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 Manfred Weber of the centre-right European People's Party will meet Hungarian populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban to discuss his Fidesz Party's dispute with the EPP, a German newspaper reported. https://www.thelocal.de/20190310/germanys-epp-leader-to-deliver-ultimatum-to-hungarys-orban Sun, 10 Mar 2019 10:16:14 +0100 germanys-epp-leader-to-deliver-ultimatum-to-hungarys-orban The German government confirmed on Tuesday that it had stopped sending refugees back to Hungary due to the EU member’s poor human rights record. https://www.thelocal.de/20170829/germany-stops-sending-refugees-back-to-hungary-over-rights-record Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:37:53 +0200 germany-stops-sending-refugees-back-to-hungary-over-rights-record Germany said Tuesday it is refraining from transferring asylum seekers to Hungary under EU rules until Budapest gives assurances that the migrants would not be systematically detained. https://www.thelocal.de/20170411/germany-stops-sending-refugees-to-hungary Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:42:19 +0200 germany-stops-sending-refugees-to-hungary Eastern EU countries on Friday pushed for the bloc to create a joint army as they met with Germany for talks on sketching Europe's post-Brexit future. https://www.thelocal.de/20160826/eastern-europe-pushes-germany-for-joint-eu-army Fri, 26 Aug 2016 18:19:43 +0200 eastern-europe-pushes-germany-for-joint-eu-army German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday criticised an eastern European proposal to close the Balkans refugee route and vowed to push for a plan with Turkey to reduce the influx at an EU summit. https://www.thelocal.de/20160216/merkel-dismisses-plan-to-fence-off-balkans Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:17:36 +0100 merkel-dismisses-plan-to-fence-off-balkans Leaders of Eastern European states opposed to Germany's open-door refugee policy have been quick to tell Germany 'we told you so' after the Cologne sexual assaults. https://www.thelocal.de/20160112/eastern-europe-feels-vindicated-after-cologne-attacks Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:14:38 +0100 eastern-europe-feels-vindicated-after-cologne-attacks Germany on Tuesday toughened rules for asylum seekers from the Balkans as Europe struggled to cope with a surge in migrants, with new figures showing more than half a million have crossed the Mediterranean this year. https://www.thelocal.de/20150930/germany-will-deport-west-balkan-migrants-faster Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:21:30 +0200 germany-will-deport-west-balkan-migrants-faster The migrant influx into southern Germany slowed to about 7,000 irregular entries at the weekend, after two weekends that each saw 20,000 arrive, police said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150921/weekend-refugee-arrivals-fall-below-10000 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 19:39:02 +0200 weekend-refugee-arrivals-fall-below-10000 Germany will place 4,000 soldiers on standby over the weekend to help with a new wave of up to 40,000 refugees arriving in the country, Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. Meanwhile, diplomatic efforts to soften up Germany's eastern EU neighbours made little progress. https://www.thelocal.de/20150911/refugees-are-eus-biggest-ever-challenge-germany Fri, 11 Sep 2015 18:11:39 +0200 refugees-are-eus-biggest-ever-challenge-germany Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban insisted Thursday the migrant crisis was a German problem, not a European one as he defended his government's handling of thousands of refugees flooding into his country. https://www.thelocal.de/20150903/hungary-says-refugees-are-german-problem Thu, 03 Sep 2015 13:57:26 +0200 hungary-says-refugees-are-german-problem Germany, France and Italy called for an overhaul of laws on the right of asylum and a fairer distribution of migrants throughout the European Union, Italy's foreign minister said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150903/asylum-rules-must-chage-germany-italy-france Thu, 03 Sep 2015 10:30:45 +0200 asylum-rules-must-chage-germany-italy-france UPDATE: As over 1,000 refugees arrived in Munich from Hungary by train on Tuesday, police in the Bavarian capital said they were "overwhelmed" by the amount of food, water and other supplies donated by local people to those in need. https://www.thelocal.de/20150901/migrants-flee-budapest-for-vienna-and-munich Tue, 01 Sep 2015 10:26:25 +0200 migrants-flee-budapest-for-vienna-and-munich After Hungary announced that it would stop obeying EU rules on refugees, the country's ambassador came in for a stern talking-to from both the Foreign and Interior ministries in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20150625/govt-summons-hungarian-ambassador-over-refugees Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:28:50 +0200 govt-summons-hungarian-ambassador-over-refugees Chancellor Angela Merkel used a visit to Budapest on Monday to challenge right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban to end his crackdown on domestic dissenters and join other European nations in facing the Ukraine crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20150202/merkel-calls-for-hungary-to-protect-civil-rights Mon, 02 Feb 2015 18:02:00 +0100 merkel-calls-for-hungary-to-protect-civil-rights Hungary's ultra-conservative prime minister Viktor Orbán - accused of dismantling democratic institutions in his own country - thanked Chancellor Angela Merkel for her support during his visit to Berlin on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140509/merkel-hungarian Fri, 09 May 2014 11:09:00 +0200 merkel-hungarian Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán deepened diplomatic tensions with Germany after comparing the policies of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the Nazi military invasion of his country ordered by Adolf Hitler. https://www.thelocal.de/20130520/49805 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:44:00 +0200 49805 Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban slammed on Friday as "brain-washing" an item on German television news for children that was highly critical about his government's adherence to democratic norms. https://www.thelocal.de/20130323/48709 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:23:00 +0100 48709 A sadistic pimp not only beat the women he forced into prostitution – he had turned his genitalia into a weapon with metal implants and used it to hurt them further, a court in Frankfurt has heard. https://www.thelocal.de/20120118/40181 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:09:00 +0100 40181 Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has played down German criticism of his government's controversial new media laws, saying Hungary was conforming to European Union rules. https://www.thelocal.de/20101224/32015 Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:07:00 +0100 32015 The remains of German billionaire Friedrich Karl Flick, which were stolen a year ago, have been recovered in Hungary, the police announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20091130/23633 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:38:00 +0100 23633