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 language Wikipedia is down all day on the 21st of March as part of a protest against new European copyright laws. https://www.thelocal.de/20190321/why-german-wikipedia-is-down-for-24-hours Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:28:21 +0100 why-german-wikipedia-is-down-for-24-hours Daimler’s Wikipedia page has been altered – removing criticism of the firm’s lobbying work - from an IP address belonging to the company, it was reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120312/41281 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:16:00 +0100 41281 Daniel Domscheit-Berg recently spoke with Exberliner magazine’s Dana Kikic about his intense three years at WikiLeaks, Julian Assange’s power-tripping personality and his new whistleblower platform OpenLeaks. https://www.thelocal.de/20110711/36171 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:17:00 +0200 36171 The online encyclopaedia Wikipedia recorded its one-millionth entry in German on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20091227/24203 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:13:00 +0100 24203 An article poking fun at the lengthy name of new Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg turned out to be a joke on some of the biggest names in the German media after it was revealed they had been tricked by a Wikipedia prankster. https://www.thelocal.de/20090212/17397 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:02:00 +0100 17397 Several UK internet providers have blocked access to a Wikipedia page about German heavy metal band Scorpions due to an album cover that features a nude prepubescent girl, news agency AP reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20081208/15973 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:23:00 +0100 15973 Lutz Heilmann, a German MP from the hard-line socialist Left party, has retracted his injunction against wikipedia.de after his legal action stirred up widespread criticism while the website was blocked over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20081117/15573 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:45:00 +0100 15573 The internet encyclopedia wikipedia.de was blocked over the weekend after German MP Lutz Heilmann from the hard-line socialist Left party obtained an injunction to close it. https://www.thelocal.de/20081116/15559 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:41:00 +0100 15559 Publishing giant Bertelsmann will release a bound version of 50,000 entries from the German edition of online encyclopaedia Wikipedia this September. https://www.thelocal.de/20080423/11471 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:16:00 +0200 11471