Two German children, a girl aged eight and a six year-old boy, are back at home after their plan to run away to Ireland ended after four hours.The children are from Ansbach in Frankonia, northern Bavaria and news of their plan has made it into the regional and national press, causing amusement but also understanding from Germans – drawn for decades to what they lovingly call the Grüne Insel or green isle.The two young adventurers put their escape plan into action last Friday, packing a rucksack Read more [...]

Enlarge Wood supplies become increasingly scarce when oil prices rise. Credit: R. Rosin/TUM Wood is becoming an increasingly popular raw material - and not just in the construction sector. More and more private households and municipal authorities are also using wood for heating. All of which is driving competition for this desirable raw material. A team of researchers has been investigating the ecological, economic and social impacts that this Read more [...]

President of the Landtag of Bavaria (the unicameral Bavarian state parliament) Barbara Stamm will visit Kyiv in autumn, Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk has said. "President of the Landtag of Bavaria Barbara Stamm is going to come to Kyiv to support Ukraine," Melnyk wrote on his Twitter page. According to a statement issued by the Landtag on the meeting between Stamm and Melnyk, Stamm promised to stay informed of the situation in Ukraine and to possibly study Read more [...]