Four Mizzou Tigers Set for World University Games

July 1, 2015 COLUMBIA, Mo. - Four current and former members of the Mizzou swimming and diving team are set to compete for their respective countries at the World University, which run July 2-14 in Gwangju City, South Korea. Diver Lauren Reedy (Rochester Hills, Mich.) will represent the United States, Nadine Laemmler (Wackersdorf, Bavaria, Germany) and Fabian Schwingenschlogl (Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany) will compete for Germany and recent senior Igor Kozlovskij (Klaipeda, Lithuania) will Read more [...]

Germany’s Oldest Remaining Nuclear Plant Shuts Down

Germany's oldest remaining nuclear reactor has been shut down, part of a move initiated four years ago to switch off all its nuclear plants by the end of 2022.The Grafenrheinfeld reactor in the southern state of Bavaria was taken offline as scheduled overnight, authorities and operator E.ON said Sunday.Grafenrheinfeld went into service in 1981. It is the first reactor to close since Germany switched off the oldest eight of its 17 nuclear reactors in 2011, just after Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant Read more [...]

Tipico confirms Bayern Munich Platinum Partnership

Share ! tweet European sports betting operator Tipico Sportwetten (Tipico), has officially confirmed its betting partnership with FC Bayern München (Bayern Munich), the Malta operated sportsbook will become an official platinum partner of the Bavaria football club. Tipico governance confirmed that the partnership agreement had been signed for a further four years, however the firm did not disclose financial terms Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, CEO Read more [...]

Brackston Gives Brothers Grimm Tales A New Twist

Audio Interview With the Author  Audio Length: 15 minutes   New York Times bestselling author P. J.(Paula) Brackston is back with the latest novel in her rollicking Brothers Grimm series, Once Upon a Crime, which follows Gretel (yes, that Gretel) —all grown up and working as a private investigator in 18th century Bavaria — as she embarks on a case involving a royal kidnapping, missing cats, and a cadaver minus one finger.  She recently spoke with Authorlink by phone from her home in Read more [...]

Jewish history exhibit defaced in Munich

BERLIN (JTA) — Police in Munich are investigating a graffiti attack on an outdoor exhibit about local Jewish history. The exhibit is located in front of the Jewish museum and community center on Jakobsplatz, called the new Jewish center, in central Munich. The graffiti, which was discovered Monday, includes Hitler mustaches burned on photographs of rabbis and politicians. The department for politically motivated crimes is investigating, according to local reports. The exhibit Read more [...]

Germany Shutters Oldest Reactor, Moves Closer To Zero Nuclear Plants By 2022

Germany shuttered over the weekend the Grefenrheinfeld reactor as part of the country’s decision in 2011 to stop using nuclear energy by the end of 2022. The reactor is Germany’s oldest located in the southern state of Bavaria that went online in 1981. The plant, decommissioned one minute before midnight on Saturday night, had generated over 333 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity for Germany over the 34 years that it operated, according to Deutsche Welle. Prior Read more [...]

Western Kentucky Pair Transfer to Mizzou

University of Missouri Head Swimming Coach Greg Rhodenbaugh announced on Monday (June 29) that All-American Fabian Schwingenschlogl (Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany) and NCAA qualifier Nadine Laemmler (Wackersdorf, Bavaria, Germany) have signed financial aid agreements to attend Mizzou and compete for Tigers. Schwingenschlogl and Laemmler, both of whom transferred from Western Kentucky, will be eligible to swim for the 2015-16 season and have two years of eligibility remaining. A two-time first team Read more [...]

‘Nein Danke’ – smaller German firms see U.S. trade deal as threat

Martina Roemmelt-Fella, who owns a small, family-run turbine manufacturer in Bavaria, should be a cheerleader for a trade deal between Europe and the United States that promises to ease the flow of goods and services across the Atlantic. But instead she fears the Trans Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) being hammered out between Brussels and Washington will give too much power to big multinationals at the expense of small companies like hers. “The Read more [...]