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 The German frigate 'Hesse' helped save 2,220 refugees off the coast of Libya on Thursday, in a mission carried out in cooperation with the Italian coast guard and navy. https://www.thelocal.de/20150515/german-frigate-helps-save-2220-refugees Fri, 15 May 2015 11:05:42 +0200 german-frigate-helps-save-2220-refugees Two German navy ships on Friday rescued nearly 400 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, the defence ministry said, days after it joined a beefed-up EU mission. https://www.thelocal.de/20150508/germany-navy-saves-200-refugees Fri, 08 May 2015 16:50:25 +0200 germany-navy-saves-200-refugees After a boat with more than 900 people on board sank off the Libyan coast on Sunday, Amnesty International's General Secretary for Germany Selmin Çalışkan calls for change in Europe's Mediterranean policy. https://www.thelocal.de/20150421/stop-mass-deaths-in-the-mediterranean Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:59:03 +0200 stop-mass-deaths-in-the-mediterranean “If we don't act now, we'll experience more tragedies” like the one that killed 950 people off the Libyan coast last weekend, European Parliament president Martin Schulz warned on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150421/mediterranean-refugees-euro-parliament-leader-warns-of-new-shipwrecks Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:49:11 +0200 mediterranean-refugees-euro-parliament-leader-warns-of-new-shipwrecks