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 From tougher face mask rules to banning events and putting a cap on the number of people at private parties: this is how Germany wants to control the spread of Covid-19. https://www.thelocal.de/20200827/explained-how-germany-plans-to-step-up-measures-to-stem-coronavirus-spread Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:33:07 +0200 explained-how-germany-plans-to-step-up-measures-to-stem-coronavirus-spread The German government has extended the travel warning for tourists for more than 160 countries outside the EU by two weeks until September 14th. https://www.thelocal.de/20200826/germany-extends-travel-warning-for-more-than-160-countries-through-mid-september Wed, 26 Aug 2020 14:20:21 +0200 germany-extends-travel-warning-for-more-than-160-countries-through-mid-september German startup Flixbus on Wednesday brought its low-cost, long-distance bus service to the west coast of the United States, launching a direct challenge to America's iconic Greyhound Lines. https://www.thelocal.de/20180516/flixbus-takes-on-greyhound-buses-in-us-market Wed, 16 May 2018 12:51:16 +0200 flixbus-takes-on-greyhound-buses-in-us-market A 94-year-old former SS guard on trial for complicity in 170,000 murders at Auschwitz broke his silence Friday for the first time since the war, telling victims: "I am truly sorry". https://www.thelocal.de/20160429/i-am-truly-sorry-says-96-year-old-auschwitz-ss-man Fri, 29 Apr 2016 17:36:02 +0200 i-am-truly-sorry-says-96-year-old-auschwitz-ss-man The death toll from a German train crash rose to 12 on Wednesday, a day after a rail dispatcher was arrested, accused of having been distracted by a mobile phone game shortly before the accident. https://www.thelocal.de/20160413/bavaria-train-crash-claims-12th-victim-2-months-on Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:22:38 +0200 bavaria-train-crash-claims-12th-victim-2-months-on A woman from southern Germany wet herself when the only toilet on her train was out of order. A court case on Friday will hear whether German Rail (DB) should pay up. https://www.thelocal.de/20160128/woman-demands-compensation-for-wetting-herself-on-train Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:04:11 +0100 woman-demands-compensation-for-wetting-herself-on-train It was the biggest trial in history. On November 20th 1945, 22 Nazi leaders went on trial in Nuremberg for atrocities committed by Hitler's regime. 70 years on, Germany's Nazi trials continue - but time is running out. https://www.thelocal.de/20151119/70-years-of-nazi-trials-in-germany Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:52:27 +0100 70-years-of-nazi-trials-in-germany Germany's federal prosecution service announced on Monday that it would drop a treason investigation into digital policy blog Netzpolitik.org for publishing classified government documents. https://www.thelocal.de/20150810/prosectors-drop-netzpolitik-treason-probe Mon, 10 Aug 2015 12:48:32 +0200 prosectors-drop-netzpolitik-treason-probe Darth Vader may have rattled his last breath more than thirty years ago, but that hasn't stopped the German government from enlisting him to connect with kids on bicycle safety. https://www.thelocal.de/20150519/darth-vader-to-enforce-bike-safety-dark-side-star-wars-germany Tue, 19 May 2015 11:55:57 +0200 darth-vader-to-enforce-bike-safety-dark-side-star-wars-germany Managers at Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn airports cancelled hundreds of flights on Friday morning and advised passengers to expect long delays, as they were hit by another day of strikes by security personnel. https://www.thelocal.de/20130315/48543 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:29:00 +0100 48543 Biofuel containing corn should be banned from German petrol pumps, a minister has demanded, as droughts and a dramatic rise in food prices mean more of the world population is going hungry. https://www.thelocal.de/20120816/44395 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:39:00 +0200 44395 Gone are the days when magical trees simply guarded the little woodland creatures and made sure all was well in the forest – there is an oak in Germany which is online, twittering to its followers and competing for Facebook friends. https://www.thelocal.de/20110923/37789 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:41:00 +0200 37789 An advocacy group for German train passengers said on Wednesday the controversial plans to revamp Stuttgart’s main station could still be aborted in light of continuing protests against the mammoth rail project. https://www.thelocal.de/20100901/29527 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:09:00 +0200 29527 Trier's Roman Catholic diocese said Monday that 20 of its current and former priests had been accused "in recent weeks" of sexual abuse as part of an ever widening scandal embroiling the Church in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20100329/26201 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:25:00 +0200 26201 A policeman was killed on Monday night when his patrol car collided with a tram in Karlsruhe – the latest in string of serious streetcar accidents in the southwestern German city. https://www.thelocal.de/20100216/25291 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:58:00 +0100 25291 The numbers of traffic fatalities in Germany fell to its lowest rate in 55 years for the year 2008, new figures from the Federal Statistics Office (Destatis) revealed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090709/20477 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:17:00 +0200 20477 Brandenburg police have allowed residents in Schwedt to return home following their evacuation after some 60,000 litres of petrol leaked from freight train tanker cars due to a derailment on Monday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20090414/18617 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:05:00 +0200 18617