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 Prosecutors in Germany on Thursday closed an investigation into whether US and British intelligence services systematically carried out extensive spying on the country's citizens, citing a lack of hard evidence. https://www.thelocal.de/20171005/prosecutors-drop-probe-into-nsa-spying-on-germans-citing-lack-of-evidence Thu, 05 Oct 2017 16:17:12 +0200 prosecutors-drop-probe-into-nsa-spying-on-germans-citing-lack-of-evidence Opposition parties have accused the coalition government of overstepping its authority in its attempt to block American whistleblower Edward Snowden's trip to Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20161202/berlin-uses-dirty-tricks-to-block-snowden-trip-to-germany Fri, 02 Dec 2016 15:58:53 +0100 berlin-uses-dirty-tricks-to-block-snowden-trip-to-germany The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has ruled that the government must bring US whistleblower Edward Snowden to Berlin to answer parliamentary questions on the NSA, according to the Süddeutsche Zeitung. https://www.thelocal.de/20161121/high-court-edward-snowden-must-come-to-berlin-nsa Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:20:37 +0100 high-court-edward-snowden-must-come-to-berlin-nsa Green and Die Linke (Left Party) politicians are asking that NSA surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden be allowed into Germany for an ongoing investigation. https://www.thelocal.de/20160825/politicians-renew-call-to-question-edward-snowden-in-germany-nsa Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:59:25 +0200 politicians-renew-call-to-question-edward-snowden-in-germany-nsa Germany on Tuesday approved new measures to rein in the activities of its foreign intelligence agency after a scandal over improper collusion with the US National Security Agency. https://www.thelocal.de/20160629/berlin-puts-spy-service-on-tighter-leash-after-nsa-scandal-bnd Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:00:32 +0200 berlin-puts-spy-service-on-tighter-leash-after-nsa-scandal-bnd NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden could have been acting under the influence of the Russian government, the heads of Germany's foreign and domestic intelligence agencies said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160415/possible-that-snowden-linked-to-russia-german-spies Fri, 15 Apr 2016 17:45:26 +0200 possible-that-snowden-linked-to-russia-german-spies New documents made public by Wikileaks reveal that the USA spied on Chancellor Angela Merkel's private conversations with world leaders. https://www.thelocal.de/20160223/nsa-eavesdropped-on-merkels-intimate-conversations Tue, 23 Feb 2016 09:40:11 +0100 nsa-eavesdropped-on-merkels-intimate-conversations Germany's very first museum of spying is set to open in Berlin on Saturday in a tribute to the history of the "Capital City of Espionage". https://www.thelocal.de/20150917/berlin-museum-welcomes-spies-in-from-cold Thu, 17 Sep 2015 20:00:14 +0200 berlin-museum-welcomes-spies-in-from-cold Privacy activist Jacob Appelbaum’s new Berlin art exhibition aims to show Julian Assange and other famous dissidents in the internet privacy debate in a new light. https://www.thelocal.de/20150914/hacker-shows-the-human-side-of Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:46:42 +0200 hacker-shows-the-human-side-of Germany said on Wednesday it was "demanding answers" from the United States over fresh allegations of official US espionage, this time against German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. https://www.thelocal.de/20150722/berlin-urges-answers-over-reports-nsa-spied-on-foreign-minister Wed, 22 Jul 2015 16:49:42 +0200 berlin-urges-answers-over-reports-nsa-spied-on-foreign-minister Green Party security expert Konstantin von Notz told The Local on Friday that Chancellor Angela Merkel is failing to restore faith in the German-US partnership following fresh spying revelations. https://www.thelocal.de/20150703/calls-grow-for-govt-to-act-on-nsa-spying Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:08:58 +0200 calls-grow-for-govt-to-act-on-nsa-spying The Bundestag (German parliament) inquiry into spying by the US National Security Agency (NSA) has chosen a former judge to examine lists of targets given to German spies by the Americans. https://www.thelocal.de/20150701/former-judge-to-see-nsa-spying-list Wed, 01 Jul 2015 11:04:41 +0200 former-judge-to-see-nsa-spying-list The head of Germany's foreign intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), has decided to reorganize the agency to stop a repeat of the US National Security Agency (NSA) spying scandal that has engulfed it this year. https://www.thelocal.de/20150615/spy-chief-to-reorganize-out-of-control-offices Mon, 15 Jun 2015 11:12:04 +0200 spy-chief-to-reorganize-out-of-control-offices Germany's chief prosecutor has dropped a probe into the alleged tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone by US intelligence agencies, his office said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150612/attorney-general-ends-merkel-phone-hack-probe Fri, 12 Jun 2015 14:25:57 +0200 attorney-general-ends-merkel-phone-hack-probe Campaigners against government surveillance used the second anniversary of the first leaks by US National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden to call on governments worldwide to do more to protect citizens' digital rights. https://www.thelocal.de/20150605/two-years-after-snowden-activists-push-on-privacy Fri, 05 Jun 2015 18:26:14 +0200 two-years-after-snowden-activists-push-on-privacy Germany's coalition government agreed on a draft law on Wednesday requiring telecoms companies to keep customers' data for up to ten weeks in case they are needed by security services, riling digital rights activists. https://www.thelocal.de/20150527/germany-surveillance-cabinet-revives-plan-to-grab-internet-records Wed, 27 May 2015 18:01:03 +0200 germany-surveillance-cabinet-revives-plan-to-grab-internet-records Chancellor Angela Merkel's government tricked the public into believing the USA was prepared to sign a so-called 'no-spy agreement' with Germany ahead of elections in 2013, a report in the Süddeutsche Zeitung claimed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150527/merkel-deceived-public-on-no-spy-treaty Wed, 27 May 2015 10:58:05 +0200 merkel-deceived-public-on-no-spy-treaty The head of the German Intelligence Agency (BND) told a special parliamentary committee on Thursday that his agency is 'dependent on' the American National Security Agency (NSA). https://www.thelocal.de/20150522/bnd-chief-were-dependant-on-nsa Fri, 22 May 2015 10:44:14 +0200 bnd-chief-were-dependant-on-nsa Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Sigmar Gabriel demanded on Sunday that the government be more transparent over German spying on behalf of the NSA, saying it needed to show 'backbone' in relations with Washington. https://www.thelocal.de/20150518/spd-sharpens-attack-on-merkel-over-bnd Mon, 18 May 2015 10:34:04 +0200 spd-sharpens-attack-on-merkel-over-bnd Germany's secret service has severely restricted cooperation with its US partner the NSA in response to a scandal over their alleged joint spying on European officials and companies, media reported Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150507/germany-restricts-cooperation-with-nsa-reports Thu, 07 May 2015 14:27:57 +0200 germany-restricts-cooperation-with-nsa-reports