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Nurse rapped for posting X-ray on Facebook

National: 3 Feb 12
A nurse in south west Sweden has been reprimanded for putting up an X-ray photo of someone's skull on his Facebook page. READ »

Breast implants 'save lives': advocacy group

Society: 28 Dec 11
Transgender people in Sweden who are denied breast implants are more likely to commit suicide, according to an advocacy group which is urging health authorities to draw up national guidelines on the procedure. READ »

Motorists trapped in flooded Gothenburg

National: 10 Dec 11
Emergency services are cautioning motorists in Gothenburg in western Sweden to take care as a recent wave of winter weather has left a number of roads in the city's road flooded. READ »

Woman severely injured by airplane propeller

National: 13 Nov 11
A woman in her seventies suffered life-threatening injuries when hit by a propeller. The accident occurred on Saturday at Viared's air field outside Borås, in southern Sweden. READ »

Young girl dies in cemetery accident

National: 23 Oct 11
An eight-year-old girl died on Sunday when a gravestone apparently tipped over and fell on her head at a cemetery in western Sweden. READ »

Four arrested for preparing terror crimes

National: 11 Sep 11
Police in Gothenburg, on the west coast of Sweden, arrested four people during the early hours of Sunday on probable cause suspected of preparing terrorist crimes. READ »

Swedish woman dies in EHEC case

Science & Technology: 31 May 11
A Swedish woman has died after being infected with the virulent enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria stemming from an E. coli outbreak which originated in northern Germany. READ »

Couple dubbed racists in son's health records

Society: 13 Jul 09
A woman has reported a hospital in western Sweden to national authorities after discovering she and her husband had been described as racists in their son's medical records. READ »

Toddler falls from fourth floor balcony

National: 30 Jun 09
A three-year-old boy was rushed to hospital at lunchtime on Tuesday after falling from a fourth floor balcony in Borås in western Sweden. READ »

Aussie volleyball team escapes blazing bus near Borås

National: 20 Jan 09
A bus carrying a boy's volleyball team from Australia caught fire on Monday afternoon while traveling on highway 40 west of Borås in western Sweden. READ »

Gothenburg bus crash sends 13 to hospital

National: 27 Dec 08
Thirteen people were taken to hospital after a bus collided with a car in Gothenburg on Saturday morning. READ »

Socialist school planned for Borås

Education: 15 Jul 08
The Social Democrat youth organization is planning to open a new independent school in Borås in western Sweden. READ »

Pensioners concerned by rising food prices

Business & Money: 9 Jul 08
Sweden's pensioners have noticed a marked increase in the price of food over the last year, a new study has shown. READ »

Swedish teen girls have more sex with one another

Society: 30 May 08
More Swedish teenage girls than boys have had sex with someone of the same gender, according to a new dissertation from the Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg. READ »

Convicted sex offender leaves second academic post

National: 17 Mar 08
A professor previously convicted for sexual molestation has resigned from his position at Södra Älvsborg hospital. READ »

Professor resigns after sex offence conviction

National: 4 Mar 08
A professor convicted of groping a teenage girl has resigned from his job at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. READ »

Something for the Weekend: NaxXxos, Fröken, Montys Loco

Lifestyle: 28 Feb 08
Something for the weekend: Five Stockholm club tips, Strindberg-inspired dance in Gothenburg, pop duo Montys Loco in Malmö. READ »

Something for the weekend: Footloose, electro and a Pulitzer nominated play

Lifestyle: 22 Feb 08
Something for the weekend: Footloose runs in Stockholm, British electro band Client play Malmö and the Pulitzer-nominated play Blue Surge opens in Gothenburg. READ »

Swedish pop, photo art and Marilyn Monroe: What's on in Sweden

Lifestyle: 15 Feb 08
Something for the weekend: Marilyn exhibition in Gothenburg, Lykke Li in Stockholm, Erwin Wurm in Malmö. READ »

Euro music, African cinema, Swedish mentality: what's on in Sweden

Lifestyle: 7 Feb 08
Something for the weekend:Feast of film at Stockholm CinemAfrica festival, Eurovision qualification in Gothenburg, and Fredrik Lindström dissects the Swedish mentality in Malmö READ »

Popcorn, Schlager and Reggae: what's on in Sweden

Lifestyle: 1 Feb 08
Something for the weekend: Discover the art of movie comedy at Stockholm's Popcorn festival, watch Lena Philipsson perform with Orup in Gothenburg, or dance to ska and reggae in Malmö. READ »

Accidents follow snow and ice in south

National: 21 Feb 07
Snow and ice have been causing problems on the roads in southern Sweden, with trams in Gothenburg also affected. A tram left the rails on Wednesday morning, leading to a crash with another tram. READ »

Gothenburg floods 'critical'

National: 13 Dec 06
Flooding continued to threaten the Gothenburg area on Wednesday, with further rain leading emergency services to describe the situation in and around the city as critical. READ »


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Sweden strips foreign doctoral candidates of the same rights as other tax-paying migrant workers, argue a group of doctoral candidates from the Royal Institute for Technology (KTH).
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