The first snow in Bavaria covered the tents sheltering thousands of illegal immigrants at the border between Austria and Germany as Angela Merkel showed up in Munich at the party congress of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU), allied with her CDU (Christian Democratic Union). The atmosphere was not less frosty inside the hall, where the German Chancellor defended her policy of open doors for Muslim immigrants in front of a highly critical audience of Bavarian conservatives. [Chancellor Angela Read more [...]

Bavaria's interior minister has unveiled new uniforms for region's policeThey cost 65million euros and can withstand attacks by Kalashnikovs  New helmets have been ridiculed online for looking like Star Wars propsBy Brendan Cole For Mailonline Published: 18:35 GMT, 27 November 2015 | Updated: 21:35 GMT, 27 November 2015 48 View comments Regarding its police, Read more [...]

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Spiegel reports that 29 US Congressmen have sent a letter to the Bavarian Minister President, Horst Seehofer, urging him to return Nazi loot to its rightful owners. Some of the allegedly looted work belonging to Holocaust victims and, therefore, their heirs are stored in Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne. Nine pieces there were stolen from the art dealer Alfred Flechtheim in the early 1930s, including six Max Beckmann and one Paul Klee. The museum insists the paintings were bought in 1932. What Flechtheim Read more [...]

HERZLIYA, Israel--(Business Wire)--Optibase Ltd. (NASDAQ:OBAS) today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015. Revenues from fixed income real estate totaled $4.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, compared to revenues of $3.5 million for the third quarter of 2014 and revenues of $3.7 million for the second quarters of 2015. Net income attributable to Optibase Ltd shareholders for the Read more [...]

The letter has been signed by 29 Congressmen and urges Seehofer to facilitate a dialogue between the Jewish families who suspect their ancestors had art stolen from them under Nazi rule and the Bavarian state museums, reports Spiegel. Bavaria had promised to reunite the works of art with their Jewish owners, but to realize this commitment would need "greater dialogue and cooperation" the letter read. "The importance of these issues to Holocaust survivors and their families worldwide cannot Read more [...]

The new gear was unveiled this week in Munich by Joachim Herrmann, Germany’s interior minister. The Class-4 protection suits featuring an overcoat with ceramic composite plates and a titanium helmet can stop high-caliber bullets fired by an assault rifle.The design of the helmet is apparently meant to fend off blows targeting the head to padded shoulder pieces, but many Germans noticed that it also made its wearer look like a certain movie villain. Darth Vader from Star Wars, according to some Read more [...]

Gilching, Bavaria, Germany and Calgary, Canada - Nov 26, 2015 - Display Solution AG, a leading developer and marketer of industrial and Digital Signage LCD solutions has partnered with Userful, the makers of the innovative Userful Network Video Wall, to provide flexible, high performance video walls. This new partnership brings a variety of unique options to AV Professionals. The Userful Network Video Wall is the first video wall to deliver ultra-high definition (4k) and larger content in Read more [...]

By pure coincidence, nearly 1,500 works of art were discovered over two years ago in the apartments of Cornelius Gurlitt, the son of Nazi art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt. Some were of high international status and questionable derivation. In November 2013, in the shadow of the discovery of that sensational collection in Schwabig, a district of Munich, three ministries in the state of Bavaria and the federal government's culture commissioner set up an official task force to clarify the ownership Read more [...]

AUTO Bavaria, Malaysia’s longest serving and largest authorised BMW dealership group today introduced the country’s very first BMW i showroom and service centre at its Kuala Lumpur branch in Jalan Tun Razak. Officiating the opening of the new BMW i facility was BMW Group Malaysia managing director and CEO, Alan Harris. “Introduced earlier Read more [...]