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 German lawmakers are calling for a ban on private parties, after the number of coronavirus infections in the country reached a four-month high. https://www.thelocal.de/20200823/german-politicians-call-for-ban-on-parties-to-curb-covid-19 Sun, 23 Aug 2020 21:08:03 +0200 german-politicians-call-for-ban-on-parties-to-curb-covid-19 Germany's main doctor's union is pushing for stricter nationwide rules to be put in place for social events to try and contain the spread of coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.de/20200818/coronavirus-german-doctors-call-for-tougher-nationwide-rules-on-events-and-parties Tue, 18 Aug 2020 10:56:59 +0200 coronavirus-german-doctors-call-for-tougher-nationwide-rules-on-events-and-parties Host a celebration with a large number of guests? Not possible in the time of coronavirus. The crisis has affected many couples’ wedding plans. So the question remains: get married anyway or postpone? https://www.thelocal.de/20200501/just-not-how-we-imagined-it-wedding-anticipation-overshadowed-by-coronavirus-crisis Fri, 01 May 2020 09:26:07 +0200 just-not-how-we-imagined-it-wedding-anticipation-overshadowed-by-coronavirus-crisis Germany's first gay couples to be married will tie the knot on Sunday, after decades of struggle that campaigners say still has ground to make up. https://www.thelocal.de/20170929/german-gay-couples-tie-knot-after-decades-of-struggle Fri, 29 Sep 2017 11:25:51 +0200 german-gay-couples-tie-knot-after-decades-of-struggle Fed up with dealing with loud, intoxicated groups of people, more than a dozen bar owners in Regensburg have started denying entry to bachelor and bachelorette parties. https://www.thelocal.de/20170803/no-stag-parties-allowed-bavarian-bars-crack-down-on-wild-partiers Thu, 03 Aug 2017 18:05:54 +0200 no-stag-parties-allowed-bavarian-bars-crack-down-on-wild-partiers Getting married in Germany isn't as simple as eloping and having an Elvis impersonator read out your vows. Here's what you should know as an expat. https://www.thelocal.de/20170725/how-to-marry-a-german-as-an-expat-marriage-weddings Tue, 25 Jul 2017 20:00:16 +0200 how-to-marry-a-german-as-an-expat-marriage-weddings November has never been a very popular month for matrimony, but civil registry offices in Germany are dealing with a crush of couples hoping to get married on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 2011. https://www.thelocal.de/20111105/38679-2 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:30:00 +0100 38679-2 For couples wanting a fairytale wedding, holding the ceremony or reception in a castle could be the perfect setting. Sally McGrane reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20111019/38291 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:39:00 +0200 38291 Germany’s high society event of the year is set for Saturday as the great-great grandson of Kaiser Wilhem II gets married at a royal palace in Potsdam. https://www.thelocal.de/20110826/37193 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:07:00 +0200 37193 Though many are closely connected to the British throne, most of Germany’s aristocratic houses have not been invited to the upcoming royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. https://www.thelocal.de/20110221/33253 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:33:00 +0100 33253 A Swiss court has told German tennis legend Boris Becker to pay the minister who presided over his celebrity wedding a fee of €1,450 after settling a long-running dispute. https://www.thelocal.de/20101105/30979 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 09:54:00 +0100 30979 A bride-to-be in the Lower Saxony city of Osnabrück went berserk in a dry cleaner’s shop upon discovering her wedding dress had been stolen, police confirmed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090917/21993 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:05:00 +0200 21993 Cologne police rescued a highly intoxicated 30-year-old bride from her overheated car while sleeping off the wedding party, the authorities reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090810/21153 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:40:00 +0200 21153