German conservatives welcome Ukraine's efforts to settle Donbas conflict via Constitutional reform 16-07-2015 17:06 The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) factions in the German Parliament, the Bundestag, have welcomed the openness of Ukraine's Constitutional reform. With the Constitutional reform, a key element of which is the country's decentralization, Ukraine Read more [...]

MUNICH, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Unknown perpetrators set fire to a building intended to house future asylum seekers early on Thursday morning in Bavaria, police reported.According to the Bavarian police, at about 2:50 a.m. local time (0050 GMT) a resident saw the fire and reported it to police.Two entrances of the still-vacant building complex in the municipality of Reichertshofen in the district of Pfaffenhofen were intentionally set on fire in the early hours of Thursday, according to Read more [...]

MUNICH, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Unknown perpetrators set fire to a building intended to house future asylum seekers early on Thursday morning in Bavaria, police reported.According to the Bavarian police, at about 2:50 a.m. local time (0050 GMT) a resident saw the fire and reported it to police.Two entrances of the still-vacant building complex in the municipality of Reichertshofen in the district of Pfaffenhofen were intentionally set on fire in the early hours of Thursday, according to Read more [...]

<!----> Germany's Federal Administrative Court has dismissed objections of environmentalists against the construction of a new runway at the Munich Airport.A Bavarian environmental group, Bund Naturschutz along with five individuals had filed the complaint.The current law suit was an appeal against the rejection of a similar complaint by local municipalities in February 2014, opposing the construction of a 4km runway near Freising.The runway would include new Read more [...]

Fires were set at two entrances to the building in Reichertshofen in the early hours of Thursday, resulting in damages set to cost 150,000 euros ($164,000), according to authorities. The fire mainly affected an annex of the building which had previously been used as a discotheque. The building is scheduled to house 67 asylum seekers from September. Police spokesman Hans-Peter Kammerer said on Thursday that "a xenophobic motive cannot be ruled out." The city council recently approved the change Read more [...]

Fires were set at two entrances to the building in Reichertshofen in the early hours of Thursday, resulting in damages set to cost 150,000 euros ($164,000), according to authorities. The fire mainly affected an annex of the building which had previously been used as a discotheque. The building is scheduled to house 67 asylum seekers from September. Police spokesman Hans-Peter Kammerer said on Thursday that "a xenophobic motive cannot be ruled out." The city council recently approved the change Read more [...]

German authorities are on the hunt for a person suspected of sneaking into gardens in northern Bavaria and slashing holes in kiddie pools, police said Thursday.Around 40 plastic pools have met their demise since 2009, according to local police chief Alexander Benkert, who added that the technique used by the slasher always involves two parallel cuts to the upper part of the pool.Germany's mass circulation tabloid Bild interviewed a family in the town of Bad Kissingen whose pool was slashed Read more [...]

LOS ANGELES, July 13, 2015 -- Sonnenbatterie, market leader for smart energy storage systems with offices in Los Angeles, California and Bavaria, Germany, today announced that US versions of the residential and commercial products that have earned the reputation of market leader in Europe are now available for ordering and shipment in the US for the first time. Demos of the new products and applications for channel partners will be available at Intersolar North America, Booth #8121.Today's news comes Read more [...]

BERLIN (Reuters) - Munich airport, Germany's second largest and a key base for Lufthansa, won approval on Wednesday for its plans to build a third runway when a federal court rejected the remaining appeals against it. Airport expansion is a hot topic in Europe, pitting local residents and environmentalists against carriers and airports facing increased global competition. Protesters this week disrupted flights at London's Heathrow after a commission recommended the government to build Read more [...]

German media is reporting the highly anticipated BMW M2 Coupe will carry a starting price of around €54,000.It seems we were right assuming the M2 will cost more than €50,000 taking into account the rear-wheel drive manual M235i Coupe begins at €44,900 in Germany. Auto Bild cites unspecified sources close to Bavaria who disclosed a €54,000 starting price for the range-topping 2-Series, but we don't know whether this is for the six-speed manual version or the Read more [...]