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Press release No. N 057 of 12 September 2022 Petrol and diesel fuel cost more in Germany again than in all neighbouring EU countries
As the fuel discount ended, motor fuel prices in Germany went up once more, with filling stations in Germany again charging more for petrol and diesel fuel recently than the petrol stations in all EU countries neighbouring Germany. Drivers in Germany …
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Press release No. N048 of 29 July 2022 June 2022: number of air passengers more than tripled compared with June 2021
Approximately 16.3 million air passengers arrived at, or departed from, the 23 largest commercial airports in Germany in June 2022. Their number has more than tripled (+215.1%) compared with June 2021, according to the Federal Statistical Office ( …
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Press release No. N 039 of 27 June 2022 Petrol and diesel fuel currently more expensive in most countries neighbouring Germany
Petrol and diesel fuel cost less at German petrol stations recently than in most of the countries neighbouring Germany, or roughly the same, although motor fuel prices had been rising again after the “fuel discount” was introduced on 1 June 2022. …
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Press release No. N 035 of 7 June 2022 25% less plastic waste exported in 2021 year on year
Germany exports markedly less plastic waste than a few years ago. In 2021, just over 766,200 tonnes of plastic waste was exported from Germany – that is one quarter less (-25.2%) than in 2020. At the time, just over one million tonnes had been …
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Press release No. N 031 of 23 May 2022 Ticket prices in short-distance transport up 19% on 2015
In view of sharp rises in energy costs, the Federal Government intends to make public short-distance passenger transport more attractive by introducing a temporary 9-euro ticket. Significant rise in short-distance passenger transport prices since …
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Press release No. N 061 of 19 October 2021 Increasing use of renewable energy in all EU Member States
Renewable energy sources have been increasingly used in all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) over the last years. On average, renewable energy sources accounted for 19.7% of gross final energy consumption in the EU in 2019, up from 13.9% …
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Press release No. N 054 of 15 September 2021 68% of the persons in employment went to work by car in 2020
For millions of commuters, the car is the most popular means of transport. In 2020, 68% of them indicated that they usually take the car to go to work. This is reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The users of public transport such …