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UPDATE: German Airports on strike

January 17, 2019 • 12:00 AM

UPDATE: The warning strikes of the security personnel at German airports continues. On Tuesday January 15th 2019 Frankfurt Airport will be affected again. Warning strikes will also be held in Hamburg, Hanover, Bremen, Halle/Saale, Dresden and Erfurt. Warning strikes are also taking place at Munich airport on Tuesday. Unlike the other airports, however, passengers are not directly affected in Munich as the strike applies only for those personnel controlling the employees at the airport, the...

Amazon Strike in Germany

December 17, 2018 • 12:00 AM

In the middle of the Christmas business period, a multi-day strike of workers at the mail order company Amazon started in the night of December 17th 2018. The trade union Verdi called on Amazon employees of the mail-order center Saxony in Leipzig to strike until Christmas Eve. The workers at the mail-order center in Werne in North Rhine-Westphalia, are expected to go on strike until Tuesday this week. According to a Verdi spokesman, the strike could soon be extended to many other locations in...

New Strikes Planned for Germany

December 8, 2018 • 12:00 AM

The latest negotiations between Deutsche Bahn and the German railway and transport union have reached an impasse this Saturday. Consequently, the union announced that warning strikes will be the inevitable result. Travelers are to expect significant train cancellations from the start of next week. Affected services are not yet detailed but will be added in due course. Under certain circumstances, rail customers affected by a strike can claim their money back. Reimbursement in the event of train...

German murder trial against nurse begins

October 30, 2018 • 12:00 AM

It is the biggest murder trial in German post-war history; the former nurse Niels Högel is said to have killed at least 106 people between 2000 and 2005 in the German towns of Delmenhorst and Oldenburg. According to the prosecution, he injected patients with an overdose of medication such as gilurytmal, potassium, xylocaine, or solatex in order to induce acute heart problems and trigger cardiac arrests. He then tried to reanimate his victims in order to be celebrated as a hero when succeeding...

Oktoberfest 2018

August 29, 2018 • 12:00 AM

This year the 185th Munich Oktoberfest will take place from 22 September to 07 October 2018 with both brand new attractions and a lot of traditional ones. Adrenalin junkies can get their kick on the "Chaos Pendula" where riders are rotating on the end of a propeller-like arrangement. Two smaller arms add to the acceleration and let guests reach speeds of up to 80 km/h and create very abrupt and unexpected movements. On the "Predator" two hydraulics-powered poles lift ten gondolas fifteen...

Side effect-free ways to reduce depression

June 23, 2018 • 12:00 AM

For Michael Phelps, depression is both a problem that many athletes face and also a personal challenge. Despite being the world's most decorated swimmer and the Olympian with the most medals of all time, with 28 Olympic medals (23 gold), he has faced depression over and over. In 2004 Phelps got his first DUI (arrest for Driving Under the Influence); in 2008 Phelps is photographed taking a bong hit; and in 2014 Phelps received a second DUI. The days following his second DUI were the lowest point...

Warning strikes announced for public transport

June 13, 2018 • 12:00 AM

As already announced yesterday by The Munich Eye, the German union Verdi has now also called on employees of the Munich public transport company MVG for a warning strike on Thursday. Affected services include subways, buses and trams. The strike will lead to massive interruptions during rush hour and hit tens of thousands of students and professionals. The strike begins at 4am and should end after four hours at 8 o'clock in the morning. Nevertheless, there are still several hours...

Train Crash in Aichach leaves 2 dead and 14 injured

May 8, 2018 • 12:00 AM

Late on Monday evening, a moving passenger train collided with a stationary freight train which was on the same track. The regional train traveling from Augsburg to Ingolstadt drove into the locomotive of the freight train a few hundred meters short of the train station in Aichach. The 37-year-old train driver and a 73-year-old passenger were killed. 14 people were seriously injured. Following the head-on collision, the dispatcher responsible for the line has been provisionally arrested....

Can We Expect To See Bayern Munich Win The Champions League?

April 25, 2018 • 12:00 AM

So, we're down to the last four in this season's Champions League competition and already talk has begun about who will lift the trophy at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev on the 26th of May. You could say that the focus has been on both Liverpool and Real Madrid but there are two other teams vying to be named the kings of Europe. One of them is AS Roma, and the other, German giants Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich have been on a bit of a journey so far this season. They kicked off the new...

Terror Attack Training Planned for Hauptbahnhof

April 20, 2018 • 12:00 AM

Munich police will engage in a terrorist response training exercise during the night from Tuesday, 17 April 2018 to Wednesday, 18 April 2018, from 12am to 4pm.  The German Federal Police force will be joining the Munich police for this exercise which will be held at Hauptbahnhof. Parts of the station will be closed off, including platforms 26-36, as well as the outside area north of the Central Station. Blank ammunition will be fired and may cause some noise disturbances to nearby...

Bye Bye, Obikes!

April 10, 2018 • 12:00 AM

Rental bike provider Obike from Singapore has started to withdraw a large part of their fleet from Munich. From the end of April 2018, instead of 6.800 bikes there will only be 1.000 left. The collected bicycles are to be distributed to other German cities such as Frankfurt, Berlin and Hannover. Despite the fact that Munich will now fail to offer the desired number of 12.000 rental bikes in the city by the end of the year, many Munich residents will be happy about the disappearance of the...

Germany Airport Strikes in Munich, Frankfurt, Bremen and Cologne

April 9, 2018 • 12:00 AM

Germany Airport Strikes in Munich, Frankfurt, Bremen and CologneVerdi, a major German union, is demanding a 6 percent pay rise for around 2.3 million employees in public sector roles across the country.  A spokesman claimed that ground staff and some fire services staff would be on strike on Tuesday at Munich, Frankfurt, Bremen and Cologne airports. This follows on the tail of strikes organised by Verdi last month between the 20th-22nd March.  Frankfurt Airpot, together with Munich...

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