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 Norway's government on Wednesday officially apologized to Norwegian women targeted for reprisals by authorities for having intimate relations with German soldiers during the country's war-time occupation. https://www.thelocal.de/20181017/norway-apologizes-to-mistreated-war-time-german-girls Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:04:53 +0200 norway-apologizes-to-mistreated-war-time-german-girls After embarking on a cruise with his family to Norway, a boy from Berlin returned home to an unwelcome bill amounting to €12,000, German media reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180615/german-boy-on-cruise-ship-racks-up-12000-in-roaming-charges Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:59:58 +0200 german-boy-on-cruise-ship-racks-up-12000-in-roaming-charges Tree rings and forest composition provide unlikely evidence of a WWII battle which sought refuge off Norway's northern coast. https://www.thelocal.de/20180412/how-norwegian-trees-have-revealed-the-story-of-germanys Thu, 12 Apr 2018 13:18:41 +0200 how-norwegian-trees-have-revealed-the-story-of-germanys Spring is in the air and Trekker Willi, Germany's answer to Jack Kerouac, is hitting the road again aboard his trusty tractor “Robert” - with a destination well over the horizon. https://www.thelocal.de/20150422/german-tractor-driver-goes-to-norway Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:07:17 +0200 german-tractor-driver-goes-to-norway A German couple died on Sunday in an accident on a glacier in central Norway. Their children witnessed the accident but were unharmed. https://www.thelocal.de/20140811/germans-die-on-norwegian-glacier Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:27:00 +0200 germans-die-on-norwegian-glacier A soldier, who is accused of the deadly beating of a pensioner in Bavaria after Germany's World Cup victory, was arrested in Norway on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140806/soldier-arrested-for-world-cup-killing-bad-reichenhall Wed, 06 Aug 2014 10:39:00 +0200 soldier-arrested-for-world-cup-killing-bad-reichenhall A German priest on trial in Norway for having sex with a 15-year-old girl claimed he did so because he did not know the country's legal age of consent was higher than Germany's. https://www.thelocal.de/20140108/consent-laws-land-german-priest-in-norway-court Wed, 08 Jan 2014 17:54:00 +0100 consent-laws-land-german-priest-in-norway-court A German sport fisherman recently made the catch of his life – a monster halibut nearly two-and-a-half metres long weighing 194 kilos. https://www.thelocal.de/20130528/49955 Tue, 28 May 2013 09:54:00 +0200 49955 The wreck of a German World War II submarine that was sunk with 48 people on board has been found off Norway's coast during work on an oil pipe, a maritime museum official said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20130326/48757 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:10:00 +0100 48757 The words of Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Breivik explaining the thinking behind his killing spree will be read in Berlin theatres next month - to shock the audience with the familiarity of his arguments. https://www.thelocal.de/20120926/45195 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:07:00 +0200 45195 Three Germans were killed when their light aircraft crashed into a mountain side in Norway in low visibility conditions, Norwegian police confirmed on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120811/44299 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:22:00 +0200 44299 A German woman expressing support for Anders Behring Breivik was denied entry to his trial and has been deported, police said Thursday, amid reports she claimed to be the Norway gunman's lover. https://www.thelocal.de/20120419/42049 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:05:00 +0200 42049 The Norwegian extremist on trial for killing 77 people told a court on Tuesday he had been ‘created’ by the same forces which had led to the German National Socialist Underground (NSU) cell, suspected of nine race-based murders. https://www.thelocal.de/20120417/42005 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:46:00 +0200 42005 A German man has received the honour “Norwegian of the Year 2011” for helping rescue 30 survivors of the Utøya island massacre in July. https://www.thelocal.de/20111216/39557 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:24:00 +0100 39557 A German man who saved at least 30 people during the massacre in Norway has been awarded one of Germany’s highest honours by the President. https://www.thelocal.de/20111004/37995 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:17:00 +0200 37995 German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich’s call to end anonymity for internet bloggers in the wake of the Norway massacre has been slammed by the opposition and even the conservatives’ coalition partners, the Free Democrats. https://www.thelocal.de/20110808/36817 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:48:00 +0200 36817 Germany’s foreign intelligence agency has said there is no evidence that a Europe-wide network of right-wing extremists is evolving, casting doubt on claims by Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik. https://www.thelocal.de/20110729/36619 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:19:00 +0200 36619 In the wake of the Norwegian massacre, German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich has warned that Germany is also endangered by right-wing extremists who go undetected. https://www.thelocal.de/20110727/36555 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:31:00 +0200 36555 State governments and the police union are pushing for more police officers to be recruited from immigrant communities to help combat extremism in all forms. https://www.thelocal.de/20110727/36551 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:10:00 +0200 36551 Norway’s mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik wanted the opposite of freedom. That's why open societies including Germany must resist xenophobia and isolationism in the face of terror. A commentary by Der Tagesspiegel’s Gerd Appenzeller. https://www.thelocal.de/20110726/36549 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:47:00 +0200 36549