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 At the end of a booze-fuelled night, two young women from Munich put a plan into motion to punish one their ex-boyfriends. But when he alerted the police, the prank spiraled way out of control. https://www.thelocal.de/20170203/two-women-found-guilty-of-fake-kidnapping-to-punish-ex-boyfriend Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:06:05 +0100 two-women-found-guilty-of-fake-kidnapping-to-punish-ex-boyfriend BVG staff are quite accustomed to cleaning up messes left in or around U-Bahn trains, but this one proved to be quite a different challenge. https://www.thelocal.de/20161114/u-bahn-train-found-filled-with-fall-foliage-in-berlin Mon, 14 Nov 2016 11:05:32 +0100 u-bahn-train-found-filled-with-fall-foliage-in-berlin Five young German women were arrested after a flashmob stunt at a Spanish resort went wrong and sparked a terror alert, police said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160804/germans-held-in-spain-as-flashmob-sparks-terror-alert Thu, 04 Aug 2016 10:49:38 +0200 germans-held-in-spain-as-flashmob-sparks-terror-alert Three men who wanted to make a prank video about setting off a suicide bomb ended up setting off a police operation instead. Now they face criminal charges. https://www.thelocal.de/20160518/munich-police-dont-see-funny-side-of-prank-suicide-bomb Wed, 18 May 2016 12:52:48 +0200 munich-police-dont-see-funny-side-of-prank-suicide-bomb It was the kind of Facebook phenomenon that's become common in recent months: someone posts an image complaining of advantages given to refugees and wins hundreds of likes and shares. https://www.thelocal.de/20160223/anonymous-user-lures-nazis-into-cyber-trap Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:32:36 +0100 anonymous-user-lures-nazis-into-cyber-trap Janosch Städtler, just like millions of Germans across the country, received a bill for his TV licence fee at the beginning of the year. Unlike millions of Germans, however, he is a Hungarian Vizsla hunting dog. https://www.thelocal.de/20150115/dog-billed-for-tv-license-fee-coblenz-funny Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:24:00 +0100 dog-billed-for-tv-license-fee-coblenz-funny U-Bahn travelers from Munich to Berlin dropped trou on Sunday and joined in on a global pantless subway ride. https://www.thelocal.de/20150112/germans-join-in-no-pants-subway-ride-berlin-munich-hamburg-underground-train-funny Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:26:00 +0100 germans-join-in-no-pants-subway-ride-berlin-munich-hamburg-underground-train-funny