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 It had looked like Magdeburg's Christmas market, the region's largest, might be cancelled after the state's security authority threatened to withhold approval for the event. Now the even is back on, with police having agreed to extra precautions. https://www.thelocal.de/20251119/year-after-car-attack-magdeburgs-christmas-market-to-open-this-week Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:13:45 +0100 year-after-car-attack-magdeburgs-christmas-market-to-open-this-week Nearly a year after a tragic attack was carried out at the Magdeburg Christmas market, this year's festival is threatened by closure. Here's why a state authority has refused to issue a permit for the event, and why the city's Mayor is pushing back. https://www.thelocal.de/20251112/will-the-magdeburg-christmas-market-be-closed-this-year Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:29:08 +0100 will-the-magdeburg-christmas-market-be-closed-this-year A Saudi doctor went on trial in Germany Monday accused of driving an SUV through a Christmas market, killing six people and wounding more than 300 in a rampage that shocked the nation. https://www.thelocal.de/20251110/magdeburg-christmas-market-attacker-on-trial-in-germany Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:17:10 +0100 magdeburg-christmas-market-attacker-on-trial-in-germany The Saudi suspect in a deadly attack on a Christmas market in eastern Germany in December will face six charges of murder and 338 charges of attempted murder, prosecutors said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20250820/suspect-charged-for-deadly-german-christmas-market-attack-in-magdeburg Wed, 20 Aug 2025 19:35:10 +0200 suspect-charged-for-deadly-german-christmas-market-attack-in-magdeburg The German government, under fire for failing to prevent a deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market, argued on Monday that the tragedy would have been hard to prevent and said that the suspect appeared to be mentally disturbed. https://www.thelocal.de/20241231/german-interior-minister-says-christmas-market-attack-suspect-is-mentally-ill Tue, 31 Dec 2024 09:50:41 +0100 german-interior-minister-says-christmas-market-attack-suspect-is-mentally-ill German security and intelligence chiefs are due on Monday to face questioning about the car-ramming attack that killed five people and wounded more than 200 at a Christmas market 10 days ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20241230/german-security-chiefs-to-be-questioned-over-christmas-market-attack Mon, 30 Dec 2024 09:43:20 +0100 german-security-chiefs-to-be-questioned-over-christmas-market-attack Three days after Germany's deadly Christmas market attack in which a Saudi man with anti-Islam views was arrested, both the far-right AfD and counter-protesters were due to hit the streets on Monday in the bereaved city of Magdeburg. https://www.thelocal.de/20241223/far-right-afd-to-march-in-magdeburg-after-christmas-market-attack Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:40:18 +0100 far-right-afd-to-march-in-magdeburg-after-christmas-market-attack The German government has pledged to fully investigate whether there were security lapses before the Christmas market car-ramming attack that killed five people and injured over 200. https://www.thelocal.de/20241222/angry-questions-in-germany-after-christmas-market-attack Sun, 22 Dec 2024 09:44:03 +0100 angry-questions-in-germany-after-christmas-market-attack The suspect in Germany's car-ramming attack on a Christmas market that killed five people and injured hundreds more faces multiple charges of murder and attempted murder, police said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20241220/suspected-car-attack-on-german-christmas-market-injures-up-to-80 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:45:39 +0100 suspected-car-attack-on-german-christmas-market-injures-up-to-80 Shocked survivors recounted the moment a car attack on Friday turned a glittering Christmas market in eastern Germany into a scene of death and carnage. https://www.thelocal.de/20241221/torn-from-my-side-horror-of-german-christmas-market-attack Sat, 21 Dec 2024 09:04:13 +0100 torn-from-my-side-horror-of-german-christmas-market-attack World War II ended almost 75 years ago, but works of art confiscated by the Nazis are still regularly unearthed by major auction houses, which contribute actively to their restitution. https://www.thelocal.de/20181207/germany-wwii-art-returns Fri, 07 Dec 2018 12:33:41 +0100 germany-wwii-art-returns Unknown assailants set fire to 18 cars at Magdeburg station early on Thursday morning, causing three quarters of a million euros worth of damage. https://www.thelocal.de/20160908/seven-police-cars-set-on-fire-at-magdeburg-train-station Thu, 08 Sep 2016 14:21:10 +0200 seven-police-cars-set-on-fire-at-magdeburg-train-station Two men pretending to be police officers stopped a driver near Magdeburg in central Germany on Wednesday, claiming he was speeding, and drove off in his car. https://www.thelocal.de/20140612/fake-police-steal-drivers-car-magdeburg-germany Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:55:00 +0200 fake-police-steal-drivers-car-magdeburg-germany Thousands of spectators gathered to watch the annual naked sledging championships in Germany on Saturday. Not to be put off by the mild temperatures, an artificial ski slope was created. https://www.thelocal.de/20140217/germans-beat-debut-brit-team-to-world-naked-sledging-championships Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:03:00 +0100 germans-beat-debut-brit-team-to-world-naked-sledging-championships At least 24 people including a pregnant woman and driver were injured on Friday morning in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, when two trams crashed into each other at a station. https://www.thelocal.de/20140117/trams-smash-leaves-24-injured-in-magdeburg-germany Fri, 17 Jan 2014 16:24:00 +0100 trams-smash-leaves-24-injured-in-magdeburg-germany An explosion and gunfire shattered the silence in the normally sleepy eastern German city of Magdeburg on in the early hours of Friday morning, as police became embroiled in a shoot-out with bank robbers. https://www.thelocal.de/20131129/manhunt Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:56:00 +0100 manhunt A US World War Two bomb has shut down the centre of Magdeburg and forced 10,000 people to leave their homes after being discovered near the city’s train station on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20131024/52555 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:48:00 +0200 52555 Several newspapers received an anonymous letter on Sunday morning threatening to damage dams set up to hold back flood waters in eastern and northern Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20130609/50195 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +0200 50195 Flood waters rose in eastern Germany Saturday, forcing the evacuation of homes and a hospital. The eastern German city of Magdeburg was under particular threat. https://www.thelocal.de/20130608/50181 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:34:00 +0200 50181 Get The Local flavour of Germany with our series offering an insider's take on their hometown. This week, Gitanyali Dayinta Ratitia talks about her adopted town, Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt. https://www.thelocal.de/20130531/50039 Fri, 31 May 2013 14:15:00 +0200 50039