Westerwelle summons Iranian ambassador
Germany's foreign ministry Saturday said it had summoned Iran's ambassador to demand the release of an Iranian-born Christian pastor whose death sentence Berlin fears will be carried out soon.
Day: March 3, 2012
Germany
Germany
Integration study author criticizes interior minister
German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich has come under attack from the key author of “The Daily Life of Muslims in Germany” study, published by the Bild newspaper on Thursday.
Germany
States in conflict over unified school exam
Germany's 16 states disagree over whether the country should introduce a unified Abitur examination for graduating high school pupils.
Germany
Victims in Friday’s plane crash identified
The cause of a private plane crash in the western German state of Hesse on Friday remains unknown, but authorities have identified the five victims, the Bild newspaper reported.
Germany
Baby boar with broken leg saved
A tiny baby boar with a broken leg is now recovering in a foster home, thanks to a young German family who went out for a walk and saw the helpless animal.
Germany
Police confiscate more amphetamines
German authorities have seized nearly twice as many amphetamines over the last two years as they did in 2009, according to a report published Saturday.
Sweden
Police ‘not told’ of stabbing suspect’s call
The 28-year-old man suspected of stabbing a 10-year-old girl in the throat at a Gothenburg school called and identified himself to emergency services immediately after the attack, but the information wasn't forwarded to the police.
Sweden
Swedish schools deploy drug sniffing dogs
Sniffer dogs will be used to search schools in Landskrona municipality in southern Sweden after officials concluded that “attitudes toward narcotics have become more liberal”.
Sweden
Swede denied right to call himself ‘black work’
A man from Märsta in northern Stockholm has been denied the right to adopt the word “Svartjobb” (literally: black work) as his name after tax authorities deemed it to have negative connotations and to be indicative of a poor work ethic.
Sweden
‘Fusilli’ radio waves open up wireless world: study
Radio waves that move like pasta spirals could help unclog the wireless world by boosting the power of radio communications, Italian and Swedish researchers said Friday.
Sweden
20 injured in Stockholm Globe stage collapse
Some 20 people were taken to hospital after a section of stage gave way during a concert at the Globe Arena in Stockholm on Friday evening.