Munich airport police find skeleton in carry-on luggage
Two elderly women stunned police at Munich airport when they passed through security with a human skull and several bones in their carry-on luggage, German authorities said on Wednesday.
Day: March 12, 2008
Germany
Berlin’s Tempelhof is more than just an airport
Plans to close Berlin’s historic Tempelhof airport this autumn have divided Germany’s capital. But the controversy shouldn’t be allowed to overshadow the upcoming 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, argues the director of city’s Allied Museum Helmut Trotnow.
Germany
Allianz offers Tsunami area microinsurance
One of the world's largest private insurers plans to offer natural disaster and accident insurance in parts of India hit by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami for under €0.10 a month.
Sweden
Man sentenced for carrying offensive placard
A man who displayed a placard accusing immigrants of group rape at an anti-racism rally has been convicted of agitation against an ethnic group.
Germany
Storm ‘Kirsten’ gets feisty
Northern and central Germany were bracing themselves on Wednesday for the second big storm to hit the country in as many weeks.
Sweden
Dutch ditching dykes for Dalarna
Hundreds of Dutch want to move to Dalarna and the county is using some innovative methods to help people leave the crowded Netherlands and its soggy dykes for central Sweden’s open landscapes.
Sweden
Tough to stop peeing in public
A decision late last year to make free toilets available on weekends in the university town of Linköping has not stopped the common practice of urinating on walls.
Sweden
Australian author wins Astrid Lindgren prize
Australian author Sonya Hartnett has been awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for 2008.
Germany
Ex axes door and stabs two
A stalker in the German town of Dinklage broke down his ex-girlfriend's balcony door with an axe before stabbing her to death on Tuesday. He then wounded his own sister and fled.
Sweden
Ten years for student murder
A 22-year-old man charged with having stabbed a 20-year-old women to death in Jönköping last year has been sentenced to ten years in jail.
Germany
Austria grapples with Nazi past 70 years after Anschluss
Austria, which commemorates the 70th anniversary of its annexation by Nazi Germany this week, is still struggling to come to terms with its grim past, which saw it welcome the invaders and destroy its own elite, Phillipe Schwab reports.
Germany
Support for Social Democrats plummets
A new poll has revealed that the turbulence of the last two weeks has left Germany's Social Democrats with their lowest public backing ever.
Germany
Ministry: joblessness nearly double official figures
The real number of unemployed in Germany is nearly twice as high as officially reported figures since some people without jobs are not counted, the Labour Ministry admitted on Wednesday.
Germany
Two injured in Lufthansa emergency landing
Two people were slightly injured after a Lufthansa jet made an emergency landing at Belgium's Charleroi airport Wednesday during a flight from Germany to France, an airport spokesman said.
Sweden
Housing prices heading back up
Housing values in Sweden are expected to rise in the coming months, ending several months of falling prices.
Germany
Bono praises crusading Germany
Achtung Berlin: Bono from the Irish rock band U2 says he is a "fan" of Germany and the country's financial support for aid programmes in the developing world.
Sweden
Brazil leave out Ronaldinho for Swedish friendly
Brazil coach Dunga on Tuesday left out Barcelona star Ronaldinho from a squad to face Sweden in a March 26th friendly in London.
Sweden
Chatting on the internet: Grounds for dismissal?
Axel Bringéus, 24, was fired from his job at Procter & Gamble last week after a newspaper published excerpts from his personal blog. Here he reflects on an irrational fear of the internet, which he thinks contributed to his dismissal.
Germany
Lufthansa expects to soar in 2008
German airline Lufthansa said Wednesday that it expected its operating profit and sales to grow this year and next on the back of unfettered demand for air travel.
Sweden
Sweden may delay privatization drive
Sweden's financial markets minister Mats Odell said the government is reviewing its privatization programme in light of the subprime crisis, reported the Financial Times.
Germany
Poll: Germans support public worker strikes
The public service worker wage dispute that has been playing out on German streets for the last week is largely supported by the German public, according to a poll released on Wednesday.
Sweden
Young Swedes trapped by SMS loan debt
Fire off a simple text message, wait 15 minutes and presto, 3000 kronor ($500) land in your account; the simplicity of obtaining SMS loans in Sweden is increasingly luring youths into debt.
Germany
German-Muslim integration improving despite ‘mistrust’
Leader of the German Islamic Council, Ali Kizilkaya, said Wednesday that Muslims and Christians are making progress in living together in Germany. But there is still a “great mistrust” of Islam, he added.
Germany
Liechtenstein retracts all art loans to Germany
Liechtenstein’s royal household said Tuesday it will suspend loans of art works from its collection to Germany, marking a new low in ties between the two countries embroiled in a tax scandal.
Sweden
Sweden puts suicide reduction in focus
The Swedish government is to present a new plan on Wednesday designed to sharply reduce the number of suicides in Sweden.
Sweden
Swedish dads steer clear of paternity leave
Swedish fathers enjoy one of the most generous paternity leave policies in the world but few dads take advantage of the opportunity, with mothers in gender-equal Sweden still leading the charge in childcare.
Sweden
Bildt supports EU candidacy for Serbia
Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner have pronounced their support for eventual Serbian membership in the EU.