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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

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Latest news from: The Local in Italy »
Italy captures mafia initiation rites on film

Italy captures mafia initiation rites on film

Secret mafia initiation rites have been caught on camera for the first time by Italian police, who on Tuesday arrested 40 suspected gangsters in raids across the north of the country. READ »
Latest news from: The Local in Spain »
MPs call on Spain to recognize Palestine

MPs call on Spain to recognize Palestine

The Spanish parliament on Tuesday passed a non-binding motion calling on the government to recognize the state of Palestine. READ »
 
Latest news from: The Local in France »
Take the Miss France general knowledge quiz

Take the Miss France general knowledge quiz

This year Miss France contestants have had to prove they have the brains as well as the beauty, by taking an obligatory general knowledge test. Do you have what it takes to be Miss France? Test yourself here. READ »
Latest news from: The Local in Germany »
City wants cash from anti-Nazi activist

City wants cash from anti-Nazi activist

The city of Limburg has demanded almost €1,000 from an activist for spraying over neo-Nazi graffiti. READ »
 
Latest news from: The Local in Sweden »
Staff numbers to spiral at Sweden's Spotify

Staff numbers to spiral at Sweden's Spotify

Spotify plans to boost its staff numbers by a third, its co-founder and chief executive said on Tuesday, amid increasing competition from other technology companies. READ »
Latest news from: The Local in Norway »
Ten reasons why Norway is king of the world

Ten reasons why Norway is king of the world

Norway has more than just government wealth making it officially the most prosperous country in the world. But The Local discovers it's far more than just oil money making this Nordic nation a world-beater. READ »
 
Latest news from: The Local in Switzerland »
Room fills with sugar beets after truck crash

Room fills with sugar beets after truck crash

A freak accident on Tuesday left the living room of a home filled with sugar beets after a truck carrying the sweet crop flipped on one side in a rural village in the canton of Zurich, police said. READ »
Latest news from: The Local in Austria »
Former minister now a prison librarian

Former minister now a prison librarian

Austria’s former interior minister Ernst Strasser, who recently started a three year prison sentence for accepting money in exchange for lobbying in Brussels, is now busy helping to run the prison library. READ »
 
Latest news from: The Local in Denmark »
New Danish citizens halved in four years

New Danish citizens halved in four years

Danish citizenship was granted to just 3,600 people in 2012 compared to 6,900 in 2009, statistics agency Eurostat said on Tuesday. READ »
 
 
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