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 US President Joe Biden is to meet with outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Washington next month, the White House said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20210611/us-president-biden-to-meet-merkel-in-washington-in-july Fri, 11 Jun 2021 18:22:41 +0200 us-president-biden-to-meet-merkel-in-washington-in-july German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed relief that Joe Biden was replacing Donald Trump as US president on Wednesday, calling it a "good day for democracy". https://www.thelocal.de/20210120/german-president-greatly-relieved-at-us-change-of-power Wed, 20 Jan 2021 12:35:40 +0100 german-president-greatly-relieved-at-us-change-of-power German Chancellor Angela Merkel congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and said trans-atlantic ties were "irreplaceable", alluding to tensions during Donald Trump's leadership. https://www.thelocal.de/20201107/germany-us-friendship-is-irreplaceable-merkel-sends-congratulations-to-joe-biden Sat, 07 Nov 2020 21:25:13 +0100 germany-us-friendship-is-irreplaceable-merkel-sends-congratulations-to-joe-biden Confidential US documents published by Wikileaks have revealed that Vice President Joe Biden believes Germany has completely failed to train Afghanistan's new police force properly. https://www.thelocal.de/20101202/31561 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:31:00 +0100 31561