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 Germans will be allowed to travel to the popular Spanish island of Mallorca at Easter, which many hope will revive the flailing tourism industry. Yet many in Spain are asking if allowing an influx of tourists is worth it. https://www.thelocal.de/20210315/best-way-to-become-risk-area-again-spaniards-sceptical-over-return-of-german-tourists Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:05:57 +0100 best-way-to-become-risk-area-again-spaniards-sceptical-over-return-of-german-tourists Germany on Friday added all of Spain, excluding the Canary Islands, to its list of high-risk coronavirus areas, the health ministry said, in a major blow to top tourist destinations like Mallorca. https://www.thelocal.de/20200814/germany-set-to-declare-spain-as-high-risk-coronavirus-area Fri, 14 Aug 2020 19:20:04 +0200 germany-set-to-declare-spain-as-high-risk-coronavirus-area Germany on Friday added three northern Spanish regions to its list of high-risk destinations, meaning anyone arriving from those areas will have to produce a negative coronavirus test or go into quarantine for 14 days. https://www.thelocal.de/20200731/germany-adds-three-virus-hit-spanish-regions-to-quarantine-list Fri, 31 Jul 2020 16:53:49 +0200 germany-adds-three-virus-hit-spanish-regions-to-quarantine-list German authorities have warned against non-essential travel to parts of Spain, including popular tourist destination Barcelona, as coronavirus infection numbers rise again over the holiday season. https://www.thelocal.de/20200728/germany-warns-against-tourist-travel-to-parts-of-spain-with-high-covid-19-cases Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:34:52 +0200 germany-warns-against-tourist-travel-to-parts-of-spain-with-high-covid-19-cases Foreign Minister Heiko Maas says there could be new restrictions imposed on travellers after German tourists ignored coronavirus rules on holiday in Mallorca. https://www.thelocal.de/20200716/germany-threatens-new-coronavirus-rules-for-travellers-after-reckless-behaviour-in-mallorca Thu, 16 Jul 2020 11:02:17 +0200 germany-threatens-new-coronavirus-rules-for-travellers-after-reckless-behaviour-in-mallorca Health Minister Jens Spahn has warned tourists to remain careful when travelling abroad from Germany after reports of Germans partying and ignoring coronavirus rules in Mallorca. https://www.thelocal.de/20200713/the-danger-of-a-second-wave-is-real-germanys-health-minister-warns-holidaymakers Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:22:44 +0200 the-danger-of-a-second-wave-is-real-germanys-health-minister-warns-holidaymakers Sophia L. was last seen over a week ago when she hitchhiked out of Leipzig. According to media reports, a woman’s body found in Spain is likely that of the 28-year-old student. https://www.thelocal.de/20180622/body-of-missing-leipzig-hitchhiker-found-in-spain-reports Fri, 22 Jun 2018 12:00:45 +0200 body-of-missing-leipzig-hitchhiker-found-in-spain-reports German prosecutors on Tuesday asked a court to order the extradition of Catalonia's ousted president Carles Puigdemont on a rebellion charge following his arrest in Germany last month. https://www.thelocal.de/20180403/german-prosecutors-apply-for-puigdemont-to-be-deported-to-spain Tue, 03 Apr 2018 12:31:03 +0200 german-prosecutors-apply-for-puigdemont-to-be-deported-to-spain Spanish police said Sunday that they have arrested a German fugitive suspected of slitting his girlfriend's throat and have safely recovered the couple's 18-month-old toddler. https://www.thelocal.de/20161121/german-suspected-of-murdering-girlfriend-caught-in-spain Mon, 21 Nov 2016 10:19:53 +0100 german-suspected-of-murdering-girlfriend-caught-in-spain UPDATE: A German man blamed for starting a wildfire that caused the death of a park official on the Canary Island of La Palma said he was trying to burn used toilet paper. https://www.thelocal.de/20160804/german-arrested-for-causing-spain-la-palma-forest-fire-that-left-one-dead-hundreds-evacuated Thu, 04 Aug 2016 14:04:55 +0200 german-arrested-for-causing-spain-la-palma-forest-fire-that-left-one-dead-hundreds-evacuated Five young German women were arrested after a flashmob stunt at a Spanish resort went wrong and sparked a terror alert, police said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160804/germans-held-in-spain-as-flashmob-sparks-terror-alert Thu, 04 Aug 2016 10:49:38 +0200 germans-held-in-spain-as-flashmob-sparks-terror-alert Holidaymakers in the Catalan beach resort of Platja d’Aro thought they were caught up in a terrorist attack on Tuesday evening after a group staged a flashmob. https://www.thelocal.de/20160803/german-flashmob-sparks-terror-attack-panic-in-spain Wed, 03 Aug 2016 12:56:35 +0200 german-flashmob-sparks-terror-attack-panic-in-spain A young German woman has swum from Europe to Africa in a little under three hours, setting a new world record in the process. https://www.thelocal.de/20160425/german-swims-from-europe-to-africa-in-under-two-hours Mon, 25 Apr 2016 17:47:39 +0200 german-swims-from-europe-to-africa-in-under-two-hours Six hundred people will gather in a tiny village in the French Alps Thursday to mark one year since their loved ones died when a Germanwings co-pilot deliberately crashed his plane into the mountainside. https://www.thelocal.de/20160324/families-mourn-victims-of-germanwings-4u2925 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 09:26:32 +0100 families-mourn-victims-of-germanwings-4u2925 One German and seven Italians were among the 13 young female students killed in a weekend coach crash in northeastern Spain, a regional official said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160321/germans-dead-spain-bus-crash Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:25:31 +0100 germans-dead-spain-bus-crash Berlin is still honouring an agreement struck with Spanish dictator Francisco Franco to pay pensions to fascist volunteers who signed up to fight for Hitler, it has emerged. https://www.thelocal.de/20151106/germany-still-pays-spanish-nazis-volunteers-pensions Fri, 06 Nov 2015 18:21:21 +0100 germany-still-pays-spanish-nazis-volunteers-pensions Spain's ex-king Juan Carlos had an affair with a German aristocrat for the last 10 years of his reign, according to a new book about the monarch's "double life" that is flying off Spanish bookshelves. https://www.thelocal.de/20150423/spanish-kings-10-year-affair-with-german-lover Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:44:30 +0200 spanish-kings-10-year-affair-with-german-lover Germany's finance ministry revealed that it had received €360 million in interest payments from Greece since 2010 through its bailout loans to the crisis-stricken country. https://www.thelocal.de/20150305/syrica-greece-crisis-greeks-pay-germany-360m-in-interest Thu, 05 Mar 2015 09:25:18 +0100 syrica-greece-crisis-greeks-pay-germany-360m-in-interest Germany on Monday angrily denounced Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for accusing eurozone partners Spain and Portugal of undermining his negotiations with Brussels, saying he had been out of line. https://www.thelocal.de/20150302/eurozone-greece-bailout-tsipras-comments-not-the-done-thing-germany Mon, 02 Mar 2015 14:54:59 +0100 eurozone-greece-bailout-tsipras-comments-not-the-done-thing-germany German state prosecutors on Friday said they have taken a Spanish national suspected of forging identification papers for Basque terrorist movement ETA while working at a university into custody. https://www.thelocal.de/20141121/suspected-eta-document-forger-detained Fri, 21 Nov 2014 18:49:00 +0100 suspected-eta-document-forger-detained