On a snow-covered hilltop next to a quaint, wooden church, the smell of urine and wet fur fills the air and the sound of howling, snarling dogs is almost deafening: the world's largest sled dog race is about to begin.
Kosovo faces a major challenge in developing a sustainable economy after its February 17th declaration of independence from Serbia, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Saturday.
German train drivers have abandoned plans for a huge nationwide strike on Monday after reaching agreement with the country's national railway operator Deutsche Bahn.
German prosecutors are reported to be prepared to drop doping charges against Jan Ullrich if the fallen cycling star cooperates with their inquiry and pays a €1-million fine.
German smokers and nonsmokers alike may be coming to terms with a new smoking ban, according to a survey by the news magazine Focus.
Germany’s state-owned railway Deutsche Bahn is hoping to avert a crippling nationwide train strike in last ditch talks late on Sunday. But even if a resolution is found, rail traffic is not expected to function normally on Monday.
A small city in Germany's Black Forest region hopes to set a new world record after installing a nine-metre-high Easter egg in front of its town hall.
A 23-year-old woman was raped in southern Stockholm early Sunday morning. The woman was walking home from the metro.
Despite Germany’s prosperous image, the country faces a widening income gap and growing outrage over “breadline wages” for the working poor, reports AFP’s Arnaud Bouvier.
Parents cheat less on temporary parental benefits for their sick children than at first thought. A new report indicates that only 1.6 percent of payments are erroneous.
An explosion has been reported in central Stockholm. Police confirmed on Sunday morning that a bomb squad was at the scene and that no casualties had been reported.
An informant who provided German authorities with data from a Liechtenstein bank that sparked a massive tax fraud probe has said his life is threatened, two news magazines are to report Monday.
Eurovision queen Carola Häggkvist was knocked out of the Melodifestival in Kiruna. Nordman and Sibel took the second chance road to Globen.
