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 clocks go back one hour this coming weekend. But a new survey has highlighted the rising health concerns of Germans over the time change. https://www.thelocal.de/20191023/more-germans-report-health-problems-after-clock-changes-survey-finds-daylight-savings Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:09:07 +0200 more-germans-report-health-problems-after-clock-changes-survey-finds-daylight-savings Sunday, March 31st will see the clocks wound forward from 2am to 3am as summer time starts. Yet amid widespread support for adopting summer time all year ‘round, it might be one of the last times Germans wind back the clock. https://www.thelocal.de/20190304/clock-ticking-for-daylight-savings-time-as-european-parliament-meets-to-discuss-its-future Mon, 04 Mar 2019 12:43:54 +0100 clock-ticking-for-daylight-savings-time-as-european-parliament-meets-to-discuss-its-future The EU Commission is set to push through proposals to scrap seasonal time changes, or at least to let each EU state decide how it wants to run its own time. Could the result be a mixed patchwork of time zones? https://www.thelocal.de/20181024/will-next-sundays-switch-to-daylight-saving-time-be-the-last Wed, 24 Oct 2018 17:25:02 +0200 will-next-sundays-switch-to-daylight-saving-time-be-the-last The clocks will go back one hour this weekend. But a new survey has found more than 80 percent of Germans are in favour of abolishing Daylight Saving Time (DST). https://www.thelocal.de/20181022/survey-majority-of-germans-want-to-abolish-time-change Mon, 22 Oct 2018 11:54:32 +0200 survey-majority-of-germans-want-to-abolish-time-change Time magazine Wednesday named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its "Person of the Year 2015," hailing her leadership during Europe's debt, refugee and migrant crises, as well as Russia's intervention in Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.de/20151209/merkel-named-time-person-of-the-year Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:04:09 +0100 merkel-named-time-person-of-the-year On Sunday Germany turns its clocks back to mark the end of Central European Summer Time. It's a tradition that's been part of German calendars for the past 25 years - but does it do us any good? https://www.thelocal.de/20151023/is-turning-clocks-back-a-waste-of-time Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:54:24 +0200 is-turning-clocks-back-a-waste-of-time Germany's top time scientists are ready to spring into action in the dead of night on Tuesday, inserting an extra second into the clock while everyone else is asleep. https://www.thelocal.de/20150630/how-germany-will-deal-with-the-leap-second Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:24:35 +0200 how-germany-will-deal-with-the-leap-second Summer is coming, but only in name. Clocks go forward an hour at 2 am on Sunday, depriving Germans of 60 minutes of sleep but also treating them to an extra hour of daylight to enjoy crunching through the unseasonable snow on Easter Day. https://www.thelocal.de/20130330/48843 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:20:00 +0100 48843 The nights will draw in sooner as of Sunday, as clocks get turned back by one hour at 3am Saturday night. https://www.thelocal.de/20101030/30859 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:32:00 +0200 30859 As Germany prepares for daylight savings time on Saturday, a new survey showed most of the country would rather not set their clocks forward an hour. https://www.thelocal.de/20090328/18297 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:52:00 +0100 18297 The darker days of winter are upon us across Europe with the end of Daylight Saving Time on Sunday morning, with clocks going back an hour. https://www.thelocal.de/20081025/15129 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:08:00 +0200 15129 A majority of Germans could do without changing their clocks an hour twice a year, according to a new survey. Women especially don't care much for springing forward or falling back. https://www.thelocal.de/20080329/10973 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:08:00 +0100 10973