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 is preparing to send medical experts, field hospital beds and respiratory machines to Portugal where hospitals are struggling to cope with the worst coronavirus infections surge in the world. https://www.thelocal.de/20210202/germany-sends-ventilators-and-doctors-to-hard-hit-portugal Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:21:45 +0100 germany-sends-ventilators-and-doctors-to-hard-hit-portugal German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said he will travel to Madeira on Thursday with a team of doctors and psychologists after 29 German tourists were killed in a bus crash on the Portuguese island. https://www.thelocal.de/20190418/heiko-maas-travels-to-madeira-after-horror-crash-kills-29-germans Thu, 18 Apr 2019 14:26:01 +0200 heiko-maas-travels-to-madeira-after-horror-crash-kills-29-germans Twenty-nine German tourists have been killed after a bus crashed on the Portuguese island Madeira. https://www.thelocal.de/20190418/29-german-tourists-killed-in-portuguese-bus-crash Thu, 18 Apr 2019 10:22:42 +0200 29-german-tourists-killed-in-portuguese-bus-crash A German BASE jumper died Monday when his parachute failed to open in time after jumping off a cliff in Nazare, central Portugal, maritime authorities said. https://www.thelocal.de/20181120/german-base-jumper-dies-in-portuguese-accident Tue, 20 Nov 2018 09:05:17 +0100 german-base-jumper-dies-in-portuguese-accident The head of Portugal's ruling Socialists called German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble a "pyromaniac" on Thursday after he criticized Lisbon for reversing course on austerity. https://www.thelocal.de/20161028/portugals-ruling-party-calls-german-minister-a-pyromaniac Fri, 28 Oct 2016 11:02:42 +0200 portugals-ruling-party-calls-german-minister-a-pyromaniac Germany on Monday angrily denounced Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for accusing eurozone partners Spain and Portugal of undermining his negotiations with Brussels, saying he had been out of line. https://www.thelocal.de/20150302/eurozone-greece-bailout-tsipras-comments-not-the-done-thing-germany Mon, 02 Mar 2015 14:54:59 +0100 eurozone-greece-bailout-tsipras-comments-not-the-done-thing-germany Thomas Müller scored a hat-trick as Germany thrashed Portugal 4-0 to leave Cristiano Ronaldo's dreams of dominating the World Cup in tatters on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140616/germany-beat-portugal-in-brazil-world-cup Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:54:00 +0200 germany-beat-portugal-in-brazil-world-cup Germany kick-off their World Cup campaign on Monday aiming to continue their domination of Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal at recent major tournaments. https://www.thelocal.de/20140616/germany-seek-to-keep-stranglehold-on-portugal Mon, 16 Jun 2014 10:02:00 +0200 germany-seek-to-keep-stranglehold-on-portugal A German couple holidaying on the Portuguese island of Madeira have been found dead at the bottom of ravine, three days after they went missing, authorities said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140608/german-tourist-couple-found-dead-in-madeira Sun, 08 Jun 2014 10:31:00 +0200 german-tourist-couple-found-dead-in-madeira Germany is "confident" Portugal will stick to reforms agreed with creditors to unlock bailout funds, a government spokesman said on Wednesday amid fears the Portuguese governing coalition could be close to collapse. https://www.thelocal.de/20130703/50677 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 18:54:00 +0200 50677 Portuguese teddy bear makers are set to appeal directly to Chancellor Angela Merkel to save their German-owned factory as she visits their crisis-stricken country on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20121112/46119 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:28:00 +0100 46119 A man who murdered his lover and their child to hide the affair from his partner will spend the rest of his life in prison, a German court ruled on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20121002/45305 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:14:00 +0200 45305 German pharma giant Merck is threatening to withdraw millions of euros of investment from Portugal – because the state-run hospitals are on average more than 500 days behind in paying their bills. https://www.thelocal.de/20120709/43643 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:43:00 +0200 43643 A second-half header from striker Mario Gomez may have been enough to give Germany a 1-0 win over Portugal on Saturday in their opening Euro 2012 match, but coach Joachim Löw said he was still tense about their upcoming games. https://www.thelocal.de/20120610/43061 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:23:00 +0200 43061 Germany on Saturday take on Portugal while the Netherlands face Denmark, as the first matches in Euro 2012 are played in competition co-hosts Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.de/20120609/43047 Sat, 09 Jun 2012 12:37:00 +0200 43047 Southern Europeans work more and longer than Germans, a study said, debunking recent comments made by Chancellor Angela Merkel that suggested workers in debt-mired Greece, Spain and Portugal are lazy. https://www.thelocal.de/20110605/35467 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:02:00 +0200 35467 Portugal, the third eurozone country to ask for a financial bailout, should first sell its gold reserves, a German member of parliament suggested on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110505/34835 Thu, 05 May 2011 18:54:00 +0200 34835 Portugal's request for EU aid is a "sensible and necessary step," given the economic and financial situation of the debt-stricken country, German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110407/34253 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:24:00 +0200 34253 Ahead of an EU summit to bolster the euro, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Portugal's political parties on Thursday to stick to deficit reduction targets after the country's prime minister resigned over parliament's rejection of his austerity plan. https://www.thelocal.de/20110324/33949 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:58:00 +0100 33949 Germany has denied planning to press Portugal to seek a bailout in order to stop Spain and Belgium from becoming the next euro debt crisis casualties. https://www.thelocal.de/20110110/32313 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:29:00 +0100 32313