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Austria will build a fence along its border, like Slovenia and Hungary, to slow down the migrant flow, Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner told ORF radio.Bibihal Uzbeki, from Kunduz, Afghanistan, is among tens of thousands of migrants who have traveled for thousands of miles fleeing war and poverty to search for a happier, safer future in Europe.German Chancellor Angela Merkel is heading to China Wednesday to bolster the country's trade ties with China, leaving a growing storm behind Read more [...]

Ampliar Refugees wait outside the office of Health and Social Affairs in Berlin, Germany on October 26, 2015. EFE / Michael Kappeler Berlin, Oct 26 (EFE) .- Some 15,000 asylum seekers arrived this weekend from Austria to Bavaria in southern Germany, according to figures announced on Monday by the Interior Ministry of Bavaria federal state. Officials from the interior ministry explained that they expect the pressure Read more [...]

"We are working on it. It's anything but perfect" at the moment, Merkel told a 60-strong audience at a town hall meeting in Nuremberg, Bavaria's second city. There are indeed "many, many asylum applicants," Merkel added, "but we are [a nation of] 80 million. We can and will manage this integration." Merkel also made sure to address the concerns that critics to her right have raised – many of them in her own party. "A pensioner must not get the impression that one just has to come from Read more [...]

MUNICH, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Over the past weekend alone, more than 11,000 refugees came to the southern German state of Bavaria, federal German police said on Monday.Those refugees went over the border from Austria to the Bavarian district of Lower Bavaria, Bavarian Radio cited a spokesman of federal police as saying.Some of the refugees have had to spend the night outdoors, he said, adding that the federal police were doing "what we can."According to the spokesman, it is now necessary Read more [...]

Bavaria Brewery, one of the oldest privately held and run companies in the Netherlands, was awarded the 20th annual IMD-Lombard Odier Global Family Business Award at the 26th Summit of the Family Business Network International (FBN-I) in Montreux, Switzerland. Awarded by IMD, a top-ranked global business school, and by Lombard Odier, one of the main private banks in Europe, this prize is regarded by many as Read more [...]

If you like to eat well, but most of the meals are not enough in your opinion, Pod Wawelem will be a perfect place for you. With its huge portions, I can guarantee you’ll leave this restaurant full and satisfied. The name of this place – Pod Wawelem – indicates its location – it’s situated just opposite the Wawel castle, on the ground floor of Hotel Royal. This restaurant is famous for its big portions and good meal deals, but this is not the only thing that makes this spot worth seeing.  The Read more [...]

Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives has dropped to its lowest level in more than three years, a poll showed on Sunday, as her allies in the state of Bavaria stepped up criticism of her handling of the refugee crisis.

Prosecutors were seeking arrest warrants against a further 10 suspects. During police raids in the Bavarian town of Bamberg, police seized a gun, knives and illegal fireworks, well as far-Right propaganda material including a red flag bearing a swastika. German police have foiled a far-right plot to attack refugee shelters in Bavaria amid growing violence against migrants, authorities said Thursday. Detectives observed the group of 11 men and two women for more than a year before swooping in Read more [...]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's refugee policy is being increasingly questioned by a number of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) members. In a recent party meeting, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said the mood of the party members on the refugee issue is quite bad, according to "Der Spiegel" magazine. Schäuble's comments come just days after a survey released by "Stern" magazine said that the chancellor enjoyed strong support among members of her party. Bavaria's Finance Minister Markus Read more [...]