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 The intergovernmental OSCE organization is considering whether to send a monitoring mission to the upcoming German election after speaking with each of the parties, Spiegel reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20170717/osce-mulls-whether-to-monitor-german-election Mon, 17 Jul 2017 12:53:51 +0200 osce-mulls-whether-to-monitor-german-election Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany agreed on new peace talks this week on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day, Ukrainian President Petro Poroschenko announced on Monday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20141223/merkel-to-have-a-chilly-ukraine-christmas-putin-poroschenko-donbass-osce-negotiations-minsk Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:57:00 +0100 merkel-to-have-a-chilly-ukraine-christmas-putin-poroschenko-donbass-osce-negotiations-minsk Foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday warned there are signs that pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are readying for major military clashes with troops of the Western-leaning government. https://www.thelocal.de/20141113/steinmeier Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:19:00 +0100 steinmeier German hostages captured in Ukraine returned home over the weekend, but their release has sparked a row within the country’s coalition government about what they were doing in the crisis-hit country. https://www.thelocal.de/20140505/ukraine-hostage-release-sparks-german-coalition-row Mon, 05 May 2014 10:39:00 +0200 ukraine-hostage-release-sparks-german-coalition-row International observers, including four Germans, captured in eastern Ukraine a week ago have been released. https://www.thelocal.de/20140503/german-hostages-osce-freed-in-ukraine Sat, 03 May 2014 14:16:00 +0200 german-hostages-osce-freed-in-ukraine UPDATE: Hopes have been dashed that eight observers, including four Germans, from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) who were captured by pro-Russian militia in Ukraine on Friday will shortly be freed. https://www.thelocal.de/20140430/pro-russia-militia-in-ukraine-says-german-hostages-soon-be-freed Wed, 30 Apr 2014 17:30:00 +0200 pro-russia-militia-in-ukraine-says-german-hostages-soon-be-freed UPDATE: Germany has "strongly condemned" the capturing of international observers by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, including four Germans. https://www.thelocal.de/20140428/pro-russian-militia-parade-captured-german-colonel-in-ukraine-osce Mon, 28 Apr 2014 14:21:00 +0200 pro-russian-militia-parade-captured-german-colonel-in-ukraine-osce Pro-Russian rebels holding a group of international OSCE observers, including four Germans, in eastern Ukraine on Saturday accused them of being "NATO spies" and vowed to continue detaining them. https://www.thelocal.de/20140426/four-germans-held-hostage-in-ukraine-on-osce-mision Sat, 26 Apr 2014 18:14:00 +0200 four-germans-held-hostage-in-ukraine-on-osce-mision Germany has condemned Belarus's decision to order the closure of the OSCE's office in Minsk, saying the move was another step backwards for democratic rights in the ex-Soviet republic. https://www.thelocal.de/20110101/32153 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:52:00 +0100 32153 The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe said this week it will send observers to monitor the German general election next month, the first time such a mission has been sent to Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20090811/21161 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:01:00 +0200 21161