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 have arrested a man they suspect of sending threatening letters inspired by a shadowy neo-Nazi cell that committed a string of racist murders in the 2000s, prosecutors said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20210504/german-police-arrest-nsu-2-0-suspect-over-neo-nazi-threats Tue, 04 May 2021 12:01:43 +0200 german-police-arrest-nsu-2-0-suspect-over-neo-nazi-threats German police said Tuesday they have launched an investigation into a threatening letter, apparently from the far-right, sent to a school named after a politician murdered by a neo-Nazi. https://www.thelocal.de/20210203/german-police-probes-threat-to-school-named-after-neo-nazi-victim Wed, 03 Feb 2021 09:59:36 +0100 german-police-probes-threat-to-school-named-after-neo-nazi-victim The key suspect in the killing of a pro-migrant politician has admitted to the gun murder, Germany's interior minister said Wednesday after a special parliamentary commission hearing. https://www.thelocal.de/20190626/neo-nazi-suspect-admits-to-kassel-politician-murder-minister Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:17:40 +0200 neo-nazi-suspect-admits-to-kassel-politician-murder-minister Residents in an eastern German town found a novel way of protesting against neo-Nazis – by buying up beer. https://www.thelocal.de/20190625/eastern-german-town-buys-up-beer-in-protest-of-neo-nazis Tue, 25 Jun 2019 11:11:12 +0200 eastern-german-town-buys-up-beer-in-protest-of-neo-nazis A German neo-Nazi party has lost a bid before the country's highest court to force a national public broadcaster to show one of its campaign adverts. https://www.thelocal.de/20190428/german-neo-nazi-party-loses-bid-to-air-anti-migrant-advert Sun, 28 Apr 2019 17:31:27 +0200 german-neo-nazi-party-loses-bid-to-air-anti-migrant-advert Eight German police officers were injured late Saturday night as concert-goers at a far-right concert flung bottles and stones at them, as the country witnesses an upsurge in anti-immigrant protests. https://www.thelocal.de/20181007/eight-police-hurt-in-clashes-at-far-right-gig-in-germany Sun, 07 Oct 2018 15:39:26 +0200 eight-police-hurt-in-clashes-at-far-right-gig-in-germany Chemnitz is uneasy after a wave of racist violence following the deadly stabbing of a local man, allegedly by two migrants, stoking tension and tarnishing the eastern German city's image. https://www.thelocal.de/20180831/we-arent-all-nazis-chemnitz-on-edge-after-anti-migrant-violence Fri, 31 Aug 2018 16:29:04 +0200 we-arent-all-nazis-chemnitz-on-edge-after-anti-migrant-violence Family Minister Franziska Giffey laid down a bouquet of six white roses at a temporary memorial for a stabbing victim in Chemnitz on Friday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20180831/german-family-minister-lays-flowers-in-chemnitz Fri, 31 Aug 2018 13:03:45 +0200 german-family-minister-lays-flowers-in-chemnitz The weapon supplier for the National Socialist Underground (NSU), Ralf Wohlleben, was released from prison on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180718/nsu-weapon-supplier-released-from-prison-wednesday Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:17:24 +0200 nsu-weapon-supplier-released-from-prison-wednesday A suspected German neo-Nazi accused of erecting a headstone in a French field to honour a Nazi tank division has been charged with glorifying crimes against humanity, French prosecutors said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180712/german-charged-over-nazi-memorial-found-in-french-field Thu, 12 Jul 2018 16:13:18 +0200 german-charged-over-nazi-memorial-found-in-french-field Germany's domestic spy agencies are extremely reluctant to reveal how much they knew about a neo-Nazi murder series that cost 10 people their lives. The Local talks to an expert who says that clarification and reform are long overdue. https://www.thelocal.de/20171026/the-german-spy-services-and-their-secretive-ties-to-the-neo-nazi-scene Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:11:03 +0200 the-german-spy-services-and-their-secretive-ties-to-the-neo-nazi-scene For Beate Zschäpe, the woman at the heart of Germany's neo-Nazi murder trial which reaches a verdict on Wednesday, the dark path began in the far-right skinhead subculture that flared after the Berlin Wall fell. https://www.thelocal.de/20180710/beate-zschaepe-accomplice-to-murder-or-complicent-bystander Tue, 10 Jul 2018 11:57:28 +0200 beate-zschaepe-accomplice-to-murder-or-complicent-bystander Beate Zschaepe plead innocence over a racist killing spree in a final plea Tuesday before her verdict next week. https://www.thelocal.de/20180704/verdicts-next-week-in-german-neo-nazi-murder-trial Wed, 04 Jul 2018 11:15:38 +0200 verdicts-next-week-in-german-neo-nazi-murder-trial Germany's far-right AfD party fired back Thursday at criticism from church leaders charging them with taking on the same "disreputable role they played" during the Nazi era. https://www.thelocal.de/20171221/far-right-party-accuses-cdu-of Thu, 21 Dec 2017 14:54:37 +0100 far-right-party-accuses-cdu-of More than 40 crimes were recorded at a far-right music festival in Thuringia over the weekend, including participants giving the Hitler salute. The state's left-wing leader now wants such festivals banned. https://www.thelocal.de/20170717/6000-strong-neo-nazi-music-festival-sparks-call-for-ban-on-far-right-gigs Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:21:29 +0200 6000-strong-neo-nazi-music-festival-sparks-call-for-ban-on-far-right-gigs A Swedish neo-Nazi group will no longer be able to use one of its trademarks in promotional material after a complaint was launched by a German firm. https://www.thelocal.de/20170705/swedish-neo-nazis-lose-trademark-battle-with-german-deep-freeze-firm Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:08:20 +0200 swedish-neo-nazis-lose-trademark-battle-with-german-deep-freeze-firm Update: The well-known founding member of an infamous left-wing terrorist group who later became a right-wing extremist has been arrested after he said he tried to seek asylum in Hungary. https://www.thelocal.de/20170515/left-wing-terrorist-turned-holocaust-denier-seeking-asylum-in-hungary-report Mon, 15 May 2017 11:22:50 +0200 left-wing-terrorist-turned-holocaust-denier-seeking-asylum-in-hungary-report A court on Wednesday sentenced members of a neo-Nazi group to up to five years in prison for forming a "terror organisation" that planned to attack a home for asylum seekers. https://www.thelocal.de/20170315/neo-nazi-group-jailed-for-terror-attack-plans-against-refugees Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:59:45 +0100 neo-nazi-group-jailed-for-terror-attack-plans-against-refugees Nearly two decades after a bombing in Düsseldorf injured mainly Jewish people and foreigners, police have now arrested a suspect. https://www.thelocal.de/20170201/neo-nazi-arrested-for-attack-on-foreigners-in-dsseldorf-17-years-ago Wed, 01 Feb 2017 12:51:25 +0100 neo-nazi-arrested-for-attack-on-foreigners-in-dsseldorf-17-years-ago UPDATE: Germany's highest court on Tuesday threw out a bid to ban the far-right NPD party, arguing that the xenophobic fringe outfit is too insignificant to spell a real threat to the democratic order. https://www.thelocal.de/20170117/top-court-to-rule-on-banning-far-right-party Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:46:33 +0100 top-court-to-rule-on-banning-far-right-party