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 Outside the small town of Riedstadt, near Frankfurt, a bright green derrick pumping oil from deep underground marks a rare rural German site where that is still a profitable business. https://www.thelocal.de/20191127/tiny-german-oil-firm-strikes-black-gold-on-the-rhine Wed, 27 Nov 2019 11:07:51 +0100 tiny-german-oil-firm-strikes-black-gold-on-the-rhine Look at the government tax report for 2015 and you could be excused for thinking Germany can be confident about the immediate future. https://www.thelocal.de/20160223/heres-why-german-bosses-are-worried-for-the-future Tue, 23 Feb 2016 13:08:37 +0100 heres-why-german-bosses-are-worried-for-the-future Good news for German petrolheads, less so for tree huggers: the price of filling up your tank is now among the cheapest in western Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20160120/german-petrol-prices-tumble-as-global-oil-prices-sink Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:54:06 +0100 german-petrol-prices-tumble-as-global-oil-prices-sink The German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) warned on Thursday that a fresh burst of economic confidence might be unfounded, even as they raised their growth projections for 2015. https://www.thelocal.de/20150528/business-leaders-warn-economy-doing-too-well Thu, 28 May 2015 13:57:01 +0200 business-leaders-warn-economy-doing-too-well The Islamic State group has lost control of "at least three large oil fields" in Iraq, depriving the jihadists of a crucial source of income, a German newspaper report said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150409/german-spies-report-isis-losing-control-of-oil Thu, 09 Apr 2015 10:35:51 +0200 german-spies-report-isis-losing-control-of-oil Investment sentiment in Germany rose sharply in December after a rebound the previous month, driven by a weak euro and plunging oil prices, a survey found on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141216/investor-confidence-back-thanks-to-oil-plunge-zew-sentiment-index Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:39:00 +0100 investor-confidence-back-thanks-to-oil-plunge-zew-sentiment-index Four workers repairing an oil well in Lower Saxony were seriously injured in a gas explosion on Tuesday night. https://www.thelocal.de/20140924/four-hurt-in-oil-well-explosion-lower-saxony-germany Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:55:00 +0200 four-hurt-in-oil-well-explosion-lower-saxony-germany UPDATE: Germany’s development minister Gerd Müller attacked the production practices of Shell and Adidas on Tuesday, suggesting indirectly that German consumers should boycott some of the companies' products. Adidas has hit back with a furious response. https://www.thelocal.de/20140910/german-development-minister-gerd-mueller-wants-to-boycott-shell-adidas Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:18:00 +0200 german-development-minister-gerd-mueller-wants-to-boycott-shell-adidas Germany has no other sensible source of gas and oil other than Russia, the country's energy minister said on Thursday. His statement came hours after Chancellor Angela Merkel said she foresaw an energy overhaul. https://www.thelocal.de/20140328/energy-minister-no-alternative-to-russian-gas Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:32:00 +0100 energy-minister-no-alternative-to-russian-gas UPDATE: An explosion which shook a Shell oil refinery in western Germany on Thursday created "masses of carcinogenic soot," environmentalists said on Friday. The cause remains unknown. https://www.thelocal.de/20140109/explosion-starts-fire-at-oil-refinery-cologne-shell Thu, 09 Jan 2014 19:43:00 +0100 explosion-starts-fire-at-oil-refinery-cologne-shell Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced concern on Wednesday to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the detention of 30 Greenpeace members who had protested against Arctic drilling. https://www.thelocal.de/20131017/52439 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:20:00 +0200 52439 Currently best known for not very much, the north German state of Brandenburg could soon be catapulted into an economic boom - a drilling firm reckons there are 92 million tonnes of oil there and plans to start drilling in four years. https://www.thelocal.de/20130801/51179 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:33:00 +0200 51179 Iran has stopped oil imports to Germany and reduced its consumption of EU products as the European Union moves towards a total embargo on Iranian oil, Iranian media reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120411/41877 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:41:00 +0200 41877 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 The leaders of Britain, France and Germany late on Monday called on Tehran to immediately suspend its nuclear activities after the EU slapped an embargo on Iran's oil exports as part of tough new sanctions. https://www.thelocal.de/20120124/40295 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:40:00 +0100 40295 The German government is tightening its monitoring of the Hamburg-based European-Iranian Trade Bank, which was at the centre of a controversy this week regarding Indian purchases of Iranian oil. https://www.thelocal.de/20110408/34277 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:28:00 +0200 34277 Chancellor Angela Merkel has put a stop to plans that have irked Washington and Israel for India to channel oil payments to Iran through the German central bank, a press report said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110405/34191 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:06:00 +0200 34191 High-octane petrol is getting scarce at German gas stations as drivers uncertain about the safety of new Super E10 gasoline-ethanol mix fill up with traditional super grades. The government and auto lobby are calling for better information on the new biofuel. https://www.thelocal.de/20110301/33421 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:40:00 +0100 33421 German oil firm Wintershall said Wednesday it had stopped oil production in Libya due to the escalating violence in the country, a spokesman said. https://www.thelocal.de/20110223/33305 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:50:00 +0100 33305 State-owned Russian oil group Rosneft is set to buy stakes in four German refineries, one of the biggest such acquisitions of assets in Western Europe, a press report said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100827/29441 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:53:00 +0200 29441