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 appeals court Wednesday lengthened the jail term for a Syrian refugee found guilty of war crimes and taking part in the kidnapping of a Canadian UN peacekeeper. https://www.thelocal.de/20190123/german-court-lengthens-syrian-kidnappers-jail-term Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:44:11 +0100 german-court-lengthens-syrian-kidnappers-jail-term A German court on Wednesday sentenced a Vietnamese man to nearly four years in jail for taking part in a brazen Cold War-style kidnapping ordered by Hanoi of an oil executive from a Berlin park. https://www.thelocal.de/20180725/germany-jails-vietnamese-man-who-aided-cold-war-style-abduction Wed, 25 Jul 2018 19:00:41 +0200 germany-jails-vietnamese-man-who-aided-cold-war-style-abduction Armed men abducted a German nurse working for the International Committee of the Red Cross on Wednesday evening from a compound in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, the aid group said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180503/gunmen-kidnap-german-nurse-in-somalian-capital Thu, 03 May 2018 10:50:41 +0200 gunmen-kidnap-german-nurse-in-somalian-capital Last summer a former Vietnamese state official was walking through a central Berlin park with his mistress when he has abducted by armed men. A trial which starts on Tuesday will pose questions about how he ended up in Hanoi a few days later. https://www.thelocal.de/20180424/trial-could-shed-light-on-violent-cold-war-kidnapping-in-berlins-tiergarten-park Tue, 24 Apr 2018 10:53:45 +0200 trial-could-shed-light-on-violent-cold-war-kidnapping-in-berlins-tiergarten-park German prosecutors Wednesday laid charges against a suspected Vietnamese agent over last year's Cold War-style kidnapping of a fugitive state company official in Berlin which has badly strained bilateral ties. https://www.thelocal.de/20180307/federal-prosecutors-charge-vietnamese-man-over-cold-war-style-abduction Wed, 07 Mar 2018 15:08:55 +0100 federal-prosecutors-charge-vietnamese-man-over-cold-war-style-abduction A Vietnamese former oil executive allegedly kidnapped from Germany was jailed for life on Monday for embezzlement, state media reported, his second life sentence tied to a corruption crackdown in the communist country. https://www.thelocal.de/20180205/vietnamese-oil-exec-kidnapped-in-berlin-gets-second-life-sentence Mon, 05 Feb 2018 09:40:32 +0100 vietnamese-oil-exec-kidnapped-in-berlin-gets-second-life-sentence A Vietnamese former state oil executive who was allegedly kidnapped from Germany was on Monday jailed for life for embezzlement, in the highest-profile corruption trial to target the Communist country's business and political elite. https://www.thelocal.de/20180122/vietnam-oil-exec-kidnapped-from-germany-jailed-for-life-in-graft-trial Mon, 22 Jan 2018 10:06:36 +0100 vietnam-oil-exec-kidnapped-from-germany-jailed-for-life-in-graft-trial The corruption trial of a Vietnamese former oil executive who was allegedly kidnapped from Germany opened on Monday, a high-profile case that can carry the death sentence. https://www.thelocal.de/20180108/vietnamese-oil-exec-kidnapped-from-germany-goes-on-trial Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:19:03 +0100 vietnamese-oil-exec-kidnapped-from-germany-goes-on-trial Germany said Friday it had expelled a second Vietnamese diplomat over what it calls the brazen kidnapping by Hanoi agents of a fugitive state company official in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20170922/germany-expels-second-vietnam-diplomat-in-row-over-berlin-park-kidnapping Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:02:14 +0200 germany-expels-second-vietnam-diplomat-in-row-over-berlin-park-kidnapping A German court on Wednesday sentenced a Syrian refugee to three-and-a-half years in prison over the kidnapping of a UN peacekeeper, finding him guilty of complicity in a war crime. https://www.thelocal.de/20170921/syrian-refugee-jailed-in-german-court-over-un-kidnapping Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:29:18 +0200 syrian-refugee-jailed-in-german-court-over-un-kidnapping Germany on Thursday remanded in custody a suspected Vietnamese agent accused in the brazen kidnapping of a fugitive state company official in Berlin last month, a case that has badly strained bilateral ties. https://www.thelocal.de/20170824/how-a-kidnapping-in-a-berlin-park-has-led-to-a-diplomatic-spat-between-germany-and-vietnam Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:05:12 +0200 how-a-kidnapping-in-a-berlin-park-has-led-to-a-diplomatic-spat-between-germany-and-vietnam Germany on Wednesday accused Vietnam of kidnapping a former oil executive and asylum seeker on German soil, but who is this man stirring up an international row? https://www.thelocal.de/20170803/meet-the-the-lexus-driving-vietnamese-tycoon-who-was-kidnapped-in-berlin Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:07:15 +0200 meet-the-the-lexus-driving-vietnamese-tycoon-who-was-kidnapped-in-berlin Germany on Wednesday accused Hanoi of kidnapping an asylum seeker on German soil, as Berlin furiously summoned Vietnam's ambassador and expelled one of the southeast Asian nation's spies. https://www.thelocal.de/20170802/berlin-accuses-vietnam-of-kidnapping-asylum-seeker-on-german-soil Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:10:16 +0200 berlin-accuses-vietnam-of-kidnapping-asylum-seeker-on-german-soil After a pet chihuahua went missing from the cabin of a truck in Leipzig at the start of May, 154 Hells Angels have offered to help find the dog, German media report. https://www.thelocal.de/20170524/hells-angels-prowl-streets-of-leipzig-in-hunt-for-kidnapped-chihuahua Wed, 24 May 2017 11:16:01 +0200 hells-angels-prowl-streets-of-leipzig-in-hunt-for-kidnapped-chihuahua The two men behind one of Germany's most high-profile kidnappings have both died, taking to the grave the question of what happened to missing millions in ransom money. https://www.thelocal.de/20170308/infamous-kidnappers-take-secret-of-missing-millions-to-grave Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:23:52 +0100 infamous-kidnappers-take-secret-of-missing-millions-to-grave Two German archaeologists who were kidnapped while working at a dig site in northern Nigeria this week have been released and are doing well, officials in both countries said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170227/two-german-archaeologists-freed-after-nigeria-kidnap Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:56:55 +0100 two-german-archaeologists-freed-after-nigeria-kidnap Two German archaeologists have been kidnapped in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, police said on Thursday, stoking fears of more abductions in a region hit by rising violence. https://www.thelocal.de/20170224/gunmen-kidnap-two-germans-in-northern-nigeria-police Fri, 24 Feb 2017 10:18:35 +0100 gunmen-kidnap-two-germans-in-northern-nigeria-police At the end of a booze-fuelled night, two young women from Munich put a plan into motion to punish one their ex-boyfriends. But when he alerted the police, the prank spiraled way out of control. https://www.thelocal.de/20170203/two-women-found-guilty-of-fake-kidnapping-to-punish-ex-boyfriend Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:06:05 +0100 two-women-found-guilty-of-fake-kidnapping-to-punish-ex-boyfriend On Wednesday the trial started of a man who allegedly lured a woman into his car before holding her captive for weeks and forcing her into prostitution. But a big question mark surrounds whether he will be convicted. https://www.thelocal.de/20170202/kidnap-rape-prostitution-forced-to-sleep-with-17-men-a-day Thu, 02 Feb 2017 12:14:13 +0100 kidnap-rape-prostitution-forced-to-sleep-with-17-men-a-day Parents are being urged to monitor their children's internet usage after a 12-year-old Swiss boy was allegedly abused by a German man he first met online. https://www.thelocal.de/20160629/online-gaming-fears-raised-after-german-kidnaps-swiss-child Wed, 29 Jun 2016 14:24:39 +0200 online-gaming-fears-raised-after-german-kidnaps-swiss-child