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Russia’s Putin Inks Deal to Incorporate Crimea
March 18th, 2014
Moscow (MunichNOW News / dpa) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders of Crimea and its biggest city Sevastopol signed a treaty Tuesday making the two entities new members of the Russian Federation. The treaty goes into force immediately, ...
Bavarians Vote in Municipal Polls - Runoff Expected In Munich Mayoral Race
March 17th, 2014
Munich (munichNOW News / dpa) - Voters went to the polls in the southern German state of Bavaria Sunday in municipal elections that were seen as a test of the popularity of both the conservative CSU and the Social Democrats ...
German Nico Rosberg Takes Comfortable Victory in Australian Grand Prix
March 16th, 2014
Melbourne (dpa) – Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg opened the 2014 Formula One season with a comfortable victory in an otherwise turbulent Australian Grand Prix on Sunday. Rosberg took over the lead at the very start and was never really ...
Bayern Munich Boss to Serve Prison Sentence, Resigns Post
March 15th, 2014
Berlin (MunichNOW News / dpa) - Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeness said Friday he will not appeal a three-and-a-half-year sentence for tax evasion and will go to jail. A football legend in Germany, Hoeness, 62, said he will also resign as president ...
Bayern Munich Boss to Appeal Jail Sentence for Tax Evasion
March 13th, 2014
Berlin (MunichNOW News / dpa) - Uli Hoeness, the president of German football champions Bayern Munich, is to appeal a court verdict Thursday sentencing him to three and half years in jail for evading taxes estimated at 28.5 million euros ...
Prosecutors Seek Jail Sentence for German Football Boss Hoeness
March 13th, 2014
Berlin (MunichNOW News / dpa) - German football boss Uli Hoeness should face five and half years in jail for tax evasion, prosecutors told a court in Munich Thursday. Lawyers for Hoeness, the president of German football champions Bayern ...
German Exports, Imports Rebound as Economy Picks Up Pace
March 11th, 2014
Berlin (munichNOW Business / dpa) – German exports grew at their fastest pace in nearly two years in January and imports surged as Europe’s biggest economy bounded into the new year, data released Tuesday showed. Monthly exports rose by ...
EXTRA: Putin: Yanukovych is Only Legitimate President of Ukraine
March 4th, 2014
Moscow (MunichNOW NEWS / dpa) - Russian President Vladimir Putin says there is only one legitimate Ukrainian president and he is Viktor Yanukovych. He tells a press conference that the acting president is not legitimate. He describes what happened ...
Ukraine Crisis Sends Shares Tumbling, Pushes Oil and Gold Higher
March 3rd, 2014
Frankfurt (munichNOW News / dpa) – Escalating tensions in Ukraine hit world markets Monday with European share markets tumbling, while oil and gold prices jumped. Europe’s benchmark EuroStoxx 600 fell 1.68 per cent to 332.33 points in early trading, ...
Bayern Power Past Schalke, Dortmund Wins, Leverkusen Slump
March 2nd, 2014
Munich (MunichNOW News / dpa) - Arjen Robben scored a hat-trick as Bayern Munich thrashed fourth-placed Schalke 5-1 Saturday to go 20 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga. Borussia Dortmund defeated Nuremberg 3-0 to move second above Bayer Leverkusen ...