MUNICH, July 19 (Xinhua) -- A big fire broke out on late Saturday night in a sawmill in the southern German state of Bavaria, causing damage of 1 million euros (1.08 million U.S. dollars), according to local police.Bavarian Police reported that the fire started in a warehouse and spread to other buildings in the town of Hammelburg in the district of Bad Kissingen.The firefighters were not able to bring the fire under control until early Sunday morning. Five of them were reported injured.For Read more [...]

Czech Deputy Prime Minister is first to visit commemorates Sudeten German House Munich, July 18 (ČTK) —  Czech Deputy Prime Minister Pavel Bělobrádek met Sudeten German leaders during his recent visit to Bavaria and became the first member of the Czech government to visit the Sudeten German House in Munich, the regional daily Oberbayerisches Volksblatt has reported. The Sudeten German House is the seat of the institutions of the Germans who were transferred Read more [...]

The Sudeten German House is the seat of the institutions of the Germans who were transferred from post-war Czechoslovakia, mainly its borderland (Sudetenland).Belobradek (Christian Democrats, KDU-CSL) laid a wreath there to commemorate the transfer victims, which the daily called "a milestone" in the relations between Czechs and Sudeten Germans, who were compatriots in the past.Belobradek is a deputy PM responsible for science and research. The main goal of his two-day visit to Bavaria on July 16-17 Read more [...]

The Sudeten German House is the seat of the institutions of the Germans who were transferred from post-war Czechoslovakia, mainly its borderland (Sudetenland).Belobradek (Christian Democrats, KDU-CSL) laid a wreath there to commemorate the transfer victims, which the daily called "a milestone" in the relations between Czechs and Sudeten Germans, who were compatriots in the past.Belobradek is a deputy PM responsible for science and research. The main goal of his two-day visit to Bavaria on July 16-17 Read more [...]

Discussion of LGBTQ issues tends to be contemporary. Enter Ludwig Lohengrin. A solo show written, directed and performed by Kyall Rakoz is a look into the world of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, oft referred to as the “Mad King.” The story is told through a variety of scenes and characters, over 15 by my count, with Rakoz playing them all with unique affectations, charting Ludwig’s life from a young boy to his eventual demise and beyond. Ludwig himself never appears on stage. Read more [...]

Discussion of LGBTQ issues tends to be contemporary. Enter Ludwig Lohengrin. A solo show written, directed and performed by Kyall Rakoz is a look into the world of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, oft referred to as the “Mad King.” The story is told through a variety of scenes and characters, over 15 by my count, with Rakoz playing them all with unique affectations, charting Ludwig’s life from a young boy to his eventual demise and beyond. Ludwig himself never appears on stage. Read more [...]

Discussion of LGBTQ issues tends to be contemporary. Enter Ludwig Lohengrin. A solo show written, directed and performed by Kyall Rakoz is a look into the world of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, oft referred to as the “Mad King.” The story is told through a variety of scenes and characters, over 15 by my count, with Rakoz playing them all with unique affectations, charting Ludwig’s life from a young boy to his eventual demise and beyond. Ludwig himself never appears on stage. Read more [...]

International court hearings don’t typically fall within the purview of American legal education. Yet in my three years at Harvard Law School, I managed to line up legal internships in Thailand, Myanmar, Hong Kong, and India—so when a friend from a German nonprofit invited me to observe a provincial court hearing just one week before graduation in May, it seemed an apt conclusion to my studies. Little did I know I would witness international primetime legal theater: administrative missteps, Read more [...]

International court hearings don’t typically fall within the purview of American legal education. Yet in my three years at Harvard Law School, I managed to line up legal internships in Thailand, Myanmar, Hong Kong, and India—so when a friend from a German nonprofit invited me to observe a provincial court hearing just one week before graduation in May, it seemed an apt conclusion to my studies. Little did I know I would witness international primetime legal theater: administrative missteps, Read more [...]

Munich's Jewish community has celebrated the 200th of its foundation in a ceremony attended by leading politicians, businessmen and celebrities. Community leader Charlotte Knobloch gave Bavaria's Governor Horst Seehofer the Ohel Jakob Medal for his support for Jewish life and for promoting understanding between Jews and non-Jews. Knobloch, told the 450 guests in her address: "Jews have deep roots here in Bavaria." She said that the edict issued by the Bavarian government in Read more [...]