February 13, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Borås":
Society: 28 Jan 12
Exorcism was the motivation for repeated attacks against a 14 year-old girl from western Sweden who was regularly beaten and burned by her father and stepmother, who wanted to rid the girl of “evil spirits”, prosecutors allege.
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Education: 26 Jan 12
A former pre-school employee in Borås in western Sweden is facing charges of molestation for a series of offences, including punishing young children by locking them in a drying cupboard and pulling their hair.
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National: 15 Jan 12
Demonstrations were held in several Swedish cities on Saturday to protest against Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt, questioning his suitability for the role.
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National: 9 Jan 12
Murder charges have been filed against a 22-year-old Swede suspected of killing his 84-year-old grandmother after she refused to let him borrow her car.
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National: 24 Dec 11
A man accused of kicking his mother-in-law to death was acquitted on a murder charge by a Swedish court on Friday, but found guilty of aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter.
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National: 29 Nov 11
In the two months since Sweden adopted a new law against stalking, as many as 125 cases have been reported to the police.
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National: 28 Nov 11
Some 80,000 households remained without electricity in southern Sweden on Monday morning in the wake of the weekend's storm, while rail and air traffic continued to suffer disruption.
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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.
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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.
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Politics: 8 Oct 11
Social democratic leader Håkan Juholt has spent years pocketing accommodation reimbursements he wasn't entitled to, amounting to a total of roughly 160,000 kronor ($23,500).
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National: 6 Oct 11
An officer with the Swedish border police in Västra Götaland was convicted Wednesday for offering a female asylum seeker to ”forget about her case” in return for sex and drugs.
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Politics: 26 Sep 11
The resignation of William Petzäll from the Sweden Democrats is a setback which the party can manage, but they have to ensure that it remains a unique event, according to political scientist Andreas Johansson Heinö.
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Education: 19 Sep 11
Reports of young Swedish teens being subjected to humiliating, sometimes sex-themed games, have once again put the subject of high school hazing back into the spotlight in Sweden, The Local's Joel Linde explains.
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National: 17 Sep 11
A dog owner in western Sweden was sentenced and fined after her Rottweiler viciously attacked two joggers in a wooded area last summer.
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Society: 24 Aug 11
A middle aged man has confessed to being the person who put up a camera that was discovered in a girls' shower at a sports club in western Sweden.
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National: 21 Aug 11
A tiny spy camera disguised as a towel rack was discovered in a women’s shower room in western Sweden. Officials say video from the hidden device was ”for sexual purposes.”
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Society: 17 Aug 11
A grandmother's quick walk with her dog through a park in western Sweden took longer than expected last week after she stopped to help another woman give birth in the grass.
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Science & Technology: 12 Aug 11
A Swedish company has become the first in the world to develop a so-called active safety test site, which it is hoped will ultimately drastically reduce the number of car accidents.
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Society: 10 Aug 11
A 64-year-old man has been charged with harassment after posting an advert in a local newspaper to wish happy birthday to a boy to whom he claims to be the father.
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National: 30 Jul 11
A security guard in western Sweden avoided major injury after receiving a dangerous hit in the eye from a laser beam fired by a 10-year-old boy.
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National: 26 Jul 11
Delays in train services continue to affect travellers on key routes across Sweden, with disruption expected to last until Friday.
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Society: 21 Jul 11
Police in western Sweden were surprised to find out on Wednesday that the dramatic abduction they were investigating was nothing more than bachelor party prank.
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National: 12 Jul 11
Hundreds of cats being kept in a small apartment, lame horses kept unwatered and battered and bruised pooches - the number of pet-owners losing their right to keep animals on the grounds of abuse is increasing steadily in Sweden.
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Society: 29 Jun 11
A female caregiver in western Sweden is suspected of having sold sex to an 85-year-old man over the course of several years, despite the man's large sexual appetite being known to the local authorities.
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Society: 19 Jun 11
A lottery player from western Sweden is set to receive a payday of more than 105 million kronor ($16 million), Swedish lottery officials announced on Saturday.
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Society: 16 Jun 11
Three people in Sweden were charged with credit card fraud on Wednesday after using skimmed cards to buy everything from snacks to jewellery and clothes for a value up to 500,000 kronor ($77,000).
