Merkel rejects EU tax
German Chancellor Angela Merkel came out strongly Tuesday against the creation of a "European tax" to boost direct income for the European Union.
Day: November 2, 2010
Germany
Sweden
Swedish jobs agency lays off 800 job coaches
The Swedish Public Employment Service has laid off 800 temporary job coaches after determining that unemployment was not as high as initially feared.
Sweden
Corruption unit to investigate Mona Sahlin
Sweden's National Anti-Corruption Unit (Riksenheten mot korruption) is to investigate whether to open a case against Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin, who accepted complimentary tickets to the Stockholm Open.
Germany
US military families lose everything in huge fire
Almost 100 US military and civilian families have lost most of their possessions in a warehouse fire outside Stuttgart, American officials told The Local on Tuesday.
Germany
Hugo Boss struts ahead with strong quarterly profit
German fashion group Hugo Boss reported a strong third-quarter profit on Tuesday and confirmed unexpectedly good performance given in preliminary figures last month.
Germany
Explosive package seized at Merkel’s office
A suspicious package containing an explosive substance was found at German Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices on Tuesday and disarmed, the Federal Crime Office (BKA) said.
Sweden
Prof’s privacy appeal denied by Euro court
The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a Swedish court decision to fine a former Swedish university department head for barring access to and later destroying research material.
Germany
Family Ministry launches early language initiative for day care
The Family Ministry on Tuesday announced plans to improve early German language instruction in areas with high immigrant populations by increasing the number of teachers at up to 4,000 day care centres.
Germany
Historic locomotives disappear from museum
Two historic locomotives have disappeared from the German Museum of Technology in Berlin, officials said Tuesday. No one knows where the rail relics are, but police suspect an ownership dispute.
Germany
Cars sales seen accelerating in 2010
German new car sales should top 2.9 million vehicles this year, the industry federation VDA said on Tuesday, though its upgraded outlook still signals a sharp drop from 2009.
Sweden
Verdict reached in Malmö teen pimping trial
A court in Malmö in southern Sweden sentenced several men to prison on Tuesday for their role in selling a mentally handicapped 14-year-old girl for sex.
Sweden
Paper defends pulling ‘anti-Semitic’ cartoon
An editor at Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter (DN) has defended his decision to remove an installment of a popular comic strip from the newspaper's website after he deemed it anti-Semitic.
Sweden
Four arrested for murder of Swedish footballer
Four people have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Swedish second division football player Eddie Moussa and his brother in Södertälje in July.
Germany
Google offers German Street View preview
Google presented Germany a foretaste of its controversial Street View navigation programme on Tuesday, featuring six national landmarks, 10 Bundesliga football stadiums and a few streets in the country's southern Allgäu region.
Sweden
Swedish MPs enjoy election income boost
More than four of five new Swedish members of parliament have earned an increase in their annual income following their election to the Riksdag after the September general election.
Germany
Saxony-Anhalt officials warn of sinkhole plague
One day after a massive sinkhole appeared underneath a town in Thuringia, officials in the neighbouring state of Saxony-Anhalt warned residents on Tuesday the region sees at least two such incidents per week.
Sweden
Sweden counts the cost of substance abuse
The cost of drug, alcohol and prescription medicine abuse amounts to 150 billion kronor ($22.4 billion) per annum in Sweden, according to an ongoing government inquiry.
Germany
Dentists accept emergencies only as insurance budgets run out
Many people with state health insurance in Germany will likely be turned away from dentist offices for the rest of the year, according to a media report Tuesday. A large portion of practices have already used up budgets allotted by insurers.
Germany
Yemen angry over flight ban
Yemen criticised Tuesday Germany's decision to ban flights from its airports after the discovery of parcel bombs on US-bound planes, saying it needs help to fight terrorism and not punishment.
Sweden
Left Party members seek Red-Green split
Left Party leader Lars Ohly has insisted that the Red-Green coalition should continue its cooperation, although a majority of the party districts across the country want the party to break away on its own, reported the Dagens Nyheter (DN) daily.
Sweden
Strömstad named Sweden’s top tourist spot
Strömstad in western Sweden has been named as Sweden's primary tourist municipality for the third consecutive year, a new annual report by The Swedish Retail Institute (Handelns utredningsinstitut - HUI) shows.