Merkel: Greek bailout must be ‘accelerated’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that talks between Greece, the International Monetary Fund and the European Union on a bailout package for Athens must be sped up.
Day: April 28, 2010
Germany
Sweden
SEB posts bumper profits
Swedish bank SEB exceeded market expectations on Wednesday as it posted a first quarter operating profit of 1.075 billion kronor ($147 million), more than double the figure forecast by analysts.
Sweden
The hospital that puts children first
"We offer what non-Swedes living in Sweden expect from their healthcare provider." Peter Wasmuth, CEO
Germany
Laura Bush suspected poisoning at G8 summit
Former US President George Bush may have been the victim of a poison attack during G-8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany in 2007, according to ex-First Lady Laura Bush's new autobiography.
Germany
Emissions trading tax evasion sparks huge raid
Police staged hundreds of raids on businesses across Germany on Wednesday – including the Deutsche Bank headquarters – on suspicion of tax evasion worth up to €180 million connected to emissions trading.
Sweden
Brad Pitt to star in Millennium film: reports
US actor Brad Pitt is set to star in the Hollywood remake of the first of the Stieg Larsson "Millennium" trilogy films, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, according to a report from movie industry news site indieWIRE.
Germany
Teen sentenced to 8 1/2 years in custody for Kassandra attack
A Wuppertal court on Tuesday sentenced a 15-year-old boy to eight-and-a-half years in a juvenile detention centre for attempted murder for beating a nine-year-old girl and leaving her to die in a drainage pipe.
Germany
Ribery banned from Champions League final
Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery will miss next month's Champions League final after UEFA banned him for three matches for a serious foul in the semis.
Sweden
Chinese pop star in Reinfeldt tax plea
Chinese superstar pop singer Wei Wei has appealed to Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to intervene to settle a dispute with the Swedish tax authorities, which she claims have recently begun seizing her assets.
Sweden
‘Jail Red Cross fraudster for 5 years’: Prosecutor
The prosecutor in the trial of Johan af Donner called on Wednesday for the former Red Cross communications chief to be imprisoned for five years for swindling both the Red Cross and the Swedish Cancer Society out of millions of kronor.
Germany
Ifo’s Sinn: Greece will never pay Germany back
Debt-stricken Greece is unlikely ever to be in a position to pay back loans from Germany currently under consideration to help end its crisis, Hans-Werner
Germany
Germans like their jobs, bosses
The majority of Germans enjoy going to work each day, and even like their bosses, but one-third feel they are underpaid, a new poll revealed on Wednesday.
Sweden
Federley forced to pay salad bar rent
Centre Party politician Fredrick Federley and former member of pop group Army of Lovers, Dominika Peczynski, have been ordered to pay 300,000 kronor ($41,000) in rent owed for their Stockholm salad bar.
Germany
Cracking the corporate glass ceiling
Chancellor Angela Merkel might frequently be ranked the world's most powerful woman, but as Kyle James reports, gender inequality in the workplace remains a stubborn problem in Germany.
Sweden
Musician and estate agent charged over sex act on Swedish bus
A middle-aged Swedish couple have been charged with after committing sexual acts in full view of their co-passengers on a coach passing through Småland in southern Sweden.
Germany
Struggling students to get guidance counsellors
Germany plans to put thousands of “educational pilots” in schools across the country to target potential drop-outs and help them find finish school and find jobs, Education Minister Annette Schavan said on Wednesday.
Sweden
Stieg Larsson’s partner reports ‘racist’ subsidy
Eva Gabrielsson, the life partner of deceased Millennium trilogy author Stieg Larsson, has called on Sweden's highest legal official to examine the legality of a press subsidy awarded to a newspaper run by the extreme-right National Democrat party.
Sweden
A new life in northern Sweden – Part Two
Winter in a picturesque snowbound town can instil in the visitor a true appreciation for life in the far north of Sweden. But a dearth of jobs and a surplus of solitude help explain the region's growing demographic crisis, writes Alec Forss. Part two in a two-part series.
Germany
Swiss mull lawsuit against Germany over bank data
Switzerland is still considering whether to take Germany to court over the purchase of stolen bank data the country is using to root out tax dodgers, Swiss President Doris Leuthard said on Wednesday.
Germany
Bundeswehr trauma cases spike
The number of Bundeswehr soldiers returning from duty in Afghanistan with serious psychological problems has tripled in the last three years, and is expected to continue increasing, the German military’s head psychiatrist said on Wednesday.
Sweden
Allegations mount against Catholic Church
The sexual abuse allegations against the Catholic church in Sweden continue to grow as a further victim alleges that she was abused by her parish priest.
Germany
Olic hat trick takes Bayern to Champion’s League final
Croatia international striker Ivica Olic netted a spectacular three goals against Lyon on Tuesday night to take his team Bayern Munich to the Champions league final.
Sweden
Opposition outlines billion kronor tax hike
The left-green opposition has proposed the raising of environmental taxes by a total of 11 billion kronor ($1.52 billion) over the coming two years, as well as reintroducing wealth taxes to raise a further four billion per annum.
Sweden
AstraZeneca fined for anti-psychotic drug
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has agreed to pay a $510 million fine to settle a case alleging that it illegally marketed an anti-psychotic drug, the US justice department has confirmed.