Menni guilty of funding Stockholm bombing: jury
Nasserdine Menni, accused of being an accomplice to Stockholm suicide bomber Taimour Abdulwahab, has been found guilty by a Scottish jury of funding the attack.
Day: July 20, 2012
Sweden
Norway
Car sends four-year-old boy flying into sea
A four-year-old boy was flown to hospital on Friday afternoon after he was hit by a car and knocked over the edge of a bridge in northern Norway from a height of up to 40 metres.
Sweden
Malmö man admits to beating wife to death
The 42-year-old Malmö resident under suspicion of the killing of his 33-year-old wife after he was found trying to stow her lifeless body into a van has admitted to causing her death, but claims that it wasn't murder.
Norway
Sick controllers lead to flight delays
Air passengers in eastern Norway can expect delays of up to two hours on Friday due to staffing shortages at a regional control centre.
Germany
IOU ‘worth trillions’ gives mayor headache
The mayor of a German town who threatened to cash in a medieval IOU now worth trillions of euros from the city of Berlin is regretting his wild claims after the publicity stunt ran out of control.
Norway
Oslo roads flooded in summer storm
A torrential summer downpour wreaked havoc on roads in the Oslo area on Friday afternoon as motorists were caught off guard by flash floods.
Germany
German travel agents ‘only happy when it rains’
Good weather for ducks - and travel agents. Germany's rainy summer has turned into a windfall for operators offering package holidays in the Mediterranean, it was reported Friday.
Sweden
Swede’s bottom impaled in freak funfair mishap
A 31-year-old father of two is in hospital struggling against blood poisoning after a freak accident at a Swedish theme park on Sunday where a tow hitch on a children’s ride penetrated his rectum.
Sweden
Man held for smuggling berry pickers to Sweden
A man was arrested and detained by police Thursday on suspicion of people-smuggling after berry pickers in eastern Sweden claimed they were tricked into coming to the country.
Germany
Only albino fur seal in zoo takes to the water
The world’s only albino fur seal in captivity took his first bow in public at a German zoo on Friday, complete with pink nose and flippers.
Germany
Former national goalie faces court over cocaine
Former German national football goalkeeper Eike Immel will face court in October charged with 78 counts of buying cocaine and other drugs. Immel was part of the 1980 European Champion winning squad.
Switzerland
‘Brutal’ pimp’s sentence upped to 14 years
A 43-year-old Hungarian pimp was sentenced to 14 years in jail after being found guilty by a Zurich court of rape, forced abortion, threats and forcible confinement.
Sweden
Swedish grocers revel in Ramadan profits boost
Swedish food retailers are expecting a record turnover in the weeks to follow, with Muslim fasting month Ramadan beginning on Friday, a festival only bested by Christmas in terms of turnover for Malmö grocers.
Switzerland
Tolkien fans descend on spa town for ‘Middle-earth’ festival
Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, Gollum and company will be feted this weekend in Leukerbad in an event billed as Switzerland’s largest fantasy festival.
Germany
Pilot swims for hours in Borneo river after crash
A German pilot whose helicopter crashed in a river in deep jungle in Borneo swam for four hours through crocodile territory before being found by fishermen, it was reported locally.
France
Monaco to nudists: No butts on beach
Stripped of their hopes of a permit, Monaco nudists fear city authorities want to keep them away from a beach they have used for decades.
Germany
No honour for new intel chief over Gitmo scandal
The man due to take over Germany’s intelligence service has been denied an honorary degree by a Berlin university because he was involved in leaving an innocent man in the Guantanamo prison camp.
Germany
Doctor ‘cheated’ to get patients on organ list
A leading German doctor is under investigation for allegedly changing medical records to make people appear sicker than they were – bumping them to the top of organ transplant lists ahead of desperately ill people.
France
Chinese tourist rescued in Seine
A Chinese tourist was rescued by crew members on nearby boats after she fell into the river Seine in Paris on Thursday.
Switzerland
Zurich children’s hospital halts circumcisions
Zurich University Children’s Hospital has decided to stop performing circumcisions in the wake of a controversial German court decision.
Sweden
Swim class reported: kids still can’t swim
A Stockholm mother has reported the organizers of her 5-year-old daughter’s swimming course to the Swedish consumer ombudsman (Konsumentombudsmannen – KO) after none of the children learned how to swim.
France
Police bust tractor trafficking network
French police have swooped on a gang caught stealing expensive tractors from car dealers across France before selling them off in Romania.
Sweden
Sweden reveals myth of EU healthcare ‘freedom’
Despite EU legislation about citizens' healthcare rights, the situation in Sweden reveals a system riddled with problems that create uncertainty about treatments and leave many with huge bills to pay, The Local's Salomon Rogberg discovers.
Norway
Owners agree to shut down Roma camp
A temporary Roma camp in a stone quarry on the outskirts of Oslo is set to be dismantled on Friday after the two owners of the land reached an agreement to close the controversial site.
Sweden
Woman stabbed during evening stroll with infant
A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicions of attempted murder after a young woman was stabbed while out walking with an infant in a pram in Malmö on Thursday night.
France
‘Drink DSK’: French firm hijacks Strauss-Kahn’s initials
A fizzy drink with alleged aphrodisiac qualities carrying the initials of disgraced IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will hit French night clubs this summer, its makers said.
France
McDonald’s denies attack on tech-specs Canadian
McDonald's France said on Tuesday that employees at one of its Paris restaurants denied a Canadian inventor's claims they assaulted him for wearing a computer vision system.
Germany
One killed in hospital fire
One person was killed and several more injured in a fire in a hospital in the southern German state of Baden-Württemberg in the early hours of Friday morning. The dead patient has yet to be identified.
Switzerland
President issues tax deal warning to Germany
Switzerland warned on Thursday that there would be no new agreement with Germany on the thorny issue of tax evasion if the current deal fails to get parliamentary approval in both countries.
Sweden
Police dog finds missing man trapped in crevice
A police dog is being hailed as a hero after tracking down a missing 78-year-old man, finding him stuck fast in a crevice in western Sweden.
Germany
Germany probes drone killing in Pakistan
The German federal prosecutor's office has opened a probe into the 2010 death of a German national in a drone strike in a Pakistan tribal district bordering Afghanistan, a spokesman said Thursday.
Sweden
Northern Sweden hit by summer ‘snow storm’
Thursday afternoon saw thunderous storms in northern Sweden, with some areas covered in a blanket of white when the downfall subsided.
Germany
Europe’s fastest computer boots up
Europe's fastest supercomputer was set to be unveiled on Friday in Munich. Its three petaflops of processing power will be used to explore new worlds, from the wonders of the cosmos to mysteries of the earth's core.
Sweden
Sweden praised for ‘stable’ financial outlook
Ratings agency Fitch affirmed Thursday Sweden's long-term debt rating at AAA with a "stable" outlook, hailing the country's prudence and suggesting it was well placed to weather the eurozone debt crisis.