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 Sick of the expense of studying in the UK, the USA or Canada? Germany offers an affordable and highly esteemed alternative, argues Melissa Lawrence. https://www.thelocal.de/20160909/9-very-compelling-reasons-to-come-to-germany-to-study Fri, 09 Sep 2016 15:47:35 +0200 9-very-compelling-reasons-to-come-to-germany-to-study Police in eastern Germany have made an arrest in the case of a Chinese student murdered a week ago, media reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160524/police-arrest-suspect-in-murder-of-chinese-student Tue, 24 May 2016 17:54:52 +0200 police-arrest-suspect-in-murder-of-chinese-student The head of London's British Museum will step down at the end of this year and is to work on a major new cultural project in Berlin, a statement released on Wednesday confirmed. https://www.thelocal.de/20150408/british-museum-director-heads-to-berlin Wed, 08 Apr 2015 16:06:41 +0200 british-museum-director-heads-to-berlin Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier pressed UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon to bring possible poison gas use by Isis in Iraq before the Security Council. https://www.thelocal.de/20141024/steinmeier-challenges-un-over-isis-gas-reports Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:05:00 +0200 steinmeier-challenges-un-over-isis-gas-reports An Italian court on Friday sentenced German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp's director-general in Italy to 16.5 years in jail for the deaths of seven workers after a fire at its Turin plant in December 2007. https://www.thelocal.de/20110416/34431 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:44:00 +0200 34431 Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg’s wife Stephanie has taken the unusual step of joining her husband on a surprise visit to Germany’s troops in Afghanistan, officials announced Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20101213/31769 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:56:00 +0100 31769 Bärbel Bohley, a key figure in East Germany's reform movement that helped oust its communist leadership, died Saturday, an association she co-founded said. Bohley was 65. https://www.thelocal.de/20100911/29759 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:42:00 +0200 29759 After the latest football violence left 29 police slightly injured in Rostock, the police union on Wednesday demanded Germany’s leagues pay up to €50 million a season to combat hooliganism. https://www.thelocal.de/20091104/23019 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:07:00 +0100 23019 The squabble between Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück and the Swiss continues after the Swiss minister of defence returned his German-made limousine to protest controversial comments against the Alpine nation. https://www.thelocal.de/20090323/18195 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:29:00 +0100 18195 Bundesbank President Alex Weber on Monday expressed concern at the extent of the global economic crisis, which he called the worst since World War II. https://www.thelocal.de/20090126/17007 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:28:00 +0100 17007