Read more about the article Green Lawmakers Axe Trees At Sleeping Beauty Castle To Install Wind Farm
Image shows the Sababurg, also known as the Sleeping Beauty Castle, located in the legendary Reinhardswald, a forested upland in the county of Kassel, Hesse State, Germany. German authorities have built wind power plants around it to help replace fossil fuels. (Newsflash)

Green Lawmakers Axe Trees At Sleeping Beauty Castle To Install Wind Farm

Green politicians in Germany have given the go-ahead to axe dozens of ancient trees and build a wind farm in one of the country's largest mixed forests which reportedly inspired…

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Read more about the article Police Hunt Thieves Who Plundered ‘Monster’ Castle
Photo shows a medieval double ax, undated. It was stolen from the Frankenstein Castle in Hesse, Germany. (Polizeiprasidium Sudhessen/Newsflash)

Police Hunt Thieves Who Plundered ‘Monster’ Castle

Thieves who plundered a hoard of medieval weapons from a castle said to have inspired English novelist Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' are being hunted by police in Germany. The arms -…

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Read more about the article U-Boat Vet Who Inspired ‘Das Boot’ Dies Aged 107
Picture shows Friedrich Grade, 107, undated. He died asleep peacefully in a retirement home near Bornheim, Germany, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (Newsflash)

U-Boat Vet Who Inspired ‘Das Boot’ Dies Aged 107

A U-boat submarine World War II veteran said to have inspired the 1981 film 'Das Boot' has died aged 107 in Germany. Friedrich Grade served as chief engineer aboard the…

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Read more about the article New Home For Rare Trafficked Reptiles
Image shows a gecko that was smuggled in May, 2023, undated photo. The Schoenbrunn Zoo, in the city of Vienna, Austria, will build a new home for the smuggled reptiles in the spring of 2024. (Daniel Zupanc/Newsflash)

New Home For Rare Trafficked Reptiles

A stash of rare chameleons trafficked into Austria has inspired a new enclosure for all smuggled reptiles in the country's Schoenbrunn Zoo. Keepers say they are rebuilding an enclosure to…

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Read more about the article Picasso Work Valued Up To GBP 2.2m Under Hammer
Image shows painting named 'Bust of a Woman', by Pablo Picasso from 1971. It will go under the hammer in the city of Cologne, Germany, for the first time in 25 years at the value of between EUR 1.5 million (GBP 1.3 million) and EUR 2.5 million (GBP 2.2 million). (VAN HAM Kunstauktionen KG/Newsflash)

Picasso Work Valued Up To GBP 2.2m Under Hammer

A painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso estimated at EUR 1.5 million (GBP 1.3m) to EUR 2.5 million (GBP 2.2m) is due to go under the hammer in Germany. The…

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Read more about the article Mexican Gran Who Inspired Disney’s ‘Coco’ Dies
Picture shows Maria Salud Ramirez Caballero, 109, undated. She inspired the character 'Mama Coco' in the animated film, Coco, and died in her hometown of Santa Fe de la Laguna, Mexico, on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. (Newsflash)

Mexican Gran Who Inspired Disney’s ‘Coco’ Dies

The woman who inspired the hit animated movie 'Coco' has died in her Mexican hometown aged 109. Maria Salud Ramirez Caballero died in Santa Fe de la Laguna, Michoacan State,…

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Read more about the article Porsche Bases 911 Sally Special On An Animated Car Character From Pixar
Photo shows the new Porsche car 'The 911 Sally Special', undated photo. The 911 Sally Special, a one-of-one variant of Porsches rear-engined sports car based on the Cars character Sally Carrera, will be auctioned by RM Sothebys on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, during Monterey Car Week in CA, USA. (Porsche/Newsflash)

Porsche Bases 911 Sally Special On An Animated Car Character From Pixar

Porsche's "911 Sally Special" inspired by a character from Pixar's 2006 American computer-animated film Cars will be sold at a Sotheby's auction. The vehicle, based on one of the most…

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Read more about the article Eccentric Ufologist Who Built Huge UFOport In Argentinian Desert Dies In Switerzland At 72
Terry Werner Jaisli, 71, who built an UFO landing site in Cachi, Argentina, died on Christmas Eve (24 December), in Szwizerland. (Newsflash)

Eccentric Ufologist Who Built Huge UFOport In Argentinian Desert Dies In Switerzland At 72

An eccentric Swiss ufologist who became known all over the world after he built a gigantic UFO landing pad in the Argentinian desert has passed away at the age of…

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Read more about the article Woman With Four Degrees Now Makes Amazing Cakes Inspired By Icelands Natural Wonders
Cakes inspired by the landscapes of Iceland baked by Loreta Ciunkaite-Liutkuvien, 49, known as Loretella.

Woman With Four Degrees Now Makes Amazing Cakes Inspired By Icelands Natural Wonders

A woman who has four university degrees including one in international business management and another in dairy product technology has settled down in Iceland after a short holiday that turned…

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