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 On Monday Germany’s northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein opened up hotels and indoor dining. The move comes ahead of a national three-day weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20210517/first-german-state-opens-completely-for-tourism Mon, 17 May 2021 13:50:27 +0200 first-german-state-opens-completely-for-tourism The northermost German state of Schleswig-Holstein has managed to get the 7-day incidence under the threshold of 50 Covid infections per 100,000 residents. https://www.thelocal.de/20210512/north-german-state-leads-the-way-as-covid-cases-fall-nationwide Wed, 12 May 2021 12:50:44 +0200 north-german-state-leads-the-way-as-covid-cases-fall-nationwide The northern German city of Flensburg is going into a tough lockdown after a huge rise in Covid-19 cases - many of them stemming from the B.1.1.7 variant that originated in the UK. What does this mean for Germany? https://www.thelocal.de/20210219/covid-19-variant-is-the-flensburg-outbreak-a-red-flag-for-germany Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:08:58 +0100 covid-19-variant-is-the-flensburg-outbreak-a-red-flag-for-germany The northern state of Schleswig-Holstein has put together a plan for a gradual relaxation of lockdown measures that it believes could work for the whole country. Here's what it looks like. https://www.thelocal.de/20210127/german-state-proposes-plan-for-coming-out-of-covid-19-lockdown Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:27:00 +0100 german-state-proposes-plan-for-coming-out-of-covid-19-lockdown Tourists have been told to pack their bags and leave Schleswig-Holstein by Monday November 2nd as Germany is set to go into a partial lockdown. https://www.thelocal.de/20201030/tourists-told-to-leave-german-state-of-schleswig-holstein-shutdown Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:59:42 +0100 tourists-told-to-leave-german-state-of-schleswig-holstein-shutdown The German Glücksatlas was published again on Tuesday and the people of Schleswig-Holstein were once again revealed to be the most content in the country. Here’s why. https://www.thelocal.de/20171107/this-is-why-people-in-northwest-germany-are-the-happiest Tue, 07 Nov 2017 18:23:41 +0100 this-is-why-people-in-northwest-germany-are-the-happiest Two adult boars ran into the town centre of Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, on Friday morning and injured four people, including the manager of a bank which one of them burst into. https://www.thelocal.de/20171020/wild-boars-go-on-rampage-in-north-german-town-injuring-four-people Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:48:40 +0200 wild-boars-go-on-rampage-in-north-german-town-injuring-four-people On Sunday the state of Schleswig-Holstein will hit the voting booths for the local election, with polling predicting that the Social Democrats (SPD) could lose their power. How much do you know about Germany's northern-most state? https://www.thelocal.de/20170505/10-incredible-facts-about-schleswig-holstein-the-land-between-two-seas Fri, 05 May 2017 19:08:43 +0200 10-incredible-facts-about-schleswig-holstein-the-land-between-two-seas As every English tourist knows, Germans will do anything it takes to put their towel on the beach first. Now they've gone one further and brought their bed to the sand. https://www.thelocal.de/20161104/sleeping-beach-baskets-win-innovation-award Fri, 04 Nov 2016 16:10:01 +0100 sleeping-beach-baskets-win-innovation-award Some conservatives fear that canteens could be upending German culture by trying too hard to cater for Muslims and vegetarians. https://www.thelocal.de/20160302/north-germans-skewered-over-obligatory-pork-plan Wed, 02 Mar 2016 11:42:59 +0100 north-germans-skewered-over-obligatory-pork-plan Construction on a planned tunnel under the Baltic Sea between the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland could be delayed by up to a year because of changes to the plans, authorities in north Germany said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150821/germany-denmark-tunnel-faces-more-delays Fri, 21 Aug 2015 10:45:42 +0200 germany-denmark-tunnel-faces-more-delays German sailors rescued 544 refugees from wooden boats off the Libyan coast on Monday, the Bundeswehr (German military) said. https://www.thelocal.de/20150616/german-navy-saves-544-med-refugees Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:33:49 +0200 german-navy-saves-544-med-refugees Schleswig Holstein's exports to Russia have dropped by 31 percent, state finance minister Reinhard Meyer said in comments reported by the Hamburger Abendblatt on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150526/north-germany-hit-by-russia-sanctions Tue, 26 May 2015 17:08:43 +0200 north-germany-hit-by-russia-sanctions A woman has admitted to a Lübeck court that she placed needles in meat packets in a supermarket in northern Germany, hoping to discourage them from eating mass-produced food. https://www.thelocal.de/20150505/woman-admits-to-stuffing-meat-with-needles Tue, 05 May 2015 11:01:34 +0200 woman-admits-to-stuffing-meat-with-needles A tax office worker in the Schleswig-Holstein town of Rendsburg died in hospital after being shot on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20140901/killed-at-work-tax-office Mon, 01 Sep 2014 19:16:00 +0200 killed-at-work-tax-office The Agriculture Ministry in Schleswig-Holstein has found that meat tainted with Listeria was imported to the north German state. https://www.thelocal.de/20140814/deadly-meat-from-denmark-sold-to-germany-listeria Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:19:00 +0200 deadly-meat-from-denmark-sold-to-germany-listeria A German woman who paramedics thought had died in a car crash is being treated in hospital - after a morgue employee noticed she was still breathing hours after the accident. https://www.thelocal.de/20130903/51733 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:49:00 +0200 51733 The authorities in the northern German city of Kiel on Wednesday hoped to determine the origin of a bag of human bones discovered on the side of the road. https://www.thelocal.de/20130417/49177 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:59:00 +0200 49177 The German military has said it will apologise to children in Schleswig-Holstein after an administrative error meant 1,000 children were accidentally sent leaflets advertising a career in the Bundeswehr, a newspaper reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20130324/48731 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:02:00 +0100 48731 Three shipwrecks dating back centuries have emerged off northern Germany's shallow coast, offering marine archaeologists the unique chance to examine them before storms cover them up again. https://www.thelocal.de/20130116/47369 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:18:00 +0100 47369