Eleven migrants including six children drown off Greece The CSU, sister party to Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has been outspoken about her “open doors” policy towards refugees, in part because its home state of Bavaria is the entry point for virtually all of the migrants arriving in Germany.”I don’t want to it to happen that military conflict is once again necessary there”, Mrs. Merkel said, adding that while she didn’t want to be a harbinger of doom, escalations Read more [...]

Comments (0) At least one person has been killed after a train hit a lorry at a crossing in southern Germany.Other people were injured in the accident on Thursday night near Freihung, eastern Bavaria, the dpa news agency said.The lorry, which was towing a low-loader with a military vehicle, apparently got stuck on the tracks and was hit by the train, setting off an explosion, it said.Photos from the site showed that the front of the regional train's first carriage Read more [...]

Horst Seehofer, Bavaria's governor and leader of the Bavarian branch of Merkel's conservative bloc, has criticized Merkel's welcoming approach to refugees for weeks, stridently demanding federal government action.To speed up the asylum process, Germany has unveiled new plans, after the governing coalition resolved a rift on the issue, on Friday, a media report said.Merkel said in a speech Tuesday "if we don't manage this, that could be a reason for many, many refugee movements" around the world.Berlin Read more [...]

During a discussion with her coalition partner, Chancellor Angela Merkel reached a compromise to set up migrant processing centers in Germany. This will help lighten the domestic discord as she pursues regional solutions to Europe’s refugee crisis with countries such as Turkey. There will be about three to five “reception facilities” set up. Two will be set up in Bavaria — where thousands cross daily — to speed up the processing of applications by people from so-called safe-origin Read more [...]

 All the signs point to continued growth for Bavaria Yachtbau. Due to the very good order intake from the autumn boat shows in Europe, the US and Asia all production lines at Bavaria are busy. This requires not only new recruits for the production section but also in the sales, marketing, finance and development departments as Bavaria strengthens the existing teams with new members. Jürgen Scholz joins Bavaria as the new Head of Sales. The management expert will strengthen the development Read more [...]

Referencing the wars which ravaged the region in the 1990s, she added: "I do not want military conflicts to become necessary there again".Mr Gabriel said that strife between the conservative parties was creating even more uncertainty in Germany as fears grow that the country can not cope with the new arrivals.With Bavaria bearing the brunt of refugees arriving in Germany an agreement was reached with Austria on Saturday to restrict the number of migrants allowed to cross the border to 50 per hour. GETTYMigrants Read more [...]

Bavaria's state government plans to offer free WLAN in all Bavarian communities by 2020. Within the next five years, 10,000 hotspots are due to be installed at 5,000 locations, and 100 hotspots before the end of this year. Municipalities are expected to be able to use the service for free as well, according to finance minister Markus Soeder. He estimates the costs at about EUR 10 million, while the communities will carry the operational costs, which are about EUR 55 per hotspot per month.  Access Read more [...]

Two dead including lorry driver after passenger train hurtles into lorryAuthorities say the vehicle may have been stuck on the railway tracksTrain slammed into lorry at railway crossing at speed of 62 mphMany of the train passengers were injured By Jessica Hartogs For Mailonline Published: 09:24 GMT, 6 November 2015 | Updated: 11:47 GMT, 6 November 2015 1 View Read more [...]

Updated November 07, 2015 12:18:55 Photo: Firefighters gather at a partially burnt train after a collision north-east of Nuremberg. (Reuters: Michaela Rehle) A passenger train has collided with a heavy duty truck at a railway crossing in southern Germany, killing two people and injuring several others, local media reported.The train was carrying Read more [...]

The burned-out cab of the train which collided with a lorry near Freihung (AP) At least one person has been killed after a train hit a lorry at a crossing in southern Germany. Other people were injured in the accident on Thursday night near Freihung, eastern Bavaria, the dpa news agency said. The lorry, which was towing a low-loader with a military vehicle, apparently got stuck on the tracks and was hit by the train, setting off an explosion, it said. Photos from the site showed that Read more [...]