Pepe Reina promises a ‘competitive Napoli’ this season, and explains why he chose to return. The Spanish international spent the 2013-14 season on loan with the Partenopei, but opted to join Bayern Munich when his Liverpool contract expired. After limited playing time in Bavaria, the goalkeeper has returned to San Paolo, and has given his thoughts on the season ahead. “We have so much confidence in the team,” Reina told Radio Kiss Kiss Napoli. “After the work done with [Coach Read more [...]

Visitors to Saturday's 90s-themed party in the village of Burgsinn were promised a night of fun and games, reports Süddeutsche Zeitung. However, the party came to an abrupt halt when a man began filling the air with pepper spray – leaving at least 11 people with painful eye injuries. According to police, those injured in the attack were taken to hospital for treatment before giving witness statements. However, confusion about the night's events was rife – and the victims' accounts were Read more [...]

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More than 50,000 beer fans are expected to flock to London Oktoberfest to enjoy the best of German food, drink and entertainment this autumn. Inspired by the German beer festival, London Oktoberfest will take place across three locations — Caledonian Park, Kilburn Grange Park and Millwall Park — over a period of six weekends in September and October.  Hosted in a huge beer tent, visitors can expect one-litre stein glasses of a specially brewed Oktoberfest beer brought over from Bavaria Read more [...]

Police confirmed there had been a ransom demand and sources suggested the amount was about €1m (£710,000). A teenager snatched off the street as she walked her dog last week in Meissen, Germany, has been found dead in an abandoned farmyard near her home. Kidnappers have demanded a ransom reported to be around €1m for the daughter of a wealthy German businessman after she disappeared while walking her dog. She had her bicycle and dog with her. Her desperate parents pleaded with the abductors Read more [...]

It might feel like you’re in Bavaria when enjoying a meal (or brew) at Brauhaus Schmitz, but now the team behind the restaurant wants to take you there — literally. Brauhaus is currently offering a special two-week tour of Bavaria to take place in April 2016, when you’ll be able to join Chef Jeremy Nolan and company to explore some of the area’s best breweries, beer gardens, cheese farms and more. And, what’s more, the trip will coincide with the 500th anniversary of the Reinheitsgebot, Read more [...]

Anneli- who’s full name has not been released- was walking her dog in the German city of Meissen when she was kidnapped and held for ransom for one million euros. The case made headlines across the country after local media reported the sum that had had been demanded for her return. Police searching for the missing teenage daughter of a wealthy businessman say kidnappers have demanded a ransom. Some 1,200 police were involved in a search for the missing girl, and on Sunday Read more [...]

The teenage daughter of a wealthy German businessman was strangled with her own belt and buried in a shallow grave within hours of being kidnapped. Authorities confirmed Anneli-Marie R, 17, was found naked, wearing only her jewellery, in ground near a farm building not far from her home. Her body had been covered in sand and dirt, but she was wearing only her jewellery as her kidnappers attempted to destroy the rest of her belongings to cover their tracks. It is believed they studied her Facebook Read more [...]

The teenage daughter of a wealthy German businessman was strangled with her own belt and buried in a shallow grave within hours of being kidnapped. Authorities confirmed Anneli-Marie R, 17, was found naked, wearing only her jewellery, in ground near a farm building not far from her home. Her body had been covered in sand and dirt, but she was wearing only her jewellery as her kidnappers attempted to destroy the rest of her belongings to cover their tracks. It is believed they studied her Facebook Read more [...]

As mentioned in a previous column, Viking River Cruises offers several European trips. I recently had the pleasure of travelling part of Germany along the Danube River — starting in a city nearly 1,000 years old. Nuremberg, once a medieval metropolis, is still surrounded Read more [...]