Munich

German rail passengers seethed on Tuesday at the beginning of a … seven-day strike by train engineers for more pay and shorter hours.

The longest stoppage in the bitter dispute is set to continue until Sunday morning.

While there may still be a question mark over treble-chasing Barcelona's defence, their fearsome attacking trident is firing on all cylinders ahead of Bayern Munich's visit in the Champions League semi-finals on May 6.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined survivors of the former Nazi concentration camp at Dachau on May 3 for a solemn ceremony to mark 70 years since it was liberated by US forces.

Mecca, the Hajj of 1954, September... Two pilgrims took a ride on the bus carrying 21 Soviet Muslims to the Kaaba. 

Munich has opened the Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism, a museum on the former site of the Nazi party headquarters, in a long-delayed reckoning with the German city's status as the "home of the movement."

The German Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection, Heiko Maas, on the occasion of a meeting with his Romanian counterpart, Robert Cazanciuc, appreciated the activity of the Romanian Ministry of Justice of the last two years, appreciation he said he also expressed during his bilateral meetings with other counterparts, reads a release of the Ministry sent to AGERPRES.

BELGRADE - After being premiered and receiving award at this year's Berlinale, the film Flotel Europa by Vladimir Tomic has won the award for best documentary at the Crossing Europe film festival in Linz.

Poland denied entry of ten Russian Night Wolves bikers, who are traveling from Moscow to Berlin to commemorate the 70thanniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.

A spokesman for the Polish border guards stated that the bikers would not be allowed to pass through Polish territory as they did not fulfill the conditions for entry, TASS news agency reports.

BELGRADE - Director of the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce for Serbia Martin Knapp stated that there are no signs that major German companies doing business in Serbia would withdraw from the country.

Doubles from Robert Lewandowski and Neymar inspired Bayern Munich and Barcelona respectively into the Champions League semifinals on April 21.