15th Annual St. Paul Oktoberfest Begins Friday

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Court orders review of Nuremberg S-Bahn deal

If it is found National Express failed to meet these terms, the options available are to either award to the contracts to losing bidder, and current operator DB Regio or restart the tendering process. In February National Express Rail, the German subsidiary of British transport group National Express, was awarded two contracts to operate the Nuremberg S-Bahn network for 12 years from December 2018 using a fleet of new EMUs supplied by Škoda Transportation. DB Regio subsequently launched a Read more [...]

FlexLink Speaks Total Efficiency At Fachpack

Providing the tools for low cost, low risk, agile production systems for food and dairy products FlexLink speaks about how manufacturers pull the consumer convenience down to the factory floor while reducing the production total cost. Meet us at Fachpack, September 29th - October 1st. The competitive pressure is increasingly intense on brand owners and producers in the food and dairy industries. Production cost, the speed of new product introductions, management of fluctuating Read more [...]

About 6000 refugees arrived in Bavaria on Tuesday

“I can t understand why they re doing it this way”, he said, having already waited for 45 minutes. He did not provide details about how the border controls would work. All trains between Germany and Austria were suspended for 12 hours. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman insisted Monday that the country was not slamming its doors to refugees but argued the new measures were needed to restore order to the asylum process. The European Commission said the decision by Germany appeared legally Read more [...]

Germany: Refugee influx continues despite border controls

More than 7,000 refugees arrived in Germany over the last 24 hours, amid reintroduced police controls across the Austro-German border. German Federal Police said on Thursday that 7,226 refugees entered Germany on Wednesday; most are in the southern state of Bavaria, which borders Austria. The Bavarian alpine town of Freilassing has become the new focal point of refugee influx in recent days, with thousands of asylum seekers trying to reach there from the neighboring Austrian city of Salzburg. Hundreds Read more [...]

Athletic Bilbao – Augsburg Betting: Back Aduriz to find the back of the net at …

The Spanish striker is in the form of his life and having netted twice at the weekend he will be confident of doing so again against the inexperienced Bundesliga outfit Athletic Bilbao welcome the surprise package of the Bundesliga last season to San Mames this evening, with Ausgburg set to enjoy their first taste of European football. The side from Bavaria were playing in the fourth tier of German football 13 years ago, but achieved a best ever fifth placed finish in the Bundesliga last term Read more [...]

BMW Unveils One-Off M3 ‘Munchner Wirte’ Model to Celebrate Oktoberfest – Video …

The BMW M3 might’ve just received a small facelift that introduced a new design for the taillights, but the Germans aren’t done with it just yet. As October creeps in, so is the traditional Bavarian holiday that goes by the name of ‘Oktoberfest’. During this celebratory time that lasts from September 19 to October 4, Munichers and people in Bavaria, in general, will be drinking beer, eating sausage and just partying all the time. BMW has been part of these traditions Read more [...]

Migrant Crisis Clashes With Germany’s Oktoberfest, Highlighting Broader …

Germany’s biggest crisis in years is colliding with its biggest party: Oktoberfest.

The confluence of the tide of migrants into southern Germany and the Saturday start of Munich’s huge two-week festival, attended last year by 6.3 million people who consumed about two million gallons of beer, is highlighting the immense political and logistical challenges the migration crisis poses for Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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Birds shun matchmaking scientists to find love

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Ornithology in Seewiesen conducted a study to find out how different breeding techniques affected offspring numbers among zebra finches. The team found that when the birds were paired up by humans, the eggs produced were more likely to be unfertilized than when the birds were free to choose their own mates, reported the Institute in a press release. The researchers first let the finches loose to choose their own partners from a large group of peers. After Read more [...]