Steinmeier calls for European jobs pact
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who will challenge German Chancellor Angela Merkel next year, put forward an ambitious set of recipes Thursday to help Europe out of the economic slump.
Day: November 13, 2008
Germany
Lufthansa snaps up Austrian Airlines
Austrian Airlines will be sold to German carrier Lufthansa, the Austrian state holding company OeIAG, which has a 41.6-percent stake in the loss-making airline, announced Thursday evening.
Sweden
Lidl issues scavenger poisoned food apology
Discount German supermarket chain Lidl has issued an apology after workers at one of its Swedish stores deliberately poisoned discarded food in a bid to keep homeless people at bay.
Sweden
The Local – making translation easier
An innovative new service from The Local will allow readers to find the Swedish translation of any word on the site with a simple mouse click.
Germany
Lidl apologises for poisoning trashed food
German discount retailer Lidl apologised Thursday after media reports revealed staff at one of its Swedish stores had poured poison on discarded goods to ward off homeless people searching for food.
Germany
What’s on in Germany: November 13 – 19
This Week's Highlights: A Japanese festival in Berlin, the Roots play Cologne, and a Hamburg theatre group performs an Oscar Wilde classic.
Sweden
Twenty years of Christmas gift joy and tears
The unveiling each November of the Christmas Present of the Year has become an institution as Swedish as overconsumption of herring at the seasonal smörgåsbord. Michael Aiossa looks at twenty years of gifts – from the gee whizz of the GPS to the aching disappointment of the bread machine.
Germany
O Tannenbaum, your price is so uninviting!
Getting into the Christmas spirit will require Germans to dig a bit deeper into their wallets this year. Both Christmas trees and their candles will be more expensive, consumer magazine Guter Rat reported on Thursday.
Sweden
Sweden to issue more debt as Riksbank stresses crisis’s depth
The Swedish government on Thursday asked the National Debt Office (Riksgälden) to sell as much as 200 billion kronor ($25 billion) in T-bills next year, as the head of the central bank emphasized the severity of the current financial crisis.
Sweden
School handed dunce’s cap over birthday invitation saga
A primary school in southern Sweden has been given a stern talking to by parliament for confiscating an eight-year-old's birthday invitations after he failed to invite everybody in his class.
Germany
Berliner Charité to return Aborigine skulls
Berlin's Charité hospital has agreed this week to return 18 Aborigine skulls to their native country of Australia, after having them for more than 120 years.
Sweden
What’s on in Sweden: November 14 – 20
What's on in Sweden: November 14th – 20th. Ron Sexsmith & DV8 Physical Theatre in Stockholm; Cirkus Cirkör and English farce in Gothenburg; Lambchop and Dirty Pretty Things in Malmö.
Germany
Frings left out of squad for England friendly
Rebel midfielder Torsten Frings has not been recalled for next week's friendly against England after Germany coach Joachim Löw announced his squad on Thursday.
Sweden
Family charged for brutal axe attack against neighbour
A father and his five children were charged on Thursday for their involvement in a vicious axe attack against a 47-year-old man last spring near Haparanda in northern Sweden.
Sweden
Man attacked by bear in northern Sweden
A 39-year-old man has been taken to hospital after he was attacked by a bear outside Bollnäs in northern Sweden.
Germany
Woolly rhinoceros lived in Germany earlier than thought
German palaeontologists have found the remains of a 460,000-year-old woolly rhinoceros, proving the prehistoric species migrated from Asia to Europe much earlier than previously thought.
Germany
Cops find drunk German with record alcohol level
Police in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on Thursday said they were shocked to find a drunk man still alive in a Stralsund garden with record-breaking breath alcohol level of 7.67 per mille.
Sweden
EU: Swedish bank network ‘tied to terror’
The European Commission has ordered that the Stockholm-based al Barakaat banking network remain on the United Nation’s list of terrorist organizations, Sveriges Radio reports.
Sweden
Black & Decker nailed over ‘gender discrimination’ in ad
US power tool maker Black & Decker has received a hammering from a Swedish advertising watchdog for an advert described as "degrading" to women.
Sweden
The Local’s new translation tool
Ever find yourself pausing on a word in one of The Local’s articles and wondering what the Swedish equivalent is? Now, the answer is just a mouse-click away.
Sweden
Malmö nightclub tips: Saturday, Nov 15
Stay in tune with what's happening in Malmö this Saturday with the aid of The Local and club pros Djungeltrumman.
Germany
Seven injured in Cologne metro fire
Seven people were injured late on Wednesday when a fire broke out on a Cologne metro, the fire department reported.
Germany
Tilda Swinton to head Berlin Film Festival jury
Coming closer to the German film-event of the year, Berlinale organizers have announced their pick of who will lead the international jury at the 59th Berlin Film Festival in February.
Sweden
Malmö nightclub tips: Friday, Nov 14
Discover the night-time jewels of the city in the south with the aid of recommendations from The Local in association with entertainment guide Djungeltrumman.
Sweden
Going out in Gothenburg: Saturday, Nov 15
The Local offers some tips for Saturday night following consultation with Djungeltrumman, the people in the know.
Sweden
Going out in Gothenburg: Friday, Nov 14
The Local scales the heights of the Gothenburg club scene with the able assistance of Djungeltrumman's highly skilled sherpas of the night.
Sweden
Stockholm going out guide: Saturday, Nov 15
Brighten up a mid-November Saturday night in Stockholm with a going out guide from The Local in association with Djungeltrumman.
Sweden
Stockholm going out guide: Friday, Nov 14
Have a great night out in Stockholm with top tips from the club watchers at Djungeltrumman.
Germany
Study shows divorce can be deadly
A new German study shows that people who divorce die years sooner than others, putting them in company with smokers, the homeless, and the poorly educated.
Sweden
Stockholm ranks as fourth most expensive city
A new study confirms what Stockholm residents have long suspected: consumer goods in Sweden’s capital city are expensive.
Germany
Germany falls into recession
Germany has officially fallen into recession after the Federal Statistics Office (Destatis) on Thursday reported Europe's largest economy contracted in the third quarter.
Sweden
Give the gift of experience this Christmas
When Santa Claus comes shimmying down Swedish chimneys this year he will arrive bearing a sack laden with experiences, the Swedish Retail Institute is predicting.
Germany
Thousands queue for midnight ‘Warcraft’ game sale
Thousands of online gaming fans came out to queue outside more than 100 Berlin electronics stores for Thursday’s midnight debut of "World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King."
Germany
Cyclist Ullrich swears oath he didn’t dope
Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich on Wednesday won €340,000 in back pay after denying on oath taking drugs in the early part of 2003 before a German court in Düsseldorf.
Sweden
New direct flight to connect Gothenburg to New York
US airline Delta announced plans on Wednesday to open a new non-stop flight between Gothenburg and New York City in June 2009.
Sweden
Alshammar sets new swimming world record
Swedish swimmer Therese Alshammar broke the 50 metre butterfly short course world record in the World Cup meeting in Stockholm on Wednesday.
Sweden
Scania dodged UN sanctions in Iraq
Swedish government agencies allowed truck maker Scania to ignore United Nations sanctions in order to sell buses and trucks in Iraq in the early 2000s, Sveriges Radio reports.