Muzzling Hitler? Soon, German Copyright Law Won’t Do the Trick

When Peter McGee was barred from reprinting Nazi newspapers and “Mein Kampf” a few years ago, the law that ultimately kept him from using the material wasn’t aimed at restricting hate speech. It was German copyright protections. “We did not anticipate the draconian stance they took,” said McGee, managing director of Albertas Limited, a British publisher that was making a magazine series about World War II for sale in Germany. “It seemed a terrible overreaction.” While Nazi propaganda Read more [...]

Buhari and G7 Summit

President Muhamadu Buhari was among the six invited African leaders to the recent 41st Summit of the G7 countries which held in Germany’s Schlos Elmau Klu Bavaria, between Thursday and Friday June 7th - 8th 2015. The G7 members comprise the seven most industrialised countries on earth and they come together annually to review the critical challenges facing the world at any particular time. The other countries whose Read more [...]

5 New Hotels Join Bavaria’s Sightsleeping Hotels Portfolio

Five new additions to the exclusive Sightsleeping® hotel brand have been crowned by a jury of art experts, professional designers, journalists and tourism experts. Criteria for inclusion are the attraction value and the aesthetic level of an establishment. Only those candidates where sightseeing begins in the hotel itself can be included under the motto "Sleeping with an eye for art." These juried hotels offer a new option in experiential travel, where arts and culture Read more [...]

Amplus expands broadband in Bavarian community of Bruckberg

German operator Amplus has announced an infrastructure cooperation with the community of Bruckberg. As part of the broadband funding programme in rural areas of Lower Bavaria, municipalities are investing in new data infrastructure. It said 1,440 households will get access to fibre broadband at up to 100 Mbps. There will be 1,093 addresses in Edlkofen, Bruckbergerau, Lerchen, Lindpoint, Ried, Gundlkofen, Reichersdorf, Beutelhausen, Engelsdorf, Bachhorn, Attenhausen, Poerndorf and Eggersdorf Read more [...]

President Buhari And G7 Summit Video

Videos of President Buhari at the just concluded 41st summit of G7 nations in Bavaria Germany have gone viral. This would be Buhari’s first major appearance on the world stage since he was inaugurated president on May 29. Nigeria is not a member of the G7, an elite group of world’s leading advanced economies. President Buhari was in Germany on invitation – a recognition of Nigeria’s strategic relevance in the current geopolitical scheme of things. So, Buhari’s invitation and attendance Read more [...]

China Mocks G7 As "Gathering Of Debtors"

 Vladimir Putin didn’t get an invite to the Angela Merkel-hosted G7 Summit in Bavaria last week, which means the Russian President not only missed out on two days at Hitler's favorite castle, the scenic Elmau, but also on lederhosen shopping with US President Barack Obama who, judging from eyewitness accounts and a variety of amusing photo ops, channeled his inner Clark Griswold upon touching down in the Bavarian town of Krun. The G7 isn’t pleased with Russia’s ‘behavior’ in Eastern Read more [...]