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 mind control in the middle of Berlin to mysterious assassinations, Germans have no shortage of unbelievable yet slightly possible conspiracies to wrap your head around. https://www.thelocal.de/20160728/common-german-conspiracy-theories-bielefeld-nazis-barschel-assassination Thu, 28 Jul 2016 13:36:59 +0200 common-german-conspiracy-theories-bielefeld-nazis-barschel-assassination The International Energy Agency said Friday that Germany must shield its consumers from paying too much of the cost of its ambitious switch from nuclear power and fossil fuels toward renewable energy. https://www.thelocal.de/20130524/49907 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:52:00 +0200 49907 Germany's energy transition project - in which nuclear power will be phased out and replaced with energy from renewable sources - is facing the challenges of cheap coal, unresolved energy storage and an out-of-date electricity grid. https://www.thelocal.de/20130520/49809 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:28:00 +0200 49809 After a freighter went up in flames at the start of the month while carrying radioactive material into Hamburg's harbour, it has emerged that the German port city receives such hazardous cargo up to seven times a month. https://www.thelocal.de/20130517/49777 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:47:00 +0200 49777 Germany has decided to start a fresh search for a radioactive waste depot site in the country, delaying for years a tough decision on an issue that has long divided the nation. https://www.thelocal.de/20130410/49035 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:30:00 +0200 49035 Two years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, major German banks are funding atomic power projects despite having promised not to do so, a new study claims. https://www.thelocal.de/20130312/48481 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:48:00 +0100 48481 Germany's foreign minister said on Friday he wanted his EU counterparts to consider further measures against North Korea beyond UN sanctions in the wake of Pyongyang's recent provocations. https://www.thelocal.de/20130308/48417 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:42:00 +0100 48417 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Wednesday welcomed US President Barack Obama's commitments to nuclear disarmament and a transatlantic free trade initiative in his State of the Union address. https://www.thelocal.de/20130213/47951 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:46:00 +0100 47951 The United Nations should consider more sanctions against North Korea as a response to Pyongyang's third nuclear test, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20130212/47915 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:21:00 +0100 47915 Despite the German government's dedication to ridding the country of nuclear power, it will continue to use public money to guarantee the construction of such power stations in other countries, it was reported at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20130121/47451 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:45:00 +0100 47451 Chancellor Angela Merkel has denied neglecting safety concerns during her involvement with the controversial nuclear waste storage site at Gorleben. https://www.thelocal.de/20120927/45227 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:30:00 +0200 45227 American nuclear weapons will not be removed from Germany, despite their departure being a long-term aim of the German government, it has emerged. https://www.thelocal.de/20120905/44779 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:12:00 +0200 44779 Grid operators vastly overestimated the cost of developing Germany's electricity grid to cope with the planned switch from nuclear to renewable energy, it emerged Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120709/43655 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:22:00 +0200 43655 German power giant RWE will build no more nuclear power stations - not only in Germany, where nuclear power is to be phased out by 2022 - but anywhere in the world, the company announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120618/43219 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:17:00 +0200 43219 In a direct challenge to Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday, Bavarian State Premier Horst Seehofer warned that his state will go it alone if the government doesn’t speed up the nuclear phase-out. https://www.thelocal.de/20120523/42721 Wed, 23 May 2012 18:09:00 +0200 42721 A German man was in French police custody on Wednesday, after dropping a smoke bomb onto a nuclear power station near Lyon from his paraglider as part of a Greenpeace initiative to show up security gaps. https://www.thelocal.de/20120502/42299 Wed, 02 May 2012 19:19:00 +0200 42299 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Sunday on a visit to Oman that countries must take action against smuggling to Iran to help avert an escalation over Tehran's nuclear programme. https://www.thelocal.de/20120325/41553 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:05:00 +0200 41553 German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her country's decision to phase out nuclear power on Saturday, speaking on the eve of the first anniversary of Japan's Fukushima disaster. But Germany has its work cut out if it is to reach ambitious national targets. https://www.thelocal.de/20120310/41257 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:06:00 +0100 41257 RWE, Germany's second biggest-power supplier, said Tuesday earnings last year were hit by a one-billion-euro ($1.3-billion) charge related to the shutdown of some of its nuclear power plants. https://www.thelocal.de/20120306/41165 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:40:00 +0100 41165 A controversial submarine soon to be delivered to Israel – the largest produced in Germany since World War II – has made an appearance at the northern port city of Kiel. https://www.thelocal.de/20120221/40881 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:05:00 +0100 40881