Germany has officially received one million asylum seekers in 2015. The figure has exceeded all official expectations, but may in fact be an underestimate as it takes time to register newcomers in the country’s ‘EASY’ computer system. “From January until today, a million asylum seekers have registered at the initial reception centres of the federal states through the so-called EASY-System and were then accommodated,” said Emilia Müller, the minister of social affairs in the German Read more [...]

Helen Peters, Chief Executive of Shakespeare’s England said: “We are delighted that Stratford-upon-Avon has been selected by Fodor’s Travel as one of their must see destinations to visit next year, especially with the town celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s legacy.” Fedor’s award-winning guidebooks and website provide information on more than 7,500 destinations across the world. Arabella Bowen, Editor in Chief of Fodor’s Travel said: “With so many destinations worth Read more [...]

Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has dismissed speculation linking Xabi Alonso with a return to Liverpool.Alonso is in the final year of his contract at the Allianz Arena and although a renewal has not yet been formalised, Rummenigge is confident the Spanish midfielder will extend his stay in Bavaria.​"Recently, I had a talk with Xabi. He feels very good at Bayern Munich and in the city of Munich too," the 60-year-old told ​Sport Bild. "He signalled to me he is interested in Read more [...]

© Mehdi Fedouach/AFP/Getty ImagesGerman vets have culled more than 13,000 birds following the discovery of low pathogenic avian influenza on a farm in the south-east of the country. The single case of H5N2 virus occurred on a poultry farm at Roding, near Cham in Bavaria, close to the border with the Czech Republic. The farm had 9,500 laying hens, 2,000 ducks, 1,500 free-range geese and 100 turkeys. The source of the outbreak is currently unknown. See also: French high-pathogenic Read more [...]

MOSCOW9 (Sputnik) — The number of asylum seekers who have arrived in Germany since the beginning of 2015 has hit one million, Bavaria's Social Minister Emilia Mueller said Wednesday, according to local media. This number is based on the amount of migrant registrations processed by the EASY computer system, which is used to assign asylum seekers to German states based on their population and tax revenues, the minister told reporters, as cited by the German edition of The Local newspaper. While Read more [...]

Hong Kong (HKSAR) - The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (December 9) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of low pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza in the District of Cham, State of Bavaria, Germany, it has banned the import of poultry meat and products (including poultry eggs) from the area concerned with immediate effect to protect public health in Hong Kong.About 3 400 Read more [...]

Renewables InternationalBavaria has implemented draconian conditions for new wind farms. At Starnberger Lake, a mayor and his community have rushed to complete a wind farm before the new stipulations take effect. The story shows that not all Bavarians support their state government’s stance on wind power.“The Energiewende is very, very important to us,” says Rupert Monn, mayor of the town of Berg. “But we don’t just want to talk; we also want to take action by generating electricity where Read more [...]

Intellectual Property The CJEU Rules on Databases: Information Contained in a Topographic Map Cannot be Freely Extracted for Commercial Purposes Under the Database Directive (Directive 96/9/EC on the legal protection of databases) a database can be understood to be a collection of pieces of information having autonomous informative value ("independent materials") arranged in a systematic way. Recently, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") defined what the key concept of "independent Read more [...]

Courtesy Photo Pvt. Seth A. Thomas a military police Soldier assigned to 615th Military Police Company, 709th MP Battalion in Grafenwoehr, Germany administers two mouth-to-mouth respiration to a simulated unresponsive patient Dec. 4, 2015. (Photo by Sgt. Victor Afun, 18th MP Bde. Behavioral Health NCOIC). Read more [...]

Chirton primary balloon found in Bavarian forest Updated 12:54pm Monday 7th December 2015 in By Joanne Moore Children at Chirton primary release golden balloons Read more [...]