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 Germany's conservative CDU party will pick a new leader on Saturday from three candidates: moderate Armin Laschet, arch-conservative Friedrich Merz and outsider Norbert Röttgen. https://www.thelocal.de/20210114/cdu-leader-vote-who-are-the-three-men-vying-to-succeed-merkel-january-2021 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:11:09 +0100 cdu-leader-vote-who-are-the-three-men-vying-to-succeed-merkel-january-2021 German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party said Monday it would push back a congress planned for early December to elect a new leader due to a surge in coronavirus infections. https://www.thelocal.de/20201026/merkels-cdu-party-set-to-postpone-congress-to-elect-leader-over-pandemic Mon, 26 Oct 2020 13:34:36 +0100 merkels-cdu-party-set-to-postpone-congress-to-elect-leader-over-pandemic Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) is planning for equal representation of women within the party, according to sources. Here's how and why. https://www.thelocal.de/20200708/how-merkels-cdu-plans-for-50-percent-of-top-party-posts-to-be-filled-by-women-within-five-years Wed, 08 Jul 2020 11:13:56 +0200 how-merkels-cdu-plans-for-50-percent-of-top-party-posts-to-be-filled-by-women-within-five-years Emphatic, expressive and euphoric, 2019's Pride will be anything but boring. https://www.thelocal.de/20190703/where-to-celebrate-gay-pride-in-germany Wed, 03 Jul 2019 17:17:02 +0200 where-to-celebrate-gay-pride-in-germany Berlin's police department said Wednesday that its officers were "only human" after they were expelled from the security force for next week's G20 summit after hardcore partying that earned them hero status from the German capital's clubbing scene. https://www.thelocal.de/20170628/berlin-police-party-g20 Wed, 28 Jun 2017 15:50:52 +0200 berlin-police-party-g20 Carnival season kicked off with a bang across Germany on Friday. For some the mad chaos is an absolute highlight, but for others it's a strange and foreign world. https://www.thelocal.de/20161111/ecstasy-and-astonishment-karneval-kicks-off-carnival Fri, 11 Nov 2016 18:52:41 +0100 ecstasy-and-astonishment-karneval-kicks-off-carnival It started with a single message on WhatsApp. It ended with more than 100 police officers being called in and public transit and traffic being shut down. https://www.thelocal.de/20161017/100-cops-called-in-to-break-up-teens-viral-whatsapp-party Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:31:22 +0200 100-cops-called-in-to-break-up-teens-viral-whatsapp-party When two men in police uniforms showed up at a 50th birthday party, the guests were thrilled that the 'strippers' had arrived. https://www.thelocal.de/20160719/police-mistaken-for-strippers-at-rowdy-birthday-party Tue, 19 Jul 2016 14:35:17 +0200 police-mistaken-for-strippers-at-rowdy-birthday-party Germany's anti-Islamic, anti-immigrant Pegida movement said Monday it is seeking to found a political party but stressed it would not seek to draw votes from populist far-right group AfD. https://www.thelocal.de/20160719/german-anti-islamic-movement-pegida-to-found-party Tue, 19 Jul 2016 12:15:58 +0200 german-anti-islamic-movement-pegida-to-found-party Berlin summer's are like nothing else, and local clubs certainly know how to make the most of the warm weather and short nights. https://www.thelocal.de/20160620/7-outdoor-clubs-that-make-berlins-summer-one-of-a-kind-best-clubs-berlin-summer Mon, 20 Jun 2016 18:33:15 +0200 7-outdoor-clubs-that-make-berlins-summer-one-of-a-kind-best-clubs-berlin-summer It's party season, and to help you seamlessly blend into German life and culture we've put together our top ten ways you can avoid embarrassment while you're keeping out the winter chill. https://www.thelocal.de/20141210/party-like-a-german-10-top-tips Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:15:00 +0100 party-like-a-german-10-top-tips At least 11 people were injured in Bavaria on Saturday night, as a man apparently launched a pepper spray attack at a pool party. https://www.thelocal.de/20150720/man-questioned-over-poolside-pepper-spray-attack Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:15:32 +0200 man-questioned-over-poolside-pepper-spray-attack On Sunday March 15th at 2 pm, the streets of Berlin's Kreuzberg district will turn green as the city's Irish community invites one and all to become their honorary countrymen for St Patrick's Day. https://www.thelocal.de/20150313/berlin-braces-for-irish-invasion Fri, 13 Mar 2015 15:39:41 +0100 berlin-braces-for-irish-invasion A municipal politician is saying that Berlin needs to reconsider its alcohol sales rules and is proposing a ban on booze sales between 10pm and 5am. https://www.thelocal.de/20150218/politician-wants-last-call-on-berlin-beer-sales Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:55:53 +0100 politician-wants-last-call-on-berlin-beer-sales Large parts of Germany come to a standstill for carnival, the six days before Lent when half the nation lets its hair down for a wild party that shouldn’t be missed, writes David Crossland. https://www.thelocal.de/20150213/karneval-rhineland-cologne-duesseldorf-mainz-aachen-party-in-germany Fri, 13 Feb 2015 11:19:30 +0100 karneval-rhineland-cologne-duesseldorf-mainz-aachen-party-in-germany Alaaf! The Rhineland is in full Karneval swing, but not all the festivities were peaceful, as police were called to dozens of fights and pulled revellers out of the crowds on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150213/karneval-revellers-police-arrests-drunks-fights Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:50:33 +0100 karneval-revellers-police-arrests-drunks-fights New Year's Eve is upon us and 2014 is a year that was certainly worth giving a proper send off to for Germany (remember the time we won the World Cup?). Here are some options for a big Silvester, as the evening is known in Germany, night out in your city. https://www.thelocal.de/20141230/where-to-celebrate-silvester Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:41:00 +0100 where-to-celebrate-silvester A beer bike ran over a three-year-old girl in central Germany on Saturday night, sparking a mass brawl with 60 people. https://www.thelocal.de/20140707/beer-bike-crash-sparks-mass-brawl-erfurt Mon, 07 Jul 2014 11:26:00 +0200 beer-bike-crash-sparks-mass-brawl-erfurt A married couple in Frankfurt, who organized around 450 paid for sex parties while claiming unemployment benefit, have been accused of fraud after allegedly cheating the tax man out of €1 million ($1.3 million). https://www.thelocal.de/20131213/couple-arrested-for-sex-party-tax-fraud Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:43:00 +0100 couple-arrested-for-sex-party-tax-fraud Germany's Pirate Party are meeting just over four months before general elections to chart a course out of a crisis that has seen its poll ratings sink amid internal squabbling. https://www.thelocal.de/20130511/49651 Sat, 11 May 2013 14:22:00 +0200 49651