December 18, 2015 The giant Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square was illuminate, and the crèche scene was unveiled, in a short ceremony on December 18. This year’s Christmas tree at the Vatican, a gift from Bavaria, stands over 100 feet high and is decorated with energy-saving LED lights. The Nativity scene, from the Trento archdiocese in Italy, includes 24 life-sized figures, including one special figure of an old man being assisted by others, as a message for the Year of Mercy. References: Christmas Read more [...]

Publication of Adolf Hitler's memoir has been banned in Germany since the end of war, and the rights have been tightly controlled by the Bavarian government. But now, with the book entering the public domain, a new annotated edition is on its way to German bookstores:Hitler's manifesto has not been published in Germany since 1945. The government of the state of Bavaria controlled the rights of the Nazi work, but now, 70 years after the death of the dictator, the copyright expires. The Institut Read more [...]

 The “boot” in Düsseldorf is the ultimate trade fair for launches, records and superlatives - and this also applies for BAVARIA YACHTS. From 23rd to 31st January, the second largest shipyard for yachts in the world will be showcasing its entire product range of catamarans, sailing yachts and motor boats. With an area of 3,800 square metres, the BAVARIA WORLD in Hall 17 and Hall 15 will be the biggest trade fair stand yet seen at a boat show. Besides 19 yachts from the model series Read more [...]

Here duplicity passes for wit, and frankness is looked upon as folly.“ —Madame Elizabeth-Charlotte of Bavaria, Duchess d’Orléans, Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV and of the Regency (1899) “[W]hen he saw that he had been tricked, he lost patience at the duplicity of the Florentines, and broke the peace with them.“ —Werner L. Gundersheimer, The Italian Renaissance (1965) “[I]n doing so he would have left the count open to the objection of duplicity, or double pleading, in setting Read more [...]

Hitler's manifesto has not been published in Germany since 1945. The government of the state of Bavaria controlled the rights of the Nazi work, but now, 70 years after the death of the dictator, the copyright expires. The Institut für Zeitgeschichte (Institute of Contemporary History) in Munich has prepared an almost 2,000-page long scholarly edition of the controversial work, which will hit the bookstores in January. Now major booksellers are reflecting on how they will deal with the long-forbidden Read more [...]

Bavarian ally backs “excellent” Merkel, easing coalition tension By Paul Carrel KARLSRUHE, Germany, Dec 15 (Reuters) – The leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian allies hailed her “first class” leadership on Tuesday, seeking to draw a line under a coalition dispute that blew up last month when he publicly denounced her handling of Germany’s refugee crisis. Horst Seehofer inflamed tensions with Merkel at his party’s congress in November when he criticised her refusal Read more [...]

The worst-kept secret in Bavaria is the BMW M2 Coupe, and it will break cover at the Detroit motor show in January. The German premium giant has finally relented after being bombarded with pleas for a smaller, lighter, more agile machine than its entry-level M3 and M4 models. So it will front up in Detroit with a new baby rear-drive coupe, based off the 2 Series coupe bodyshell, complete with a 272kW/465Nm turbocharged inline six-cylinder engine and all the software tech it needs to drift controllably Read more [...]

ADVERTISEMENT MUNICH/BERLIN/LOS ANGELES: Philipp Kreuzer and Jörg Schulze have launched a new independent film and TV label, Maze Pictures, which will develop, finance, produce and co-produce a range of original content for the German and international markets. Maze Pictures is teaming up with Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp Television on The Crimson Rivers, Read more [...]

Germany industry veterans Philipp Kreuzer and Jörg Schulze have created Maze Pictures, a new German-based indie producer. Maze’s launch slate includes shows with Rupert Everett and Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp Television. Berlin-based Schulze is a seasoned producer and his credits include documentary Into Great Silence and feature film The Silence. Munich-based Kreuzer has been at the Bavaria Film Group for the past decade as a producer and also on the business side, putting together financing and Read more [...]