Papers shoot down proposed Gripen sale to Norway
David Landes reviews how Sweden’s newspapers reacted to plans for selling upgraded Saab Gripen combat planes to Norway.
Day: May 2, 2008
Sweden
Germany
Deadly depilation could mean jail time for beautician
A German beauty parlour owner is facing battery charges after a woman she injected with anaesthetic for a hair-removal procedure died.
Sweden
Swedish-UK nuke power deal goes bust
So far the Swedish government has kept pretty quiet about the state-owned energy company Vattenfall’s plans to buy up British Energy, a nuclear power company. But now Industry Minister Maud Olofsson has brought Vattenfall’s acquisition plans to a halt, splitting the governing Alliance parties in the process.
Sweden
Researchers doubt charcoal’s carbon storage potential
According to the latest research done at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, charcoal´s potential as an environmentally friendly mechanism for storing carbon waste is overrated.
Germany
Garrett: Australia ready to join Europe in climate change fight
Rock star turned politician Peter Garrett has come to Europe to underscore Australia’s new commitment to combating climate change. David Wroe spoke with him in Berlin.
Germany
Porsche joy ride ends in German court
A German woman who turned a Porsche test drive into a five-day joy ride will pay a €2,500 ($3,853) fine for fraud, a Cologne court decided on Friday.
Sweden
Ozzy the turtle returns after two year odyssey
After disappearing without a trace in July of 2006, Ozzy the turtle unexpectedly turned up last Saturday, much to the delight of his disbelieving owners.
Germany
Deutsche Bahn shares reportedly to cost €20-€24
The shares of Germany’s national railway operator Deutsche Bahn will cost between €20 to €24 a piece, business daily Financial Times Deutschland reported on Friday.
Germany
German retail sales post surprise fall in March
Price rises kept Germans away from the shops in March, retail sales data showed on Friday, in another sign that Europe's largest economy may be slowing.
Sweden
Swedish man missing in Thailand
A Swedish man has gone missing in Thailand after going for a swim last Sunday.
Germany
Bayern posed to become Bundesliga champions
After disappointingly being tossed out the UEFA Cup on Thursday, FC Bayern Munich could find some consolation this weekend by being crowned Bundesliga champions.
Germany
Neo-Nazis take over train
Neo-Nazis on their way to May Day demonstrations in Hamburg took over part of a train and harassed passengers, daily newspaper Bild reported on Friday.
Sweden
German suspect’s interrogation begins
The 31-year old German woman suspected of murdering two toddlers and attempting to murder their mother in Arboga is being interrogated for the first time by Swedish police in Sweden.
Germany
Moseying down the Mosel
The Rhine may have more muscle, but Hannah Cleaver discovers Germany’s winding Mosel River offers a more picturesque off-season getaway.
Germany
Would-be Hitler assassin dies at 90
A former German army officer involved in two failed plots to assassinate Hitler - remaining undetected until the end of World War II - has died at the age of 90, his family said Friday.
Sweden
Immigrant pensioners draw a blank in Swedish
Thousands of immigrant pensioners in homes for the elderly are in danger of becoming more and more isolated.
Sweden
Many Swedes bungle their tax forms
Despite being able to submit tax forms by text message or on the internet, many people actually post a paper declaration but then forget to put a stamp on the envelope.
Germany
A third of Germans want the mark back
Almost ten years after the introduction of the single European currency the euro, a third of all Germans would prefer to have the mark back.
Germany
Merkel receives Charlemagne award for EU efforts
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel received an annual EU prize on Thursday for helping unite Europe, as France's Nicolas Sarkozy praised her, easing frosty Franco-German relations.
Sweden
Two critically injured following knife attack
Two men received life threatening stab wounds following a confrontation in the central Swedish town of Sandviken late on Thursday night.
Germany
Hamburg hit by May Day riots
The worst May Day riots in the northern German city of Hamburg in years continued into the early morning on Friday, causing police to use force to restore order.
Sweden
Bomb shakes Malmö apartment building
A powerful bomb exploded in the stairwell of an apartment building on Falsterbogatan in Malmö early Friday morning.
Sweden
Near miss for man passed out on train tracks
A drunken 21-year-old man who had dozed off on the train tracks in Lund in southern Sweden is lucky to alive.