March 16, 2010
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Police called in to calm bus stop tumult
National: 24 Feb 10
Police were called to a Stockholm bus terminal on Tuesday night as tempers flared among the 1,000 hard-hit travellers trying to get home as transport problems continued to afflict many areas of Sweden.
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Swedish army called in to clear rail tracks
National: 23 Feb 10
The Swedish Rail Administration has requested emergency assistance from the army as snow continues to cause havoc on the tracks.
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Swedish transport mayhem continues
National: 23 Feb 10
Hard-hit commuters can expect more of the same on Tuesday with snow causing delays, cancellations and limited services across the country.
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Snowfalls cause widespread travel chaos
National: 22 Feb 10
Harsh weather continues to cause widespread disruption to train and public transport services on Monday with travellers told to stay at home if possible. The infrastructure minister meanwhile has called the situation a "catastrophe."
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Snow strains buildings to breaking point
National: 20 Feb 10
Heavy snowfall in southern and central parts of Sweden has caused several roofs to cave in, while rail authorities have called a halt to a number of train services amid continuing extreme weather conditions.
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Weather agency issues fresh storm warning
National: 19 Feb 10
Snowfalls of up to 30-40 centimetres have been forecast for southern and central areas of Sweden on Friday evening. Meteorological agency SMHI has issued a storm warning with traffic disruption as a result.
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Sweden counts cost of winter snowfalls
National: 18 Feb 10
Swedish municipalities are struggling to balance budgets as the cost of keeping streets and buildings free of snow continues to escalate as winter keeps its hold on the country.
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Skavsta reopens for air traffic
National: 3 Feb 10
All traffic in and out of Skavsta airport has come to a halt as heavy snow covers takeoff and landing strips and strong winds make flying treacherous. The harsh weather has also led to a number of school closures.
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Derailed train causes Gothenburg delays
National: 31 Jan 10
A derailed train outside Gothenburg in western Sweden is causing delays in and out of the city.
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Teen dead following train engine electrocution
National: 1 Oct 09
A teenage boy died on Wednesday evening after being electrocuted when he climbed up on the engine of a train in Uddevalla in western Sweden.
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Helicopter robbery - how it happened
National: 24 Sep 09
The Swedish police have been roundly criticized for their slow response to the audacious helicopter robbery of a cash depot in Västberga south of Stockholm on Wednesday. Here's how it happened.
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'High speed trains offer no environmental benefit': report
National: 21 Aug 09
High speed railways are unprofitable and afford marginal climate gains, a new Swedish report argues, contradicting the government's position.
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100,000 lose power after Stockholm fire
National: 1 Jun 09
Up to 100,000 Stockholm households were left without electricity on Sunday night following a series of networks faults and a fire at a transformer station.
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Agencies often monitor workers' net habits
Science & Technology: 22 Apr 09
A majority of Sweden’s public sector employers monitor their workers’ internet surfing habits, a new survey shows.
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High speed trains in mass recall
National: 15 Nov 08
More than 40 percent of X2000 high speed trains suffered delays in October. "Totally unacceptable", according to rail operator SJ CEO Jan Forsberg who has ordered the trains recalled for maintenance checks.
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Swedish train breaks speed record
Science & Technology: 14 Sep 08
The speed record for a train on a Swedish railway was broken on Saturday night. For the first time speeds in excess of 300 kilometres per hour were recorded in a test drive of a Regina train near Skövde.
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Trains halted by fallen trees
National: 5 Aug 08
Rail traffic has ground to a halt in parts of Sweden as a result of Monday night's storm.
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Power outage halts main Swedish rail line
National: 17 Jul 08
Trains operating on the main Stockholm-Malmö route were held up on Thursday due to damage to an overhead power line near Linköping. The disruption is set to continue until 8pm.
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Two dead as bridge collapses
National: 21 May 08
Two people have been killed after a new railway bridge near Härnösand in northern Sweden collapsed on Wednesday afternoon.
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Two-year-old boy run over by train
National: 24 Apr 08
A 2-year-old boy has died after being run over by a train in southern Sweden.
