Bavaria

Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest beer festival

Authorities in Germany's southeastern state of Bavaria announced that they will ban smoking cannabis at the popular Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich. It comes after Germany's federal government partially legalized marijuana for…

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Bavaria’s CSU rallies behind struggling Laschet as German vote looms

BERLIN (Reuters) - Armin Laschet, the conservative candidate to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor, received strong support from Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) on Saturday as he mounts a…

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Bavaria hit by fresh flash-floods as German death toll climbs to 156

FRANKFURT, July 18 (Reuters) - Flash floods hit southern Germany on Sunday, killing at least one person and adding to the devastation after flooding in the country this week that…

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Germany’s Bavaria announces fund of up to 10 billion euros to reduce coronavirus impact

Germany’s southern state of Bavaria on Monday announced a fund worth up to 10 billion euros ($11.21 billion) to help the region withstand the coronavirus outbreak, its premier said, declaring…

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Photostory: Snow in Bavaria

Fresh snow in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany, on Sunday 5th May 2019. Parts of the alpine regions of Europe have received a sprinkling of snow with a cold front moving…

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Understanding the elections that took place last weekend

Three of the EU’s six founding members held elections last weekend that centred on local issues but will resonate beyond. 5 lessons from Europe’s busy electoral weekend - Politico As…

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Election Watch – Bavaria’s regional election

For the first time in living memory, the CSU appears almost certain to fall below the 40 percent mark — and possibly well below it — in Sunday’s regional election,…

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