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 Tensions have been high between Germany and Turkey after Ankara has repeatedly blocked German politicians from visiting soldiers at a Turkish airbase. But Berlin still plans to invest some €58 million in that base, according to Spiegel. https://www.thelocal.de/20160906/germany-to-invest-58-million-in-turkish-airbase-amid-row-report-turkey-armenian-genocide Tue, 06 Sep 2016 12:41:13 +0200 germany-to-invest-58-million-in-turkish-airbase-amid-row-report-turkey-armenian-genocide A new study by the University of Leipzig sheds a worrying light on the depth of racist and authoritarian beliefs in German society. https://www.thelocal.de/20160615/one-in-every-ten-germans-wants-to-be-led-by-fuhrer Wed, 15 Jun 2016 17:52:04 +0200 one-in-every-ten-germans-wants-to-be-led-by-fuhrer Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday in a bid to keep alive a deal to limit the number of refugees arriving in the EU. https://www.thelocal.de/20160523/grumbles-grow-as-merkel-fights-for-turkey-refugee-deal Mon, 23 May 2016 10:39:46 +0200 grumbles-grow-as-merkel-fights-for-turkey-refugee-deal German authorities said Monday they have arrested an Algerian asylum seeker who reportedly told other migrants early last week that Paris would be hit by bomb attacks. https://www.thelocal.de/20151116/refugee-arrested-over-paris-attack-warning Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:01:26 +0100 refugee-arrested-over-paris-attack-warning New travel advice published by the Canadian government for its citizens travelling in Germany warns that there is an increased likelihood of those who look "foreign" suffering violent attacks. https://www.thelocal.de/20151002/canada-travel-advice-warns-of-gangs-migrants Fri, 02 Oct 2015 10:49:25 +0200 canada-travel-advice-warns-of-gangs-migrants German Social Democratic Party (SPD) MEP Jo Leinen told The Local on Monday he was unhappy with comments from European Parliament (EP) President Martin Schulz, who suggested that Britain should be allowed to opt out of the call to work towards "ever closer union" among EU countries. https://www.thelocal.de/20150601/spd-euro-meps-reject-compromise-with-britain Mon, 01 Jun 2015 17:54:47 +0200 spd-euro-meps-reject-compromise-with-britain Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron presented a newly united front at a Berlin press conference on Friday, after their first meeting where the UK premier set out his demands for reform of the European Union. https://www.thelocal.de/20150529/cameron-and-merkel-sing-from-same-hymn-sheet Fri, 29 May 2015 16:07:07 +0200 cameron-and-merkel-sing-from-same-hymn-sheet Some of the best ways to escape speeding fines in Germany include driving a foreign car, living abroad and having an odd address. Figures from Hamburg show foreigners often get away scot free. https://www.thelocal.de/20130829/51665 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:56:00 +0200 51665 German soldiers are moonlighting illegally at private security firms while off-duty, a newspaper revealed on Monday. Working as heavily armed guards on freighters or in war-zones, some do it for the cash and others for the adrenaline kick. https://www.thelocal.de/20130430/49435 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:54:00 +0200 49435 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has offered to help Libya follow a United Nations resolution ratified on Monday that obliges the country’s new government to control and destroy small arms and chemical weapons. https://www.thelocal.de/20111101/38577 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:13:00 +0100 38577 The German government on Monday agreed to dairy farmers’ demands for tax breaks to help farms hit by falling milk prices as some 6,000 protestors marched on Berlin with tractors. https://www.thelocal.de/20090525/19499 Mon, 25 May 2009 17:56:00 +0200 19499 A day after the remains of two German soldiers were repatriated from Afghanistan, three former defence ministers said Germany was involved in a war there - not simply a peacekeeping mission. https://www.thelocal.de/20081023/15079 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:36:00 +0200 15079 Stores in Germany could see the first supply shortages of milk by as early as Tuesday amid the escalating dairy farmer delivery boycott over low milk prices. https://www.thelocal.de/20080603/12253 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:03:00 +0200 12253