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Latest news from: The Local in Italy » Italian stabs neighbour in noisy sex row An Italian man is facing attempted murder charges for allegedly stabbing his neighbour who complained about his attacker’s noisy sex life. READ »		Latest news from: The Local in Spain » Spain has most cyber-attacks after USA and UK Spain was the victim of over 70,000 cyber-attacks in the past year alone, according to the country’s foreign ministry. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in France » French artist's call for peace ends in beating A French street artist was severely beaten up in Paris after refusing to remove a work of art calling for coexistence between Islam, Judaism and Christianity. READ »		Latest news from: The Local in Germany » The German who built planes out of metal His name is most associated outside Germany with the Nazi air force that laid waste to European cities. But Hugo Junkers, scion of a wealthy landed family turned socialist pacifist, was one of the great engineers of his day who lost everything to Hitler's dictatorship. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in Sweden » 'All municipalities should take in refugees' UPDATED: Sweden’s integration minister Ylva Johansson is preparing a new law that would force all regions to take in asylum seekers. Meanwhile, opposition leader Anna Kinberg Batra has announced plans to strengthen income requirements for immigrants. READ »		Latest news from: The Local in Norway » Foreign spies tried to infiltrate Norway's 'MI5' Foreign spies have been caught trying to secure posts working for Norway’s Police Security Service (PST), the country’s equivalent of MI5, the agency’s head reported on Thursday. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in Switzerland » Airline passenger count soars to new record A record 3.3 billion passengers boarded planes last year, marking a jump of 170 million passengers from 2013, the Geneva-based International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday. READ »		Latest news from: The Local in Austria » Cheeky opera guest in scuffle with cops Police in Vienna arrested a 63-year-old man at the State Opera on Wednesday after he failed to buy a ticket and lashed out at two officers when they asked for his ID. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in Denmark » Denmark cuts deposit rate further below zero Denmark's central bank cut its deposit interest rate further Thursday and said there was "no upper limit" to its foreign currency interventions aimed at defending the krone's link to the euro. READ »

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