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What's on in Germany: June 30 - July 6

Lifestyle: 30 Jun 11
This Week's Highlights: A castle festival in Frankfurt, Schlager fans descend on Hamburg and Munich throws an Oktoberfest party for Americans. READ »

Deutsche Bahn boss grilled over rail chaos

National: 10 Jan 11
Angry officials from Germany's federal states on Monday demanded Deutsche Bahn boss Rüdiger Grube improve the rail operator’s beleaguered train services, which have not been able to cope with icy weather this winter. READ »

Berlin S-Bahn woes plague commuters

National: 4 Jan 11
Commuters in Berlin struggled to get to work on Tuesday, with the city’s rickety S-Bahn train network running only half its trains due to technical problems. Service to entire suburbs has been cut. READ »

The Best of Berlin in December

Society: 7 Dec 10
Exberliner, Berlin’s leading English-language magazine, in December tells you where to get your Glühwein on, hits the ice rink, and tries to be charitable for the holidays. READ »

Quirky public auction finds new home for items lost on the metro

Society: 22 Oct 10
What do an electric blanket, a trumpet and cordless drill have in common? Left behind on Berlin’s metro, they all ended up at the transport authority’s regular auction visited by Ruth Michaelson. READ »

Berlin S-Bahn commuters to be reimbursed for train chaos

National: 29 Sep 09
Berlin’s S-Bahn commuter train service will begin reimbursing regular customers on October 8 for the safety scandal that has crippled service since late July, the company told daily Berliner Morgenpost on Tuesday. READ »

Being schooled in German sensibilities

Analysis & Opinion: 14 Sep 09
In the latest installment of Portnoy’s Stammtisch, The Local’s column about life in Germany, Portnoy is dismayed by his growing Teutonic sensibilities as his daughter starts school. READ »

Replacement busses on S-Bahn routes pulled off road for repairs

National: 28 Jul 09
Busses running to replace Berlin's temporarily cancelled commuter rail routes have been pulled off the road for mechanical defects, including the risk of fire, adding to commuter frustration. READ »

Berlin commuters face S-Bahn chaos

National: 20 Jul 09
Berlin commuters faced a “Black Monday,” as they scrambled to find alternatives to the S-Bahn train service that has been virtually shut down in the city centre due to safety concerns. READ »

Berlin faces months of public transport chaos

National: 17 Jul 09
Berlin is facing months of public transport chaos, as the city’s S-Bahn commuter train network grapples with dramatic maintenance problems. READ »

Teen dies after fall from Berlin U-Bahn train

Society: 7 Jul 09
A 13-year-old boy was killed Monday evening in an accident on Berlin’s U-Bahn, police confirmed Tuesday. According to witness accounts, the boy had opened and leaned out the door of the train car. READ »

What's on in Germany: April 2 - 8

Lifestyle: 2 Apr 09
This Week's Highlights: An opera festival in Berlin, model casting in Hamburg, and Dylan takes the stage in Munich. READ »

German infrastructure tangled in dodgy US tax scheme

Business & Money: 19 Mar 09
What do Berlin trams, German sewers and the stricken US insurer AIG have in common? They are all intertwined in complex financial transactions that could cost many German cities dearly. READ »

Germans look for love on the 'Flirt Express' speed dating train

Society: 17 Feb 09
Not put off by the bad luck omens, 60 German singles gathered on Friday the 13th on platform 13 in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz station for a Valentine's Eve speed-dating party with a difference, AFP's Richard Carter reports. READ »

Banned Berlin iPhone app to return with improvements

Science & Technology: 14 Nov 08
An iPhone application for Berlin's public transport network will be back online and revamped in two weeks after being banned last month by Berlin bus and metro company BVG, daily Die Tageszeitung reported on Friday. READ »

Berlin's public transport company forbids free iPhone app

Science & Technology: 31 Oct 08
Berlin public transportation company BVG has banned a beloved iPhone application developed by a 21-year-old student to help people navigate the city’s intricate metro system, daily Die Tageszeitung reported on Friday. READ »

Exploring Berlin’s endangered bunkers

Lifestyle: 22 Aug 08
Berlin is plenty interesting above the ground, but that didn’t keep Brett Neely from doing some urban spelunking to check out the city’s numerous bunkers. READ »

Berlin's public transport most-vandalized in Germany

Society: 24 Jul 08
Vandalism on public transportation is the worst in Germany's capital Berlin, according to estimates by the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV). READ »

Saving the German way

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Jul 08
Germans might be known as a nation of tightwads, but there’s more to the country’s thriftiness, writes Roger Boyes, the Berlin correspondent for British daily The Times. READ »

Berlin public transit wage dispute ends

Society: 23 May 08
Protracted wage negotiations between trade union Verdi and Berlin public transport operator BVG finally ended on Friday with a compromise. READ »

Cops and bus drivers strike in Berlin

National: 30 Apr 08
Germany’s capital faced renewed transit chaos on Wednesday as bus drivers walked off the job in an ongoing public transportation system wage dispute. The city’s police are also going on strike. READ »

Mozart opera takes to the Berlin metro

Lifestyle: 29 Apr 08
Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" has been performed all over the world but Berliners will be treated from this week to a modernized production with a difference - in an underground metro station. READ »

Berlin transit workers strike again

National: 10 Apr 08
Berlin public transport (BVG) workers began a strike at 2:30 am Thursday morning, cutting off service for the city’s vital tram service in an ongoing labour dispute. READ »

Berlin transport workers cancel strike

National: 1 Apr 08
A new strike by Berlin public transport (BVG) workers has been cancelled at the last minute and wage negotiations will continue. READ »

Berlin transit strike ends

National: 17 Mar 08
After a 12 day strike that forced Berliners to improvise their way around town, the metro and bus systems are back on track, but on a limited schedule. READ »

Transit strike slams Berlin economy

National: 13 Mar 08
Business and tourism leaders in Berlin are expressing fears that shops could close and hotels run empty as a crippling public transport strike hit day nine with no end in sight. READ »

Gridlocked Berlin faces protracted transit strike

National: 11 Mar 08
Commuters in Berlin could be in for a few tough weeks, as Germany’s capital faces a protracted and increasingly ugly transit strike. READ »

Hundreds of German flights cancelled amid strike

National: 5 Mar 08
Strikes brought transport chaos to Germany on Wednesday as airport workers joined labour protests by other public sector workers, causing hundreds of flight cancellations and long delays around the country. READ »

Snow and transit strike shut down Berlin

National: 5 Mar 08
Berlin woke up to a snowy morning on Wednesday, as commuters struggled to get to work amid an extended transit strike. READ »

Attacks force Berlin to increase public transport security

National: 3 Mar 08
Following a series of violent attacks on public buses and trains in Berlin, the city’s public transportation network has said it will add up to 1,000 security personnel. READ »

Berlin faces public transport chaos after strike vote

National: 29 Feb 08
Berlin's citizens will have to break out their bikes and walking shoes next week after the city's public transportation (BVG) workers have voted almost unanimously to strike. READ »

Public transport strikes on Wednesday

National: 13 Feb 08
Berlin gets a light version of mass transit strikes. READ »

Berlin in chaos with transit strike and power outages

National: 1 Feb 08
Thousands of mass transit workers in Berlin strike, leaving millions of passengers to find their own way to work or school. READ »

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