THE German city of Munich plays host Oktoberfest, a two-week beer-drinking extravaganza which starts on Saturday, when Munich’s mayor Dieter Reiter will tap the first barrel to declare the “Wiesn” – as the Munich people call it – officially open.The beer festival has grown in reputation over recent years and is now renowned around the world as one of the biggest and best of its kind.Oktoberfest is now officially Bavaria’s biggest event, which comes at the end of a summer which has seen Read more [...]

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MUNICH, Sept 16 About 6,000 asylum seekers arrived in the southern state of Bavaria on Tuesday, German police said, despite the introduction of controls at the Austrian border at the weekend.A spokesman said most had travelled from the Austrian city of Salzburg but some had crossed the frontier at other places. Germany, struggling to cope with the biggest influx of refugees since World War Two, restored border controls on Sunday to stem the inflow of asylum seekers through Munich. Read more [...]

Bremen Free Fair

The Bremen Free Fair looks back on a long history. Emperor Conrad II granted Bremen the right to hold the fair in 1035, allowing farmers, craftsmen and traders to sell their wares in the town center with no special restrictions. Now, almost a millennium later, the Free Fair runs for 17 days in October and includes a procession, booths and fairground rides.

On September 18, Boulder-based Studio Shed launches their national 2015 Oktoberfest Sale, offering homeowners significant savings on the company’s high-end backyard sheds. The sale lasts through October 9th. Louisville, Colo. (PRWEB) September 16, 2015 In Bavaria, Oktoberfest is all about the beer and bratwurst. In Boulder it’s about beer, bratwurst and backyard sheds. On September 18, Boulder-based Studio Shed launches their national 2015 Oktoberfest Sale, offering homeowners significant Read more [...]

A 10-foot by 12-foot Studio Shed prefab structure used as a backyard home office. Oktoberfest 2015 is about beer, bratwurst and Studio Shed’s 15% off sale on backyard sheds. Louisville, Colo. (PRWEB) September 16, 2015 In Bavaria, Oktoberfest is all about the beer and bratwurst. In Boulder it’s Read more [...]

It was the news everyone had been dreading for weeks as Germany's federal states complained of an unmanageable number of refugees arriving: the country reintroducing controls along the Austrian-Bavarian border on Sunday. In fact, despite the hysterical headlines about Germany "closing its borders" in the international press, refugees are still getting through and being brought to emergency accommodation centres in the Free State of Bavaria. The move to tighten controls does represent the governing Read more [...]

Sofia. Bulgarian citizens, who had a road accident in the German city of Deggendorf, are already travelling to Bulgaria. Dimitar Kostadinov, manager of the company that owns the crashed bus, announced the information for FOCUS News Agency. Mr Kostadinov explained that a bus took them at 10:30 p.m. last night. It is not clear when the Bulgarians will arrive and whether there are people still staying at the hospital in Deggendorf. FOCUS News Agency recalls: A bus with 48 Bulgarian agricultural workers Read more [...]

Luxembourg. European Union home affairs ministers will hold emergency talks on September 14 in Brussels on the continent's escalating migration crisis, the Luxembourg government said on Sunday, cited by AFP. "The situation of migration phenomena outside and inside the European Union has recently taken unprecedented proportions," said the statement from Luxembourg, which holds the EU's six-month rotating presidency. "In order to assess the situation on the ground, the political actions underway and Read more [...]

Berlin: Rolling hills give way to fog-shrouded Alpine peaks at the latest German migrant flashpoint, with war-scarred refugees unbowed by Berlin`s shock decision to impose border checks.  Around 1,000 asylum-seekers have crossed the frontier from Austria since Germany announced its policy U-turn Sunday, albeit at a slower pace than in recent weeks, federal police spokesman Rainer Scharf told AFP in the southern German town of Freilassing. About 10 suspected people smugglers have been detained on Read more [...]