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 Germany's foreign minister heaped criticism on Russia and China on Saturday over their veto of a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at ending the violence in Syria, calling it a "veto against the Syrian people." https://www.thelocal.de/20120205/40547 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:32:00 +0100 40547 German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière said Europe should not fear a renewed US focus on Asia and must increasingly look after its own backyard militarily, in remarks made during the 48th annual Munich Security Conference. https://www.thelocal.de/20120204/40543 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:47:00 +0100 40543 A group of Syrian dissidents vandalised the Syrian embassy in Berlin on Friday, destroying furniture and defacing pictures of President Bashar al-Assad. Germany's Foreign Office condemned the intrusion "in the strongest terms." https://www.thelocal.de/20120204/40533 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:32:00 +0100 40533 Germany's foreign minister assured Americans Friday that Europe left socialism behind two decades ago, despite statements to the contrary by Republicans on the US presidential campaign trail. https://www.thelocal.de/20120121/40247 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:17:00 +0100 40247 Germany joined top diplomats in piling pressure on Turkey and Israel to make up Saturday, after Ankara's decision to expel the Jewish state's ambassador in retaliation for last year's deadly Gaza flotilla raid. https://www.thelocal.de/20110903/37365 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 17:31:00 +0200 37365 German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle announced that Berlin will skip the United Nations' Durban anti-racism conference, with an eye toward anti-Israel remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the 2009 summit. https://www.thelocal.de/20110903/37357 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:06:00 +0200 37357 A high-ranking German diplomat in the Turkish capital Ankara has reportedly been attacked by three men wielding döner kebab knives following a traffic altercation. https://www.thelocal.de/20110104/32215 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:53:00 +0100 32215 An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery said on Saturday she would sue two German journalists who have been jailed in Iran for interviewing her son. https://www.thelocal.de/20110101/32159 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:53:00 +0100 32159 Germany has condemned Belarus's decision to order the closure of the OSCE's office in Minsk, saying the move was another step backwards for democratic rights in the ex-Soviet republic. https://www.thelocal.de/20110101/32153 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:52:00 +0100 32153 Germany praised the US Senate's ratification of a nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia late on Wednesday and urged Moscow to quickly grant its own final approval. https://www.thelocal.de/20101223/31991 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:57:00 +0100 31991 France and Germany decided Tuesday to block Bulgaria and Romania from joining Europe's borderless 25-nation Schengen area next year, a move denounced by the Romanian president as discriminatory. https://www.thelocal.de/20101221/31955 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:49:00 +0100 31955 Former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt has blasted as “foolish” the United States’ pursuit of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. https://www.thelocal.de/20101221/31947 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:26:00 +0100 31947 Leading members of the pro-business Free Democratic Party are reportedly considering deposing Guido Westerwelle as party boss and foreign minister to reverse the FDP’s fortunes going into an important election year. https://www.thelocal.de/20101216/31859 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:01:00 +0100 31859 The leaders of economic powerhouses Germany and India said Saturday they were confident they could boost bilateral trade by some €7 billion euros, or about $9 billion, in the next two years. https://www.thelocal.de/20101212/31759 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 13:31:00 +0100 31759 More documents released by Wikileaks this week have shown that Washington put intense pressure on Berlin not to enforce arrest warrants against CIA agents involved in the 2003 abduction of a German citizen mistakenly believed to be a terrorist. https://www.thelocal.de/20101209/31697 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:01:00 +0100 31697 With just two days left at the UN climate change summit in Cancún, Mexico, German Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen appealed to the leaders to see climate protection as an economic opportunity, and not a burden. https://www.thelocal.de/20101209/31701 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:00:00 +0100 31701 The US ambassador to Berlin, Philip Murphy, sought Wednesday to stem the diplomatic damage from awkward cables on WikiLeaks, calling Germany's maligned Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle "a friend." https://www.thelocal.de/20101208/31695 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:30:00 +0100 31695 A major WikiLeaks donor is in trouble in Germany for not filing its accounts on time, but tax authorities insisted Tuesday this was unrelated to its ties to the controversial web organisation. https://www.thelocal.de/20101207/31651 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:11:00 +0100 31651 The Berlin Film Festival has invited outspoken Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi, who was jailed for three months for work deemed "anti-regime," to serve on its jury in February. https://www.thelocal.de/20101207/31641 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:58:00 +0100 31641 Germany and its soldiers are disliked by Afghans more than ever before, a new poll revealed Monday, with almost 40 percent of respondents living near Bundeswehr bases favouring attacks on its troops. https://www.thelocal.de/20101206/31631 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:20:00 +0100 31631