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☆ Bayer Leverkusen: German club equals 59-year-old record as unbeaten season continues
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —German team Bayer Leverkusen extended its miraculous unbeaten run to 48 games on Sunday after thrashing Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 in the Bundesliga. The win means that Leverkusen has now equaled the record for the longest unbeaten run across all top-level matches since the introduction of European competition, according to UEFA. Leverkusen will have the chance to break the record on Thursday when it plays Roma in the second leg of its Europa League semifinal. The all-time mark of 62 games unbeaten was set by Scottish club Celtic from 1915-1917, however, those matches were all in the domestic league. The next game is important for us, the second leg of the Europa League semifinal: a chance to reach the final.

Persons: Granit Xhaka, Patrik Schick, Exequiel Palacios, Jeremie Frimpong, Victor Okoh Boniface –, Roma, ”, Xabi Alonso, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Alonso, ” Alonso, “ Organizations: CNN, Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt, Bundesliga, Leverkusen, Frankfurt’s Deutsche Bank, UEFA, Benfica, Europa League, Celtic, Bayern, Spain, VfL Bochum, FC Kaiserslautern, Roma, “ Locations: Scottish, AFP, Augsburg

☆ Thomas Tuchel to leave post as Bayern Munich head coach at end of season
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Thomas Tuchel will relinquish his post as Bayern Munich head coach at the end of the season, the club announced on Wednesday. Tuchel, who was hired as head coach of the German powerhouse in March 2023, will leave a year earlier than his original contract end date of June 2025. The Bavarians also lost 1-0 to Italian club Lazio in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash. “Our goal is to pursue a new footballing direction with a new head coach for the 2024/25 season. Tuchel’s departure at the end of the season comes amid widespread speculation that Bayern are potentially interested in Leverkusen’s highly-rated coach Xabi Alonso.

Persons: CNN — Thomas Tuchel, Tuchel, Bayer, Jan, Christian Dreesen, “, ” Dreesen, ” Tuchel, previsouly, Germain, Julian Nagelsmann, Alexandra Beier, Harry Kane, Kane, Tuchel’s, Xabi Alonso, Alonso, Jürgen Klopp Organizations: CNN, Bayern Munich, Bayern, Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen, Lazio, Champions League, ” Bayern, Allianz, Chelsea, Paris Saint, Borussia Dortmund, Getty, Tuchel’s Bayern, England, Tottenham Hotspur, Leverkusen, League, Bochum, Liverpool, English Premier League Locations: Paris, Tuchel, AFP

☆ Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Darren Incorvaia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“They are way smarter than you think,” Ms. Hillemacher said. Now, in a study published in the journal PLOS One on Wednesday, Ms. Hillemacher and her colleagues say they have found evidence that roosters can recognize themselves in mirrors. The mirror test is a common, but contested, test of self-awareness. The mirror test has since been used to assess self-recognition in many other species. But different cognitive processes are active in different situations, and there’s no reason to think that the mirror test is accurate for animals with vastly different sensory abilities and social systems than what chimps have.

Persons: Sonja Hillemacher, Ms, Hillemacher, Gordon Gallup, —, ”, Onur Güntürkün, Inga Tiemann Organizations: University of Bonn, Ruhr University Bochum Locations: Germany

☆ Six bull sharks inadvertently made their home on an Australian golf course. Then they vanished
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Because Carbrook in Queensland boasted a membership unlike any other golf club on the planet: six resident bull sharks. A new corridor was opened and – sometime during those three temporary windows – six bull sharks glided into uncharted waters. Carbrook Golf Club Shark in the LakeMedia interest boomed, and the club embraced its toothy tenants with vigor. Their extended residence, he argued, sheds new light on just how adaptable bull sharks are. A stay of at least 17 years in low-salinity waters — more than half a bull shark’s lifespan — was unprecedented.

Persons: –, Carbrook’s, ”, Scott Wagstaff, Wagstaff, “ It’s, ” Wagstaff, Peter Gausmann, Lucia, Gausmann, It’s, “, ” Carbrook Organizations: CNN, Courier, Lake Media, Junior Shark Academy, Ruhr University Bochum, Fishery Sciences Locations: Australia, Queensland, Logan, Brisbane, Gold, Carbrook, Lake, Germany, mullets, Africa’s Lake St

☆ Bayern ease into German Cup second round with 4-0 win at Preussen Muenster
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MUENSTER, Germany, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich cruised past third-tier club Preussen Muenster 4-0 despite having several players missing, including striker Harry Kane, in their delayed German Cup first round match on Tuesday. Kane had scored a hat-trick in their 7-0 demolition of VfL Bochum on Saturday but was rested and left on the bench. Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel, who was also missing three of his central defenders through injury, opted for 18-year-old Mathys Tel and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting up front. Bayern fans threw hundreds of tennis balls onto the pitch, in protest against the decision to hold the German Super Cup last month on the day of the Cup first round, forcing Bayern to delay their first-round match. France youth international Tel added a fourth from a tight angle in the 85th to continue his good form, having also scored three goals in the league so far this season.