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National: 3 Jun 11
More Swedes have been infected with the virulent enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria which some health experts believe comes from an entirely new strain of the bacteria.
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Science & Technology: 2 May 11
A single organ transplant operation in Gothenburg emptied blood supplies throughout southern Sweden, forcing the hospital to buy blood from Finland.
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National: 14 Apr 11
Pedaling a scooter forward with your feet while inebriated constitutes drunken driving, Sweden's Supreme Court has ruled.
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Lifestyle: 1 Apr 11
April is here, which brings the start of the Swedish professional football season. With play set to kick off on Saturday, contributor Nic Townsend takes a look at which teams are expected to vie for the Allsvenskan title.
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Education: 23 Mar 11
Stockholm School of Economics has overtaken Karolinska Institutet in an annual ranking of Sweden's top 30 universities and colleges.
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National: 23 Mar 11
A 70-year-old Swedish man has been fined for driving 170 kilometres/hour and overtaking several police cars in a desperate attempt to reach a caravan shop before it closed.
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Society: 9 Feb 11
A woman from Borås in western Sweden has filed a discrimination complaint against a health clinic after she was told to go back to Africa and get help from a medicine man for pain in her legs.
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Politics: 7 Feb 11
Sweden Democrat MP William Petzäll is taking a timeout from his political duties after police found him early Sunday morning stumbling drunk in the stairwell outside an apartment he shared with his ex-girlfriend.
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Society: 12 Jan 11
Swedish author and publisher Fredrik Colting has settled a lawsuit with the estate of J.D. Salinger over the publication of his book, a so-called "unauthorised sequel to The Catcher in the Rye."
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National: 9 Jan 11
Drivers of more than 40 long-haul trucks dare not drive any further due to slippery conditions on Swedish roads, while falling ice and flooding have also caused problems in the wake of an early-January thaw.
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Society: 31 Dec 10
Police in western Sweden have been writing more than just Christmas cards this festive period. In fact, they have been so productive in issuing fines for traffic offences there is a risk of writer's cramp.
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Society: 10 Dec 10
A 57-year-old Swedish man who recently appealed his conviction for narcotics offences might now wish he had accepted his original sentence.
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Education: 25 Nov 10
The Swedish Schools Inspectorate has criticised Borås municipality in western Sweden for breaching regulations banning religious services at end of term celebrations.
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Society: 12 Nov 10
A brash website allowing users to rate Swedish teenage girls as "ugly" or "hot" based on the unauthorised use of pictures from their Facebook accounts has been reported to the police.
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National: 9 Nov 10
A young woman died in a car accident in western Sweden on Tuesday morning as snowfalls and strong winds hampered road conditions and caused widespread traffic problems.
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Lifestyle: 8 Nov 10
As Malmö continues to celebrate its Swedish championship gold medal, contributor Nic Townsend looks back at a season that ended quite differently than many observers of Swedens’ expected premier football league expected.
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Society: 5 Nov 10
A Church of Sweden pastor in Gothenburg has lost his pastor's licence after admitting to buying sex from a prostitute.
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Society: 19 Oct 10
A man employed as a supervisor at a restaurant in Borås in western Sweden has been charged with sexual molestation after a series of approaches directed towards a teenage trainee, including a proposal that she dance naked.
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Business & Money: 7 Oct 10
Saab Automobile and Volvo Cars are in talks for production collaboration, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing a spokesman from Saab owner Spyker Cars.
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Politics: 22 Sep 10
The Sweden Democrats hold the balance of power in 30 of Sweden's 290 municipal councils, the anti-racist magazine Expo revealed on Wednesday in a compilation of election results.
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Society: 17 Sep 10
A man has expressed remorse to his neighbours over his habit of peeing in the lift in a block of rental flats in Borås in western Sweden over a period of several years in 2000s, and that an elderly man has had to shoulder the blame.
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National: 14 Sep 10
A man from Borås in western Sweden has been charged with fraud after taking advantage of a technical fault to withdraw 1.6 million kronor ($224,000) from a cash machine, despite having only a couple of thousand kronor in savings.
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Society: 9 Sep 10
An anxious elk cow with swollen udders shattered two windows as it dashed into a health clinic near Borås in western Sweden on Wednesday, startling personnel who then called police and local hunters for help.
