledgling democracy and urged Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to implement reforms.  https://www.thelocal.de/20130629/50585 Sat, 29 Jun 2013 13:12:00 +0200 50585 Germany summoned the Turkish ambassador Friday over sharp criticism from Ankara over reluctance to move forward with Turkey's EU bid, a foreign ministry spokesman in Berlin said. https://www.thelocal.de/20130621/50441 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:41:00 +0200 50441 A group of translators and other employees of the German army in Afghanistan have threatened to blockade the army camp if they are not offered asylum in Germany when the Bundeswehr withdraws. https://www.thelocal.de/20130608/50175 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 11:41:00 +0200 50175 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Sunday said Berlin will have no choice but to accept the lifting of an EU arms embargo on Syria if other European countries push for it. https://www.thelocal.de/20130422/49275 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:38:00 +0200 49275 Germany is due Monday to send a specially equipped military aircraft to bring more than 30 people seriously wounded in the Syrian conflict for treatment in the country, according to a media report. https://www.thelocal.de/20130415/49141 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:08:00 +0200 49141 Russian state prosecutors on Tuesday searched offices of German non-government organisations (NGOs), as part of a controversial crackdown on foreign groups. https://www.thelocal.de/20130326/48765 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:08:00 +0100 48765 Germany's foreign minister is no longer ruling out that the country could supply weapons to the Syrian opposition, he told a daily newspaper on Friday. The move could free the way for lifting the EU embargo. https://www.thelocal.de/20130322/48685 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:10:00 +0100 48685 Details have emerged of the involvement of German embassy staff in Mali in a secret operation to smuggle hundreds of thousands of centuries-old manuscripts out of Timbuktu, saving them from destruction by Islamist fighters. https://www.thelocal.de/20130303/48297 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:45:00 +0100 48297 Germany said on Monday it was considering ways to help France in its mission in Mali such as providing logistical, medical or humanitarian aid. https://www.thelocal.de/20130114/47317 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:28:00 +0100 47317 Germany's foreign minister called on Friday for political efforts to be stepped up to resolve the conflict in Mali between government forces and Islamists. https://www.thelocal.de/20130112/47287 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:54:00 +0100 47287 Berlin city says it needs more money from the federal government to protect embassies in the capital after an attack on the Iranian embassy by angry demonstrators earlier this week raised security concerns. https://www.thelocal.de/20121201/46503 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 13:38:00 +0100 46503 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened his country’s giant new embassy in Berlin on Tuesday and used his speech to call on Turks in Germany to learn the language. https://www.thelocal.de/20121031/45875 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:55:00 +0100 45875