The Local Germany 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 New high-speed rail network to take you from Vienna to Berlin in four hours Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria have agreed to work together to upgrade train routes and create high speed lines to improve connections between Vienna, Prague and Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20210521/austria-how-new-high-speed-rail-will-take-you-from-vienna-to-berlin-in-four-hours Fri, 21 May 2021 13:46:21 +0200 austria-how-new-high-speed-rail-will-take-you-from-vienna-to-berlin-in-four-hours Outrage grows over Hitler masks on sale in Prague Investigations were underway Wednesday into a shop in the Czech capital that sold rubber face masks of Nazi Germany leader Adolf Hitler, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20191106/uproar-over-hitler-masks-on-sale-in-prague Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:17:28 +0100 uproar-over-hitler-masks-on-sale-in-prague Germany urges European unity 30 years after 'Prague exodus' Germany's Foreign Minister on Monday called for European unity 30 years after thousands of East Germans escaped communism via the West German embassy in Prague. https://www.thelocal.de/20191001/germany-urges-european-unity-30-years-after-prague-exodus Tue, 01 Oct 2019 10:57:52 +0200 germany-urges-european-unity-30-years-after-prague-exodus The window plunge that led to the death of a third of all Germans 400 years ago on Wednesday, three men were thrown out of a window in Prague and only escaped with their lives after landing on a muck heap. But the attempted murder would go on to claim the lives of millions of people in the 30 Years' War. https://www.thelocal.de/20180523/the-window-plunge-that-led-to-the-death-of-a-third-of-all-germans Wed, 23 May 2018 17:11:32 +0200 the-window-plunge-that-led-to-the-death-of-a-third-of-all-germans Czech police detain driver for harassing Merkel's motorcade Czech police arrested a man on Thursday for attempting to drive into the motorcade of visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Prague, they said. https://www.thelocal.de/20160826/czech-police-detain-suspect-in-merkel-road-incident Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:51:17 +0200 czech-police-detain-suspect-in-merkel-road-incident Merkel: no rush for EU fiscal pact Czech signing The Czech Republic is under no pressure to sign the European Union's fiscal discipline pact, which it along with Britain, has refused to join, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120403/41739 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:13:00 +0200 41739