Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Walk around the German Alpine village of Oberammergau, and the chances are you'll run into Jesus or one of his 12 disciples.

Of the 5,500 people living there, 1,400, aged from three months to 85, are participating this year in the once-a-decade staging of an elaborate "Passion Play" depicting the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Biden was supposed to speak today at the final session of the G7 leaders' meeting in the German castle of Elmau, in the Bavarian Alps, before he flew to Munich by helicopter, and from there it was planned to take a presidential plane to Madrid for the NATO Summit.

A train accident in the Alps in southern Germany on June 3 left at least four people dead and many more injured, authorities said.

At least eight people have died in cold weather over the weekend in Poland, officials say.

The deaths bring the total number who have died due to the cold since November to 48.

No “Russian bear” was in sight as US President Barack Obama savored Bavaria’s finest beer and sausages accompanied by host Angela Merkel on Sunday. Yet the “Greek issue” did later crop up in the otherwise sunny surroundings.
The White House quoted Obama as saying he is hopeful Greece and its partners will be able to chart this course without causing volatility in financial markets.

Thousands of demonstrators marched in the German resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on June 6 to protest against a meeting of leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations that starts on June 7 at a nearby luxury hotel.

Protestors gathered in the picturesque German resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on the eve of the G7 meeting at a Bavarian Castle on Sunday. The crowd of around 3,600 people gathered to demonstrate though organizers state it was around 4,500 people.