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 man who claims he was falsely placed in special needs schools for years is now suing the state of North Rhine-Westphalia to the tune of €38,000. https://www.thelocal.de/20170308/man-sues-state-over-being-falsely-placed-in-special-needs-schools-for-years Wed, 08 Mar 2017 16:47:00 +0100 man-sues-state-over-being-falsely-placed-in-special-needs-schools-for-years The Social Democratic Party (SPD) want to introduce a law allowing women to see what their male colleagues earn, in an attempt to level the gender pay gap. https://www.thelocal.de/20160511/spd-push-for-women-to-able-to-see-mens-salaries Wed, 11 May 2016 10:56:44 +0200 spd-push-for-women-to-able-to-see-mens-salaries German leaders are facing the uncomfortable prospect of cutting budgets despite record tax takes because of the large numbers of refugees arriving in the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20160225/germany-could-take-36m-refugees-by-2020 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 09:20:14 +0100 germany-could-take-36m-refugees-by-2020 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday she had obtained a pledge from Turkey to "do everything" to cut the record number of migrants arriving in Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20160122/turkey-makes-new-vow-to-cut-refugee-numbers Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:29:33 +0100 turkey-makes-new-vow-to-cut-refugee-numbers Germany's influential and veteran Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble is deeply pro-European but unbending on the need to stick to commitments and seems at the end of his tether with debt-wracked Greece. https://www.thelocal.de/20150220/germany-finance-minister-wolfgang-schaeuble-merkels-euro-bad-cop Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:42:30 +0100 germany-finance-minister-wolfgang-schaeuble-merkels-euro-bad-cop Facebook’s ubiquitous ‘like’ button found on countless websites in Germany was declared in violation of the country’s strict privacy laws by a state data protection official on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110819/37073 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:05:00 +0200 37073 Chancellor Angela Merkel called for "substantial" aid from private creditors to resolve Greek debt woes on Saturday, as the Eurogroup warned the crisis could spread like a firestorm through EU economies. https://www.thelocal.de/20110619/35751 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:37:00 +0200 35751 Arms dealer Karlheinz Schreiber went on trial in Augsburg on Monday for tax evasion, fraud and bribery. Extradited from Canada, he is a key figure in slush fund scandal involving Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democrats. https://www.thelocal.de/20100118/24649 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:34:00 +0100 24649