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 Members of Chancellor Angela Merkel's party are trying to combat the decline of internships since the introduction of the minimum wage. https://www.thelocal.de/20160801/merkels-party-mates-push-end-to-minimum-wage-for-interns-internships Mon, 01 Aug 2016 13:02:50 +0200 merkels-party-mates-push-end-to-minimum-wage-for-interns-internships The United states should "follow the example of Germany" and take in more refugees fleeing conflicts around the world, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in Berlin on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160226/facebook-zuckerberg-hopes-us-will-follow-german-example Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:09:39 +0100 facebook-zuckerberg-hopes-us-will-follow-german-example As current coalition talks include a possible minimum wage for interns. The Local's intern Fred Searle looks at the rights which Germany’s so-called “internship generation” does and does not already have. https://www.thelocal.de/20131104/rights-for-interns Mon, 04 Nov 2013 17:11:00 +0100 rights-for-interns Hackers from the Chaos Computer Club on Sunday said the German government’s controversial spy software contained dangerous security flaws while allowing potentially illegal activity. https://www.thelocal.de/20111009/38097 Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:11:00 +0200 38097 Daimler has complained against a Facebook group and contacted employees who said they ‘liked’ a comment on the page calling the car giant’s CEO a liar. https://www.thelocal.de/20110525/35227 Wed, 25 May 2011 10:07:00 +0200 35227 China’s government has blocked its citizens from logging onto a German website celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall because Chinese bloggers were using it to voice civil rights concerns in their own country, the site announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20091030/22927 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:35:00 +0100 22927 An article poking fun at the lengthy name of new Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg turned out to be a joke on some of the biggest names in the German media after it was revealed they had been tricked by a Wikipedia prankster. https://www.thelocal.de/20090212/17397 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:02:00 +0100 17397