The 23-year-old employee of a private postal firm told authorities he was overworked and opted to collect the envelopes in his flat or throw them away rather than bring them to their addressees, authorities said in a statement.

Tommy Sneum lay in ambush in occupied Copenhagen armed with a bow and arrows to kill Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS. He planned to strike from a penthouse that belonged to a Danish film starlet he had seduced.

The police have embarrassingly lost control of the National High-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) website. It appears the police have let the domain registration lapse, and it has now been picked up by an opportunistic German owner, Uwe Matt.

A German court has banned the driver of an electric wheelchair from using his vehicle for a month after he was caught twice with a blood alcohol level well over the legal limit.

The pair of 17 year old youths had added a lawnmower engine, bicycle brakes and a metal frame to the revolving chair - making into a go-kart-like vehicle. They are being investigated over a variety of possible offenses, including defying insurance regulations, driving without a license and violating registration requirements.

There is a split between “old and new Europe” — roughly Western and Eastern Europe, said Clifford Kupchan, a director of the Eurasia Group. New Europe, backed by Britain and Scandinavia, is taking a harder line toward Russia, while old Europe “will only be reinforced in its view that Georgia and Ukraine are not ready for NATO.”

A round of applause from the apartment resident — who had just turned 30 — and her friends greeted two police officers who went to investigate complaints of noise from the birthday party.