Taxi drivers to blockade Berlin airport Monday
Hundreds of taxi drivers plan to block access to Berlin’s Tegel airport Monday morning to protest a planned €0.50 surcharge for taxi rides from the airport.
Day: June 14, 2009
Germany
Germany
Richards impresses at Berlin’s Golden League athletics tournament
America's Sanya Richards ran the fastest women's 400m of the season at Berlin's Golden League opener on Sunday to throw down the challenge to Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu.
Germany
Haas downs Djokovic to claim victory in Halle
Germany's Tommy Haas took his second top-ten scalp of the week to beat world number four Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-7 (7/4), 6-1 in Sunday's Halle final and claim his first ATP tournament victory since Memphis in 2007.
Germany
Steinmeier launches bid to unseat Merkel
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday launched his bid to unseat Chancellor Angela Merkel, as his Social Democratic Party signed off on its campaign platform for this September's general election.
Germany
Berlin denounces Iran crackdown
Iran's crackdown on protesters in the wake of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landslide election win is "unacceptable," Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Sunday.
Germany
Car flies 50 metres into pylon
A 20-year-old man was badly injured after an accident early Sunday morning that sent his car flying 50 metres into an electricity pylon.
Germany
Survey backs common holidays across Germany
Southern German states have far more holidays and long weekends - especially during the spring - than northern German states. A new survey says many Germans are sick of this system and want the same holidays nationwide.
Sweden
Axeman rampage comes to bloody end
A man was left seriously injured after he was attacked by an axe-wielding man near Stockholm on Saturday.
Germany
Father forgets son on bike ride
What was supposed to be a fun bike outing on a sunny Saturday morning, briefly turned into a nightmare for a Freiburg man, when he realised he had lost his one and a half year-old son.
Sweden
Failing pupils to sit extra school year
Pupils failing to graduate from compulsory level education (grundskola) could be forced to sit an extra year, according to a new government proposal to extend the age of mandatory school attendance to 17-years-old.
Germany
Seven Germans kidnapped in Yemen
Nine foreigners, including women and children, have been kidnapped in a volatile mountainous area of northern Yemen, an official said on Sunday amid conflicting reports over their fate.
Sweden
Pirate Party heads for parliament: poll
The Pirate Party remains buoyant after its EU election success and could be on its way to claiming seats in the Swedish parliament, a new poll shows.
Sweden
Koenigsegg ‘confident’ of Saab rescue
Koenigsegg, the Swedish luxury sports carmaker set to buy Saab Automobile from US firm General Motors, is confident that the company can be rescued, the firm's co-owner said on Saturday.
Sweden
Swedish police explode over ‘incendiary’ artwork
A Swedish artist's outdoor art exhibition prompted a bomb scare on Saturday, police warned that criminal charges may be filed.