The Local Germany 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 Berlin kidnapping leads to diplomatic freeze between Slovakia and Vietnam Slovakia may freeze diplomatic relations with Vietnam if allegations that it used the EU country to secretly transport a Vietnamese oil executive back to Hanoi are confirmed, a Slovak foreign ministry spokesman told AFP on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20181021/berlin-kidnapping-leads-to-diplomatic-freeze-between-slovakia-and-vietnam Sun, 21 Oct 2018 17:40:07 +0200 berlin-kidnapping-leads-to-diplomatic-freeze-between-slovakia-and-vietnam Weekend refugee arrivals fall below 10,000 The migrant influx into southern Germany slowed to about 7,000 irregular entries at the weekend, after two weekends that each saw 20,000 arrive, police said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150921/weekend-refugee-arrivals-fall-below-10000 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 19:39:02 +0200 weekend-refugee-arrivals-fall-below-10000 4,000 soldiers on alert as 40,000 refugees expected Germany will place 4,000 soldiers on standby over the weekend to help with a new wave of up to 40,000 refugees arriving in the country, Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. Meanwhile, diplomatic efforts to soften up Germany's eastern EU neighbours made little progress. https://www.thelocal.de/20150911/refugees-are-eus-biggest-ever-challenge-germany Fri, 11 Sep 2015 18:11:39 +0200 refugees-are-eus-biggest-ever-challenge-germany Merkel tells allies to pay Ukraine's gas debts Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called on Ukraine's allies to help the war-scarred nation pay off its gas debts to Russia, amid concern over gas supplies this winter. https://www.thelocal.de/20141021/merkel-urges-allies-to-pay-ukraine-debts Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:12:00 +0200 merkel-urges-allies-to-pay-ukraine-debts Merkel predicts bailout ratification German Chancellor Angela Merkel predicted Wednesday a eurozone bailout fund would be ratified this month despite rejection by Slovakia, and said all of Europe must help fight the crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20111012/38165 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:10:00 +0200 38165 Major US ecstasy smuggler nabbed Slovak police said on Friday they have detained a German accused of playing a major role in trafficking ecstasy pills from Europe to the United States. https://www.thelocal.de/20080411/11241 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:38:00 +0200 11241