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 Around 100 languages circulate around school yards in Germany. We look at the push to recognize the value of multilingualism at home - and in the classroom. https://www.thelocal.de/20200218/at-home-in-many-languages-more-children-growing-up-multilingual-in-germany Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:05:27 +0100 at-home-in-many-languages-more-children-growing-up-multilingual-in-germany German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Wednesday proposed that France give up its permanent seat on the UN Security Council and turn it into an EU seat to allow the bloc to speak with one voice on the global stage https://www.thelocal.de/20181128/germany-urges-france-to-turn-un-seat-into-eu-one Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:01:20 +0100 germany-urges-france-to-turn-un-seat-into-eu-one Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday defended the controversial UN migration pact in the Bundestag, as the issue continued to split her party. https://www.thelocal.de/20181121/merkel-defends-controversial-un-migration-pact Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:43:20 +0100 merkel-defends-controversial-un-migration-pact The battle over migrant flows within the EU has become so fractious that various politicians have warned that Europe’s future is at stake. But recently released numbers show that not all is as it seems. https://www.thelocal.de/20180625/why-nrw-is-arguably-more-of-a-front-line-state-on-refugees-than-italy Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:47:06 +0200 why-nrw-is-arguably-more-of-a-front-line-state-on-refugees-than-italy Bickering broke out within Chancellor Angela Merkel's hard-fought coalition on Wednesday, as German budget plans left the defence and international development ministries out in the cold. https://www.thelocal.de/20180502/germany-coalition-bickers-over-military-and-aid-spending Wed, 02 May 2018 18:02:35 +0200 germany-coalition-bickers-over-military-and-aid-spending The leaders of Germany and France urged Russia on Sunday to exert "maximum pressure" on Syria for an "immediate" implementation of a UN ceasefire in the war-ravaged country, Berlin said. https://www.thelocal.de/20180225/germany-france-urge-russia-to-pressure-syria-for-immediate-ceasefire Sun, 25 Feb 2018 18:12:04 +0100 germany-france-urge-russia-to-pressure-syria-for-immediate-ceasefire The leaders of Germany and France will front a diplomatic charge on Wednesday to reinvigorate UN climate talks clouded by Washington's rejection of a planet rescue plan backed by the rest of the world. https://www.thelocal.de/20171115/merkel-macron-to-front-diplomatic-push-at-un-climate-talks Wed, 15 Nov 2017 09:41:23 +0100 merkel-macron-to-front-diplomatic-push-at-un-climate-talks When 'no-go' areas are mentioned in Germany, it is usually in connection with foreign mafia families. But a UN fact-finding team have warned there are areas black men fear to enter. https://www.thelocal.de/20170228/un-experts-in-germany-there-are-no-go-areas-for-black-people Tue, 28 Feb 2017 13:36:49 +0100 un-experts-in-germany-there-are-no-go-areas-for-black-people The Local looks at the poor side of Germany's "poor but sexy" capital city. https://www.thelocal.de/20160826/6-reasons-why-berlin-has-earned-its-label-of-a-failed-capital-city Fri, 26 Aug 2016 16:14:00 +0200 6-reasons-why-berlin-has-earned-its-label-of-a-failed-capital-city Berlin last had a seat at the highest table of international security in 2011-12. Now the Foreign Minister has announced that Germany wants the role again. https://www.thelocal.de/20160628/germany-seeks-seat-on-un-security-council Tue, 28 Jun 2016 19:15:01 +0200 germany-seeks-seat-on-un-security-council Angela Merkel has pledged €2.3 billion in German aid to victims of the Syrian civil war at a donor conference in London, broadcaster N-tv reports - more than a quarter of the total UN target. https://www.thelocal.de/20160204/merkel-pledges-23-billion-at-syrian-aid-talks Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:34:34 +0100 merkel-pledges-23-billion-at-syrian-aid-talks A Syrian suspected of being among jihadists who kidnapped a UN peacekeeper in Damascus in 2013 has been arrested over the "war crime", Germany's federal prosecutor said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160123/syrian-arrested-in-germany-over-un-kidnapping Sat, 23 Jan 2016 11:31:35 +0100 syrian-arrested-in-germany-over-un-kidnapping World leaders gathered in Paris for the COP 21 climate conference must find an "ambitious, comprehensive, fair and binding" way to stop global warming, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151130/we-owe-future-generations-a-climate-deal-merkel Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:52:10 +0100 we-owe-future-generations-a-climate-deal-merkel Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told Chancellor Angela Merkel at the weekend that the social network would do more to fight racist comments. https://www.thelocal.de/20150928/zuckerberg-promises-merkel-hell-fight-hate-comments Mon, 28 Sep 2015 11:56:40 +0200 zuckerberg-promises-merkel-hell-fight-hate-comments German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined leaders from Brazil, India and Japan on Saturday to push for seats in a revamped UN Security Council that they said would do a better job of addressing global crises. https://www.thelocal.de/20150926/merkel-un-security-council-must-be-reformed Sat, 26 Sep 2015 21:28:38 +0200 merkel-un-security-council-must-be-reformed At two o'clock in the morning on Wednesday, train drivers stepped out of their cabs and began a strike on public rail which has no end in sight. https://www.thelocal.de/20150520/train-strike-begins-end-unknown Wed, 20 May 2015 10:50:32 +0200 train-strike-begins-end-unknown German train drivers found themselves under fire from industry and the government on Monday after announcing their longest walkout in the history of rail operator Deutsche Bahn. https://www.thelocal.de/20150504/german-train-drivers-call-week-long-strike Mon, 04 May 2015 10:08:55 +0200 german-train-drivers-call-week-long-strike Only a third of long distance trains are set to operate on Wednesday as the Train Drivers Union (GDL) widen their strike to target passenger trains across the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20150422/train-strikes-bring-travel-misery-to-germany Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:28:03 +0200 train-strikes-bring-travel-misery-to-germany Ministers are planning a new law which would provide amnesty for secret service agents who help informants commit crimes during undercover investigations. https://www.thelocal.de/20150120/undercover-agents-to-get-crime-amnesty Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:00:00 +0100 undercover-agents-to-get-crime-amnesty There are more refugees worldwide than at any time since the Second World War, while Germany is receiving more asylum applications than any other country. https://www.thelocal.de/20150107/germany-tops-asylum-application-table-un-unchr-lebanon-syria-refugees-war-conflict Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:45:00 +0100 germany-tops-asylum-application-table-un-unchr-lebanon-syria-refugees-war-conflict