Madison (WKOW) -- If you're planning to open a cold one this Labor Day, you'll be able to tell a really good drinking story! UW-Madison researchers traced the origins of lager back to 15th century Bavaria.Scientists found the mysterious hybrid strain of yeast that creates the lagers we enjoy today. Thanks to recent yeast DNA testing, we now know how this favorite libation evolved.Bubbling with curiosity... “I think it's a pretty fascinating case,” said UW professor Chriss Hittinger.After circling Read more [...]

Madison (WKOW) -- If you're planning to open a cold one this Labor Day, you'll be able to tell a really good drinking story! UW-Madison researchers traced the origins of lager back to 15th century Bavaria.Scientists found the mysterious hybrid strain of yeast that creates the lagers we enjoy today. Thanks to recent yeast DNA testing, we now know how this favorite libation evolved.Bubbling with curiosity... “I think it's a pretty fascinating case,” said UW professor Chriss Hittinger.After circling Read more [...]

BAVARIA/MUNICH — Germany expects at least 10,000 more refugees to arrive on Monday, after about 20,000 came at the weekend, an official in the southern state of Bavaria said.The estimate of migrants coming mostly on trains from Hungary via Austria to the southern city of Munich was "10,000 plus," said Upper Bavaria district president Christoph Hillenbrand.Munich has been the central hub for new arrivals to be taken on to shelters across Germany in recent days.However, given their huge numbers, Read more [...]

(2 hrs 47 mins ago)Germany expects at least 10,000 more refugees to arrive today, after about 20,000 came at the weekend, an official in the southern state of Bavaria said. The estimate of migrants coming mostly on trains from Hungary via Austria to the southern city of Munich was “10,000 plus,'' said Upper Bavaria district president Christoph Hillenbrand. Munich (Pictured, migrants at rail station) has been the central hub for new arrivals to be taken on to shelters across Read more [...]

Germany expects at least 10,000 more refugees to arrive on Monday, after about 20,000 came at the weekend, an official in the southern state of Bavaria said.The estimate of migrants coming mostly on trains from Hungary via Austria to the southern city of Munich was "10,000 plus", said Upper Bavaria district president Christoph Hillenbrand.Munich has been the central hub for new arrivals to be taken on to shelters across Germany in recent days.However, given their huge numbers, Read more [...]

Germany expects at least 10,000 more refugees to arrive Monday, after 20,000 came at the weekend, an official in the southern state of Bavaria says. The estimate of migrants coming mostly on trains and buses from Hungary via Austria to the southern city of Munich was “10,000 plus,” says Upper Bavaria district president Christoph Hillenbrand. — AFP Migrants and refugees board a train after crossing the Macedonian-Greek border near Gevgelija on September 7, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / ROBERT Read more [...]

It was unclear whether passengers on the Salzburg trains would disembark in Munich or continue further by train to other German states. "That is being checked at the moment," he said. play About 2,500 refugees seen arriving in Germany by early afternoon (Article) Read more [...]

About 2,500 refugees are expected to arrive in Germany via Austria by early afternoon today, after an estimated 20,000 came in over the weekend, a Bavarian official told reporters. Christoph Hillenbrand, president of the government of Upper Bavaria, said three trains containing a total of 2,100 migrants were due to arrive in Germany by 2.30 p.m. from Salzburg. Another 400 would arrive by train directly from Budapest in the morning. It was unclear whether passengers on the Salzburg trains would Read more [...]

Back September 7, 2015 by norman lebrecht 9 comments. Bavaria’s Minister for the Arts Dr. Ludwig Spaenle has just announced the young Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša as music director of the Bamberg Symphony. Hrůša, 34, will be the fifth chief since the orchestra was founded in 1945, made up of refugee musicians from the teutonically cleansed, soon-to-be Communist Czechoslovakia. He says: ‘Even before I had a chance to conduct this jewel among European orchestras, Read more [...]

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