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AlpInnoCT: the European project using intermodal transport to protect the Alps

In partnership with the European Commission

The Alps are an essential transit area for freight transport. But road traffic generates noise, pollution and traffic jams in this sensitive ecosystem. A European project has a solution: the transfer of goods from lorries to trains.

11/10/2021

Work

Gorillas delivery app fires hundreds of workers for going on strike

The ten-minute grocery app has faced strike action for months over claims of late wages and poor working conditions.

08/10/2021

Germany

Germany's Armin Laschet ready to leave as CDU head after election loss

The conservative leader has taken personal responsibility for the party's worst ever electoral result (24,1%) in modern German history.

07/10/2021

Germany

'Justice has no expiry date': Ex-Nazi camp guard, 100, goes on trial

A 100-year-old former concentration camp guard will become the oldest person yet to go on trial for alleged Nazi-era crimes in Germany.

07/10/2021

Tech News

German carmaker Opel puts brakes on production amid microchip shortage

Daimler, BMW, and Volkswagen have also experienced trouble getting the semiconductor chips they need to produce their cars.

06/10/2021

Germany

Germany 'agrees to compensate' further 6,500 Holocaust survivors

It includes the approximate 4,500 Jews who survived the Leningrad siege during World War II.

06/10/2021

Germany

Talks over Germany's 'traffic light coalition' begin on Thursday

Germany's Greens and Liberals say they want to hold negotiations on a new governing coalition under the leadership of Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats which narrowly won the country's election.

06/10/2021

Germany

'First-ever commercial plant making clean jet fuel' opens in Germany

The 'climate-friendly' jet fuel is much more expensive than kerosene.

04/10/2021

Germany

'Political speed dating' as coalition talks intensify in Germany

Social Democrat leader Olaf Scholz has said he wants to form a new government before Christmas.

04/10/2021

Germany

'Democracy is under attack' says Merkel at reunification ceremony

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for an ongoing commitment to democracy as she spoke at the 31st-anniversary ceremony of the reunification of east and west.

04/10/2021

Germany

Several injured after tornado hits German city of Kiel

The city's fire service said dozens of first responders were involved in an operation to rescue a group of rowers who were surprised by the twister on Wednesday.

30/09/2021

Germany

Wind turbine collapses hours before official launch in Germany

Police are investigating why the 240-metre-high turbine collapsed just hours before it was due to be officially inaugurated.

30/09/2021

Germany

Euroviews. The Greens and Liberals could wield great power in Germany | View

"Voters handed the real power to two smaller parties, the Greens (Die Grünen) and the liberal FDP, who are now guaranteed to be part of almost any possible coalition."

30/09/2021

Germany

Former Nazi death camp secretary, 96, found after going 'on the run’

Irmgard Furchner, who was between 18 and 19 years old at the time of the events and lives in a home for the elderly near Hamburg, is to be tried for "complicity in murder in more than 10,000 cases", according to the prosecution.

30/09/2021

Travel News

Oktoberfest cancelled again: A look back at the 2019 beer festival

For the second year in a row, the world’s largest folk festival has been cancelled due to health concerns.

29/09/2021

Germany

Bridging divides as German coalition kingmakers hold positive talks

The leaders of the two parties that are expected to determine who will become Germany’s next chancellor have started talks, claiming they have found some common ground.

29/09/2021

Germany

Euroviews. How will post-Merkel Germany tackle the climate crisis? | View

"Angela Merkel had more luck in pushing the climate agenda abroad than at home - in Germany, she had no choice but to balance between competing demands from powerful car and coal industries."

29/09/2021

Germany

German election: Parties under pressure to kick start coalition talks

The narrow winners of Sunday's election, the centre-left Social Democrats of Olaf Scholz, underlined their hopes of a quick start to coalition talks

28/09/2021

Tech News

Facebook tested its new moderation policy during Germany's election

The company took down a network of 150 groups and profiles linked to the Querdenken anti-lockdown movement, but analysis showed plenty of similar content stayed live.

28/09/2021

Germany

How could a new government in Germany affect Brussels?

Despite vast differences in policy, one thing the remaining candidates for chancellor have in common is their pro-European views.

27/09/2021

Germany

German election: Greens and FDP to be key players in coalition talks

As political parties set out to discuss how to form a governing coalition in Germany, two parties know they're in a position of strength: the Free Democrats and the Greens.

27/09/2021

Earth News

Will Germany's new government be good news for the environment?

The Green Party have had their most successful result ever in the German elections, likely because of severe flooding this summer.

27/09/2021

Germany

Social Democrats narrow beat Merkel's CDU bloc, initial results show

Both the SPD and the Union bloc are hoping to get into a coalition with the Greens and Free Democrats.

27/09/2021

Germany

Franziska Giffey set to become Berlin's first female mayor

One of the biggest issues on Giffey's agenda is housing after a majority of Berliners voted to expropriate corporate owners from about 240,000 flats.

27/09/2021

My Europe Series

Berliners back seizing housing from so-called mega landlords

In a referendum on Sunday timed to coincide with Germany's general election on Sunday, locals supported expropriation by 56% to 39%.

27/09/2021

Germany

Five takeaways from Germany's nail-biting election night

Three parties will likely be needed to form a coalition after the German parliamentary elections. Here are five takeaways from election night.

27/09/2021