An independent audit of Spain's banks has calculated that they need an extra injection of more than 50bn euros of reserve capital to be able to survive any sudden, new economic downturn. The findings will help the Spanish government decide how much money it needs from the eurozone rescue fund.
A man armed with a replica pistol has fired several plastic pellets at the Czech President Vaclav Klaus. Mr Klaus suffered minor bruising in the incident, which took place while he was opening a bridge in the north of the country. Rob Cameron reports.
Serious questions have been asked about the president's security after a young man in camouflage gear pushed through a crowd and fired several plastic pellets at him at close range. Television footage shows Mr Klaus recoiling slightly in surprise before going on his way – apparently unhurt. But it's the reaction of his bodyguards – or lack of it – that's caused uproar. It's unclear how the man was able to get so close to the president, and why his bodyguards failed to react when a gun was pulled on him.
A man convicted of smuggling in Sweden has outwitted the authorities by sneaking in a friend to serve most of his sentence. Swedish media reported that the 37-year-old man from Gothenburg, paid his friend to serve the year-long prison sentence using a forged driving license as identification. Prison officials said they only discovered the real identity of the man in their custody when he was released. The convicted smuggler himself had long since fled Sweden.