Persons: Harry Kane, Kane, Thomas Tuchel, Eric Maxim Choupo, Serge Gnabry, Tuchel, Daniel Peretz, Konrad Laimer, Frans Kraetzig volleyed, Karolos, Toby Davis Organizations: Bayern Munich, Preussen, VfL Bochum, Bayern, France, Tel, Thomson Locations: MUENSTER, Germany

☆ A 7-year journey to deliver an asteroid sample to Earth will soon end in Utah
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The cargo van-size spacecraft arrived in orbit around the asteroid Bennu in December 2018, providing detailed views of the spinning top-shaped space rock. Other worldsA training model of the OSIRIS-REx mission's sample return capsule was released from an aircraft in August, simulating the upcoming recovery operations. Keegan Barber/NASAThe OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will fly by Earth this weekend and drop off its precious sample from Bennu. Watch as the sample capsule is set to plunge through Earth’s atmosphere and land in the Utah desert, with NASA’s live coverage beginning at 10 a.m. As the capsule parachutes down, OSIRIS-REx will keep going, embarking on a new adventure to explore the asteroid Apophis.

Persons: CNN —, REx, NASA’s, Keegan Barber, ”, Deutsches, Monopoly, you’re, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, Rice University in Texas, Mechanical, Zimbabwe, Bochum, Iron, Swedish Museum of, Publishing, Andromeda Galaxy, CNN Space, Science Locations: Utah, Dürrnberg, Austria, Austrian, Zambia, Tasmania, Stockholm, Western Australia

☆ Record-breaking Kane scores hat-trick in Bayern's 7-0 demolition of Bochum
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Kane's three goals put him above club great Gerd Mueller, Miroslav Klose and Mario Mandzukic who all scored five times in their first five games. The Bavarians, who beat Manchester United 4-3 in their Champions League opener on Wednesday, move up to 13 points in top spot from five Bundesliga games. Earlier, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting had tapped in for a fourth-minute lead from a perfectly-timed Kingsley Coman assist. Kane made sure of a club record when he scored with a 54th-minute penalty before Coman hit the woodwork on the hour. ($1 = 0.9388 euros)Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; editing by Clare FallonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Harry Kane, Michaela Rehle, Gerd Mueller, Miroslav Klose, Mario Mandzukic, Kane, Eric Maxim Choupo, Moting, Kingsley Coman, Leroy Sane, Coman, Tel, Karolos, Clare Fallon Organizations: Soccer Football, Bundesliga, Bayern Munich, VfL Bochum, Allianz Arena, Bayern, Rights, Manchester United, Champions League, Bayer Leverkusen, England, Thomson Locations: Munich, Germany, Rights MUNICH, Bayern Munich, Heidenheim, Sunday

☆ André Onana: Goalkeeper says he ‘let the team down’ during Manchester United’s 4-3 defeat to Bayern Munich
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Bayern Munich defeated Manchester United 4-3 in a chaotic Champions League game at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday, after which Untied goalkeeper André Onana said that he was to blame for the loss. “It’s a difficult situation for us, for me especially because I’m the one who let the team down … We just have to move on,” Onana said on TNT Sports. “This is the life of a goalkeeper and, if we didn’t win today, it’s because of me.”He added: “The team went down because of that mistake. Thomas Müller hit the post with Bayern looking to increase its lead, before 18-year-old forward Mathys Tel scored his first Champions League goal moments later to make it 4-2. “It was a crazy finish,” Kane, who has now scored five goals from his first six appearances in Germany, told TNT Sports.

