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 An incident involving a TV camera crew, the Dresden police and an off-duty officer demonstrating with the anti-Islam Pegida movement is threatening to cause a major scandal in an eastern state dogged by its links to the far-right. https://www.thelocal.de/20180823/police-and-pegida-the-scandal-brewing-over-press-freedom-in-saxony Thu, 23 Aug 2018 13:34:20 +0200 police-and-pegida-the-scandal-brewing-over-press-freedom-in-saxony Berlin protested on Monday against Moscow's decision to ban from the World Cup the German journalist who broke the story on Russia's state-sponsored doping scandal. https://www.thelocal.de/20180514/berlin-protests-russia-world-cup-ban-on-german-journalist Mon, 14 May 2018 14:39:41 +0200 berlin-protests-russia-world-cup-ban-on-german-journalist One of Germany’s most influential publications was thrown into chaos on Friday when its high-profile publisher was sacked for describing a murder carried out by the Social Democrat leader in a newsletter. https://www.thelocal.de/20180209/newspaper-editor-sacked-for-describing-the-perfect-murder-of-martin-schulz Fri, 09 Feb 2018 18:21:25 +0100 newspaper-editor-sacked-for-describing-the-perfect-murder-of-martin-schulz A Turkish court on Wednesday ruled to keep under detention a German journalist and translator charged with membership of a banned radical leftist group, her lawyers said. https://www.thelocal.de/20171012/turkey-court-keeps-german-reporter-behind-bars-over-terror-group-membership Thu, 12 Oct 2017 10:51:02 +0200 turkey-court-keeps-german-reporter-behind-bars-over-terror-group-membership Germany stagnated in rankings of the world’s media released by Reporters Without Borders (RWB) on Wednesday, while the report claimed global media freedom in the ‘post-truth’ era is more threatened than ever. https://www.thelocal.de/20170426/heres-why-germany-still-lags-behind-scandinavia-on-press-freedom Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:38:53 +0200 heres-why-germany-still-lags-behind-scandinavia-on-press-freedom German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle said Monday it had filed a civil complaint after a Turkish minister's office confiscated a taped video interview with him. https://www.thelocal.de/20160926/german-broadcaster-sues-turkey-over-confiscated-interview Mon, 26 Sep 2016 16:54:54 +0200 german-broadcaster-sues-turkey-over-confiscated-interview Police raided the Berlin homes of two photographers on Wednesday morning as part of an investigation into violent protests in Frankfurt last year. https://www.thelocal.de/20160520/two-police-raids-on-journos-raise-press-freedom-fears Fri, 20 May 2016 14:35:02 +0200 two-police-raids-on-journos-raise-press-freedom-fears Germany fell by four places in the Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index, released on Wednesday, after more and more journalists came under attack at right-wing demonstrations in 2015. https://www.thelocal.de/20160420/germany-slips-in-press-freedom-rankings Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:04:39 +0200 germany-slips-in-press-freedom-rankings There was good news for satirist Jan Böhmermann on Thursday, as broadcaster ZDF published a legal opinion claiming a "smear poem" he directed at Turkey's President was within the bounds of the law. https://www.thelocal.de/20160414/legal-opinion-finds-erodgan-smear-poem-not-criminal Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:27:05 +0200 legal-opinion-finds-erodgan-smear-poem-not-criminal Satire show extra3 caused a diplomatic incident last week with a video mocking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In this week's episode the japesters decided to double down. https://www.thelocal.de/20160331/satirists-offer-erdogan-dirty-deal-on-mocking-video Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:45:05 +0200 satirists-offer-erdogan-dirty-deal-on-mocking-video Police arrested two people in Dresden on Monday evening after a cameraman was attacked by anti-Islam demonstrators on the fringes of a much smaller gathering than recent weeks. https://www.thelocal.de/20151124/pegida-marchers-attack-news-cameraman Tue, 24 Nov 2015 09:46:46 +0100 pegida-marchers-attack-news-cameraman The conservative Christian Democratic Union won its bid late Friday to force out broadcaster ZDF’s editor-in-chief Nikolaus Brender in a move journalists, unions and opposition parties branded a major blow against media freedom. https://www.thelocal.de/20091128/23573 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:38:00 +0100 23573 A row over press freedom in Germany deepened over the weekend as 35 prominent constitutional law professors wrote an open letter to defend the editor of a TV channel under political pressure to step down. https://www.thelocal.de/20091123/23451 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0100 23451