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 In attempt to protect the sea from carbon emissions, climate activists barricaded a German port with small boats and climbing equipment to stop a cruise ship from setting sail. https://www.thelocal.de/20190610/environmentalists-blockade-german-cruise-ships Mon, 10 Jun 2019 15:17:27 +0200 environmentalists-blockade-german-cruise-ships From fish rolls and diving gondolas to hipster hostels and Romanticist harbour hotels, Germany's Baltic coast is a vibrant and changing tourism landscape. It is also just beginning to strain under its own success. https://www.thelocal.de/20180815/booming-and-bursting-germanys-baltic-coast Wed, 15 Aug 2018 19:44:21 +0200 booming-and-bursting-germanys-baltic-coast After embarking on a cruise with his family to Norway, a boy from Berlin returned home to an unwelcome bill amounting to €12,000, German media reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180615/german-boy-on-cruise-ship-racks-up-12000-in-roaming-charges Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:59:58 +0200 german-boy-on-cruise-ship-racks-up-12000-in-roaming-charges A 41-year-old man had been detained on suspicion of murder, after he is believed to have set fire to his wife on a street in the northern town of Kiel on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20161208/woman-fights-for-life-after-husband-sets-her-on-fire Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:32:39 +0100 woman-fights-for-life-after-husband-sets-her-on-fire Police in Kiel have arrested a 38-year-old man suspected of placing poisoned marzipan in a schoolyard as part of an attempt to extort a supermarket chain, the local Kieler Nachrichten newspaper reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20160919/blackmailer-targets-schools-with-poisoned-marzipan-hearts Mon, 19 Sep 2016 12:22:23 +0200 blackmailer-targets-schools-with-poisoned-marzipan-hearts A dolphin has turned up at Kiel harbour and has become very friendly with the local children, taking them for rides on its fins. https://www.thelocal.de/20160913/lonely-dolphin-befriends-children-in-baltic-sea Tue, 13 Sep 2016 12:53:47 +0200 lonely-dolphin-befriends-children-in-baltic-sea Four IT students in the north German city of Kiel planned the installation of tens of thousands of lights at a university building and now use them to play classic video games Tetris and Breakout. https://www.thelocal.de/20160330/four-german-students-play-videogames-on-a-housewall Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:54:05 +0200 four-german-students-play-videogames-on-a-housewall Sweden's Migration Minister Morgan Johansson has urged refugees in northern Germany to stay put, after declaring that the Nordic nation is now unable to guarantee beds for all asylum seekers. https://www.thelocal.de/20151105/sweden-tells-refugees-to-stay-in-north-germany Thu, 05 Nov 2015 18:42:18 +0100 sweden-tells-refugees-to-stay-in-north-germany German scientists have challenged conventional wisdom on the crash site of the MH370, the Malaysia Airlines plane missing since March 2014, suggesting the search is being conducted in the wrong place. https://www.thelocal.de/20150901/kiel-scientists-mh370-search-in-wrong-place Tue, 01 Sep 2015 19:38:55 +0200 kiel-scientists-mh370-search-in-wrong-place The Agriculture Ministry in Schleswig-Holstein has found that meat tainted with Listeria was imported to the north German state. https://www.thelocal.de/20140814/deadly-meat-from-denmark-sold-to-germany-listeria Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:19:00 +0200 deadly-meat-from-denmark-sold-to-germany-listeria UPDATE: A fisherman who found the world's oldest message in a bottle tossed into the sea in northern Germany has failed in his attempt to sell it on eBay. The auction was stopped at the last minute. https://www.thelocal.de/20140728/german-fisherman-auctions-worlds-oldest-message-in-a-bottle Mon, 28 Jul 2014 10:49:00 +0200 german-fisherman-auctions-worlds-oldest-message-in-a-bottle Finding student accommodation can be hard in Germany, but in one northern city an unusual alternative is becoming popular – renting out a room in an old people's home. https://www.thelocal.de/20130731/51141 Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:25:00 +0200 51141 A state teacher who worked for four years at a school in a north German town of Mölln faked her qualifications, a regional newspaper revealed Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20130430/49457 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:30:00 +0200 49457 The authorities in the northern German city of Kiel on Wednesday hoped to determine the origin of a bag of human bones discovered on the side of the road. https://www.thelocal.de/20130417/49177 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:59:00 +0200 49177 Boris Becker nearly caused an accident in northern Germany last week after a cardboard cut-out of the former tennis starm with a leg missing, was left standing in a road in the middle of the night, causing cars to swerve to avoid him. https://www.thelocal.de/20120917/45013 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:20:00 +0200 45013 A convicted murderer who had been on the run for 13 years was arrested on a luxury cruise ship in northern Germany – after he assumed he was untouchable because the boat was flying under a Panamanian flag. https://www.thelocal.de/20120904/44751 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:27:00 +0200 44751 German scientists have invented the world's lightest material - which is also strong, regains its shape after being squashed and even conducts electricity. Scientists believe the material will have a wide range of uses. https://www.thelocal.de/20120718/43825 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:50:00 +0200 43825 Engineers on five new German navy warships must constantly wear gas masks after poison gas was found in the engine rooms, according to a newspaper report on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120624/43343 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 12:29:00 +0200 43343 A German court has jailed a top Hells Angel for more than four years for a series of crimes including human trafficking and grievous bodily harm. His testimony sparked raids across the country and a hunt for a body cemented into a building. https://www.thelocal.de/20120614/43159 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:16:00 +0200 43159 What the Germans failed to achieve in football was won by the country’s handball stars when THW Kiel won the Champions League final in a dramatic game against Spain. https://www.thelocal.de/20120528/42807 Mon, 28 May 2012 15:16:00 +0200 42807