Berlin to set up memorial for war displaced
The German government on Wednesday agreed on the outlines of a memorial project for ethnic Germans expelled from their homelands that had drawn fire from the Czech Republic and Poland.
Day: March 19, 2008
Germany
Sweden
Father of murdered toddlers released
The 28-year-old man held on suspicion of murdering his two children and attempting to murder the children’s mother has been released, according to media reports.
Germany
Russia to return looted WWII church windows to Germany
Russia's parliament on Wednesday passed a law authorizing the return of six stained-glass church windows taken from Germany by Soviet forces during World War II, RIA Novosti news agency reported.
Sweden
Writer believed to have fled to Sweden
Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen arrived in Europe on Wednesday after fleeing India for security reasons, the Swedish PEN Club told AFP, while unconfirmed media reports indicated she was in Sweden.
Sweden
Sweden banking crisis law closer to completion
A new Swedish law regulating how and when the state would act to take over a bank in crisis is closer to be coming a reality.
Sweden
SVT workers charged with smuggling alcohol
Six members of staff at the Malmö offices of state broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) have been indicted on alcohol smuggling charges.
Germany
German high court blocks data collection
Germany's Constitutional Court on Wednesday blocked substantial parts of a data-collection law meant to fight terrorism.
Germany
Organic Berlin firm targets primate palates
A new organic fast food restaurant in downtown Berlin is hoping Germans want to eat as healthy as gorillas.
Sweden
The path to Swedish asylum: A smuggler speaks
Rami Abdelrahman travels to Jordan and tracks down the first link in the chain of an underground operation involved in the smuggling of Iraqi refugees to Sweden.
Sweden
Stockholm Water Prize awarded to British professor
British professor Anthony John Allan was on Wednesday awarded the 2008 Stockholm Water Prize handed out each year in the field of water research, the Stockholm International Water Institute said.
Sweden
Swedish town celebrates Church Cock victory
The four-day Easter weekend isn’t the only cause for excitement among the residents of Alnö outside of Sundsvall in northern Sweden.
Germany
German media mixed on Merkel’s Knesset speech
German media hailed Wednesday Chancellor Angela Merkel's fierce defence of Israel in a historic speech to the Israeli parliament but warned her to resist bias in the Middle East conflict.
Germany
Deutsche Telekom forecasts shrinking fixed-line sales
Europe's biggest telecommunications operator, Deutsche Telekom, said on Wednesday that it expected sales in fixed-line operations to decline by four to six percent this year.
Sweden
Principal punched by drunken teacher
A school in the central Swedish town of Västerås was the scene of an unusual school hall scuffle on Wednesday morning.
Germany
Couple finds loaded pistol in used baby stroller
A couple in the German state of Lower Saxony made a shocking discovery when they found a handgun in a baby stroller they purchased in an internet auction.
Germany
Bruno the bear on display in Munich
Bavaria's infamous Bruno the bear, who was shot and killed in the German Alps in June 2006, has been stuffed and will be on display in Munich starting next week.
Sweden
Sony Ericsson warning hits Ericsson shares
Sony Ericsson, the Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker, warned on Wednesday that its profits would be lower for the first quarter as sales growth slowed.
Sweden
Klüft declines to defend heptathlon title
Swedish champion Carolina Klüft said in an interview published on Wednesday she would not defend her heptathlon title at the Beijing Games this summer following injury problems.
Germany
Source offers list of 30,000 German tax evaders
As an ongoing tax evasion scandal unfolds in Germany, an unidentified person has offered data for 30,000 Swiss bank accounts to the state tax authorities in Baden-Württemberg.
Germany
Snow forecast for Easter weekend
Easter holidays won’t be very spring-like in Germany this year. Bundle up for the Easter egg hunt, the German weather service warned, because a major low is rolling in just in time for the weekend with unseasonably cold, wet weather.
Sweden
Police rule out foul play in death of young man
Autopsy results have revealed that a 27-year-old man found dead in central Stockholm at the weekend died of natural causes. Police initially suspected that the man died as a result of an assault.
Sweden
Swedish police forced to release murderer
Police in Norrbotten have been forced to release a 30-year-old man convicted in is absence of a murder in France.
Germany
Dresdner Bank bails K2 out with $1.5 billion
Germany’s Dresdner Bank has extended $1.5 billion to one of its affiliated specialist investment funds, K2, to allow it to repay debt, the latest in a series of such bailouts amid a global credit crunch.
Sweden
Thai man arrested over killing of Swedish tourist
A 31-year-old Thai man was arrested early on Wednesday over the killing and attempted rape of a Swedish tourist last weekend on the resort isle of Phuket, police said.