The 47-year-old man accused of fatally shooting two people from his car in the southern German state of Bavaria is believed to be severely mentally ill, local prosecutors said Saturday. The suspect has completed an initial medical evaluation that will be followed by more extensive psychological testing. A psychiatric expert told police that Bernd G. has "acute psychosis with bizarre delusions." "According to what we know at the moment, there are strong grounds to believe that the legal culpability Read more [...]

This month Skoda will start selling their latest Superb to the Irish market and many are quietly anticipating its arrival. Later, in September, Skoda will introduce their new Combi to the Irish Superb fleet. This week we had a chance to give it a quick preview in Bavaria. The Superb Combi was first released in 2009, and since then over 200,000 have been sold. In Ireland the Combi accounts for 34% of Skoda’s Superb sales. As a brand, Skoda is climbing in the estimations of Irish Read more [...]

The Greek crisis is nearing its climax on Sunday, when EU leaders will gather for a summit to evaluate the latest reform goals from Athens. While many European figureheads are inclined to give Greece another chance, Angela Merkel still seems undecided. Their allies from Bavaria, the Christian Social Union or CSU, are firmly against further bailout packages, especially if they involve any kind of haircut. What could weaken their argument, though, Read more [...]

The Greek crisis is nearing its climax on Sunday, when EU leaders will gather for a summit to evaluate the latest reform goals from Athens. While many European figureheads are inclined to give Greece another chance, Angela Merkel still seems undecided. Their allies from Bavaria, the Christian Social Union or CSU, are firmly against further bailout packages, especially if they involve any kind of haircut. What could weaken their argument, though, Read more [...]

A 47-year-old German gunman shot and killed two people and injured another in a rampage Friday in the southern state of Bavaria before being overpowered by two gas station mechanics, authorities said.Officials said the victims appeared to have been chosen randomly by the suspect, who spoke "incoherently" after his arrest.Prosecutors said the suspect, a local man identified only as Bernd G. in line with German privacy rules, showed signs of psychological problems and was being assessed by a psychiatrist. Read more [...]

For most people beer from Belgium, Bavaria and the USA is not something new. But what’s the story with Hungarian beer types? The Budapest Times went to the Sörmanufaktúra beer pub to discover this country’s artisan brands. Come take a tipple with us among the colourful diversity. Summer is in the air; time for the urban catering institutions to bring up the dusty beer benches from the basement and announce that the beer garden season is here. Here’s a tip for those who want to enjoy Read more [...]

For most people beer from Belgium, Bavaria and the USA is not something new. But what’s the story with Hungarian beer types? The Budapest Times went to the Sörmanufaktúra beer pub to discover this country’s artisan brands. Come take a tipple with us among the colourful diversity. Summer is in the air; time for the urban catering institutions to bring up the dusty beer benches from the basement and announce that the beer garden season is here. Here’s a tip for those who want to enjoy Read more [...]

The release risks renewing tensions between Germany and the United States a month after they sought to put a row over spying behind them, with U.S. President Barack Obama declaring in Bavaria that the two nations were “inseparable allies”.“The people pertaining to several of the impacts on implies that surveillance…”WikiLeaks adds that the long-term tapping of phone lines by the NSA allowed the United States to know how the German government planned to respond to the worldwide financial Read more [...]

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Officials said the victims appeared to have been chosen randomly by the suspect, who spoke "incoherently" after his arrest. "At the moment, there are no indications of any immediate relationships between the culprit and the victims," said Bavaria's interior minister, Joachim Herrmann, calling it an "ugly, incomprehensible crime." Police were alerted at 10 a.m. that a middle-aged man driving a silver Mercedes had opened fire on a woman in the town of Tiefenthal, 31 miles west of Nuremberg. The Read more [...]