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 In a representative survey of German citizens, 47 percent named one country as particularly close to their hearts. The second favourite was behind by a country mile. https://www.thelocal.de/20160916/germans-favourite-european-country-easy-germany Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:58:08 +0200 germans-favourite-european-country-easy-germany A 20-year-old man faces a Baden-Württemburg court this week after admitting he installed a spy app on his ex's smartphone and tracked her every move for over three months. https://www.thelocal.de/20151209/german-man-used-spy-app-to-track-ex-lover Wed, 09 Dec 2015 16:58:18 +0100 german-man-used-spy-app-to-track-ex-lover Chancellor Angela Merkel said "Germany is not a surveillance state" and insisted she only learnt of sweeping US online snooping through press reports, during a lengthy election-campaign press conference Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20130719/50953 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:25:00 +0200 50953 Japanese automaker Suzuki is getting increasingly frustrated with its larger partner Volkswagen and is eyeing deeper ties with Italian giant Fiat, German media said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110723/36487 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:06:00 +0200 36487 Nokia has been given one week to return €41 million of the subsidies it received from the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and NRW bank. The reasoning behind this demand is that Nokia created fewer jobs since 2002 than it promised. https://www.thelocal.de/20080206/10279 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:17:00 +0100 10279