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 Two police officers went on trial on Tuesday after a protester was nearly blinded with a water cannon at a peaceful demonstration in Stuttgart. https://www.thelocal.de/20140624/police-trial-stuttgart21-violence-stuttgart Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:40:00 +0200 police-trial-stuttgart21-violence-stuttgart Daimler has complained against a Facebook group and contacted employees who said they ‘liked’ a comment on the page calling the car giant’s CEO a liar. https://www.thelocal.de/20110525/35227 Wed, 25 May 2011 10:07:00 +0200 35227 The Baden–Württemberg state parliament on Thursday rejected a petition by the centre-left Social Democrats to hold a referendum on the controversial Stuttgart 21 rail project. https://www.thelocal.de/20101028/30821 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:50:00 +0200 30821 Tens of thousands of Stuttgart 21 protesters are expected to take to the streets of the city on Saturday despite talks between their representatives and those from the construction project. https://www.thelocal.de/20101016/30529 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:02:00 +0200 30529 The fight over the Stuttgart 21 rail project is lifting support for the Green Party in Baden-Württemberg to record levels, with the latest poll suggesting it could push the conservatives out of government in next March’s election. https://www.thelocal.de/20101009/30377 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 13:40:00 +0200 30377 A new video shows a pensioner blinded by a police water cannon in last week’s violent protests in Stuttgart was throwing objects at officers, raising questions about whether they were provoked or guilty of excessive force. https://www.thelocal.de/20101007/30351 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:31:00 +0200 30351 The man whose bleeding eyes shocked Germany in the wake of last week’s clash between Stuttgart 21 protestors and police has been identified as 66-year-old Dietrich Wagner. The pensioner was hit full in the face by a water cannon blast. https://www.thelocal.de/20101006/30295 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:53:00 +0200 30295 Police arrested 27 anti-Stuttgart 21 protesters on Friday night when they blocked a road in the city, after tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the face of the authorities’ refusal to halt demolition work. https://www.thelocal.de/20100925/30073 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:15:00 +0200 30073 German opposition lawmakers filed a motion in parliament Tuesday for work to stop on a huge rail project that they believe makes little sense and will go billions of euros over budget. https://www.thelocal.de/20100914/29817 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:19:00 +0200 29817 Opponents of the controversial Stuttgart 21 train station redevelopment project temporarily blocked the construction site on Monday morning, forcing police to physically remove activists who had parked tractors and chained themselves to a truck the entrance. https://www.thelocal.de/20100906/29637 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:05:00 +0200 29637 The weekly protest against the Stuttgart 21 railway redevelopment programme attracted up to 65,000 people on Friday evening, the biggest demonstration against the €4.1-billion project so far. https://www.thelocal.de/20100904/29607 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:54:00 +0200 29607 An advocacy group for German train passengers said on Wednesday the controversial plans to revamp Stuttgart’s main station could still be aborted in light of continuing protests against the mammoth rail project. https://www.thelocal.de/20100901/29527 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:09:00 +0200 29527 Police used a cherry-picker crane Monday morning to pluck three demonstrators from the top of an earth-moving machine where they had been protesting against the controversial Stuttgart 21 rail project. https://www.thelocal.de/20100830/29487 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:07:00 +0200 29487 Deutsche Bahn CEO Rüdiger Grube on Saturday proposed a roundtable between opponents and supporters of Stuttgart's controversial railway construction, one day after thousands turned for the biggest protest so far. https://www.thelocal.de/20100828/29463 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:28:00 +0200 29463 A special police unit on Thursday forcibly ended the occupation of Stuttgart’s main train station, which rooftop demonstrators had hoped would derail a controversial rail project in the southwestern city. https://www.thelocal.de/20100826/29405 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:38:00 +0200 29405 Around 20,000 people marched in silence through Stuttgart on Friday evening to protest the controversial Stuttgart 21 construction project – and promised to come back every day. https://www.thelocal.de/20100821/29307 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:23:00 +0200 29307 Opponents of the controversial revamp of Stuttgart's main train station said Friday they hoped at least 20,000 people would take part in a protest later in the day. https://www.thelocal.de/20100820/29297 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:34:00 +0200 29297 The state government of Baden-Württemberg is accused of having paid more than €100 million under questionable circumstances to Deutsche Bahn in order to save the controversial transport project Stuttgart 21. https://www.thelocal.de/20100815/29173 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:57:00 +0200 29173 Around 20,000 people demonstrated against the tearing down of Stuttgart’s central train station on Friday evening, forming a human chain around the building before marching to the city hall to protest. https://www.thelocal.de/20100814/29153 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:50:00 +0200 29153 Controversial demolition work on Stuttgart’s historic train station started on Friday, as up to 10,000 demonstrators were expected to take part in protests later in the day. https://www.thelocal.de/20100813/29145 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:30:00 +0200 29145