EUR 50K Fine For Watering Garden With Hosepipe
Gardners caught using hosepipes to water their lawns in Germany are facing massive EUR 50,000 fines under strict new drought laws. As summer heatwave temperatures top 30 degrees Celsius, city…
Illustrative image shows a taxi, undated. Poor German skills cost 1,500 taxi drivers their jobs. (Newsflash)
1,500 Swiss Cabbies Lose Licence Over New German Language Law
Hundreds of taxi drivers in Switzerland have been stripped of their licences after strict new German language rules came into force. The regulation means any cabbie without advanced qualifications and…
President of the Swiss Confederation Guy Parmelin poses. (Newsflash)
Swiss Who Heat Homes Above 19C Face Three Years Behind Bars
Swiss residents who heat their homes to more than 19 degrees Celsius face up to three years in jail under strict new guidelines as Europe's energy crisis bites. The Swiss…
The giant panda named Yuanzai that goes on diet in Taipei Zoo, Taiwan. (Zhan Dechuan/AsiaWire)
Two Chubby Panda Cubs Go On Strict Diet At Taiwanese Zoo
Two chubby young pandas have been put on a strict diet at a Taiwanese zoo. Yuanzai and Yuanbao, two female panda cubs at Taipei Zoo in Taiwan, have been placed…
Bianca Simon, 26, and suspect identified as Kurt L. from the German city of Oranienburg.
Man Who Murdered Nurse In Nazi Concentration Camp Bunker Jailed For 12 Years After Judge Sees No Maliciousness
A jealous ex-boyfriend who used a chisel to fatally stab a young nurse and mum-of-one in a Nazi concentration camp bunker in Germany has been jailed for just 12 and…
Polar bear cup Finja with mother Nora at the Vienna Zoo in Austria. (Daniel Zupanc/Newsflash)
British Expert Declares Vienna Zoo Best In Europe For Sixth Time
A famous British zoo expert has declared Vienna Zoo the best in Europe for the sixth time. British zoo expert Anthony Sheridan has voted Schoenbrunn Zoo, the self-proclaimed world's oldest…
Buma, 7, bit a man, 28, in Berlin, Germany, on 27th December. (Newsflash)
Dog That Bit Off Mans Toe When He Tried To Kick It For Begging For Pizza Faces Being Put Down
The dog that bit off and swallowed a man's big toe after he tried to kick it for begging for a slice of pizza faces being put down. The victim,…
The Neo-Nazi altar Officers from the Zwickau Police Department found in the home of a drunk man in Limbach-Oberfrohna in Germany in December 2021. (Polizeidirektion Zwickau/Newsflash)
Cops In Germany Discover Altar To Hitler At Home Of Man Who Drunk-Dialled The Police
Cops in Germany have discovered this altar to Hitler at the home of a man who drunk-dialled them. Pjero B., whose full surname was not reported due to strict local…
Illustrative photo for Dutch financial police. (Newsflash)
Dutchman Arrested For Selling Deadly Coronavirus Online So People Can Give Themselves The Bug
A Dutchman has been arrested for selling the coronavirus online so that people can give themselves the deadly virus. The man, who was arrested by the Dutch financial police, was…
The 100-year-old former concentration camp guard Josef S. hiding his face in court. (Newsflash)
101 Year Old Nazi Camp Guard On Trial Over Murders Of 3,518 Prisoners Claims He Was Just A Farmhand
A 101-year-old former SS guard at a Nazi concentration camp who is on trial for complicity in the murder of 3,518 prisoners has claimed in court he was just a…