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Unterföhring Incident Leaves Four Injured

October 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

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

October 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

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

October 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

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

October 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

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...

Teenage girl drowns in Eisbach

October 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

The surfing-wave in English Garden is a popular highlight with both tourists and locals. A reminder of Munich's relaxed approach to life, riding the wave has been illegal since 2010 and was only permitted because of a land exchange between the city of Munich and the state of Bavaria.

Riding the "standing wave" is recommended only for experienced surfers and considered dangerous. Swimming and bathing is prohibited in this area. The warning signs are there - but no one ensures that the prohibition...

German Vaccinations to be Enforced

October 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Recently, Italian legislators cracked down on parents who have deliberately refused to vaccinate their children, and next month Germany is following suit with fines of up to EUR2,500 for parents who fail to ensure certain vaccinations are carried out at the appropriate time. The anti-vaccine movement, mainly composed of well-intentioned, albeit scientifically-illiterate parents, is largely responsible for the worrying reduction in child vaccinations against diseases which were once nearly...

Coffee-to-No-Go Campaign

October 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

The municipal committee of Munich has unanimously voted for an extensive campaign against the usage of disposable paper coffee cups.

Environmentalists nationwide are worried about the immense amount of garbage that is caused by disposable cups. Almost 3 billion cups are thrown away every year in Germany. That is 7.7 million cups a day, 320.000 per hour, 40.000 tons of garbage a year - for a usable product lifetime of only 15 mins. Also the waste of resources needed for the production of the cups...

Cycling Survey Results for Munich

October 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Munich still has to improve a lot when it comes to bicycle friendliness. That is the result of a survey conducted by the German bicycle club (ADFC). Around 120.000 people in more than 500 cities in Germany gave their opinions on the bicycle atmosphere in 39 carefully selected communities via questionnaires - Munich is only placed 13th in this list Cycling has become part of the fabric of life in Bavaria's capital city, but isn't always appreciated according to the survey. On the negative side...

FC Bayern München Celebrates Victory

October 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

FC Bayern München is yet again the German championship Bundesliga winner for the 27th time - and the 5th time in a row. Reason enough to celebrate with the fans! Therefore the football team will present themselves on the town hall balcony at Marienplatz from around 8pm on Saturday 20th 2017. The Warm-up party starts at 6pm. Because of security measures Marienplatz, where the town hall is situated, is likely to be blocked when overcrowded. Expect delays for this family-friendly affair and...

Munich Airport 25th anniversary

October 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

25 years ago, on May 17th 1992, Munich's Franz Josef Strauss airport went into operation. The anniversary will be celebrated with a varied programme of events. Being one of Europe´s most important aviation turnstiles (and the only European airport in the World's five top airports for 2017), the relocation of the airport from Munich-Riem to Erdinger Moos overnight from May 16th to May 17th 1992 was a true mammoth project. In spite of the difficult logistics everything went smoothly and Munich...

Siemens to Cut 1700 Jobs

October 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

As part of a major efficency drive, the German technology and engineering conglomerate Siemens, is to cut 1700 jobs over the next few years.  The munich-based giant confirmed that IT services are most directly affected, with just over 1300 jobs to go in that area within approximately three years. In the same period, 9000 new positions will be created across various other divisions, and employees affected by the changes will be encouraged to apply elsewhere within the company. It is hoped...

Amazon Lockers for Munich

October 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Amazon plans to become more and more independent from the classical parcel services business model. Therefore the online giant set up their own amazon lockers - a grey variation of the DHL Packstations - in Germany. The first ones were placed in supermarket car parks in towns like Dortmund, Essen and Augsburg and since then have also reached Munich.

According to an article on t3n, an Amazon spokesman commented: " We are planning to set up more lockers in and around Munich in the near future."

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