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High electricity costs in Germany could put a brake on policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector, the German transport minister said on Tuesday. Minister Volker Wissing said some freight railways are reporting a 1,000% increase i…

Germany’s first training session ahead of their Nations League games against Hungary and England started on Tuesday in Frankfurt without captain Manuel Neuer. The Bayern Munich goalkeeper was absent due to an issue on his toe, but coach Hansi Flick exp…

The German regulation on the mass retention of communications data – which has been on hold since 2017 – essentially violates EU law, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Tuesday. The retention of data such as IP addresses or location data is o…

Wind turbine maker Nordex said on Tuesday that it had secured an order for wind turbines generating 31.5 megawatts of electricity for a wind farm in the German state of Brandenburg. The customer is wpd, a German developer and operator of wind farms and…

The return of travel and tourism after the coronavirus pandemic has left German travel giant TUI in what it said was a strong position for summer and the fourth quarter. For financial year 2022, the company on Tuesday re-confirmed expectations to retur…

The number of Alzheimer’s patients has risen rapidly in Germany, according to the latest official figures. Some 19,356 people nationwide were hospitalized with Alzheimer’s in 2020, according to the Federal Statistical Office. In 2000, the equivalent fi…

In view of the World Cup in Qatar, Germany national team coach Hansi Flick is not worried about the current bad phase that champions Bayern Munich are going through in the Bundesliga. “Bayern played outstandingly well at the beginning of the season. Af…

Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will address the Mexican Senate on Tuesday as part of a campaign to promote unity between democracies in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Steinmeier will be accompanied on his three-day trip by a c…

German car rental giant Sixt pledged that at least 70% of its fleet would be made up of hybrid or electric cars by 2030 on Tuesday. The proportion of hybrid and electric vehicles in Sixt’s global fleet stood at just 10% midway through the year, making …

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has stressed the United Nation’s vital ongoing role in managing global crises ahead of travelling to New York for the UN General Assembly meeting that begins in New York on Tuesday. However, Baerbock added that…