It’s an ironic twist of fate, but 33 years after the death of Bavaria’s most beloved, gentle and sensitive king, Ludwig II, Germany and Bavaria saw the rise of one of the world’s most insensitive, terrifying and dreaded leaders — Adolf Hitler. The history of Munich, Bavaria and the entire surrounding region is dotted with traces of both these men — one close to the hearts of the locals and the other inspiring shame and, perhaps, even hatred. Any trip through Bavaria will invariably Read more [...]

A WOMAN has dyed her hair pink and styled it into a mohican to raise money for her friend’s mother, who is battling cancer. Sarah Jones, from Wrexham, has also had the words ‘beat cancer’ shaved in to promote her bid to raise funds for Marilyn Jones. This month Marilyn spoke to the Leader in the hope of raising enough money to travel to Bavaria in Germany for intensive cancer treatment. Since her story appeared, the 48-year-old of Maesydre Road, Wrexham, saw her fundraising Read more [...]

Germany had to pay nearly 80 thousand euros to create the logo for the G7 summit in Bavaria, Deputy Government Spokesperson Christiane Wirtz told reporters in Berlin on Wednesday. The summit was held in Ellmau castle on June 7-8, 2015. "The cost amounted to almost 80,000 euro, particularly, 79,964 euro and 43 cents," the politician said. At the same time, she added that the logo was used not only for the summit in Bavaria, but also throughout the whole year when Germany held its presidency Read more [...]

A Greek exit from the eurozone would cause "utter chaos" but would have to be accepted if Athens was not willing to implement reforms, Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian ally Horst Seehofer told German newspaper Die Welt on Wednesday. "No one can predict the consequences of a Grexit other than that a lot of Greece's debts would have to be written off and at the same time monetary help would be necessary," Seehofer, state premier of Bavaria, said to the paper. "On top of that there would be utter Read more [...]

A Greek exit from the eurozone would cause "utter chaos" but would have to be accepted if Athens was not willing to implement reforms, Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian ally Horst Seehofer told German newspaper Die Welt on Wednesday. "No one can predict the consequences of a Grexit other than that a lot of Greece's debts would have to be written off and at the same time monetary help would be necessary," Seehofer, state premier of Bavaria, said to the paper. "On top of that there would Read more [...]

BERLIN: A Greek exit from the euro zone would cause "utter chaos" but would have to be accepted if Athens was not willing to implement reforms, Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian ally Horst Seehofer told German newspaper Die Welt on Wednesday. "No one can predict the consequences of a Grexit other than that a lot of Greece's debts would have to be written off and at the same time monetary help would be necessary," Seehofer, state premier of Bavaria, said to the paper. "On top of that there Read more [...]

(Adds detail, quotes, context)BERLIN, July 29 (Reuters) - A Greek exit from the euro zone would cause "utter chaos" but would have to be accepted if Athens was not willing to implement reforms, Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian ally Horst Seehofer told German newspaper Die Welt on Wednesday."No one can predict the consequences of a Grexit other than that a lot of Greece's debts would have to be written off and at the same time monetary help would be necessary," Seehofer, state premier of Bavaria, Read more [...]

In its latest FOMC policy statement, the Fed did not provide any clear hints that a September rate hike is coming. Nevertheless, this doesn’t mean that it won’t happen, especially since the statement sounded a bit more upbeat on the economy. The policy statement was largely unchanged, with only some minor tweaks to acknowledge the improvement in the economic data. The housing sector is described as showing “additional” rather than “some” improvement, jobs gains are now thought to be Read more [...]

BERLIN (Reuters) - A Greek exit from the euro zone would cause "utter chaos" but it would have to be accepted if Athens was not willing not implement reforms, Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian ally Horst Seehofer told German newspaper Die Welt. "No one can predict the consequences of a Grexit other than that a lot of Greece's debts would have to be written off and at the same time monetary help would be necessary," Seehofer, state premier of Bavaria, said in the interview published Read more [...]

BERLIN, July 29 A Greek exit from the euro zone would cause "utter chaos" but it would have to be accepted if Athens was not willing not implement reforms, Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian ally Horst Seehofer told German newspaper Die Welt."No one can predict the consequences of a Grexit other than that a lot of Greece's debts would have to be written off and at the same time monetary help would be necessary," Seehofer, state premier of Bavaria, said in the interview published on Wednesday. Read more [...]