Over half a million passengers are expected to be affected by a major 24-hour strike across most of Germany's airports.

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The end of Germany's famous carnival season was marked by public celebrations on Monday. The Rhineland cities of Düsseldorf and Cologne are especially well known for vibrant parades featuring floats with biting satirical themes.

Other airports affected on Monday include Stuttgart, Cologne/Bonn Duesseldorf, Dortmund, Hannover, Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin and Leipzig-Halle. Germany's air traffic control operator, DFS, said it would not be directly affected by the strikes.

Uniper is seeking talks with Germany's new government over Berlin's plans to exit the 22 billion euro ($23 billion) utility, which is preparing for a return to the stock market after being nationalised during Europe's energy crisis.

Germany's Carnival celebrations have kicked off with revelers heading to Cologne and Düsseldorf in particular. Added security measures are in place following recent attacks during public events.

One float in the Düsseldorf Shrove Monday parade showed the US president making a ‘Hitler-Stalin-Pact 2.0’ with Putin while crushing Ukraine.

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