“Ultimately we Bavarians should be thankful that the Hungarians are helping to protect the southern borders of Bavaria”, said Mechthilde Wittmann, a lawyer and CSU politician. The three-phase operation, launched at the end of June, includes the use of military force against migrant traffickers, the seizure of vessels used to transport people across the Mediterranean Sea, majority departing from the coast of Libya, as well as disposal of vessels and related assets, preferably before use, and Read more [...]

Moose hide is thick and strong, but is also soft... very soft, actually, as well as flexible. It has some stretch and give, like a thick piece of neoprene, yet it's also breatheable. Edlef Wienen makes his Eddycam camera straps from moose hide in his workshop in Bavaria. He uses two layers of this thick, soft leather, with a smaller natural rubber pad inside the center. He leaves the edges unfinished; they are as soft as the surface. He shapes Read more [...]

(Photo : Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Orban, whose policies have drawn widespread criticism from other European Union member states as undemocratic and right-wing, is on his first visit to Germany since he was recently re-elected. Germany is forcing its "moral imperialism" onto the migrant crisis in Europe, said Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, according to Yahoo! News Like Us on Facebook Before a planned summit of the European Union, the refugees were the main focus. On Tuesday, the European Read more [...]

Installed components included Stringer, Robot Layup, Busing, Laminator, Trim, Framer and Flasher FREYSTADT, BAVARIA, GERMANY, September 25, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- It finally happened. In a few days, the new solarplant is going to be launched that J.v.G. Thoma has jointly “booted up” in Poland. The installed components included Stringer, Robot Layup, Busing, Laminator, Trim, Framer and Flasher. The initial manufacturing of modules will be supervised by experts Read more [...]

Installed components included Stringer, Robot Layup, Busing, Laminator, Trim, Framer and Flasher FREYSTADT, BAVARIA, GERMANY, September 25, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- It finally happened. In a few days, the new solarplant is going to be launched that J.v.G. Thoma has jointly “booted up” in Poland. The installed components included Stringer, Robot Layup, Busing, Laminator, Trim, Framer and Flasher. The initial manufacturing of modules will be supervised by experts Read more [...]

In an exciting week in pictures, Germany celebrates Oktoberfest in style, celebrities revel in fame and the Pope meets President Obama in his first visit to the United States.

Someone is bound to wear lederhosen, the familiar leather breeches worn by Bavarian men, or a dirndl, the traditional dress worn by women in southern Bavaria and Austria, at the Oktoberfest Saturday in downtown Vacaville.Sure to have the same prior-year trappings, the free, ninth annual event, co-hosted by Pure Grain Bakery and the Downtown Vacaville Business Improvement District, opens at 11 a.m. and continues to 6 p.m. in Town Square, on Main Read more [...]

INGOLSTADT, Germany—The German government denied Albert Kulemani’s asylum application earlier this month. Now the 36-year-old Albanian keeps his things packed in a suitcase, awaiting the seemingly inevitable.

“The authorities here don’t tell us beforehand,” said Mr. Kulemani, who arrived in Munich with his wife in August. “They give us five or…

If you go

What: Oktoberfest

When: 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26

Where: The Village at Squaw Valley

Tickets: Free

Info: www.squawalpine.com

BAD STAFFELSTEIN, Germany: Outside the Bavarian abbey where Chancellor Angela Merkel's allies were meeting stood a small group wearing T-shirts reading "Thanks Viktor", in support of Hungary's tough stance on migrants.They were vastly outnumbered by protesters angry that the Christian Social Union (CSU) had invited Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, but they reflected a view shared by many members of the party that rules the wealthy southern state of Bavaria.On the border with Austria, the CSU's home Read more [...]