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 Monday marks 75 years since the Nazi genocide against Sinti and Roma started. These communities struggled for decades for official recognition of that crime and still live with daily prejudice. https://www.thelocal.de/20180226/germans-for-centuries-but-still-considered-outsiders Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:31:52 +0100 germans-for-centuries-but-still-considered-outsiders The UN High Commissioner for Refugees said on Tuesday that Europe must work out a fairer way of sharing refugees, days after Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that the refugee crisis would likely prove a greater political challenge for Europe than Greece. https://www.thelocal.de/20150818/germany-sweden-need-help-with-migrants-un Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:51:38 +0200 germany-sweden-need-help-with-migrants-un A new study has found that the Sinti and Roma people encounter more discrimination than any other group in Germany, with more than a fifth of Germans supporting their deportation. https://www.thelocal.de/20140903/sinti-roma-people-are-most-discriminated-against Wed, 03 Sep 2014 17:33:00 +0200 sinti-roma-people-are-most-discriminated-against An Auschwitz victim’s widow has been denied a pension after authorities questioned medical reports from more than 40 years ago which said his ill-health was caused by the two years in Nazi camps. https://www.thelocal.de/20120724/43953 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:03:00 +0200 43953 When a group of Roma and Sinti started camping out in Görlitzer Park in Kreuzberg at the end of May, media chaos broke out. Leftists took them in, then turned them over to a church; the church turned them out and the authorities dithered helplessly before finally putting them in temporary accommodation in Spandau. https://www.thelocal.de/20090708/20457 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:36:00 +0200 20457