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 Two German journalists on Sunday left Turkey after Ankara refused to renew their accreditation, a move condemned by Berlin as "unacceptable". https://www.thelocal.de/20190310/german-journalists-forced-to-leave-turkey-after-accreditation-row Sun, 10 Mar 2019 18:41:14 +0100 german-journalists-forced-to-leave-turkey-after-accreditation-row The Die Welt journalist Deniz Yücel was arrested a year ago on Wednesday by Turkish authorities. Twelve months later he is still in jail despite never having been charged with a crime. https://www.thelocal.de/20180214/one-year-on-and-german-journalist-still-sits-in-turkish-jail-without-charge Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:06:37 +0100 one-year-on-and-german-journalist-still-sits-in-turkish-jail-without-charge German media groups protested on Wednesday after government authorities at last week's G20 summit suddenly withdrew the accreditations of 32 journalists on unspecified security grounds. https://www.thelocal.de/20170713/german-journalists-furious-after-32-reporters-barred-from-g20 Thu, 13 Jul 2017 11:01:28 +0200 german-journalists-furious-after-32-reporters-barred-from-g20 Update: Germany on Friday demanded access to a female German journalist it said had been held in police custody in Turkey since last month without consular representation. https://www.thelocal.de/20170512/german-translator-and-journalist-arrested-in-turkey-report Fri, 12 May 2017 13:21:52 +0200 german-translator-and-journalist-arrested-in-turkey-report The German magazine Bunte was ordered Friday to pay €50,000 in damages plus legal fees to Michael Schumacher for claiming the former five-time Formula One world champion could walk again. https://www.thelocal.de/20170505/magazine-must-pay-schumacher-50000-for-claiming-he-could-walk Fri, 05 May 2017 17:10:25 +0200 magazine-must-pay-schumacher-50000-for-claiming-he-could-walk A court in Istanbul on Monday ordered provisional detention for a correspondent of the German newspaper Die Welt, a move that drew a stern rebuke from Chancellor Angela Merkel. https://www.thelocal.de/20170228/turkey-jails-german-journalist-on-terrorism-charges Tue, 28 Feb 2017 09:41:28 +0100 turkey-jails-german-journalist-on-terrorism-charges German organizers of a meeting of European right-wing populist and anti-immigration parties said on Thursday they would bar a number of journalists they deem hostile, sparking protests from media groups. https://www.thelocal.de/20170113/right-wing-parties-germany-congress-bars-many-journalists Fri, 13 Jan 2017 10:35:06 +0100 right-wing-parties-germany-congress-bars-many-journalists Germany's biggest media gala kicked into its usual glamorous swing last Friday, but now it is kicking up a storm after an event publication satirically advertised 'swimming lessons for refugees on the Mediterranean'. https://www.thelocal.de/20161130/media-event-shocks-with-mediterranean-swim-lessons-for-refugees Wed, 30 Nov 2016 16:53:18 +0100 media-event-shocks-with-mediterranean-swim-lessons-for-refugees The famed French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo is starting up a German edition as soon as next month, the publication has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.de/20161123/charlie-hebdo-to-start-german-edition-report Wed, 23 Nov 2016 14:46:17 +0100 charlie-hebdo-to-start-german-edition-report In the wake of Donald Trump's US election victory, right-wing US internet site Breitbart News Network confirmed they are planning to expand into Germany. But they could struggle to adapt, an analyst tells The Local. https://www.thelocal.de/20161116/could-breitbart-influence-next-years-german-election Wed, 16 Nov 2016 10:56:48 +0100 could-breitbart-influence-next-years-german-election Germany's radio and television broadcaster Deutsche Welle on Tuesday condemned the confiscation of an interview it had conducted with a Turkish minister as a "blatant violation" of press freedom. https://www.thelocal.de/20160907/german-broadcaster-raps-turkey-over-interview-confiscation Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:30:42 +0200 german-broadcaster-raps-turkey-over-interview-confiscation Police raided the Berlin homes of two photographers on Wednesday morning as part of an investigation into violent protests in Frankfurt last year. https://www.thelocal.de/20160520/two-police-raids-on-journos-raise-press-freedom-fears Fri, 20 May 2016 14:35:02 +0200 two-police-raids-on-journos-raise-press-freedom-fears The two German journalists of the Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily behind the Panama Papers revelations say they are surprised by the global shockwaves the leak caused and promised more sensational disclosures. https://www.thelocal.de/20160408/more-headlines-to-come-panama-papers-reporters Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:46:55 +0200 more-headlines-to-come-panama-papers-reporters Germany's top diplomat in Ankara has been summoned to the Turkish foreign ministry for a telling-off after public broadcaster NDR mocked President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a comic song. https://www.thelocal.de/20160329/erdogan-german-ambassador-satire Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:40:33 +0200 erdogan-german-ambassador-satire An accidental discharge ruined the Bremerhaven police department's plan to demonstrate its firearms on Tuesday, as the stray bullet wounded a local journalist in the thigh. https://www.thelocal.de/20160223/local-reporter-takes-a-bullet-for-his-job Tue, 23 Feb 2016 17:46:52 +0100 local-reporter-takes-a-bullet-for-his-job Police arrested two people in Dresden on Monday evening after a cameraman was attacked by anti-Islam demonstrators on the fringes of a much smaller gathering than recent weeks. https://www.thelocal.de/20151124/pegida-marchers-attack-news-cameraman Tue, 24 Nov 2015 09:46:46 +0100 pegida-marchers-attack-news-cameraman German publishing giant Axel Springer has bought a majority stake in business news site Business Insider (BI) for $343 million (€306 million), the company said in a statement on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150929/axel-springer-buys-business-insider-for-395-million Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:46:38 +0200 axel-springer-buys-business-insider-for-395-million Journalist Glenn Greenwald reported on Thursday that the USA told the German government it would cut off intelligence sharing if the country offered NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden asylum. https://www.thelocal.de/20150319/us-threatened-germany-over-snowden-asylum-claim Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:12:18 +0100 us-threatened-germany-over-snowden-asylum-claim Police in Dortmund are investigating after several journalists from Dortmund received death notices with their names on them earlier this week. The Local spoke to one of those journalists and police about the growing neo-Nazi threat in the Ruhr-area city. https://www.thelocal.de/20150204/journalists-receive-death-threats-dortmund-neo-nazis Wed, 04 Feb 2015 13:41:14 +0100 journalists-receive-death-threats-dortmund-neo-nazis If you read reports from Russian media, you might be forgiven for thinking that Professor Professor Lorenz Haag from Chemnitz (so well-qualified he gets the title twice) is a titan of academia. https://www.thelocal.de/20141030/phantom-professor-haag-is-putins-favourite-german Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:38:00 +0100 phantom-professor-haag-is-putins-favourite-german