Borås

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University massacre threat suspect released

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. READ »

Student expresses regret over massacre threat

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. READ »

Children's rights worker charged with abuse

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. READ »

Ambulances getting stuck in deep snow

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. READ »

Transport hit as snowstorms ravage Sweden

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. READ »

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. READ »

Ericsson announces major Swedish lay-offs

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. READ »

Sexual attacks continue to plague Borås

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. READ »

Pre-teen boy held for rape attempt

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. READ »

Teen convicted for killing 16-year-old girl

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. READ »

Swedish zoo puts down new born lion cubs

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. READ »

Lion cubs born to Borås public acclaim

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. READ »

Swedish bureaucrats force tuna fish on Asian detour

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. READ »

Quack doctor indicted over cabbage cure for cancer

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. READ »

Man murdered in party knife attack

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. READ »

Masturbating truck driver convicted of careless driving

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. READ »

Masturbating trucker charged with reckless driving

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. READ »

Trucker flips his rig after masturbating while driving

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. READ »

Playboy poser strikes again

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. READ »

Man admits murder of Borås teenager

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. READ »

Sleeping man hit by train incurs minor head wound

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. READ »

Major differences in handling of social assistance seekers

Society: 5 Aug 09
There are major differences in how local authorities in Sweden treat those seeking social assistance, according to a new study. READ »

US judge bans Swede's Salinger 'sequel'

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. 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 »

Jerebko becomes first Swede drafted into NBA

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. READ »

Volvo Buses lands major order from China

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). READ »

Test sites named for Swedish language-learning bonus

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. READ »

Salinger 'sequel' writer reveals identity

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. READ »

'Mafia' ruined Swedish teens' shopping spree

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. READ »

Goose shooter cleared over wayward toilet seat pot shot

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. READ »

Playboy poser sentenced to jail

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. READ »

Playboy poser charged for defrauding Swedish men

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. READ »

10-year-old uncovers large drugs stash in Borås

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. READ »

Two young men shot in Borås

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. READ »

Mystery donor leaves 100,000 kronor church collection gift

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). READ »

Swedish football: A beginner’s guide to the Allsvenskan

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. READ »

Sweden hit by blast of late winter snow

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. READ »

Hunter charged over toilet seat shooting

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. READ »

Sweden's colleges catching more cheats

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. 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 »

'Serial' drink driver caught again

National: 17 Jan 09
A man from Borås in western Sweden who has 149 convictions for drink and unlawful driving has been stopped again. This time for driving under the influence of drugs and unlawful driving. READ »

Driver loses control: bus smashes 11 cars

National: 9 Jan 09
An out of control bus rammed into ten cars and a minibus in downtown Borås in western Sweden on Friday, sending four people to hospital with minor injuries. READ »

Gothenburg club and concert tips: Saturday, Dec 13

Lifestyle: 11 Dec 08
The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. READ »

Swedish public pool to rent out burkinis

Society: 8 Dec 08
In a nod to women not wishing to reveal too much, an indoor public swimming pool in Sweden has begun renting out burkinis. READ »

Albanian murder suspect siblings to stay in Sweden

National: 17 Nov 08
Swedish prosecutors have elected not to extradite two siblings suspected of carrying out several murders in Albania because of concerns that their safety can’t be guaranteed. READ »

Swedish nurses oppose breast feeding alcohol guidelines

Science & Technology: 10 Nov 08
Most Swedish midwives and nurses continue to advise new mothers to abstain from alcohol when breast feeding, despite new guidelines saying that consuming alcohol in small quantities has no adverse effects. READ »

Kalmar claim historic Swedish title

Sport: 10 Nov 08
Kalmar FF are the new kings of Swedish football after a draw away to Halmstad on the final day of the season was enough to secure the first league victory in the club's history. READ »

Swedish teen on trial for snack attack

National: 5 Nov 08
A 15-year-old Swedish boy is facing as much as six months in prison over a ripped bag of chips. READ »

New study: 'Alcohol and team sports go hand in hand'

Society: 19 Oct 08
A Swedish researcher has warned that the incidence of alcohol abuse within team sports remains a serious problem. Managers are criticized for double standards and condoning the practice. READ »

Emelie, 18, wins phone battle over sex texts

Society: 17 Oct 08
A young woman from Borås in western Sweden has won a battle to avoid paying for pornographic text messages erroneously charged to her mobile phone account. READ »

Charges filed after psychiatric patient's heroin death

National: 14 Oct 08
Manslaughter charges have been filed against a 34-year-old man from Borås who helped a woman commit suicide by giving her an overdose of heroin. READ »

