Germany wins UN Security Council seat
Germany on Tuesday successfully secured a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
Day: October 12, 2010
Germany
Sweden
Swedish authorities put off by PutOn condoms
Sweden's Medical Products Agency (Läkemedelsverket) has banned the sale of the PutOn condom brand in Sweden, claiming that the Chinese-manufactured product falsified its EU safety certification.
Germany
City decrees mandatory cat sterilisation to curb strays
Delmenhorst recently became the second German city to require the sterilisation of all outdoor cats in hopes of reducing its neglected feral feline population. The move could start a trend in a country where pets are infrequently spayed or neutered.
Sweden
Prosecutor asks to keep Pirate Bay prison terms
The prosecution in the appeals trial of three founders and a financier of Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay demanded that the defendants' one-year prison sentences be upheld.
Sweden
Swedes cite integration issues as a ‘problem’
Three of four Swedes consider issues which address integration and immigration to be a contemporary Swedish problem, with four in ten sceptical of the experts on the issue, a new survey published on Tuesday shows.
Germany
Düsseldorf to host Eurovision Song Contest
Public broadcaster ARD announced on Tuesday that the western German city of Düsseldorf will host the next Eurovision Song Contest, beating out its more cosmopolitan rivals Berlin and Hamburg.
Sweden
Swedish couple take dog custody battle to court
A Swedish man has taken his ex-girlfriend to court, claiming she reneged on the joint custody deal they had for their ShiChi mix pooch, Totte.
Sweden
Wanted: 50 Volvo employees in China
Volvo Cars is looking to relocate about 50 employees from Sweden to China as more details emerge about Geely’s plans for the Swedish carmaker's operations in China.
Germany
Discount supermarket tycoons dominate billionaires list
The founder of bargain-basement supermarket chain Aldi, Karl Albrecht, topped a list of Germany's richest people published Tuesday, with assets valued at €17.1 billion ($23.6 billion).
Germany
Exhibition breaks with German Hitler taboos
A new exhibition opening this week at Berlin’s German Historical Museum aims to break taboos by exploring the fascination with Adolf Hitler and his relationship with the German people, the curator said Tuesday.
Sweden
Swedish man dies in live ‘cyber suicide’ broadcast
A Swedish man hanged himself during a live broadcast on the internet on Monday morning, a phenomenon that police described as rare in Sweden.
Sweden
Örebro man suspected of several rapes: police
The man was arrested on Monday evening in Örebro in central Sweden on suspicion of rape and attempted rape, is suspected in connection with several more attacks committed in the city over the past year, police have confirmed.
Germany
The Best of Berlin in October
Exberliner, Berlin's leading English-language magazine, in October celebrates Haus Schwarzenberg’s 15th birthday, gets it's 15 minutes of DJing fame, and still has time for coffee and cake in Kreuzkölln.
Germany
Merkel demands Iran releases journalists
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday demanded Iran release two foreigners thought to be German journalists detained in Tehran.
Germany
Germany lobbies hard for Security Council seat
Germany led furious last-minute lobbying to get one of five seats on the UN Security Council to be decided in a vote on Tuesday.
Sweden
Sweden presents budget for ‘full employment’
Sweden's finance minister Anders Borg presented a budget for 2011 on Tuesday morning including 13 billion kronor ($2 billion) in new measures, promising to move Sweden from "crisis to full employment".
Germany
Police carry sleeping drunk driver to alcohol test
A driver was so drunk on Monday night that police officers had to carry him to their station for a blood test, authorities in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate said.
Germany
‘Learn the language,’ Turkish minister tells countrymen in Germany
As the immigration debate grows increasingly heated in Germany, Turkey's minister for EU affairs Egemen Bagis on Tuesday urged his countrymen living there to increase their efforts at integration.
Sweden
Sweden amends growth forecast
The Swedish government has forecast that GDP will climb by 4.8 percent in 2010, and 3.7 percent in 2011, according to the financial plan in the budget proposition made public on Tuesday morning.
Germany
Brüderle warns of trade war on China visit
German Economy Minister Rainer Brüderle cautioned upon arriving in China Tuesday that a global trade war was brewing, amid wide differences between key trading nations on currency policy.
Sweden
Giant cep mushroom found in Swedish woods
A cep (porcino) mushroom weighing in at 1.5 kilogrammes has been found outside of Broby in Skåne in southern Sweden.