Xavi Simons’ agents, including his brother Faustino Simons and Marcello Brillmann, an employee of Ali Barat’s agency “Epic Jackson” whom Xavi recently hired due to his good contacts in England, are present at RB Leipzig’s training camp in Donaueschingen and are holding talks with the club.

Munich Re CEO Joachim Wenning will retire by the end of the year and be succeeded by the company's finance chief Christoph Jurecka, the German reinsurer announced on Wednesday.

In part two of this series, Abigail Leali traces how politics, architecture, and collecting shaped Munich’s artistic identity through institutions

Aside from the six million people who attend Oktoberfest annually, many Germans (and foreign residents of Germany, like me) strategically avoid Munich during this 16-day period to dodge the large crowds.

The German reinsurer Munich Re said on Monday that its second-quarter profit was significantly above analyst expectations, helped by low claims for losses.

Finance Chief Christoph Jurecka, who has been with the group since 2011, will take the helm on Jan. 1.

As per reports, MLS is the likely destination for Muller, but Sydney FC are also in the reckoning as they keep pushing for the German forward. An announcement is due for Muller, who is expected to finalise his destination in the next 10 days.

Two zebras have been recaptured in the southern German city of Munich after escaping from a circus.The city’s integrated control centre received reports on Tuesday that the animals, had been spotted near a primary school,