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 German intelligence services said Wednesday that they would widen their surveillance of the Islamophobic protest movement Pegida in its home state of Saxony, as the group had become a "extremist" and "anti-constitutional". https://www.thelocal.de/20210507/german-spy-agency-calls-anti-islam-pegida-protest-group-anti-constitutional Fri, 07 May 2021 15:38:42 +0200 german-spy-agency-calls-anti-islam-pegida-protest-group-anti-constitutional The eastern German city of Dresden has declared it is facing an official ‘Nazi emergency’, amid rising violence and far-right sentiment. https://www.thelocal.de/20191102/calling-for-federal-support-and-funding-dresden-declares-nazi-emergency Sat, 02 Nov 2019 15:30:23 +0100 calling-for-federal-support-and-funding-dresden-declares-nazi-emergency A German far-right politician Thursday launched a "patriotic" breakaway party from the anti-immigration AfD, potentially weakening the populist opposition movement. https://www.thelocal.de/20190118/german-far-right-politician-launches-afd-splinter-group Fri, 18 Jan 2019 10:02:39 +0100 german-far-right-politician-launches-afd-splinter-group As two youth wings of Alternative for Germany (AfD) are dissolved and politicians call for the whole party to be put under surveillance by authorities, we analyze what's going on. https://www.thelocal.de/20180904/will-the-afd-be-monitored-by-domestic-security-officials-what-you-need-to-know Tue, 04 Sep 2018 14:58:06 +0200 will-the-afd-be-monitored-by-domestic-security-officials-what-you-need-to-know An incident involving a TV camera crew, the Dresden police and an off-duty officer demonstrating with the anti-Islam Pegida movement is threatening to cause a major scandal in an eastern state dogged by its links to the far-right. https://www.thelocal.de/20180823/police-and-pegida-the-scandal-brewing-over-press-freedom-in-saxony Thu, 23 Aug 2018 13:34:20 +0200 police-and-pegida-the-scandal-brewing-over-press-freedom-in-saxony German prosecutors told The Local on Tuesday that police are investigating a video in which a crowd at a far-right rally shouts enthusiastically to “sink” refugees. https://www.thelocal.de/20180717/police-investigating-after-far-right-crowd-shout-to-drown-refugees-pegida Tue, 17 Jul 2018 17:38:53 +0200 police-investigating-after-far-right-crowd-shout-to-drown-refugees-pegida The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and the anti-Islam Pegida movement both held demos in Dresden at the same place on Monday, raising questions about the groups coming closer together. https://www.thelocal.de/20170509/afd-and-anti-islam-pegida-group-hold-side-by-side-rallies-for-first-time Tue, 09 May 2017 13:18:54 +0200 afd-and-anti-islam-pegida-group-hold-side-by-side-rallies-for-first-time Dresden authorities have banned a protest in the eastern city over fears that a snowball fight could break out. https://www.thelocal.de/20170123/dresden-bans-anti-pegida-protest-over-snowball-fight-fears Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:09:05 +0100 dresden-bans-anti-pegida-protest-over-snowball-fight-fears German police said Friday they have detained a 30-year-old man suspected of having carried out bomb attacks that struck a mosque and an international convention centre in the eastern city of Dresden. https://www.thelocal.de/20161209/police-detain-man-suspected-of-bombing-dresden-mosque Fri, 09 Dec 2016 12:24:59 +0100 police-detain-man-suspected-of-bombing-dresden-mosque The founder of the far-right, anti-Islam movement has been banned from leading the group's weekly demonstrations - but he says this won't stop him from participating. https://www.thelocal.de/20161108/anti-islam-pegida-leader-banned-from-running-demos Tue, 08 Nov 2016 13:55:15 +0100 anti-islam-pegida-leader-banned-from-running-demos The leader of the anti-Islam movement reportedly used money from Pegida's coffers to pay for two personal court cases, German media reported this week. https://www.thelocal.de/20161026/pegida-leader-paid-court-costs-with-groups-money-reports Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:40:04 +0200 pegida-leader-paid-court-costs-with-groups-money-reports Thousands of protesters massed in the eastern German city of Dresden on Sunday to mark the second anniversary of the anti-migrant and Islamophobic movement Pegida. https://www.thelocal.de/20161016/thousands-mark-two-years-of-german-anti-migrant-pegida Sun, 16 Oct 2016 23:38:45 +0200 thousands-mark-two-years-of-german-anti-migrant-pegida Saxon police have rushed to distance themselves from a colleague's announcement wishing anti-Islam Pegida demonstrators "success" at a march in Dresden during German Unity Day celebrations. https://www.thelocal.de/20161004/police-face-criticism-after-wishing-pegida-a-successful-day Tue, 04 Oct 2016 13:05:34 +0200 police-face-criticism-after-wishing-pegida-a-successful-day Angela Merkel was jeered and whistled as she arrived at German Reunification Day celebrations in Dresden on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20161003/get-out-crowds-tell-merkel-at-unity-day-in-dresden Mon, 03 Oct 2016 17:35:21 +0200 get-out-crowds-tell-merkel-at-unity-day-in-dresden On Monday evening followers of the xenophobic Pegida movement marched in two factions in the capital of Saxony, brandishing fierce accusations of treason against one another. https://www.thelocal.de/20160927/pegida-take-to-dresden-streets-to-march-against-pegida Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:23:54 +0200 pegida-take-to-dresden-streets-to-march-against-pegida He has infamously referred to refugees as "cattle" and "scum", but now Pegida leader Lutz Bachmann might feel some sympathy, after "persecution" has forced him to flee to the Spanish colonial remnant of Tenerife off the coast of West Africa. https://www.thelocal.de/20160921/leader-of-anti-refugee-pegida-becomes-refugee-in-africa Wed, 21 Sep 2016 17:18:38 +0200 leader-of-anti-refugee-pegida-becomes-refugee-in-africa 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 Poor old Dresden. The city where some decided Muslims are plotting to take over Europe now has an even bigger conspiracy on its doorstep - the Bilderberg group and its "plan for world domination". https://www.thelocal.de/20160609/bilderberg-secret-elite-meets-in-dresden-to-plot-world-domination Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:10:58 +0200 bilderberg-secret-elite-meets-in-dresden-to-plot-world-domination Germany's far-right party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), have come up with an unusual marketing strategy on their website. https://www.thelocal.de/20160526/far-right-tries-to-lure-you-in-with-own-brand-gummy-bears Thu, 26 May 2016 16:23:12 +0200 far-right-tries-to-lure-you-in-with-own-brand-gummy-bears Members of anti-Islam group Pegida were outraged this week to see photos of black and Middle Eastern children on packets of Kinder chocolate bars – only to learn they were childhood photos of the national football team. https://www.thelocal.de/20160525/pegida-enraged-by-black-children-on-chocolate-bars Wed, 25 May 2016 11:07:21 +0200 pegida-enraged-by-black-children-on-chocolate-bars