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 mayor was suspended by his own city council after it emerged he had received a coronavirus vaccination in January, despite not being in a priority group. https://www.thelocal.de/20210408/mayor-of-german-city-of-halle-suspended-for-skipping-vaccine-queue Thu, 08 Apr 2021 15:31:40 +0200 mayor-of-german-city-of-halle-suspended-for-skipping-vaccine-queue A German court on Monday handed down a life sentence to the assailant behind a deadly far-right attack last year that nearly became the country's worst anti-Semitic atrocity since World War II. https://www.thelocal.de/20201221/german-man-jailed-for-life-over-anti-semitic-shootings Mon, 21 Dec 2020 12:50:10 +0100 german-man-jailed-for-life-over-anti-semitic-shootings A man accused of killing two people in an anti-Semitic attack in Germany last year was cut off during final testimony at his trial on Wednesday after he denied the Holocaust. https://www.thelocal.de/20201209/far-right-attack-suspect-denies-holocaust-in-german-court Wed, 09 Dec 2020 17:21:41 +0100 far-right-attack-suspect-denies-holocaust-in-german-court Prosecutors on Wednesday demanded life behind bars for a man accused of killing two people in an anti-Semitic attack in the German city of Halle last year. https://www.thelocal.de/20201118/german-prosecutors-seek-life-in-jail-for-anti-semitic-attack-suspect Wed, 18 Nov 2020 19:00:31 +0100 german-prosecutors-seek-life-in-jail-for-anti-semitic-attack-suspect German leaders voiced their shame over resurgent anti-Semitism on Friday, one year after a deadly attack targeting Jews in the city of Halle. https://www.thelocal.de/20201010/german-leaders-express-shame-at-rising-antisemitism Sat, 10 Oct 2020 11:42:41 +0200 german-leaders-express-shame-at-rising-antisemitism Graffiti tributes to mark one year since a deadly anti-Semitic attack in the German city of Halle have been sprayed over with swastikas, police said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20201009/german-anti-semitic-attack-tributes-defaced-with-swastikas Fri, 09 Oct 2020 13:14:09 +0200 german-anti-semitic-attack-tributes-defaced-with-swastikas A German man goes on trial on Tuesday for a deadly shooting targeting Jews in the eastern city of Halle last year, one of the worst acts of anti-Semitic violence in Germany's postwar history. https://www.thelocal.de/20200721/man-on-trial-for-halle-synagogue-attack-that-shocked-germany Tue, 21 Jul 2020 10:44:53 +0200 man-on-trial-for-halle-synagogue-attack-that-shocked-germany Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned on Sunday that Jews could leave Germany on a "massive" scale if urgent action was not taken to stem rising anti-Semitism. https://www.thelocal.de/20200126/germany-fears-mass-exit-of-jews-if-hatred-persists Sun, 26 Jan 2020 19:41:06 +0100 germany-fears-mass-exit-of-jews-if-hatred-persists Two men were arrested in Germany on Monday for allegedly knocking over 40 tombstones in a Jewish cemetery and spraying some of them with blue paint, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20191231/two-arrested-in-germany-after-jewish-cemetery-vandalized Tue, 31 Dec 2019 09:59:09 +0100 two-arrested-in-germany-after-jewish-cemetery-vandalized Germany is planning to tighten legislation on anti-Semitic crimes, a minister said on Thursday following a deadly attack aimed at a synagogue in Halle in former east Germany last month. https://www.thelocal.de/20191128/germany-to-tighten-law-on-anti-semitic-crimes Thu, 28 Nov 2019 18:35:28 +0100 germany-to-tighten-law-on-anti-semitic-crimes The owner of a kebab shop targeted in a deadly far-right attack in the German city of Halle last month has gifted the eatery to the two brothers who were working there during the shooting. https://www.thelocal.de/20191117/after-deadly-nazi-shooting-owner-gifts-kebab-shop-to-survivors Sun, 17 Nov 2019 14:06:39 +0100 after-deadly-nazi-shooting-owner-gifts-kebab-shop-to-survivors Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician Stephan Brandner has been voted out as Chairman of the Legal Committee in the Bundestag - the first such incident in parliamentary history. https://www.thelocal.de/20191113/far-right-afd-politician-voted-out-of-parliamentary-committee Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:55:54 +0100 far-right-afd-politician-voted-out-of-parliamentary-committee US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday laid flowers at a kebab shop and a synagogue in Germany targeted in last month's fatal shooting by a far-right gunman. https://www.thelocal.de/20191108/pompeo-lays-flowers-at-halle-synagogue-after-far-right-shooting Fri, 08 Nov 2019 10:25:05 +0100 pompeo-lays-flowers-at-halle-synagogue-after-far-right-shooting Germany's far-right AfD hopes for more gains in the ex-communist east on Sunday when voters go to the polls in the state of Thuringia, even as the party comes under pressure in the wake of a deadly shooting at a synagogue. https://www.thelocal.de/20191027/germanys-far-right-afd-hopes-for-gains-in-eastern-heartland Sun, 27 Oct 2019 09:22:43 +0100 germanys-far-right-afd-hopes-for-gains-in-eastern-heartland A new survey by the World Jewish Congress found that a quarter of the German population have what they call 'anti-Semitic thoughts'. https://www.thelocal.de/20191024/every-fourth-german-has-anti-semitic-thoughts-says-new-study Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:01:16 +0200 every-fourth-german-has-anti-semitic-thoughts-says-new-study Security authorities say there are more than 40 dangerous far-right extremists in Germany. Here's how they want to crack down on potential attackers. https://www.thelocal.de/20191015/how-germany-plans-to-crack-down-on-far-right-extremists Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:24:46 +0200 how-germany-plans-to-crack-down-on-far-right-extremists There is an "elevated" risk of more far-right attacks in Germany after two people were killed by a gunman targeting a synagogue in the city of Halle this week, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer warned Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20191012/german-government-warns-of-elevated-risk-of-far-right-attacks-after-anti-semitic-shooting Sat, 12 Oct 2019 13:11:18 +0200 german-government-warns-of-elevated-risk-of-far-right-attacks-after-anti-semitic-shooting The German suspect in a deadly attack targeting a synagogue has admitted to the shooting rampage and confessed that it was motivated by anti-Semitism and right-wing extremism, federal prosecutors said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20191012/german-suspect-admits-anti-semitic-attack-far-right-motive Sat, 12 Oct 2019 10:33:39 +0200 german-suspect-admits-anti-semitic-attack-far-right-motive German Jewish leaders and politicians accused the far-right AfD on Friday of fuelling the kind of hatred that made the deadly anti-Semitic attack in Halle possible, a charge angrily rejected by the party. https://www.thelocal.de/20191011/far-right-afd-under-pressure-after-german-anti-semitic-attack Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:40:07 +0200 far-right-afd-under-pressure-after-german-anti-semitic-attack The German suspect in a deadly anti-Semitic attack targeting a synagogue and a kebab shop in the east of the country was a frustrated, computer-obsessed loner who lived with his mother. https://www.thelocal.de/20191011/german-gunman-was-frustrated-computer-obsessed-loner Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:06:16 +0200 german-gunman-was-frustrated-computer-obsessed-loner