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 court said Wednesday it had dropped a case against a former Nazi concentration camp guard, finding the seriously ill 95-year-old unfit for trial. https://www.thelocal.de/20190403/german-court-drops-case-against-ailing-former-nazi-camp-guard Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:09:59 +0200 german-court-drops-case-against-ailing-former-nazi-camp-guard On Tuesday the European Court of Justice ruled on a case concerning holiday leave in Germany. The case involved the rights that an employee, as well as the deceased spouse of an employee, has to holiday leave. https://www.thelocal.de/20181106/even-death-doesnt-cause-holiday-leave-in-germany-to-expire-court-rules Tue, 06 Nov 2018 13:31:31 +0100 even-death-doesnt-cause-holiday-leave-in-germany-to-expire-court-rules As a perceived Islamist threat, Sami A. was deported to Tunisia. Now a North Rhine-Westphalia court has decided he must be brought back to Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20180816/court-says-sami-a-must-be-returned-to-germany Thu, 16 Aug 2018 15:36:55 +0200 court-says-sami-a-must-be-returned-to-germany On Tuesday, a mother and stepfather who prostituted their young son on the internet were sentenced to over 12 years in prison by a court in Freiburg in the culmination of a sprawling, horrifying case. https://www.thelocal.de/20180807/mother-and-stepfather-who-sold-boy-to-paedophiles-sentenced Tue, 07 Aug 2018 13:33:47 +0200 mother-and-stepfather-who-sold-boy-to-paedophiles-sentenced Facebook must grant the parents of a dead girl access as heirs to their daughter's user account, which had been blocked for five and a half years, the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) ruled on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180712/german-court-to-rule-on-parents-access-to-dead-daughters-facebook Thu, 12 Jul 2018 10:52:14 +0200 german-court-to-rule-on-parents-access-to-dead-daughters-facebook Erica Duggan is still seeking justice for what she believes was her son’s wrongful death at the hands of right-wing group LaRouche in 2003. After a German court’s decision to close the case this month, Duggan held a press conference in Berlin on Wednesday to say that she will fight on. https://www.thelocal.de/20180329/mother-of-dead-brit-continues-to-seek-justice-in-german-courts-after-case-is-closed Thu, 29 Mar 2018 11:25:12 +0200 mother-of-dead-brit-continues-to-seek-justice-in-german-courts-after-case-is-closed The head of Germany's second largest police union has harshly attacked the country's justice system, after a court in Wuppertal ruled that so-called "sharia police" are legal. https://www.thelocal.de/20161123/german-police-are-completely-failed-by-justice-system Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:12:57 +0100 german-police-are-completely-failed-by-justice-system The justice system in Germany faces serious difficulties building cases against those suspected of having fought for Isis in Iraq and Syria, the country's top prosecutor said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160329/germany-struggling-to-jail-isis-fighters Tue, 29 Mar 2016 13:21:41 +0200 germany-struggling-to-jail-isis-fighters A convicted rapist has escaped from his guards while on a visit to a brewery in Cologne and is on the run, police said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160121/convicted-rapist-escapes-during-brewery-visit Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:11:04 +0100 convicted-rapist-escapes-during-brewery-visit German government representatives admitted to a United Nations (UN) committee on Tuesday that the country had a long way to go in stamping out racism. https://www.thelocal.de/20150506/germany-has-uphill-battle-to-fight-racism Wed, 06 May 2015 10:57:07 +0200 germany-has-uphill-battle-to-fight-racism A magistrate in Bavaria resigned on Tuesday after police discovered that he was a former singer in a neo-Nazi band and had long standing links to the far-right scene. https://www.thelocal.de/20141015/neo-nazi-magistrate-quits-bavarian-post Wed, 15 Oct 2014 12:07:00 +0200 neo-nazi-magistrate-quits-bavarian-post A magistrate in Upper Franconia is proving an embarrassment for the Bavarian justice system after it emerged he sang in several far-right bands while a student. https://www.thelocal.de/20141014/far-right-magistrate-embarrasses-bavarian-justice Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:46:00 +0200 far-right-magistrate-embarrasses-bavarian-justice An 89-year-old American and alleged Nazi war criminal died just hours before a US court approved his extradition to Germany, his lawyer said late on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140724/auschwitz-war-criminal-us-germany Thu, 24 Jul 2014 09:45:00 +0200 auschwitz-war-criminal-us-germany A man who was forcibly detained for past seven years in psychiatric institutions after saying his wife and her colleagues were involved in banking fraud is being released on Tuesday and all charges against him are to be dropped. https://www.thelocal.de/20130806/51245 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:46:00 +0200 51245 Some western German prisons put angry offenders in pink cells to try to calm them down, despite there being little hard evidence that it works. Conservative politicians asked on Monday whether the “Barbie rooms” should be scrapped. https://www.thelocal.de/20130604/50089 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:13:00 +0200 50089 Fare-dodgers, illegal parkers, shoplifters - petty criminals are regularly choosing to go to prison for a few days instead of paying small fines. Now one regional authority is planning more creative punishments to save state money. https://www.thelocal.de/20130416/49163 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:51:00 +0200 49163 A man who has been locked up in mental institutions for six years after saying his wife and her colleagues were involved in a fraud, was correct. Now the Bavarian justice minister is under pressure to review the case. https://www.thelocal.de/20121119/46253 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:10:00 +0100 46253 Offenders held in preventative custody should be given more comfortable conditions and no longer be accommodated alongside ordinary prisoners, the lower house of the German parliament has decided. https://www.thelocal.de/20121109/46081 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:01:00 +0100 46081 The justice minister in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate has sparked outrage after proposing that Germany could permit Sharia courts, which operate according to Islamic law, to preside over some civil cases in the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20120204/40537 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:31:00 +0100 40537 Five prisoners in Lower Saxony deemed too dangerous to release even though they have served their sentences are on a hunger strike for better conditions including internet access, pay TV and conjugal visits. https://www.thelocal.de/20110802/36683 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:26:00 +0200 36683