Three buildings that were intended for use as accommodation for refugees were severely damaged by fire on Thursday evening in the southern German state of Bavaria. Fire services were called to the scene after a resident of the town of Vorra, some 50 km (31 miles) from Nuremberg, saw smoke emanating from a disused pub early in the evening. Two other nearby buildings - a shed and an empty apartment building - went up in flames shortly afterwards. All three buildings, which were reduced to an unliveable Read more [...]

The town of Regensburg, population 140,000, is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Regensburg thrived until medieval times, “then we went flat broke,” my guide tells me. “When everyone else was renovating during the Renaissance and Baroque times, we had no money.”