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 Two summers in a row of drought are causing Germany’s potato supply to dwindle - and prices to rise. https://www.thelocal.de/20190802/german-potato-prices-set-to-spike-due-to-drought Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:34:14 +0200 german-potato-prices-set-to-spike-due-to-drought A district court in Bonn has slapped a month-long suspended sentence on a 62-year-old woman for fraud and forgery of documents, local newspaper Express reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180309/court-gives-woman-one-month-suspended-sentence-for-manipulating-price-tag Fri, 09 Mar 2018 12:37:27 +0100 court-gives-woman-one-month-suspended-sentence-for-manipulating-price-tag Tickets for trains, buses and trams in towns and cities across Germany are likely to get more expensive for passengers this year, according to a transport federation. https://www.thelocal.de/20180130/public-transit-price-hike-to-hit-nationwide Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:07:10 +0100 public-transit-price-hike-to-hit-nationwide The Federal Cartel Office announced on Friday that it had its eye on Lufthansa, due to a dramatic increase in the price of domestic flights since Air Berlin went bust last month. https://www.thelocal.de/20171124/cartel-authorities-probe-lufthansa-after-domestic-flight-prices-explode Fri, 24 Nov 2017 17:29:53 +0100 cartel-authorities-probe-lufthansa-after-domestic-flight-prices-explode Trains, buses and trams across Germany are set to get around 2.4 percent more expensive for passengers in January's annual price re-jig. https://www.thelocal.de/20151012/public-transport-price-hike-to-hit-nationwide Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:39:28 +0200 public-transport-price-hike-to-hit-nationwide Customers at dm cosmetics shops across Germany have been caught up in a toothpaste price war, after the shops announced they would "strike" over Colgate's decision to sell smaller packages for the same price. https://www.thelocal.de/20150826/cosmetics-chain-declares-toothpaste-price-war Wed, 26 Aug 2015 17:05:47 +0200 cosmetics-chain-declares-toothpaste-price-war Vegetable farmers in Brandenburg are worried about the future of the famous Spreewald gherkins, as the new national minimum wage has driven prices up. https://www.thelocal.de/20150521/spreewald-gherkins-under-threat-from-minimum-wage Thu, 21 May 2015 16:32:36 +0200 spreewald-gherkins-under-threat-from-minimum-wage Friday marks 100 days since the introduction of the national minimum wage in Germany, but politicians, economists and trade unions continue to debate the scheme. https://www.thelocal.de/20150410/minimum-wage-after-100-days-the-verdict Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:59:26 +0200 minimum-wage-after-100-days-the-verdict Inflation in Germany crept higher in March, driven by rebounding energy prices, preliminary data showed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150330/energy-prices-drive-return-to-inflation Mon, 30 Mar 2015 19:17:03 +0200 energy-prices-drive-return-to-inflation Power companies will drop their prices from January 2015 for the first time in over a decade, saving families up to €35 a year – but is it 'too little, too late'? https://www.thelocal.de/20141120/power-price-drop-isnt-all-good-news Thu, 20 Nov 2014 11:53:00 +0100 power-price-drop-isnt-all-good-news Consumers have been hit by major price rises for basic foodstuffs such as milk and potatoes, figures released on Monday showed. The cost of butter has risen by 32 percent in a year. https://www.thelocal.de/20131021/52503 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 18:07:00 +0200 52503 Smokers will not only pay for their habit with their health in 2012 – prices are increasing too, with a pack of 19 cigarettes topping €5 for the first time. https://www.thelocal.de/20111230/39819 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:04:00 +0100 39819 Anti-gentrification activists protesting rising rents in Berlin disrupted a tour of luxury flats organised by a property internet portal on Thursday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20111021/38367 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:50:00 +0200 38367 It may seem that low cost supermarkets are ubiquitous in Germany – and there are 16,000 of them scattered around the country – but shoppers here are generally confident of the quality of their groceries. https://www.thelocal.de/20111007/38071 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:26:00 +0200 38071 Inflation in Germany dropped 0.5 percent last month compared to the same period in 2008 – the first such decline in 22 years – raising the spectre of deflation amidst the worst economic downturn since World War II. https://www.thelocal.de/20090811/21177 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:03:00 +0200 21177 Germany might be a fairly rainy and wet place, but water in the country is more expensive than anywhere else in the world, according to a new survey published on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20080818/13755 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:16:00 +0200 13755 German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a German newspaper that the G8 group of top industrialized nations will take measures to fight the soaring price of food at next week's summit. https://www.thelocal.de/20080705/12905 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:11:00 +0200 12905