France
A National Front party candidate running in Paris’s municipal elections has caused outrage by suggesting the best way to deal with the country’s Roma population was to “concentrate” them in “camps”.
Switzerland
Espresso at the wheel? A Swiss think tank is this week showing off its vision of what driverless cars might look like.
Norway
Is this the world’s stupidest car thief? Man steals car, almost immediately runs out of petrol, and then calls the owner from her own car phone to ask where the fuel card is.
Spain
How many mistakes can you spot? A Spanish television station has been left with egg on its face after misplacing several European countries on a map used in a report on Ukraine’s crisis.
Italy
Could it get more embarrassing than this? A 70-year-old man hires an escort, then discovers the escort is actually his son's girlfriend.
Sweden
What’s that word for when you buy two bottles of champagne, only to pour one down the sink to impress the crowds with your wealth? The Local lists ten untranslatable Swedish words.
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