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 Germany on Friday marks a year since nine people were killed in a racist shooting in the city of Hanau, an assault that has fuelled fears of far-right terror in the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20210219/germany-marks-a-year-since-deadly-racist-shooting Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:53:36 +0100 germany-marks-a-year-since-deadly-racist-shooting Berlin on Friday became the first German state to found an expert commission against racism targeted towards Muslims. https://www.thelocal.de/20210219/berlin-starts-first-commission-against-anti-muslim-racism-on-anniversary-of-hanau-attacks Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:42:08 +0100 berlin-starts-first-commission-against-anti-muslim-racism-on-anniversary-of-hanau-attacks The charming German city of Lübeck was lovingly done up for the holidays with fairy lights and garlands but the usual festive bustle was eerily absent this pandemic-scarred winter. https://www.thelocal.de/20201229/coronavirus-hollows-out-german-city-centres Tue, 29 Dec 2020 10:36:31 +0100 coronavirus-hollows-out-german-city-centres The extreme political right in Germany is on the defensive and stands accused of inciting last week's racist attacks in Hanau and others with its anti-migrant diatribes. https://www.thelocal.de/20200223/germanys-extreme-right-under-pressure-after-attacks Sun, 23 Feb 2020 23:05:30 +0100 germanys-extreme-right-under-pressure-after-attacks German ministers promised on Friday to ramp up security and put more police on the streets to quell public fears, two days after a racist gunman killed nine people. https://www.thelocal.de/20200221/security-threat-from-far-right-very-high-in-germany-interior Fri, 21 Feb 2020 11:51:53 +0100 security-threat-from-far-right-very-high-in-germany-interior A man suspected to hold far-right views killed nine people in a shisha bar and a cafe in Germany, where there has been an upsurge in racially motivated and anti-Semitic attacks in recent years. https://www.thelocal.de/20200221/from-the-nsu-to-anti-semitic-attacks-how-racist-and-far-right-terror-in-germany-is-rising Fri, 21 Feb 2020 09:43:20 +0100 from-the-nsu-to-anti-semitic-attacks-how-racist-and-far-right-terror-in-germany-is-rising A man identified only as 43-year-old Tobias R. is believed to have killed nine strangers in shootings at a shisha bar and a cafe in the German city Hanau late Wednesday, before killing his mother and finally himself. https://www.thelocal.de/20200220/what-we-know-about-hanau-shooter-tobias-r Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:29:20 +0100 what-we-know-about-hanau-shooter-tobias-r Residents tearfully embraced each other and laid flowers Thursday in the German city of Hanau after a gunman with suspected far-right beliefs killed nine people at a shisha bar and a cafe. https://www.thelocal.de/20200220/germany-city-hanau-mourns-after-mass-shooting Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:51:44 +0100 germany-city-hanau-mourns-after-mass-shooting A shooter killed nine people in the German city of Hanau in a racist attack. We spoke to anti-terror experts to find out how Germany is reacting and what we can learn. https://www.thelocal.de/20200220/after-hanau-how-can-germany-deal-with-extreme-right-wing-terror Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:15:42 +0100 after-hanau-how-can-germany-deal-with-extreme-right-wing-terror EU chiefs on Thursday expressed shock and sadness after shootings at two bars in Germany left nine people dead. https://www.thelocal.de/20200220/eu-chiefs-express-shock-over-shootings-near-frankfurt Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:41:20 +0100 eu-chiefs-express-shock-over-shootings-near-frankfurt Several people have been killed in two shootings targeting shisha bars in Germany. Here's what we know so far about the attacks. https://www.thelocal.de/20200220/shootings-in-germany-what-we-know-so-far-about-suspected-far-right-shisha-bar-attacks-hanau Thu, 20 Feb 2020 11:31:05 +0100 shootings-in-germany-what-we-know-so-far-about-suspected-far-right-shisha-bar-attacks-hanau German investigators said Thursday they suspected a "xenophobic motive" behind shootings at a shisha bar and a cafe that left 10 dead overnight in the city of Hanau. https://www.thelocal.de/20200220/at-least-eight-dead-after-two-shootings-at-shisha-bars-in-german-state-of-hesse-hanau Thu, 20 Feb 2020 09:29:01 +0100 at-least-eight-dead-after-two-shootings-at-shisha-bars-in-german-state-of-hesse-hanau A group of historical preservation enthusiasts in the Hessian town of Hanau have been honoured for more than 20 years of work to bring the world’s oldest stationary carrousel back to life. https://www.thelocal.de/20101111/31093 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:41:00 +0100 31093