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Top manager faces himself in court

Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:40:00 +0100

It sounds like a delicious farce - Hartmut Mehdorn, boss of Berlin's delayed international airport is facing compensation claims issued by Air Berlin - filed when the CEO of the airline was... Hartmut Mehdorn.

Criminal charges filed in Deutsche Bahn employee spying case

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:00:00 +0200

The new management of German national railway Deutsche Bahn has submitted criminal charges to the public prosecutor’s office over a scandal involving internal company spying, daily Frankfurter Rundschau reported on Wednesday.

Deutsche Bahn spied on employee health records too

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:03:00 +0200

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn, still reeling from a spy scandal earlier this year, admitted on Tuesday it had secretly and illegally monitored the health records of some of its employees.

New Deutsche Bahn boss holds onto railway stock market listing

Mon, 04 May 2009 18:58:00 +0200

Rüdiger Grube, the new head of Gemany’s national railway operator Deutsche Bahn, said on Monday he would not give up floating the company on the stock market as planned by his predecessor Hartmut Mehdorn.

New Deutsche Bahn leader nominated

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:31:00 +0200

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.

Mehdorn steps down in Deutsche Bahn scandal

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:47:00 +0200

The embattled chief of German national rail service Deutsche Bahn, Hartmut Mehdorn, stepped down on Monday amid an ongoing scandal that has revealed the company spied on its own employees and journalists.

Deutsche Bahn boss stubborn despite resignation calls

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:30:00 +0200

Hartmut Mehdorn, head of the German national rail service Deutsche Bahn is stubbornly laughing off calls for his resignation, despite coming under increasing political pressure at the weekend over new revelations in the ongoing data scandal.

Deutsche Bahn accused of spying on journalists

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:33:00 +0100

A spying scandal Deutsche Bahn expanded in scope on Friday to include not just surveillance of employees, but also journalists and scientists who were particularly critical of Germany's state-owned national rail operator.

Rail unions tell Deutsche Bahn to explain spy scandal

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:02:00 +0100

Two of Germany's biggest railway unions demanded more explanations from the state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn on Saturday to explain why it spied on more than half its workers between 2002 and 2003.

Deutsche Bahn irked over lack of rail competition in France

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:46:00 +0100

German railway Deutsche Bahn has told French counterpart SNCF that it is fed up with a lack of competition in France, according to a letter obtained by news agency AFP.

Germany avoids massive rail strike

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:33:00 +0100

German train drivers have abandoned plans for a huge nationwide strike on Monday after reaching agreement with the country's national railway operator Deutsche Bahn.