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 Across Germany on New Year’s Eve more than 2,000 men were involved in sexual assaults on around 1,200 women, according to an internal police report. https://www.thelocal.de/20160711/2000-men-were-involved-in-nye-sex-crimes-police Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:50:27 +0200 2000-men-were-involved-in-nye-sex-crimes-police The co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), Jörg Meuthen, has blamed his fellow co-head Frauke Petry for the breakdown of a clear-the-air meeting with Muslim leaders on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160524/far-right-afd-turns-on-itself-over-collapsed-muslim-meet Tue, 24 May 2016 13:47:39 +0200 far-right-afd-turns-on-itself-over-collapsed-muslim-meet In January Bavarian leader Horst Seehofer wrote Chancellor Angela Merkel a letter threatening to take the government to court over its refugee policy. On Monday he finally received an answer. https://www.thelocal.de/20160426/merkel-replies-to-allys-angry-refugee-letter-3-months-later Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:09:55 +0200 merkel-replies-to-allys-angry-refugee-letter-3-months-later As Germany prepares for another traditional Christmas, the Catholic bishop of Berlin has called on his flock to invite refugees to join their celebrations this year. https://www.thelocal.de/20151209/host-refugees-at-christmas-bishop-tells-berliners Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:38:38 +0100 host-refugees-at-christmas-bishop-tells-berliners Germany and Austria on Tuesday called for a special European summit on the migrant crisis, in a phone call with EU president Donald Tusk, said Chancellor Angela Merkel. https://www.thelocal.de/20150915/berlin-wants-to-cut-funds-to-states-that-refuse-quotas Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:02:12 +0200 berlin-wants-to-cut-funds-to-states-that-refuse-quotas