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 On Thursday, German president Joachim Gauck spoke in Kiev 75 years after the Nazis slaughtered 33,771 Jews during one of the worst single massacres of the Holocaust. https://www.thelocal.de/20160930/gauck-commemorates-historic-nazi-massacre-of-34000-jews Fri, 30 Sep 2016 17:56:10 +0200 gauck-commemorates-historic-nazi-massacre-of-34000-jews Germany plans to formally apologise to Windhoek for the genocide of indigenous Namibians a century ago, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said Wednesday, but added the move would not carry any obligation of reparations. https://www.thelocal.de/20160713/germany-to-apologize-for-namibian-genocide Wed, 13 Jul 2016 16:45:56 +0200 germany-to-apologize-for-namibian-genocide Seventy years ago on Friday, a munitions depot exploded in the Czechoslovakian town of Ústí nad Labem. For the thousands of Sudeten Germans who lived in the town, the event was a death sentence. https://www.thelocal.de/20150731/70-years-on-german-massacre-victims-remembered Fri, 31 Jul 2015 18:26:04 +0200 70-years-on-german-massacre-victims-remembered Victims and relatives of one of Germany's worst school shootings will share €2 million in compensation payments, it was confirmed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140205/school-shooting-victims-to-share-2-million-insurance Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:56:00 +0100 school-shooting-victims-to-share-2-million-insurance Poland's supreme court has agreed to consider whether the Polish survivor of a Nazi World War II massacre can sue Germany for compensation in a Polish court, a court spokeswoman said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20091230/24251 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:48:00 +0100 24251 Military prosecutors in Rome asked Friday that four elderly German army veterans be tried for their alleged roles in one of the worst Nazi atrocities in Italy during World War II. https://www.thelocal.de/20091212/23897 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:50:00 +0100 23897 Speaking at the memorial church service in Winnenden, German President Horst Köhler spoke out against ultra-violent computer games and films, calling for the political world and society in general to reject them. https://www.thelocal.de/20090321/18165 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:01:00 +0100 18165 As Winnenden gathered on Saturday to mourn the 15 people shot dead by Tim Kretschmer earlier this month, the families of five schoolgirl victims called for laws to keep children away from guns, violent video games to be banned and reporting of such massacres to be restricted. https://www.thelocal.de/20090321/18155 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:09:00 +0100 18155 After the first victim of the Winnenden school massacre was buried on Saturday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested surprise visits to gun owners to see if they are storing their weapons properly. https://www.thelocal.de/20090315/18037 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:58:00 +0100 18037