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 The German government on Wednesday relaxed rules on culling wolves, as the population of the predator has grown since returning to the country two decades ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20190522/wolves-in-germany-can-be-shot-if-they-harm Wed, 22 May 2019 14:57:54 +0200 wolves-in-germany-can-be-shot-if-they-harm Germany said Wednesday it would hold firm on its decision to halt weapons exports to Saudi Arabia, shrugging off British warnings that the embargo could hurt European credibility and efforts to bring peace in Yemen. https://www.thelocal.de/20190221/germany-set-on-saudi-arms-ban-despite-british-warning Thu, 21 Feb 2019 09:47:30 +0100 germany-set-on-saudi-arms-ban-despite-british-warning Britain can only avoid a hard Brexit if it reaches a deal with the EU to resolve the Irish backstop issue, UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said in Berlin during a speech on the two countries' friendship. https://www.thelocal.de/20190220/an-deal-with-the-eu-to-resolve-irish-backstop-issue-only-way-to-avoid-hard-brext Wed, 20 Feb 2019 12:08:24 +0100 an-deal-with-the-eu-to-resolve-irish-backstop-issue-only-way-to-avoid-hard-brext A German hunter has reignited Zimbabwe's hunting debate after shooting dead one of the largest elephants ever seen in the country – but the company behind the hunt wants to remain anonymous. https://www.thelocal.de/20151016/german-hunters-jumbo-kill-causes-public-anger Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:31:53 +0200 german-hunters-jumbo-kill-causes-public-anger Police in eastern Germany are hunting a sadist who had killed and beheaded a wolf - and drawing a link with a similar outrage last year. https://www.thelocal.de/20150105/wolf-decapitator-hunted-by-police Mon, 05 Jan 2015 09:36:00 +0100 wolf-decapitator-hunted-by-police Efforts by animal lovers to catch runaway cow Yvonne before hunters find her, have been stepped up with Ernst the bull and soon her own son Friesi being deployed to tempt her out of woods in Bavaria. https://www.thelocal.de/20110813/36935 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:33:00 +0200 36935