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 chimpanzees who survived a fire which killed 30 monkeys on New Year's Eve at the Krefeld zoo are doing well under medical care, reported the zoo on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200107/surviving-two-monkeys-from-deadly-german-zoo-fire-doing-well Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:28:57 +0100 surviving-two-monkeys-from-deadly-german-zoo-fire-doing-well A mother and her two daughters have turned themselves in to police over a blaze which killed dozens of monkeys at a zoo in Germany on New Year's Eve, police confirmed Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200102/mother-and-daughters-investigated-over-german-zoo-fire Thu, 02 Jan 2020 17:35:32 +0100 mother-and-daughters-investigated-over-german-zoo-fire Flames from flying New Year's Eve lanterns might have sparked a blaze that killed dozens of monkeys at a zoo in northwestern Germany, management and security services said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200102/lanterns-behind-deadly-fire-at-krefeld-zoo Thu, 02 Jan 2020 11:32:58 +0100 lanterns-behind-deadly-fire-at-krefeld-zoo Fire ripped through the monkey house at Krefeld zoo in northwestern Germany on New Year's Eve killing dozens of animals, including orangutans, chimpanzees and marmosets, management said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200101/fire-kills-30-animals-at-german-zoo-on-new-years-eve Wed, 01 Jan 2020 16:14:48 +0100 fire-kills-30-animals-at-german-zoo-on-new-years-eve A 63-year-old man in Germany had a very Merry Christmas indeed after an honest finder returned the backpack he had forgotten under a tree -- filled with presents and €16,000 in cash. https://www.thelocal.de/20191227/honest-german-returns-bag-with-16000 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 04:52:21 +0100 honest-german-returns-bag-with-16000 A man was seriously injured after setting himself on fire in North Rhine-Westphalia as a protest against Turkey's detention of militant Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20190221/man-seriously-injured-after-setting-himself-on-fire-over-pro-pkk-protest Thu, 21 Feb 2019 09:50:21 +0100 man-seriously-injured-after-setting-himself-on-fire-over-pro-pkk-protest In the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Krefeld, a recent archaeological dig revealed thousands of ancient relics. These finds tell the story of the region’s turbulent Roman history. https://www.thelocal.de/20180502/roman-relics-found-in-rhein-region-show-evidence-of-bloody-uprising Wed, 02 May 2018 14:28:47 +0200 roman-relics-found-in-rhein-region-show-evidence-of-bloody-uprising A Pakistani refugee jumped into the freezing waters of the Rhine on Sunday to save a Karneval reveller who fell in while peeing. https://www.thelocal.de/20160208/refugee-saves-man-who-falls-into-rhine-while-peeing Mon, 08 Feb 2016 13:10:38 +0100 refugee-saves-man-who-falls-into-rhine-while-peeing A police officer in western Germany was forced to shoot his own dog with his sidearm on Thursday after he couldn't stop the animal from biting him. https://www.thelocal.de/20150821/officer-forced-to-shoot-own-police-dog Fri, 21 Aug 2015 10:28:36 +0200 officer-forced-to-shoot-own-police-dog A German entrepreneur is offering a sniffer-dog service to parents who suspect their children are taking drugs. The canines-on-call can be hired for €95 a time, and are willing to undertake discreet or overt searches. https://www.thelocal.de/20130712/50831 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:02:00 +0200 50831 As German police released two men suspected of stabbing a sheep and several ponies, animal owners in two towns are on high alert – even sleeping alongside their stock to make sure no more are killed. https://www.thelocal.de/20130620/50417 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:59:00 +0200 50417 A man who was so irritated by the croaking of his neighbour’s frogs that he shot two of them was fined €1,500 by a German court on Thursday, for illegal possession of firearms. https://www.thelocal.de/20110512/34985 Thu, 12 May 2011 17:09:00 +0200 34985 Two naked women caused a stir in the city of Krefeld with a public display of passionate sex, making obscene gestures to the police called by shocked passers-by. https://www.thelocal.de/20080608/12359 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:06:00 +0200 12359 Emergency services were working flat out on Saturday to restore order to southwest Germany after storms with hailstones the size of tennis balls injured people, killed zoo animals, and stopped traffic. https://www.thelocal.de/20080531/12209 Sat, 31 May 2008 17:02:00 +0200 12209