According to a police report, the woman who is from Konradsreuth in northern Bavria, met Robert Whiteside, a 45-year old man from Raleigh, North Carolina, on a dating website. Just over a week ago, the woman flew to the US to meet Whiteside. On arrival he allegedly took her mobile phone, money, credit cards and passport. He threatened to kill her and never let her out of his sight, the Raleigh News and Observer reported on Tuesday. "I think she probably came here willingly, but with the Read more [...]

In the evening of June 13, 1886, two men were found dead in the shallow waters of the idyllic Lake Starnberg outside Munich. One was King Ludwig II, creator of a castle fantastic enough to inspire Walt Disney, and the last king of independent Bavaria, a throne he had been removed from four days earlier on the grounds of mental incapacity. The other was Bernhard von Gudden, one of the psychiatrists who had signed the report declaring the king too "paranoid" to rule. Exactly how they died has still Read more [...]

Bavaria names Rob Page as new UK managing director Details Created on 13 June 2014 Written by Tom Davis Dutch brewer Bavaria has named Rob Page as its new UK managing director. Rob Page joins from Kingsland Wines and Spirits, where, as sales and marketing director, he helped transform their business model and grow the customer base. Page had also previously held senior roles at Treasury Wine Estates, Carlsberg-Tetley and Kettle Foods. Page said: “I am Read more [...]