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 One of the world's most celebrated opera directors, Germany's Harry Kupfer, has died at the age of 84 in Berlin, his agency confirmed on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200101/renowned-german-opera-director-harry-kupfer-dead-at-84 Wed, 01 Jan 2020 10:05:07 +0100 renowned-german-opera-director-harry-kupfer-dead-at-84 Helmut Kohl, the former German chancellor who seized the chance to reunite his country after years of Cold War separation, was a giant of contemporary European history who became celebrated as an architect of the continent's integration. https://www.thelocal.de/20170616/helmut-kohl-the-giant-who-became-a-giant-of-european-politics Fri, 16 Jun 2017 20:15:52 +0200 helmut-kohl-the-giant-who-became-a-giant-of-european-politics German intellectual Ernt Nolte became controversial in the 1980s when he triggered one of the most explosive historical debates of post World War II Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20160819/controversial-berlin-historian-dies-aged-93 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 19:46:26 +0200 controversial-berlin-historian-dies-aged-93 The late Artur Fischer had more than 1,000 patents to his name when he died this week, putting him in league with Thomas Edison. Here's what made him the "king" of inventions in Germany https://www.thelocal.de/20160129/five-things-you-should-know-about-late-great-inventor-artur-fischer Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:22:09 +0100 five-things-you-should-know-about-late-great-inventor-artur-fischer Germany's Nobel laureate Günter Grass, widely regarded as the country's most famous writer, died on Monday at the age of 87, his publishing company said. https://www.thelocal.de/20150413/nobel-winning-author-gnter-grass-dies Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:32:46 +0200 nobel-winning-author-gnter-grass-dies Legendary German coach Udo Lattek, who won the European Cup, Uefa Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup with three different clubs, died on Wednesday aged 80. https://www.thelocal.de/20150205/football-fans-say-goodbye-to-legendary-coach-lattek-bayern-munich Thu, 05 Feb 2015 09:07:24 +0100 football-fans-say-goodbye-to-legendary-coach-lattek-bayern-munich Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Germany's leading literary critic and a survivor of the Holocaust, has died aged 93. One of the most famous figures of the literary world, he is our German of the Week. https://www.thelocal.de/20130919/51997 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:56:00 +0200 51997