Lower Saxony News
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German industry was hit by walkouts by almost 130,000 workers today in so-called warning strikes over pay conditions, according to their union.
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The 33,000 containers handled at JadeWeserPort since Germany’s only deepwater docks opened for business in September are a far cry from the annual 2.7 million forecast when state governments embarked on the 1 billion-euro ($1.3 billion) project a decade ago.
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Germany had a relatively dry and overcast April, with rainfall 21 percent below normal, weather office Deutscher Wetterdienst reported.
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German scientists are betting that offshore wind farms can help replenish the North Sea’s fledgling lobster population.
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Talks between Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government and state leaders on proposals to stop power prices from rising in Germany failed, delaying concrete steps from being taken until after elections in September.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel’s sweeping plan to transform Germany into a green-energy giant almost destroyed Nordseewerke GmbH, one of the country’s leading makers of wind-turbine foundations.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats face a Lower Saxony state vote highlighting challenges she’ll face in a re-election bid in September amid collapsing support for her Free Democratic Party ally.
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Former German President Christian Wulff was charged with accepting bribes from a film producer who sought his influence in 2008 to get Siemens AG to support distribution of a movie.
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German nuclear-power operators will have to pay an estimated 2 billion euros ($2.6 billion) for identifying and building an atomic-waste depository, Environment Minister Peter Altmaier said.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party lost control of Lower Saxony state as the Social Democrats and Greens took a single seat majority, buoying the opposition parties eight months before federal elections.
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