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Storm damage warning for Isar region

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Heavy storms from last Friday caused huge damage to regions in southern Germany, especially in the forests of eastern Bavaria.

The Bavarian Forestry Administration is in the process of estimating the amount of damage caused. Hikers and oudoor pursuit enthusiasts, including hobbyists such as mushroom-hunters are warned against entering storm-damaged forests; many trees might be critically compromised and may suddenly fall over without warning. Branches and broken stems can easily become loose and...

Men Also Have Trouble Juggling Work and Family

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

According to research published online in the Journal of Applied Psychology by the American Psychological Association, women and men report similar levels of work-family conflicts, both in the form of work interfering with family and family interfering with work.

The main motive of the study was to collect empirical evidence on whether and how gender affects the stress level caused by the effort of trying to combine work and family life.

Contrary to common public perception, the researchers...

Stolen Dachau KZ-gate Now on Display

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

The historic main gate of the former concentration camp at Dachau was stolen in November 2014 and recovered at the end of 2016 in Norway. The perpetrators are still unknown.

Since last Thursday it is now part of the permanent exhibition of the Concentration Camp Memorial, and can be viewed in an alarm-protected display case. At the entrance of the former concentration camp, a true copy of the gate was erected in 2015 and shall not be replaced by the original out of fear it might be stolen again.

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Munich Jobs - a recruitment agency for engineers

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Munich has long been an attractive destination for major companies to open a German or European branch. Many large and SME-sized companies are headquatered in Munich and the surrounding region. Part of the reason for this is that Germany has a highly-skilled workforce, a strong infrastructure, is the geographical and political centre of the EU and impressively multicultural. Munich, being the capital of the second wealthiest German state (second only to North Rhine-Westphalia), is a natural...

Oktoberfest 2017 Updates Security

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Safety precautions for the Wiesn are being further expanded in 2017. For the first time police will patrol the festivities equipped with bodycams. This is intendend to prevent crimes as well as facilitating their investigations afterwards. Police staff will also use a new internal messenger service, enabling them to exchange mug shots and information much faster via smartphones.

Furthermore, some of the already existing video cameras are going to be replaced by cameras with a better resolution.

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Stammbach Crash leaves many dead

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

As many as eighteen people are reported missing after a coach crash on the A9 motorway near Stammbach. The tour bus was involved in a collision with a lorry which resulted in the vehicle catching fire. Around 30 people managed to escape the blaze and emergency services are on the scene. There were 46 passengers and two drivers on the bus, which was carrying tourists from Saxony. Police and firefighters are unsure of the exact cause of the collision which occured in slow-moving...

Municipal security guards for Munich

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Following a city council decision from 2016, the Kreisverwaltungsreferat (department of district administration) submitted a more detailed concept for a municipal security service.

From June 2018, up to 100 employees of the municipality might be sent into the field to patrol the area between central station, the old botanical gardens, Sendlinger Tor and Stachus. Their mission will be the enforcement of the alcohol ban (a nocturnal alcohol ban around the main station was introduced in January...

Unterföhring Shooting Update

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Police and the public prosecutor's office are still investigating the details of the Unterföhring incident. According to the current state of knowledge and US media reports, the man who seriously injured a policewoman by shooting her in the head last Tuesday, and injured two more persons, was well-known by the US police. He is said to have been involved in a custody lawsuit recently and got into trouble with US justice for the abuse of alcohol, theft and bodily harm. The 37-year-old was...

Unterföhring Incident Leaves Four Injured

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

During a routine police check at Unterföhring S-Bahn station, a man snatched a policeman's gun and tired to push his male colleague onto the rail line, then opened fire at a policewoman and two other citizens standing nearby. No fatalities are reported, although the policewoman was critically injured after the assailant shot her in the head. The reason for the unprovoked attack is unclear, but it occurred after the man became irritated and aggressive during the routine police check. German...

Eisbach Claims Second Victim in two Weeks

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Only two weeks after the drowning of a teenage girl, a 35-year-old male tourist from India has suffered the same fate.

Again the accident happened near the surfer wave in English Garden where the victim stepped into the water and was carried away by the powerful current. The water at this stretch of the river is only waist high but just like the 15-year-old girl the man could not or could hardly swim. His family had to helplessly watch him being dragged under and swept away. Several people...

Qatar Boycott worries Airbus and Boeing

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Several Arabic countries have cut their connections with Qatar, accusing the emirate of supporting terrorism. Although Qatar condemns the breaking of the diplomatic relations as unjustified and based on false claims, nevertheless Qatar citizens have to leave the gulf states within two weeks. Flight connections are cut in both directions. This affects the state-owned airline Qatar Airways in particular. They are in danger of losing up to one third of their turnover. Not only the airline is...

Germany Looks to the East

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Germany on Wednesday evening, hours prior to Trump pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement. As well as discussions on US protectionism and global climate concerns, talk also hinged around trade and the North Korean crisis. Premier Li Keqiang is the second Asian leader to visit Berlin in a week. Commenting on Trump's worrying unilateral direction on climate control, Li Keqiang stated during a press conference in Berlin that "China will stand by its...

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