While much of Europe is experiencing economic problems, the German state of Bavaria is thriving, enabling it to forge even closer ties with other regions around the world, said Emilia Müller, its minister for federal and European affairs, during a recent visit to Atlanta.

Ms. Müller visited Atlanta June 3 where she met with local business and civic leaders and spoke at Emory University following a similar two-day visit to Montreal on a tour of Quebec and Georgia with which Bavaria partners in the Regional Leaders Conference, a ...