March 22, 2010
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Germany aims to build 40 offshore wind farms
Science & Technology: 14 Sep 09
German Transportation Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee on Monday announced plans to build 40 new offshore wind farms that would create 30,000 jobs.
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Germany gets amped for electric cars
Business & Money: 19 Aug 09
The German government unveiled plans Wednesday to get one million electric cars zipping around the country by 2020, offering sweeteners to jump-start national giants like BMW and Volkswagen into action.
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Former East Germans miss failed communist dictatorship
Society: 26 Jun 09
More than half of Germans from the former communist east see the failed dictatorship in a positive light, according to a new survey conducted for the government.
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East German economy decades from catching up with west
Business & Money: 19 Jun 09
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the formerly communist eastern half of Germany is still decades from catching up with the western part of the country's economy, according to a report published Friday.
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Dresden to lose world heritage status
National: 13 Jun 09
Dresden will almost certainly lose its UNESCO world heritage site status due to plans to build a bridge over the Elbe River, according to a news report Saturday.
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Memorial service held for German Air France crash victims
National: 13 Jun 09
The 28 Germans who died when an Air France jet crashed in the Atlantic were remembered at a memorial service in Düsseldorf Saturday morning.
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UNESCO strife costs Dresden funds
Society: 13 Jun 09
Dresden’s plans to build a bridge over the Elbe river have endangered the Saxon capital’s UNSECO status. Now the city may also lose government funds due to the dispute, the daily Sächsische Zeitung reported Saturday.
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East Germany weathers crisis better than west
National: 10 Jun 09
Eastern Germany has been less affected by the global economic crisis than western part of the country but the region still has far to go before divisions between the two halves disappear, according to a new survey.
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Metro aims to take over bankrupt Arcandor
Business & Money: 10 Jun 09
Germany top retailer Metro wants to snap up distressed rival Arcandor and possibly list a new group on the stock exchange, but the issue has sparked a bitter round within Chancellor Merkel's government.
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Tiefensee says former East Germans get no respect
Society: 7 May 09
German Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee, who is also commissioner for issues concerning eastern Germany, complained Thursday that there was too little respect for the achievements of former East German citizens.
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Government earmarks €10m for public bike schemes
National: 11 Apr 09
The government is earmarking €10 million for public bicycle schemes to encourage people to leave their cars at home.
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New Deutsche Bahn leader nominated
National: 2 Apr 09
The German government said Thursday it would nominate Rüdiger Grube as head of the national rail operator Deutsche Bahn after its former boss resigned amid a staff spy scandal.
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Thousands protest against neo-Nazi march in Dresden
National: 14 Feb 09
Thousands of people took to the streets of Dresden on Saturday to protest against a neo-Nazi march to commemorate the victims of the 1945 Allied bombing raids on the eastern German city.
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Tiefensee says eastern Germany is doing better
National: 26 Dec 08
German Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee, who is also commissioner for issues concerning eastern Germany, said on Friday that the former communist states are making progress despite the global financial crisis.
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Italian architect gets nod to rebuild Berlin palace
National: 29 Nov 08
A largely unknown Italian architect has been chosen to rebuild a giant baroque palace in Berlin that was razed by the East German communist authorities and replaced with what many considered to be a modernist eyesore.
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Parliament approves record 2009 budget
Business & Money: 28 Nov 08
After four days of tough debate, Germany’s lower house of parliament on Friday approved a record €290 billion budget for next year that was unanimously rejected by the country’s opposition parties.
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Police probe deadly autobahn bus fire
National: 5 Nov 08
German police said Wednesday they were struggling to identify 20 charred corpses from the burnt-out shell of a tour bus apparently set on fire by a passenger smoking in the toilet.
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20 die in fiery bus accident near Hannover
National: 4 Nov 08
Around 20 people were feared killed on Tuesday evening in a fire on a bus on a motorway near Hannover, according to police in the German state of Lower Saxony.
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Transport Minister Tiefensee under fire for Bahn bonuses
National: 1 Nov 08
Members of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) called on Transportation Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee to resign Saturday over a bonus plan his ministry approved for the board of German railway operator Deutsche Bahn.
