Berlin - Identical twins arrested on suspicion of burgling Berlin's famous KaDeWe department store have been released because investigators cannot tell their DNA apart, justice officials said Wednesday.
DNA found at the scene was traced to one of the 27-year-old brothers, but police cannot tell which one because their genetic makeup is virtually the same, the Berlin prosecutors office said.
Berlin - Slovenia hopes EU mediation will help resolve its border dispute with Croatia, Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor said Tuesday after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Finland's former president Martti Ahtisaari, who mediated in the Kosovo dispute, has been proposed to head the demarcation talks.
The border issue, which dates back to 1991 when the two republics declared independence from Yugoslavia, has stalled attempts by Croatia to move towards EU membership.
Berlin - One in seven young people in Germany admits to showing hostility towards foreigners, according to a survey, details of which were released on Tuesday.
Some 5 per cent of young men admitted to membership in a right- wing extremist organization, according to the study entitled "Young People in Germany as Perpetrators and Victims of Violence."
Berlin - German investor confidence recorded a surprise increase in March to report its fifth consecutive monthly rise, a key indicator released Tuesday showed, amid hopes of a turnaround in Europe's biggest economy later in the year.
After posting its biggest rise in about 16 years in February, the Mannheim-based Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) said its index measuring the mood among analysts and institutional investors edged up to minus 3.5 points this month from minus 5.8 last month.
St Poelten, Austria / Berlin - "He wanted to build up a second family in the cellar," Josef Fritzl's lawyer said Monday, as the trial opened of the 78-year old Austrian charged with imprisoning and raping his daughter for 24 years.
Berlin - People who suffer from lactose intolerance can still handle small amounts of the substance, according to the German Federal Association of Apothecaries.
Those suffering from lactose intolerance have small amounts of the enzyme needed for processing the sugar, meaning they should be able to process six to 12 grams of the substance per meal.
That means sufferers should also be able to swallow tablets containing lactose as the tablets usually have no more than 200 micrograms of lactose. Anyone who has problems with the tablet should look into lactase preparations, which help to digest lactose.
Berlin - Identical twins arrested on suspicion of burgling Berlin's famous KaDeWe department store have been released because investigators cannot tell their DNA apart, justice officials said Wednesday.
Berlin - Slovenia hopes EU mediation will help resolve its border dispute with Croatia, Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor said Tuesday after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Berlin - One in seven young people in Germany admits to showing hostility towards foreigners, according to a survey, details of which were released on Tuesday.
Berlin - German investor confidence recorded a surprise increase in March to report its fifth consecutive monthly rise, a key indicator released Tuesday showed, amid hopes of a turnaround in Europe's biggest economy later in the year.
St Poelten, Austria / Berlin - "He wanted to build up a second family in the cellar," Josef Fritzl's lawyer said Monday, as the trial opened of the 78-year old Austrian charged with imprisoning and raping his daughter for 24 years.
