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 On Tuesday a German newspaper breathlessly described the advancement of a new technology into the shops of Hamburg - the self-service checkout terminal. https://www.thelocal.de/20180123/germany-discovers-what-self-check-out-is-10-years-after-rest-of-the-world Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:45:02 +0100 germany-discovers-what-self-check-out-is-10-years-after-rest-of-the-world Germany's famous port city has a wealth of impressive sights, districts and landmarks, here are eight that you won't want to miss while on a trip there. https://www.thelocal.de/20161227/eight-unmissable-spots-in-hamburg Tue, 27 Dec 2016 09:53:34 +0100 eight-unmissable-spots-in-hamburg Hamburg police are hot on the heels of an unusual band of suspected burglars - a gang of three young women who have been spotted near the sites of break-ins in the south of the city. https://www.thelocal.de/20150930/charlies-angels-thieves-hit-up-hamburg Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:16:34 +0200 charlies-angels-thieves-hit-up-hamburg Germans will soon be legally divided into three genders - those born as hermaphrodites have the right to not identify as male or female. It has been described as a revolution, effectively creating legal recognition of a third sex. https://www.thelocal.de/20130816/51439 Fri, 16 Aug 2013 13:48:00 +0200 51439 One of the most popular holiday spots with Germans - the party beach Ballermann on Majorca - is set for a revamp, with local politicians keen to kick out the boozy, brawling tourists and attract a better class of guests. https://www.thelocal.de/20130722/50983 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:56:00 +0200 50983 Germany's women footballers made it through to the European championship semi-finals on Sunday with a return to form which gave them a 1-0 victory over Italy. https://www.thelocal.de/20130722/50977 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:36:00 +0200 50977 Germany's women footballers reached the end of a remarkable run of victories on Wednesday night - their defeat at the hands of Norway was their first loss in 20 years of European Championship games. https://www.thelocal.de/20130718/50925 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:13:00 +0200 50925 Grab a bottle of mosquito repellent, a German minister urged on Monday, and head on down to show solidarity with Germany's worst affected flood regions for your holidays this year. https://www.thelocal.de/20130715/50865 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:08:00 +0200 50865 Germany's women football team missed out on a victory over the Netherlands in their opening game of the European championship on Thursday night, settling instead for a 0-0 draw. https://www.thelocal.de/20130712/50821 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 11:55:00 +0200 50821 Cyclists who suffer head injuries in a collision but are not wearing helmets are at least partly to blame – even if the crash itself was not their fault, a German court has ruled. https://www.thelocal.de/20130617/50353 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:49:00 +0200 50353 German police said on Thursday they had busted a multi-million-euro international art forgery gang and arrested the suspected ringleaders. https://www.thelocal.de/20130614/50299 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:58:00 +0200 50299 Germany confirmed on Thursday it would be setting up a fund worth about €8 billion to help victims of record floods which forced thousands from their homes and left a path of destruction across parts of the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20130613/50285 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:24:00 +0200 50285 As communities in north-eastern Germany hoped soaked dykes would hold back rising floodwaters on Wednesday, one man died in Saxony-Anhalt after being electrocuted in his flooded cellar. https://www.thelocal.de/20130612/50255 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:57:00 +0200 50255 Since the last extreme floods in 2002, a total of €530 million has been invested in flood prevention. Der Tagesspiegel's Robert Ide argues that this money was wasted on containing rivers with concrete, rather than giving them vital space. https://www.thelocal.de/20130611/50245 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:17:00 +0200 50245 German authorities urged over 20,000 people to flee their homes in Magdeburg on the swollen Elbe River, as the worst floods in a decade also began to burst through water-soaked dykes. https://www.thelocal.de/20130610/50199 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:25:00 +0200 50199 As northern Germany continued to battle historic flooding on Monday, people in the south of the country were slowly returning to their homes to survey the devastation and start the massive cleanup. https://www.thelocal.de/20130610/50207 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:14:00 +0200 50207 Germany's race to shore up dykes on swollen rivers shifted to the north Friday while other regions began counting the cost of the deadly flooding. https://www.thelocal.de/20130607/50167 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:25:00 +0200 50167 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has praised the "wonderful solidarity" of tens of thousands struggling against central Europe's worst river floods in over a decade and promised more help for the victims on her second visit in three days to disaster-hit areas. https://www.thelocal.de/20130607/50157 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:40:00 +0200 50157 Cities and towns along the Elbe braced for a huge flood wave to roll downriver on Thursday, as German officials estimated the natural disaster would cause billions of euros in damages. https://www.thelocal.de/20130606/50145 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:21:00 +0200 50145 Large sections of Germany remained underwater on Wednesday morning, forcing thousands of people from their homes. But as the waters receded in Passau, the eastern part of country was bracing for a flood wave. https://www.thelocal.de/20130605/50123 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:43:00 +0200 50123