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 France's President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday announced common plans on a plethora of EU reforms ahead of a crunch end-June summit that could determine the future of the bloc. https://www.thelocal.de/20180620/germany-france-eurozone-reform-ideas Wed, 20 Jun 2018 11:01:15 +0200 germany-france-eurozone-reform-ideas When national football star Mesut Özil posted a picture of himself in Mecca on Facebook it received 21,000 ‘likes’. But Germany’s far right party see it is an act of provocation. https://www.thelocal.de/20160531/footballer-zils-mecca-pilgrimage-was-unpatriotic-say-afd Tue, 31 May 2016 16:41:56 +0200 footballer-zils-mecca-pilgrimage-was-unpatriotic-say-afd The first man found guilty in connection with the crime wave in Cologne on New Year’s Eve has been given a six-month suspended sentence and a €100 fine. https://www.thelocal.de/20160224/first-trials-over-new-years-eve-in-cologne-to-begin Wed, 24 Feb 2016 09:55:30 +0100 first-trials-over-new-years-eve-in-cologne-to-begin Berlin-based journalist Musa Okwonga argues that in the wake of the Cologne attacks, it's the fact of sexual assaults against women - not the race of the attackers - that we should focus on. https://www.thelocal.de/20160108/cologne-sexual-assaults-opinion-musa-okwonga Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:29:21 +0100 cologne-sexual-assaults-opinion-musa-okwonga Germany will host an international conference next month to mobilize aid for Syrian refugees after the launch of US-led airstrikes, the foreign minister has told the United Nations. https://www.thelocal.de/20140928/germany-to-host-conference-on-syrian-refugees Sun, 28 Sep 2014 11:10:00 +0200 germany-to-host-conference-on-syrian-refugees