CIHAN  | MUNICH - 03.09.2015 16:23:16 A school bus collided with a truck on Thursday in southern German state of Bavaria, with 19 children between 9 and 16 years old and two drivers injured in the accident.br/ According to local polic Read more [...]

Two significant contracts have been awarded to Sepura’s long-standing German partner, Selectric GmbH, for the supply of more than 6,000 TETRA radios to fire brigades in the regions of Straubing and Passau in Bavaria. The contracts – comprising a combination of the market-leading hand-portables and mobile radios with accompanying accessories – build on previous successes in Bavaria. The deal brings the total number of Sepura TETRA radios in frame contracts for German Public Safety users to over Read more [...]

VIENNA: “Is this really our train? Is this the train to Germany?!” Maha screams with delight. It is Monday evening in Vienna’s central train station and the 25-year-old Arabic teacher, carrying her one-year old son in her arms, can’t quite believe that her family’s harrowing journey from Syria may soon be over. Maha and her husband Khalil decided to attempt the treacherous trek to Europe with two small children back in June, when Islamic State (IS) fighters entered their hometown of Kobani Read more [...]

Hungarians walk by as refugees rest at a makeshift camp in an underground station near the Keleti train station in Budapest, Hungary yesterday. Hundreds of migrants are demanding to be let onto trains bound for Germany from a station that has been closed to them by Hungarian riot police officers. – Reuters pic, September 3, 2015. A record 104,460 asylum seekers arrived in Germany last month, a Bavarian official said yesterday, part of an unprecedented wave of refugees and migrants straining the Read more [...]

MUNICH, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Horst Seehofer, Minister-President of southern German state of Bavaria said more money for refugees is needed from German federal government on Wednesday. "Here it is not about millions (of euros), but billions," considering the current situation of the refugee influx in Bavaria, Seehofer said after a special meeting of his cabinet. "We expect that there will be 350,000 unprocessed applications by the end of this year," he added. At the same time, Seehofer called for Read more [...]

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ROME Italy has agreed to tighten border controls and house hundreds of migrants after Germany asked for help dealing with record numbers of arrivals, Italy's northern border province of Bolzano said on Wednesday.An official from the German region of Bavaria had asked for Italy's help dealing with rising numbers of migrants and the central government in Rome offered to use the same border checks as were imposed temporarily during a Group of Seven meeting in Germany in June, the province of Bolzano Read more [...]

"Bavaria is witnessing record arrivals of refugees, mainly via the Balkan route, which is creating an unmanageable situation”, the statement said. Emilia Muller, Bavaria's social affairs minister, issued the request for the border controls. A Bolzano spokesperson told this website that Italian police have, since midday, started checking IDs on trains that cross the border. She added that the controls would probably continue "for the next few days." "Police will Read more [...]

Eating is always in season, but for this year's 10 Days in Tosa dining event, consumers can expect a few new perks to make the affair a bit more user-friendly. New this year is an online, interactive map that allows users to select a location and view a restaurant's logo, contact information, website link and a description of this year's deals, said Wauwatosa Chamber of Commerce marketing coordinator Lisa Kuimjian.The fifth annual event celebrating food in Wauwatosa runs Sept. 14t Read more [...]

Bodies of three children wash up on beach in Bodrum after migrant boat sinks overnight Italy is ready to impose identification checks at Brennero on the border with Austria after receiving a request from Germany for help in easing the flow of migrants into Bavaria, the northern province of Bolzano said Wednesday. Rome was ready to "reactivate" controls just as it did for the G7 in June, as "a Read more [...]