Sweden’s 2010 to end with snowfall
2010, which has been one of the coldest years on record in Sweden, is to end as it started: with a heavy snowfall.
Day: December 31, 2010
Sweden
Sweden
Elderly Swede dies while ice sailing
A 71-year-old man died last night in western Sweden after becoming lost while ice sailing.
Sweden
Friends of slain Swedish bride plead with husband
Friends of Swede Anni Dewani who was murdered during her honeymoon in South Africa, have written an open letter to her husband urging him to answer accusations that he plotted her death.
Sweden
Lucky Swedish pigs live to see 2011
Almost a hundred pigs made a lucky escape on New Years Eve after the roof of their pigsty collapsed under the weight of the snow.
Germany
Policeman shoots woman dead in Munich
A Munich policeman shot a 49-year-old woman on Thursday evening, after she reportedly threatened him with a knife. The woman died in hospital not long afterwards.
Germany
Porsche wins legal battle over failed takeover
German sportscar maker Porsche said Friday a US court has thrown out a lawsuit brought by US hedge funds claiming more than two billion dollars in damages over its failed 2008 attempt to acquire Volkswagen.
Germany
No room for tax cuts, says ‘wise man’
Wolfgang Franz - chairman of Germany's so-called 'wise men' on the German Council of Economic Experts - has said that the government should balance its books before considering tax cuts.
Sweden
Police wish motorists a fine Christmas
Police in Västra Götland in western Sweden have been writing more than just Christmas cards this festive period.
Germany
Politicians call on unemployed not to buy fireworks
Two politicians have caused outrage in Berlin by demanding that recipients of the unemployment benefit known as Hartz IV not waste their money on fireworks.
Sweden
Swedish suspect linked to convicted terrorists
The 29 year old Swedish man arrested in Denmark on Wednesday on suspicion of plotting a terrorist act against the Jyllands-Posten newspaper has close links to two men convicted in Sweden of terror-related crimes, according to media reports
Germany
Deep freeze to lift in the New Year
After the sub-zero temperatures of New Year's Eve, the weather is likely to get milder in the first few days of January, but dangerous ice is expected to form on roads.
Germany
Merkel urges euro-faith in New Year’s address
Chancellor Angela Merkel used her New Year's address to stress the importance of the euro to Germany, after polls showed voters going cool on the single currency following the Greek and Irish debt crises.