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 Two far-left German MPs, Heike Hansel and Sevim Dagdelen of Die Linke had been due to meet their "friend" Assange in London's Ecuadoran embassy later on Monday. But they were in for a surprise. https://www.thelocal.de/20190415/german-mps-protest-outside-of-assanges-jail Mon, 15 Apr 2019 18:17:24 +0200 german-mps-protest-outside-of-assanges-jail German media reported on Thursday that Angela Merkel's Chancellery has been included in an ongoing investigation into a recent WikiLeaks release of confidential documents. https://www.thelocal.de/20170421/chancellery-investigated-in-hunt-for-wikileaks-sources-reports Fri, 21 Apr 2017 13:04:03 +0200 chancellery-investigated-in-hunt-for-wikileaks-sources-reports The whistleblower group's new report describes how the CIA reportedly hacked into iPhones, Microsoft Windows and even Samsung TVs around the world - and the German financial centre is reportedly a major hub. https://www.thelocal.de/20170307/wikileaks-claims-us-frankfurt-consulate-is-a-cia-hacker-base Tue, 07 Mar 2017 17:24:04 +0100 wikileaks-claims-us-frankfurt-consulate-is-a-cia-hacker-base The most high-profile member of Berlin’s hacker community, Jacob Appelbaum, has been forced to deny accusations of sexual harassment and rape. https://www.thelocal.de/20160606/berlin-hacker-linked-to-wikileaks-fends-off-rape-allegations Mon, 06 Jun 2016 19:41:32 +0200 berlin-hacker-linked-to-wikileaks-fends-off-rape-allegations New documents from leaking platform Wikileaks showed on Wednesday evening that the American National Security Agency (NSA) had been spying on dozens of staff at the German Chancellor's office for decades. https://www.thelocal.de/20150709/us-spied-on-chancellery-for-decades-wikileaks Thu, 09 Jul 2015 10:31:56 +0200 us-spied-on-chancellery-for-decades-wikileaks Whistleblowing platform Wikileaks has released 1,380 pages of minutes from the Bundestag (German parliament) inquiry into spying in Germany by the American National Security Agency (NSA), prompting anger from some MPs. https://www.thelocal.de/20150512/wikileaks-publishes-minutes-of-nsa-inquiry Tue, 12 May 2015 19:40:08 +0200 wikileaks-publishes-minutes-of-nsa-inquiry American fears that the German government had lost control in 1977 under a wave of far-left terrorist attacks were revealed in US diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140425/wikileaks-cables-raf-carter-terror-schmidt Fri, 25 Apr 2014 18:46:00 +0200 wikileaks-cables-raf-carter-terror-schmidt A town in southern Germany has banned a couple from calling their child “Wikileaks” for fear it could endanger the welfare of the baby. https://www.thelocal.de/20140402/german-town-passau-bans-mother-from-calling-child-wikileaks-2 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:59:00 +0200 german-town-passau-bans-mother-from-calling-child-wikileaks-2 The two British journalists who published the first WikiLeak cables were in Germany on Thursday talking transparency and surveillance. They told The Local that state secrets were being spilled because tech-phobic governments were failing to keep up. https://www.thelocal.de/20130927/52129 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:29:00 +0200 52129 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has filed a criminal complaint in Germany claiming a US Marines intelligence officer spied on him during a Berlin computer conference four years ago, the country's top prosecutor confirmed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20130904/51753 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:04:00 +0200 51753 A US military court sentenced Bradley Manning, who has expressed a wish to live as a woman and be known as Chelsea, to 35 years in prison on Wednesday. In our media round-up, The Local looks at how the German press reacted. https://www.thelocal.de/20130822/51543 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 16:38:00 +0200 51543 German far-left MP Sevim Dagdelen on Sunday visited Julian Asange, who has been holed up at Ecuador's embassy in London since June, and afterwards expressed her solidarity with the Wikileaks founder. https://www.thelocal.de/20120903/44729 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 10:17:00 +0200 44729 Daniel Domscheit-Berg, the former spokesman of WikiLeaks, says he has destroyed thousands of documents that he took for safekeeping before leaving the controversial whistle-blower website. https://www.thelocal.de/20110822/37115 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:14:00 +0200 37115 With hammocks hanging from trees and the smell of marijuana lingering in the air, the summer camp organised by Germany's Chaos Computer Club (CCC) almost felt like Woodstock. https://www.thelocal.de/20110815/36957 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:18:00 +0200 36957 Julian Assange’s estranged former collaborator at WikiLeaks, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, said on Thursday the whistleblower website was effectively shut down and unable to accept any more sensitive information. https://www.thelocal.de/20110210/33025 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:56:00 +0100 33025 The former spokesman of Wikileaks, German programmer Daniel Domscheit-Berg, has written a tell-all book about the inner workings of the secretive online whistleblower organisation and its controversial leader Julian Assange. https://www.thelocal.de/20110209/33001 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:55:00 +0100 33001 The head of a German firm working on Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system has been suspended after a WikiLeaks cable cited him as describing it as a "stupid idea," the company said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110118/32497 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:05:00 +0100 32497 American diplomats wanted to start a trade war with Germany and other European countries that opposed the use of genetically modified crops, according to Wikileaks cables reported by British daily The Guardian. https://www.thelocal.de/20110105/32219 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:36:00 +0100 32219 The United States and Germany are jointly developing secret spy satellites under the guise of a commercial programme despite opposition from France, leaked US diplomatic cables showed Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110103/32187 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:28:00 +0100 32187 Have moves by PayPal and major credit cards choked off Wikileaks' donations? Not according to the chairman of a German foundation that channels donations to the whistleblower website. https://www.thelocal.de/20101223/31975 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:00:00 +0100 31975