'Burger battle' may prove costly for Borås

National: 22 Sep 08
The burger dispute related to next year’s European under-21 football championships in Sweden may end up putting a dent in Borås’s public finances. READ »

Court awards compensation for stolen drug money

National: 3 Sep 08
Sweden’s highest court has ruled that a drug dealer robbed of the proceeds from his illicit activities has the right to compensation from the state. READ »

Swedish footballer rejects Ronaldinho proposal

Sport: 25 Aug 08
Swedish Olympic footballer Johanna Almgren rejected a marriage proposal from Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho when they met at a hotel in China. READ »

Arson suspected in major industrial fire

National: 18 Aug 08
A blazer aging in an industrial building in Borås in western Sweden is thought to have been caused by an arson attack. READ »

Sweden sees birth of first male baby elephant

National: 13 Aug 08
A male baby elephant was born on Monday at Borås Zoo in western Sweden, the first male elephant ever born in the country. READ »

Kalmar defeat AIK to stay on top

Sport: 5 Aug 08
Football: Kalmar came from behind on Monday night to defeat AIK and remain on top of Allsvenskan, the Swedish first division. Title rivals Elfsborg and Helsingborg also recorded victories. READ »

Massive blaze consumes top floors of Gothenburg building

National: 4 Aug 08
A violent fire raged through the night into Monday morning in central Gothenburg. READ »

Campground to Swedish family: 'Your caravan is just too ugly'

Society: 28 Jul 08
A family from Borås received an unlikely explanation for why they were denied access to a camp site in Falkenberg in western Sweden last week: their caravan was just too ugly. READ »

Borås loses out in Uefa burger battle

Sport: 21 Jul 08
Swedish fast food restaurant chain Max has decided to follow the will of the people and refuse to close during the U21 European Championships in 2009. Uefa will now move the matches from Borås to another venue. READ »

MAX hamburgers vs. McDonald´s at football championship

Sport: 19 Jul 08
Swedish fast food restaurant chain MAX has decided to let a people´s vote decide whether they bow into pressure from Uefa and McDonald´s to close during the under 21s European Championships in Borås next year. READ »

Ex-boyfriend held following woman's death

National: 18 Jul 08
A man was arrested in Skene in western Sweden on suspicion of murder after the man’s 26-year-old ex-girlfriend was found dead in his apartment on Thursday afternoon. 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 »

New horizons for heptathlon queen Klüft

Lifestyle: 7 Jul 08
Swedish golden girl Carolina Klüft is determined to bag two gold medals at the Beijing Olympics after renouncing the defence of her heptathlon crown due to lack of motivation, writes AFP's Pauline Conradsson. READ »

Drunk in charge of a lawnmower

Society: 5 Jul 08
Two men were arrested for being drunk in charge of their lawnmowers in Svenljunga in western Sweden on Friday night. READ »

French man with two asses surprises Swedish officials

Society: 30 Jun 08
Customs officials in Gothenburg were at a loss as to how to deal with Jacques Abdelaziz and his two four-legged pack animals. READ »

Chance DNA test nabs serial rapist after 10 years

National: 18 Jun 08
A 46-year-old father of four has been arrested and charged with 11 counts of rape and attempted rape for the period between 1995 and 2005. READ »

Mum avoids conviction for tongue kissing her son

Society: 12 Jun 08
A Swedish mother charged with sexual assault for giving her six-year-old son a deep kiss has been acquitted by the Borås District Court in western Sweden. READ »

Reinfeldt: 'focus on elderly instead of unemployed'

Politics: 9 Jun 08
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has promised to devote billions of kronor to care for the elderly. READ »

Man ordered to pay for torching neighbour’s house

National: 5 Jun 08
A man from Borås in western Sweden who accidentally burned down his neighbour’s house has been ordered to pay nearly 800,000 kronor ($132,000) in compensation. READ »

Female runners pestered by exercising exhibitionist

Society: 26 May 08
A number of women in the western Swedish town of Borås have been harassed recently by an unwanted workout partner. READ »

Nathalie: still no trace

National: 23 May 08
Fears mount as 20-year-old Nathalie Johansen remains missing one week after disappearing in Alingsås, western Sweden. READ »

Giant Pinocchio unveiled in Borås

Society: 17 May 08
The controversial statue of Pinocchio was unveiled on a roundabout in central Borås on Friday afternoon. Its creator, US pop artist Jim Dine, was visibly moved by the occasion. READ »

Giant Pinocchio arrives in Sweden

Society: 6 May 08
To the delight of many and dismay of others, Pinocchio, the long-nosed wooden puppet loved by children the world over has arrived in the western Swedish town of Borås. READ »

