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 It used to be said that ‘coins from Ulm rule the whole world’. If you don’t believe that, just take a look at the Ulmer Münster, whose spire completely dominates the city. https://www.thelocal.de/20200626/weekend-wanderlust-discover-centuries-of-riches-in-unmissable-ulm Fri, 26 Jun 2020 17:00:07 +0200 weekend-wanderlust-discover-centuries-of-riches-in-unmissable-ulm Fresh questions emerged Tuesday in the mysterious case of five newborn babies who were drugged with morphine at a German hospital, after police said they made "a mistake" when they arrested a nurse on suspicion of attempted manslaughter. https://www.thelocal.de/20200204/mystery-of-poisoned-babies-at-german-hospital-deepens-after-probe-blunder Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:30:06 +0100 mystery-of-poisoned-babies-at-german-hospital-deepens-after-probe-blunder Millions of visitors nationwide are expected once again at Germany's Open Monument's Day, which spotlights the most striking monuments around the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20190905/open-monument-day-transition-and-progress Thu, 05 Sep 2019 19:15:08 +0200 open-monument-day-transition-and-progress A blackmailer whose parcel bomb sparked the evacuation of a German Christmas market last week demanded €10 million worth of bitcoins, a news report said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20171206/dhl-parcel-bomb-blackmailer-demands-millions-in-bitcoins Wed, 06 Dec 2017 13:03:34 +0100 dhl-parcel-bomb-blackmailer-demands-millions-in-bitcoins Around 20 people were hurt on Wednesday morning, at least one very seriously, when a regional commuter train hit a car on a rail crossing, came off the rails and then turned over, landing in a garden in southern Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20130717/50897 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:54:00 +0200 50897 Three people died and 16 were injured in a 12-car pileup on the B30 route near the southern German city of Ulm in the early hours of Tuesday. Fog could be to blame. https://www.thelocal.de/20130101/47071 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 12:08:00 +0100 47071 More than 1,500 former Schlecker workers are suing the bankrupt drugstore chain after losing their jobs, amid confusion over a compensation offer of €500 made to two people who lost their jobs when the company collapsed. https://www.thelocal.de/20120426/42195 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:41:00 +0200 42195 A woman collecting Germany's GEZ public broadcasting licence fees in Ulm has reportedly been fined after a dispute with a pub owner escalated and she made racist comments and a Nazi salute. https://www.thelocal.de/20101101/30881 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:27:00 +0100 30881 Arrests were made in Berlin and Hamburg on Thursday night, as party-goers, rioters and political demonstrators clashed with police ahead of May 1 marches. https://www.thelocal.de/20090501/19005 Fri, 01 May 2009 13:28:00 +0200 19005 German billionaire Adolf Merckle sealed the breakup of his industrial empire before committing suicide on Monday – agreeing to the sale of Germany’s biggest generic drugmaker Ratiopharm. https://www.thelocal.de/20090107/16605 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:08:00 +0100 16605 German billionaire Adolf Merckle, who was in talks with banks to save his troubled industrial empire, has committed suicide by stepping in front of a train. https://www.thelocal.de/20090106/16575 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:29:00 +0100 16575 A man who stole millions of euros from a security van he was in charge of and disappeared to Spain has turned himself in to police and led to the booty he had buried in a field near Neu-Ulm. https://www.thelocal.de/20081123/15691 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:55:00 +0100 15691