http://www.thelocal.se/ Swedish news throughout the day from The Local en-gb Wed, 16 May 2012 13:20:02 +0200 Copyright: (C) The Local Europe AB http://www.thelocal.se/images/chromeLogo100px.gif http://www.thelocal.se/ 100 32 http://www.thelocal.se/40866/20120516/ Six out of ten mosques in Sweden gave women advice about how to deal with spousal abuse and polygamy that contradicted Swedish law, a new investigation has revealed. Wed, 16 May 2012 10:06:00 +0200 http://www.thelocal.se/40864/20120516/ A Swedish woman who went on a sun-soaked retreat sporting a newly acquired bikini and came back with serious burns under her breasts is suspecting that the underwiring in her bra caused her bust injury. Wed, 16 May 2012 09:45:00 +0200 http://www.thelocal.se/40860/20120516/ The lawyer of the Swedish safari guide charged with the murder of 13 people in the Central African Republic, has blamed Ugandan rebels for the gruesome killings. Wed, 16 May 2012 07:38:00 +0200 http://www.thelocal.se/40858/20120516/ A man who in April pretended to be a policeman and asked a "cute" Swedish woman for her phone number was arrested by police on Tuesday for impersonating a police officer. Wed, 16 May 2012 07:22:00 +0200 http://www.thelocal.se/40856/20120516/ The growth of the Swedish economy is vulnerable due to its exposure to weak European economies, International Monetary Fund wrote in a report released on Tuesday. Wed, 16 May 2012 07:17:00 +0200 http://www.thelocal.se/40854/20120515/ The "Swedish" national who was arrested in Kenya on suspicions of having links to the Somali Islamist militia al-Shabaab turned out not to be Swedish at all but Swiss. Tue, 15 May 2012 21:40:00 +0200 http://www.thelocal.se/40852/20120515/ The guests at an exclusive hotel in central Stockholm were forced to leave on Tuesday afternoon, with six fire engines currently fighting the blaze in the adjacent building. Tue, 15 May 2012 16:37:00 +0200 http://www.thelocal.se/40850/20120515/ On Tuesday the suspected serial killer Peter Mangs denied the court's charges of the murder of 20-year-old Trez West Persson and the attempted murder of 22-year-old Xhafer Dani. Tue, 15 May 2012 16:22:00 +0200 http://www.thelocal.se/40848/20120515/ An African citizen resident in Örebro was arrested in central Sweden on Monday on the suspicion of intelligence gathering activities against Sweden's national security. Tue, 15 May 2012 14:29:00 +0200 http://www.thelocal.se/40846/20120515/ A Swedish teenage girl, shopping at a discount department store in southern Sweden, was allegedly subjected to shopping cart rage when a 40-year-old woman rammed her with her trolley after a perceived insult. Tue, 15 May 2012 14:07:00 +0200 http://www.thelocal.se/40844/20120515/ Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt is facing a storm of criticism from several quarters after using the term "ethnic Swedes" in response to a question about Sweden's high level of unemployment. Tue, 15 May 2012 12:24:00 +0200 http://www.thelocal.se/40842/20120515/ The Supreme Court will on Wednesday discuss a case concerning whether the Japanese manga images found on a man's computer should be viewed as child porn, something a police expert strongly warns against. Tue, 15 May 2012 11:50:00 +0200 http://www.thelocal.se/40838/20120515/ Another 400 jobs will be cut from Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical manufacturer Astra Zeneca, the company has announced, with the majority of the redundancies in Södertälje, south of Stockholm. Tue, 15 May 2012 10:45:00 +0200 http://www.thelocal.se/40840/20120515/ A doctor in southern Sweden has reported a woman to the police after she blackmailed him for over one million kronor ($149,059) following their love affair. Tue, 15 May 2012 10:44:00 +0200 http://www.thelocal.se/40836/20120515/ The Swedish head of a safari company in the Central African Republic and ten of his staff have been charged with murder after 13 miners were found murdered in the northeast of the country. Tue, 15 May 2012 07:43:00 +0200