On 12th June, 2015 the WKF could celebrate for a great success: the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board accepted the WKF as the 30th sport discipline within the Paralympic Family. The journey began 8 years ago in Bavaria (Germany) at the occasion of the first “Bavarian Open for Persons with Disabilities”. The by then President of the German Olympic Committee (DOSB) and currently IOC President Thomas Bach attended with enthusiasm the event accompanied by WKF President Antonio Read more [...]

The oldest remaining nuclear reactor in Germany has been taken off the grid for good. As part of the German government’s plan to remove all nuclear from the country’s power grid by 2022, E.ON’s Bavarian reactor has been taken offline 34 years after first going into serice. Grafenrheinfeld is the first reactor to close since Germany switched off the oldest eight of its 17 nuclear reactors in 2011, Read more [...]

Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Douglas Costa says he would relish a move to Bayern Munich, confirming that he is just waiting on the two clubs to agree a deal. The Brazilian has been heavily linked with a move to Bavaria after six impressive seasons in the Ukrainian Premier League. His coach Mircea Lucescu all but confirmed the deal last week - suggesting Costa could be the new Arjen Robben at the Allianz Arena. However, with neither club having announced the deal, Brazil international Costa Read more [...]

The Grafenrheinfeld reactor in Bavaria was taken offline as scheduled overnight, the southern German State’s environment ministry said on Sunday. The reactor, which went into service in 1981, is the first to close since Germany switched off the oldest eight of its 17 nuclear reactors in 2011, just after Japan’s Fukushima disaster. The next to close will be one of two reactors at the Gundremmingen plant in Bavariain late 2017, The Hindu reported

RECORDER REPORT Array()) --> 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 [...]

28 June 2015 22:19 Shakhtar Donetsk's Douglas Costa says a deal has yet to be completed for his expected move to Bayern Munich, but suggested he would relish the chance to make the switch.The Brazilian has been heavily linked with swapping the Donbass Arena for Bavaria after six impressive seasons in the Ukrainian Premier League.His coach Mircea Lucescu all but confirmed the deal last week - suggesting Costa could be the new Arjen Robben at the Allianz Read more [...]

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 2022. The Grafenrheinfeld reactor in Bavaria was taken offline as scheduled overnight, the southern German State’s environment ministry said on Sunday. The reactor, which went into service in 1981, is the first to close since Germany switched off the oldest eight of its 17 nuclear reactors in 2011, just after Japan’s Fukushima disaster. The next Read more [...]

The plant was taken offline at one minute to midnight on Saturday night, after having operated for more than 30 years. Grafenrheinfeld, in the north of the German state of Bavaria, first went into service in 1981, and has produced more than 333 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity. It is the first reactor to close since Germany shut down the oldest eight of its 17 plants in 2011, just prior to the Fukushima meltdown in Japan. Germany will next switch off one of two reactors at the neighboring Read more [...]

19:21 HRS ISTBerlin, Jun 28 (AP) 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 today.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 Read more [...]

File photo of people demonstrating against TTIP during a protest rally prior to the G7 summit in Munich BERLIN (Reuters) – 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 Read more [...]