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 Nearly one year after an Islamist terrorist attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, another failure during police investigations into the terrorist behind the attack has come to light. https://www.thelocal.de/20171127/new-failures-uncovered-in-police-investigation-of-berlin-truck-attacker Mon, 27 Nov 2017 18:30:30 +0100 new-failures-uncovered-in-police-investigation-of-berlin-truck-attacker Around 30 Muslim leaders from across Europe gathered Sunday for a rally against terror in Berlin at the site of a deadly truck attack in December, claimed by the Isis terror group. https://www.thelocal.de/20170710/muslim-leaders-gather-in-berlin-to-rally-against-terrorism Mon, 10 Jul 2017 12:11:01 +0200 muslim-leaders-gather-in-berlin-to-rally-against-terrorism Turkish authorities have detained three people linked to last year's deadly attack on a Berlin Christmas market, local media reported Monday, saying the suspects were headed to Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20170320/turkey-arrests-three-people-linked-to-berlin-truck-attack Mon, 20 Mar 2017 17:40:44 +0100 turkey-arrests-three-people-linked-to-berlin-truck-attack Only days after a young Tunisian drove a truck into a Berlin Christmas market, the city's biggest hospital has sent relatives of the dead a threatening bill. They also had to wait much longer for official condolences. https://www.thelocal.de/20170222/berlin-mayor-sends-condolences-to-terror-victims-two-months-after-attack Wed, 22 Feb 2017 12:43:26 +0100 berlin-mayor-sends-condolences-to-terror-victims-two-months-after-attack German anti-terrorism experts believed Berlin truck attack suspect Anis Amri was unlikely to commit an assault, even though he was a known Islamist who had volunteered for a suicide attack, a report said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20161229/german-anti-terror-services-ranked-amri-a-low-threat Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:43:10 +0100 german-anti-terror-services-ranked-amri-a-low-threat Federal investigators on Wednesday detained a 40-year-old Tunisian man in Berlin believed to have helped Anis Amri, the man who attacked a Christmas market, killing 12 people. https://www.thelocal.de/20161228/police-arrest-contact-man-for-truck-attacker-in-berlin-report Wed, 28 Dec 2016 15:12:56 +0100 police-arrest-contact-man-for-truck-attacker-in-berlin-report Calls grew in Germany on Monday for the government to posthumously honour the Polish truck driver who is believed to have saved many lives during the Christmas market attack. https://www.thelocal.de/20161227/germans-demand-honour-for-heroic-polish-driver Tue, 27 Dec 2016 10:12:52 +0100 germans-demand-honour-for-heroic-polish-driver Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday ordered a sweeping review of Germany's security apparatus, which has drawn withering criticism after a known jihadist killed 12 people in a Berlin Christmas market. https://www.thelocal.de/20161223/merkel-orders-security-review-after-botched-amri-case Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:11:01 +0100 merkel-orders-security-review-after-botched-amri-case Anis Amri, the man suspected of killing 12 people in Berlin on Monday, has been killed at a road check in Milan, Italian officials have confirmed. Follow the latest here. https://www.thelocal.de/20161223/live-police-believe-suspect-amri-still-in-berlin-report Fri, 23 Dec 2016 11:53:32 +0100 live-police-believe-suspect-amri-still-in-berlin-report The young man who most likely drove a truck into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin on Monday is dead. But the story of Germany's first major terror attack is far from over. https://www.thelocal.de/20161223/how-the-berlin-truck-attack-will-change-germany Fri, 23 Dec 2016 16:24:35 +0100 how-the-berlin-truck-attack-will-change-germany German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced hope Thursday that the prime suspect in Berlin's deadly truck attack would be caught quickly, after it emerged that the Tunisian rejected asylum seeker was a known jihadist. https://www.thelocal.de/20161223/merkel-hopes-for-quick-arrest-of-berlin-market-attacker Fri, 23 Dec 2016 10:04:35 +0100 merkel-hopes-for-quick-arrest-of-berlin-market-attacker In shock after he was named the prime suspect in the Berlin market attack, Anis Amri's family says he fled Tunisia seeking a better life, only to find more trouble and misery. https://www.thelocal.de/20161222/family-of-truck-attack-suspect-react-with-disbelief-denial Thu, 22 Dec 2016 18:27:05 +0100 family-of-truck-attack-suspect-react-with-disbelief-denial Police have intensified the manhunt for the Tunisian suspect in the killing of 12 people at a Berlin Christmas market. Follow the latest here. https://www.thelocal.de/20161222/live-police-search-truck-attack-amri-isis-manhunt-berlin Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:04:13 +0100 live-police-search-truck-attack-amri-isis-manhunt-berlin A series of missteps before and after the deadly attack on a Berlin Christmas market on Monday are leading people to ask how authorities didn't prevent the tragedy. https://www.thelocal.de/20161222/how-a-security-scandal-is-brewing-after-the-berlin-truck-attack Thu, 22 Dec 2016 16:22:35 +0100 how-a-security-scandal-is-brewing-after-the-berlin-truck-attack Chancellor Angela Merkel was hoping to make immigration a side issue in election year 2017. She doesn't stand a chance now, argues Patricia Hogwood. https://www.thelocal.de/20161222/why-the-berlin-market-attack-puts-new-pressure-on-merkel Thu, 22 Dec 2016 12:13:45 +0100 why-the-berlin-market-attack-puts-new-pressure-on-merkel The Tunisian suspect in the Berlin truck attack, 24-year-old Anis Amri, was long watched as a potentially dangerous jihadist but managed to avoid both arrest and deportation from Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20161222/attack-suspect-anis-amri-what-we-know-so-far Thu, 22 Dec 2016 10:20:39 +0100 attack-suspect-anis-amri-what-we-know-so-far German authorities were under fire Thursday after it emerged that the prime suspect in Berlin's deadly truck attack, a rejected Tunisian asylum seeker, was known as a potentially dangerous jihadist. https://www.thelocal.de/20161222/manhunt-for-trcuk-attack-suspect-intensifies-as-anger-grows Thu, 22 Dec 2016 10:01:02 +0100 manhunt-for-trcuk-attack-suspect-intensifies-as-anger-grows German police are searching for a Tunisian man whose ID document they found in the truck used to attack a Berlin Christmas market on Monday, German media report. https://www.thelocal.de/20161221/police-hunt-tunisian-man-over-berlin-truck-attack Wed, 21 Dec 2016 12:21:18 +0100 police-hunt-tunisian-man-over-berlin-truck-attack Populists across Europe have seized on the truck attack in Berlin as a way to criticise Germany's immigration policy but key players have held back on jumping to conclusions as the investigation continues. https://www.thelocal.de/20161221/european-populists-use-truck-attack-to-lash-out-at-merkel Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:39:36 +0100 european-populists-use-truck-attack-to-lash-out-at-merkel On Wednesday a carol service was held near Breitscheidplatz in west Berlin, the site of a truck attack which killed 12 people on Monday. The message was one of unity and peace. https://www.thelocal.de/20161221/refugees-and-berliners-sing-together-against-hate-at-attack-site Wed, 21 Dec 2016 16:18:27 +0100 refugees-and-berliners-sing-together-against-hate-at-attack-site