Germany: Muslims Exempt from School Trips to Holocaust Sites?

Posted on June 12, 2015 by News4Me

“Muslim children, too, need to come to terms with German history.” — Günther Felbinger, MP with the Free Voters Party. “At a time of increasingly rampant anti-Semitism and even anti-Semitic terrorism across Europe, the Steiner Bavarian plan, together with your generous Federal Islamic education program seems a recipe for Jihadism, ISIS recruitment and incitement to Jew-hatred, to be inevitably followed by attacks on other traditional Nazi victims: Roma, gays, women and disabled.” Read more [...]

Moscow hosts BRICS Parliamentary Forum

Posted on June 12, 2015 by News4Me

On June 8, the first BRICS Parliamentary Forum was held in Moscow. Despite the fact that the grouping has existed for almost ten years, this was the first time its parliamentarians met in such a format. The forum coincided with the G7 Summit in Bavaria. During the Moscow session, participants often compared these two associations, Read more [...]

Putin Opens an Arctic Front in the New Cold War

Posted on June 11, 2015 by News4Me

Helsinki

Group of Seven leaders in Bavaria on Monday vowed to extend sanctions if Russia doesn’t dial back its aggression against Ukraine. Previous sanctions haven’t deterred Kremlin land-grabs, and the question now isn’t if Russian President Vladimir Putin will strike again but whom he’ll target next. Mr. Putin considers Europe’s eastern periphery part of Russia’s imperial inheritance.

Yet in recent years the Russian leader…

FOX 2 Zip Trip: What to do in Frankenmuth

Posted on June 11, 2015 by News4Me

FRANKENMUTH, Mich. (WJBK) - FOX 2 is hitting the road, and taking 'The Nine' on our annual summer zip trips. This month, we're heading north to Little Bavaria. We'll broadcast the show bright and early Friday morning from downtown Frankenmuth.Are you in town? Have you vacationed there before? We'd love to see and share your Frankenmuth photos! Post them on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #Fox2ZipTrip. The Bavarian Festival is June 11-14, but if you're not heading up Read more [...]