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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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US electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla plans to unveil its long-promised "Robotaxi" self-driving car on August 8, Tesla boss Elon Musk announced on Friday. Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur, did not provide any further details in his very brief post on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, which he owns. According to earlier statements, the autonomous vehicle will be based on a new technical platform that is intended to make production more efficient and cost-effective. Musk has been promising for years that Teslas will drive autonomously - and that this will radically change the val...
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After several rounds of strikes at Germany's airports, arbitration for private aviation security staff began on Friday at a secret location. Former Bremen state councillor Hans-Henning Lühr was tasked with reconciling the differing positions of the trade union Verdi and the the employers' association BDLS. The parties have initially set themselves a deadline of midnight (2200 GMT) on Sunday. Verdi has undertaken not to call for any further work stoppages by the approximately 25,000 employees of the security service providers until the end of the arbitration process. According to Verdi negotiat...
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After a series of disruptive labour strikes in Germany's aviation industry, key wage negotiations were to resume on Thursday involving the trade unions for tens of thousands of workers. German airline Lufthansa is to return to talks with the trade union for flight attendants, UFO, over their demands for 15% wage hikes and bonuses for about 19,000 flight attendants at Lufthansa and its subsidiary Lufthansa Cityline, union sources told dpa. On Friday, trade unions representing around 25,000 aviation security workers who screen passengers and baggage at numerous airports around Germany will begin...
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Flight operations at Dortmund Airport in western Germany were interrupted for about an hour on Wednesday after two people suffered minor injuries in an accident involving a small airplane. The small aircraft broke through a fence while attempting to take off from the airport at around 11:45 am (0945 GMT) on Wednesday. The aircraft came to a halt in a field outside the airport, according to police. The two occupants were taken to hospital with minor injuries. Take-offs were halted for around an hour after the accident, and incoming flights were diverted to other airports. An airport spokesman t...
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