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National: 28 Aug 10
A couple out picking mushrooms in the woods in western Sweden made a macabre find on Thursday evening after spotting the head of a live kitten peering out from the ground behind a tree stump.
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Society: 5 Aug 10
An 80-year-old man who was so moved by the story of three teenagers robbed of their travel money as they were about to deposit it in the bank, has forked out 10,000 kronor ($1,400) to enable them to go through with their trip.
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Lifestyle: 28 Jul 10
What’s on in Sweden: Rugby Tens in Stockholm, World swimming championships in Gothenburg and the best of Bhangra in Malmö.
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Society: 23 Jul 10
The Chancellor of Justice (Justitiekanslern, JK) will not bring criminal charges against a car owner who played late rockabilly singer Eddie Meduza's song "Heil Hitler" over loudspeakers to a large group of people in a parking lot.
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Society: 29 Jun 10
Custodians of Eriksbergs Gamla Kyrka in Western Sweden have been surprised to learn that the stains on the church pews are not from bat faeces but in fact form part of the fabric of ecclesiastical cultural heritage.
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Society: 7 Jun 10
A man pretending to be a naturopath has been sentenced to prison for three and a half years by Borås District Court.
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Sport: 19 May 10
Following his first season in the NBA, Jonas Jerebko has returned to Sweden to a warm reception from both the media and fans.
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National: 19 May 10
The ten-year-old girl who went missing from a playground in Svenljunga in southern Sweden on Friday was found alive and well on Tuesday evening.
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Politics: 4 May 10
A total of 14 ministers, including Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, have embarked on a cross-country train trip to win support for the government ahead of September's election.
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National: 26 Apr 10
The left-green opposition parties have agreed to invest heavily in rail and public transport if they win the election in September, including the construction of high-speed railway lines.
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Society: 29 Mar 10
A mysterious 100,000 ($13,811) donation has been left in a church collection in Borås in western Sweden for the second Palm Sunday in succession.
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National: 17 Mar 10
The 33-year-old student held on suspicion of the massacre threat at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm on Monday has been released.
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National: 16 Mar 10
A 33-year-old man arrested in connection with a massacre threat at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm on Monday has expressed "deep regret" over his actions, as a wave of copycat threats spread across the country.
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National: 13 Mar 10
A man working with authorities in matters of children’s rights and family values in Borås, south west Sweden, has been charged with physically abusing his two daughters.
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National: 22 Feb 10
Sweden's ambulances have not escaped the problems brought by heavy snow, and the switch from four-wheel-drive Volvos to rear-wheel-drive Mercedes vehicles is now under review.
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National: 21 Feb 10
Sweden came to a near standstill over the weekend as wind-packed snowstorms blanketed a nation still recovering from earlier snowfalls. Citizens were advised to remain at home, until railway tracks and highways were cleared.
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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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Business & Money: 8 Dec 09
Swedish telecom equipment manufacturer Ericsson has announced a wave of redundancies which will affect nearly 1,000 workers in Sweden.
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National: 30 Nov 09
The wave of sex crimes in Borås in western Sweden continued over the weekend, despite the detention of a 12- and 13-year-old boy suspected of attempted rape.
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National: 27 Nov 09
A 12-year-old boy attacked and tried to rape a 19-year-old woman in Borås in southern Sweden on Thursday evening. Police were able to detain the boy after the intervention of a neighbour.
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National: 23 Nov 09
A 17-year-old boy is to serve three years in secure juvenile care after being convicted for the murder of a teenage girl near Borås in western Sweden last summer.
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Society: 3 Nov 09
Three lion cubs born last week at Borås Zoo have been put to sleep after their mother refused to rear them.
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National: 1 Nov 09
A lioness gave birth to three cubs at Borås Zoo in western Sweden on Friday, the first in full view of an excited half-term audience.
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National: 30 Oct 09
An 11 tonne cargo of tuna fish forced to make a return journey to Thailand because of faulty paperwork has now completed its epic voyage back to Sweden.
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National: 27 Oct 09
A man in his fifties in western Sweden has been indicted on twelve charges of fraud and sex offences after allegedly treating cancer patients with herbs and vegetables and sexually abusing a woman with Parkinson's disease.
