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 Russia's leading opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who the West believes was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, has been discharged from hospital after just over a month, the Berlin medical facility treating him said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200923/russian-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-discharged-from-berlin-hospital Wed, 23 Sep 2020 11:31:11 +0200 russian-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-discharged-from-berlin-hospital Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny showed that he was poisoned by a Novichok chemical nerve agent, the German government said Wednesday, demanding explanations from Moscow. https://www.thelocal.de/20200902/german-government-says-putin-critic-alexei-navalny-poisoned-with-novichok Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:31:34 +0200 german-government-says-putin-critic-alexei-navalny-poisoned-with-novichok A Stasi ID card belonging to Russian president Vladimir Putin has been coincidentally found in a Dresden archive, German media reported Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20181211/putins-stasi-id-card-found-in-dresden-archive Tue, 11 Dec 2018 17:31:29 +0100 putins-stasi-id-card-found-in-dresden-archive German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday there is "no military solution" to the Ukraine conflict after President Petro Poroshenko asked for NATO naval support in his country's standoff with Russia. https://www.thelocal.de/20181129/merkel-warns-no-military-solution-to-ukraine-conflict Thu, 29 Nov 2018 13:38:14 +0100 merkel-warns-no-military-solution-to-ukraine-conflict The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany on Saturday called for a ceasefire around the last major rebel-held bastion of Idlib in Syria to be preserved. https://www.thelocal.de/20181027/syria-summit-says-idlib-ceasefire-must-be-safeguarded-2 Sat, 27 Oct 2018 22:34:24 +0200 syria-summit-says-idlib-ceasefire-must-be-safeguarded-2 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called on Europe to financially contribute to the reconstruction of Syria to allow millions of refugees to return home. https://www.thelocal.de/20180819/putin-calls-on-europe-to-pay-for-syria-reconstruction Sun, 19 Aug 2018 11:59:52 +0200 putin-calls-on-europe-to-pay-for-syria-reconstruction Angela Merkel expects discussions with Putin on energy cooperation, as well as on conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, but will she take a tough stance? https://www.thelocal.de/20180817/what-you-need-to-know-about-chancellor-merkels-meeting-with-president-putin Fri, 17 Aug 2018 14:56:32 +0200 what-you-need-to-know-about-chancellor-merkels-meeting-with-president-putin Chancellor Angela Merkel met Tuesday in Berlin with Russia's army chief of staff Valery Gerasimov and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, Berlin and Moscow said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180724/merkel-meets-russias-army-general-over-syria-ukraine Tue, 24 Jul 2018 17:37:27 +0200 merkel-meets-russias-army-general-over-syria-ukraine Meetings between the US and Russian presidents should become the "normality", German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday, adding that it is "good for all" that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin plan new talks. https://www.thelocal.de/20180720/good-for-all-that-trump-putin-plan-to-meet-again-merkel Fri, 20 Jul 2018 15:10:49 +0200 good-for-all-that-trump-putin-plan-to-meet-again-merkel Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel put on a rare show of unity Friday defending the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, criticised by Ukraine and threatened by US sanctions. https://www.thelocal.de/20180519/putin-and-merkel-defend-nord-stream-pipeline Sat, 19 May 2018 07:07:00 +0200 putin-and-merkel-defend-nord-stream-pipeline Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Friday, as Moscow and Europe make rare joint efforts to save the Iran nuclear deal. https://www.thelocal.de/20180518/putin-to-meet-merkel-to-talk-about-iran-syria-ukraine-energy Fri, 18 May 2018 15:55:42 +0200 putin-to-meet-merkel-to-talk-about-iran-syria-ukraine-energy When Vladimir Putin was sworn in for his fourth term as Russian President on Monday, two Germans took pride of place at the ceremony. Their link to Russian mineral wealth reveals where Putin sees his priorities for relations with Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20180507/why-putins-swearing-in-ceremony-showed-germanys-key-role-in-russia-relations Mon, 07 May 2018 18:54:52 +0200 why-putins-swearing-in-ceremony-showed-germanys-key-role-in-russia-relations German caution on the international stage is all well and good. But sometimes the evidence seems so blindingly obvious that you wonder what it takes to convince them, writes Jörg Luyken. https://www.thelocal.de/20180413/as-a-brit-hearing-germans-talk-about-russia-makes-me-want-to-bang-my-head-off-a-wall Fri, 13 Apr 2018 19:25:47 +0200 as-a-brit-hearing-germans-talk-about-russia-makes-me-want-to-bang-my-head-off-a-wall Germany's foreign minister on Monday said Berlin had ordered the expulsion of four Russian diplomats over the poisoning of a former spy in England, as EU nations step up the pressure on Moscow. https://www.thelocal.de/20180326/germany-to-expel-four-russian-diplomats-over-spy-attack-reports Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:54:10 +0200 germany-to-expel-four-russian-diplomats-over-spy-attack-reports Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said the EU should consider levelling sanctions against Germany's former chancellor Gerhard Schröder for his vocal support of the Russian government. https://www.thelocal.de/20180319/ukraine-urges-sanctions-against-ex-chancellor-schrder-over-putin-links Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:01:02 +0100 ukraine-urges-sanctions-against-ex-chancellor-schrder-over-putin-links German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday in Moscow called for better ties with Russia, saying "open wounds" in relations between the two countries should heal. https://www.thelocal.de/20171026/president-steinmeier-laments-open-wounds-in-russia-ties-during-moscow-visit Thu, 26 Oct 2017 11:04:07 +0200 president-steinmeier-laments-open-wounds-in-russia-ties-during-moscow-visit France and Germany on Monday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian opposite number to ensure that a new ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is enforced, warning there has been little let-up in the violence. https://www.thelocal.de/20170829/merkel-macron-urge-russia-and-ukraine-to-abide-by-commitments-and-back-ceasefire Tue, 29 Aug 2017 11:03:41 +0200 merkel-macron-urge-russia-and-ukraine-to-abide-by-commitments-and-back-ceasefire Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed speculation on Thursday that Moscow would attempt to meddle in Germany's upcoming general election. https://www.thelocal.de/20170714/russia-claims-it-wont-try-and-influence-german-election Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:06:24 +0200 russia-claims-it-wont-try-and-influence-german-election World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G20 summit ever, in exchange for preserving a fragile unity of the club of major industrialised and emerging economies. https://www.thelocal.de/20170709/stormy-g20-ends-with-opt-outs-for-trump-on-climate-trade Sun, 09 Jul 2017 11:04:37 +0200 stormy-g20-ends-with-opt-outs-for-trump-on-climate-trade Leaders of the world's top economies will gather Friday in Germany for likely the stormiest G20 summit in years, with disagreements ranging from wars to climate change and global trade. https://www.thelocal.de/20170705/five-key-issues-thatll-mark-hamburgs-stormy-g20-summit Wed, 05 Jul 2017 11:30:40 +0200 five-key-issues-thatll-mark-hamburgs-stormy-g20-summit