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 Germany is expecting to be the target of Russian disinformation in the run-up to elections this year, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Friday, calling such practices "completely unacceptable". https://www.thelocal.de/20210319/germany-warns-russia-it-will-defend-itself-against-targeted-disinformation-in-election-year Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:22:54 +0100 germany-warns-russia-it-will-defend-itself-against-targeted-disinformation-in-election-year A passenger flew from Düsseldorf to Moscow with 20 snakes in his hand luggage, an airport authority discovered. https://www.thelocal.de/20180911/real-life-snakes-on-a-plane Tue, 11 Sep 2018 19:12:32 +0200 real-life-snakes-on-a-plane When Vladimir Putin was sworn in for his fourth term as Russian President on Monday, two Germans took pride of place at the ceremony. Their link to Russian mineral wealth reveals where Putin sees his priorities for relations with Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20180507/why-putins-swearing-in-ceremony-showed-germanys-key-role-in-russia-relations Mon, 07 May 2018 18:54:52 +0200 why-putins-swearing-in-ceremony-showed-germanys-key-role-in-russia-relations Russia will expel four German diplomats in a tit-for-tat response to Berlin ordering four Russian agents to leave Germany over the poisoning of an ex-spy in Britain, the German foreign minister said on Friday https://www.thelocal.de/20180330/russia-to-expel-four-german-diplomats-over-spy-poisoning Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:33:01 +0200 russia-to-expel-four-german-diplomats-over-spy-poisoning German police said on Friday they have arrested Andrei Kovalchuk, the alleged mastermind of a plot to smuggle cocaine to Russia from Moscow's embassy in Argentina. https://www.thelocal.de/20180302/russian-mastermind-in-argentina-cocaine-plot-arrested-in-berlin Fri, 02 Mar 2018 12:03:58 +0100 russian-mastermind-in-argentina-cocaine-plot-arrested-in-berlin Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Vladimir Putin insisted Tuesday that there was no alternative to a stalled Ukraine peace plan as they struggled to mask deep rifts during a first meeting in Russia since 2015. https://www.thelocal.de/20170503/merkel-rebukes-putin-on-gay-rights-in-frosty-sochi-meet Wed, 03 May 2017 10:55:29 +0200 merkel-rebukes-putin-on-gay-rights-in-frosty-sochi-meet For almost a year, Germany's two central intelligence agencies looked for evidence Russia was trying to undermine Angela Merkel's government, but found nothing, German media reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170207/secret-services-no-proof-russia-meddling-in-german-affairs Tue, 07 Feb 2017 11:45:04 +0100 secret-services-no-proof-russia-meddling-in-german-affairs Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that she has "the very greatest interest in stopping sanctions" against Russia, Reuters reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20160830/merkel-offers-russia-lifting-of-sanctions-if-it-behaves-ukraine-crimea Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:50:09 +0200 merkel-offers-russia-lifting-of-sanctions-if-it-behaves-ukraine-crimea A Munich court Thursday sentenced a former German intelligence agent to eight years in jail for spying for both the CIA and the Russian secret service, German media reported. https://www.thelocal.de/20160317/munich-court-sentences-triple-agent-to-8-years-jail Thu, 17 Mar 2016 12:52:18 +0100 munich-court-sentences-triple-agent-to-8-years-jail In a secret meeting with German politicians the heads of the country’s two top intelligence services warned that Moscow is deliberately trying to create unrest in Germany, Bild reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20160310/putin-is-trying-to-destabilize-germany-secret-services-warn Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:59:46 +0100 putin-is-trying-to-destabilize-germany-secret-services-warn The Kremlin on Tuesday issued a rare rebuke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel a day after she criticised Russian air strikes in Syria. https://www.thelocal.de/20160209/moscow-tells-merkel-to-watch-her-mouth-on-syria Tue, 09 Feb 2016 16:36:05 +0100 moscow-tells-merkel-to-watch-her-mouth-on-syria A young girl at the centre of cover-up allegations by Moscow against Berlin spent the night of her alleged rape at a friend’s house, Berlin prosecutors have revealed. https://www.thelocal.de/20160129/girl-at-centre-of-rape-row-spent-night-by-friend-police-say Fri, 29 Jan 2016 13:39:27 +0100 girl-at-centre-of-rape-row-spent-night-by-friend-police-say Germany on Wednesday warned Russia against "exploiting" a murky case involving the alleged rape of a German-Russian teenager in Berlin after Moscow hinted at an official cover-up. https://www.thelocal.de/20160127/germany-warns-moscow-not-to-exploit-berlin-rape-investigation Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:44:58 +0100 germany-warns-moscow-not-to-exploit-berlin-rape-investigation The US Department of Justice is investigating Deutsche Bank over suspicions the bank helped wealthy Russian businessmen close to President Vladimir Putin get their money out of Moscow. https://www.thelocal.de/20151016/us-investigates-deutsche-bank-over-moscow-deals Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:37:13 +0200 us-investigates-deutsche-bank-over-moscow-deals Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev urged Moscow and Berlin on Tuesday to "re-establish trust" amid fierce tension caused by the ongoing Ukraine crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20150722/gorbachev-build-up-that-trust Wed, 22 Jul 2015 10:18:54 +0200 gorbachev-build-up-that-trust Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised the imprisonment of the protest band Pussy Riot during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday. Yet Siemens also signed a €2.5 billion deal with Russian state railway. https://www.thelocal.de/20121116/46217 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:06:00 +0100 46217 Berlin’s Academy of the Arts has added its voice to growing international calls demanding the immediate release of the imprisoned Russian punk band Pussy Riot. https://www.thelocal.de/20120803/44141 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:02:00 +0200 44141 Mikhail Gorbachev controlled the Kremlin, Ronald Reagan was in the White House and Helmut Kohl had recently been elected to a second term when a teenage amateur pilot from Hamburg landed a Cessna near Red Square. https://www.thelocal.de/20120528/42795 Mon, 28 May 2012 11:56:00 +0200 42795 Germany is following the second trial of jailed Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky very closely, and the verdict will be a test of the rule of law, Berlin's ambassador in Moscow said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20101226/32045 Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:04:00 +0100 32045 Germany has closed its embassy in Moscow until further notice because of noxious smog from spreading wildfires choking the Russian capital, a foreign ministry spokesman said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100807/29005 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 12:30:00 +0200 29005