http://www.thelocal.se/ Swedish news throughout the day from The Local en-gb Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:30:06 +0100 Copyright: (C) The Local Europe AB http://www.thelocal.se/images/chromeLogo100px.gif http://www.thelocal.se/ 100 32 http://www.thelocal.se/25540/20100315/ A bumper week for public broadcaster SVT saw ratings explode for the finals on consecutive evenings of song competition Melodifestivalen and ever-popular game show På Spåret. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:29:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/25538/20100315/ Torgils Bonde, a member of Sweden's high society, has raised eyebrows by putting his 2,800 hectare property up for sale for close to a record sum of 200 million kronor ($28.3 million). Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:58:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/25536/20100315/ The Swedish government has ignored the advice of Sweden's Council on Legislation and proposed the introduction of drug tests on children below the age of 15. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:57:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/25534/20100315/ The Swedish Riksbank has concluded that while everyone failed to see the impending finance crunch, it's own board was furthest behind when it raised interest rates just weeks before the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:10:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/25532/20100315/ The wintry weather in Sweden has led to the lowest number of road deaths recorded in February since the 1920s, new figures show. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/25530/20100315/ Sweden's sledge hockey team received a thumping in Vancouver on Sunday as Canada posted a 10-1 win in the second group game at the Paralympic Games. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:23:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/25528/20100315/ Swedish champions AIK got off to a slow start with a home draw against top-flight newcomers Mjällby. The 2009 runners-up IFK Gothenburg meanwhile opened the season with a flurry of goals, dispatching Kalmar 0-3. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:28:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/25526/20100315/ Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt called his Turkish counterpart on Saturday in a bid to distance the Swedish government from a parliamentary vote which recognized the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:15:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/25524/20100315/ At least one shot was fired at the main police station in Malmö on Sunday evening. The shot shattered, but did not penetrate, a window and police suspect that it was fired from distance. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:55:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/25522/20100315/ A man has been arrested for threatening a student massacre at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:40:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/25520/20100314/ Diplomatic efforts are underway to mend a rift between Sweden and Turkey, caused by the Swedish parliament's decision to recognize the mass killing of Armenians and other ethnic groups in 1915 as genocide. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:25:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/25518/20100314/ The economic downturn and rising unemployment figures have not dented Swedish support for charities, according to new figures from the Swedish Fundraising Council (FRII). Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:47:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/25516/20100314/ Two walkers fell through melting ice on Lake Mälaren in central Stockholm yesterday as warmer temperatures and underwater currents prompted police to issue a melting ice alert. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:15:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/25514/20100314/ A fourth suspect in the plot to assassinate Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks for his caricature of the Prophet Muhammad has been released without charge by Irish police. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:56:00 +0100 http://www.thelocal.se/25512/20100314/ The Malaysian foreign minister has asked Sweden to take action against newspapers which reprinted a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog last week. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:17:00 +0100