Swede, 92, tricked into giving away home
An elderly married couple in southern Sweden has been charged under suspicion of tricking a 92-year-old neighbour with dementia into giving them his home and estate.
Day: January 15, 2011
Sweden
Germany
Erdogan blasts Merkel for comments on Turkish Cyprus
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked German Chancellor Angela Merkel to apologise following her criticism of Turkish policies in the Cyprus conflict, in remarks published on Saturday.
Germany
Another 1,000 farms closed for dioxin
Nearly another 1,000 German farms have been closed as the scope of the dioxin animal feed scandal continues to widen, the government confirmed on Saturday.
Germany
BND files show war criminal Barbie was their agent after the war
Klaus Barbie, the Nazi war criminal known as the ‘butcher of Lyon’ for his hideous treatment of Jewish prisoners, was paid by the German intelligence services for political information during the 1960s, according to Der Spiegel.
Sweden
Malmö man shot in leg after row in staircase
A man who got into an argument with two young men hanging out in the staircase outside his apartment in Malmö was shot and assaulted on Friday evening, according to police.
Germany
British undercover cop could face German law
A British undercover policeman, who spent years infiltrating left-wing and environmental groups across Europe and then switched sides, could face prosecution in Germany.
Sweden
Swedish man charged after flashing girls
A Swedish man has been charged after exposing himself to two girls from his balcony in Västervik in southeastern Sweden, a local newspaper reported on Friday.
Sweden
Nearly half of Swedish wolf hunt quota met
Sweden's wolf hunt for the year began on Saturday, with nine wolves out of the allotted annual quota of 20 shot by 1pm, as protesters set off fireworks at a hunting area in Dalarna.
Germany
Farmers call for action amid €100 mln losses
German farmers reckon the dioxin contamination scandal is going to cost them around €100 million from reduced consumption and lower prices on eggs and pork.
Sweden
Gothenburg man arrested for Oslo Islamist attack
Swedish police have arrested a Gothenburg man as a suspect in the attempted murder of the founder of a radical Iraqi Kurdish Islamist group in Oslo, authorities announced on Friday.
Germany
Schröder calls for kindergartens to have male workers
German Family Minister Kristina Schröder has unveiled plans to train jobless men to work as nursery helpers, with the aim of having at least one man at each kindergarten in the future.
Germany
Dortmund extends league lead to 13 points
Borussia Dortmund extended their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to 13 points on Friday, blitzing second-placed Bayer Leverkusen with three goals in just six minutes for an impressive 3-1 away win.