Bahn seals massive deal with Qatar and Bahrain
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn said on Sunday it had signed a multi-billion-euro contract to build high-speed railway lines and underground transport networks in Qatar and Bahrain.
Day: November 22, 2009
Germany
Sweden
Liberals reject immigrant citizenship course
The Liberal Party has voted against a proposal from the party leadership for the introduction of mandatory courses for all immigrants seeking Swedish citizenship.
Germany
Train drivers plead against suicide on the tracks
The German Train Drivers’ Union has spoken out against people committing suicide by throwing themselves in front of trains.
Sweden
Alshammar misses out despite world record
Swedish swim queen Therese Alshammar missed out on World Cup success despite smashing her own world record in winning the 50 metres butterfly in Singapore on Sunday.
Germany
Police foil illegal nighttime race on Hockenheim race track
Police broke up an illegal nighttime car race being held on the world famous Hockenheim race track in southern Germany on Saturday night.
Germany
Financial crash as significant as fall of Berlin Wall, says Schäuble
The financial crisis will have as significant a global impact as the seismic events 20 years ago when the Berlin Wall fell and communism collapsed, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said on Sunday.
Germany
Minister calls for passive accident onlookers to be shocked into action
Those who gawk at accidents without helping the victims should be shocked out of their inaction by being shown photographs of accidents and those hurt in them, according to Schleswig-Holstein’s interior minister Klaus Schlie.
Germany
No live eyewitnesses left for Nazi guard trial
The trial of alleged mass murderer John Demjanjuk, due to start on November 30 in Munich, will take place without any eyewitnesses, it emerged this weekend.
Germany
Lafontaine recovering after cancer operation
Oskar Lafontaine, leader of the socialist party The Left, is recovering from an operation on his prostate cancer and is doing as well as can be expected, a spokesman said at the weekend.
Sweden
Swine flu vaccine suffers delay
A delivery of 500,000 doses of the swine flu vaccine has been delayed. Health authorities now expect supply shortages during the week.
Sweden
Sarandon receives Stockholm film fest award
Hollywood star Susan Sarandon was in Stockholm on Saturday to receive the annual film festival's "Lifetime achievement award".
Sweden
Fire at Vellinge refugee hostel
A fire was deliberately started outside a hostel housing refugee children in Vellinge in southern Sweden on Saturday. Demonstrations for and against the controversial refugee centre will be held in the country on Sunday.