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By his own admission, the 74-year-old grandson of Volkswagen inventor Ferdinand Porsche still sees the world with a child's eyes. And as a member of a family clan worth billions, his new toy museum was destined to be a giant among miniature dream worlds. Replete with vast personal collections of model cars, ships, planes and railways, and covering 23,000 square metres of the Berchtesgaden area of Bavaria, the "Hans-Peter Porsche Traumwerk" (Dream Works) even has a 1.6 kilometre narrow-gauge Read more [...]

There is some good news for garment factory workers. G7 leaders meeting in Bavaria have agreed to establish a new fund to help improve the global supply chain in the wake of the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh in 2013 in which 1,137 people died when a building housing garment workers collapsed. According to media reports, the fund would help provide compensation in the event of further similar disasters and provide cash to Read more [...]

The G7 summit in Bavaria begun for Barack Obama and other national leaders of Germany, Japan, Italy, France, United Kingdom and Canada just a few days ago. Prior to this year’s summit, it was called the G8 with the inclusion of Russia, who has been excluded after the Ukrainian dispute. Obama stated in regards to Russia: “Putin wants to recreate the glories of the Soviet empire” tweet As a matter of fact, behind the President’s words and European head of state’s confirmations, there is Read more [...]

Tens of thousands of anti-capitalist, environmental and social justice activists took to the streets and country roads of Bavaria in Germany to protest the Group of Seven (G7) nations summit, which took place on June 7 and 8 in a secluded castle in the German Alps. More than 35,000 demonstrators marched peacefully in the Bavarian capital Munich on June 4. They protested the destructive policies of the G7 industrialised nations — climate change, Read more [...]

Karlovy Vary, West Bohemia, June 14 (CTK) - An opening concert Sunday started the Czech-German music festival Mitte Europa that will offer 47 concerts, mainly of Baroque music, in Saxony, Bavaria and the Karlovy Vary and Usti regions in the next seven weeks, organiser Blanka Navratova has told CTK. After 24 years, the artistic management of the festival Mitte Europa (Centre of Europe) is changing. Its founders, Ivana and Thomas Thomaschkes, will be replaced with Manfred Schmidt, Read more [...]

Bryan Robson's Reds Legends took on Paul Breitner's Bayern MunichLouis Saha, Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole scored first-half goals for hostsAlexander Zickler and Michael Tarnat found the net for Bayern's LegendsJesper Blomqvist's late goal in the second half sealed the victoryManchster Utd XI: Van der Sar; P. Neville, Johnsen, Stam, Silvestre; Park, Scholes, Fortune; Yorke, Saha, ColeSubs: Van der Gouw, Irwin, Blackmore, Martin, Beardsmore, Poborsky, Thornley, Blomqvist, Ritchie, DublinBayern Read more [...]

President Muhammadu Buhari  People 2 People with Oke Epia Nigeria has once again become the beautiful bride of the world, especially the West. President Muhammadu Buhari who only just returned to Abuja from the Group of 7 (G7) meeting in Bavaria, Germany is swirling in a swell of admiration and goodwill from leaders around the globe. Expectations are however high that this honeymoon will translate into tangible positives for Africa’s largest nation south of the Sahara. These expectations Read more [...]

Saturday, June 131865Nobel Prize-winning poet-playwright William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin, Ireland.1525German theologian Martin Luther married former nun Katharina von Bora.1842Queen Victoria became the first British monarch to ride on a train, traveling from Slough Railway Station to Paddington in 25 minutes.1886King Ludwig II of Bavaria drowned in Lake Starnberg.1927Aviation hero Charles Lindbergh was honored with a ticker-tape parade in Read more [...]

Today in history.(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto)Saturday, June 13Today’s highlight in history: On June 13, 1865, Nobel Prize-winning poet-playwright William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin, Ireland.On this date1525: German theologian Martin Luther married former nun Katharina von Bora.1842: Queen Victoria became the first British monarch to ride on a train, traveling from Slough Railway Station to Paddington in 25 minutes.1886: King Ludwig II of Bavaria drowned in Lake Starnberg.1927: Aviation Read more [...]