Seat's stylish new Exeo is sure to be a smash hitWHEN Volkswagen-owned SEAT decided to base their new compact executive four-door saloon, the Exeo, on the previous generation 2005 Audi A4, they didn't just take the relevant bits and pieces they wanted -- they took the entire production and assembly lines too!Upped the lot from the Audi plant in Bavaria, Germany, and re-installed them at VW Group's related SEAT factory in Martorell, Spain.Still the new 'A4' Exeo -- the Latin word 'to go forth' and Read more [...]

Many more needed A YEAR AGO Werner Santiago Medina was an unemployed engineer in Las Palmas, the biggest city in Spain’s Canary Islands. Today he is an electrician in Munich, employed by a small firm that specialises in converting old office buildings. He has brought his family and is slowly learning German. His seven-year-old daughter is already fluent. He still supports Barcelona football team but reckons his future is in Germany. Mr Medina’s path from the Canaries to Bavaria was mapped, Read more [...]

German police arrested an American man after he allegedly called prison officers Nazi pigs, and said they were using Gestapo methods - criminal insults in Germany. The Roman Limes – frontiers of the Empire (13 Jun 13) CSU politicians threaten to sue critical pensioner (12 Jun 13) German authorities worry about growing Salafism (12 Jun 13) He is said to have flung the insults at officials while serving time in a Bavarian prison. After serving his sentence he returned to the USA but failed to Read more [...]