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 Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble on Monday said he feared a messy stalemate in the US presidential election amid Republican candidate Donald Trump's comments about the election being rigged. https://www.thelocal.de/20161107/german-finance-minister-fears-stalemate-in-us-election Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:37:34 +0100 german-finance-minister-fears-stalemate-in-us-election Wolves are once again roaming the forests of Germany after being wiped out over a century ago. The government is now providing nearly half a million Euros to teach people how to live with them in peace. https://www.thelocal.de/20160210/berlin-to-teach-germans-how-to-dance-with-wolves Wed, 10 Feb 2016 18:43:32 +0100 berlin-to-teach-germans-how-to-dance-with-wolves The pollution cheating scandal that has engulfed auto giant Volkswagen touches one of the main nerve centres of the German economy, given the importance of the car sector both politically and economically. https://www.thelocal.de/20150924/what-the-vw-scandal-means-for-germanys-economy Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:09:50 +0200 what-the-vw-scandal-means-for-germanys-economy DNA tests on the carcasses of lambs reveal that a wolf has been hunting around the forests east of Munich. Local authorities don't believe the animal poses a threat to humans. https://www.thelocal.de/20150513/wolf-prowls-the-outskirts-of-munich Wed, 13 May 2015 13:00:59 +0200 wolf-prowls-the-outskirts-of-munich Sheep farmers in a panic in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) over the wolf population can now get themselves a "herd protection set" from the the local government. https://www.thelocal.de/20150205/shepherds-wolves-nrw-emergency-sheep-farming Thu, 05 Feb 2015 16:50:44 +0100 shepherds-wolves-nrw-emergency-sheep-farming Camera traps have spotted a wolf for the second time in a month in North Rhine-Westphalia, the state environment ministry reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150130/wolf-spotted-in-north-rhine-westphalia Fri, 30 Jan 2015 17:36:15 +0100 wolf-spotted-in-north-rhine-westphalia Police in eastern Germany are hunting a sadist who had killed and beheaded a wolf - and drawing a link with a similar outrage last year. https://www.thelocal.de/20150105/wolf-decapitator-hunted-by-police Mon, 05 Jan 2015 09:36:00 +0100 wolf-decapitator-hunted-by-police A 72-year-old hunter who shot the first wolf seen in the Rhineland since 1879 - claiming he thought it was a dog - has been fined €3,500 after genetic tests confirmed it had indeed been a protected species. https://www.thelocal.de/20130117/47399 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:21:00 +0100 47399 A 71-year-old German hunter turned himself in to police on Tuesday and confessed he shot the first wolf in the Rhineland for 123 years. He said he thought the animal was a stray dog. https://www.thelocal.de/20120425/42151 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:51:00 +0200 42151 The first wolf seen in the Rhineland for more than 120 years has been found shot dead, probably by a hunter, it emerged on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120423/42117 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:41:00 +0200 42117 German Economy Minister Rainer Brüderle has rejected proposals by French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde for eurozone economic governance. https://www.thelocal.de/20101224/32013 Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:53:00 +0100 32013 Bayern Munich announced on Friday they have completed the signing of Real Madrid winger Arjen Robben for a rumoured fee of €25 million. https://www.thelocal.de/20090829/21573 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:05:00 +0200 21573 Police have come to within arm’s length of Germany’s most wanted criminal, Thomas Wolf , but he is still on the run, having ditched a car and escaped on a bicycle with no saddle. https://www.thelocal.de/20090503/19029 Sun, 03 May 2009 13:38:00 +0200 19029