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 Residents tearfully embraced each other and laid flowers Thursday in the German city of Hanau after a gunman with suspected far-right beliefs killed nine people at a shisha bar and a cafe. https://www.thelocal.de/20200220/germany-city-hanau-mourns-after-mass-shooting Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:51:44 +0100 germany-city-hanau-mourns-after-mass-shooting German police said they were investigating after a man dressed as Adolf Hitler rode around a weekend festival in a motorbike sidecar, although he provoked more amusement than outrage. https://www.thelocal.de/20200114/german-police-probe-motorcycling-hitler Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:25:11 +0100 german-police-probe-motorcycling-hitler Katja Wolf, mayor of the town of Eisenach in the central German state of Thuringia, has been sued by a member of her city council for refusing to shake his hand. https://www.thelocal.de/20191208/german-mayor-sued-for-refusing-handshake-with-neo-nazi-politician Sun, 08 Dec 2019 15:38:41 +0100 german-mayor-sued-for-refusing-handshake-with-neo-nazi-politician Germany's domestic intelligence agency is creating 300 jobs to crackdown on right-wing terrorism and "extremist activities in the public sector". https://www.thelocal.de/20190924/germany-to-create-300-jobs-to-fight-right-wing-extremism Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:08:23 +0200 germany-to-create-300-jobs-to-fight-right-wing-extremism Counselling centres for victims of far-right violence reported an increase in crime in the five eastern German states and Berlin last year, new figures show. https://www.thelocal.de/20190404/five-people-victims-of-far-right-hate-crimes-in-east-germany-every-day Thu, 04 Apr 2019 12:06:42 +0200 five-people-victims-of-far-right-hate-crimes-in-east-germany-every-day The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)'s chief candidate for European elections, Jörg Meuthen, expects big gains for nationalist parties but thinks they will have trouble forming a united front to advance an agenda. https://www.thelocal.de/20190404/german-far-right-sees-divide-after-european-poll Thu, 04 Apr 2019 11:01:29 +0200 german-far-right-sees-divide-after-european-poll The number of members of the so-called “Reichsbürger” movement has risen to 15,600 in January this year, according to a media report published on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180112/reichsbrger-members-in-germany-increases-by-over-50-percent-report Fri, 12 Jan 2018 12:53:43 +0100 reichsbrger-members-in-germany-increases-by-over-50-percent-report Interior ministers of the federal and state governments are debating a motion to examine the allegedly right-wing extremist “prepper scene”, according to a media report on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20171207/interior-ministers-set-to-keep-a-close-eye-on-prepper-scene-in-germany Thu, 07 Dec 2017 12:38:42 +0100 interior-ministers-set-to-keep-a-close-eye-on-prepper-scene-in-germany A German far-right militant belonging to the shadowy "Citizens of the Reich" movement was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for killing a policeman during a dawn raid on his house. https://www.thelocal.de/20171023/german-far-right-hunter-jailed-for-life-for-killing-a-policeman Mon, 23 Oct 2017 13:51:27 +0200 german-far-right-hunter-jailed-for-life-for-killing-a-policeman Local officials say the group hid their political reasons for meeting from the city in order to rent out a space to grill. https://www.thelocal.de/20160815/far-right-in-uproar-after-police-break-up-weekend-bbq Mon, 15 Aug 2016 18:13:04 +0200 far-right-in-uproar-after-police-break-up-weekend-bbq Concerns about far-right violence have prompted the northern German city of Rostock to stop construction plans for a new asylum home meant for families. https://www.thelocal.de/20160805/rostock-halts-plans-for-asylum-home-over-far-right-fears Fri, 05 Aug 2016 12:11:34 +0200 rostock-halts-plans-for-asylum-home-over-far-right-fears German President Joachim Gauck was confronted by some aggressive right-wing extremists during an official weekend visit to Saxony, including one man carrying a knife. https://www.thelocal.de/20160628/police-investigate-after-extremist-approaches-president-with-knife Tue, 28 Jun 2016 10:32:49 +0200 police-investigate-after-extremist-approaches-president-with-knife The manager of a Bavarian beer hall has cancelled an event where AfD leader Frauke Petry was set to speak, saying he won't tolerate the "right-wing mindset". https://www.thelocal.de/20160506/bavarian-beer-hall-right-wing-afd-leader-is-verboten Fri, 06 May 2016 13:21:38 +0200 bavarian-beer-hall-right-wing-afd-leader-is-verboten The ex-head of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) said that the party he founded has become ‘unbearable’, after its new leader advocated using firearms against refugees at the border. https://www.thelocal.de/20160202/afd-is-inhuman-cruel-and-unbearable-says-ex-leader Tue, 02 Feb 2016 10:15:59 +0100 afd-is-inhuman-cruel-and-unbearable-says-ex-leader More than 60 police officers and several demonstrators were injured in clashes in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Saturday as far-left protesters rallied against a neo-Nazi demonstation, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20151214/prosecutors-target-left-wingers-after-violent-rally Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:35:48 +0100 prosecutors-target-left-wingers-after-violent-rally A long-time right-wing extremist has been sentenced to prison for incitement of hatred for statements she made denying the Holocaust. https://www.thelocal.de/20151113/87-year-old-holocaust-denier-sentenced-to-prison Fri, 13 Nov 2015 11:18:13 +0100 87-year-old-holocaust-denier-sentenced-to-prison A journalist for Berlin newspaper Tagesspiegel said on Facebook he was tracked down and physically attacked on the street by right wing thugs in Berlin on Friday after writing a column about xenophobia. https://www.thelocal.de/20151102/berlin-journalist-attacked-on-street-by-right-wing-thugs Mon, 02 Nov 2015 16:59:44 +0100 berlin-journalist-attacked-on-street-by-right-wing-thugs The leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) warned on Tuesday that his own party has the potential to turn into a German version of the National Front, France's far-right political party. https://www.thelocal.de/20150519/afd-head-warns-of-german-front-national Tue, 19 May 2015 20:06:09 +0200 afd-head-warns-of-german-front-national Two football fans hurled abuse at Bernd Lucke, the leader of the right-wing Alternative for Germany party, as he tried to eat dinner with his wife on a train from Berlin to Cologne on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150420/football-fans-abuse-afd-head-on-train Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:01:05 +0200 football-fans-abuse-afd-head-on-train Exactly two years on from founding the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an anti-Euro party, leader Bernd Lucke is struggling to ward off the rise of right-wing populism inside the party. https://www.thelocal.de/20150402/afd-struggles-against-internal-divisions Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:17:54 +0200 afd-struggles-against-internal-divisions