http://www.thelocal.se/ Swedish news throughout the day from The Local en-gb Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:50:06 +0100 Copyright: (C) The Local Europe AB http://www.thelocal.se/images/chromeLogo100px.gif http://www.thelocal.se/ 100 32 http://www.thelocal.se/23394/20091121/ Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt and his wife EU parliamentarian Anna Maria Corazza Bildt have been reprimanded by the Swedish tax authority for dodging payments for their Ukrainian nanny. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:55:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/23392/20091120/ Swedish Airports and Air Navigation Services (LFV) is to sell off six of its airports to municipalities or other local parties in connection with a reorganisation of the company in 2010. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:34:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/23390/20091120/ A male high school teacher in Skövde, western Sweden, has been arrested and charged with a string of sexual offences including child rape. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:43:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/23386/20091120/ Liberal party leader Jan Björklund has rallied members during a speech at the party conference in Växjö calling for lower taxes, developments in nuclear power production and for Sweden to adopt the euro as its currency. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:47:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/23388/20091120/ Two sisters are claiming damages from a firm of funeral directors after their father's coffin was plunged ungracefully into a grave by undertakers unsteady on their feet. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/23384/20091120/ Two North Korean diplomats are being held on suspicion of trying to smuggle 230,000 cigarettes from Russia into Sweden. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:49:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/23382/20091120/ Local politicians who previously voiced their disapproval at a move to house asylum seeker children in Vellinge look set to sign an agreement to invite more children to reside in the municipality in the future. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:45:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/23378/20091120/ Earnings of the bosses of Sweden's ten biggest state-run companies rose an average of 36 percent between 2004 and 2008, while employees had to settle with a 15 percent increase during the same period. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:12:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/23376/20091120/ A Liberal Party proposal to make English language learning obligatory in schools from the first grade has been slammed by members of the Swedish Academy who view it as an "unnecessary reinforcement of the status of English." Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:59:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/23374/20091120/ Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has announced that Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy will be the first permanent President of the European Council following negotiations in Brussels on Thursday evening. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:13:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/23380/20091120/ A heavily pregnant young woman was raped in her home on the outskirts of Stockholm late on Thursday afternoon. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:03:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/23372/20091119/ Women in the Swedish army are demanding the provision of military underwear designed for female forms after 30 years of having to slip into something less comfortable. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:23:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/23370/20091119/ Two teenage girls have been convicted for their role in terrorizing refugees in Vännäs in northern Sweden last May in what was described at the time as a "lynch mob". Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:39:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/23368/20091119/ Unemployment in Sweden shrunk unexpectedly in October, dropping to 8.1 percent of the workforce, according to new statistics. Nevertheless, one in four Swedes under age 25 remain out of work. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:23:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/23366/20091119/ Football commentators in Sweden have slammed referee Martin Hansson for missing a handball by France's Thierry Henry which dashed Ireland's hopes of qualifying for the World Cup. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:14:00 +0100