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 Throughout the nineties and noughties the electro music fest Love Parade epitomized the ramshackle, liberated lifestyle that originated in Berlin and swept across Germany. But a disaster on July 24th 2010 put an end to this ideal in the most traumatic of circumstances. https://www.thelocal.de/20150723/the-duisburg-love-parade-disaster-five-years-on Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:42:00 +0200 the-duisburg-love-parade-disaster-five-years-on After the bodies of a woman and her three kids were found in their apartment, Bavarian prosecutors announced on Wednesday that an arrest warrant on four counts of murder had been issued for the family’s father. https://www.thelocal.de/20180626/mother-and-three-kids-found-dead-in-bavarian-home Tue, 26 Jun 2018 14:43:06 +0200 mother-and-three-kids-found-dead-in-bavarian-home A 30-year-old man from Göttingen died on Sunday after bringing a barbecue inside his tent at the Nürburgring Olé music festival. https://www.thelocal.de/20170821/man-dies-after-bringing-a-bbq-into-his-tent-at-music-festival Mon, 21 Aug 2017 17:07:25 +0200 man-dies-after-bringing-a-bbq-into-his-tent-at-music-festival A German court on Tuesday threw out criminal charges stemming from a catastrophic stampede at a Love Parade techno street party in 2010 that killed 21 people and injured hundreds. https://www.thelocal.de/20160405/no-trial-for-organizers-of-fatal-2010-love-parade Tue, 05 Apr 2016 13:47:22 +0200 no-trial-for-organizers-of-fatal-2010-love-parade July 2015 marked five years since one of the worst tragedies in modern German history. But this week, those affected by the 2010 Duisburg Love Parade disaster will at last see the case come to court. https://www.thelocal.de/20150831/five-years-on-duisburg-disaster-reaches-court Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:02:14 +0200 five-years-on-duisburg-disaster-reaches-court Four defendants were to appear in court in Hungary on Saturday over Austria's migrant truck tragedy, as a "horrified and heartbroken" UN chief called for international action to end Europe's refugee crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20150829/austria-migrant-tragedy-suspects-to-appear-in-court Sat, 29 Aug 2015 13:51:04 +0200 austria-migrant-tragedy-suspects-to-appear-in-court A family outing turned into tragedy on Monday, when a best man in Thuringia accidentally killed the groom-to-be just days before his wedding. https://www.thelocal.de/20150804/best-man-kills-groom-to-be-in-woodland-accident Tue, 04 Aug 2015 13:07:15 +0200 best-man-kills-groom-to-be-in-woodland-accident A court in Kassel sentenced a man to three years in jail on Monday after his children died in the bath while he was checking train times at the station. https://www.thelocal.de/20150505/man-given-three-years-jail-after-kids-die-in-bath Tue, 05 May 2015 14:15:37 +0200 man-given-three-years-jail-after-kids-die-in-bath