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Latest news from: The Local in Italy »
Zenga faces sack over Dubai holiday

Zenga faces sack over Dubai holiday

Sampdoria coach Walter Zenga is on the verge of being sacked after flying to Dubai for a holiday without telling the club, reports in Italy said on Monday. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in Spain »
Catalan politicians give green light to controversial independence plan

Catalan politicians give green light to controversial independence plan

UPDATE: Catalan MPs on Monday voted in favour of a resolution that would see the region becoming independent from Spain within just 18 months. Spain's central government will challenge the vote in court. READ »

 
Latest news from: The Local in France »
Frenchman becomes web star in underpants

Frenchman becomes web star in underpants

A shovel-wielding Frenchman has become an unwitting star of the internet after social media users took the chance to edit a photo of him wearing his underwear. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in Germany »
Football boss resigns over World Cup scandal

Football boss resigns over World Cup scandal

Wolfgang Niersbach, president of the German Football Federation (DFB) announced on Monday that he would step down and take "political responsibility" as the organization battles allegations of bribery to secure the 2006 World Cup for Germany. READ »

 
Latest news from: The Local in Sweden »
Swedish woman so lonely she 'wanted to die'

Swedish woman so lonely she 'wanted to die'

UPDATED: A 35-year-old Swedish woman who wrote to a newspaper to say she was so lonely she'd thought about killing herself, has stirred a debate about the difficulties of making friends in the Nordic nation. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in Norway »
Hiker stumbles upon 'floating' boulder

Hiker stumbles upon 'floating' boulder

When Danish nurse Mogens Eskesen stumbled upon this precariously balanced 'floating' boulder on a recent hike, he was surprised to find no one seemed to have noticed it before. READ »

 
Latest news from: The Local in Switzerland »
Pharmacies offer flu jabs without prescriptions

Pharmacies offer flu jabs without prescriptions

You can now get a vaccination against the flu in pharmacies without a prescription in many Swiss cantons as health authorities aim to boost coverage of the population against a disease that causes 1,500 premature deaths in Switzerland annually. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in Austria »
Strache plans to sue ministers over refugees

Strache plans to sue ministers over refugees

The leader of Austria’s right-wing Freedom Party, Heinz-Christian Strache, has said that he intends to bring a lawsuit against some members of the government for state-organized people smuggling. READ »

 
Latest news from: The Local in Denmark »
Mohammed cartoons editor steps down

Mohammed cartoons editor steps down

Flemming Rose announced on Monday that he will leave the newspaper that he put on the world map in 2005 by publishing 12 cartoons of the Islamic prophet. READ »

 
 
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