Germany's fourth-biggest electricity provider Vattenfall is coming under increasingly hostile scrutiny in its Swedish homeland - for its poor German environmental record and because it is failing to produce huge profits.
Sweden's star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has said he can imagine moving to Germany's Bundesliga, and Bavarian giants Bayern Munich, in an interview with a German football magazine.
Sweden’s Queen Silvia has appeared in a new video in which she offers her final comments on the investigation into her father’s alleged Nazi connections.
A third of poorer Germans do not think hard work will get them anywhere, while over half of the younger poor said they would never be able to climb the social ladder, a new survey shows.
While the football world is still dizzy from Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s amazing goal against England on Wednesday, a German player says his similar shot 35 years ago was better. We have videos of both. What do you think? <b>Have your say.</b>
Germany take on neighbours Holland in an international friendly on Wednesday with head coach Joachim Löw facing an injury and sickness headache after losing six of his stars over the weekend.
The German media tore into the national football team after Tuesday's shock 4-4 draw against Sweden. The Local's <b>media roundup</b> has the choicest morsels of chiding.
Germany threw away a 4-0 lead over Sweden allowing four unanswered second-half goals in Tuesday's dramatic World Cup qualifier at Berlin's Olympic Stadium. It ended in a 4-4 draw, with the equaliser arriving in the 93rd minute.
German automaker Volkswagen aims to replace rival Daimler as the world's leading truck manufacturer. Three Swedes - one of whom is nicknamed "Mr Truck" - have been tasked with making VW the king of the road giants.
Berlin Art Week started on Tuesday, cementing the capital’s place in the international art scene. A Swedish artist is showing portraits including a sweatshop worker in a designer T-shirt. <b> Johan Andersson</b> spoke to The Local.
A top German journalist has murdered and chopped up his disliked former boss – in the pages of a novel published under a fake name, a newspaper has claimed.
A pastor admitted in a newspaper interview Wednesday to spying for East Germany's Stasi secret police for 20 years and said he was leaving his ministry with the Lutheran Church of Sweden.
Police say they foiled a murderous revenge attack by one biker gang on another when they stopped three Scandinavia-based men heading for Germany equipped with explosives, detonators and bullet-proof vests.
Sweden won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night, with Loreen leaving the other candidates swamped in her wake. Germany’s contender Roman Lob came in eighth but said he was happy with a “super” result.
As Ikea investigates claims that East German prisoners were forced to make its furniture in the 1980s, allegations emerged on Thursday that Cuban prisoners were also made to build the furniture giant’s products in the 1980s.
The long-awaited launch of online music streaming service Spotify in Germany arrived on Tuesday – positive news for the country’s music lovers, who can now enjoy 16 million tracks for free.
A German theologian has sparked controversy by calling Sweden's beloved Pippi Longstocking children's books racist and demanding additions to prompt parents to skip over or explain certain passages.
Cryptologists have cracked a mysterious code used by a German Freemason-like group, opening what they describe as a window on the history of secret occult societies 300 years ago.
A German fishing enthusiast has snagged a massive 29-kilogramme salmon in a northern Sweden stream, four years after first casting his line in Swedish waters.
A red-faced restaurant owner in southern Germany admitted she had turned away Sweden's king and queen when they asked for a table after failing to recognise them.
