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 The case of a missing 15-year-old boy found in a closet at the flat of a suspected paedophile has gripped Germany – but the boy's mother says she just wants to celebrate Christmas with her son. https://www.thelocal.de/20191223/mystery-of-missing-teenager-found-in-suspected-paedophiles-wardrobe-grips-germany Mon, 23 Dec 2019 12:03:50 +0100 mystery-of-missing-teenager-found-in-suspected-paedophiles-wardrobe-grips-germany Police are searching for a mentally ill prisoner convicted of killing his neighbour after he escaped from a secure psychiatric hospital in Cologne, western Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20190408/mentally-ill-prisoner-remains-at-large-in-cologne Mon, 08 Apr 2019 12:01:03 +0200 mentally-ill-prisoner-remains-at-large-in-cologne Police in Berlin will decide on Wednesday morning whether to continue a search for missing teenager Rebecca Reusch. They are 'certain' that the girl is no longer alive. https://www.thelocal.de/20190319/still-no-clues-in-search-for-rebecca-reusch Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:40:51 +0100 still-no-clues-in-search-for-rebecca-reusch Tributes have been paid to a Canadian teacher who died while hiking in the Bavarian Alps. https://www.thelocal.de/20180828/tributes-paid-after-body-of-canadian-hiker-missing-in-bavarian-alps-found Tue, 28 Aug 2018 18:35:48 +0200 tributes-paid-after-body-of-canadian-hiker-missing-in-bavarian-alps-found A search is underway for a Canadian hiker who has been missing for more than two weeks. https://www.thelocal.de/20180817/search-underway-for-missing-canadian-hiker Fri, 17 Aug 2018 14:24:24 +0200 search-underway-for-missing-canadian-hiker Police in Hamburg have told German media that a body found in the city harbour is likely that of a young Scottish man who went missing on his brother's stag do over two months ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20180423/body-found-in-hamburg-harbour-likely-scot-missing-since-february Mon, 23 Apr 2018 13:11:53 +0200 body-found-in-hamburg-harbour-likely-scot-missing-since-february The billionaire chief of Germany's sprawling Tengelmann retail group has gone missing while skiing in the Swiss Alps, the company said Wednesday, although searchers have not given up hope of finding him. https://www.thelocal.de/20180411/german-billionaire-vanishes-on-swiss-alps-skiing-trip Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:57:06 +0200 german-billionaire-vanishes-on-swiss-alps-skiing-trip On February 10th Liam Colgan disappeared while celebrating his brother’s stag do on Hamburg’s party mile. Several clues in the strange case point to a small town just south of the Hanseatic city. https://www.thelocal.de/20180221/the-young-scot-missing-in-hamburg-what-we-know-so-far Wed, 21 Feb 2018 12:02:57 +0100 the-young-scot-missing-in-hamburg-what-we-know-so-far Hamburg police have been able to track the movements of a young Scottish man who went missing during a stag do at the weekend, according to a local newspaper. https://www.thelocal.de/20180216/clue-found-in-hunt-for-scot-missing-in-hamburg-since-saturday-report Fri, 16 Feb 2018 10:47:03 +0100 clue-found-in-hunt-for-scot-missing-in-hamburg-since-saturday-report Liam Colgan, a 29-year-old from Inverness in Scotland, came to Hamburg for a stag do at the weekend. He went missing in the St Pauli district and hasn’t been seen since. https://www.thelocal.de/20180213/police-search-for-young-scot-missing-in-hamburg-since-weekend Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:06:33 +0100 police-search-for-young-scot-missing-in-hamburg-since-weekend A huge explosion in Dortmund has destroyed three stories of a family apartment building, leaving it at risk of collapsing. https://www.thelocal.de/20170331/explosion-in-family-home-in-dortmund-rips-apart-block-of-flats Fri, 31 Mar 2017 13:51:20 +0200 explosion-in-family-home-in-dortmund-rips-apart-block-of-flats The 22-year-old police officer was discovered dead on Tuesday afternoon after a six-day search, not far from the train station where she was last seen. https://www.thelocal.de/20161201/missing-hamburg-cop-found-dead-in-suspected-suicide Thu, 01 Dec 2016 13:29:50 +0100 missing-hamburg-cop-found-dead-in-suspected-suicide Police are searching the greater Schengen area outside Germany for a couple who went missing a month ago at the iconic Neuschwanstein castle in Bavaria. https://www.thelocal.de/20160802/germany-widens-search-for-chinese-tourists-missing-at-disney-castle Tue, 02 Aug 2016 11:58:55 +0200 germany-widens-search-for-chinese-tourists-missing-at-disney-castle A 10-year-old boy had an emotional reunion on Monday with his family, who thought he had drowned in their voyage from Turkey to Greece a year earlier. https://www.thelocal.de/20160307/refugee-child-thought-to-be-dead-turns-up-in-hanover Mon, 07 Mar 2016 17:13:17 +0100 refugee-child-thought-to-be-dead-turns-up-in-hanover More than 130,000 asylum seekers went missing after initially being registered in Germany, new government figures reveal. https://www.thelocal.de/20160226/more-than-130000-asylum-seekers-vanished-in-2015 Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:11:03 +0100 more-than-130000-asylum-seekers-vanished-in-2015 Government officials have told the Frankfurter Rundschau that nearly 5,000 children and teens were reported as missing from refugee homes as of January 1st. https://www.thelocal.de/20160203/nearly-5000-refugee-children-missing-in-germany-report Wed, 03 Feb 2016 11:12:04 +0100 nearly-5000-refugee-children-missing-in-germany-report Forget the return of Star Wars. For a family in Berlin, this Christmas saw the return of Miko -- their cherished black and white cat which went missing in the German capital in 2008. https://www.thelocal.de/20151226/berlin-familys-cat-returns-after-eight-year-absence Sat, 26 Dec 2015 18:44:32 +0100 berlin-familys-cat-returns-after-eight-year-absence Almost ten years ago “Nico” disappeared without trace. His owners had long since given up hope of ever seeing him again. But then, just as mysteriously, he suddenly reappeared. https://www.thelocal.de/20151218/tomcat-missing-for-ten-years-finally-makes-it-home Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:48:18 +0100 tomcat-missing-for-ten-years-finally-makes-it-home A woman who disappeared in Lower Saxony over 30 years ago and was declared dead after a man admitted to her murder has revealed herself to officers in Düsseldorf, police have announced. https://www.thelocal.de/20150928/murdered-student-found-alive-after-31-years Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:34:50 +0200 murdered-student-found-alive-after-31-years Police are still searching for clues to help them find a mother and daughter who disappeared from a small town in Lower Saxony nearly a month ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20150819/search-continues-for-missing-mum-and-daughter Wed, 19 Aug 2015 14:52:31 +0200 search-continues-for-missing-mum-and-daughter