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 Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday that strains between Russia and the West have plunged the world into a "new Cold War". https://www.thelocal.de/20160213/russian-pm-hails-new-cold-war-at-munich Sat, 13 Feb 2016 12:29:36 +0100 russian-pm-hails-new-cold-war-at-munich German Chancellor Angela Merkel's liberal refugee policy, which brought 1.1 million asylum seekers to Germany in 2015, is not sustainable in the long run, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160212/merkel-takes-broadsides-from-france-and-russia-over-refugees Fri, 12 Feb 2016 17:17:41 +0100 merkel-takes-broadsides-from-france-and-russia-over-refugees Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will host Russia's President Dimitry Medvedev next week at a seafront summit designed to bind Moscow more closely into a partnership with the West. https://www.thelocal.de/20101016/30531 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:19:00 +0200 30531 Germany has closed its embassy in Moscow until further notice because of noxious smog from spreading wildfires choking the Russian capital, a foreign ministry spokesman said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100807/29005 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 12:30:00 +0200 29005 Just hours after Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Russia to ''find the truth'' about the murder of rights activist Natalya Estemirova, Russian authorities announced Thursday they had identified the killer. https://www.thelocal.de/20100715/28525 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:21:00 +0200 28525 Germany and Russia will work together towards imposing sanctions on Iran if it continues to refuse to stop its nuclear development programme, said Chancellor Angela Merkel after talks with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. https://www.thelocal.de/20100605/27667 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:54:00 +0200 27667 Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday took part in Moscow ceremonies to mark the end of World War II in Europe. Her invitation by President Dmitry Medvedev is seen as a sign of improving relations between Germany and Russia. https://www.thelocal.de/20100509/27073 Sun, 09 May 2010 13:50:00 +0200 27073 Chancellor Angela Merkel met Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Russia Friday and both called for deeper economic ties amid talk of several major Russian-German industrial deals in the works. https://www.thelocal.de/20090814/21239 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:17:00 +0200 21239 German Chancellor Angela Merkel will Thursday welcome Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev for talks set to be dominated by efforts to avoid another crisis over gas supplies to Europe this winter. https://www.thelocal.de/20090715/20621 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:45:00 +0200 20621 Germany said on Tuesday it is doubling the amount of financial aid for war-ravaged Georgia to €2 million ($2.9 million). https://www.thelocal.de/20080819/13787 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:16:00 +0200 13787 Germany is working on a proposal for a reconstruction conference for Georgia involving the European Union and Georgia's neighbours, a government spokesman said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20080818/13775 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:10:00 +0200 13775 German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday criticized Russia's recent military action against Georgia during talks with with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, but he dismissed the idea Moscow would yield over South Ossetia. https://www.thelocal.de/20080815/13719 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:24:00 +0200 13719 Russian President Dimitry Medvedev reportedly plans to show German Chancellor Angela Merkel evidence of Georgian atrocities in South Ossetia during talks in Russia on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20080815/13713 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:11:00 +0200 13713 German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised to have stern words with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev over the conflict with Georgia when she meets him on Friday in the Black Sea city of Sochi. https://www.thelocal.de/20080813/13669 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:01:00 +0200 13669 German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid tribute to Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who has died at 89, saying the "great" Russian writer played a decisive role in the demise of the Soviet Union, her spokesman said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20080804/13489 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:52:00 +0200 13489 Germany said Friday it noted with "great interest" Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's proposal to call a European summit to discuss a sweeping new post-Cold War security pact. https://www.thelocal.de/20080606/12335 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:51:00 +0200 12335 Russian newspapers on Friday labelled Dmitry Medvedev's official visit to Berlin a success, after the new Russian president supposedly charmed his friendly and uncritical German hosts. https://www.thelocal.de/20080606/12321 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:48:00 +0200 12321 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on a visit to Berlin on Thursday he was worried by rising tensions with the West on security issues and sharply rejected outside intervention in Moscow's affairs. https://www.thelocal.de/20080605/12315 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:37:00 +0200 12315 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Germany this week - his first European trip since taking office - will give Berlin a chance to probe his intentions on democratic reform and the rule of law, writes AFP's Deborah Cole. https://www.thelocal.de/20080605/12287 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:48:00 +0200 12287 Energy accounts for 70 percent of German imports from Russia, official data showed on Wednesday as Berlin got set to welcome Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on his first European trip since taking office. https://www.thelocal.de/20080604/12277 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:00:00 +0200 12277