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 Glass more than half-full in Berlin buy-back Berlin‘s state government has bought a chunk of the city’s privatised water company to bring the lion’s share of the firm into public hands, two years after a referendum showed the capital’s citizens wanted their water back. https://www.thelocal.de/20121031/45871 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:05:00 +0100 45871 Councils 'refuse to put emergency rescue services out to tender' German municipal councils are ignoring European rules which say contracts for emergency rescue services must be offered out for competitive bids – preferring to stick with volunteer-supported organisations. https://www.thelocal.de/20110924/37801 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:24:00 +0200 37801 Ramsauer rules out Deutsche Bahn privatisation German Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer said on Thursday that he had serious misgivings about government plans to privatise national rail provider Deutsche Bahn. https://www.thelocal.de/20100211/25189 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:44:00 +0100 25189