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Deutsche Bahn planned huge bonuses for bosses after IPO
Business & Money: 26 Oct 08
German railway Deutsche Bahn planned to give its top board members millions in bonuses in its stock listing that was recently delayed due to the financial crisis, newsmagazine Der Spiegel reported.
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Tiefensee says aid to former communist east 'urgent'
Politics: 24 Sep 08
Eighteen years after German reunification, the eastern states still depend on financial support from the federal government, Transportation Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee told broadcaster ZDF on Wednesday morning.
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Tiefensee calls for expansion of urban bike traffic
National: 18 Sep 08
Transportation Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee on Thursday called for a dramatic expansion of bicycle use in Germany's cities as a means to combat climate change.
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Deutsche Bahn scraps service charge plan
National: 12 Sep 08
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn announced on Friday it was cancelling a much-criticized plan to add a €2.50 surcharge on tickets purchased from service personnel at the ticket counter.
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German states bicker over parking stripe colours
Society: 10 Sep 08
Germany's national committee of traffic regulation has reportedly agreed to a pilot program modelled on American-style street markings instead of parking signs. But several states can't agree on the best hue for the stripes.
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Berlin too scared to take on Greenpeace over Sylt rocks
National: 6 Sep 08
The German government is reportedly too scared of bad publicity to tackle environmental group Greenpeace over direct action it has taken near the North Sea island of Sylt to stop fishing and dredging.
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Domestic energy prices will continue to rise
Business & Money: 6 Sep 08
Domestic gas and electricity costs are likely to continue rising in Germany in the long term, even if costs dip a little first, according to head of energy giant RWE, Jürgen Großmann.
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Germany and Denmark to link with massive bridge across strait
National: 3 Sep 08
Denmark and Germany signed a treaty in Copenhagen on Wednesday for the construction of a giant bridge linking the two countries across the Fehmarn Strait in the Baltic Sea.
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Germany planning major celebrations for Berlin Wall anniversary
National: 12 Aug 08
One day ahead of the anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, the German government said it is planning massive celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain next year.
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Germany threatened by traffic overload
Society: 15 Jul 08
Germany is threatened by a “traffic infarction,” unless measures are taken to regulate heavy truck transportation, Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee warned Tuesday.
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New offshore wind farms on the way
National: 6 Jul 08
The German government wants to build up to 30 offshore wind farms in a bid to meet its renewable energy targets, Environment Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee said in an interview published Sunday.
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Tiefensee wants to thin out traffic sign jungle
Society: 26 Jun 08
German Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee has said he wants to cut down on the dizzying number of traffic signs on Germany's roads.
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Germany to continue subsidizing poorer east
Business & Money: 14 May 08
Subsidies for former communist eastern Germany will continue past 2009, the German government announced on Wednesday amid disagreements about how large the payments should be.
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Deutsche Bahn shares reportedly to cost €20-€24
Business & Money: 2 May 08
The shares of Germany’s national railway operator Deutsche Bahn will cost between €20 to €24 a piece, business daily Financial Times Deutschland reported on Friday.
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Germany backs railway privatization
National: 29 Apr 08
Germany’s ruling parliamentary coalition unified on a partial privatization of the country’s national railway operator Deutsche Bahn.
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Social Democrats back German railway privatization
National: 21 Apr 08
Germany's centre-left Social Democrats agreed on Monday to a partial privatization of the country's national railway operator Deutsche Bahn.
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Munich's Transrapid maglev project axed
Science & Technology: 27 Mar 08
The planned construction of the high-tech Transrapid maglev train in Bavaria has been cancelled due to massive cost increases, Germany's transportation minister announced on Thursday.
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CDU's Böhmer blames baby killings on East German legacy
National: 24 Feb 08
Saxony-Anhalt's state premier Wolfgang Böhmer unleashed a wave of outrage on Sunday by blaming a spate of baby killings by their mothers on the brutal legacy of communist East Germany.
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