The Local Germany 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 States aim to block cuts to solar energy subsidies A majority of Germany’s 16 states are set to block the federal government’s planned cuts to solar energy subsidies in the upper house of parliament on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100603/27629 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:14:00 +0200 27629 Cabinet backs cuts to solar power subsidy Owners of solar panels will no longer be guaranteed high prices for selling their electricity after Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet decided on Wednesday to cut consumer subsidies for solar power. https://www.thelocal.de/20100303/25647 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:41:00 +0100 25647 Germany wants cash back from Nokia Germany’s research ministry has joined calls to demand a return of subsidies from Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia which is under fire from Germans for moving production to Romania. https://www.thelocal.de/20080316/10723 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:07:00 +0100 10723 Germans boycott Nokia Bonn city employees are giving up their Nokia phones in solidarity with the soon to be unemployed Bochum residents. https://www.thelocal.de/20080123/10191 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:54:00 +0100 10191