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Interest in Türkiye is growing, Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek has said on social media platform X, after holding talks in Germany during a one-day visit.

He had productive meetings with executives of large companies and investors in Germany, the minister said.

"We are intensifying our efforts to increase international direct investments, which is our main goal," Şimşek added.

An 18-year-old Islamist from Austria is reportedly the man who was shot and killed by Munich police after he previously fired at them with a long-barreled weapon outside the Documentation Center for Nazism in the city center. The incident, according to the police, took place at 09:00 (local time).

The royal regalia of Otto, the Bavarian prince who ruled as king of Greece from 1832 to 1862, has gone on display in Parliament.

The artefacts, which include the king's crown, scepter and sword, were found by the Culture Ministry in the former royal summer palace in Tatoi in 2023.

German authorities have apprehended two individuals holding dual German and Russian citizenship on suspicion of orchestrating acts of sabotage, including targeting United States military installations, to undermine military support for Ukraine.

Bavaria, the official home of Lager

A Bulgarian cruise ship collided with a concrete wall in a sluice on the River Danube in the northern Austrian town of Aschach an der Donau, leaving eleven people injured. The incident, which occurred overnight, has sparked concern and prompted a large-scale rescue operation.

BELGRADE - Minister-President of the German State of Bavaria Markus Soder said in Belgrade on Friday Serbian economic indicators were on a strong upward trajectory and announced that cooperation with Serbia would be stepped up and that Bavarian companies would take part in EXPO 2027, to be hosted by Belgrade.

BELGRADE - It is very important that Serbia becomes an EU member state, Minister-President of the German state of Bavaria Markus Soder said in Belgrade on Friday, adding that Serbia would have Bavaria's support on the EU accession path.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said after meeting with Minister-President of the German state of Bavaria Markus Soder on Friday that cooperation with Bavaria was very important for Serbia as Bavarian companies alone employed 25,000 people in Serbia.

BELGRADE - Minister-President of the German state of Bavaria Markus Soder, who is on a working visit to Serbia, thanked Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic for Friday's welcome at the Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade and noted that Serbia was a key state for stability in the Western Balkans as well as an important and stable partner for Bavaria.