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 When a study published on Tuesday revealed that foreigners in Germany with a visible migration background experience discrimination far more often than foreigners who appear "typically German," it resonated with The Local’s Shelley Pascual. https://www.thelocal.de/20180118/why-its-time-we-stop-asking-where-are-you-from-in-germany Thu, 18 Jan 2018 11:03:55 +0100 why-its-time-we-stop-asking-where-are-you-from-in-germany The environmentalist Green party has an ambitious plan for German cars to be petrol- and diesel-free within the next 15 years. https://www.thelocal.de/20160929/green-party-wants-only-electric-cars-on-german-roads-by-2030-autobahn-energy-renewable Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:28:44 +0200 green-party-wants-only-electric-cars-on-german-roads-by-2030-autobahn-energy-renewable After spending three years in Berlin, Tom Barfield realized there were more than a few things about the Hauptstadt that got on his nerves. https://www.thelocal.de/20160606/six-things-i-wont-miss-after-leaving-berlin Mon, 06 Jun 2016 17:34:49 +0200 six-things-i-wont-miss-after-leaving-berlin Rewe, Germany’s second largest supermarket chain, is banning plastic bags from its stores, a move it says will save 140 million of them from ending up in the trash each year. https://www.thelocal.de/20160601/supermarket-giant-to-completely-stop-providing-plastic-bags Wed, 01 Jun 2016 13:08:15 +0200 supermarket-giant-to-completely-stop-providing-plastic-bags An old lady had a miraculous escape in northern Germany when she was run over by a train travelling at 160 km/h. She only suffered light injuries. https://www.thelocal.de/20160530/granny-91-run-over-by-high-speed-train-walks-away Mon, 30 May 2016 13:09:01 +0200 granny-91-run-over-by-high-speed-train-walks-away Berlin is a traditional hot spot of trouble during Labour Day demonstrations on May 1st. But the situation remained relatively calm this year with only a short outbreak of violence from the far left. https://www.thelocal.de/20160502/more-cameras-than-flying-stones-at-berlin-may-day-demo Mon, 02 May 2016 12:06:37 +0200 more-cameras-than-flying-stones-at-berlin-may-day-demo Check here for a quick overview of all the latest information on the train accident in Bad Aibling, Bavaria on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20160209/bavaria-train-crash-what-we-know-so-far Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:56:41 +0100 bavaria-train-crash-what-we-know-so-far When a policeman in Bavaria retired he made a career change none of his colleagues had ever made before - and it turned him into a pariah. https://www.thelocal.de/20151028/from-blue-right-to-red-light-district Wed, 28 Oct 2015 12:57:09 +0100 from-blue-right-to-red-light-district Holding the 2024 Olympics in Hamburg would cost taxpayers €7.4 billion, according to the results of financial estimates announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151008/hamburg-olympics-would-cost-taxpayers-billions Thu, 08 Oct 2015 13:21:03 +0200 hamburg-olympics-would-cost-taxpayers-billions Prosecutors in Braunschweig said on Monday they were investigating former Volkswagen (VW) Group CEO Martin Winterkorn over his connection to the growing emissions scandal surrounding the firm. https://www.thelocal.de/20150928/prosecutors-launch-probe-into-former-vw-boss Mon, 28 Sep 2015 15:14:43 +0200 prosecutors-launch-probe-into-former-vw-boss Israeli-Argentinian conductor Daniel Barenboim is hoping to take one of Germany's top orchestras to Iran to perform a concert there, the Berlin State Opera said Thursday, drawing angry protests from Israel. https://www.thelocal.de/20150827/barenboim-israel-blasts-berlin-orchestras-iran-concert-plan Thu, 27 Aug 2015 15:49:34 +0200 barenboim-israel-blasts-berlin-orchestras-iran-concert-plan A group of MPs from the German coalition government presented a bill on Wednesday which would hand doctors the right to perform assisted suicide. https://www.thelocal.de/20150618/mps-set-out-assisted-suicide-bill-right-to-die-germany Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:41:17 +0200 mps-set-out-assisted-suicide-bill-right-to-die-germany The Chancellor has decided not to attend a memorial day in Moscow marking 70 years since the defeat of Nazism. https://www.thelocal.de/20150311/russia-ukraine-merkel-to-stay-away-from-wwii-service Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:14:08 +0100 russia-ukraine-merkel-to-stay-away-from-wwii-service The German Parliament will meet on Friday to discuss plans to restrict immigration from Balkan countries which would see Serbia, Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina classed as “safe countries of origin”. https://www.thelocal.de/20140606/german-parliament-plans-asylum-law-change-for-balkan-states Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:20:00 +0200 german-parliament-plans-asylum-law-change-for-balkan-states Emergency services rescued on Monday a 57-year-old hiker who had spent 24 hours stuck in a partially flooded cave in the Bavarian mountains. https://www.thelocal.de/20140408/man-trapped-in-flooded-cave-for-24-hours-2 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 14:03:00 +0200 man-trapped-in-flooded-cave-for-24-hours-2 Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been reunited with his son in Berlin, after being freed from jail following a surprise pardon by President Vladimir Putin, a spokeswoman for the former tycoon said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20131221/khodorkovsky-reunited-with-son-in-berlin Sat, 21 Dec 2013 12:21:00 +0100 khodorkovsky-reunited-with-son-in-berlin EU citizens who have never worked in Germany but have been living in the country for a long time can claim unemployment benefits, a court ruled on Thursday, in a decision which could affect 130,000 foreigners in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20131011/52351 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 11:49:00 +0200 52351 A German court has forbidden a woman from having her six-year old son circumcised because of a risk of psychological damage. The decision comes a year after a similar ruling sparked an international outcry. https://www.thelocal.de/20130926/52097 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 10:40:00 +0200 52097 German investor sentiment rose slightly in June, on firming hopes for a gradual recovery in Europe's biggest economy in the second half of the year, the ZEW economic institute said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20130618/50385 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:51:00 +0200 50385 Although Germans express outrage when wealthy or famous people evade taxes, many of them do the same themselves, albeit on a smaller scale, a new survey shows. https://www.thelocal.de/20130523/49863 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:43:00 +0200 49863