The Local Germany 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 Nobel Peace Prize winner who found refuge in Germany honoured Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad, who has won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize along with Congolese physician Denis Mukwege, has been praised by Angela Merkel and the German region that offered her a home. https://www.thelocal.de/20181005/tributes-paid-to-nobel-peace-prize-winner-who-found-refuge-in-germany Fri, 05 Oct 2018 18:32:23 +0200 tributes-paid-to-nobel-peace-prize-winner-who-found-refuge-in-germany Could Merkel win the Nobel Peace Prize? Angela Merkel is emerging as a favourite to win the Nobel Peace Prize given her work to open Germany up to nearly one million refugees this year alone, according to some peace activists. But does the German Chancellor have what it takes to make the cut? https://www.thelocal.de/20151007/merkel-tops-peace-institutes-predictions-for-nobel-prize Wed, 07 Oct 2015 12:23:07 +0200 merkel-tops-peace-institutes-predictions-for-nobel-prize Germany hails EU Nobel Peace Prize win German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former chancellor Helmut Kohl hailed the choice of the crisis-hit European Union for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20121012/45517 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:23:00 +0200 45517