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 Uli Hoeneß, the son of a butcher, rose to fame as Bayern Munich's powerful president and a millionaire businessman who bounced back despite a spectacular own goal which landed him in jail. https://www.thelocal.de/20190830/uli-hoeness-german-football-legend-tax-sinner Fri, 30 Aug 2019 10:54:54 +0200 uli-hoeness-german-football-legend-tax-sinner Tax-evading former Bayern Munich boss Uli Hoeness has been freed on day release, it emerged Friday - just seven months after being jailed for hiding some 28.5 million euros from the tax authorities. https://www.thelocal.de/20150102/ex-bayern-boss-freed-on-day-release Fri, 02 Jan 2015 13:39:00 +0100 ex-bayern-boss-freed-on-day-release UPDATE: A man who admitted to trying to blackmail jailed football legend Uli Hoeneß, former boss of Bayern Munich, for hundreds of thousands of euros was sentenced to three years nine months in prison on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141216/jailbird-admits-to-hoeness-blackmail-attempt-bayern-munich-football Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:00:00 +0100 jailbird-admits-to-hoeness-blackmail-attempt-bayern-munich-football Former Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeneß has lost weight and is living a spartan existence while serving his prison sentence for tax evasion, according to ex-Germany international Gunter Netzer. https://www.thelocal.de/20141102/ex-bayern-president-hoeness-slims-down-in-jail Sun, 02 Nov 2014 09:19:00 +0100 ex-bayern-president-hoeness-slims-down-in-jail The disgraced former president of Bayern Munich FC, Uli Hoeneß has paid €30 million of his outstanding taxes, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Monday, and has taken a day off prison. https://www.thelocal.de/20140922/hoene-pays-up-takes-day-out Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:34:00 +0200 hoene-pays-up-takes-day-out UPDATE: Bayern Munich’s former president Uli Hoeneß started his prison sentence on Monday for tax evasion, 81 days after being sentenced. https://www.thelocal.de/20140602/uli-hoeness-to-start-prison-sentence-today Mon, 02 Jun 2014 14:31:00 +0200 uli-hoeness-to-start-prison-sentence-today Police have arrested a man who tried to blackmail former Bayern Munich supremo Uli Hoeneß, threatening him with violence when he starts his prison term for tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.de/20140513/bayern-munichs-uli-hoeness-blackmailed Tue, 13 May 2014 12:34:00 +0200 bayern-munichs-uli-hoeness-blackmailed The jail which will hold Germany’s most famous prisoner took the unusual step of opening its doors to 150 journalists on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140331/uli-hoeness-prison-jva-landsberg-opens-doors-to-media Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:37:00 +0200 uli-hoeness-prison-jva-landsberg-opens-doors-to-media Despite his conviction for tax fraud, Bayern Munich are planning to welcome back ex-president Uli Hoeneß after he has served his prison sentence. https://www.thelocal.de/20140316/bayern-plan-to-welcome-hoene-back-after-jail Sun, 16 Mar 2014 13:01:14 +0100 bayern-plan-to-welcome-hoene-back-after-jail Bayern Munich on Saturday named their financial mastermind Karl Hopfner as successor to disgraced president Uli Hoeneß, who was convicted this week of tax fraud. https://www.thelocal.de/20140315/bayern-appoint-hopfner-to-succeed-hoeness-as-bayern-president Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:42:00 +0100 bayern-appoint-hopfner-to-succeed-hoeness-as-bayern-president UPDATE: Bayern Munich’s boss Uli Hoeneß resigned from all his posts at the club on Friday morning and decided against appealing his sentence for tax evasion. It means he will now start a three-and-a-half-year jail sentence. https://www.thelocal.de/20140314/bayern-munich-meets-to-decide-on-future-of-uli-hoeness-future Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:08:00 +0100 bayern-munich-meets-to-decide-on-future-of-uli-hoeness-future UPDATE: A German court Thursday sentenced football legend Uli Hoeneß, president of powerhouse club Bayern Munich, to three-and-a-half years in jail for major tax fraud. https://www.thelocal.de/20140313/prosecutors-seek-five-years-in-jail-for-bayerm-munich-boss-uli-hoeness-in-tax-evasion-trial Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:06:00 +0100 prosecutors-seek-five-years-in-jail-for-bayerm-munich-boss-uli-hoeness-in-tax-evasion-trial UPDATE: Bayern Munich boss Uli Hoeneß faced a damaging testimony in a tax trial on Tuesday when an official charged the German football legend had withheld incriminating evidence for over a year and avoided €23.7 million in tax. https://www.thelocal.de/20140311/bayern-munich-boss-uli-honeness-faces-damaging-testinmony-at-tax-trial Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:55:00 +0100 bayern-munich-boss-uli-honeness-faces-damaging-testinmony-at-tax-trial On the first day of his tax evasion trial, Bayern Munich boss Uli Hoeneß confessed he had evaded at least €18.5 million in taxes - €15 million more than prosecutors had initially believed. https://www.thelocal.de/20140310/bayern-munich-boss-uli-hoeness-tax-evasion-trial Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:56:00 +0100 bayern-munich-boss-uli-hoeness-tax-evasion-trial The trial of Bayern Munich boss Uli Hoeneß kicks off on Monday in a case which could rewrite legal history. But fans told The Local they would stand by the football legend even if he is sent to jail. https://www.thelocal.de/20140310/fans-stick-by-bayern-boss-trial Mon, 10 Mar 2014 08:51:00 +0100 fans-stick-by-bayern-boss-trial German football legend Uli Hoeneß, boss of champion club Bayern Munich, will face a high-profile tax evasion trial from Monday, accused of having stashed away millions in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.de/20140308/germanys-bayern-football-boss-to-face-tax-trial Sat, 08 Mar 2014 11:33:00 +0100 germanys-bayern-football-boss-to-face-tax-trial Bayern Munich has signed a €110 million investment deal with insurance giant Allianz, securing funds for its stadium and youth training centre, the club announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140212/bayern-land-110-million Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:30:00 +0100 bayern-land-110-million It is starting to look like to be someone in Germany you have to pay back taxes on money that has been stashed away in a tax haven. The spate of apologies is being prompted by a race-against-time clause, a law professor told The Local. https://www.thelocal.de/20140205/tax-evaders-dash-to-beat-prosecution-clock Wed, 05 Feb 2014 15:41:00 +0100 tax-evaders-dash-to-beat-prosecution-clock The number of people coming forward to declare unpaid tax to German authorities has tripled in the wake of the high profile case of Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeneß, who faces trial this year for alleged tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.de/20140102/uli-hoeness-case-prompts-tax-evaders-to-declare-unpaid-taxes-germany Thu, 02 Jan 2014 11:57:00 +0100 uli-hoeness-case-prompts-tax-evaders-to-declare-unpaid-taxes-germany Injured Germany captain Michael Ballack has been urged to retire from international football by Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeneß and forget about leading the national team at Euro 2012. https://www.thelocal.de/20100603/27615 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:02:00 +0200 27615