https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Berlin's public transport company, the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), pride themselves on their laid-back attitude to their customers. But a recent incident has prompted them to pull rank. https://www.thelocal.de/20160817/berlin-metro-its-not-cool-to-ride-trains-naked Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:31:20 +0200 berlin-metro-its-not-cool-to-ride-trains-naked An estate agent has published a map of the Berlin transport system which takes you on a handy tour of rent prices in the capital city. https://www.thelocal.de/20160106/rail-map-of-berlin-guides-you-to-rent-deal Wed, 06 Jan 2016 19:05:00 +0100 rail-map-of-berlin-guides-you-to-rent-deal An Italian tourist is in a serious condition after being kicked in the head by three strangers at a Berlin metro station on the weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20150511/italian-tourist-attacked-at-berlin-metro-station Mon, 11 May 2015 12:03:45 +0200 italian-tourist-attacked-at-berlin-metro-station Adham Fisher, world record holder for the fastest tour of the New York subway, visited every single station on the Berlin U-Bahn in just over eight hours on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141009/brit-sets-sights-on-berlin-u-bahn-speed-record Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:51:00 +0200 brit-sets-sights-on-berlin-u-bahn-speed-record The man who transformed shopping in Germany died this week aged 89 and worth nearly €3 billion. Otto Beisheim, founder of Metro Group, home of names such as Real and Saturn, is The Local's German of the week. https://www.thelocal.de/20130218/48043 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:15:00 +0100 48043 German retailer Metro announced on Friday it is selling the eastern European operations of its Real supermarket division to French rival Auchan for €1.1 billion ($1.4 billion). https://www.thelocal.de/20121130/46491 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:25:00 +0100 46491 Germany's Metro, one of the world's largest retailers, posted disappointing second-quarter results on Tuesday that underscored weak western European markets and problems at the group's electronics outlets. https://www.thelocal.de/20110802/36681 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:36:00 +0200 36681 Metro, the third biggest global retail group, posted solid 2010 results Tuesday but could now be hit by government austerity measures, political unrest and effects of Asian catastrophes and nuclear crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20110322/33885 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:36:00 +0100 33885 Is it no longer safe to use public transport in Germany? Recent attacks in Berlin go hand in hand with the city’s decaying infrastructure, argues Werner van Bebber from Der Tagesspiegel. https://www.thelocal.de/20110228/33397 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:21:00 +0100 33397 A gang of youths have attacked another person in a Berlin metro station, just a week after a similar incident in the city left a man in a coma, police said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110221/33239 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:02:00 +0100 33239 Germany's third largest global retail chain Metro said Friday that its first quarter sales and pre-tax profit edged higher owing to a pick-up in many of its markets. https://www.thelocal.de/20100430/26901 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:42:00 +0200 26901 Germany’s federal competition watchdog raided the main offices of almost every large retail food and drugstore chain in the country on Thursday on suspicion of price-fixing. Among them were Edeka, Lidl, Metro, Rewe and Rossmann. https://www.thelocal.de/20100114/24581 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:46:00 +0100 24581 The German retail giant Metro, number three worldwide, said Tuesday that 2009 sales fell by 3.6 percent to €65.5 billion ($95 billion), a result of negative foreign exchange rates. https://www.thelocal.de/20100112/24519 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:33:00 +0100 24519 German retailing giant Metro said on Monday it was now considering cutting 17,000 jobs as part of its major restructuring programme – potentially eliminating thousands more positions than previously announced. https://www.thelocal.de/20090803/20997 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:04:00 +0200 20997 Germany top retailer Metro wants to snap up distressed rival Arcandor and possibly list a new group on the stock exchange, Metro boss Eckhard Cordes said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090610/19831 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:28:00 +0200 19831 Stricken German retail giant Arcandor held talks on Sunday with rival Metro over a possible merger of their department store chains, after hopes of government aid looked dim, an Arcandor spokesman said. https://www.thelocal.de/20090607/19769 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:54:00 +0200 19769 German retail giant Metro is planning to cut 15,000 jobs or five percent of its workforce in a major restructuring programme to help it weather the economic slowdown, company sources told AFP on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090120/16899 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:01:00 +0100 16899 Metro, the biggest German retailer and number two in Europe, published figures on Thursday showing it had been hit by cautious shopping, and growth slowed in the third quarter. https://www.thelocal.de/20081030/15229 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:05:00 +0100 15229 An full U-bahn metro train caught fire Wednesday morning during rush hour in Essen, according to police. https://www.thelocal.de/20080829/13979 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:49:00 +0200 13979 Metro, the leading German retailer, fell into a loss in the second quarter owing to one-off restructuring charges, it said Thursday in a statement. https://www.thelocal.de/20080731/13403 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:29:00 +0200 13403