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 Police in Berlin have called off an 18,000-strong protest against coronavirus restrictions, saying protesters had not worn masks, as required by a court. https://www.thelocal.de/20200829/berlin-police-call-off-protest-against-coronavirus-curbs Sat, 29 Aug 2020 23:17:18 +0200 berlin-police-call-off-protest-against-coronavirus-curbs German police Saturday halted a Berlin march by thousands opposed to coronavirus restrictions in the biggest of several European protests against anti-virus curbs and masks to halt the pandemic. https://www.thelocal.de/20200829/berlin-halts-anti-corona-rally-as-european-cities-protest-masks Sat, 29 Aug 2020 21:16:30 +0200 berlin-halts-anti-corona-rally-as-european-cities-protest-masks Jewish rabbis and Muslim imams took to tandem bicycles Sunday to ride through central Berlin in a joint show of inter-faith respect and against racism and anti-Semitism. https://www.thelocal.de/20180625/imams-rabbis-ride-tandems-in-berlin-rally-for-mutual-respect Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:15:00 +0200 imams-rabbis-ride-tandems-in-berlin-rally-for-mutual-respect A Turkish minister was expelled from The Netherlands and escorted back to Germany by Dutch police after being prevented from addressing a Rotterdam rally, the city's mayor said early on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170312/turkish-minister-escorted-from-rotterdam-to-germany-mayor Sun, 12 Mar 2017 10:38:15 +0100 turkish-minister-escorted-from-rotterdam-to-germany-mayor Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at Germany on Sunday for blocking rallies in support of him ahead of a vote on boosting his powers, likening the ban to "Nazi practices". https://www.thelocal.de/20170306/erdogan-likens-germanys-blocking-rallies-to-nazis Mon, 06 Mar 2017 09:49:31 +0100 erdogan-likens-germanys-blocking-rallies-to-nazis A German woman detained in Turkey as part of Ankara's crackdown in the wake of last month's failed coup has been freed, Berlin confirmed Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160812/german-held-in-turkeys-post-coup-crackdown-released Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:32:42 +0200 german-held-in-turkeys-post-coup-crackdown-released No European country is more important in relations with Turkey than Germany - home to the world's largest Turkish diaspora - but in Turkish media Germany is currently being demonized. https://www.thelocal.de/20160801/tired-nazi-accusations-embitter-german-turkish-relations Mon, 01 Aug 2016 18:34:56 +0200 tired-nazi-accusations-embitter-german-turkish-relations Turkey summoned a senior German diplomat on Monday, the embassy said, a day after a rally in Cologne in support of the Turkish president who was not permitted to address the crowd by video conference. https://www.thelocal.de/20160801/turkey-summons-senior-german-diplomat-after-cologne-rally Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:42:56 +0200 turkey-summons-senior-german-diplomat-after-cologne-rally Tens of thousands of supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rallied in the German city of Cologne on Sunday as tensions over Turkey's failed coup put authorities on edge. https://www.thelocal.de/20160801/tensions-as-tens-of-thousands-rally-for-erdogan-in-germany Mon, 01 Aug 2016 10:51:13 +0200 tensions-as-tens-of-thousands-rally-for-erdogan-in-germany Tens of thousands of supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plan to rally in Cologne on Sunday, as tensions over Turkey's failed coup have put German authorities on edge. https://www.thelocal.de/20160729/ensions-in-germany-ahead-of-pro-erdogan-demo Fri, 29 Jul 2016 16:45:03 +0200 ensions-in-germany-ahead-of-pro-erdogan-demo A convicted neo-Nazi terrorist was among the audience at a high-profile speech by Alternative For Germany (AfD) leader Frauke Petry on Sunday, with the right-wing populist party scrambling to distance itself. https://www.thelocal.de/20160517/convicted-neo-nazi-terrorist-attends-afd-munich-meeting Tue, 17 May 2016 10:40:49 +0200 convicted-neo-nazi-terrorist-attends-afd-munich-meeting About 18,000 people joined a vigil in central Berlin mourning victims of the Islamist attacks in Paris, local police told AFP. https://www.thelocal.de/20150111/18 Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:54:00 +0100 18 Germany's new anti-Islamic PEGIDA movement plans to rally again on Monday, with analysts expecting its ranks to swell by thousands following this week's bloody jihadist violence in France. https://www.thelocal.de/20150110/germanys-pegida-expects-record-rally Sat, 10 Jan 2015 10:21:00 +0100 germanys-pegida-expects-record-rally