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 the latest country to demand answers from Facebook after it emerged data from 50 million users was used to inform targeted election campaigns. German Justice Minister Katharina Barley on Thursday called such methods "a danger to democracy." https://www.thelocal.de/20180322/german-justice-minister-demands-meeting-with-facebook-scandal-cambridge-analytica Thu, 22 Mar 2018 13:24:33 +0100 german-justice-minister-demands-meeting-with-facebook-scandal-cambridge-analytica Federal prosecutors in Karlsruhe confirmed on Friday that they had requested files on members of a far-right Bürgerwehr (vigilante group) in Freital, Saxony, who could face terrorism charges. https://www.thelocal.de/20160401/far-right-vigilantes-to-face-terror-investigation Fri, 01 Apr 2016 18:06:04 +0200 far-right-vigilantes-to-face-terror-investigation Disabled people joined together on Twitter on Tuesday to explain the problems they face in everyday German life using the hashtag #behindernisse. https://www.thelocal.de/20160202/disabled-people-explain-everyday-life-on-twitter Tue, 02 Feb 2016 13:33:12 +0100 disabled-people-explain-everyday-life-on-twitter Thieves broke into a drink shop last weekend aiming to find bottle caps that would entitle them to a high-value prize in a contest – and left more than 1,000 bottles of beer they opened untasted. https://www.thelocal.de/20150818/thieves-open-1000-beers-dont-drink-any Tue, 18 Aug 2015 12:03:15 +0200 thieves-open-1000-beers-dont-drink-any Berlin police are investigating whether an artist who projected “United Stasi of America" onto the US embassy in the German capital earlier this week could be charged with a criminal offence. https://www.thelocal.de/20130711/50803 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:51:00 +0200 50803 A German estate agent taking potential buyers to view a house opened the door to find the three-storey building filled to the rafters with cannabis plants. https://www.thelocal.de/20121001/45301 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:46:00 +0200 45301 Staff at a German computer company were left red-faced when a stunt to promote their company caused a string of bomb scares in offices across the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20120316/41387 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:05:00 +0100 41387 With about 80 tractors leading the way through central Berlin, thousands of people gathered Saturday to protest factory farming and GM technology, a day after the Green Week food and farming trade fair opened in the German capital. https://www.thelocal.de/20110122/32599 Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:41:00 +0100 32599 German police and protesters geared up Monday for the final journey of a shipment of 123 tonnes of nuclear waste that drew a wave of angry protests during its much-delayed trip from France. https://www.thelocal.de/20101108/31045 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:07:00 +0100 31045 Several regions around Germany are preparing for floods in the next few weeks as rising temperatures are expected to melt masses of snow accumulated over a long, cold winter. https://www.thelocal.de/20100220/25391 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:51:00 +0100 25391 Police in Hannover on Wednesday removed 26 protestors from a site where a pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim is slated to build a lab to test animal vaccinations. https://www.thelocal.de/20090812/21203 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:05:00 +0200 21203