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 Obama coming to Berlin for Protestant church celebration Former US president Barack Obama will join German Chancellor Angela Merkel to speak at a Protestant church gathering in Berlin in May, the organizers said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170411/obama-rumoured-to-be-coming-to-berlin-german-media-report Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:13:31 +0200 obama-rumoured-to-be-coming-to-berlin-german-media-report Topless women protest outside Merkel's office German police on Friday broke up a protest by topless activists from radical women's rights group Femen outside Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices against the visiting Tunisian prime minister. https://www.thelocal.de/20130607/50159 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:16:00 +0200 50159 Guttenberg invites Käßmann to Afghanistan Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has invited the leader of Germany’s Protestant church to join him on a visit to Afghanistan after she recently called for a complete withdrawal of the country's troops. https://www.thelocal.de/20100112/24509 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:09:00 +0100 24509 Mercedes-Benz moves C-Class production to Alabama Production of the Mercedes-Benz luxury C-Class line will move from Germany to Tuscaloosa, Alabama by 2014, parent company Daimler AG announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20091202/23661 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:30:00 +0100 23661 Mercedes-Benz workers protest possible factory move to US Metalworkers’ union IG Metall on Tuesday called for workers at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Sindelfingen to protest against the company’s possible plans to move production of its luxury C-Class vehicle to the US by 2014. https://www.thelocal.de/20091201/23641 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:59:00 +0100 23641 Education minister calls for speedy reform as students protest As student protests across Germany continue, Education Minister Annette Schavan on Thursday called for states to quickly enact reforms that have already been agreed upon. https://www.thelocal.de/20091112/23221 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:37:00 +0100 23221 Students strike for better education A week-long education strike hit its peak Wednesday when tens of thousands of students swarmed the streets in 90 German cities to protest of the current education system. https://www.thelocal.de/20090617/20017 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:32:00 +0200 20017