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 Abortion charities are reporting a sharp increase in the number of Polish women turning to them for help after a constitutional court ruling last month to tighten legislation. https://www.thelocal.de/20201111/traumatised-poles-look-to-germany-after-abortion-ruling Wed, 11 Nov 2020 12:09:17 +0100 traumatised-poles-look-to-germany-after-abortion-ruling Many Polish healthcare workers in Germany's border regions have had to make a tough decision: return to their families or stay on the front lines to help. https://www.thelocal.de/20200409/polish-healthcare-workers-in-germany-face-easter-away-from-families Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:19:25 +0200 polish-healthcare-workers-in-germany-face-easter-away-from-families Border restrictions are resulting in chaos in parts of Germany. At the Polish border, some are even having to sleep in buses and cars. https://www.thelocal.de/20200318/were-in-panic-travellers-stranded-for-days-as-polish-german-border-shuts Wed, 18 Mar 2020 18:05:28 +0100 were-in-panic-travellers-stranded-for-days-as-polish-german-border-shuts German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday asked Poland's forgiveness for history's bloodiest conflict during a ceremony in the Polish city of Wielun, where the first World War II bombs fell 80 years ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20190901/i-bow-my-head-and-ask-for-forgiveness-germany-marks-ww2-of-poland Sun, 01 Sep 2019 09:31:09 +0200 i-bow-my-head-and-ask-for-forgiveness-germany-marks-ww2-of-poland Eight decades after the first Nazi bombs fell on Poland, echoes of the blasts can be heard in the bickering between Warsaw and Berlin over the possibility of billions of euros in war reparations. https://www.thelocal.de/20190828/wwii-wounds-remain-as-poland-seeks-german-reparations-80-years-o Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:48:11 +0200 wwii-wounds-remain-as-poland-seeks-german-reparations-80-years-o Lawmakers from Germany's far-right AfD party will travel to neighbouring Poland to hold a meeting at the weekend after German hotels objected to hosting the group, the party and media sources said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190628/no-room-in-germany-far-right-afd-politicians-to-meet-in-poland Fri, 28 Jun 2019 10:40:28 +0200 no-room-in-germany-far-right-afd-politicians-to-meet-in-poland Hitler's Germany was responsible for the Holocaust, not the Nazis, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Sunday, as Poland marked 74 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. https://www.thelocal.de/20190128/polish-pm-says-hitlers-germany-responsible-for-holocaust-not-nazis Mon, 28 Jan 2019 09:22:03 +0100 polish-pm-says-hitlers-germany-responsible-for-holocaust-not-nazis Already desperately short of workers, Polish businesses are worried that hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on whom they have come to rely may be tempted by higher wages further west as neighbouring Germany opens its doors. https://www.thelocal.de/20190109/germany-and-poland-compete-to-fill-labour-gaps Wed, 09 Jan 2019 11:03:21 +0100 germany-and-poland-compete-to-fill-labour-gaps The president of Poland repeated on Sunday his country's demand for Germany to pay reparations over World War II, days before ministers from Berlin and Warsaw will sit down for bilateral talks. https://www.thelocal.de/20181028/polish-president-again-demands-war-reparations-from-germany Sun, 28 Oct 2018 12:57:39 +0100 polish-president-again-demands-war-reparations-from-germany Germany's highest court declared Tuesday that a Polish ruling against German public broadcaster ZDF in a dispute sparked by a Holocaust documentary has no legal force in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20180822/broadcaster-cant-be-forced-to-apologize-for-polish-death-camps-gaffe-high-court-rules Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:23:47 +0200 broadcaster-cant-be-forced-to-apologize-for-polish-death-camps-gaffe-high-court-rules Heiko Maas (SPD) became the first German Foreign Minister in 26 years to visit the former Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau on Monday ahead of a meeting with his Polish counterpart. https://www.thelocal.de/20180820/hell-on-earth-was-a-german-creation-says-foreign-minister-on-visit-to-auschwitz Mon, 20 Aug 2018 19:27:08 +0200 hell-on-earth-was-a-german-creation-says-foreign-minister-on-visit-to-auschwitz Polish victims of World War II should be able to claim €440 billion from Germany in World War II damages, the head of a parliamentary commission said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180323/poland-estimates-wwii-damages-at-440bn Fri, 23 Mar 2018 09:55:14 +0100 poland-estimates-wwii-damages-at-440bn Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday lashed out at "outrageous" remarks by his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki, who said the Holocaust had involved "Jewish perpetrators" as well as Polish. https://www.thelocal.de/20180218/netanyahu-slams-outrageous-holocaust-remark-by-polish-pm-in-munich Sun, 18 Feb 2018 03:35:24 +0100 netanyahu-slams-outrageous-holocaust-remark-by-polish-pm-in-munich German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday mooted a "new chapter" in relations with Poland, strained by Warsaw's rejection of the EU's mandatory refugee quotas as well as Poland's controversial judicial reforms. https://www.thelocal.de/20180210/germany-poland-new-chapter-strained-relationship-merkel-morawiecki Sat, 10 Feb 2018 14:12:29 +0100 germany-poland-new-chapter-strained-relationship-merkel-morawiecki Warsaw on Wednesday played down a row with Germany over its demand for World War II reparations, with Poland's foreign minister saying the issue should not hinder good relations between neighbours. https://www.thelocal.de/20180117/poland-seeks-to-calm-row-with-germany-over-wwii-war-reparations Wed, 17 Jan 2018 15:24:28 +0100 poland-seeks-to-calm-row-with-germany-over-wwii-war-reparations A shipment of six US army tanks was on its way from Poland to Germany when police in Saxony ordered it to pull over. Upon inspecting the cargo, they noticed more than just one violation of the rules of the road. https://www.thelocal.de/20180111/police-bring-us-tank-shipment-to-halt-after-finding-series-of-irregularities Thu, 11 Jan 2018 12:21:04 +0100 police-bring-us-tank-shipment-to-halt-after-finding-series-of-irregularities There are three quarters of a million Poles living in Germany. While most come for economic reasons, some young people say they could no longer be themselves under conservative rule back home. https://www.thelocal.de/20180105/the-poles-who-have-sought-sanctuary-from-their-stifling-homeland-in-germany Fri, 05 Jan 2018 10:51:34 +0100 the-poles-who-have-sought-sanctuary-from-their-stifling-homeland-in-germany The Polish government has said it will take a more active role in looking after the thousands of Polish people living on the streets of the German capital. https://www.thelocal.de/20171116/poland-to-take-more-active-role-in-caring-for-homeless-on-berlins-streets Thu, 16 Nov 2017 12:24:02 +0100 poland-to-take-more-active-role-in-caring-for-homeless-on-berlins-streets German prosecutors investigating Nazi-era crimes said on Wednesday they had charged two former SS officers in their 90s with complicity in hundreds of murders at the Stutthof concentration camp. https://www.thelocal.de/20171115/two-ex-nazi-camp-guards-charged-over-hundreds-of-holocaust-deaths Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:20:41 +0100 two-ex-nazi-camp-guards-charged-over-hundreds-of-holocaust-deaths The question of whether Germany owes Poland war reparations - an issue recently revived by Warsaw - is a complex entanglement of historical, ethical, diplomatic and economic factors. Here are the key elements. https://www.thelocal.de/20171108/key-things-to-know-about-german-war-reparations-and-poland Wed, 08 Nov 2017 10:18:05 +0100 key-things-to-know-about-german-war-reparations-and-poland