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 A German artist complained Friday after his gallery took down a painting that depicts Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a banana in his buttocks. https://www.thelocal.de/20180224/row-at-german-art-fair-over-erdogan-with-banana-painting Sat, 24 Feb 2018 10:21:26 +0100 row-at-german-art-fair-over-erdogan-with-banana-painting When a TV comedian called Alternative for Germany (AfD) leader Alice Weidel a 'Nazi slut' on air, she decided to take legal action. But a Hamburg court ruled on Wednesday that it was all in the name of satire. https://www.thelocal.de/20170517/tv-presenter-allowed-to-called-afd-leader-nazi-slut-court-rules Wed, 17 May 2017 17:10:47 +0200 tv-presenter-allowed-to-called-afd-leader-nazi-slut-court-rules The floats at Karneval parades across southern and western Germany are known for their biting satire. This year the main target of their derision was only ever going to be one man. https://www.thelocal.de/20170227/in-pics-german-carnival-floats-show-trump-no-mercy Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:24:59 +0100 in-pics-german-carnival-floats-show-trump-no-mercy The provocative French satire magazine launched its first German - and foreign language - version on Thursday, having a pop at a fairly obvious target. https://www.thelocal.de/20161201/controversial-satire-mag-charlie-hebdo-hits-the-stands-in-germany Thu, 01 Dec 2016 11:27:37 +0100 controversial-satire-mag-charlie-hebdo-hits-the-stands-in-germany Satire magazine Titanic has advised fans to snap up its August issue quickly, before it is banned. https://www.thelocal.de/20160729/german-satire-magazine-puts-erdogans-penis-on-front-page Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:23:32 +0200 german-satire-magazine-puts-erdogans-penis-on-front-page A burger restaurant in Cologne has been forced to close its doors after receiving threats for serving an 'Erdogan burger'. https://www.thelocal.de/20160509/cologne-burger-joint-forced-to-close-after-erdogan-burger-row Mon, 09 May 2016 17:02:47 +0200 cologne-burger-joint-forced-to-close-after-erdogan-burger-row Colleagues of satirist Jan Böhmermann at public broadcaster ZDF are campaigning to have his 'slanderous' poem about Turkey’s leader reinstated online - even as legal action looms against the comedian. https://www.thelocal.de/20160414/journalists-call-for-slanderous-poem-to-be-reposted Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:21:19 +0200 journalists-call-for-slanderous-poem-to-be-reposted Satire show extra3 caused a diplomatic incident last week with a video mocking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In this week's episode the japesters decided to double down. https://www.thelocal.de/20160331/satirists-offer-erdogan-dirty-deal-on-mocking-video Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:45:05 +0200 satirists-offer-erdogan-dirty-deal-on-mocking-video The German equivalent of Charlie Hebdo hit back Thursday with a joke front page suggesting Muslims have smaller penises, in the wake of the Paris newspaper massacre. https://www.thelocal.de/20150108/titanic-rises-with-cartoon-showing-pen-is-mightier-charlie-hebdo Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:10:00 +0100 titanic-rises-with-cartoon-showing-pen-is-mightier-charlie-hebdo Germany’s leading satirist, who represents a joke party in the EU Parliament, has said he was approached by the UK Independence Party (UKIP), desperate to form a fresh alliance hours after their anti-EU parliamentary group collapsed. https://www.thelocal.de/20141017/ukip-seeks-eu-pact-with-german-jokers-sonneborn-says Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:57:00 +0200 ukip-seeks-eu-pact-with-german-jokers-sonneborn-says