Man masturbates in front of female church minister

Society: 30 Apr 08
A 44-year-old man in western Sweden has been taken in hand by the local judiciary for masturbating in front of a female church minister. READ »

Orderly charged for forced genital shaving

National: 30 Apr 08
A 65-year-old male care giver has been charged for forcibly shaving the pubic hair of a handicapped woman. READ »

Woman arrested in connection with Albanian murders

National: 17 Apr 08
A 44-year-old woman arrested in Borås on Wednesday is wanted in Albania for two murders. READ »

Ex-con’s sex toys rub prison staff the wrong way

National: 10 Apr 08
Going-away presents hand-carved by an inmate upon his release did not go over well with the female prison employees who received them. READ »

Woman indicted in Santa Claus stabbing case

National: 4 Apr 08
A 19-year-old woman from western Sweden has been indicted on a charge of attempted manslaughter after stabbing her boyfriend, who was wearing a Santa Claus outfit at the time of the attack. READ »

Uefa wants to shut down Swedish burger joint

Sport: 1 Apr 08
UEFA is demanding that Max, a Swedish fast food restaurant, close down during the under-21 European football tournament in Borås. READ »

Flashing thief tries to bite police officer

National: 31 Mar 08
23-year-old man who stole milk, threatened a woman, flashed at passers-by and tried to bite a police officer may face a six kronor ($1) fine. READ »

Dental patient swallows diamond

Society: 27 Mar 08
A 77-year-old man from western Sweden got more than he bargained for during a visit to the dentist earlier this year. READ »

87-year-old gives 100,000 kronor to fake granddaughter

National: 26 Mar 08
An elderly woman near Borås in southwestern Sweden has been swindled out of 100,000 kronor ($16,500) by a woman claiming to be her grandchild. 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 »

Police raid on gang clubhouse reveals toy gun

National: 13 Mar 08
A swarm of at least eight police cars descended on a Bandidos clubhouse near Borås only to discover a toy gun. READ »

Swedish soldier tied to neo-Nazi groups

National: 13 Mar 08
A soldier in the Nordic Battle Group has been found to be a well known Nazi sympathizer. 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 »

Boys convicted for distributing nude video of classmate

National: 3 Mar 08
Two teenage boys have been convicted of slander and sentenced to community service for distributing a nude video of a classmate. READ »

Man feared dead in house fire

National: 3 Feb 08
An elderly man is feared dead after fire destroyed a house near Borås in western Sweden on Sunday. READ »

Join the Club: Rugby, American sports, Racquet sports

Lifestyle: 25 Jan 08
If you can tell your hookers from your shuttlecocks, you may find something to interest you in this week's guide to joining a sports club. READ »

Man jailed for murdering and mutilating wife

National: 7 Jan 08
A man who killed his wife and removed her internal organs has been jailed for eleven years by a court in Borås. READ »

Puppy thief sent to jail

Society: 13 Dec 07
A 36-year-old man from western Sweden found guilty of stealing a puppy has been sentenced to eight months in jail. READ »

Bus driver smoked opium before work

National: 5 Dec 07
A bus driver pulled over by police in Borås was found to be under the influence of opium. READ »

Man 'killed wife and mutilated her body'

Society: 13 Nov 07
A man is facing prosecution after he allegedly killed his 76-year-old partner and then mutilating her body. The man, 63, is believed to have lived with her corpse for two weeks before it was discovered by police. READ »

Man was 'deliberately run over'

National: 11 Nov 07
A 23-year-old man was badly injured after being run over near Gothenburg on Saturday night. The driver of the car has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, police say. READ »

Dog dragged to macabre death

National: 5 Nov 07
A dog has died a macabre death in western Sweden after it was tied to the tow hitch of its owner's car and dragged five kilometres along the road. READ »

Man spread nude video of 15-year-old girl

National: 2 Nov 07
An 18-year-old man has been convicted of aggravated libel after sending a nude video of his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend to hundreds of people over the internet. READ »

Swede invents urinal for dogs

Society: 30 Oct 07
A Swedish inventor believes he may have found a solution to the pressing issue of lamp post corrosion - a urinal for dogs. "This innovation will save councils an awful lot of money," says Lennart Järlebro. READ »

Blake takes aim at Swedish sweep in Stockholm

Sport: 8 Oct 07
Tennis: Blake takes aim at Swedish sweep in Stockholm. Golf: Parnevik falters on final day of Texas Open. Football: Djurgården, Gothenburg and Kalmar in three-horse race for title. READ »

Firefighter faces drunk driving charge

National: 18 Sep 07
A fireman in western Sweden is facing prosecution after allegedly driving a fire engine into a ditch while heavily under the influence of alcohol. He claims he was just changing channels on the radio. READ »

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