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 From Tuesday, travellers from the Netherlands will need to show a negative Covid test and quarantine on arrival in Germany, after Berlin declared the Netherlands an area of "particularly high risk'. https://www.thelocal.de/20210404/germany-requires-negative-covid-test-for-travellers-from-the-netherlands-after-easter Sun, 04 Apr 2021 20:37:26 +0200 germany-requires-negative-covid-test-for-travellers-from-the-netherlands-after-easter Activists on Thursday urged the Netherlands to officially apologise to Dutch women targeted for reprisals because of their relations with German soldiers during the country's war-time occupation. https://www.thelocal.de/20181025/activists-call-for-dutch-apology-to-war-time-german-girls Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:43:02 +0200 activists-call-for-dutch-apology-to-war-time-german-girls Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday cautioned Berlin and Paris not to try to push through their ambitious EU reform plans against the will of other member states. https://www.thelocal.de/20180317/dutch-pm-warns-macron-merkel-against-dictating-eu-reforms Sat, 17 Mar 2018 02:18:29 +0100 dutch-pm-warns-macron-merkel-against-dictating-eu-reforms The Netherlands said Wednesday it will join Austria in dragging Germany before Europe's top court in an increasingly bitter battle over Berlin's controversial plan to impose tolls on its motorways. https://www.thelocal.de/20171213/dutsch-to-join-austria-in-legal-battle-against-germanys-foreigner-road-toll Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:46:22 +0100 dutsch-to-join-austria-in-legal-battle-against-germanys-foreigner-road-toll The Dutch are coming! The Supermarket Union in the Netherlands fears they will lose many of their customers to German shops due to a rise in VAT on groceries. https://www.thelocal.de/20171011/dutch-invasion-of-german-supermarkets Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:29:55 +0200 dutch-invasion-of-german-supermarkets The first German feature-length biopic on the Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank will premiere next month at the 66th Berlin film festival, organisers said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160122/first-ever-german-anne-frank-movie-to-premiere-at-berlinale Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:26:43 +0100 first-ever-german-anne-frank-movie-to-premiere-at-berlinale Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger will not play in Tuesday's friendly against the Netherlands after admitting that the wave of terrorist attacks in Paris had left him "speechless". https://www.thelocal.de/20151116/stunned-schweini-to-miss-netherlands-match Mon, 16 Nov 2015 09:10:56 +0100 stunned-schweini-to-miss-netherlands-match King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands started a two-day visit to Germany on Thursday morning with a trip to Lübeck. https://www.thelocal.de/20150319/dutch-royals-visit-north-germany Thu, 19 Mar 2015 15:47:30 +0100 dutch-royals-visit-north-germany Germany will face Argentina in the final of the football World Cup on Sunday, after Lionel Messi and his teammates beat the Netherlands in a penalty shootout in the semi-final on Wednesday night. https://www.thelocal.de/20140710/germany-to-face-argentina-in-football-world-cup-final Thu, 10 Jul 2014 10:34:00 +0200 germany-to-face-argentina-in-football-world-cup-final A 92-year-old former SS officer went on trial on Monday for the murder of a Dutch resistance fighter nearly 70 years ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20130902/51717 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 16:57:00 +0200 51717 Germans can buy cannabis in the Netherlands again - but only in Maastricht - after a local court there lifted a ban on selling soft drugs to foreigners. https://www.thelocal.de/20130507/49569 Tue, 07 May 2013 14:03:00 +0200 49569 Japanese giant Mitsubishi Corporation and Dutch power grid operator TenneT said on Wednesday they were teaming up to connect four off-shore windparks to the German national grid. https://www.thelocal.de/20130116/47379 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:25:00 +0100 47379 Germany held neighbours the Netherlands to a goalless draw in Wednesday's international friendly, with both injury-hit teams fielding make-shift sides after a raft of withdrawals. https://www.thelocal.de/20121115/46177 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:42:00 +0100 46177 Security personnel at Amsterdam airport made an odd discovery when they put a German couple's bags through the scanners – the pair had over 200 live tarantulas hidden among their clothes. https://www.thelocal.de/20121004/45347 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:16:00 +0200 45347 Germany on Thursday welcomed the success of pro-European forces in the Dutch election and heavy losses by the far right, saying the result would bolster eurozone crisis-fighting. https://www.thelocal.de/20120913/44951 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:30:00 +0200 44951 A gang of thieves in Germany upped the ante when planning a ram-raid on a supermarket – they used a mechanical digger to tear off half the roof and pull down a wall to get to the safe. https://www.thelocal.de/20120702/43505 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:41:00 +0200 43505 Berlin's youth welfare office is planning to sue Robin van Helsum, the Dutch 20-year-old who threw himself at their mercy ten months ago, spinning a tale of living rough in the forest with his father. https://www.thelocal.de/20120619/43239 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:07:00 +0200 43239 Germany are almost within reach of the Euro 2012 quarter-finals after dispatching the Netherlands 2-1 on Wednesday night. Mario Gomez scored twice as the disappointing Dutch edged closer to a first-round exit. https://www.thelocal.de/20120613/43141 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:59:00 +0200 43141 Germany take on the Netherlands in the pick of Wednesday's ties in Euro 2012, with the Dutch knowing that defeat could consign them to an early exit from the tournament. https://www.thelocal.de/20120613/43135 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:21:00 +0200 43135 Veteran striker Miroslav Klose rolled back the years with a goal and two assists on Tuesday evening as Germany hammered Euro 2012 rivals the Netherlands 3-0 in a friendly in Hamburg. https://www.thelocal.de/20111116/38889 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:44:00 +0100 38889