Austrians shocked to discover Oscar-winner Waltz is German
Austria's media was horrified on Thursday to reveal Christoph Waltz, Oscar-winner and star of "Inglourious Basterds" by Quentin Tarantino, is not Austrian after all.
Day: August 12, 2010
Germany
Sweden
Oddball cabaret set to wow Swedish audiences
La Clique, performing in Stockholm this week, is a brilliant mix of raw sex appeal, humor, and unbelievable physical ability, writes Emy Gelb.
Sweden
Unemployment falls in July
Official unemployment in Sweden fell to 406,000 people in July, or 8.1 percent of the workforce. The figures include those registered as unemployed and those in labour market programmes run by the Swedish state labour exchange, Arbetsförmedlingen.
Sweden
Union blames ministers for berry pickers’ plight
Sweden’s largest trade union group, LO, has slammed the government over the plight of foreign berry pickers in northern Sweden, many of whom claim that charges from employers for travel and lodgings are leaving them in debt.
Germany
Police reportedly ordered to secure Love Parade
North Rhine-Westphalian officials have insisted that Love Parade organisers alone were responsible for keeping the event's security, but an internal document released Thursday reportedly shows police had orders to ensure public safety.
Sweden
‘I wasn’t the pilot – I was high on drugs’
A TV producer has denied being the pilot of a helicopter used in a spectacular robbery at a Stockholm cash depot - telling the court he was high on drugs on the night in question.
Germany
Soggy east braces for heavy rain after floods
Floods in the eastern states of Saxony and Brandenburg continue to recede, but with heavy rains in the forecast for the region, authorities said Thursday they must remain vigilant.
Germany
Mating mayflies pose Bavarian traffic hazard
Every summer it’s the same messy mating ritual: Millions of mayflies hatch, have sex and die in the Bavarian county of Schwandorf, endangering motorists with their slippery corpses left on roads.
Germany
Analysts expecting booming German growth
The German economy is showing massive improvement after the country's worst post-war recession last year, and with latest growth figures due on Friday, analysts are expecting rosy results.
Germany
Archaeologists expect Roman weapons, find live WWII grenades
Archaeologists made a startling discovery while recently excavating an ancient Roman battlefield in Lower Saxony: Instead of spears and arrowheads, they uncovered live explosives left over from the Second World War.
Sweden
‘Nazi-era’ names cause climber consternation
A popular climbing spot in Järfälla in Stockholm has prompted controversy after the crag's climbing routes were given names from Hitler's Germany such as "Kristallnacht" and "The Crematorium".
Sweden
Social Democrats focus on jobless youths
The Social Democrats are to focus on youth unemployment in a series of campaign posters ahead of next month’s election.
Germany
Scientists find evidence of earlier Stone Age use of tools
Ancient animal bones bearing cut marks have revealed that hominims were using stone tools to butcher meat some 800,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to new findings published this week by German and American scientists.
Sweden
Swedish inflation rises to 1.1 percent in July
Inflation climbed slightly to 1.1 percent in Sweden in July, up from 0.9 percent in June, new figures showed on Thursday.
Germany
What’s on in Germany: August 12 – 18
This Week's Highlights: Horse racing in the Rhineland, classical music at the Hamburg zoo and fireworks over the Bodensee.
Sweden
Man demands sex refund from no-show teen’s dad
A Stockholm man approached the father of a 13-year-old girl who did not show up to an arranged sex meet, demanding the refund of an advance payment deposited in the girl's bank account, according to a report in the Metro daily.
Germany
Surge in mental illness highlights psychotherapist dearth
There has been an alarming spike in psychological illnesses in Germany, but the country does not have enough therapists to handle the mounting problems, the BPtK national psychotherapists board warned on Thursday.
Germany
Politicians plan Google Street View privacy law
As a growing number of German politicians said they would forbid Google from showing their homes on the US internet giant's “Street View” service, the government on Thursday announced plans for a law to protect citizens' privacy on the web.
Sweden
Sexual harassment less common in Sweden
While a series of high profile cases have recently brought attention to the issue of sexual harassment, a new survey of 24 countries shows that the risk of falling victim is significantly lower in Sweden than elsewhere.
Germany
Germany can be sued over Hitler-era bonds, US court says
A US court of appeals Wednesday said Germany can be sued by Florida investors seeking reimbursement for post World War I reconstruction bonds that Adolf Hitler stopped paying in the 1930s, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said.
Germany
Danes force a draw in friendly match with Germany
Danish substitute Mads Junker inspired Denmark to come from 2-0 down to force a 2-2 draw against World Cup semi-finalists Germany during a friendly match on Wednesday.
Sweden
Satanic reg plate banned from Sweden’s roads
The Swedish Transport Agency on Wednesday balked at the idea of the devil incarnate riding the country's roads and elected to reject a request from a car owner to adorn her vehicle with a "Luzifer" number plate.
Sweden
Ibrahimovic on target as Sweden beat Scotland
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored on his return from a ten month international hiatus as Sweden beat Scotland 3-0 in their friendly in Stockholm on Wednesday evening.