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 A woman has been arrested after snatching a baby from her mother in Potsdam and fleeing to Lower Saxony. https://www.thelocal.de/20170811/woman-flees-with-a-strangers-baby-250-km-away-to-hanover Fri, 11 Aug 2017 13:35:08 +0200 woman-flees-with-a-strangers-baby-250-km-away-to-hanover After four hours of waiting in hospital, a pregnant woman in Bavaria was examined, only to find out that she had lost her baby. https://www.thelocal.de/20170810/pregnant-woman-loses-baby-and-waits-four-hours-in-hospital-for-help Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:40:34 +0200 pregnant-woman-loses-baby-and-waits-four-hours-in-hospital-for-help A woman had a three-night affair with a man at a hotel. Nine months later she gave birth, but all she knew about the likely father was his first name. Should the hotel give her more details? https://www.thelocal.de/20170502/woman-sues-hotel-to-find-name-of-lover-after-summer-fling-leads-to-baby Tue, 02 May 2017 13:20:06 +0200 woman-sues-hotel-to-find-name-of-lover-after-summer-fling-leads-to-baby A young mother's desperate plea to find a lost phone possessing pictures of her dead baby son moved thousands on social media. Now it seems that cry for help worked. https://www.thelocal.de/20170412/viral-facebook-post-helps-distraught-mum-find-lost-photos-of-deceased-baby-son Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:55:50 +0200 viral-facebook-post-helps-distraught-mum-find-lost-photos-of-deceased-baby-son A mother in Lower Saxony was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday for selling her 16-year-old daughter online for sex. https://www.thelocal.de/20170208/mother-gets-four-years-prison-for-forcing-teen-daughter-into-prostitution Wed, 08 Feb 2017 13:11:23 +0100 mother-gets-four-years-prison-for-forcing-teen-daughter-into-prostitution A ten-month-old baby found himself in the care of some unintentional babysitters after his mother accidentally left him on a train alone in west Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20161129/teenage-good-samaritans-care-for-baby-left-alone-on-train Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:26:16 +0100 teenage-good-samaritans-care-for-baby-left-alone-on-train A woman on trial in one of Germany's worst infanticide cases was convicted Wednesday of killing four of her babies and handed a 14 year jail sentence. https://www.thelocal.de/20160720/german-mother-who-killed-four-of-her-babies-jailed-for-14-years Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:49:49 +0200 german-mother-who-killed-four-of-her-babies-jailed-for-14-years In a shared apartment in Dortmund, a man forced out his flatmate's mother after she moved in to feed her son's cats and guinea pig. https://www.thelocal.de/20160224/man-lawfully-boots-his-mitbewohners-mum Wed, 24 Feb 2016 17:19:38 +0100 man-lawfully-boots-his-mitbewohners-mum A newborn baby was found in a toilet in Munich airport on Thursday. Police so far have no clue as to who or where the mother is. https://www.thelocal.de/20150731/new-born-baby-found-in-munich-airport-loo Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:30:24 +0200 new-born-baby-found-in-munich-airport-loo A young mother in Dresden has started an international photography project aimed at confronting the taboo of breastfeeding in public. The Local spoke with Stephanie Karch about the challenges nursing mums face in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20150708/breastfeeding-in-public-is-natural Wed, 08 Jul 2015 13:00:33 +0200 breastfeeding-in-public-is-natural Germany took eighth place worldwide in a ranking of the best countries for mothers released by Save the Children on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150505/germany-among-top-ten-countries-for-mums Tue, 05 May 2015 15:52:54 +0200 germany-among-top-ten-countries-for-mums A daughter strangled her mother to death with a washing line in Munich and lived next to the body for almost two weeks. She was only caught when her mother's best friend contacted police. https://www.thelocal.de/20140225/daughter-lived-with-murdered-mother-for-two-weeks Tue, 25 Feb 2014 12:36:00 +0100 daughter-lived-with-murdered-mother-for-two-weeks