Persons: André Onana, Onana, Leroy Sané’s, Serge Gnabry’s, ” Onana, Erik ten Hag, Harry Kane, Sané, Gnabry, Jamal Musiala’s, Rasmus Højlund’s, United –, Kane, Matthias Hangst, Christian, Thomas Müller, Mathys Tel, Bruno Fernandes ’, ” Kane, it’s, “, they’ve, ”, Rio Ferdinand Organizations: CNN — Bayern Munich, Manchester United, League, Allianz Arena, United, Inter Milan, Bayern, TNT Sports, Champions League, Mathys, Brighton, ” United, Burnley, Premier League, VfL Bochum, Bundesliga Locations: Real Madrid, Germany, United

☆ Archeologists discover 2,000-year-old child’s shoe with laces intact
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A shoe belonging to a child and dating back more than 2,000 years has been unearthed in Austria with its laces still intact. The condition of the shoe found is outstanding,” Professor Thomas Stoellner, head of the Research Department at the German Mining Museum, said in the press release. Excavation work at Dürrnberg is being done to obtain information on the work and lives of Iron age miners, according to the museum. Finding a child’s shoe is “always something special,” because it shows that children were present underground, the museum said. Finds like this child’s shoe, but also textile remains or excrement like those found on Dürrnberg, offer an extremely rare insight into the life of Iron Age miners.”

Persons: ”, Thomas Stoellner, Stoellner Organizations: CNN, German Mining Museum, Leibniz Research Museum, Geo, Research Department Locations: Austria, German Mining Museum Bochum, Dürrnberg

☆ Sharks on a Golf Course Made a Watery Grave Unlike Any Other
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Annie Roth | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For nearly two decades, the Carbrook Golf Club near Brisbane, Australia, had the ultimate water hazard: a lake teeming with bull sharks. It all started in 1996 when raging floods swept six young bull sharks from a nearby river into a 51-acre lake near the golf course’s 14th hole. When the floodwaters receded, the sharks found themselves stuck, surrounded by grassy hills and curious golfers. The sharks, according to a new study, are more than just a fluke along the fairway. In research published last month in the journal Marine and Fisheries Science, Peter Gausmann, a shark scientist and lecturer at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany, said that the cartilaginous club members of Carbrook bull sharks demonstrate that bull sharks can live indefinitely in low-salinity aquatic environments.

Persons: Peter Gausmann Organizations: Marine, Fisheries Science, Ruhr University Bochum Locations: Brisbane, Australia, Germany

☆ Dortmund sign Bundesliga top scorer Fuellkrug on three-year deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Dortmund, who missed out on the Bundesliga title last season after dramatically slipping up on the final matchday, needed an 88th minute goal by Donyell Malen to beat Cologne 1-0 in their opener. Last week they managed only a 1-1 draw at VfL Bochum with their attack looking toothless for much of the game. Fuellkrug, who passed a medical late on Thursday, topped the scorer list last season with 16 goals, the same number as Christopher Nkunku. "Thanks to strong performances he has become a pillar in attack for the national team," said Dortmund sports director Sebastian Kehl. "I was extremely happy when the offer came because the step to this club was what I was wishing for," Fuellkrug said.

Persons: Niclas Fuellkrug, Patrik Stollarz, Donyell Malen, Christopher Nkunku, Sebastian Kehl, Fuellkrug, Karolos, John Stonestreet Organizations: Soccer Football, Bundesliga, Werder Bremen, FC Cologne, Rights, Borussia Dortmund, Germany, Dortmund, Cologne, VfL Bochum, League, Thomson Locations: Weser, Stadion, Bremen, Germany, Qatar

☆ Soccer-Dortmund's Terzic demands sharp improvement against Heidenheim
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

FILE PHOTO-Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Borussia Dortmund v 1. "We know that our appearance in the last two matches was not what we wanted. We want to improve markedly and win the game," Terzic told a press conference. The Bavarians have enjoyed a solid league start with two wins from two matches. Union Berlin will also be looking to make it three wins from three when they host RB Leipzig on Sunday.

Persons: Edin Terzic, Wolfgang Rattay, Terzic, Niclas Fuellkrug, Donyell Malen, Fuellkrug, Harry Kane, Karolos, Toby Davis Organizations: Soccer Football, Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund, FSV Mainz, Edin, REUTERS, Rights, Dortmund, Werder Bremen, Cologne, VfL Bochum, Bochum, Bayern, Borussia Moenchengladbach, Gladbach, Tottenham Hotspur, Union Berlin, Leipzig, Thomson Locations: Dortmund, Germany, Heidenheim, Bayern Munich

☆ In Switzerland, self-driving pods could transport freight in underground tunnels
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Mark Tutton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —In Switzerland, an ambitious proposal could see the construction of an expansive underground network through which self-driving pods would transport freight across the country. The project, called Cargo Sous Terrain (“Underground Cargo” in English), is intended to reduce the reliance on trucks for moving cargo. “In the US, currently we are facing a big shortage of truck drivers and underground freight transport will resolve this issue as well.”In recent years, there have been other proposals for underground freight transport networks around the world. Cargo Sous TerrainA key challenge is working out how to transport freight above ground from the tunnels to stores in cities – without adding to road traffic. CST is “at the forefront” of underground freight transport thanks to its step-by-step approach, he says.

