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 truck crash on the motorway outside Hanover on Wednesday afternoon led to thousands of cans of beer being spilled across the motorway - and the road being temporarily shut down. https://www.thelocal.de/20151104/spilled-beer-shuts-down-hanover-motorway Wed, 04 Nov 2015 18:59:59 +0100 spilled-beer-shuts-down-hanover-motorway Four defendants were to appear in court in Hungary on Saturday over Austria's migrant truck tragedy, as a "horrified and heartbroken" UN chief called for international action to end Europe's refugee crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20150829/austria-migrant-tragedy-suspects-to-appear-in-court Sat, 29 Aug 2015 13:51:04 +0200 austria-migrant-tragedy-suspects-to-appear-in-court A 74-year-old man was dragged 50 meters underneath a lorry after his scooter got caught in its undercarriage on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150416/lorry-drags-old-man-and-scooter-50-meters Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:07:08 +0200 lorry-drags-old-man-and-scooter-50-meters The driver of a lorry is dead after the truck he was driving crashed into a house near Bielefeld and burst into flames early Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20141111/flaming-lorry-crashes-into-house Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:18:00 +0100 flaming-lorry-crashes-into-house