Flex-Parking - an experiment in Munich

The city of Munich launches a nationwide one-off pilot trial called Flex-Parking in which bicycles and cars alternate on special parking places in front of the Technical University of Munich. While bicycles are allowed during the day, cars can take the spaces at night. This is what the exact plan...

German Engineering Jobs

Referendum against rent increases announced for Bavaria

The Munich Tenants' Association "DMB Mieterverein München e.V." wants to attain a stop for rent increases in Bavaria, and...

Bodycams for Bavarian Police

Following the successful completion of a pilot project, the Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann today launches the...

Public services on strike in Germany

Due to the public service tariff conflict in German states, restrictions in public offices, schools and university...

Speed limit reprieve on German motorways

The Federal Government of Germany has clearly rejected a general speed limit on German motorways. There would be more...

S-Bahn delays caused by maintenance work

Due to short-term overhead line work between Munich-Isartor and Munich-Marienplatz on January 21st 2019, there are still...

Amazon Strike in Germany

In the middle of the Christmas business period, a multi-day strike of workers at the mail order company Amazon started in...

Self-employed in Germany can finally afford health insurance

For self-employed and small businesses, health insurance has been an expensive nuisance. Many fled to private insurance...

Oktoberfest 2018

2018 Oktoberfest

This year the 185th Munich Oktoberfest will take place from 22 September to 07 October 2018 with both brand new...

Train Crash in Aichach leaves 2 dead and 14 injured

Late on Monday evening, a moving passenger train collided with a stationary freight train which was on the same track. The...

Germany Airport Strikes in Munich, Frankfurt, Bremen and Cologne

Germany Airport Strike

Germany Airport Strikes in Munich, Frankfurt, Bremen and CologneVerdi, a major German union, is demanding a 6 percent...

Institutionalist Ciudadanos won the election, but pro independence parties retain majority

Ines Arrimadas, leader of Ciudadanos with 37 seats obtained most of the support from voters (25,3), but it wasn´t...

Why Hillary Is Good For Your Health

Hillary the hawk at Stachus

Passing through the basement floor at Stachus these days you might not be sure if you can trust your eyes, as Hillary the...

Winter Tollwood 2017

Tollwood Winter Festival

Tollwood Winter Festival 2017 is currently taking place at the Theresienwiese in Munich. This year's festival motto is:...

Rosenheimerplatz Knife Attack - multiple victims

UPDATE: Munich police have now confirmed the man being held is in fact their prime suspect and the emergency situation...

Follow-Up on the Unterfoehring shooting

A 26-year-old female police officer was severely injured three months ago during a routine check at the Unterföhring...

Men Also Have Trouble Juggling Work and Family

According to research published online in the Journal of Applied Psychology by the American Psychological Association,...

Oktoberfest 2017 Updates Security

Oktoberfest 2017

Safety precautions for the Wiesn are being further expanded in 2017. For the first time police will patrol the festivities...

Unterföhring Shooting Update

Police and the public prosecutor's office are still investigating the details of the Unterföhring incident. According to...

Qatar Boycott worries Airbus and Boeing

Airbus Munich jobs may be affected

Several Arabic countries have cut their connections with Qatar, accusing the emirate of supporting terrorism. Although...

German Vaccinations to be Enforced

Anti-vaccine Movement to be fined

Recently, Italian legislators cracked down on parents who have deliberately refused to vaccinate their children, and next...

Indian Man Stabbed to Death

Donauwörth: An Indian couple have been attacked near their home in Donauwörth by their neighbour. The attack...

Job cuts at Volkswagen

The Volkswagen Group plans to cut an additional 5,000 to 7,000 jobs over the next five years for its core brand VW...

Billions for research funding

The German government wants to promote research and development in German companies with billions of taxpayers' money -...

Munich Security Conference 2019

At the 55th Munich Security Conference in the Hotel Bayerischer Hof from 15.-17.2.2019, politicians from all over the...

German wakeboard team head to Argentina

Bremen / Argentina - Pleasant 23 to 25 degrees are currently recorded in Buenos Aires. The wakeboard national team will...

Save the bees petition kicks off in Bavaria

From today onwards, entitled voters can register in the town halls for the Volksbegehren "Biodiversity - Save the...

How Dangerous is a Headline?

In the golden age of printed newspapers, the headline was designed to capture the reader's attention and promise something...

Health insurance for foreigners in Germany

Since 2009 it is mandatory for every person with a permanent residence in Germany to have health insurance. Health...

Surplus of public health insurance has risen to 21 billion euros

The statutory health insurance funds achieved a surplus of around EUR 1.86 billion in the first three quarters of the...

UPDATE: German Airports on strike

UPDATE: The warning strikes of the security personnel at German airports continues. On Tuesday January 15th 2019...

