Carolin Stenvall murder trial begins
Toni Alldén, 51, the man who has confessed to killing 29-year-old Carolin Stenvall in northern Sweden, said he had "no explanation" for why he had taken the woman's life as his trial began on Monday.
Day: March 2, 2009
Sweden
Sweden
Man expelled from Sweden after 27 years
Sweden's Court of Appeal has issued a lifetime deportation order to a man who has lived in Sweden for 27 years.
Germany
VW targets market share during crisis
Volkswagen, Europe's biggest car maker, threw down the gauntlet to rivals on Monday, saying 2008 profit had gained 15 percent and predicting it would gain market share during the global auto sector crisis.
Germany
Premier Althaus faces manslaughter charge
Thuringia’s state premier Dieter Althaus will face a manslaughter charge for a New Year’s Day ski accident that left a woman dead and Althaus with a severe brain injury, Austrian state prosecutors said on Monday.
Germany
Opel makes case for German bailout
Opel lobbied German authorities on Monday for state aid, arguing the struggling car maker could stand on its own feet despite the problems of its US parent company General Motors.
Germany
Rostock politician demands DNA dog poop testing
A German lawmaker from the Baltic Sea city of Rostock proposed on Monday a high-tech way of dealing with the menace of dog poo on the streets: DNA testing to identify the canine culprit and fine its owner.
Germany
Junk-car bonus inspires other sectors to offer trade-ins
The new “scrap bonus” - or Abwrackprämie - which gives Germans €2,500 to scrap their old cars and buy a new one - is inspiring other industries to make similar offers to boost business, according to daily Der Tagesspiegel.
Sweden
Piracy clampdown: ‘A step on the road to a police state’
Ongoing moves to tighten the screws on file sharers are pushing Sweden ever closer to the development of a police state, argues Green Party member of parliament Lage Rahm.
Sweden
Sweden unveils EU presidency logo
Sweden on Monday released the official logo and website for the government’s upcoming chairmanship of the rotating European Union presidency.
Germany
Germany gives €150 million to rebuild Gaza
Germany said on Monday it will contribute €150 million for reconstruction efforts in the Gaza Strip following the devastating Israeli military campaign last year.
Sweden
Union sanctions pay cuts to save jobs
One of Sweden’s largest manufacturing sector unions said on Monday that its members are willing to allow employers to cut wages in order to avoid more layoffs.
Germany
IT sector grows despite recession
Despite the general economic downturn, Germany’s booming information and telecommunications industry is desperate to fill 18,000 jobs on offer across the country.
Sweden
Pirate on prosecutor: ‘The old bastard’s crazy’
Making his closing arguments in The Pirate Bay trial on Monday, prosecutor Håkan Roswall called for each of the defendants to spend a year in prison for operating the file sharing site.
Germany
New online e-book platform to offer 100,000 German titles
Some 100,000 German books will be available in digital format via an ambitious new online platform libreka! when the Leipzig book fair kicks off on March 12.
Germany
Bavarian brewers strike
In terrifying news for Weißbier fans, Bavarian beer brewers staged temporary strikes on Monday morning in an ongoing wage dispute with employers in the southern German state.
Sweden
GM agrees to pay Saab’s debts to suppliers
Saab’s US owner General Motors has said it will start paying money owed to the struggling Swedish automaker’s suppliers in order to keep Saab's production lines running.
Sweden
Wallenberg suicide secrets emerge after three decades
New documents have shown that the mother and stepfather of Raoul Wallenberg both committed suicide in 1979 having dedicated much of their lives in a despairing search for the missing Swedish diplomat who helped rescue thousand of Jews from extinction during the Second World War, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Sweden
Fire ravages Mölndal apartment building
One person has been taken to hospital with smoke injures and an entire block evacuated in the wake of a devastating fire in Mölndal in western Sweden.
Germany
Car dealers offering record discounts
The Abwrackprämie – a €2,500-premium for junking an old cars to buy a new one – has created record-level discounts at German car dealerships of nearly 50 percent, daily Bild reported on Monday.
Sweden
Volvo pay raise ‘insulting’: Reinfeldt
Volvo Group’s plan to raise the salaries of 250 top executives is “insulting” according to Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.
Sweden
Reinfeldt denounces state auto bailouts
Fredrik Reinfeldt on Sunday blasted plans by his European counterparts to aid their domestic auto sectors with taxpayer money, calling instead for a cut in capacity.
Germany
Economic crisis encourages Germans to mind their manners
Politeness in an impolite world? More Germans are taking etiquette courses as they look for a way to ground themselves during uncertain economic times.
Germany
Coach Klinsmann says Bayern played ‘without urgency’
Bayern Munich coach Jürgen Klinsmann admitted his side lacked urgency and were lethargic on Sunday as 10-man Werder Bremen held the defending champions to a 0-0 draw.