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 Prickly Bavarian calls out cops on hedgehogs' noisy sex Never in a million years would the Erlangen police have expected to receive such a bizarre noise complaint. https://www.thelocal.de/20160729/hedgehogs-making-suspicious-sounds-stopped-by-police Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:04:24 +0200 hedgehogs-making-suspicious-sounds-stopped-by-police Tenants told to lump neighbour peeing noise Tenants have been told they have to put up with tinkling sounds coming through the walls from their neighbours' toilet after a Berlin court rejected their complaint, telling them the noise of someone urinating was “socially acceptable.” https://www.thelocal.de/20130629/50593 Sat, 29 Jun 2013 18:37:00 +0200 50593 Doctors: noisy offices 'can make you ill' Millions of office workers in Germany are suffering health implications from distracting noise in the workplace, a study showed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20130415/49143 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:58:00 +0200 49143 Loud children no longer considered noise pollution The German government on Wednesday made it more difficult to file complaints about the sound of children playing in residential areas by altering noise pollution laws. https://www.thelocal.de/20110216/33155 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:16:00 +0100 33155 Pensioners want kids out of residential areas The German Child Protection Association has reacted angrily to a proposal from a senior citizens’ organization to remove children’s day care centres from residential areas. https://www.thelocal.de/20110210/33009 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:56:00 +0100 33009 What's that? Germany is too loud Wednesday is International Noise Awareness Day and it’s simply too loud in Germany, according to the country's Federal Environment Agency. https://www.thelocal.de/20090429/18963 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:20:00 +0200 18963