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Bavaria can own Neuschwanstein Castle brand, rules ECJ The European Court of Justice (EJC) ruled on Thursday that Bavaria is allowed to trademarkNeuschwanstein Castleand use it as a brand. The court rejected an appeal by a German network of souvenir producers (BSGE) that hoped the EUʼs top court would reject the trademark for the famous fairy-tale castle. The association argued that the name "Neuschwanstein" indicates a geographical location and can therefore not be trademarked.

Test your knowledge of Germany with DWʼs Bavaria Quiz Under EU law, trademarks that exclusively refer to the place where goods are manufactured are excluded from registration. The law particularly protects manufacturers from misrepresenting the origins of certain products like wine, spirits and certain foods.

Germany: Good jobs, but unfriendly people, say expats High rents, a shortage of kindergarten spots and the rising cost of living are a challenge for Germans. They are a challenge forexpatriates living in Germany, too. But those arenʼt even the biggest problems expats face: the Germansʼ lack of friendliness toward foreigners is much more of a challenge, according to the fifthExpat Insider surveyby InterNations, an online platform for people who live and work abroad. The finding is by no means the first time German grumpiness has come up — expats have for years found fault with the German peopleʼs unfriendliness. This year, however, the study logs particularly poor ratings for Germany, ranking the country 36th of 68 destinations.

Just four years ago, in 2014, Germany ranked 12th.

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Nazi insults targeting Romanian president enrage German officials German authorities are demanding Romaniaʼs government distance itself from the inflammatory comparis

A Romanian politician has sparked outrage for likening President Klaus Iohannis to Adolf Hitler on social media.

Will Brexit kill The City?

The City of London will lose its status as a global financial services hub if Brexit goes ahead without certain guarantees for the services sector. It could take time, but it will happen, French regulatory experts warn.

As only the French can, EdouardFrancois de Lencquesaing, president of the European Institute of Financial Regulation (EIFR), knows how to get up English noses. Waving offthe impact of Brexit for the EUʼs only global trading center, the City of London, he told an audience at the Krynica Economic Forum in Poland, "The

rise of London as a global financial center was a mere accident of history." Anglo noses of all political colors were put out of joint. "Like all industries, London at some point benefitted from the proximity of commodities, traders, intermediary institutions like insurance, but like all industries, it has to change and will," de Lencquesaing continued. London dominates markets like global foreign exchange and commercial insurance and is home to international bond trading and fund management. About a third of the transactions involve clients in the EU.

Indiaʼs top court decriminalizes gay sex Indiaʼs highest court declared Thursday that consensual intercourse between same-sex adults is no longer a crime in the south Asian country. The ruling strikes down a 146-year-old colonial-era law, known as Section 377, banning gay sex. Until now, it was punishable with up to 10 years in prison, although few people were jailed. The court said the law went against the rights enshrined in Indiaʼs constitution. "The law had become a weapon for harassment for the LGBT community," Chief Justice Dipak Misra said as he announced the landmark verdict. The unanimous ruling comes in response to a petition filed by five people who said they were living in fear of being harassed and prosecuted by police.

Germany pledges €1 million for Rio museum cleanup The German Foreign Ministry will coordinate national efforts to provide support in the cleanup and rebuilding of Brazilʼs National Museum, which was devastated by fire earlier this week, German Deputy Minister for International Culture Michelle Müntefering said on Wednesday. Berlin has pledged €1 million ($1.2 million) in immediate emergency aid. Müntefering told the dpa news agency that she will hold a meeting with government officials, members of federal states and civil society to discuss the emergency response.

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Star Wars producers and actress Cicely Tyson to garner honorary Oscars Stars Wars producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall are to receive the Irving G. Thalberg Award, an accolade named after the legendary studio executive, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Wednesday. Along with Cicely Tyson and Lalo Schifrin, an honorary Oscar will also go to the first publicist

ever: Marvin Levy, who has collaborated with director Steven Spielberg and created advertising campaigns for such films as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Kramer vs. Kramer and Schindlerʼs List. "Choosing the honorees for its awards each year is the happiest of all the Board of Governorsʼ work," said John Bailey, president of the Academy.

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Crimea: Mysterious chemical incident evokes memories of Chernobyl disaster It could be the biggest environmental disaster to hit the Crimea in years.

Some two weeks after initial reports of a possible incident at a titanium plant in the north of the peninsula, authorities evacuated all the children from the nearby city of Armyansk.

The children are to be accommodated in sanatoriums and preschool children will be accompanied by their parents.

