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 As Munich prepares for its next mayoral elections on March 15th, political divides in Germany are widening under the strain of far-right extremist attacks. On the campaign trail, tensions have been boiling over. https://www.thelocal.de/20200303/opinion-how-far-right-tensions-are-boiling-over-on-munich-mayoral-elections-campaign-trail Tue, 03 Mar 2020 13:04:00 +0100 opinion-how-far-right-tensions-are-boiling-over-on-munich-mayoral-elections-campaign-trail Danish businessman Claus Ruhe Madsen became the first non-German to win the mayor's office in a major German city Sunday with his election victory in Rostock. https://www.thelocal.de/20190617/dane-becomes-first-foreigner-to-win-german-mayors-seat Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:25:56 +0200 dane-becomes-first-foreigner-to-win-german-mayors-seat 46-year-old Dane Claus Ruhe Madsen has won the first round of the election to become lord mayor of the city of Rostock in northern Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20190528/the-dane-who-wants-to-be-mayor-of-a-german-city-and-how-he-plans-to-modernize-it Tue, 28 May 2019 12:01:06 +0200 the-dane-who-wants-to-be-mayor-of-a-german-city-and-how-he-plans-to-modernize-it Peter Feldmann was re-elected mayor of Frankfurt on Sunday with 71 percent of the vote, ensuring he will hold the reins of power in the finance city until 2024. https://www.thelocal.de/20180312/frankfurt-mayor-re-elected-with-overwhelming-majority Mon, 12 Mar 2018 12:48:39 +0100 frankfurt-mayor-re-elected-with-overwhelming-majority Peter Feldmann, the current mayor of Frankfurt, won 46 percent of the vote on Sunday’s mayoral election - not quite enough to avoid a second round. https://www.thelocal.de/20180226/sitting-frankfurt-mayor-just-misses-out-on-outright-election-victory Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:53:18 +0100 sitting-frankfurt-mayor-just-misses-out-on-outright-election-victory On February 25th, the residents of the city of Frankfurt will go to the polls to vote in a new city mayor. The Wahlkompass could give you a better idea of who to vote for. https://www.thelocal.de/20180213/frankfurt-election-compass Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:41:43 +0100 frankfurt-election-compass 38-year-old Jan Lindenau was elected as the new mayor of the 875-year-old Hanseatic city of Lübeck on Sunday with just over 50 percent of the vote. https://www.thelocal.de/20171120/lbeck-elects-youngest-mayor-in-the-citys-875-year-history-in-narrow-vote Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:20:41 +0100 lbeck-elects-youngest-mayor-in-the-citys-875-year-history-in-narrow-vote Henricus Pillardy tells The Local how he ran for mayor in small-town Hesse to legalize weed and earn a lavish salary. But the 23-year-old went on trial on Thursday accused of misleading voters and inciting hatred. Where did it all go wrong? https://www.thelocal.de/20170921/satirical-mayoral-candidate-taken-to-court-over-racial-comments-and-voter-deception Thu, 21 Sep 2017 17:23:22 +0200 satirical-mayoral-candidate-taken-to-court-over-racial-comments-and-voter-deception Cologne Mayor Henriette Reker, described in court on Friday how she was attacked during campaigning last autumn and almost lost her life. https://www.thelocal.de/20160429/cologne-mayor-describes-being-stabbed-in-neck Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:18:03 +0200 cologne-mayor-describes-being-stabbed-in-neck A mayor has been left red-faced after a screenshot of his internet browser gave away apparently racy details about his private life. https://www.thelocal.de/20160219/mayor-breaks-off-bondage-porn-session-to-defend-constitution Fri, 19 Feb 2016 13:53:00 +0100 mayor-breaks-off-bondage-porn-session-to-defend-constitution A German city official who was stabbed in the neck in an attack apparently over her work with refugees was Sunday elected the first female mayor of the western city of Cologne. https://www.thelocal.de/20151019/cologne-votes-knife-victim-in-as-mayor Mon, 19 Oct 2015 09:07:12 +0200 cologne-votes-knife-victim-in-as-mayor UPDATED: A mayoral candidate for the western German city of Cologne suffered serious stab wounds on Saturday during campaigning for Sunday's poll, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20151017/german-mayoral-candidate-stabbed-in-cologne Sat, 17 Oct 2015 17:39:33 +0200 german-mayoral-candidate-stabbed-in-cologne Did the Social Democratic Party (SPD) deliberately skew voting slips in Cologne's mayoral elections to hand their candidate an advantage? https://www.thelocal.de/20150903/whiff-of-misplay-in-cologne-mayoral-elections Thu, 03 Sep 2015 14:49:30 +0200 whiff-of-misplay-in-cologne-mayoral-elections Berlin’s development senator, who led the controversial project to develop Tempelhof Airport, will be the capital’s next mayor. Michael Müller won almost 60 percent of the vote among members of the ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD) on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141018/michael-mueller-elected-berlins-new-mayor Sat, 18 Oct 2014 18:17:00 +0200 michael-mueller-elected-berlins-new-mayor Three men are hoping to become Berlin’s next mayor after Klaus Wowereit steps down in December. With nominations closing on Monday, The Local looks at the three politicians who want to lead the city. https://www.thelocal.de/20140915/the-spds-candidates-three-who-will-be-the-next-wowi Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:42:00 +0200 the-spds-candidates-three-who-will-be-the-next-wowi Duisburg mayor Adolf Sauerland had detailed advance information of the planning chaos that led to the deaths of 21 people and more than 500 injured at the Love Parade on July 24, according to a magazine report published Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100807/29007 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:00:00 +0200 29007