Stuttgart's snazzy new underground train station is (of course) massively over budget and years behind schedule. But fear not, you can take a virtual tour of it as if it were finished.
A court in Stuttgart has ruled the police used excessive force when they broke up a protest against a planned train station five years ago, injuring 100 people in the process.
As the controversial Stuttgart train station rebuild languishes far from finished in the face of ever-rising costs, the Green and Left joined forces on Friday to demand a new cost-benefit analysis.
Germany's controversial Stuttgart 21 rail project is so badly behind schedule that it might not see trains until 2023. Together with Berlin's quagmired airport, the country is struggling to maintain its reputation for punctuality.
Germany’s railway operator Deutsche Bahn has decided to stick with controversial plans to revamp Stuttgart’s train station despite exploding costs. But neither the city nor state wants to cough up the cash.
The controversial train station and railway building project in the centre of Stuttgart will go ahead, local and national politicians promised this week, despite a collapse in regional support and soaring costs.
The government rejected Deutsche Bahn's request for an extra billion euros for the controversial rail development in Stuttgart 21, while admitting this would mean the enormous project would be four years late.
The controversial railway development Stuttgart 21 is expected to cost around €1.1 billion more than originally planned, Deutsche Bahn said on Wednesday. The figure pushes the project's final price tag to at least €5.6 billion.
A government party official who described protesters as “old” and “stinky” with “messy hair” has sparked online outrage and even threats to his dog after posting the derogatory comments on his Facebook page.
Police cleared 1,000 protesters from a park at the Stuttgart 21 construction site overnight, making way for further work on the controversial rail project. Protesters set up barricades and some even encased their arms in concrete.
Demonstrators against the controversial "Stuttgart 21" rail project tried to block workers from felling more than 30 trees early on Sunday. Police removed protesters from trees and demolition equipment to allow teams to finish the work.
The Society for the German Language (GfdS) has decreed that three of the top five most important German words of 2011 are related to the economy, settling on <i>Stresstest</i> as the big winner.
The people of Baden-Württemberg have spoken: In a referendum on Sunday voters backed state funding for the controversial €4.5-billion Stuttgart 21 rail project. The Local’s <b>media roundup</b> looks at the reaction on Monday.
Voters in the German state of Baden-Württemberg go to the polls Sunday to let authorities know whether the controversial, multi-billion euro Stuttgart 21 rail project should get state government support or not.
As key players in the controversial Stuttgart 21 rail project prepare to meet on Friday, two newspapers are reporting the final price tag may be €370 million more than expected.
The chief of German railway operator Deutsche Bahn has said he's willing to postpone demolition work on the Stuttgart train station until after a referendum on the controversial project likely later this year.
The conflict over the Stuttgart 21 railway project flared up again on Thursday when opponents to the plan said they would not take part in the presentation of a ‘stress test’ report on how it would function, branding it nothing more than a show.
Police raided the offices of Stuttgart 21 opponents on Thursday morning over violent protests against the controversial rail project, authorities have announced.
Deutsche Bahn did not reveal the true costs of its controversial Stuttgart 21 train station construction project, according to <i>Der Spiegel</i> magazine which has seen internal company documents.
Nine police were injured after clashes on Monday night between police and anti-Stuttgart 21 protesters who had stormed the controversial rail project, authorities announced.
Deutsche Bahn restarted work on the controversial Stuttgart 21 rail project Tuesday after police broke up a group of protestors trying to halt construction.
Construction work on the controversial Stuttgart 21 rail project is to restart next week after a two-month pause to assess the future of the project following a state election in Baden-Württemberg.
People in Baden-Württemberg will get a vote on whether to go ahead with the controversial Stuttgart 21 train station construction project, it was agreed on Wednesday night – but the cost of the project will be capped at €4.5 billion.
