Knut gets his own stamp
Berlin's beloved polar bear cub will be featured on a commemorative stamp in Germany.
Day: February 26, 2008
Germany
Sweden
Woman reports group rape
Police in Härnösand in northern Sweden are investigating reports of a group rape alleged to have taken place in the town on Saturday night.
Germany
Munich man sentenced to clean graffiti off New Zealand glacier
A German tourist from Munich has been arrested in New Zealand for spraying graffiti on a glacier and nearby boulders. His punishment? Scrub it off the UNESCO World Heritage site.
Sweden
Unionen supports Greens’ benefits proposal
The Green Party has received support from unexpected quarters as trade union confederation Unionen gives the party's unemployment insurance (A-kassa) proposal the thumbs up.
Sweden
Gang chases injured man to hospital
There were chaotic scenes at Östra Hospital in Gothenburg on Tuesday afternoon as a group of men chased down a man who had earlier received gunshot wounds at a restaurant in the city.
Sweden
Bending the rules: Sweden in transition
Nima Sanandaji speaks to one of the co-authors of a book examining the increasing propensity of Swedes to skirt around the edges of the country's tax and social welfare systems.
Sweden
‘I was demoted for defending Israel’
A Swedish Migration Board employee with 20 years' experience is charging that he was demoted due to his pro-Israel political views.
Sweden
Swedish girls to be vaccinated against cervical cancer
The National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) wants to add a vaccine preventing the human papillomavirus (HPV) to Sweden’s general pediatric vaccination program in order to reduce future cases of cervical cancer.
Sweden
Sweden rejects child prostitution damages claim
Sweden has said it will not award damages to two women claiming to have been exploited in a major prostitution scandal in the 1970s.
Sweden
Baptists commit cardinal sin of investing
A rocky day on the stock market last January cost an association of Baptist parishes in northern Sweden two million kronor ($317,000) worth of collections funds in a matter of hours.
Germany
Siemens to cut 3,800 jobs worldwide
Siemens is cutting thousands of jobs as part of a major restructuring effort. Up to 2,000 layoffs will be in Germany alone.
Sweden
100 Swedes in Liechtenstein tax probe
Sweden's tax authorities are claiming to have acquired information about some 100 Swedes with bank accounts in Liechtenstein.
Sweden
Peter Forsberg returns to Colorado
Peter Forsberg, who led Colorado to Stanley Cup titles in 1996 and 2001, is returning to the Avalanche for the remainder of the 2007-08 National Hockey League season.
Sweden
Sweden welcomes sovereign wealth funds but demands transparency
Sweden welcomes investment from sovereign wealth funds, but will demand transparency from any potential investors, the country's financial markets minister said in an interview published on Tuesday.