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A ballot that represents the new face of Munich will vie for power in the March-15 municipal elections in the German state of Bavaria. The name of the ballot is "Zusammen in Bayern" or ZuBa, which means ''Together in Bavaria.''...

A marble stele from Greece which was given as a wedding gift in 1958, has been returned to a museum in Munich, Germany after an investigation by an Oxford scholar and antiquities dealers. The marble stele, from the first half...

A more than 20-year-old dispute between the Greek state and the local Council of Munich,  Germany is set to end with the demolition of the unfinished Greek school, which is currently not much more than a shell. The German newspaper...

..Hundreds of Greeks living in Munich demonstrated against the use of the term "Macedonia" in the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The protesters gathered at Königsplatz in Munich waving Greek flags and shouting "Macedonia is Greek", complaining...

Professor of Theology; Constantinos Nikolakopoulos, was elected on October 16 for a two-year term as the Dean of the Orthodox Theology Department at the University of Munich. The newly elected Dean succeeds the former Dean, Professor Athanasios Vletsis. Nikolakopoulos had joined...

German municipal authorities in Karlsfeld, 12 kilometers from central Munich, have angered the Greek community following a decision to take back a plot of land benchmarked in 2001 for the construction of a Greek school. The construction deal had...

An 18-year-old German-Iranian man who opened fire in a crowded shopping mall in Munich, killing nine people Friday evening, apparently was the only gunman involved in an incident that caused a major security scare and brought life to a...

Multiple casualties are reported after German police confirmed that shots were fired at a large Munich shopping center and officers responded in large numbers Friday evening. "There is a major police operation under way in the shopping center," Munich police...

The Secretary General of International Economic Relations, Panagiotis Michalos traveled to Munich, Germany, in order to represent the Greek government in the formal foundation ceremony of the city's Greek School. The foundation ceremony took place on Friday, January 16, and...

There are hundreds of Greek restaurants all over Germany. They typically offer rustic settings and solid – but heavily Germanized – “Greek” food at affordable prices. The standard restaurant design includes light strings, small Greek statues and flags. The...

The Munich Glyptothek, one of the most important museums in Germany, opened its doors on December 16 for the Arsinoe of Thrace collection from Alexandroupolis, welcoming an event of this kind for the first time. Greek women wearing airy...

The Greek Pontian Association of Munich organized a concert on Tuesday afternoon against racism to support the Voulgaridis family. The concert was held in the Gasteig Megaron. The lyre was the dominant musical instrument  which united the Germans and the Greeks. It...

A Literature Night devoted to Nikos Kazantzakis will be held on November 28, 2013 at 8pm at Lenbach-Künstlerhaus, Lenbachplatz 8, situated in the heart of Bavaria, in Munich. Nikos Kazantzakis is the most translated Greek author. The event’s main...

A few days ago in Munich, a ceremony took place where the local authorities unveiled the memorial at the site where two immigrants were killed outside their shops. In attendance at the ceremony were the Munich Mayor Christian Ude,...

Greece is to be represented with four entries in the World's Leading Trade Fair for Beverage and Liquid Food Technology drinktec 2013, which is to be held in Munich from September 16 to 20, 2013. The Greek businesses are to...