Deutsche Bahn Strikes

New Strikes Planned for Germany

The latest negotiations between Deutsche Bahn and the German railway and transport union have reached an impasse this...

Number of gun licenses in Germany rising

Everyone in Germany who wants to carry irritant and signal weapons or a deterrent pistol, needs a so-called small arms...

Fujitsu cuts 1,800 jobs in Germany

As announced today, the Augsburg Fujitsu site will be closed by September 2020. A total of 1,500 jobs are affected in...

Germany Most Innovative Country Worldwide

According to a new analysis by the World Economic Forum (WEF) from Geneva, the Federal Republic of Germany ranks first in...

Side effect-free ways to reduce depression

For Michael Phelps, depression is both a problem that many athletes face and also a personal challenge. Despite being the...

Warning strikes announced for public transport

As already announced yesterday by The Munich Eye, the German union Verdi has now also called on employees of the Munich...

Terror Attack Training Planned for Hauptbahnhof

Munich police will engage in a terrorist response training exercise during the night from Tuesday, 17 April 2018 to...

Obikes leave Munich

Bye Bye, Obikes!

Rental bike provider Obike from Singapore has started to withdraw a large part of their fleet from Munich. From the end of...

S-Bahn Maintenance Schedule

S-Bahn Main Line Closures 2018

In 2018 a lot of inconveniences can be expected for passengers of the Deutsche Bahn and especially the S-Bahn, as the...

Public Services on Strike - Verdi

The German labor union Verdi has announced a nationwide strike throughout Bavaria from Tuesday (March 20th 2018) to...

Olympiaturm Turns 50

Munich's Olympic Tower was opened exactly 50 years ago - on February 22nd 1968 - for the first time. With its exactly...

Munich Security Conference 2018

Munich Security Conference 2018 - City Center becomes a restricted area

This year's Munich Security Conference (MSC) will be held from February 16 - 18th, 2018 at the "Hotel Bayerischer Hof"...

Obike Muenchen

Oh dear, Obikes

So far since launch, 6800 Obikes bikes have been positioned in Munich. More and more of these bicycles-for-rent are being...

DB Sprinter Hits Technical Issues

It should have been the glorious end of a long and expensive journey; after more than 25 years of planning, political...

Chicago Booth MBA

Is an Executive MBA Worth it?

The Future of Business Education: Is an Executive MBA Worth it? Join Chicago Booth in Munich for a candid panel...

Munich Engineering Jobs - accepting CVs

Engineering Jobs Fair in Munich

The Association of German Engineers (VDI) is hosting its annual engineering recruitment fair on Thursday 16th November in...

SBahn delays

Second S-Bahn weekend maintenance closures

For the second - and last - time of the year, the S-Bahn Stammstrecke (main line) will be out of service due to repair and...

Munich top city for engineering jobs

Munich Top City for IT and Engineering

Back in 2014, a study by the European Commission confirmed that Munich is the city that offers Information and...

Munich Students Win Hyperloop Contest

Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and the aerospace company SpaceX, launched the "Hyperloop Pod Competition" in 2015. The...

Storm damage warning for Isar region

Heavy storms from last Friday caused huge damage to regions in southern Germany, especially in the forests of eastern...

Dachau Concentration Camp

Stolen Dachau KZ-gate Now on Display

The historic main gate of the former concentration camp at Dachau was stolen in November 2014 and recovered at the end of...

Munich Jobs

Munich Jobs - a recruitment agency for engineers

Munich has long been an attractive destination for major companies to open a German or European branch. Many large and...

Stammbach Crash leaves many dead

As many as eighteen people are reported missing after a coach crash on the A9 motorway near Stammbach. The tour bus was...

Munich Hauptbahnhof

Municipal security guards for Munich

Following a city council decision from 2016, the Kreisverwaltungsreferat (department of district administration) submitted...

Unterföhring Incident Leaves Four Injured

During a routine police check at Unterföhring S-Bahn station, a man snatched a policeman's gun and tired to push his male...

Eisbach Claims Second Victim in two Weeks

Only two weeks after the drowning of a teenage girl, a 35-year-old male tourist from India has suffered the same fate....

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang

Germany Looks to the East

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Germany on Wednesday evening, hours prior to Trump pulling out of the Paris Climate...

Teenage girl drowns in Eisbach

The surfing-wave in English Garden is a popular highlight with both tourists and locals. A reminder of Munich's relaxed...

Coffee Cup Waster Munich

Coffee-to-No-Go Campaign

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

Munich Cyclists

Cycling Survey Results for Munich

Munich still has to improve a lot when it comes to bicycle friendliness. That is the result of a survey conducted by the...