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 One year after Angela Merkel first declared "we can do this," leading to a huge uptick in refugees applying for asylum, the Chancellor reflected this week on her policies and the future of Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20160831/merkel-germany-will-remain-germany Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:44:37 +0200 merkel-germany-will-remain-germany Germany's newest anti-terrorist police unit had its day in the spotlight on Wednesday, just weeks after the Paris attacks that prompted its formation. https://www.thelocal.de/20151216/new-police-unit-to-deal-with-paris-like-terror-attacks Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:48:46 +0100 new-police-unit-to-deal-with-paris-like-terror-attacks Jihadists from Germany who have joined terror group Isis are involved in torturing the group's enemies, including members who try to desert, media reports said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151021/german-jihadists-helping-torture-for-isis Wed, 21 Oct 2015 10:25:52 +0200 german-jihadists-helping-torture-for-isis German police arrested four people on Wednesday accused of belonging to a far-right "terror" organisation that acquired explosives for attacks on Muslims and refugee homes, the federal prosecutor's office said. https://www.thelocal.de/20150506/police-grab-four-in-raids-on-far-right-group Wed, 06 May 2015 12:57:45 +0200 police-grab-four-in-raids-on-far-right-group An 80-year-old German woman was acquitted on Tuesday of having helped militant mastermind Carlos the Jackal launch a deadly 1975 attack on OPEC's Vienna headquarters. https://www.thelocal.de/20131112/german-woman-sonja-suder-80-cleared-over-carlos-the-jackal-opec-attack Tue, 12 Nov 2013 17:26:00 +0100 german-woman-sonja-suder-80-cleared-over-carlos-the-jackal-opec-attack Germany must do more to protect immigrant women within its borders from domestic violence, and to promote the hiring of more female managers in business, the United Nations says. https://www.thelocal.de/20121102/45929 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:55:00 +0100 45929