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 premier of Bavaria on Tuesday said he planned to keep the Alpine slopes of his German state shut over the Christmas holidays to combat Covid-19 and urged European nations to follow suit. https://www.thelocal.de/20201124/avoid-a-second-ischgl-bavaria-urges-ski-slopes-to-close-across-europe-over-winter-break Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:14:52 +0100 avoid-a-second-ischgl-bavaria-urges-ski-slopes-to-close-across-europe-over-winter-break Germany is a "Weltmeister" again, this time in ski-jumping. Severin Freund's 134-metre vertical jumps, and new world distance record of nearly 136 metres, ended the nearly decade-and-a-half wait for German ski jump fans starved for gold. https://www.thelocal.de/20150227/germany-weltmeister-again-ski-jumper-grabs-gold Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:04:58 +0100 germany-weltmeister-again-ski-jumper-grabs-gold Heavy snows have caused one of the highpoints of the German sports calendar - the World Cup Ski Jumping - to be temporarily postponed, as deep snow also settled on the capital, Berlin, for the first time this winter. https://www.thelocal.de/20141229/too-much-snow-cancels-ski-jumping Mon, 29 Dec 2014 12:55:00 +0100 too-much-snow-cancels-ski-jumping Michael Schumacher is "showing small signs of progress", his spokeswoman said on Sunday, with the Formula One legend slowly recovering from devastating brain injuries suffered in a ski accident. https://www.thelocal.de/20140414/michael-schumacher-shows-small-signs-of-progress-waking-from-coma Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:20:00 +0200 michael-schumacher-shows-small-signs-of-progress-waking-from-coma Formula One's former chief doctor has said "serious lapses" in early treatment may have worsened Michael Schumacher's condition and warned his chances of recovery from a skiing accident are decreasing over time. https://www.thelocal.de/20140326/botched-care-lowers-schumachers-chances Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:36:00 +0100 botched-care-lowers-schumachers-chances Michael Schumacher's family is "confident" the Formula One legend will pull through and wake up from his coma, his manager said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140312/michael-schumachers-family-confident-he-will-wake-up-from-coma-after-ski-accident Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:02:00 +0100 michael-schumachers-family-confident-he-will-wake-up-from-coma-after-ski-accident If Gianina Ernst had been born a few hours later she would not be going to the Winter Games. But the fifteen-year-old ski jumper is now on the road to Sochi success, making her The Local’s German of the Week. https://www.thelocal.de/20140130/german-of-the-week-gianina-ernst-germanys-youngest-olympic-athlete Thu, 30 Jan 2014 18:08:00 +0100 german-of-the-week-gianina-ernst-germanys-youngest-olympic-athlete French prosecutors looking into Michael Schumachers' life-threatening skiing accident said on Wednesday he was travelling at an "appropriate" speed when he lost control and hit his head on a rock. https://www.thelocal.de/20140108/michael-schumacher-appropriate-speed Wed, 08 Jan 2014 12:30:00 +0100 michael-schumacher-appropriate-speed UPDATE: French prosecutors will on Wednesday give out details of their investigation into Michael Schumacher's life-threatening skiing accident. https://www.thelocal.de/20140106/schumacher-was-skiing-slowly-before-accident Mon, 06 Jan 2014 11:40:00 +0100 schumacher-was-skiing-slowly-before-accident Three men from south-western Germany were killed on Friday after their ski group was caught up in what rescuers said was a gigantic avalanche in the Swiss mountains. https://www.thelocal.de/20110402/34131 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:35:00 +0200 34131 Thuringia’s state premier Dieter Althaus will most likely be charged with negligent manslaughter after the ski accident in which he and a woman collided – and she died. https://www.thelocal.de/20090110/16679 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:14:00 +0100 16679