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 over-hasty deportation of an alleged Islamist to Tunisia is raising awkward questions for German authorities all the way up to the Interior Ministry. https://www.thelocal.de/20180716/scandal-grows-over-unlawful-deportation-of-alleged-bin-laden-bodyguard Mon, 16 Jul 2018 19:40:00 +0200 scandal-grows-over-unlawful-deportation-of-alleged-bin-laden-bodyguard A German court ruled late on Friday to reverse the deportation of a Tunisian man who allegedly served as a bodyguard to Osama bin Laden. https://www.thelocal.de/20180713/germany-deports-bin-laden-bodyguard-to-tunisia-ministry Fri, 13 Jul 2018 16:16:45 +0200 germany-deports-bin-laden-bodyguard-to-tunisia-ministry Germany on Wednesday expelled a Tunisian man accused over a 2015 museum attack in his country, after his claim that he faced the death penalty back home was thrown out by the courts. https://www.thelocal.de/20180510/germany-expels-suspect-in-tunisia-bardo-museum-attack Thu, 10 May 2018 11:33:24 +0200 germany-expels-suspect-in-tunisia-bardo-museum-attack A German court Wednesday ruled that a Tunisian suspect in the 2015 jihadist attack on a Tunis museum can be extradited, provided he won't face the death penalty or ill-treatment. https://www.thelocal.de/20170406/germany-clears-extradition-of-tunisia-jihadist-suspect Thu, 06 Apr 2017 10:55:41 +0200 germany-clears-extradition-of-tunisia-jihadist-suspect Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a new agreement with Tunisia on tackling illegal migration during a visit Friday, following tensions over the case of the Tunisian suspect in the Berlin market attack. https://www.thelocal.de/20170303/merkel-announces-new-migration-deal-on-trip-to-tunisia Fri, 03 Mar 2017 16:37:00 +0100 merkel-announces-new-migration-deal-on-trip-to-tunisia Tunisia's prime minister on Tuesday rejected German claims that his country has been blocking the return of rejected asylum seekers including the key suspect in the Berlin attack, hours ahead of talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel. https://www.thelocal.de/20170214/merkel-to-press-tunisian-pm-on-repatriations-during-berlin-visit Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:59:19 +0100 merkel-to-press-tunisian-pm-on-repatriations-during-berlin-visit Germany has extradited to Tunisia a man linked to the slain suspect of the deadly Christmas market attack in Berlin, the prosecution in the North African country said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170203/germany-extradites-tunisian-linked-to-berlin-attacker Fri, 03 Feb 2017 09:32:12 +0100 germany-extradites-tunisian-linked-to-berlin-attacker Tunisia will "assume its responsibilities" on unwanted immigrants, President Beji Caid Essebsi said on Thursday after Germany threatened to cut development aid to countries that stall on the return of rejected asylum seekers. https://www.thelocal.de/20170112/tunis-vows-to-assume-responsibility-after-berlin-attack Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:27:29 +0100 tunis-vows-to-assume-responsibility-after-berlin-attack A celebratory band played Thursday as a cruise liner docked in the port of Tunis for the first time since a March 2015 jihadist attack killed 21 tourists in the capital. https://www.thelocal.de/20161006/german-cruiser-first-to-docks-in-tunisia-since-2015-attack Thu, 06 Oct 2016 13:51:52 +0200 german-cruiser-first-to-docks-in-tunisia-since-2015-attack A man believed to have once been Osama bin Laden's bodyguard cannot be sent back to Tunisia because the risk of torture would be too high, a German court ruled on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160616/germany-must-protect-osama-bin-laden-bodyguard-court-rules Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:32:18 +0200 germany-must-protect-osama-bin-laden-bodyguard-court-rules The number of people arriving in Germany from North Africa seeking asylum has sunk drastically in the months since January, government figures seen by newspapers showed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160425/sharp-fall-in-number-of-north-african-refugees Mon, 25 Apr 2016 12:16:26 +0200 sharp-fall-in-number-of-north-african-refugees UPDATE: The Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday that at least two Germans were killed in the terrorist attack in Tunisia which took the lives of nearly forty people. https://www.thelocal.de/20150629/de-maizire-visits-tunisia-attack-site Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:46:19 +0200 de-maizire-visits-tunisia-attack-site UPDATE: German tourists were among those killed by gunmen in a terrorist attack on the Mediterranean resort town of Sousse, Tunisian state media reported on Friday, citing government sources. https://www.thelocal.de/20150626/germans-suspected-to-be-among-tunisia-dead Fri, 26 Jun 2015 17:51:16 +0200 germans-suspected-to-be-among-tunisia-dead Officials said on Thursday that they do not believe any Germans were killed during the museum attack in the Tunisian capital of Tunis, contrasting prior reports. Isis has claimed responsibility for the attack. https://www.thelocal.de/20150319/no-germans-killed-in-tunisia-attack Thu, 19 Mar 2015 14:58:30 +0100 no-germans-killed-in-tunisia-attack The Tunisian prime minister, Habib Essid, said at least 19 people were killed in the Bardo museum attack on Wednesday, including 17 tourists from Germany, Poland, Spain and other countries. https://www.thelocal.de/20150318/germans-among-dead-in-tunisian-museum-attack Wed, 18 Mar 2015 19:05:48 +0100 germans-among-dead-in-tunisian-museum-attack UPDATE: The family of a German woman who was shot dead by Tunisian police have accused officers of "executing" the 21-year-old law student from Bonn. https://www.thelocal.de/20140825/german-woman-killed-by-tunisian-police Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:32:00 +0200 german-woman-killed-by-tunisian-police One German and two French women from the radical protest group Femen were freed from a Tunisian jail Wednesday after receiving suspended sentences from an appeal court for baring their breasts in public. https://www.thelocal.de/20130627/50547 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 09:20:00 +0200 50547 A German activist with radical women's protest group Femen was handed a four-month jail sentence along with two Frenchwomen by a Tunisian court on Wednesday for staging a topless anti-Islamist demonstration last month, their lawyer said. https://www.thelocal.de/20130612/50279 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:34:00 +0200 50279 German police on Friday broke up a protest by topless activists from radical women's rights group Femen outside Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices against the visiting Tunisian prime minister. https://www.thelocal.de/20130607/50159 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:16:00 +0200 50159 Bare-breasted activists staged rallies in front of mosques and Tunisian embassies in Berlin and across Europe Thursday against what they called an Islamist crackdown on Arab women's rights. https://www.thelocal.de/20130404/48939 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:37:00 +0200 48939