Made in Germany

Veal sausage, beer and pretzels – that’s what most people think of when it comes to Bavaria’s culinary highlights. But there’s another, more exclusive specialty: -almkäse, a cheese usually sold as large wheels.

Travel restrictions affect all members of the US army in Europe. "Family members are also strongly requested to avoid these zones," the US Army spokesman told Der Spiegel. The statement comes as anti-G7 and anti-globalization activists announced numerous protests. US servicemen stationed in the area are also advised to avoid wearing their uniforms to "avoid unnecessary confrontation", avoid "unnecessary stops" while in vehicles, and in addition "avoid speaking English so loudly that you draw Read more [...]

BERLIN (Sputnik) — On Wednesday, the German tabloid Bild cited US intelligence sources as saying that Washington had put intelligence cooperation on hold pending a German parliamentary inquiry into the NSA spying agency’s activities in Bavaria, where it is suspected to have snooped on EU companies and governments using a German listening post. Asked whether reports of the freeze in relations were true, government spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters at a press briefing in Berlin Read more [...]

Leading nations are keeping Russia ‘in quarantine’ “The reunion of Moscow with the G7 is not anticipated,” writes the centrist Nezavisimaya Gazeta newspaper, saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “the most undesirable person” at the upcoming G7 summit in Bavaria on June 7-8, which will be hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to Merkel, Russia's actions in Ukraine are incompatible with it being readopted into the G8 format. The newspaper explains that the Read more [...]

The usually serene area in German Bavaria has been turned into a heavily policed albeit luxurious supermax prison for the occasion. And security is not the only thing Germany managed to max out. At G7 Summit anything is possible… even illegal construction to please eminent guests The rich and the affluent, we are sometimes reminded, live in a world where anything is possible, even things explicitly forbidden by law. The G7 Summit turned out to be a prime example. Take the Elmauer Alm restaurant Read more [...]

Berlin:  Chancellor Angela Merkel is hoping to send a robust message on climate change from a G7 summit this weekend but may be undermined by Germany's own heavy dependence on coal. Europe's top economy sees itself as a pioneer among industrialised nations for its "energy transformation" pushing the development of renewables while phasing out nuclear power.However the ambitious drive, prompted by Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, has extended its reliance on coal, particularly Read more [...]

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel is hoping to send a robust message on climate change from a G7 summit this weekend but may be undermined by Germany's own heavy dependence on coal. Europe's top economy sees itself as a pioneer among industrialised nations for its "energy transformation" pushing the development of renewables while phasing out nuclear power. However the ambitious drive, prompted by Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, has extended its reliance on coal, particularly the Read more [...]

The UK also has an egg problem. A report has found a Salmonella outbreak at a Birmingham hospital directly caused the death of a patient. The outbreak at Heartlands Hospital in Bordesley Green, between 25 May and 18 June 2014, saw 32 staff and patients infected. Five of those patients, who were seriously ill, later died, but salmonella was not directly responsible, the report said. The outbreak was traced to contaminated eggs produced in Bavaria, Germany. Prof Eric Bolton’s report found inadequately Read more [...]

Security is being stepped up in southern Bavaria, ahead of the G7 summit. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be hosting the heads of the Group of Seven industrial countries on Sunday and Monday. Police are reassuring locals after violent riots in Frankfurt in March, during the opening of the new ECB building. “We’ve realised that there’s some unease in the community here about what is going to happen. People are wondering if there will be the same situation as in Frankfurt. There Read more [...]

Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant told the European Parliament that the target of the next G7’s agenda should be a gated development of globalisation. Dr Sant said that globalisation needs to be managed. It should not happen all by itself as if it were a force of nature. ‘This should be an item on the G7’s agenda’ said Dr Sant while the EP was discussing a Commission statement on the Preparation of Read more [...]