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 German police said Tuesday they have arrested one of two fugitive twin brothers from the so-called Remmo clan wanted over their suspected role in snatching priceless jewels from a museum in the city of Dresden. https://www.thelocal.de/20201215/german-police-arrest-fugitive-twin-over-museum-heist Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:11:33 +0100 german-police-arrest-fugitive-twin-over-museum-heist German police on Tuesday arrested three suspects over a spectacular heist a year ago in which more than a dozen diamond-encrusted items were snatched from a state museum in Dresden. https://www.thelocal.de/20201117/three-arrested-for-spectacular-dresden-museum-heist-police Tue, 17 Nov 2020 09:53:57 +0100 three-arrested-for-spectacular-dresden-museum-heist-police Vandals have damaged more than 70 artworks and artifacts at some of Berlin's most renowned museums, police said Wednesday, in a targeted attack kept quiet by authorities for more than two weeks. https://www.thelocal.de/20201021/dozens-of-art-works-on-berlins-museum-island-damaged Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:44:09 +0200 dozens-of-art-works-on-berlins-museum-island-damaged Hannah Arendt is widely regarded as one of the most influential political philosophers of the 20th century. As an exhibition in Berlin pays tribute to her life and work, we delved into her past. https://www.thelocal.de/20200908/hannah-arendt-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-german-philosophers-life-and-work-september-2020 Tue, 08 Sep 2020 18:38:28 +0200 hannah-arendt-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-german-philosophers-life-and-work-september-2020 Investigators in Germany on Thursday offered a half-a-million-euro reward for information about the spectacular heist in which robbers snatched priceless diamonds from a state museum in Dresden. https://www.thelocal.de/20191128/dresden-museum-heist-police-offer-500k-reward-for-stolen-jewels Thu, 28 Nov 2019 18:14:25 +0100 dresden-museum-heist-police-offer-500k-reward-for-stolen-jewels A 49-carat diamond which analysts estimate to be worth up to $12 million was among over a dozen jewel-encrusted items snatched from a German state museum in a spectacular heist, the museum confirmed Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20191127/german-museum-confirms-49-carat-diamond-among-heist-haul Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:49:34 +0100 german-museum-confirms-49-carat-diamond-among-heist-haul On Monday, thieves broke into Dresden's Green Vault in the early morning. Watch the incident, described as one of the biggest museum heists of all time, caught on CCTV footage. https://www.thelocal.de/20191126/video-watch-thieves-break-into-dresdens-green-vault Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:43:00 +0100 video-watch-thieves-break-into-dresdens-green-vault A German state museum with one of the biggest collection of baroque treasures in Europe has been raided by thieves, police said Monday, with media estimates of losses of up to a billion euros. https://www.thelocal.de/20191125/treasury-chamber-museum-in-dresden-robbed-german-police Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:23:04 +0100 treasury-chamber-museum-in-dresden-robbed-german-police After 20 years in the works, the James Simon Gallery, which pays homage to the Jewish patron of Berlin museums, is getting ready to launch in the capital this weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20190711/inside-berlins-newest-addition-to-the-unesco-listed-museum-island Thu, 11 Jul 2019 16:50:57 +0200 inside-berlins-newest-addition-to-the-unesco-listed-museum-island The giant metal entrance door to a legendary techno club in post-Wall Berlin has moved into a new museum. Here's why. https://www.thelocal.de/20190619/door-of-iconic-berlin-techno-club-tresor-moves-to-new-museum Wed, 19 Jun 2019 11:16:27 +0200 door-of-iconic-berlin-techno-club-tresor-moves-to-new-museum Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to take down two paintings by Emil Nolde from her office walls has sparked a heated German debate as an exhibition on the Expressionist painter and his links to the Nazis opened in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20190412/debate-over-nazi-art-sparked-after-merkel-returns-two-nolde-paintings Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:26:48 +0200 debate-over-nazi-art-sparked-after-merkel-returns-two-nolde-paintings A German museum handed over the remains of an Aboriginal ancestral king to Australia Tuesday in the first of three such ceremonies across Germany this month in what Canberra called a record return. https://www.thelocal.de/20190409/germany-faces-colonial-past-through-largest-return-of-aborigine-remains Tue, 09 Apr 2019 13:03:59 +0200 germany-faces-colonial-past-through-largest-return-of-aborigine-remains Four Berlin men who went on trial Thursday denied involvement in the spectacular museum theft of a giant commemorative gold coin called the "Big Maple Leaf" and valued at €3.75 million. https://www.thelocal.de/20190110/not-a-shred-of-evidence-men-on-trial-in-berlin-deny-giant-gold-coin-heist Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:22:55 +0100 not-a-shred-of-evidence-men-on-trial-in-berlin-deny-giant-gold-coin-heist Four Berlin men go on trial Thursday charged over the spectacular museum theft of a giant commemorative gold coin called the "Big Maple Leaf" and valued at €3.75 million. https://www.thelocal.de/20190110/four-men-face-berlin-trial-for-giant-gold-coin-heist Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:30:41 +0100 four-men-face-berlin-trial-for-giant-gold-coin-heist A Berlin museum on Monday said it had formally restituted a 15th century religious wooden sculpture to the heirs of former owners, a Jewish couple who fled the Nazi regime. https://www.thelocal.de/20180626/berlin-museum-returns-nazi-looted-treasure Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:02:16 +0200 berlin-museum-returns-nazi-looted-treasure Few issues are as controversial in Germany today as immigration. Why do foreigners come here? Why do they leave? Questions like these can be explored soon at a museum which has no exhibition rooms. https://www.thelocal.de/20180530/worlds-first-ever-virtual-migration-museum-to-make-history-of-german-immigration-tangible Wed, 30 May 2018 16:25:20 +0200 worlds-first-ever-virtual-migration-museum-to-make-history-of-german-immigration-tangible The fossilised bones of what's thought to be the largest pterodactyl ever found went on display on Friday in a museum in Bavaria. Nicknamed 'Dracula,' the remains of the monster flying reptile were discovered in Transylvania. https://www.thelocal.de/20180323/worlds-largest-pterodachtyl-dracula-museum-altmuehltal Fri, 23 Mar 2018 12:57:11 +0100 worlds-largest-pterodachtyl-dracula-museum-altmuehltal London's Victoria and Albert Museum on Monday announced its "committed Europhile" former director, Martin Roth, has died months after stepping down. https://www.thelocal.de/20170808/german-ex-director-of-londons-victoria-and-albert-museum-dies-aged-62 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 11:09:57 +0200 german-ex-director-of-londons-victoria-and-albert-museum-dies-aged-62 From spies to mechanical musical instruments, Germany has a lot to offer in seven of its museums. https://www.thelocal.de/20170426/seven-of-germanys-most-underrated-museums Wed, 26 Apr 2017 12:22:10 +0200 seven-of-germanys-most-underrated-museums Visited all of the usual tourist hot spots and now looking for something a little more niche? Take a look through our list of the quirkiest museums Germany has to offer. https://www.thelocal.de/20170322/germanys-quirkiest-museums Wed, 22 Mar 2017 15:53:44 +0100 germanys-quirkiest-museums