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COMPARE: Is it cheaper to fill your fuel tank in Germany or across the border?
If you are driving abroad from Germany it might be worth waiting until you cross the border before you fill up on fuel. But it depends where you are going.
Three apps to help drivers in Germany find the cheapest fuel
Prices for gasoline and diesel in Germany have fallen significantly in recent months. Find the lowest possible prices at the pump with these fuel price apps.
'Germany lacks a sensible airline policy': Is budget air travel on the decline?
Budget airlines complain that an upcoming tax hike is one of many accumulating costs that are pushing ticket prices up. The Local takes a look at trends in German aviation and asks, are the days of cheap flights coming to an end?
Higher fuel costs and Autobahn speed limit: How can Germany go green?
Drastic measures are needed to achieve Germany’s climate targets for transport, according to the country's Environment Agency. Will car-loving Germany take action?
'Tax petrol more to pay for migrant crisis'
Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Saturday raised the prospect of introducing a tax on petrol in Europe to pay for solving the migrant crisis, in remarks to the Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.
Diesel drops below €1 in parts of Germany
Motorists in parts of Germany were treated to a rare sight this week as filling station signs showed the price of diesel slipping below €1.
Tanker fills up gas station with wrong fuel
Around 160 car owners are stuck after a gas station's storage tanks were filled with the wrong fuel, causing an estimated €100,000 in damage.
Germany puts fracking on back burner
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on Tuesday dropped plans for a draft law on "fracking" for the time being, amid concerns by some coalition allies about the oil and gas extraction technique.
Fuel prices hit all-time high
Petrol is more expensive in Germany than it has ever been, with average prices on Saturday reaching €1.692 a litre for Super E10, and €1.536 a litre for diesel. The record prices are hitting German motorists as many return from holidays.
Pilots: Ryanair pushes us to run on empty
Budget airline Ryanair is putting its pilots under so much pressure to save money that they are flying with just enough fuel on board to reduce costs – a practice that forced three planes to make emergency landings in Spain recently.
'Petrol police' set to fight pump price hikes
Germany is set to introduce “petrol police” to collect and monitor fuel prices across the country – from import to the pump, in an attempt to combat soaring prices.
Petrol firms 'sneak profits into price rises'
German petrol prices are at record highs – and nearly half the increase has been funnelled directly into industry profits, a new study shows.
Minister plans to keep petrol prices down under
German motorists would have advanced warning of petrol price rises under an Australian-inspired proposal from Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer to stop the big oil firms from price-fixing.
‘Green’ cars battle for eco-marathon title
It's a motor rally with a difference: souped-up "green" vehicles going head to head in an international eco-marathon to see who runs the longest on as little energy as possible.
Big petrol firms inflating prices, watchdog says
Motorists in Germany are paying too much for petrol because the five major fuel companies are informally collaborating on prices, the competition watchdog announced Thursday.
MPs call for hike in commuter allowance
Amid rising petrol prices, a cross-party group of MPs is calling for a hike in the <i>Pendlerpauschale</i> commuter allowance, which lets German workers write off travel costs on their tax.
Ramsauer blasts EU diesel tax hike
Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer on Monday slapped down a European Union plan to raise the tax on diesel.
Petrol industry calls for biofuel tax cut
The petroleum industry is demanding that the tax on a controversial ethanol blended fuel be slashed in response to the flaccid sales, according to a Friday news report.
Germany sticking with loathed E10 biofuel
The German government said after crisis talks Tuesday it was sticking with a newly introduced petrol with a 10-percent biofuel content despite major problems since its introduction last month.
New E10 biofuel debacle sparks blame game
German politicians and the fuel industry bickered on Friday over who was responsible for the botched introduction of a new E10 gasoline-ethanol mix after confusion over its safety for cars created a rush on traditional super grade petrol.
Fuel companies deny holiday price-gouging
The German head of petrol providers BP and Aral on Tuesday vehemently rejected accusations that the companies were gouging driver with higher prices ahead of the Easter holiday.
Train accident leaks 80,000 litres of petrol
Brandenburg police have allowed residents in Schwedt to return home following their evacuation after some 60,000 litres of petrol leaked from freight train tanker cars due to a derailment on Monday evening.
German inflation up to one percent in February
German inflation ticked up slightly to 1.0 percent in February, preliminary data released on Friday by the national statistics office showed, but was expected to fall again soon.