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 German police arrested a Russian scientist working at an unidentified university, accusing him of spying for Moscow, prosecutors said on Monday, in a case that risks further inflaming bilateral tensions. https://www.thelocal.de/20210621/germany-arrests-russian-scientist-for-spying-for-moscow Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:03:48 +0200 germany-arrests-russian-scientist-for-spying-for-moscow German prosecutors said Thursday they have filed spying charges against a German man suspected of passing on data from parliament to Russian secret services. https://www.thelocal.de/20210225/german-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-handing-reichstag-floor-plans-to-russia Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:39:23 +0100 german-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-handing-reichstag-floor-plans-to-russia German data protection authorities said Wednesday they fined the Swedish clothing chain more than €35 million over illegal 'surveillance' of its employees. https://www.thelocal.de/20201001/germany-fines-hm-35-mn-euros-for-worker-surveillance Thu, 01 Oct 2020 16:56:30 +0200 germany-fines-hm-35-mn-euros-for-worker-surveillance A German-Afghan translator for the German army goes on trial Monday along with his wife on charges of treason for allegedly spying for Iran. https://www.thelocal.de/20200120/german-afghan-army-adviser-on-trial-for-spying-for-iran Mon, 20 Jan 2020 09:57:06 +0100 german-afghan-army-adviser-on-trial-for-spying-for-iran German prosecutors on Wednesday said they were investigating three people who allegedly spied for China, with media reporting that a former German EU diplomat was among the suspects. https://www.thelocal.de/20200115/germany-investigates-three-suspects-over-spying-for-china Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:29:43 +0100 germany-investigates-three-suspects-over-spying-for-china Austrian prosecutors confirmed Friday that they had shelved an investigation into allegations that Germany's BND secret service had systematically spied on politicians, international organisations and companies on Austrian territory. https://www.thelocal.de/20190817/austria-shelves-probe-into-germany-spying Sat, 17 Aug 2019 10:47:17 +0200 austria-shelves-probe-into-germany-spying A German administrative court ruled Tuesday that the country's domestic intelligence agency had illegally declared that it was stepping up watch of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD). https://www.thelocal.de/20190226/german-intelligence-cant-spy-on-afd-court-rules Tue, 26 Feb 2019 18:54:53 +0100 german-intelligence-cant-spy-on-afd-court-rules Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday inaugurated the new, fortress-like Berlin headquarters of Germany's scandal-plagued BND foreign intelligence service. https://www.thelocal.de/20190208/merkel-opens-spy-agencys-massive-new-berlin-hq Fri, 08 Feb 2019 15:17:13 +0100 merkel-opens-spy-agencys-massive-new-berlin-hq Germany's spy agency can monitor major internet hubs if Berlin deems it necessary for strategic security interests, a federal court has ruled. https://www.thelocal.de/20180531/german-spies-can-keep-monitoring-internet-hubs-court-rules Thu, 31 May 2018 14:04:49 +0200 german-spies-can-keep-monitoring-internet-hubs-court-rules Cyber spies belonging to the Russian hacker group "APT28" are said to have attacked the federal government's sensitive data network. This is what we know so far. https://www.thelocal.de/20180301/the-cyber-attack-on-the-german-government-what-we-know-so-far Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:59:06 +0100 the-cyber-attack-on-the-german-government-what-we-know-so-far Germany’s Interior Minister wants to force tech and car companies to provide the German security services with hidden digital access to cars, computers, phones and more, according to a media report from Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20171201/german-government-wants-backdoor-access-to-every-digital-device-report Fri, 01 Dec 2017 17:55:47 +0100 german-government-wants-backdoor-access-to-every-digital-device-report A Swiss man accused of spying on German tax officials admitted to the espionage operation on Thursday, and told a court he acted out of "patriotism" as well as for profit. https://www.thelocal.de/20171026/swiss-man-admits-spying-on-germans-out-of-patriotism Thu, 26 Oct 2017 14:06:47 +0200 swiss-man-admits-spying-on-germans-out-of-patriotism A Swiss man accused of spying on German officials who were hunting tax cheats goes on trial in Frankfurt on Wednesday, in a convoluted case that has strained ties between Bern and Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20171018/swiss-tax-spy-goes-on-trial-in-frankfurt-over-espionage-claims Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:49:40 +0200 swiss-tax-spy-goes-on-trial-in-frankfurt-over-espionage-claims 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 A former German intelligence agent who was also an ex-gay porn actor was on Tuesday given a one-year suspended sentence for attempting to share state secrets while pretending to be a jihadist online. https://www.thelocal.de/20170919/ex-porn-actor-german-spy-guilty-of-trying-to-share-state-secrets-in-islamist-chats Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:32:35 +0200 ex-porn-actor-german-spy-guilty-of-trying-to-share-state-secrets-in-islamist-chats A German intelligence agent on Tuesday said he pretended to be a jihadist planning an attack in online chatrooms because he was bored, as he went on trial for attempted treason. https://www.thelocal.de/20170906/spanish-gay-porn-actor-turned-german-spy-goes-on-trial-for-treason-over-islamist-chats Wed, 06 Sep 2017 10:55:18 +0200 spanish-gay-porn-actor-turned-german-spy-goes-on-trial-for-treason-over-islamist-chats Germany's foreign intelligence service long spied on numerous official and business targets in the United States, including the White House, Spiegel weekly reported Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170622/germany-spied-on-the-white-house Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:29:06 +0200 germany-spied-on-the-white-house Should Germany's spy agencies be allowed to watch over minors radicalized by extremist Muslim clerics? That was the question being discussed by interior ministers on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170613/german-interior-ministers-argue-over-whether-to-spy-on-children Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:59:17 +0200 german-interior-ministers-argue-over-whether-to-spy-on-children A Swiss spy allegedly monitoring German finance officials who hunt cross-border tax cheats also ran a mole in a state finance ministry office, media reports said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170504/swiss-spy-ran-mole-in-german-tax-office-report Thu, 04 May 2017 19:42:53 +0200 swiss-spy-ran-mole-in-german-tax-office-report A Swiss MP has confirmed that the spy who was arrested in Germany last week was working for the Swiss federal intelligence service (FIS) at the time of his surveillance activities. https://www.thelocal.de/20170504/spy-arrested-in-germany-did-work-for-swiss-intelligence-mp Thu, 04 May 2017 11:50:27 +0200 spy-arrested-in-germany-did-work-for-swiss-intelligence-mp