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 Joachim Löw ended the national team careers of Thomas Müller, Jerome Boateng and Mats Hummels yesterday. Here's why it was the right decision. https://www.thelocal.de/20190306/lw-swings-axe-sacking-germanys-2014-world-cup-heroes Wed, 06 Mar 2019 12:55:27 +0100 lw-swings-axe-sacking-germanys-2014-world-cup-heroes Scandal-hit car giant Volkswagen said Tuesday it has sacked its chief executive Matthias Müller, German media report. https://www.thelocal.de/20180410/volkswagen-sacks-ceo-mller-after-less-than-3-years-in-job-report Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:31:00 +0200 volkswagen-sacks-ceo-mller-after-less-than-3-years-in-job-report German prosecutors said Wednesday they had opened a new investigation into Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Müller and others over market manipulation in the wake of the carmaker's 'dieselgate' scandal. https://www.thelocal.de/20170517/vw-boss-being-investigated-for-market-manipulation-after-dieselgate Wed, 17 May 2017 13:14:42 +0200 vw-boss-being-investigated-for-market-manipulation-after-dieselgate Embattled German carmaker Volkswagen vowed Thursday to overcome its current crisis triggered by the engine-rigging scandal, insisting it would not allow itself to be slowed down by the affair and would return to profit this year. https://www.thelocal.de/20160429/vw-aims-to-be-back-in-profit-lane-despite-year-of-scandal Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:02:58 +0200 vw-aims-to-be-back-in-profit-lane-despite-year-of-scandal Public debate is raging in Germany this week over whether top executives at Volkswagen should be paid generous bonuses as the carmaker struggles to stem further fallout from its massive engine-rigging scandal. https://www.thelocal.de/20160412/scandal-hit-volkswagen-faces-national-outrage-at-mega-bonuses Tue, 12 Apr 2016 16:14:32 +0200 scandal-hit-volkswagen-faces-national-outrage-at-mega-bonuses Thomas Müller says the Germany squad remains unfazed by the threat of terrorism ahead of Saturday's high-profile friendly against England in Berlin in the wake of the Brussels attacks. https://www.thelocal.de/20160324/terrorists-dont-scare-die-mannschaft Thu, 24 Mar 2016 16:48:32 +0100 terrorists-dont-scare-die-mannschaft The 31 refugees sent to Chancellor Angela Merkel's office in Berlin by a Bavarian mayor as a protest are to be sent back down south on Friday – prompting harsh criticism of the use of human beings as political tokens. https://www.thelocal.de/20160115/busload-of-refugees-to-be-sent-straight-back-to-bavaria Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:47:11 +0100 busload-of-refugees-to-be-sent-straight-back-to-bavaria With three weeks to go before the end of the year, Germany has officially seen one million people arrive in the country as asylum seekers in the course of 2015. https://www.thelocal.de/20151209/germany-officially-crosses-1m-refugees-mark Wed, 09 Dec 2015 09:39:24 +0100 germany-officially-crosses-1m-refugees-mark German auto giant Volkswagen, mired in a massive emissions cheating scandal, said Monday that it has found technical solutions for more than 90 percent of the vehicles affected in Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20151124/vw-can-fix-90-percent-of-cheating-cars Tue, 24 Nov 2015 09:28:18 +0100 vw-can-fix-90-percent-of-cheating-cars German dairy company Müller has caused a storm on social media by selling its flavoured milk bottles with pictures of semi-naked women on them. Critics claim the artwork contains a double whammy of racism and sexism. https://www.thelocal.de/20151112/mller-milks-racist-and-sexist-pin-up-girl-ads Thu, 12 Nov 2015 12:31:37 +0100 mller-milks-racist-and-sexist-pin-up-girl-ads An internal investigation at Volkswagen (VW) has revealed that at least 30 managers were involved in the company's cheating on emissions testing for its diesel vehicles, Der Spiegel reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151014/dozens-of-vw-managers-had-role-in-emissions-fraud Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:21:31 +0200 dozens-of-vw-managers-had-role-in-emissions-fraud Germany qualified for the Euro 2016 finals as Group D winners after substitute Max Kruse's winner sealed a nervous 2-1 victory over Georgia on Sunday for the world champions. https://www.thelocal.de/20151012/germany-scrapes-through-to-euro-2016-finals Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:29:04 +0200 germany-scrapes-through-to-euro-2016-finals Former Bayern Munich striker Gerd Müller is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, the Bundesliga club said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151007/football-legend-gerd-mller-has-alzheimers Wed, 07 Oct 2015 10:19:33 +0200 football-legend-gerd-mller-has-alzheimers The new chief of scandal-hit Volkswagen braced his workforce for tough times ahead on Tuesday, admitting that billions laid aside for fines and damages arising from a massive pollution cheating scam will not be enough. https://www.thelocal.de/20151006/were-going-to-need-a-bigger-war-chest-vw-boss Tue, 06 Oct 2015 18:04:28 +0200 were-going-to-need-a-bigger-war-chest-vw-boss Volkswagen named a new chairman, Hans Dieter Pötsch, on Thursday, who with CEO Matthias Müller will have the tough job of leading the company through the months of recovery from its emissions cheating scandal. https://www.thelocal.de/20151002/vw-names-new-chairman-for-tough-recovery Fri, 02 Oct 2015 10:33:33 +0200 vw-names-new-chairman-for-tough-recovery Volkswagen on Tuesday revealed more details about the vehicles fitted with pollution-cheating software as the German auto giant's new chief promised a grand plan of action to resolve the "severest test in (the company's) history". https://www.thelocal.de/20150929/new-vw-boss-say-scandal-is-severest-test Tue, 29 Sep 2015 18:28:59 +0200 new-vw-boss-say-scandal-is-severest-test The first of an all-new model of Berlin U-Bahn trains was christened on Wednesday evening by city mayor Michael Müller in a typically Berlin ceremony. https://www.thelocal.de/20150903/berlin-mayor-christens-brand-new-u-bahn-trains Thu, 03 Sep 2015 10:59:28 +0200 berlin-mayor-christens-brand-new-u-bahn-trains Germany's World Cup-winning footballers have condemned xenophobic attacks on the thousands of foreigners pouring into their country and led calls to help the refugees amidst the ongoing crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20150902/germany-football-stars-wish-refugees-warm-welcome Wed, 02 Sep 2015 18:50:25 +0200 germany-football-stars-wish-refugees-warm-welcome Germany will contribute €107 million in aid to the enormous number of Syrian refugees currently in various parts of the Middle East, development minister Gerd Müller announced today. https://www.thelocal.de/20150319/100m-of-german-aid-to-syrian-refugees Thu, 19 Mar 2015 15:48:18 +0100 100m-of-german-aid-to-syrian-refugees A chapter in Berlin's political history has closed as long-time mayor Klaus Wowereit has stepped down and the city senate has elected Michael Müller to be the capital's new helmsman on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141211/and-that-is-a-good-thing-wowereit-berlin Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:02:00 +0100 and-that-is-a-good-thing-wowereit-berlin