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Großansicht Philipp Kreuzer (l.) und Jörg Schulze haben die Produktionsfirma Maze Pictures gegründet   Ex-Bavaria-Manager Philipp Kreuzer und Produzent Jörg Schulze, bei Cine Plus Filmproduktion Head of Production, haben die Produktionsfirma Maze Pictures mit Sitz in München und Berlin gegründet. Ziel der neuen Firma sei die Entwicklung, Finanzierung, Herstellung und Verwertung hochwertiger Stoffe für den deutschsprachigen und internationalen Kino- und Fernsehmarkt Read more [...]

England’s top clubs will pay particular attention to a certain Spaniard in Bavaria this festive season with Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola due to announce his future plans before Christmas.Guardiola, 44, is halfway through the third and final year of his current contract and says he will announce his decision to stay or go before December 25.Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is ready to make Guardiola a generous offer to extend his stay by laying out “many positive reasons to stay at Bayern”.Club Read more [...]

England's top clubs will be paying close attention to a Spaniard in Bavaria this festive season. For Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola is due to announce his future plans before Christmas. Guardiola, 44, is halfway through the final year of his contract and says he will announce his decision to renew or go before December 25. He has stayed tight-lipped, giving no indication either way as to what he will decide, but Spanish sports daily Marca reported that Guardiola has already told Bayern directors Read more [...]

The public transport authority of Bavaria (BEG) has confirmed National Express will operate services on the Nuremberg S-Bahn following a legal conflict. The German public transport authority Bayerische Eisenbahn Gesellschaft (BEG) has confirmed National Express Rail GmbH (NX) has been chosen to operate the Nuremberg S-Bahn for a 12 year period form December 2018. The decision comes after an appeal against the award process by incumbent operator DB Regio and concerns highlighting the financial Read more [...]

To the editor:In 1944, my wife Suzanne (age 10 at the time), her parents, sister and an uncle escaped from their village in Hungary less than 12 hours ahead of the advancing Russian army. They packed all their goods into two horse-drawn wagons and a small European car. Before they could leave, the retreating German army took the horses so they had to abandon the bulk of their possessions. They piled Read more [...]

IN GERMANY, as in the rest of Europe, copyright expires seven decades after the author’s year of death. That applies even when the author is Adolf Hitler and the work is “Mein Kampf”. Since 1945, the state of Bavaria has owned the book’s German-language rights and has refused to allow its republication. German libraries stock old copies, and they can be bought and sold. But from January 1st no permission will be needed to reprint it. Those living outside Germany may not immediately Read more [...]

Angela Merkel’s main ally from Bavaria, Horst Seehofer, sought reconciliation with the chancellor Tuesday as a guest at her party congress, vowing unity on the refugee issue that threatened to drive a wedge between them. Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and Seehofer’s Christian Social Union (CSU) jointly constitute the conservative bloc that leads Germany’s coalition government, where the Social Democrats are junior partners. But the Bavarians’ furious answer to Merkel’s decision Read more [...]

KARLSRUHE, Germany - 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 criticized her refusal to cap the migrant influx into Germany, winning cheers from his Christian Social Union (CSU) as she stood uncomfortably Read more [...]

Patrizia adds 18 German retail properties in portfolio

15 December 2015, 05:38 PM

Augsburg-based listed property firm Patrizia has bought a package of 18 retail assets in western Germany comprisinging outlets, supermarkets and DIY stores with a combined GLA of 202,000 sq.m. Purchase price was not disclosed.