Swedes draw Dutch and Finns in Euro 2012 qualifiers
Sweden face Holland, Hungary and neighbours Finland in a Euro 2012 qualification group that gives Erik Hamrén's side a chance to settle old scores.
Day: February 7, 2010
Germany
Watchdog eyes Opel state help
The European Union’s competition watchdog vowed on Sunday to keep a tight rein on how state aid is given to ailing carmaker Opel, as the firm’s parent company prepares its pitch for help from countries including Germany.
Germany
Knobloch to step down as Jewish leader
The Central Council of Jews in Germany is set for a historic generational shift after Charlotte Knobloch announced Sunday she would retire as president, making her the last leader to come from the Holocaust-survivor generation.
Sweden
Two Swedes killed in Afghanistan
Two Swedish military officers and a local interpreter were killed on Sunday when their unit came under fire west of Mazar-e Sharif in Afghanistan.
Germany
Bundeswehr probes claims that teen girl was killed in shootout
Germany is investigating claims a 14-year-girl was killed during a firefight between its Bundeswehr soldiers and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.
Germany
Germany scores lucky draw for 2012 Euro Cup
Germany’s national football team has scored a good draw for the 2012 European Cup qualifying games, facing Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, organisers announced Sunday.
Germany
Germany under ice Queen’s spell
Germany’s roads and footpaths will remain treacherously slippery for some days to come, with freezing temperatures and some snow set to preserve a sheet of ice on the ground, the German Weather Service (DWD) reported Sunday.
Germany
Google ‘Street View’ hits fresh privacy snag
Google's "Street View" service faces a new hurdle in Germany, with Consumer Minister Ilse Aigner branding it on Sunday a “million-fold violation of the private sphere” and demanding the internet giant get additional consent from people photographed.
Sweden
Proposed tax writeoffs for computer and TV installation
Swedish national elections are still months away. But political parties are already vaunting enticing proposals to woo voters.
Sweden
Dangerous cargo slips off ship near Gotland
A Coast Guard search has failed to find a container housing environmentally dangerous substances that slipped off a Finnish ship south of the Baltic Sea island of Gotland off the Swedish east coast on Saturday.
Germany
Guttenberg calls for NATO reform, blasts Iran
Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg called for quick reform of the NATO security alliance on Sunday, claiming “we talk too much and achieve too little.”
Germany
Marlene Dietrich the first star on ‘Berlin Walk’
Berlin-born Hollywood legend Marlene Dietrich will be immortalised on the streets of her home city on a new "Walk of Fame" to be unveiled during the Berlin film festival this week, promoters said Saturday.
Germany
Merkel urged to lead integration debate
The leaders of Germany’s Turkish and Islamic communities called on Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday to get personally more involved in socially integrating disillusioned youngsters from immigrant backgrounds.
Sweden
Citizen protests block hotel expansion in heritage town
Following a vigorous citizen protest, an historic hotel in Sweden’s oldest town has been denied permission to expand. Sigtuna Stads Hotell in the thousand-year town of Sigtuna must content itself with just 26 rooms.
Sweden
Sweden fares badly in global economic report
Swedish citizens have fared badly compared to other developed nations during the deepest depression since the 1930s.
Sweden
One thousand pigs survive barn roof collapse
Winter should not come as a surprise in Sweden. But it did – after many mild seasons.