The Local Germany 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 Electricity bills in Germany - how to keep your costs down Hundreds of German electricity providers have announced that they are raising prices starting on January 1st. But you can avoid it - and you'll probably save a lot of cash in the process. https://www.thelocal.de/20161124/heres-how-to-avoid-the-new-year-electricity-bill-hike Thu, 24 Nov 2016 13:39:31 +0100 heres-how-to-avoid-the-new-year-electricity-bill-hike Report: German wealth shrank by 15% in decade A new study shows that the value of private household assets has actually dropped over the past decade, contradicting prior reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20150820/report-german-assets-dropped-by-15-in-decade Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:05:41 +0200 report-german-assets-dropped-by-15-in-decade Germans are poorer than Italians and French Germans are poorer than Italians and the French, despite living in Europe’s biggest economy and bailing out struggling southern European countries. https://www.thelocal.de/20131010/52325 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:30:00 +0200 52325