Horst Seehofer of the Christian Social Union, the Bavaria-based sister party to Merkel’s Christian Democrats, said he was prepared to take his case before the constitutional court in Karlsruhe if the chancellor failed to put a limit on the number of refugees entering Germany. The Austrian government reacted angrily to the threat. Bavaria’s move comes as German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere warned against an increase in violence against migrants, with 490 attacks on refugee shelters registered Read more [...]

The contempt of Bavaria has escalated, and on Friday, the state threatened to take the German government to court if it fails to immediate steps to limit the flow of asylum seekers in the country, threatening to take matters into their own hands if the flow did not stop.Speaking after the Bavarian Cabinet meeting, Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said the state could consider emergency measures such as returning refugees to Austria if Berlin does not act.The package of measures proposed by the Read more [...]

Earlier this week we had the opportunity to step into a Bavarian world and taste some of the most amazing food and drink around. Paulaner is a modern take on the traditional beer hall with great food and it's conveniently located at on Bowery. Wolfgang Ban's (also of Michelin-starred Seäsonal) latest contemporary Bavarian restaurant is located directly inside an active microbrewery. Reclaimed wood provides a warm contrast to the industrial chic of imposing copper and steel fermentation tanks. Read more [...]

Successor of SolarMax inverter maker starts production in Germany Oct 14, 2015 21:22 CEST by Plamena Tisheva October 14 (SeeNews) - The company successor of insolvent Sputnik Engineering AG, the Swiss maker of SolarMax inverters, said on Monday it has started production in Bavaria, Germany.Set up in July 2015, the SolarMax group began manufacturing Read more [...]

by Oliver Lane14 Oct 20150 The former summer residence of the Bavarian royals – Nymphenburg Palace – may become home to the new VIPs of the 21st century, immigrants and refugees, if the demands of one group are to be accepted. Members of an artists collective vandalised the entrance of a wing of the vast palace in Munich, Germany this week with red paint, writing “enter” on the door and pasting cartoons of migrants on the ancient walls. While the palace is Read more [...]

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CAMBRIDGE – Cambridge caught a taste of Oktoberfest last weekend, with Cambridge Bavaria Haus setting up at the Newfoundland Club on Dunbar Road. Festivities ran last Friday (Oct. 9) and Saturday nights. The events featured, among other things, Read more [...]

In many parts of Germany people woke up this morning to find themselves in some kind of winter wonderland. During the night and in the early morning hours first snow was falling in Saxony, Thuringia, parts of Hesse and Bavaria. Commuters had a hard time to make their way through the Taunus, near Frankfurt.At euronews we believe in the intelligence of our viewers and we think that the mission of a news channel is to deliver facts without any opinion or bias, so that the viewers can form their own Read more [...]

"Kloster Banz Luftbild" by Presse03 - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons.“We should only be pleased to see so many people wanting to come to Germany: it validates what a great country it is,” commented Detlef Esslinger in Munich’s Süddeutsche Zeitung. A well-meaning remark, in line with prime minister Angel Merkel’s welcoming attitude of late (though she wasn’t always like this). Many in Bavaria do share his views. The right-wing Christian Social Union Read more [...]

The Alps, northern Bavaria, Thüringen, the Vogtland region and the Erzgebirge saw most of the snow. Snow in higher regions is normal for this time of year, but this time lower lying regions also obtained some snow and that is unusual. The north west of the country also experienced some snowfall and frost, but the snow soon melted again as the ground is too warm. Germany's northernmost peak, the Brocken, is covered in snow. And with temperatures of minus 4 degrees Celsius (41 degrees Fahrenheit), Read more [...]