The Local Germany 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 Merkel to visit Kiev after NATO Baltic summit German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Ukraine Saturday amid international tensions over fighting in the east of the country, Ukraine's foreign minister Pavlo Klimkin announced Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140819/merkel-to-visit-kiev Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:42:00 +0200 merkel-to-visit-kiev Woman sets herself on fire before Reichstag A woman has been hospitalized with severe burns after setting herself on fire in front of the Reichstag parliamentary building in Berlin over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20110411/34321 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:44:00 +0200 34321 Latvian court allows march honouring Waffen SS forces Hundreds of people met in the Latvian capital of Riga on Wednesday to remember World War II veterans who fought with Nazi Germany in the Waffen SS, after a court overturned a ban on the controversial annual gathering. https://www.thelocal.de/20110316/33757 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:55:00 +0100 33757