Persons: ”, Patrik Aellig, Gallen, Najafi, Elon Musk, Philipp Noser Organizations: CNN, Swiss, Center for Underground Infrastructure Research, Education, University of Texas, Ruhr University of Bochum, Credit Suisse, Siemens, City Locations: Switzerland, Geneva, St, Härkingen, Zurich, Arlington, Germany, CargoCap, Smart, Hamburg, Hyperloop, Coop

☆ Bayern without injured Choupo-Moting, Stanisic against Werder
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MUNICH, Germany, May 5 (Reuters) - Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich will be without injured striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and defender Josip Stanisic when they travel with a "decimated squad" to Werder Bremen on Saturday, coach Thomas Tuchel said on the eve of the match. "He is feeling the knee and it causes discomfort," Tuchel said of Choupo-Moting's nagging injury. "He will out for about two weeks but two weeks at this stage are a lot and the number of matches is not increasing. Bayern reclaimed the lead last week with a win over Hertha Berlin as Dortmund slipped up against VfL Bochum with a draw. We have the chance to up the ante now but we cannot allow ourselves any more ups and downs," Tuchel said.

☆ Bayern focused only on Bundesliga, delay board meeting
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MUNICH, Germany, May 4 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich want as few distractions as possible as they look to salvage a disappointing season by at least retaining their Bundesliga title, delaying a much-anticipated board meeting until after the end of the season. After a shock German Cup exit with a home loss to Freiburg, Bayern were also eliminated in the Champions League last eight by Manchester City. With four games left and Bayern travelling to 12th placed Werder Bremen on Saturday, the club announced this week it would delay a May 22 board meeting until after the end of the season. "The Bayern Munich board has set a new date of May 30 for its scheduled second quarter board meeting," it said in a statement. Freiburg, in fourth on 56 points, host fifth-placed Leipzig, who have 54, in the battle for Champions League places.

☆ Bayern Munich situation difficult but not hopeless-coach Tuchel
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BERLIN, April 28 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich are playing catch-up to leaders Borussia Dortmund for the league title with five games remaining but coach Thomas Tuchel said the situation was not yet hopeless for his team and their shot at an 11th straight league crown. The Bavarians dropped to second place on 59, a point behind Dortmund, after last week's 3-1 loss to Mainz 05. "The situation has become more difficult for us now but it is not hopeless," Tuchel told a news conference. Hertha are in last place but have brought back former coach Pal Dardai in a last-ditch effort to avoid relegation. "I don't know if I will watch it," Tuchel said of the Dortmund game.

☆ Dortmund captain Reus extends deal to 2024-club
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, April 27 (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus has signed a one-year contract extension to 2024, the Bundesliga club said on Thursday. The 33-year-old, a Dortmund youth player who joined the senior team in 2012 from Borussia Moenchengladbach, has become their talismanic leader despite an injury-plagued career. With 161 goals in all competitions in his Dortmund career he is just 16 shy of the club's record. "But beyond that, I still really want to do my best for the club I've spent over half my life with. Dortmund next play VfL Bochum in the Bundesliga on Friday.

☆ Dortmund ready to take five last steps to league title says Terzic
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BERLIN, April 27 (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund have five more steps to take to lift their first Bundesliga title in 11 years, coach Edin Terzic said on Thursday, with his team ready for the season's crunch period. They visit VfL Bochum in the mini Ruhr derby on Friday while Bayern are in action at home to Hertha Berlin on Sunday. We have to take five more steps and the next one is tomorrow," Terzic told a news conference. We play tomorrow against Bochum and we can improve our situation tomorrow only if we bag the three points," he added. They also have to play VfL Wolfsburg, Borussia Moenchengladbach, Augsburg and Mainz 05.

☆ Leaders Dortmund ready to open up gap with win over Bochum
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

With second-placed Bayern Munich, a point behind on 59, in action at home to Hertha Berlin on Sunday, victory over Bochum would pile more pressure on Dortmund's embattled title rivals. Their last league title dates back to 2012. Dortmund coach Edin Terzic could be without defender Nico Schlotterbeck against Bochum while Raphael Guerreiro trained alone earlier this week. They are in 15th place on 27 points, just two points above the relegation playoff spot. Hertha are without a win in their last seven games and are anchored in last place on 22 points points.

