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 The man who killed 49 people in the deadliest US terror attack since 9/11 may have been linked to a worker at Frankfurt Airport, German media reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160617/police-probe-orlando-shooters-link-to-frankfurt-omar-mateen-shooting Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:23:20 +0200 police-probe-orlando-shooters-link-to-frankfurt-omar-mateen-shooting Revellers hoping to join in the carousing at Munich Oktoberfest will have to pass through a security check before entering the festival grounds this year, Munich authorities have said. https://www.thelocal.de/20160428/munich-oktoberfest-to-get-first-ever-entrance-checks Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:58:20 +0200 munich-oktoberfest-to-get-first-ever-entrance-checks Soldiers from the Bundeswehr (German army) might be called on to support police inside Germany as a precautionary measure against terrorist attacks, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151118/schuble-moots-ordering-soldiers-onto-streets Wed, 18 Nov 2015 09:31:26 +0100 schuble-moots-ordering-soldiers-onto-streets Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich has called for the expulsion of Islamic religious leaders who preach hate and said Germany’s laws must be changed to accomplish that. https://www.thelocal.de/20130518/49785 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:37:00 +0200 49785 World leaders, defence and foreign policy chiefs headed to the Munich Security Conference on Friday to discuss key themes like Mali's Islamist threat and Syria's drawn-out and bloody conflict. https://www.thelocal.de/20130201/47697 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:09:00 +0100 47697 Some two months after declaring a heightened terrorism alert, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said Tuesday he still couldn’t give an all-clear signal. https://www.thelocal.de/20110111/32337 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:15:00 +0100 32337 German authorities have uncovered a new video threatening attacks against the country over its military engagement in Afghanistan ahead of this weekend's pivotal elections, according to officials in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20090926/22163 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:50:00 +0200 22163 German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday defended Berlin’s military deployment in Afghanistan and rejected “prejudgement” of a controversial NATO air strike called by the Bundeswehr last week. https://www.thelocal.de/20090908/21775 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:14:00 +0200 21775 Chancellor Angela Merkel has agreed to address parliament on Tuesday over a deadly air strike in Afghanistan ordered by a German commander as her government came under fire 20 days before elections. https://www.thelocal.de/20090907/21765 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:25:00 +0200 21765 International military officials in Afghanistan denied reports on Sunday that an investigation into a deadly air strike ordered by the German Bundeswehr had found it in breach of NATO rules. https://www.thelocal.de/20090906/21739 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:14:00 +0200 21739 EU foreign ministers on Saturday slammed a NATO air strike called by the German Bundeswehr that left scores dead in northern Afghanistan. But the Defence Ministry in Berlin defended the action. https://www.thelocal.de/20090905/21725 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:59:00 +0200 21725 A day after NATO forces in Afghanistan blew up two hijacked fuel tankers killing between 50 and 90 Afghans, four German soldiers have been injured by a suicide bomber in the same area. https://www.thelocal.de/20090905/21715 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:29:00 +0200 21715 The German government has signalled it is willing to help US President-Elect Obama make good on his promise to close the controversial terrorist prison camp Guantánamo Bay by taking in inmates. https://www.thelocal.de/20081220/16265 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:01:00 +0100 16265