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 trial of a staff sergeant on a rape accusation that started Thursday has highlighted a problem that appears to be on the rise in the German army - sexual assault of female soldiers. https://www.thelocal.de/20200821/rape-trial-of-sergeant-shines-spotlight-on-sexual-assault-in-german-army Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:04:14 +0200 rape-trial-of-sergeant-shines-spotlight-on-sexual-assault-in-german-army A German neo-Nazi on trial over the murder of pro-refugee politician Walter Lübcke admitted Wednesday to the killing that has shocked the nation and highlighted the growing threat of right-wing extremism. https://www.thelocal.de/20200805/german-neo-nazi-on-trial-over-politician-murder-admits-to-killing Wed, 05 Aug 2020 14:20:24 +0200 german-neo-nazi-on-trial-over-politician-murder-admits-to-killing A German neo-Nazi stands trial Tuesday on charges of murdering pro-refugee politician Walter Luebcke, in a case that shocked the country and highlighted the growing threat of right-wing extremism. https://www.thelocal.de/20200616/german-neo-nazi-on-trial-for-politicians-murder Tue, 16 Jun 2020 11:15:51 +0200 german-neo-nazi-on-trial-for-politicians-murder A German-Afghan translator for the German army goes on trial Monday along with his wife on charges of treason for allegedly spying for Iran. https://www.thelocal.de/20200120/german-afghan-army-adviser-on-trial-for-spying-for-iran Mon, 20 Jan 2020 09:57:06 +0100 german-afghan-army-adviser-on-trial-for-spying-for-iran A Polish healthcare assistant accused of killing six people under his care with insulin overdoses went on trial in Germany on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20191126/medical-worker-on-trial-in-germany-for-six-murders Tue, 26 Nov 2019 12:40:48 +0100 medical-worker-on-trial-in-germany-for-six-murders An Indian couple accused of spying on Sikh and Kashmiri communities in Germany went on trial Thursday on charges that carry a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. https://www.thelocal.de/20191121/indian-couple-go-on-trial-in-frankfurt-for-spying-on-sikhs Thu, 21 Nov 2019 11:58:08 +0100 indian-couple-go-on-trial-in-frankfurt-for-spying-on-sikhs A former SS guard, 93, said he was sorry for his actions as he went on trial in Hamburg on Thursday for complicity in the murder of more than 5,000 people at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. https://www.thelocal.de/20191017/former-ss-guard-93-on-trial-in-germany-for-complicity-nazi-concentration-camp-hamburg Thu, 17 Oct 2019 16:57:32 +0200 former-ss-guard-93-on-trial-in-germany-for-complicity-nazi-concentration-camp-hamburg An Iraqi man was sentenced to life in prison by a German court on Wednesday over the rape and murder of a teenage girl that fuelled far-right protests against a mass influx of migrants. https://www.thelocal.de/20190710/asylum-seeker-faces-verdict-in-germanys-susanna-rape-murder-trial Wed, 10 Jul 2019 14:47:16 +0200 asylum-seeker-faces-verdict-in-germanys-susanna-rape-murder-trial German prosecutors on Thursday demanded life in jail for a male nurse considered the country's worst peacetime serial killer for murdering around 100 hospital patients. https://www.thelocal.de/20190516/prosecutors-demand-life-in-jail-for-german-serial-killer-nurse Thu, 16 May 2019 17:17:14 +0200 prosecutors-demand-life-in-jail-for-german-serial-killer-nurse A Syrian man went on trial Monday accused of a knife killing that sparked racist street violence and far-right protests in the eastern German city of Chemnitz last year. https://www.thelocal.de/20190318/man-goes-on-trial-over-killing-that-sparked-far-right-protests-in-chemnitz Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:13:19 +0100 man-goes-on-trial-over-killing-that-sparked-far-right-protests-in-chemnitz Four Berlin men who went on trial Thursday denied involvement in the spectacular museum theft of a giant commemorative gold coin called the "Big Maple Leaf" and valued at €3.75 million. https://www.thelocal.de/20190110/not-a-shred-of-evidence-men-on-trial-in-berlin-deny-giant-gold-coin-heist Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:22:55 +0100 not-a-shred-of-evidence-men-on-trial-in-berlin-deny-giant-gold-coin-heist A Russian-born German man who launched a shrapnel bomb attack on the team bus of football club Borussia Dortmund last year, wounding two people, faces his verdict and sentence Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20181127/man-who-bombed-dortmund-football-team-bus-faces-verdict Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:15:47 +0100 man-who-bombed-dortmund-football-team-bus-faces-verdict A German former hospital nurse who has admitted to killing more than 100 patients in his care apologised Thursday to victims' grieving relatives. https://www.thelocal.de/20181122/germanys-killer-nurse-tells-families-of-over-100-victims-sorry Thu, 22 Nov 2018 14:33:58 +0100 germanys-killer-nurse-tells-families-of-over-100-victims-sorry German prosecutors asked a court Monday to sentence a man accused of an April 2017 bomb attack on Borussia Dortmund's team bus to life in prison. https://www.thelocal.de/20181119/prosecutors-demand-life-for-dortmund-bus-bomber Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:53:33 +0100 prosecutors-demand-life-for-dortmund-bus-bomber German prosecutors on Monday charged a 59-year-old man for the theft of numerous objects, including diaries, stolen from the estate of the late Beatle John Lennon. https://www.thelocal.de/20181113/man-59-to-stand-trial-in-germany-for-stealing-lennons-belongings Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:09:49 +0100 man-59-to-stand-trial-in-germany-for-stealing-lennons-belongings A former SS guard aged 94 broke down in tears Tuesday as he listened to accounts of Holocaust survivors, on the first day of his trial in Germany charged with complicity in mass murder at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. https://www.thelocal.de/20181106/german-ex-ss-concentration-camp-guard-94-weeps-at-start-of-trial Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:16:25 +0100 german-ex-ss-concentration-camp-guard-94-weeps-at-start-of-trial A former SS guard, aged 94, goes on trial Tuesday in Germany charged with complicity in mass murders at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, in a case bearing symbolic and moral weight. https://www.thelocal.de/20181106/ex-ss-guard-now-94-goes-on-trial-in-germany Tue, 06 Nov 2018 09:53:29 +0100 ex-ss-guard-now-94-goes-on-trial-in-germany German nurse Niels Högel, already serving a prison sentence over the deaths of six patients in his care, went on trial from Tuesday for allegedly killing 100 people. Here's what you need to know about this extraordinary criminal case. https://www.thelocal.de/20181030/mounting-suspicion-missed-chances-german-killer-nurse-case Tue, 30 Oct 2018 18:18:06 +0100 mounting-suspicion-missed-chances-german-killer-nurse-case A German court on Friday jailed a couple who tortured and killed women they had lured to their village home in what has been dubbed the "House of Horrors" case. https://www.thelocal.de/20181005/german-sadistic-killer-couple-jailed-in-house-of-horrors-trial Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:44:46 +0200 german-sadistic-killer-couple-jailed-in-house-of-horrors-trial Two young men went on trial on Monday on an attempted murder charge. Prosecutors allege that the men placed heavy objects on streets around Bremen with the aim of killing people. https://www.thelocal.de/20180917/trial-starts-of-men-who-put-cement-blocks-on-autobahn-out-of-boredom Mon, 17 Sep 2018 18:17:13 +0200 trial-starts-of-men-who-put-cement-blocks-on-autobahn-out-of-boredom