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 Berlin has said it is ready to put up €2.5 million in its bid to host the 2024 or 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in hopes that the German Olympic Committee (DOSB) chooses the capital over Hamburg. https://www.thelocal.de/20150209/race-olympic-bid-berlin-hamburg-summer-2024-games Mon, 09 Feb 2015 09:47:16 +0100 race-olympic-bid-berlin-hamburg-summer-2024-games He's known for his eloquence and rhetoric, although this week he was just a guy being chased into a bathroom. We're naming Die Linke (Left) party leader Gregor Gysi our German of the Week. https://www.thelocal.de/20141114/gysi-continuing-the-family-business-east-germany-sed-linke Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:00:00 +0100 gysi-continuing-the-family-business-east-germany-sed-linke With roots going back to the Socialist Unity Party (SED) that ruled East Germany, can the Linke (Left) ever distance itself from the GDR regime's crimes? https://www.thelocal.de/20141111/can-sorry-ever-be-enough-for-the-linke Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:43:00 +0100 can-sorry-ever-be-enough-for-the-linke The far-left party Die Linke is now the third biggest group in the German parliament, but what do their politicians want for Europe? The Local takes a look at the party’s manifesto for the EU Parliament elections on May 25th. https://www.thelocal.de/20140514/what-do-die-linke-want-for-europe Wed, 14 May 2014 19:29:00 +0200 what-do-die-linke-want-for-europe Despite dropping a few percentage points since 2009, the socialist Left party (Die Linke) celebrated becoming the third biggest party in Germany on Sunday's election. https://www.thelocal.de/20130923/52043 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:06:00 +0200 52043 For the sixth and final part of our guide to the main parties competing in this weekend's elections, we look at the country's main far-left party, Die Linke. https://www.thelocal.de/20130916/51939 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:16:00 +0200 51939 After an extremely contentious day in which leading German Left party politicians said the socialist party risks destroying itself, the rank and file finally chose a new leadership on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120603/42915 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:06:00 +0200 42915 Leaders of The Left party met in Berlin on Sunday for the traditional laying of a wreath in memory of the murdered socialists Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht amid in-fighting over whether communism was still their aim. https://www.thelocal.de/20110109/32305 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:49:00 +0100 32305 Oskar Lafontaine, leader of the socialist party The Left, is recovering from an operation on his prostate cancer and is doing as well as can be expected, a spokesman said at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20091122/23433 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:02:00 +0100 23433 Shaken by growing infighting and unable to profit from capitalism's global crisis, the head of Germany’s hard-line socialist Left party urged delegates at its annual conference on Saturday to close ranks for September's general election. https://www.thelocal.de/20090621/20087 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:48:00 +0200 20087 The German government’s human rights envoy Günter Nooke on Thursday called for a new public debate on East Germany’s troubled legacy following renewed accusations a high-ranking MP worked for the Stasi. https://www.thelocal.de/20080529/12163 Thu, 29 May 2008 11:02:00 +0200 12163 Gregor Gysi, a top leader of Germany's hard-line socialist party The Left, came under fire on Wednesday from parliamentary deputies accusing him of having informed for East Germany's feared Stasi secret police. https://www.thelocal.de/20080528/12157 Wed, 28 May 2008 22:35:00 +0200 12157