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Germany exported more electric cars than it imported in 2023, the Federal Statistical Office reported on Monday. Last year, 786,000 vehicles were exported compared to 446,000 imported from other countries, the office said. At €36 billion ($39 billion), exports were also well ahead of imports, which totalled €14.1 billion. The most important importer was China with a share of 29%, ahead of Korea with just under 10%. Exports of purely electrically powered cars grew by 58% over the course of the year, significantly faster than imports, which increased by 23.5%. Nevertheless, only around one in fo...
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Pope Francis is nostalgic for the old days when he could still travel by train, he has revealed in an interview. "I have always loved travelling by public transport. It's a way to be among people, to feel their warmth and their worries," the 87-year-old head of the Catholic Church told the monthly newspaper Freccia of the Italian state railway. As a schoolchild, he travelled every day by train from Flores to Floresta, two districts of Argentina's capital Buenos Aires. "Today, that's one of the things I miss most," Francis said. The Argentinian-born priest, who is in poor health, rarely leaves ...
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US electric car manufacturer Tesla has presented its futuristic Cybertruck in Germany, though it is still unclear whether it will ever be allowed to drive on German roads. The 3.1-ton, 5.68-metre vehicle was on display in a shopping centre on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin on Thursday. According to the company, it is the first presentation for the general public in Germany. Previously, the new truck had only been on display in Germany at the Tesla factory in Grünheide near Berlin, according to the company owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk. The presentation in Berlin is the start of a European tou...
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Employees of German railway companies are often exposed to violence and verbal abuse, according to a survey. According to the railway and transport union (EVG), which commissioned the survey, 64% of employees stated that they had suffered violence or hostility in the past 12 months. Another 38% complained that they had been insulted several times a month. More than one in three feel unsafe at work, the survey shows. In February, almost 4,000 train attendants, station service staff and hotline employees responded to the EVG's online survey about their experiences of violence at work. "This stud...
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German police caught and arrested two suspects as they were stealing railroad cables at the central train station in the western German city of Bochum overnight, authorities said on Friday The attempted theft shut down rail traffic overnight in the Ruhr region that includes Bochum, one of the most densely populated areas in Europe. The two men, aged 53 and 50, made extensive statements during interrogation, a federal police spokeswoman said on Friday. Police believe the thieves were after the metal in the cables, and there is no evidence of a deliberate attempt to sabotage rail operations. A t...
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Electrical cable thieves paralysed train service in parts of western Germany overnight, with some delays expected to last until midday on Friday. A spokeswoman for state rail operator Deutsche Bahn said the situation in the Ruhr region and in the north of North Rhine-Westphalia normalized somewhat during rush hour on Friday morning, but trains were still unable to run at Bochum main station, near Dusseldorf. Long-distance trains were widely diverted. There were also cancellations and diversions on regional services and suburban trains. The spokeswoman said that the disruption in Bochum was exp...
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Cabin crew at German airline Lufthansa on Wednesday voted to accept a proposed collective bargaining deal that will run through the end of 2026. Members of the UFO flight attendants' union approved the agreement with 80.45% of the vote, the union said on Wednesday. The deal was struck two weeks ago between UFO union leaders and Lufthansa, but needed to be approved by the union's rank-and-file before taking effect. The wage dispute with cabin crew was one of several labour fights at Lufthansa earlier this year that led to repeated strikes and major disruptions. Before striking the deal, cabin c...
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Germany's transport sector has again fallen well short of its climate targets in 2023, the third year in a row, according to the independent Council of Experts on Climate Change that advises the government. Instead of the permitted 133 million tons of CO2 equivalents, the sector emitted 146 million tons of greenhouse gases last year, the experts write in their report published on Monday, which relied on data presented by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) in March. For better comparability, other greenhouse gases are converted into CO2. According to UBA calculations, the building sector also...
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German airline Lufthansa has struck a wage deal with cabin crews, ending the last of several major labour disputes in Germany's aviation sector that saw flight operations disrupted with several strikes. The agreement on a three-year collective bargaining deal was announced by the Independent Flight Attendants Organization (UFO) trade union on Thursday. The deal, which will run through the end of 2026, provides for wage increases of 17.4% in three stages for the nearly 19,000 employees covered by the agreement, and a one-off inflation compensation bonus of €3,000 ($3,200). The agreement must st...
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German airline Lufthansa has struck a wage deal with cabin crews, ending the last of several major labour disputes in Germany's aviation sector that saw flight operations disrupted with several strikes. The agreement on a three-year collective bargaining deal was announced by the Independent Flight Attendants Organization (UFO) trade union on Thursday. The deal, which will run through the end of 2026, provides for wage increases of 17.4% in three stages for the nearly 19,000 employees covered by the agreement, and a one-off inflation compensation bonus of €3,000 ($3,200). The agreement must st...
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