Rome/Freiburg (dpa) – The longtime private secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, Georg Gänswein, is to return to his home diocese of Freiburg, according to information from the daily newspaper “Welt” – and without office. Pope Francis instructed the 66-year-old to leave Rome by July 1 at the latest, the newspaper reported on Friday. According to … Read more
The twin events Rock am Ring and Rock im Park ring in the festival season. Tens of thousands of visitors are expected in the Eifel and in Nuremberg – despite significantly more expensive tickets. dpa 06/02/2023 – 05:56 am Share this article Berlin – 70 bands in three days on three stages: Rock am Ring … Read more
Salzburg (dpa) – The Salzburg Festival has honored the deceased actor Peter Simonischek as one of the most popular “Jedermann” actors of the festival. “One of the really great actors has left us,” said director Markus Hinterhäuser on Tuesday. “Peter Simonischek was blessed with an abundance of quality, he was what you would call a … Read more
Fuerth – Shock for Bavarian companies! The number of company bankruptcies has risen rapidly since the beginning of the year. From January to March, 577 companies filed for bankruptcy. That is 16.3 percent more than in the previous year. In retail, the situation is particularly dramatic. There, compared to the previous year, 36.5 percent more … Read more
crew Battered by the pandemic: more money for children’s clinics in Bavaria In many places, the children’s clinics were overloaded in autumn and winter – in Bavaria they should be helped with more money. “The investments are to be used, for example, for the short-term procurement of further monitors, the establishment of a patient monitoring … Read more
Cologne (AP) – 1. FC Köln will have to do without striker Steffen Tigges in the final Bundesliga game of the season on Saturday against champion contenders FC Bayern Munich. As the club announced on Tuesday, the 24-year-old suffered a shoulder injury in the away game at Werder Bremen last week and will have to … Read more
Hof (dpa / lby) – Because of its high school dropout rate, the city of Hof receives additional funds from the Bavarian Ministry of Education. Mayor Eva Döhla (SPD) announced on Tuesday that the Upper Franconian city will receive a “migration surcharge” in the form of more weekly teacher hours for certain schools. Otherwise, only … Read more
Bayreuth (dpa) – The Bayreuth Festival presents a new singer for the title role of the opera “The Flying Dutchman” about two months before the start. John Lundgren “cancelled his participation for personal reasons,” said festival spokesman Hubertus Herrmann on Tuesday. Instead, Michael Volle (63) will take over the game. Director Katharina Wagner thanks Volle … Read more
No one knows how long the war will continue to hold the homeland of the Ukraine children in its grip. So what to do with school-age children and young people? Should they integrate into the Bavarian school system, learn on rehearsals, prepare for exams, aim for the transition? Is your knowledge of German enough to … Read more
Munich (dpa/lby) – Children and young people should exercise in physical education, find a balance, challenge their brains as well as their bodies – but numerous schools in Bavaria cannot use swimming pools and gyms or cannot use them to their full extent. It is particularly bad for swimming lessons, as a survey by the … Read more