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Added on the 09/09/2015 23:58:13 - Copyright : Euronews EN
With snow drifts, black ice and train cancellations, the onset of dramatic winter weather causes considerable traffic disruptions in many places in the north and center of Germany. Deutsche Bahn discontinued numerous connections in local and long-distance traffic, between Hamburg and Hanover and Hamburg and the State of Northrhine Westphalia, where many parts of the highway have been closed to traffic. IMAGES of the highway covered with snow and of the Dortmund train station in the State of Northrhine Westphalia
Empty platforms at Berlin's main train station as German train drivers begin a 20-hour strike after failing to reach an agreement on pay increases. The GDL union announced members will strike until 6:00 pm today. IMAGES
Environmental activists block dozens of streets in Berlin to protest Germany's climate policy, causing widespread transport disruption in the capital. IMAGES
A stranded cargo ship causes river traffic to be halted on the Rhine in western Germany after suffering a technical fault, authorities say. The incident comes at a time when water transport is already suffering as the result of drought, which has caused the water in the river to drop to a level considered inaccessible for shipping. The vessel is stuck at St Goar and Oberwesel, between the cities of Mainz and Koblenz, river police say, adding that they expect to clear the stricken ship within a day. IMAGES
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announces that Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium intend to increase wind power capacity in the North Sea tenfold by 2050. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls on Germany to stop the upcoming Nord Stream 2 pipeline with Russia if Moscow invades Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
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