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 Germany's president on Wednesday condemned the illegitimacy of Communist rule in East Germany and lauded the benefits of human rights in a provocative speech to Shanghai university students. https://www.thelocal.de/20160323/german-president-condemns-communism-on-china-visit Wed, 23 Mar 2016 10:45:59 +0100 german-president-condemns-communism-on-china-visit Germany is against the world's major economies launching a fiscal stimulus package in the face of slowing global growth, its finance minister said Friday, setting the stage for a disagreement with the United States. https://www.thelocal.de/20160226/berlin-sets-collision-course-with-us-over-global-stimulus Fri, 26 Feb 2016 09:33:44 +0100 berlin-sets-collision-course-with-us-over-global-stimulus Germany's most important stock market index continued to suffer the effects of plunging confidence in Asia on Monday, losing around four percent of its value after a sharp fall in early-morning trading. https://www.thelocal.de/20150824/dax-index-suffers-plunge-over-asia-fears Mon, 24 Aug 2015 11:29:48 +0200 dax-index-suffers-plunge-over-asia-fears