Anti-Nazi hacktivists vow to continue cyberwar
German hackers have pledged to continue their cyberwar against the far right - despite recent crackdowns against so-called 'hacktivists'. In an exclusive interview, one spoke with Brian Whelan.
Day: April 13, 2012
Germany
Sweden
Spotify CEO gives stock market the cold shoulder
Despite a predicted turnover of six billion kronor ($887 million) in 2012, Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek has revealed that a stock exchange listing is not on the cards for the Swedish online music company.
Germany
Germans back voluntary quotas for women
Most Germans would like to see firms adopt a voluntary quota to ensure that women hold a certain percentage of top management jobs – but only around one in four would like to see this enshrined in law, new figures show.
Sweden
Girlfriend-strangler given 16 years in prison
A 52-year-old man from Ystad in southern Sweden, convicted of murdering his 25-year-old girlfriend, was sentenced on Friday to 16 years in prison.
Sweden
Swedish town rocked by second child exorcism
Another teenage girl in Borås, western Sweden, has been subjected to physical abuse such as kicks, beatings and electric shocks, as her parents tried to exorcise her from evil spirits.
Germany
Soldiers threaten actor over anti-war film
The German army is investigating death threats sent to a young actor who was in a television film depicting the Bundeswehr as a bunch of buffoons, the army has confirmed to The Local.
France
France calls for EU nuclear power subsidies
Britain, the Czech Republic, France and Poland are calling for nuclear power to receive similar subsidies from the EU as wind and solar energy, a German newspaper said Friday.
Norway
Breivik lawyers to seek acquittal
Lawyers representing Anders Behring Breivik are set to request that their client is acquitted of terror charges when an Oslo court convenes to consider the case on Monday.
France
Baboons ‘recognize written words’
Baboons can recognize scores of written words, a feat that raises intriguing questions about how we learn to read, scientists reported on Thursday.
France
Son kept dead mum’s body in cellar for a year
A 23-year-old man has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital after police discovered he had kept the corpse of his dead mother in the cellar for a year.
Germany
Trier’s ‘Jesus tunic’ ready for half a million pilgrims
The ancient town of Trier is expecting at least half a million pilgrims over the coming month to view a tunic, put on display Friday, that was reportedly worn by Jesus.
Germany
Scientists find runes on ancient comb
Archaeologists have found the oldest engravings of letters ever to be discovered in central Germany, officials from the area announced on Thursday.
Sweden
Jens Lapidus: Sweden’s newest star crime writer
With an English version of his debut novel finally hitting bookstores, celebrity Swedish defence lawyer and best-selling author Jens Lapidus tells The Local's David Landes why defending criminals beats a full-time career as a writer.
Switzerland
Easter bear snagged and tagged
The bear that has been roaming around since the Easter weekend stealing honey and mauling a goat has now been tagged with a tracking device.
France
Doherty: I had affair with Charlotte Gainsbourg
The notorious former Libertines frontman Pete Doherty says he enjoyed a brief romance with singer Charlotte Gainsbourg after they worked on a movie together.
Germany
Germany slams Ukraine for political crackdown
Germany's top human rights official Thursday slammed as "unacceptable" Ukraine's crackdown on former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and other opposition members after a visit to the country.
Sweden
Swede speaks out on false NY sex crimes
One of the two Swedish businessmen who were cleared of sexual assault charges leveled by a teenager in New York has spoken out about the ordeal, labelling the accusations a “complete fabrication”.
Switzerland
Peeping Tom filmed in girls’ changing-rooms
A Peeping Tom has been caught out trying to film young girls getting changed in the cabins at the Alpamare water park in canton Schwiez.
France
Hollande’s rap video goes viral
French presidential campaigns are often conservative affairs, but a new campaign video shows Socialist presidential candidate François Hollande hanging with youths in the French banlieues to the rap track "Niggas in Paris" by Jay-Z and Kanye West.
Sweden
Swedish terror suspects plead ‘not guilty’
The three Swedish citizens and one Tunisian citizen resident of Sweden who are charged with being behind the planned terror attack on the Jyllands-Posten daily denied all charges when the trial finally begun in Copenhagen on Friday.
Norway
Norway to expel foreign beggars
The Norwegian government plans to expel foreign beggars in a move intended to tackle human trafficking.
Sweden
Playboy mags, seals and drivers ‘stuck’ in traffic
Unwanted Playboy magazines, recalcitrant seals and an enormous glue spill - The Local's News in Brief tackles the smaller offbeat news stories from around Sweden this week.
Switzerland
Swiss travellers ‘suffer due to Roma reputation’
Hostile attitudes towards Roma people in Switzerland are making life difficult for the Jenische people, an entirely separate travelling ethnic group with a long history in the country, community leaders say.
Germany
Protesters drop golden turd by Athens embassy
Ten German protesters were arrested in Athens on Thursday after leaving a giant golden turd on the doorstep of the Berlin embassy in the Greek capital.
Germany
Rossmann must ‘beware of saturated market’
Germany's number two drug store chain, Rossmann, should look before it leaps into the gap left by the demise of rival Schlecker, German retail analysts have warned, saying the domestic market is nearly saturated.
Norway
Massacre survivors seek ‘only justice’ for Breivik
They lost brothers, sisters and friends, some suffered grievous injuries themselves, yet survivors of last year's Norway massacre want to see the killer have a fair trial - no more, no less.
France
Assad ‘insincere’ about ceasefire – Sarkozy
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday that he did not believe in the sincerity of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, nor in the UN-backed ceasefire aimed at halting 13 months of bloodshed.
Sweden
Stoned Swedish nurse ignored suffering patient
A Swedish night shift nurse has been fired from a Gothenburg hospital for being high on cannabis and failing to notice a patient's rapidly deteriorating condition.
France
Sarkozy lashes out at Financial Times
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in the midst of a re-election campaign, has taken aim at the British Financial Times daily, accusing it of blindly supporting the "Anglo-Saxon model" of economics.
Germany
Train hits digger, kills three, injures 13
Three people were killed and 13 others injured in central Germany early Friday morning, when a regional train smashed into a digger working on the train line.
Sweden
Swedish gang member in garden gnome drug bust
A 26-year-old man with ties to a Hells Angels branch in central Sweden was sentenced to prison Wednesday after being fund guilty of selling large quantities of synthetic drugs imported from China and hidden inside garden gnomes.
Sweden
Sweden in narrow escape from loo roll shortage
The looming toilet paper dearth in Sweden following threats of a solidarity strike among Swedish paper workers is over, after retail and stockroom employees on Thursday agreed to the mediators’ bid.
Sweden
Peru not to ‘negotiate with guerillas’: minister
The Peruvian government Thursday ruled out negotiating with a leftist guerrilla group demanding a $10 million dollar ransom for 36 workers kidnapped from a Swedish construction firm.
Germany
Yvonne the runaway cow to be a moo-vie star
Yvonne the runaway cow who became a German media sensation last summer will be charging onto the silver screen when she stars in her very own feature film – “Cow on the Run”.