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 foreign intelligence service violated the constitution by spying on internet data from foreigners abroad, Germany's top court ruled Tuesday in a victory for overseas journalists who brought the case. https://www.thelocal.de/20200519/court-slams-german-spies-foreign-internet-surveillance Tue, 19 May 2020 12:46:52 +0200 court-slams-german-spies-foreign-internet-surveillance Security authorities say there are more than 40 dangerous far-right extremists in Germany. Here's how they want to crack down on potential attackers. https://www.thelocal.de/20191015/how-germany-plans-to-crack-down-on-far-right-extremists Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:24:46 +0200 how-germany-plans-to-crack-down-on-far-right-extremists Germany's domestic intelligence agency is creating 300 jobs to crackdown on right-wing terrorism and "extremist activities in the public sector". https://www.thelocal.de/20190924/germany-to-create-300-jobs-to-fight-right-wing-extremism Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:08:23 +0200 germany-to-create-300-jobs-to-fight-right-wing-extremism German media reported on Thursday that Angela Merkel's Chancellery has been included in an ongoing investigation into a recent WikiLeaks release of confidential documents. https://www.thelocal.de/20170421/chancellery-investigated-in-hunt-for-wikileaks-sources-reports Fri, 21 Apr 2017 13:04:03 +0200 chancellery-investigated-in-hunt-for-wikileaks-sources-reports The Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), Germany’s foreign intelligence service, spied on journalists from the BBC, New York times and Reuters, according to a report in Spiegel. https://www.thelocal.de/20170224/german-intelligence-eavesdropped-on-foreign-journalists-report Fri, 24 Feb 2017 16:51:03 +0100 german-intelligence-eavesdropped-on-foreign-journalists-report A parliamentary intelligence group is on Monday reviewing possible mistakes made by security agencies leading up to the Berlin Christmas market attack, in which 12 people were killed by a suspect known to officials. https://www.thelocal.de/20170116/german-parliament-mulls-possible-mistakes-made-before-berlin-attack Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:24:16 +0100 german-parliament-mulls-possible-mistakes-made-before-berlin-attack Opposition parties have accused the coalition government of overstepping its authority in its attempt to block American whistleblower Edward Snowden's trip to Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20161202/berlin-uses-dirty-tricks-to-block-snowden-trip-to-germany Fri, 02 Dec 2016 15:58:53 +0100 berlin-uses-dirty-tricks-to-block-snowden-trip-to-germany The German army are planning stricter checks of their soldiers as officials fear that jihadists could be using the armed forces as a way to train. https://www.thelocal.de/20160831/german-army-to-tighten-checks-of-soldiers-amid-concerns-of-jihadists Wed, 31 Aug 2016 20:00:19 +0200 german-army-to-tighten-checks-of-soldiers-amid-concerns-of-jihadists The coalition government has agreed upon a new draft law which will stop German intelligence services from spying on other EU states and prevent industrial espionage. https://www.thelocal.de/20151113/berlin-agrees-measures-to-control-german-spooks Fri, 13 Nov 2015 10:15:41 +0100 berlin-agrees-measures-to-control-german-spooks MPs in Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) are planning to put Germany's security services on a much tighter leash in the future following a wave of scandals, media reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150826/mps-plan-new-close-watch-on-spooks Wed, 26 Aug 2015 10:46:39 +0200 mps-plan-new-close-watch-on-spooks The scandal around an investigation into journalists reporting on classified information deepened on Tuesday as new information showed that officials from the Chancellery and the Interior Ministry tried to uncover reporters' sources. https://www.thelocal.de/20150804/merkels-office-hunted-journalists-sources Tue, 04 Aug 2015 10:33:09 +0200 merkels-office-hunted-journalists-sources A documentary to be broadcast on Monday based on documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden shows that Germany is caught up in an inescapable digital arms race. https://www.thelocal.de/20150109/digital-arms-race-has-begun-snowden-germany-cyber-war-internet-hacking-nsa-intelligence Fri, 09 Jan 2015 11:15:00 +0100 digital-arms-race-has-begun-snowden-germany-cyber-war-internet-hacking-nsa-intelligence Germany's secret service chief Gerhard Schindler said on Monday that his agency had stopped 19 attacks on German soldiers in Afghanistan since 2011. https://www.thelocal.de/20141104/spy-boss-says-hes-stopped-19-attacks Tue, 04 Nov 2014 09:40:00 +0100 spy-boss-says-hes-stopped-19-attacks Germany debated retaliatory measures against the United States on Tuesday after reports of an alleged double agent stoked still smouldering public anger over the NSA scandal. https://www.thelocal.de/20140708/lawyer-of-german-us-bnd-double-agent-says-client-not-much-of-spy Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:12:00 +0200 lawyer-of-german-us-bnd-double-agent-says-client-not-much-of-spy A brain training website released scores on Wednesday showing which German towns performed best and worst in a range of cognitive tests - with some surprising results. https://www.thelocal.de/20140424/brain-game-names-germanys-smartest-towns Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:05:00 +0200 brain-game-names-germanys-smartest-towns One in six German adults has the reading age of a ten-year-old, while 13 percent cannot use a computer mouse, according to an international intelligence test released on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20131008/52297 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:38:00 +0200 52297 Chancellor Angela Merkel confirmed German secret services profited from the spying and tapping operations of their USA colleagues. But whistleblower Edward Snowden says the extent of the cooperation was hidden from politicians. https://www.thelocal.de/20130708/50745 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 17:00:00 +0200 50745 German intelligence services had identified neo-Nazi gang the National Socialist Underground (NSU) as a “terror cell” months before members killed their first victim in 2000, a secret document condemning the state's inaction has revealed. https://www.thelocal.de/20130522/49855 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:10:00 +0200 49855 New leaders for Germany’s federal police force and its domestic intelligence service were appointed to their respective authorities on Wednesday - after weeks of resignations, sackings and bad feeling. https://www.thelocal.de/20120801/44113 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:20:00 +0200 44113 The shredding of secret service files on the German far-right scene could well have ruined any hope of banning the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD), a government party spokesman said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120723/43917 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:48:00 +0200 43917