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 An investigation is underway after two US Air Force airmen were found dead last week in Germany at the base where they were stationed. https://www.thelocal.de/20200113/two-us-airmen-found-dead-at-germany-military-base Mon, 13 Jan 2020 14:07:09 +0100 two-us-airmen-found-dead-at-germany-military-base Two American men working at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany sexually assaulted a German teenager in 2013, a US district court jury ruled on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150904/us-army-employees-guilty-of-raping-german-girl Fri, 04 Sep 2015 10:18:09 +0200 us-army-employees-guilty-of-raping-german-girl American soldiers in Germany have been forbidden from travelling to Munich and Garmisch-Patenkirchen over fears that they might be attacked by anti-G7 protestors. https://www.thelocal.de/20150603/us-soldiers-banned-from-bavaria-g7-zone Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:29:41 +0200 us-soldiers-banned-from-bavaria-g7-zone A retired Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army claims he has been the victim of a scam after a dealership in Munich sold him a Ferrari which was seized by custom officials as soon as it arrived in America. https://www.thelocal.de/20140603/retired-us-soldier-jo-pagnotta-cant-drive-ferrari Tue, 03 Jun 2014 10:54:00 +0200 retired-us-soldier-jo-pagnotta-cant-drive-ferrari Americans have had a love affair with Heidelberg since Mark Twain visited the city. Matthew Luxmoore reports on the impact of the US Army's imminent withdrawal after 68 years. https://www.thelocal.de/20130604/50091 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:08:00 +0200 50091 Protestors handed out fake zero dollar bills at US military bases across Germany on Wednesday to demand a raise for the 22,000 civilian workers employed by the Allied armed forces. https://www.thelocal.de/20130403/48915 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:52:00 +0200 48915 The US military will withdraw thousands of soldiers from Germany as the American military takes half of its troops out of Europe as part of a forces redeployment to focus more on the Middle East and Asia. https://www.thelocal.de/20120113/40099 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:51:00 +0100 40099 Nearly 50 American army paratroopers were injured – some seriously – during a mass parachute training exercise in southern Germany this week. https://www.thelocal.de/20111007/38065 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:18:00 +0200 38065 The US Army on Wednesday announced a three-phase plan for further consolidation of its bases in Germany, reducing troop numbers in Mannheim and Heidelberg by nearly 1,500 over the next five years. https://www.thelocal.de/20100623/28053 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:04:00 +0200 28053 A US sergeant became the second non-commissioned officer to be convicted of murder for the summary executions of four bound and blindfolded prisoners in Iraq in 2007 at a trial in Vilseck, Germany on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090330/18329 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:02:00 +0200 18329