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The draft would also include civil measures to make it easier for victims to act against platforms, including rights to obtain information on perpetrators and enforce account suspensions.

Daylight saving time (DST or Sommerzeit) begins on the last Sunday of March. In 2026, that falls on March 29th, when clocks in Germany will move forward by one hour.

Germany's public transport sector added 1,397 emission-free buses in 2025, bringing the total fleet to 4,752 vehicles in operation nationwide, according to PwC's E-Bus Radar 2026. The data positions electric drivetrains at around 14% of the country's city bus fleet of approximately 35,000 units and documents a significant increase in annual deployments compared to 2024, when 780 units entered service.

In the EU, when a train is significantly delayed or cancelled altogether, affected passengers are often entitled to compensation, according to the EU Passenger Regulation. This also applies to disruptions caused by strikes. A delay of one hour entitles you to a reimbursement of 25 percent of the fare you paid, and a delay of two hours entitles you to 50 percent back.

Until the late 1960s, the agency was shaped primarily by leaders who had been socialized under National Socialism. It was not until the generational shift beginning in 1969 that a fundamental transformation took place.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is visiting Norway on Friday for talks with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, with space cooperation and NATO defense ties high on the agenda. The two leaders began the day at the Andoya spaceport, where the Bavarian startup Isar Aerospace plans to launch rockets carrying European satellites into orbit.

The head of the union, Andreas Pinheiro, said he expects around 300 flight cancellations per day, compared with what Lufthansa said were 800 flight cancellations during the previous walkout on February 12.

Germany, Austria, Japan, and France all signal movement. German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche called a lunchtime press conference in Berlin, a day after Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil had said the government was open to releasing some of its reserves. At around the same time, Austria's government said it would limit increases in diesel and gasoline prices at fuel stations to once per day and that it would take part in international plans to release some of the oil reserves.

In total, around 50,000 jobs are due to be cut by 2030 across the Volkswagen Group in Germany. The 10-brand group had already struck a deal with unions at the end of 2024 to cut 35,000 jobs by 2030, mostly at its namesake brand, as part of plans to save €15 billion a year.

Police in Koblenz said the impact involved a burned-out celestial object that crashed into the building, adding that firefighters and police were on site and that there was no ongoing danger. Emergency services reported a surge in calls as the meteor was seen across large parts of western Germany, including Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Saarland, Baden-Wurttemberg and Lower Saxony.

Quantum dots are used in certain display types for improved efficiency and color accuracy. For example, some Samsung TVs use ultraviolet backlight. Ultraviolet LEDs are very efficient, but UV isn't even in the visible spectrum. Quantum dots absorb this UV light and output visible light in the desired color.

A masked spectator from the active fan section illegally entered the pitch and unplugged the technical equipment. With Bickel unable to make the call, the decision was left to the VAR official Katrin Rafalski in Cologne, ruling that it was a foul and for Bickel to award a penalty, which Hertha scored.

The German soldiers and contingents were not the immediate target. And the bases themselves are not operated by the German Bundeswehr, which is only "guest" there along with troops from other nations, including the US. The Defense Ministry emphasized that precautions had been taken in good time to protect German soldiers in the Middle East.

An endless war is not in our interest. The same applies to a collapse of Iranian statehood or proxy conflicts fought on Iranian soil. Such scenarios could have far-reaching consequences for Europe, including for security, energy supply and migration.

We have several thousand wolf attacks on grazing animals every year. That means an agonizing death. If you want to preserve grazing livestock farming, you have to reduce the population.