Former England football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson died with debts of almost £4m, according to Swedish media. Erikssonwho died aged 76 last August after suffering from pancreatic cancer, left assets worth £4.8m – but owed £8.4m, the reports say. £7.25m of the debt was owed to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in the UK, according to […]
Germany approved record number of new wind turbines in 2024
Last year, regulators in Germany approved more new onshore wind turbines than ever before, according to figures from two industry groups released on Wednesday. Around 2,400 turbines with a total output of around 14 gigawatts received first-time approval from the authorities nationwide in 2024, the German Wind Energy Association and the VDMA Power S
Handler of Lazio eagle mascot sacked for posting photos online of prosthetic penis after choosing to have implant | World News
Fans of an Italian football club will be without their beloved eagle mascot Olympia flying overhead for a while – after its handler was sacked for posting photos of his prosthetic penis online. Juan Bernabe, who was previously suspended after he was filmed performing a fascist salute at the end of a match, shared the explicit […]
Germany to send 60 IRIS-T guided missiles to Ukraine
Germany is set to deliver an additional 60 IRIS-T guided missiles to Ukraine to bolster its air-defence capabilities against Russian attacks, dpa learned on Wednesday. The €60 million ($61.8 million) delivery is to be drawn from the stocks of Germany’s Armed Forces, or Bundeswehr. The decision follows German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius
Germany’s Habeck touts investment fund of €40 billion initially
Robert Habeck, German Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection and the Greens’ lead candidate for the Bundestag elections, makes a statement before the start of the first meeting of the extended parliamentary group of Alliance 90/The Greens in the German Bundestag. Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa Robert Habeck, the Greens’ top cand