Robben remains loyal to bayern – ego debate argert

Robben remains loyal to bayern - ego debate argert

"Yes, it was an important goal," joked robben, who opened the scoring in fubball international bastian schweinsteiger’s comeback in munich’s 13-0 win over qatari second division side SC al-sailiya. "Things are looking up," robben reported later that evening at the team hotel, in a good mood and eager to attack.

Once again, the 27-year-old enters a new year with a desire to "stay fit for a change". "The last two injuries were really hard, unbelievable," he said about the torn muscle in 2010 and the pubic bone inflammation this season. "It’s not quite gone yet. But things are looking up."Robben is bursting with energy – and for the long term in munich.

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On course for the german

On course for the german

Nandar kampf seems happy. Although she has so much to cram in right now. She is a participant in the integration language course for foreigners. The young woman from myanmar, the former burma, has on the 25. Married on june of this year and since then lives with her husband in rodelsee. "It is much warmer in my country than here", she says, but is quick to add that she likes being in germany.
And now she's really getting into the swing of things, getting used to foreign characters and looking cheerful at the same time. The law graduate and former tour guide liked the german passport and is making an effort for it. Just like her fellow students. Four are from afghanistan, the others come from all over the world: ukraine, thailand, vietnam, iraq, the dominican republic, nigeria, latvia, the philippines and bulgaria. Many are in their forties or younger, almost all are married and most have children.
A real multicultural group has gathered around the classroom table. People from up to 25 nations learn german in kitzingen. "For a city in the rough order of kitzingen, this is quite a colorful pattern", says jorg toppner, coordinator of the vocational training centers of the bavarian economy (bfz) based in wurzburg, which have been offering language courses for immigrants at irregular intervals in kitzingen since 2005. People like nandar or 30-year-old godwin aginwa from nigeria will be future county residents if they pass the language course exam and the immigration test.

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A house of music as a success story

A house of music as a success story

Anyone walking through the town hall courtyard in wiesentheid in the afternoon or evening will usually find an instrument being played. Directly behind the municipality’s administrative headquarters, the municipality has a house of music, which is used primarily by the steigerwald singing and music school and the wiesentheid music society (MGV). The building, whose creation and construction was largely driven by former mayor walter hahn, has been in existence for exactly ten years. The tenth anniversary will be on sunday, 21. October, will be an open house, with many instrumental groups presenting and opportunities for children to try out the instruments.

A good 180 children and young people are currently learning an instrument at the steigerwald singing and music school, which is headed by hans-joachim kramer. Around 100 lessons are given weekly in the six rooms available in the building. From individual lessons to rehearsals for the children’s choir or the music school band, the offer ranges. At the music club, those responsible are happy that they have an ideal rehearsal location for the orchestra in the large room on the first floor. "We were previously passed around in the village and were looking for a clubhouse", describes it chairman wolfgang lurati.

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Dgb fears surveillance of the unemployment insurance system

Dgb fears surveillance of the unemployment insurance system

"In the medium term, there is a threat of renewed increases in contributions or benefit cuts for the unemployed," according to a DGB position paper. The DGB’s bone of contention is the budget consolidation resolved by the black-yellow cabinet, which also entails billions in savings for the social security funds. The government is doing nothing other than "continuing a shunting yard at the expense of the contributors and in favor of the federal government and the more financially efficient taxpayers".

"Unemployment insurance is structurally underfunded," criticizes the author, DGB labor market expert wilhelm adamy. According to the cabinet’s decision, a tax subsidy totaling 5.1 billion euros is to be cut from the federal employment agency (BA) over the next four years to ease the burden on the federal government.

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Croatia in semifinals after penalty shootout against russia

Croatia in semifinals after penalty shootout against russia

Croatia’s national soccer players bury ivan rakitic underneath them. The former schalke player’s penalty kick to the left put his team into the semifinals of a world cup for the first time since 1998 – and put an end to russia’s surprise party.

The FC barcelona midfielder scored the decisive goal in the penalty shootout for a 4:3 victory. After 120 minutes the score was 2:2 (1:1, 1:1). Croatia’s director luka modric, who led his eleven into wednesday’s semifinal against england at moscow’s lushniki stadium, lay exhausted on his back and looked up at the night sky.

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Christmas aid: thanks for 55 766 euros

Christmas aid: thanks for 55 766 euros

It was a very small part of the donation, but for this couple it was the most important thing: roast beef and brussels sprouts – a christmas dinner like in the old days. What a feast! This has not happened for a long time. Gabriele morath and anne hilpert from the caritas association report on the great gratitude of the people who have received help from the "christmas aid" donation campaign can reach under the arms. Saale-newspaper and caritas-association call for this action every year at christmas. This year, dear readers, you have once again exceeded all expectations and donated a total of 55766 euros!

The caritas association for the district of bad kissingen uses the money to help people from the region who have fallen on hard times. Single parents, people affected by old-age poverty, young families … The list of gabriele morath, social counselor, is long. Whoever knocks on her door will get nowhere. She questions the dilemma of the person concerned and looks for solutions together with the people concerned. With the help of the money from the christmas aid donation pot, she wants to "help people help themselves" she tells. Gabriele morath can support people from the county all year round – thanks to donations. And they have the most different senders.

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Rosi mittermaier: “i’m more emotional at award ceremonies today”

Rosi mittermaier: 'I'm more emotional at award ceremonies today'

Rosi mittermaier is one of the most famous german winter sportswomen in history. The upper bavarian conquered the eternal status of the “gold rosi” at the olympics in innsbruck in 1976. But she was only an active ski racer for a relatively short part of her life.

Before her 70th birthday. Birthday on 5. August mittermaier spoke to the german press agency about her winter games, the hustle and bustle at the time with bathtubs full of flowers and a “totally crazy” letter carrier, the unbroken enthusiasm for skiing and her social commitment to children, especially in this day and age.

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Jobs at fehrer in danger

After three hours of a works meeting, fehrer's management informed the press yesterday afternoon. And the news was anything but good:

The original restructuring plan is missed, the hoped-for revenues cannot be achieved. Instead of the growth of around ten percent in 2013 forecast in the summer, the current call-off figures from customers indicate that no growth can be achieved. The consequences must also be borne by the employees.
"Demand for automobiles has fallen sharply in recent months and will continue to stagnate in 2013", informed the management spokesman, dr. Bernd welzel. In germany in particular, orders are becoming fewer and fewer. Fehrer's problem, which the traditional company from kitzingen shares with many other automotive suppliers: the major automotive manufacturers are relocating parts of their production to cheaper foreign countries. "We can't transport our products across europe or even to china", according to welzel. Since customers are increasingly manufacturing abroad, fehrer must also follow this trend. "So that we remain competitive", said welzel.

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