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 Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will campaign for the release of seven Germans imprisoned in Turkey during his inaugural visit to the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20180905/heiko-maas-aims-to-thaw-political-tensions-between-turkey-and-germany-with-ankara-visit Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:21:15 +0200 heiko-maas-aims-to-thaw-political-tensions-between-turkey-and-germany-with-ankara-visit Turkey has released another German citizen from jail, Berlin said Friday amid a gradual thaw in bilateral ties, stressing however that seven more were still being held for "political reasons". https://www.thelocal.de/20171230/turkey-frees-another-german-political-prisoner-berlin-nye Sat, 30 Dec 2017 10:55:44 +0100 turkey-frees-another-german-political-prisoner-berlin-nye Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu on Saturday dismissed Berlin's angry reaction to the arrest of German citizens in Turkey, local media reported, a row which is worsening the nations' already fraying ties. https://www.thelocal.de/20170903/turkish-foreign-minister-defiant-over-arrested-germans Sun, 03 Sep 2017 11:01:21 +0200 turkish-foreign-minister-defiant-over-arrested-germans Two more German citizens have been arrested in Turkey "for political reasons", Berlin said on Friday, bringing the total number of German political prisoners in Turkish custody to 12 amid badly frayed ties between the countries. https://www.thelocal.de/20170901/two-more-germans-arrested-in-turkey-for-political-reasons-berlin Fri, 01 Sep 2017 15:41:40 +0200 two-more-germans-arrested-in-turkey-for-political-reasons-berlin A German prison inmate armed with a knife held a member of staff hostage for much of Friday night before being overpowered by police. The 26-year-old woman he had been threatening was released unharmed. https://www.thelocal.de/20130330/48835 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:30:00 +0100 48835 Moves by the government to maintain the controversial practice of preventative detention for dangerous criminals are being blocked by members of its own coalition, the Free Democrats, setting the stage for another internal government brawl. https://www.thelocal.de/20100806/28983 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:26:00 +0200 28983 The government is preparing to allow a number of Guantanamo Bay prisoners to settle in Germany as the US slowly closes the jail in Cuba and releases those held there not considered a threat. https://www.thelocal.de/20100328/26167 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:06:00 +0200 26167