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National: 25 Oct 09
A 25-year old man has died from his injuries after being stabbed at a house party near Borås, western Sweden, on Saturday evening.
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Society: 14 Oct 09
A German truck driver charged for masturbating while behind the wheel of his truck when it crashed has been ordered to undergo psychiatric care.
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National: 9 Oct 09
A German truck driver who was busy playing with his joystick when he flipped his rig in western Sweden in September, has been charged with reckless driving and assault.
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National: 24 Sep 09
A German truck driver who just couldn't get enough of himself admitted he was masturbating at the time his truck crashed on a road near Borås in western Sweden on Wednesday.
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National: 8 Sep 09
A looming jail sentence didn't stop a 31-year-old Swedish woman from luring other unsuspecting victims out of their money with sob stories and images of Playboy models.
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National: 10 Aug 09
A 16-year-old girl was found dead on the outskirts of Borås in western Sweden on Sunday afternoon. A man confessed to the murder in police custody on Sunday night.
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National: 9 Aug 09
Taking a nap on railroad tracks may not be the smartest way to sleep off a hangover, but a man in western Sweden who only sustained a small wound after being hit by a train might consider himself lucky.
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Society: 5 Aug 09
There are major differences in how local authorities in Sweden treat those seeking social assistance, according to a new study.
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Society: 2 Jul 09
A judge in New York has indefinitely banned publication in the US of a Swedish author’s unauthorized follow-up to J.D. Salinger’s classic novel The Catcher in the Rye.
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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.
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Sport: 26 Jun 09
Jonas Jerebko, a native of Borås in western Sweden, became the first Swedish national to be drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA), being picked by the Detroit Pistons as the 39th pick overall.
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Business & Money: 22 Jun 09
Volvo Buses, along with its Chinese subsidiary, plans to deliever 1,500 buses to a group in Shanghai, China in a deal worth 1.3 billion kronor ($162 million).
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Society: 11 Jun 09
Thirteen Swedish municipalities have been chosen to participate in the first phase of a plan to reward newly arrived immigrants who perform well in state-funded language classes.
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Society: 10 Jun 09
A Swedish publisher has revealed that he is John David California, the pseudonymous writer being sued by reclusive American author JD Salinger for an unauthorized sequel to The Catcher in the Rye.
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Society: 3 Jun 09
Two Swedish teenage girls who took a family safe to finance a day of shopping allege their plans were spoiled when they inadvertently handed the safe over to someone with ties to the mob.
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Society: 20 May 09
A hunter from western Sweden has been cleared of charges of endangering human life after accidentally shooting a distant toilet seat rather than the goose at which he had taken aim.
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National: 1 May 09
A court in Borås in western Sweden has convicted a woman who claimed to be a Playboy model and defrauded several Swedish men, sentencing her to a year-and-a-half in prison and ordered her to pay 282,000 kronor ($35,100) in damages.
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Society: 21 Apr 09
A 31-year-old Swedish woman claiming to be a Playboy model in need of money has been charged with fraud.
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National: 13 Apr 09
A ten-year-old boy uncovered a large stash of illicit drugs while out playing over the Easter weekend in the southern Swedish town of Borås.
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National: 12 Apr 09
Two men in their twenties were shot in two separate incidents in the southern Swedish town of Borås on Saturday night. Police have not ruled out a connection between the shootings.
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Society: 7 Apr 09
An anonymous older woman answered all her local church's prayers on Sunday by handing over an envelope with bills amounting to 100,000 kronor ($12,200).
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Lifestyle: 2 Apr 09
With the Swedish football season kicking of this weekend, Nic Townsend separates the title hopefuls from the relegation woefuls in a team by team analysis of the Allsvenskan.
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Science & Technology: 27 Mar 09
A powerful, late-season snowstorm caused a number of traffic headaches in parts of western and central Sweden on Friday.
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Society: 18 Mar 09
A hunter from western Sweden has been indicted on charges of endangering human life after accidentally shooting a toilet seat rather than the goose at which he had taken aim.
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Education: 18 Feb 09
The number of students expelled from Sweden’s colleges and universities for cheating increased by nearly 30 percent last year, according to a recent study.
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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.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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