Description This image from Sentinel-1A’s radar captures part of Germany’s state of Bavaria, with the city of Munich on the right and Augsburg at the centre. Munich is located on the elevated plains just north of the Alps. Zooming in, we can clearly see the river Isar running through the city. Along the northern part of this river, the white radar reflections from buildings give way to an elongated area of vegetation. This is the English Garden, a public park created in 1789 with an informal Read more [...]

Bavarian’s conservative state government has come under fire for plans to erect deportation camps on its borders for refugees from Balkan states. Opposition parties and human rights organisations have attacked plans by Bavaria’s ruling Christian Social Union (CSU) to assemble arrivals from southwest Europe on the border and expedite their asylum applications. But CSU politicians have defended their proposal, Read more [...]

Bavarian’s conservative state government has come under fire for plans to erect deportation camps on its borders for refugees from Balkan states. Opposition parties and human rights organisations have attacked plans by Bavaria’s ruling Christian Social Union (CSU) to assemble arrivals from southwest Europe on the border and expedite their asylum applications. But CSU politicians have defended their proposal, Read more [...]

It looks like BMW won’t stop until it has an X model for each number from 1 to 7. At the moment, we have the X1, X3, X4, X5, X6 and the X7 in the works, confirmed by the Germans. The only one that’s missing is the X2. We told you a while back that the Munich-based company registered the trademark for the X2 nameplate, hinting at a possible new model that would fit right between the X1 and X3 models. According to the naming philosophy, in place these days, the X2 would have to be a sort of Coupe, Read more [...]

  German politicians agitate against immigrants By Martin Kreikenbaum 23 July 2015 Recent days have seen a series of arson attacks on accommodation centres for refugees in Germany. Only luck has prevented any loss of life. In most cases, the perpetrators are yet to be captured, but the ideological agitators are well known. They sit in government ministries at the federal and state level.As was the case in 1992, when a mob set fire to Read more [...]

Formerly known as Graphit Kropfmuehl, AMG Graphite traces its graphite mining routes in Bavaria back over 100 years. Laura Syrett, Acting Editor, travelled to the company’s mine in Germany to discover how, following a recent equity injection by Alterna Capital, this seasoned company is moving to build on its already formidable stature as a processor of speciality graphite material, spurred by the prospect of growth in new, high value markets. Nestling amid Read more [...]

Formerly known as Graphit Kropfmuehl, AMG Graphite traces its graphite mining routes in Bavaria back over 100 years. Laura Syrett, Acting Editor, travelled to the company’s mine in Germany to discover how, following a recent equity injection by Alterna Capital, this seasoned company is moving to build on its already formidable stature as a processor of speciality graphite material, spurred by the prospect of growth in new, high value markets. Nestling amid Read more [...]

Teenage wife assaulted by husband after asking for money for diapers

16 Jul 2015, 05:07PM

Teenage wife assaulted by husband after asking for money for diapers

16 Jul 2015, 05:07PM

Germany’s highest court has struck down a €150 monthly payment for parents who care for their children at home rather than place them in daycare. The so-called “caring allowance” was a pet project of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian allies, the Christian Social Union (CSU), who said it allowed parents a fair choice between subsidised childcare or care in the home. But critics of the payment, in effect since August 2013 for children between one and three years, say it reinforces inequality. Read more [...]