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 Germany said Friday it had extradited to Sweden John Ausonius, the convicted killer known as "the laser man" for using a precision-scope rifle to target immigrants and a Holocaust survivor. https://www.thelocal.de/20190125/s-2 Fri, 25 Jan 2019 18:18:16 +0100 s-2 Help from Germany has arrived in Sweden in order to fight an outbreak of forest fires described as the most serious in modern times. https://www.thelocal.de/20180723/german-firefighters-arrive-in-sweden-to-fight-scathing-fires Mon, 23 Jul 2018 14:49:00 +0200 german-firefighters-arrive-in-sweden-to-fight-scathing-fires UPDATE: A German man in his 20s who was arrested at Gothenburg's Landvetter Airport after a suspicious object was found in his luggage is no longer a suspect. https://www.thelocal.de/20171006/german-arrested-after-security-alert-at-swedish-airport Fri, 06 Oct 2017 13:22:17 +0200 german-arrested-after-security-alert-at-swedish-airport The woman's ashes were sent from Hanover to Sweden after she died in June, but have since disappeared in the Swedish post. https://www.thelocal.de/20170725/grannys-ashes-lost-in-mail-en-route-from-germany-to-sweden Tue, 25 Jul 2017 14:17:15 +0200 grannys-ashes-lost-in-mail-en-route-from-germany-to-sweden The German Foreign Ministry has issued a warning over a "fake news" story being shared on social media, claiming they had issued a travel warning for Sweden. https://www.thelocal.de/20170307/achtung-fake-news-germany-warns-of-false-travel-warning-claims-about-sweden Tue, 07 Mar 2017 10:49:50 +0100 achtung-fake-news-germany-warns-of-false-travel-warning-claims-about-sweden Swedish police tracked down the man who's accused of recruiting people to a terror group in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20160512/sweden-arrests-terror-recruiter-wanted-in-germany Thu, 12 May 2016 10:37:03 +0200 sweden-arrests-terror-recruiter-wanted-in-germany A man wanted in Germany is being questioned by Swedish security police after he was arrested at Stockholm's Arlanda airport. https://www.thelocal.de/20160413/swedish-police-hold-terror-suspect-wanted-in-germany Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:36:41 +0200 swedish-police-hold-terror-suspect-wanted-in-germany A man who shoved a 20-year-old woman to her death under a Berlin U-Bahn train on Tuesday evening had a history of violence and drug abuse in Hamburg, media reports revealed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160121/berlin-u-bahn-killer-had-history-of-violence Thu, 21 Jan 2016 12:08:48 +0100 berlin-u-bahn-killer-had-history-of-violence Denmark will begin "temporary' passport checks on the German-Danish border, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160104/denmark-introduces-controls-on-german-border Mon, 04 Jan 2016 13:32:06 +0100 denmark-introduces-controls-on-german-border Sweden's Migration Minister Morgan Johansson has urged refugees in northern Germany to stay put, after declaring that the Nordic nation is now unable to guarantee beds for all asylum seekers. https://www.thelocal.de/20151105/sweden-tells-refugees-to-stay-in-north-germany Thu, 05 Nov 2015 18:42:18 +0100 sweden-tells-refugees-to-stay-in-north-germany Renowned Swedish scientist and environmental campaigner Per Kågeson has spoken about a warning he made almost two decades ago, regarding car makers rigging emissions tests. https://www.thelocal.de/20150929/swede-warned-about-vw-scandal-17-years-ago Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:26:10 +0200 swede-warned-about-vw-scandal-17-years-ago German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday welcomed European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker's plan to relocate refugees from overstretched EU states, but said it was only "a first important step". https://www.thelocal.de/20150908/merkel-eu-quota-plan-only-first-step Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:44:20 +0200 merkel-eu-quota-plan-only-first-step World-famous German fine art photographer Wolfgang Tillmans has received the 2015 Hasselblad award – one of the world's most prestigious awards in photography. https://www.thelocal.de/20150306/hasselblad-tillmans-photography-german-photographer-wins-prestigious-award Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:59:35 +0100 hasselblad-tillmans-photography-german-photographer-wins-prestigious-award Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven in Berlin on Wednesday for talks on the two countries' shared migration and integration concerns. Between them, Germany and Sweden take in more asylum seekers from Syria than the rest of the EU combined. https://www.thelocal.de/20150225/germany-sweden-diplomacy-merkel-welcomes-swedish-prime-minister-lfven Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:44:24 +0100 germany-sweden-diplomacy-merkel-welcomes-swedish-prime-minister-lfven Swedish police are checking a suspicious package apparently sent from Germany to a local newspaper in Sweden that previously published controversial Muhammad cartoons. https://www.thelocal.de/20150218/bomb-sent-from-germany-to-swedish-paper Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:57:36 +0100 bomb-sent-from-germany-to-swedish-paper Swedish students have turned a cold shoulder to the offer of apprenticeships in Germany, a scheme widely credited for keeping youth unemployment low in Sweden's neighbour to the south. https://www.thelocal.de/20131021/52495 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 13:39:00 +0200 52495 Chelsea's Andre Schürrle claimed a second-half hat trick as Germany came from two goals down to seal a 5-3 win away to Sweden in Tuesday's final World Cup qualifier. https://www.thelocal.de/20131016/52419 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:43:00 +0200 52419 German airline Lufthansa has launched a bizarre competition giving one Swede the chance to start a new life in Berlin if they legally change their name to "Klaus-Heidi". https://www.thelocal.de/20131015/52415 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:19:00 +0200 52415 Germany's women's football team roared into the European Championship final for the eighth time on Wednesday night, in a 1:0 victory over host country Sweden. https://www.thelocal.de/20130725/51053 Thu, 25 Jul 2013 13:40:00 +0200 51053 Germany's women footballers made it through to the European championship semi-finals on Sunday with a return to form which gave them a 1-0 victory over Italy. https://www.thelocal.de/20130722/50977 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:36:00 +0200 50977