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 Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the visiting Egyptian president Wednesday to ensure dialogue remains an option as his country grapples with a political crisis that has sparked deadly unrest. https://www.thelocal.de/20130130/47657 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:53:00 +0100 47657 German Development Minister Dirk Niebel expressed concern on Monday that Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi was leading the country toward dictatorship. https://www.thelocal.de/20121217/46807 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:57:00 +0100 46807 Just days after a man was sentenced for spying for Syria, German federal prosecutors said Friday they had brought charges against a German-Moroccan national on suspicion of observing opposition members. https://www.thelocal.de/20121207/46635 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:34:00 +0100 46635 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday the EU backs the Arab League's "firm stance" on Syria and will support it through further sanctions, ahead of talks with the head of the pan-Arab body. https://www.thelocal.de/20120214/40739 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:49:00 +0100 40739 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle called on Tuesday for the UN Security Council to act "urgently" on Syria, telling a Cairo news conference a strong text on the crisis was "absolutely important." https://www.thelocal.de/20120131/40455 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:28:00 +0100 40455 The European Union named a veteran German diplomat as the new EU envoy to the Middle East peace process on Monday, amid tensions with Israel over Jewish settlements. https://www.thelocal.de/20120124/40293 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:08:00 +0100 40293 Germany on Wednesday lamented the failure of the United Nations Security Council to agree a resolution on a bloody crackdown in Syria that has left 2,700 dead, saying it had undermined the body's authority. https://www.thelocal.de/20111005/38009 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:46:00 +0200 38009 US President Barack Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed on the need for "concerted action" to spur global growth, the White House said after the leaders spoke by telephone late on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110828/37223 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:39:00 +0200 37223 German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday jointly urged Syria's embattled leader Bashar Al-Assad to step down. https://www.thelocal.de/20110818/37051 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:17:00 +0200 37051 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will forfeit legitimacy if his regime continues to carry out acts of violence against demonstrators in his country, the German government warned on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110808/36821 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:40:00 +0200 36821 Greens MP Hans-Christian Ströbele has raised the stakes in the political controversy over Germany’s tank sale to Saudi Arabia, suggesting bribe money may be involved in the deal. https://www.thelocal.de/20110707/36143 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:39:00 +0200 36143 Germany's centre-right coalition on Tuesday came under increasing fire from both the opposition and Angela Merkel's own conservatives for a controversial arms deal to supply 200 Leopard tanks to Saudi Arabia despite its questionable human rights record. https://www.thelocal.de/20110705/36081 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:43:00 +0200 36081 Daniel Barenboim, the Argentine-Israeli pianist and conductor, is to extend his contract as general music director of the Berlin's renowned State Opera, city officials said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110630/35999 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:33:00 +0200 35999 Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière has ruled out participation by Germany in any NATO operation in Syria to stop a bloody crackdown on protesters. https://www.thelocal.de/20110620/35763 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:47:00 +0200 35763 Berlin believes unilateral moves – such as declaring Palestinian independence – would be "very counterproductive" to the Middle East peace process, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle warned on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110614/35647 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:30:00 +0200 35647 A high-level German diplomatic mission to the Middle East will try to convince Palestinians next week to drop plans to gain UN recognition for an independent state. https://www.thelocal.de/20110611/35595 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 10:37:00 +0200 35595 The German parliament launched an Arabic version of its website Tuesday in a bid to reach out to democracy movements in North Africa and the Middle East, its speaker said. https://www.thelocal.de/20110607/35519 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:13:00 +0200 35519 US President Barack Obama will ask Angela Merkel for a stronger German contribution to the military intervention in war-torn Libya when the chancellor visits Washington on Monday, according to a media report. https://www.thelocal.de/20110606/35481 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:57:00 +0200 35481 Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the rest of the world to carry out atomic reactor “stress tests” and demanded the G8 take a leading role in nuclear security on Thursday, ahead of a meeting of the group of leading nations. https://www.thelocal.de/20110526/35275 Thu, 26 May 2011 14:30:00 +0200 35275 German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed on Friday a speech by US President Barack Obama calling for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal based on 1967 borders, calling it "very important." https://www.thelocal.de/20110520/35145 Fri, 20 May 2011 12:56:00 +0200 35145