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Treacherous Weather Conditions

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Munich. Bavaria's snow and ice is making driving difficult and dangerous. Last night there were numerous accidents, with some highways blocked for many hours, informed the Bavarian police headquarters. Especially hard was Upper Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate, where the number of accidents dramatically increased. In Franconia and Swabia, the night was mostly quiet. On Highway 3 in Lower Bavaria, there were four major accidents.  The motorway had to be completely blocked for four hours....

Deutsche Bahn Delays

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Passengers of the railway, especially in Bavaria, need to be especially patient recently. Almost every day there is more bad news about delays or other incidents on the Deutsche Bahn network. Construction mistakes on the new three year old line, Ingolstadt-Nuremberg, meant in the last few days that the ICE could go only reach speeds of 160km/h instead of the normal speed of up to 300km/h. Since last week, due to weather-related circumstances, the electric rail train used on the routes...

Munich Carnival goes into its Final Round

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

On Shrove Tuesday, from Leopoldstraße to the Viktualienmarkt, the area will be busy with carnival revellers. However, those who wants to celebrate at Viktualienmarkt have to get up early: from 10 a.m. the band starts and at 11.15 the legendary dance begins. "This should be a bit like at the Kocherlball" says Angelika Ocker of the Munich market halls.  Each stand can play its own music but without amplifiers. In previous years there were frequent problems with the carnival in the city,...

Airport Strike on Tues

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

For latest strike news, see The Germany Eye Strike News Munich / Nuremberg. Today one should expect delays at both Munich and Nuremberg airports. Verdi, the public sector union, has called for the ground staff to strike, which results in five flights being cancelled in Munich Approximately 120 employees in the aircraft handling section at Munich Airport laid down tools with the start of the morning shift at 3.30am. By 6am five flights from Munich had already been cancelled, reported a...

Sparkasse Disability Compensation Payout

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

16,000 Euros compensation must be paid by Sparkasse Bank to a person who was excluded as a job candidate because of disability, says Die Sueddeutsche. The man applied to Sparkasse Bank as a banker, but had not been approved despite his suitable education, years of professional experience and good work references as a possible candidate for the job. He took his case to the Labor Court and won, with the bank having to pay damages and compensation. At the of 2008 he sent three applications; one...

99 Year-old Lady Rumbles Thief

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

A young man tricked his way into the flat of an elderly woman, pretending to be a city utilities worker. He showed a card identifying himself as an employee of municipal utilities, claiming a burst water main was the reason for his visit and he needed to quickly check the plumbing in the apartment. Charlotte H. suspected there was something wrong when she saw him behaving suspiciously. After finishing his work in the bathroom the thief requested that the lady should pay him 22.50 Eur. At that...

S7 Delays at Solln

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Munich. An ownerless suitcase found at Solln station caused disruptions to transport due to it being treated as a suspicious package. Affected were the S-Bahn lines to Wolfratshausen S7, S27, and the BOB. Shortly after 11am, police had cordoned off the station in Solln. Apparently some passengers discovered the unattended suitcase on the platform and called the police. When the officers arrived and opened the suitcase, they were surprised to find it contained only blankets. Police believe it...

Renovation at Viktualienmarkt

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Munich. 2018 is the year when Munich will host the Winter Olympic Games and work is underway to ensure everything will be ready: the Viktualienmarkt and smaller markets at Elisabethplatz, Wiener Platz and in Pasing fall into the list of places requiring renovation. The manager of Viktualienmarkt, Gabriele Friderich, confirmed that during the renovation, there will be less (but more comfortable) stands and not all dealers can remain in the market - and more importantly, the rents will increase...

Scuba-diving Accident

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Berg. While scuba-diving on Sunday afternoon, a 23-year-old man got into difficulty and sustained severe lung injuries. As the police in Berg revealed, the facial breathing apparatus used by the diver became partially frozen while diving in Lake Starnberg near the Schlosshotel Berg; he experienced trouble at around 33 meters depth. He was unable to breathe properly due to the defective equipment and removed the mask in panic. Subsequently, he resurfaced too fast and suffered acute...

Stabbing Incident at Munich Institution

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Munich, Sendling. Yesterday evening a man was stabbed to death and another was seriously injured in an unprovoked attack in Sendling. Police confirm the offender was living in a shared flat in a monitored multi-occupancy building. For unknown reasons, the attacker rang the doorbell of his neighbour. He stabbed the man that opened the door, who later died from the injuries he sustained.  Another victim in the property was seriously injured and required hospital treatment. Further details at...

Another S-Bahn Assualt

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Once again a man was attacked in the Munich S-Bahn by four young people demanding money, after which he was beaten up, reports die Sueddeutsche Zeitung. The charges against the alleged killers of Dominik Brunner have just been announced, yet the same day Federal Police report another act of random violence in the S-Bahn, perpetrated by youths; last Friday at the Eching station in the Freising district, a 58-year-old man was attacked by four teenagers and badly beaten, requiring...

Murder Charges for Solln Attack

November 30, -0001 • 12:00 AM

Munich: Markus Sch. and Sebastian L., the teenagers who beat to death Dominik Brunner at the Solln S-bahn station, have now been charged with murder, as reported by the Sueddeutsche Zeitung. Both accused must answer for the death of the manager Dominik Brunner before the courts in München, with the process beginning in early spring. They stand accused of the attack which occurred on the 12th September 2009 after exiting the train with the victim who tried to prevent them bullying another...

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