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Strikes to close major German airports Thursday
Published on 31/01/2024
» BERLIN - Strikes will ground flights on Thursday at some of Germany’s biggest airports, including the global hub Frankfurt, in the latest wave of industrial action by transport workers to hit Europe’s largest economy, officials said on Wednesday.
Hamburg airport hostage-taker gives himself up
AFP, Published on 05/11/2023
» HAMBURG: An armed father who took his four-year-old daughter hostage, forcing the suspension of flights at Hamburg airport, gave himself up "without resistance" on Sunday after hours of negotiations, German police said.
Hamburg airport flights halted over 'hostage' situation
AFP, Published on 05/11/2023
» BERLIN - Air traffic at Hamburg airport remained suspended Sunday over a hostage situation on the tarmac involving a father and his child, German authorities said.
Hamburg airport closed after armed man drives onto tarmac, prompting standoff
New York Times, Published on 05/11/2023
» All flights in and out of the Hamburg Airport in Germany were canceled until further notice as authorities responded Saturday night to an armed man who drove his vehicle onto the tarmac and parked near a plane.
Europe's economic powerhouse tests a shorter working week
AFP, Published on 01/11/2023
» BERLIN - Maximilian Hermann's weekend starts on Friday morning, when he puts his motorcycle helmet on and takes his bike out for a ride to the southern German Alps.
5 workers killed in German building site accident: fire brigade
AFP, Published on 30/10/2023
» BERLIN: At least five workers were killed in the northern German city of Hamburg on Monday when a scaffolding collapsed at a building site, a fire brigade spokesman said.
One dead, four missing after two cargo ships collide in North Sea
AFP, Published on 24/10/2023
» BERLIN - One person has died and four are missing from the crew of a cargo ship that sank after colliding with another vessel in the North Sea, German authorities said on Tuesday.
Summer superstorm blasts Netherlands, Germany
AFP, Published on 05/07/2023
» THE HAGUE: A record-breaking summer storm hammered the Netherlands and Germany on Wednesday, killing two people and throwing international air and rail travel into chaos.
Germany tussles over citizenship plan
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 18/06/2023
» Young, educated and motivated, Jose Leonardo Cabrera Barroso is just the kind of immigrant the government says Germany needs.
Fake Twitter 'blondes' promote UAE climate summit
AFP, Published on 14/06/2023
» PARIS - Researchers call them the "American blondes" -– bright-eyed environmentalists tweeting passionately in support of the UAE and its handling of the forthcoming COP28 climate summit. The only problem? They are not real.