Someone is bound to wear lederhosen, the familiar leather breeches worn by Bavarian men, or a dirndl, the traditional dress worn by women in southern Bavaria and Austria, at the Oktoberfest Saturday in downtown Vacaville.Sure to have the same prior-year trappings, the free, ninth annual event, co-hosted by Pure Grain Bakery and the Downtown Vacaville Business Improvement District, opens at 11 a.m. and continues to 6 p.m. in Town Square, on Main Read more [...]

INGOLSTADT, Germany—The German government denied Albert Kulemani’s asylum application earlier this month. Now the 36-year-old Albanian keeps his things packed in a suitcase, awaiting the seemingly inevitable.

“The authorities here don’t tell us beforehand,” said Mr. Kulemani, who arrived in Munich with his wife in August. “They give us five or…

If you go

What: Oktoberfest

When: 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26

Where: The Village at Squaw Valley

Tickets: Free

Info: www.squawalpine.com

BAD STAFFELSTEIN, Germany: Outside the Bavarian abbey where Chancellor Angela Merkel's allies were meeting stood a small group wearing T-shirts reading "Thanks Viktor", in support of Hungary's tough stance on migrants.They were vastly outnumbered by protesters angry that the Christian Social Union (CSU) had invited Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, but they reflected a view shared by many members of the party that rules the wealthy southern state of Bavaria.On the border with Austria, the CSU's home Read more [...]

The ongoing “migrant” or “refugee” crisis — a slow-motion, unarmed invasion of Christendom by the Islamic warriors of the ummah — has laid bare the split between the decadent social democracies of western Europe, whose political concerns largely revolve around health care and benefits, and the former “captive nations” of eastern Europe, who have no desire to trade in one set of chains for another. Leading the latter is Hungary’s Viktor Orban: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Read more [...]

It's that time of the year again. The streets of Munich are full of people wearing lederhosen and dirndls. The subway to Theresienwiese is as jam-packed as those in New York or London. Every hotel in and around Munich has been fully booked for months. The atmosphere is boisterous and joyful. Beer drinkers from all over the world are clinking their steins together. All these signs leave no doubt-- it's Oktoberfest! During your stay here in Munich, Read more [...]