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Sweden in push for faster trains
National: 13 Mar 08
The government has tasked the Swedish Rail Administration with analyzing the conditions for high speed rail.
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Swedish state loses major pollution lawsuit
National: 25 Sep 07
A French chemical giant has been told it will not have to pay the Swedish state for the costs of major pollution caused during the building of a rail tunnel in southern Sweden ten years ago.
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High speed train leaves the rails
National: 26 Jul 07
An X2000 high-speed train, travelling between Stockholm and Gothenburg, partially left the rails near Södertälje on Thursday morning. Nobody was injured.
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Dams burst in southern Sweden
National: 27 Jun 07
Heavy rain overnight and during Wednesday morning has led to major problems in large parts of southern Sweden, with a number of dams bursting and others threatening to follow.
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Two injured in train crash
National: 1 Feb 07
A train crashed into a car at a level crossing near the town of Bollnäs on Thursday morning. Two people travelling in the car were taken to hospital.
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Many still without power after storm
National: 15 Jan 07
Over 200,000 households are still without electricity as a result of the storm that swept over Sweden on Sunday. The storm claimed three lives.
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Storm leaves three dead and 280,000 without power
National: 14 Jan 07
Storms battering western and southern Sweden gathered strength on Sunday, flattening trees and causing power cuts. Three people have died and over 280,000 households were without electricity on Sunday night.
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Storms batter Sweden - warnings of worse to come
National: 13 Jan 07
Over 24,000 households were suffering power cuts and roads and rail lines were blocked by trees after storms on Friday night. Weather forecasters warn that winds on Saturday night could reach hurricane force.
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Dozens caught up in road collapse
National: 21 Dec 06
A landslide in western Sweden caused a 400 metre section of the E6 road to collapse taking with it cars carrying 28 people. A nearby railway also collapsed. It's a miracle we managed to rescue everyone, say the emergency services.
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Flood warning in western Sweden
National: 12 Dec 06
Water levels in lakes and rivers in western Sweden continued to rise on Tuesday, as the national weather agency issued a class 3 severe weather warning, the highest on the scale.
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Road collapses after Gothenburg rain
National: 11 Dec 06
A road near Gothenburg Airport has collapsed due to torrential rain, as days of downpours take their toll on western Sweden's road and rail infrastructure.
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Snow and ice causes transport chaos in south
National: 1 Nov 06
Poor weather has led to many buses in Stockholm being cancelled, with flights delayed at airports in both Stockholm and Gothenburg.
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Snow brings trains to a standstill
National: 1 Nov 06
Wintery conditions have paralysed the rail network in central Sweden, with 1,300 passengers left stranded overnight on trains. 45,000 households are without electricity.
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Suspected bomb was harmless
National: 25 Sep 06
Streets around government buildings in Stockholm were sealed off on Monday morning after a suspected bomb was found. But the device turned out to be a measuring device left by the rail authority.
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Skåne floods cause chaos
National: 2 Aug 06
Parts of southern Sweden have been hit by flooding after torrential downpours overnight. Worst hit was Trelleborg, where a number of garages and cellars were flooded.
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20 injured as Stockholm trains collide
National: 8 Jul 06
Two suburban trains crashed head-on at Märsta station, north of Stockholm, on Saturday night. Over 20 people were taken to hospital following the accident.
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Rail bosses freed in environment case
National: 6 Mar 06
Two former bosses of Sweden's railway network have been freed over the draining of the Hallandsås ridge during the building of a tunnel in the nineties.
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Sabotage theory after night train stranded
National: 5 Sep 05
Passengers get stuck near Katrineholm on an overnight train from Oslo to Stockholm after its brakes fail. Theories that it could be sabotage remain unconfirmed.
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Style rookie: a 13-year old girl controls the fashion industry »
"I read a very interesting article about style rookie, one of the most influential fashion bloggers and style icons at the moment, in the City newspaper last week. Tavi Gevinson, the American girl behind the blog, is often considered the new wunderkind in the fashion industry as she is she is only 13 years old..." READ »
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