The evacuation is purely a "preventive measure," Sergei Aksyonov, head of the internationally disputed Republic of Crimea, said on Tuesday. Local authorities continue to insist that there is no danger to public health on the peninsula, which wasannexed by Russiain 2014. On Wednesday, photos of buses taking children out of the city circulated on social media. The images, along with the slow release of official explanations, have evoked memories ofthe Chernobyl catastrophe.

Ryder Cup: Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods among wildcard picks European captain Thomas Bjorn has opted for experience by selecting four previous winners, including Sergio Garcia, as his wildcard picks. Bjorn follows the lead of US captain Jim Furyk, who called on Tiger Woods.

Garcia is joined by Ian Poulter, Paul Casey and Henrik Stenson, who have all been involved in multiple winning teams, as the captainʼs wildcard picks.

Nikeʼs polarizing ad and other campaigns with a political twist Along with Nikeʼs latest campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick, different companies have used political issues to promote their brands.

Others faced backlash for being politically incorrect. Hereʼs a look at 10 cases.

Sacrificing some of its clients... "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything." Nike decided to energize its "Just Do It" motto by using the face of Colin Kaepernick, the former NFL quarterback known as one of the first players to kneel during the national anthem. The polarizing campaign has led to a drop in Nikeʼs shares, but the social media storm it provoked remains a marketing hit.

Lifestyle Nikeʼs polarizing ad and other campaigns with a political twist Along with Nikeʼs latest campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick, different

companies have used political issues to promote their brands. Others faced backlash for being politically incorrect. Hereʼs a look at 10 cases. The latest Nikead featuring Colin Kaepernick, the NFL quarterback whose takea-knee protest has polarized the United States, is an advertising coup. From Benettonʼs infamous campaigns to German winks at the NSA scandal, the gallery above takes a look at other advertising campaigns that tackled political issues — some unwittingly. Which begs the question: Is even bad publicity good publicity?

Paul McCartney releases first album in 5 years Designed like a "musical travelogue," musician Paul McCartney travels through different stations of life on his new album, Egypt Station. The album is described as his most ambitious in years.

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bum in five years, comes out on Friday and it is praised as the 76-year-oldʼs most ambitious album in years, combining classic Beatles-esque music with fresh sounds. While there is little explicit connection to Egypt, McCartney has described Egypt Station as a kind of musical travelogue. "Egypt Sta‐

tionstarts off at the station on the first

song and then each song is like a different station. So it gave us some idea to base all the songs around that," he said in a statement. "I think of it as a dream location that the music emanates from." He also explained that he aimed to create an exoticized metaphor for a distant, dreamlike journey on the album through a "travelogue vibe." It kicks off and ends with ambient pieces; the opening, a snippet of train noise, is followed by the piano ballad "I Donʼt Know," which McCartney has described as his favorite song on the album.

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Argentinaʼs President Mauricio Macri accused of ʼabuse of powerʼ over IMF loan Argentinaʼs attorney general, Jorge Di Lello, announced on Wednesday that his office planned to investigate President Mauricio Macri for "abuse of power," stemming from a $50 billion (€42 billion) loan his administration secured from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The move underscores the repercussions that this yearʼs economic turmoil is having in Argentine politics. A formal complaint against Macriʼs government was made by former lawmaker Claudio Lozano and Jonatan Baldiviezo, of the NGO City Rights Observatory.

They accuse members of the executive branch of being in "violation of public duties in bypassing congress" when they signed the accord with the IMF. "Our constitution has established that it is Congress who has the sole authority to collect public debt and to enter into agreements with international agencies," Baldiviezo told the EFE news agency. In particular, the plaintiffs highlighted that Argentinaʼs 2018 Budget Law also does not authorize the president to sign agreements with the IMF.

ʼJunkʼ art stash may yield multi-million dollar masterpieces New York gallery owner David Killen believes he has uncovered six paintings by Dutch-American abstract master Willem de Kooning, which — if verified — could be worth tens of millions of dollars.

The works were part of a stash of artworks that languished in a storage locker in New Jersey until the dealer offered $15,000 for the lot. Killen is confident that a painting by legendary Swiss modernist Paul Klee is also among the artistic flotsam. A worthwhile investment A de Kooning canvas, "Untitled XXV" (pictured top), soldfor a record $66.3 million (€56.7 million) at Christieʼs in 2016, while another sold privately for a reported $300 million in 2015 — as part of a $500 million sale that include a Jackson Pollock painting. Killen estimates the discovered works could sell for between $10,000 and $10 million when they are auctioned late this year and early the next. He is planning to unveil the paintings Tuesday at a party in New York.