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 Chancellor Angela Merkel has reportedly slammed plans by state leaders to allow families to stay over the festive period. https://www.thelocal.de/20201130/merkel-slams-state-plans-to-open-hotels-for-families-over-christmas Mon, 30 Nov 2020 17:42:39 +0100 merkel-slams-state-plans-to-open-hotels-for-families-over-christmas There are still more questions than answers after three people were found dead in a Bavarian hotel from crossbow injuries, and two others were found dead in an apartment in Lower Saxony. https://www.thelocal.de/20190514/new-details-emerge-in-bavarian-crossbow-death-mystery Tue, 14 May 2019 14:27:26 +0200 new-details-emerge-in-bavarian-crossbow-death-mystery If you're a fan of Wurst, you'll love Germany's 'first and only' sausage-themed hotel. We went to find out who's behind it and what it's like to stay there. https://www.thelocal.de/20190130/wurst Wed, 30 Jan 2019 09:15:46 +0100 wurst US President Donald Trump reportedly struggled at first to find a place to stay on his first official visit to Germany. But the Hamburg city government has come to his rescue, German media report. https://www.thelocal.de/20170609/trump-finally-finds-place-to-stay-in-hamburg-for-g20-summit Fri, 09 Jun 2017 19:29:15 +0200 trump-finally-finds-place-to-stay-in-hamburg-for-g20-summit A woman had a three-night affair with a man at a hotel. Nine months later she gave birth, but all she knew about the likely father was his first name. Should the hotel give her more details? https://www.thelocal.de/20170502/woman-sues-hotel-to-find-name-of-lover-after-summer-fling-leads-to-baby Tue, 02 May 2017 13:20:06 +0200 woman-sues-hotel-to-find-name-of-lover-after-summer-fling-leads-to-baby French filmaker Claude Lanzmann has claimed that a luxury hotel in Berlin deliberately leaves the Israeli dialling code out of its directory for the sake of its Arab clients. https://www.thelocal.de/20160811/lanzmann-kempinski-berlin-israel Thu, 11 Aug 2016 20:02:56 +0200 lanzmann-kempinski-berlin-israel Police were called to a bizarre incident at a hotel on Sunday after a woman reported an unknown man in her bed. https://www.thelocal.de/20160329/woman-calls-police-after-finding-own-husband-in-bed Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:13:56 +0200 woman-calls-police-after-finding-own-husband-in-bed Munich's old city centre is to receive an ultra modern addition to its skyline in the shape of a new hotel dubbed 'the Tetris cube'. https://www.thelocal.de/20140423/munich-to-get-tetris-cube-hotel Wed, 23 Apr 2014 16:27:00 +0200 munich-to-get-tetris-cube-hotel Developers revealed plans on Tuesday to build Germany's highest hotel rising 175 metres above the city in the Neukölln area of Berlin. It will boast 814 rooms on 46 floors. https://www.thelocal.de/20140226/highest-hotel-in-germany-planned-for-berlin-neukoelln Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:54:00 +0100 highest-hotel-in-germany-planned-for-berlin-neukoelln This 180-seater theatre and hotel in Baden-Württemberg is on the market for €750,000. Perfect for plays and hosting hundreds of guests, it is not your average property. https://www.thelocal.de/20131114/theatre-cum-hotel-in-baden-wuerttemberg Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:19:00 +0100 theatre-cum-hotel-in-baden-wuerttemberg A guilt-racked American thief has returned a letter-writing set 40 years after he stole it from a luxury Munich hotel. https://www.thelocal.de/20130204/47693 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:00:00 +0100 47693 The German government is considering retracting the much-criticised reduction in sales tax for hotel stays, which came into force on January 1. The measure is one of several aimed at shoring up Germany's ailing state finances. https://www.thelocal.de/20100529/27507 Sat, 29 May 2010 13:21:00 +0200 27507 The Free Democratic Party (FDP) has dismissed a call made by the Left party for a ban on donations to political parties by private companies, following accusations that the FDP was bribable. https://www.thelocal.de/20100119/24677 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:29:00 +0100 24677