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Oktoberfest 2017 Updates Security

February 21, 2026 • 12:00 AM

Safety precautions for the Wiesn are being further expanded in 2017. For the first time police will patrol the festivities equipped with bodycams. This is intendend to prevent crimes as well as facilitating their investigations afterwards. Police staff will also use a new internal messenger service, enabling them to exchange mug shots and information much faster via smartphones.

Furthermore, some of the already existing video cameras are going to be replaced by cameras with a better resolution.

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Stammbach Crash leaves many dead

February 21, 2026 • 12:00 AM

As many as eighteen people are reported missing after a coach crash on the A9 motorway near Stammbach. The tour bus was involved in a collision with a lorry which resulted in the vehicle catching fire. Around 30 people managed to escape the blaze and emergency services are on the scene. There were 46 passengers and two drivers on the bus, which was carrying tourists from Saxony. Police and firefighters are unsure of the exact cause of the collision which occured in slow-moving...

Municipal security guards for Munich

February 21, 2026 • 12:00 AM

Following a city council decision from 2016, the Kreisverwaltungsreferat (department of district administration) submitted a more detailed concept for a municipal security service.

From June 2018, up to 100 employees of the municipality might be sent into the field to patrol the area between central station, the old botanical gardens, Sendlinger Tor and Stachus. Their mission will be the enforcement of the alcohol ban (a nocturnal alcohol ban around the main station was introduced in January...

Unterföhring Shooting Update

February 21, 2026 • 12:00 AM

Police and the public prosecutor's office are still investigating the details of the Unterföhring incident. According to the current state of knowledge and US media reports, the man who seriously injured a policewoman by shooting her in the head last Tuesday, and injured two more persons, was well-known by the US police. He is said to have been involved in a custody lawsuit recently and got into trouble with US justice for the abuse of alcohol, theft and bodily harm. The 37-year-old was...

Unterföhring Incident Leaves Four Injured

February 21, 2026 • 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

February 21, 2026 • 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

February 21, 2026 • 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

February 21, 2026 • 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

February 21, 2026 • 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

February 21, 2026 • 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

February 21, 2026 • 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

February 21, 2026 • 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...

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