Big increase in prostitution reports
The number of people reported to the police for buying sex has risen five-fold in Sweden in the past year, according to new figures.
Day: July 27, 2010
Sweden
Sweden
Finnair starts Bromma service in August
Finnair will launch a new connection from Helsinki to Stockholm through Bromma on August 16th in addition to its services to Arlanda, the airline has announced.
Sweden
Young girl raped by stranger in Stockholm
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward on Tuesday after an eight-year-old girl was raped by a stranger in a Stockholm suburb.
Sweden
Two killed in glacier accident on Kebnekaise
Two Finnish citizens, a 28-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, died on Tuesday in an accident on Storglaciären in Kebnekaise, Sweden's highest mountain in the north, according to police.
Sweden
Saab turns profit after 2009 crisis
Crisis-hit carmaker Saab Automobile turned a profit of 3.9 billion kronor ($531 million) in 2009, but only thanks to deals with its creditors and a deal to sell equipment to a Chinese automaker, according to the company’s annual report, released on Tuesday.
Germany
Consumers join businesses in party mood
German consumers are feeling upbeat following their country’s strong performance in the football World Cup, the warm summer weather and the good news from the job market, the GfK consumer climate study for July has found.
Sweden
Mass murderer should stay in jail: prosecution
Although mass murderer Mattias Flink's life sentence was commuted to 32 years earlier this month, the prosecution wants Flink stay in prison.
Germany
Kidnapped aid workers freed in Darfur
Two German aid workers were freed on Tuesday more than a month after they were kidnapped from their offices by gunmen in south Darfur, Germany's foreign ministry said.
Sweden
Time for Europe to fix its finances
Many European countries are facing austerity measures in the wake of the financial crisis. Now it's time for the EU itself to get serious about tackling waste, writes Anna Kinberg Batra, chair of the Swedish Parliament's Committee on EU Affairs.
Sweden
Daniel Craig lands Millennium lead role
Daniel Craig has officially signed on with Sony Picture to star in the lead role as journalist Mikael Blomkvist in the upcoming Hollywood film remake of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Germany
Lufthansa cargo plane crashes in Saudi Arabia
A cargo plane owned by Lufthansa crashed in Riyadh on Tuesday injuring the two-man crew, the German airline said, confirming earlier statements by a Saudi official.
Germany
Depression and schizophrenia filling German hospital beds
Mental illness has emerged as the overwhelmingly dominant cause of hospitalisation in Germany, with depression and schizophrenia accounting for the highest number of days spent by patients in clinic beds, a report revealed Tuesday.
Sweden
Swedes impress at FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup
Although Sweden missed out on the World Cup in South Africa this year, the women's team at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany impressed the crowds in its tournament debut.
Germany
Guttenberg denies Afghanistan cover-ups
The government rejected opposition accusations of Afghanistan war cover-ups on Tuesday, following the release of more than 92,000 classified military documents by whistleblower internet site Wikileaks.
Germany
‘My girlfriend is dying. Please make some room!’
What was it like in the Duisburg tunnel where a massive crush left 20 dead and hundreds injured at the Love Parade on Saturday? Michael Remmert got a harrowing report from a young man who was thankful to make it out alive.
Germany
Merkel to interrupt holiday for Saturday Love Parade service
Angela Merkel is to break off her holiday to attend a memorial service for the victims of the Love Parade crush this Saturday, according to media reports.
Sweden
Dream home for families close to schools: survey
Close to local preschools and schools and newly renovated rooms for each child: this what the dream home for families with children would look like, according to a study by the Association of Swedish Real Estate Agents (Mäklarsamfundet).
Germany
Deutsche Bank posts higher quarterly profit
Germany's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, posted on Tuesday a second-quarter net profit of €1.2 billion, up from €1.1 billion in the same period a year earlier.
Sweden
Scientists to count Baltic Sea porpoises
Unsure of their actual number, authorities will now count how many porpoises there are in the Baltic Sea with the help of porpoise detectors that collect data from cetaecean sonar.
Germany
MPs push for end to pension guarantee
Germany’s 20 million pensioners face an income drop under a push by government MPs to abolish the “pension guarantee,” reports said Tuesday.
Sweden
Probe looks at grocery food waste in Sweden
The Nordic Council of Ministers will finance a major survey to investigate the reasons why thousands of tonnes of meat, fruit and vegetables are thrown away each year in Swedish grocery stores.
Germany
Political pressure steamrolled safety fears
As the death toll from Saturday’s Love Parade stampede rose to 20, there were growing signs Tuesday that massive political pressure had pushed through plans for the festival against the concerns of police.