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 Media reports on Thursday alleged that German spies traded access to information about the country to the US National Security Agency (NSA) in exchange for surveillance software. https://www.thelocal.de/20150827/spies-traded-germans-data-for-us-software Thu, 27 Aug 2015 13:33:12 +0200 spies-traded-germans-data-for-us-software Politicians, the media and ordinary citizens were pointing fingers in all directions on Wednesday, seeking a fresh target to take the blame for a treason investigation against blog Netzpolitik (net politics) after the government forced Germany's chief prosecutor to step down. https://www.thelocal.de/20150806/critics-hunt-fresh-scalps-in-treason-scandal Thu, 06 Aug 2015 11:47:55 +0200 critics-hunt-fresh-scalps-in-treason-scandal Germany's opposition kept up its attack on Angela Merkel's government Wednesday, charging that it did nothing to stop its foreign intelligence service spy on European politicians and companies for the United States. https://www.thelocal.de/20150507/de-maiziere-denies-any-wrong-doing-in-bnd-affair Thu, 07 May 2015 10:05:45 +0200 de-maiziere-denies-any-wrong-doing-in-bnd-affair So far about 650 people have travelled from Germany to the war zones in Iraq and Syria to fight for Isis, Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said on Thursday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20150306/interior-minister-more-germans-joining-isis-jihad Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:53:50 +0100 interior-minister-more-germans-joining-isis-jihad Federal Security Service chief Hans-Georg Maaßen has warned Germany could see confrontations between Salafists and people drawn to right-wing, xenophobic politics. https://www.thelocal.de/20141216/top-cop-fears-far-right-islamist-confrontations-pegida-dresden-salafists-foreign-fighters-returning-syria-iraq-isis Tue, 16 Dec 2014 10:14:00 +0100 top-cop-fears-far-right-islamist-confrontations-pegida-dresden-salafists-foreign-fighters-returning-syria-iraq-isis A magistrate in Bavaria resigned on Tuesday after police discovered that he was a former singer in a neo-Nazi band and had long standing links to the far-right scene. https://www.thelocal.de/20141015/neo-nazi-magistrate-quits-bavarian-post Wed, 15 Oct 2014 12:07:00 +0200 neo-nazi-magistrate-quits-bavarian-post A magistrate in Upper Franconia is proving an embarrassment for the Bavarian justice system after it emerged he sang in several far-right bands while a student. https://www.thelocal.de/20141014/far-right-magistrate-embarrasses-bavarian-justice Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:46:00 +0200 far-right-magistrate-embarrasses-bavarian-justice German intelligence services had identified neo-Nazi gang the National Socialist Underground (NSU) as a “terror cell” months before members killed their first victim in 2000, a secret document condemning the state's inaction has revealed. https://www.thelocal.de/20130522/49855 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:10:00 +0200 49855 There is "clear evidence" that there were more than three members of the German neo-Nazi terror gang known as the National Socialist Underground, a leading expert on far-right extremism said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20130125/47555 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:40:00 +0100 47555 Thuringia's secret service actively sabotaged the police investigation into the trio of neo-Nazi terrorists from the eastern German town of Zwickau, a newspaper reported Monday. The agency even tried to pay the trio 2,000 Deutsche marks (€1,000) at one point. https://www.thelocal.de/20111219/39595 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:52:00 +0100 39595 The German intelligence agency has more than 130 active informants in the National Democratic Party (NPD), making a ban on the neo-Nazi party potentially difficult, it was reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20111212/39445 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:20:00 +0100 39445 The National Socialist Underground (NSU) deliberately targeted policewoman Michele Kiesewetter in 2007 because of a connection between her family and the neo-Nazi terrorist cell, according to the German authorities. https://www.thelocal.de/20111122/39017 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:47:00 +0100 39017 The chairman of Germany's parliamentary committee on interior affairs defended the authorities' approach towards far-right extremism on Monday, but said state domestic intelligence agencies needed reform in the wake of a neo-Nazi murder spree. https://www.thelocal.de/20111121/38999 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:48:00 +0100 38999 Germany’s law-enforcement and intelligence authorities are scrambling for answers after a neo-Nazi terrorist cell murdered at least ten people. Hannah Cleaver examines how the far-right threat was ignored. https://www.thelocal.de/20111118/38943 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:16:00 +0100 38943 The neo-Nazi terrorist group which killed nine shopkeepers and a policewoman probably involved at least two more people than the four already in the sights of the authorities, Germany’s Federal Public Prosecutor said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20111118/38961 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:11:00 +0100 38961 Violent neo-Nazis are growing in number, the head of the domestic intelligence agency said Monday, confirming a troubling trend of recent years. https://www.thelocal.de/20110418/34459 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:00:00 +0200 34459 After 60 years of fragmented nationwide law enforcement, the two branches of Germany's federal police are set to be brought under one roof. https://www.thelocal.de/20101209/31711 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:43:00 +0100 31711 The Berlin state prosecutor has added to the socialist Left party’s woes with the announcement late Wednesday that it is investigating party chairman Klaus Ernst for fraudulently using his travel allowance. https://www.thelocal.de/20100722/28665 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:55:00 +0200 28665 A German federal court on Wednesday ruled the country's domestic intelligence services can keep tabs on members the socialist Left party using publicly available information. https://www.thelocal.de/20100721/28645 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:45:00 +0200 28645 Germany’s top domestic intelligence agency is to delve into its own post-war history to examine the role played by former Nazis and war criminals in the agency’s early days, a Wednesday media report said. https://www.thelocal.de/20100714/28483 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:55:00 +0200 28483