The Local Germany

The easiest visa to get for your first year in Germany (if you're young)

Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:31:13 +0100

For citizens of select non-EU countries, such as Canada, Japan and Israel, taking part in Germany’s Working Holiday programme is a relatively easy way to get one’s foot in the door in the country.

German kids mock Merkel with fave word

Wed, 05 Aug 2015 16:45:08 +0200

As competition heats up in the selection process for the “Youth Word of the Year”, a massive lead has opened up for 'merkeln' – a new coinage meaning 'to do nothing' or 'to decide nothing' that plays on Chancellor Angela Merkel's political style.

Sexual harassment rife in workplaces: report

Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:20:11 +0100

In a survey of workers presented on Tuesday, Germany's anti-discrimination office found that half of respondents had experienced sexual harassment and that only 19 percent knew their legal rights.

Broken-neck football hero Bert Trautmann dies

Fri, 19 Jul 2013 19:38:00 +0200

If anyone could unite arch-enemies on the football pitch, it was legendary goalkeeper Bert Trautmann, a German who played for Manchester City and helped win the 1956 FA Cup with a broken neck. He died on Friday aged 89.

Job centre's advisor speaks the right lingo

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:38:00 +0200

With issues like language barriers and outdated societal roles making finding work extra tricky for children of immigrants, a job centre in Baden-Württemberg has specifically employed a Muslim counsellor.

'I had to work very hard at integrating myself'

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:41:00 +0100

In the latest instalment of My German Career, The Local spoke with Tanya Singh Schober about the challenges facing a foreign working mother in a top management position at a German firm.

'Victim subscription' worst phrase of 2012

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:23:00 +0100

Language experts have picked Opfer-Abo (victimisation subscription) as the worst invented German phrase of 2012, after it was used by a famous defendant in a rape case for women making false sexual abuse claims.

Merkel welcomes EU's new banking watchdog

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:36:00 +0100

German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday praised a new EU accord to create a supervisor to oversee banks across the eurozone and urged the release of urgently needed funds for Greece.

Ban upheld on anti-abortion activists approaching pregnancy centre visitors

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:14:00 +0200

A German court has told anti-abortion campaigners they must not speak to women near a pregnancy advice centre in Freiburg, in the conclusion of a months-long conflict.

Owomoyela takes on neo-Nazis over World Cup insults

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:20:00 +0100

Three leading neo-Nazi NPD party figures will appear in court on Tuesday charged with incitement and defamation, nearly three years after producing and distributing leaflets suggesting the national football team should be all-white.