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 Katja Wolf, mayor of the town of Eisenach in the central German state of Thuringia, has been sued by a member of her city council for refusing to shake his hand. https://www.thelocal.de/20191208/german-mayor-sued-for-refusing-handshake-with-neo-nazi-politician Sun, 08 Dec 2019 15:38:41 +0100 german-mayor-sued-for-refusing-handshake-with-neo-nazi-politician Around 7,000 people marched in the German city of Hanover on Saturday to counter a gathering of around 120 far-right nationalists called to denounce media coverage of neo-nazi groups. https://www.thelocal.de/20191124/thousands-march-in-hanover-to-protest-far-right-demo Sun, 24 Nov 2019 10:30:09 +0100 thousands-march-in-hanover-to-protest-far-right-demo The unanimous election of a neo-Nazi politician in Germany as the head of a town council, thanks to votes from rival party members, has sparked widespread criticism among senior political figures. https://www.thelocal.de/20190908/outrage-as-neo-nazi-elected-town-council-leader-in-germany Sun, 08 Sep 2019 17:53:29 +0200 outrage-as-neo-nazi-elected-town-council-leader-in-germany The far-right German NPD party won a bid Wednesday before the highest court to force a public broadcast network to show one of its TV campaign adverts for European Parliament elections. https://www.thelocal.de/20190516/german-public-tv-must-air-neo-nazi-campaign-spot-court Thu, 16 May 2019 10:24:16 +0200 german-public-tv-must-air-neo-nazi-campaign-spot-court 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 German lawmakers voted Thursday to cut off public financing for extremist parties, a measure targeting the far-right NPD after two failed attempts by parliament to ban it. https://www.thelocal.de/20170623/germany-ends-state-funding-for-far-right-npd-party Fri, 23 Jun 2017 12:17:07 +0200 germany-ends-state-funding-for-far-right-npd-party The German government on Friday announced steps to choke off state campaign finance for the far-right NPD party, after a failed court bid to outlaw the xenophobic fringe group. https://www.thelocal.de/20170407/germany-moves-to-eliminate-state-funds-to-far-right-party-npd Fri, 07 Apr 2017 16:17:24 +0200 germany-moves-to-eliminate-state-funds-to-far-right-party-npd 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 Germany’s capital’s reputation for eccentricity is alive and well as it gears up for state elections in September. Some of the promises are puzzling to say the least. https://www.thelocal.de/20160819/the-weirdest-party-slogans-from-berlins-state-elections Fri, 19 Aug 2016 19:11:53 +0200 the-weirdest-party-slogans-from-berlins-state-elections A draft manifesto by a Bavarian branch of the hard-right AfD party calls for all mosques to be shuttered, German media reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160330/bavarian-afd-party-calls-for-shutting-down-mosques Wed, 30 Mar 2016 14:08:03 +0200 bavarian-afd-party-calls-for-shutting-down-mosques NPD politician Stefan Jagsch would not quite own up to reports that refugees had rescued him in a car crash last week. https://www.thelocal.de/20160324/neo-nazi-refuses-to-acknowledge-refugees-helped-him-in-crash Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:29:49 +0100 neo-nazi-refuses-to-acknowledge-refugees-helped-him-in-crash After a local politician for the far-right NPD seriously injured himself in a car crash last week, two Syrian refugees came to his rescue. https://www.thelocal.de/20160322/syrian-refugees-rescue-neo-nazi-politician-after-car-crash Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:05:21 +0100 syrian-refugees-rescue-neo-nazi-politician-after-car-crash The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) stole huge amounts of votes off the established political parties in elections in central Germany, while a small neo-Nazi party won 17 percent in one district. https://www.thelocal.de/20160307/hard-right-afd-stuns-with-election-gains-in-frankfurt Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:59:33 +0100 hard-right-afd-stuns-with-election-gains-in-frankfurt Parts of the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) live in the same mental world as the Nazis, the group's former leader told the Constitutional Court on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160304/far-right-npd-still-in-world-of-nazis-former-leader Fri, 04 Mar 2016 09:59:32 +0100 far-right-npd-still-in-world-of-nazis-former-leader Germany's highest court will Tuesday hear a landmark request to ban a neo-Nazi fringe party, more than a decade after a first attempt failed. https://www.thelocal.de/20160301/top-court-weighs-up-ban-on-neo-nazi-party Tue, 01 Mar 2016 09:34:45 +0100 top-court-weighs-up-ban-on-neo-nazi-party Germany’s far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) shot themselves in the foot while campaigning for elections in western Germany, apparently calling for Germans to be deported from the country en masse. https://www.thelocal.de/20160203/far-right-party-provoke-ridicule-with-election-own-goal Wed, 03 Feb 2016 14:56:10 +0100 far-right-party-provoke-ridicule-with-election-own-goal A politician from Germany’s far right National Democratic Party (NPD) was handed a six-month suspended sentence on Tuesday for displaying his Nazis tattoo in public. https://www.thelocal.de/20151222/politician-given-jail-term-for-displaying-nazi-tattoo Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:11:53 +0100 politician-given-jail-term-for-displaying-nazi-tattoo Germany's Constitutional Court has set a date in early 2016 for a controversial trial which could see the far-right National Democraic Party (NPD) banned. https://www.thelocal.de/20151207/court-sets-date-for-npd-ban-trial Mon, 07 Dec 2015 18:10:12 +0100 court-sets-date-for-npd-ban-trial Residents of the town of Regensburg in central Bavaria have found a rather clever way of blocking demonstrations by the far-right Pegida movement – by block-booking all the town's squares for their own rallies. https://www.thelocal.de/20151106/german-town-ingeniously-blocks-pegida-demo Fri, 06 Nov 2015 13:09:50 +0100 german-town-ingeniously-blocks-pegida-demo Police in eastern Germany clashed late on Friday with far-right activists protesting against the opening of a centre for refugees, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20150822/police-clash-with-far-right-over-refugees Sat, 22 Aug 2015 15:23:19 +0200 police-clash-with-far-right-over-refugees