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 A German NGO boat was stranded for days in the Mediterranean with 230 migrants on board while Berlin refused to help out. Some in Germany have accused the government of playing politics with innocent people’s lives; others describe the NGO as “people smugglers.” https://www.thelocal.de/20180628/the-german-ngo-ship-lifeline-people-smugglers-or-life-savers Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:31:45 +0200 the-german-ngo-ship-lifeline-people-smugglers-or-life-savers Italian police on Thursday raided Volkswagen's main office in the country and those of its sports car unit Lamborghini in connection with the investigation into the company's rigging of emissions tests. https://www.thelocal.de/20151015/italian-cops-raid-vw-and-lamborghini-offices Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:00:07 +0200 italian-cops-raid-vw-and-lamborghini-offices Passengers and crew on a Germanwings flight from Cologne to Milan were on Sunday ordered to evacuate the plane as it prepared to take off due to a bomb alert. https://www.thelocal.de/20150413/bomb-alert-grounds-germanwings-flight Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:50:42 +0200 bomb-alert-grounds-germanwings-flight