☆ Analysis: Sweden faces recession as housing market troubles take toll on economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Simon Johnson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

But in Sweden, the structural problems rooted in its housing market are magnifying the effects. Banking group Nordea (NDAFI.HE) expects household consumption to fall around 2% in 2023, while the National Board of Housing expects housing starts to fall around 50% in the coming year compared with 2021. "However, in the last few months, the interest rate has almost tripled making it almost unaffordable to survive," Logan said. Sweden's banks are among the most strongly capitalised in Europe - partly as a result of worries about the housing market. But Sweden's economy is likely to remain a hostage to imbalances in the housing market while its structural problems go unresolved.

☆ Germany's Steag renames large part of business ahead of sale
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, Jan 3 (Reuters) - German utility Steag, which has put itself up for sale, is changing the name of a large part of its business to Iqony in the course of a planned split-up, according to a website for the new company. Around 2,300 employees will work for Iqony, whose portfolio includes solar, wind, geothermal and hydrogen projects, said the websiteThe coal-fired power plants, including large sites in Duisburg and Saarland, will not be included in the new company, according to the WAZ newspaper, which initially reported the name change. Steag, which employs 5,700 staff, is owned by KSBG, where six municipal utilities in Germany's industrial Ruhr region have bundled their stakes. They are Duisburg, Dortmund, Bochum, Essen, Oberhausen and Dinslaken. Writing by Miranda Murray, Editing by Louise HeavensOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Japan scores 2 late goals to beat Germany in World Cup upset
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

DOHA, Qatar — Substitutes Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano scored late goals Wednesday to give Japan a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Germany at the World Cup. But Doan, who plays for German team Freiburg, pounced on a rebound to equalize in the 76th minute after Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer blocked a shot from Takumi Minamino. Then Asano, who plays for German team Bochum, sprinted clear of Nico Schlotterbeck and beat Neuer from a narrow angle in the 83rd. And team captains of several European teams had planned to wear “One Love” armbands to signal support for the “One Love” campaign for human rights. But the national soccer federations of those squads, instead, adhered to world body FIFA’s demand to not stage that in-game messaging, amid threats of punishment.

☆ Factbox: List of squads for the 2022 World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Midfielders: Aaron Mooy (Celtic), Jackson Irvine (FC St. Pauli), Ajdin Hrustic (Hellas Verona), Cameron Devlin (Heart of Midlothian), Riley McGree (Middlesbrough), Keanu Baccus (St Mirren). Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Manchester City), Weverton (Palmeiras). Midfielders: Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle United), Casemiro (Manchester United), Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo), Fabinho (Liverpool), Fred (Manchester United), Lucas Paqueta (West Ham United). Midfielders: Thomas Delaney (Sevilla), Mathias Jensen (Brentford), Christian Eriksen (Manchester United), Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur). JAPANDefender Yuta Nakayama was called up but will miss the World Cup after suffering an Achilles injury.

☆ Bochum stun Bundesliga leaders Union Berlin 2-1
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BOCHUM, Germany Oct 23 (Reuters) - Relegation-threatened VfL Bochum scored once in either half to stun Union Berlin 2-1 on Sunday, leaving the Bundesliga leaders with only a slim gap at the top and bagging a second win of the season to move off the bottom of the table. Pantovic had another chance to put Union back in the game but the former Bochum player's 78th-minute penalty was parried by keeper Manuel Riemann. Bochum's second win of the season lifted them off last place and into 17th on seven points. Schalke 04, who sacked coach Frank Kramer on Wednesday, dropped to bottom place following their 2-1 defeat at Hertha Berlin courtesy of Wilfried Kanga's 88th-minute winner. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Karolos Grohmann; editing by Clare FallonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Germany's largest landlord maintains right to evict even as energy bills explode
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The new headquarters of German real estate company Vonovia is pictured in Bochum, Germany, April 24, 2018. Vonovia Chief Executive Rolf Buch has said that he expects rising energy prices to cost tenants up to two months' rental fees per year. "If a tenant has problems and contacts us, we will find a solution," said Buch, adding that Vonovia supported an eviction moratorium that is under discussion. Vonovia, Germany's largest residential landlord with around 490,000 apartments, has 55% of its heating system supplied by gas. The company said in July that it would reduce heating in many of its apartments at night to save gas.

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