Brewers hope football will boost beer sales
Despite Germans’ worldwide reputation as beer-slurping pub-goers, domestic beer sales have been declining for years - but brewers have a plan to change that.
Day: April 15, 2012
Germany
Sweden
Social Democrats reach new poll heights
The Social Democrats' recent dramatic rise in opinion polls has continued with the party climbing a further 3.1 percentage points to 36.8 percent according to the latest voter preference survey.
Germany
Driver misses road and lands in river
An apparently drunk driver drove his car into the Main river in Frankfurt early Sunday morning, but the 27-year-old driver and his passenger, 23, managed to escape, the police said.
Germany
Rosberg wins Chinese Formula 1 Grand Prix
German racing driver Nico Rosberg won the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on Sunday - his first ever win and the first time since 1955 that a Mercedes team took the top prize.
Germany
Koran distributors may face more scrutiny
German politicians are urging security services to take stronger action against a fundamentalist Muslim group distributing free copies of the Koran, it was reported Sunday.
Sweden
Bones find linked to missing woman mystery
Volunteers searching for the remains of 31-year-old Marina Johansson, who went missing in July 2010, on Saturday located bones which police believe to have come from a human body.
Germany
Soros: Germany should bail out the euro
A new approach to saving the euro is needed and Germany should finance it, George Soros, the star investor and hedge fund manager told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper.
Sweden
Stadium toilet rape ‘never happened’: police
Stockholm police have confirmed that they have closed their investigation into an alleged rape at a Stockholm football stadium on Monday night after new information indicated that the attack had never occurred.
Sweden
Saudis deny Sweden arms factory deal
Saudi Arabia on Saturday issued a denial that any deal had been reached with Sweden regarding the construction of an arms factory, a controversy that led to the resignation of the Swedish defence minister last month.
Sweden
Skanska workers freed by rebels in Peru
Peruvian rebels released 36 construction workers on Saturday, 28 of whom were employed by Swedish construction firm Skanska, bringing an end to a five day hostage drama.