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 Thirteen people, including German tourists, have been killed after a cable car disconnected and fell near the summit of the Mottarone mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. https://www.thelocal.de/20210523/13-killed-after-cable-car-falls-in-italy-say-emergency-services-2 Sun, 23 May 2021 16:15:00 +0200 13-killed-after-cable-car-falls-in-italy-say-emergency-services-2 Italy's interior ministry said on Saturday it had expelled a Tunisian national linked to the man who carried out a deadly 2016 attack on a Berlin Christmas market. https://www.thelocal.de/20200606/italy-expels-tunisian-tied-to-berlin-christmas-market-attack Sat, 06 Jun 2020 13:54:29 +0200 italy-expels-tunisian-tied-to-berlin-christmas-market-attack Italy's freelancers and self-employed were hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic with their livelihoods threatened by the sudden loss of income. The Italian government put in a place a scheme to help them survive, but how well did it achieve its aim? https://www.thelocal.de/20200530/how-well-is-italys-bonus-600-payment-for-the-self-employed-really-working Sat, 30 May 2020 11:53:43 +0200 how-well-is-italys-bonus-600-payment-for-the-self-employed-really-working Hospitals in the eastern German state of Saxony will take on at least six Italian coronavirus patients who are unable to receive treatment in their own country, state premier Michael Kretschmer said. https://www.thelocal.de/20200324/german-state-of-saxony-to-take-in-italian-coronavirus-patients Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:43:36 +0100 german-state-of-saxony-to-take-in-italian-coronavirus-patients An Italian judge has said that German Sea-Watch 3 captain Carola Rackete is free to go, three days after her arrest for docking with 40 migrants aboard her rescue ship in defiance of an Italian ban. https://www.thelocal.de/20190703/a-big-win-for-solidarity-with-refugees-german-migrant-rescue-captain-freed Wed, 03 Jul 2019 10:41:20 +0200 a-big-win-for-solidarity-with-refugees-german-migrant-rescue-captain-freed Worker-starved Germany is desperate to fill job vacancies, including in the medical sector. That's why organizations are looking for potential employees abroad. https://www.thelocal.de/20190404/focus-how-italians-are-filling-the-gap-in-the-german-job-market Thu, 04 Apr 2019 16:57:38 +0200 focus-how-italians-are-filling-the-gap-in-the-german-job-market German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer on Sunday said he hoped for a breakthrough this week in talks with Italy and Greece on taking back asylum-seekers already registered in those countries, as Berlin toughens its migration policies. https://www.thelocal.de/20180806/seehofer-pushes-italy-and-greece-to-take-back-more-migrants Mon, 06 Aug 2018 12:38:47 +0200 seehofer-pushes-italy-and-greece-to-take-back-more-migrants Italy has told Germany it will continue to accept migrants rescued at sea, at least until an EU-wide plan to address how to distribute people can be defined. https://www.thelocal.de/20180724/italy-agrees-to-accept-migrants-rescued-at-sea-after-berlin-meeting Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:00:48 +0200 italy-agrees-to-accept-migrants-rescued-at-sea-after-berlin-meeting The battle over migrant flows within the EU has become so fractious that various politicians have warned that Europe’s future is at stake. But recently released numbers show that not all is as it seems. https://www.thelocal.de/20180625/why-nrw-is-arguably-more-of-a-front-line-state-on-refugees-than-italy Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:47:06 +0200 why-nrw-is-arguably-more-of-a-front-line-state-on-refugees-than-italy European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has warned Germans to respect the new eurosceptic Italian government, having told Italians to work harder and stop blaming the EU for the country's problems. https://www.thelocal.de/20180602/juncker-calls-on-germans-to-respect-for-new-italy-govt Sat, 02 Jun 2018 12:10:32 +0200 juncker-calls-on-germans-to-respect-for-new-italy-govt The standoff between Italy's president and the populist coalition hoping to form a government centres on their pick for economy minister, the staunch eurosceptic Paolo Savona, who has been described by a former finance minister as “radically anti-German”. https://www.thelocal.de/20180526/eurosceptic-in-italys-government-standoff-is-radically-anti-german Sat, 26 May 2018 16:18:40 +0200 eurosceptic-in-italys-government-standoff-is-radically-anti-german Italian and German police have rounded up more than 160 suspects in a vast anti-mafia operation in the two countries, cracking open a crime empire that grew rich on bread, wine and funeral services. https://www.thelocal.de/20180109/over-160-suspects-arrested-in-german-italian-anti-mafia-sweep Tue, 09 Jan 2018 15:29:52 +0100 over-160-suspects-arrested-in-german-italian-anti-mafia-sweep A German NGO whose migrant rescue boat was impounded by Italian authorities on suspicion of collusion with people traffickers said on Tuesday it had been the victim of a "despicable smear campaign". https://www.thelocal.de/20170920/german-ngo-demands-italy-release-seized-migrant-rescue-boat Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:33:59 +0200 german-ngo-demands-italy-release-seized-migrant-rescue-boat German intelligence agencies believe that the Italian mafia have clearly increased their presence in the Bundesrepublik since 2008. https://www.thelocal.de/20170816/italian-mafia-quadruples-presence-in-germany-over-less-than-decade Wed, 16 Aug 2017 11:34:59 +0200 italian-mafia-quadruples-presence-in-germany-over-less-than-decade Italian authorities on Wednesday impounded a German NGO's migrant rescue boat on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20170802/italy-impounds-german-ngo-migrant-rescue-boat-suspect-of-aiding-illegal-immigration Wed, 02 Aug 2017 18:25:38 +0200 italy-impounds-german-ngo-migrant-rescue-boat-suspect-of-aiding-illegal-immigration Ten years after one of the bloodiest mafia shoot-outs in Germany, Italian and German politicians and researchers gathered in Berlin to discuss how to combat such criminal groups that still have a solid presence in the Bundesrepublik. https://www.thelocal.de/20170713/the-mafia-are-invisible-but-almost-everywhere-in-germany-experts-say Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:47:27 +0200 the-mafia-are-invisible-but-almost-everywhere-in-germany-experts-say Investor confidence in Germany held steady in December despite uncertainty over Italy's troubled banks and upcoming elections in Europe, the ZEW economic institute said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20161213/german-investors-stay-optimistic-zew Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:52:58 +0100 german-investors-stay-optimistic-zew Chancellor Angela Merkel lost a key ally on Sunday night as Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigned after losing a referendum on constitutional reform. But anti-immigrant populists in Germany welcomed the result. https://www.thelocal.de/20161205/why-germany-is-worried-by-italys-referendum-result Mon, 05 Dec 2016 12:17:36 +0100 why-germany-is-worried-by-italys-referendum-result Germany pledged on Wednesday to rebuild a school in earthquake-hit central Italy as a probe intensified into why at least one primary school and other buildings collapsed, causing nearly 300 deaths. https://www.thelocal.de/20160901/germany-to-rebuild-quake-hit-school-in-italy Thu, 01 Sep 2016 13:08:49 +0200 germany-to-rebuild-quake-hit-school-in-italy Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced optimism on Tuesday that Italy will be able to head off a banking crisis and insisted the situation would not snowball into a new eurozone emergency. https://www.thelocal.de/20160712/merkel-sees-no-eurozone-crisis-developing-over-italys-banks-2 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:52:35 +0200 merkel-sees-no-eurozone-crisis-developing-over-italys-banks-2