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 Berlin Attorney-General wants to scrap criminal penalties for fare evasion Berlin’s Attorney-General Margarete Koppers plans to decriminalise fare evasion in the city. The investigation and punishment of fare evasion in Germany’s largest city is a “waste of resources”. https://www.thelocal.de/20190102/berlin-attorney-general-wants-to-scrap-criminal-penalties-for-fare-evasion Wed, 02 Jan 2019 11:11:08 +0100 berlin-attorney-general-wants-to-scrap-criminal-penalties-for-fare-evasion Union calls for strikes as state wage talks fail Frank Bsirske, head of public workers' trade union Verdi, has called for more strikes after a third round of wage negotiations with German states failed on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090216/17453 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:40:00 +0100 17453