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May 27, 2012
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German ambassador: 'Sweden feels like home'
Analysis & Opinion: 23 May 12
Harald Kindermann, the German ambassador to Sweden, talks to The Local about the importance of the German language, nuclear power, and the legacy of the Stasi.
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'Swedish loving' Lady Gaga to hit Stockholm
Society: 10 Apr 12
Pop music mega star Lady Gaga has announced that she will be performing in Stockholm, and it’s not the first time she has shown her love of Sweden… and the Swedish language.
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H&M profit hopes tied down by pricey cotton
Business & Money: 29 Mar 12
Swedish fashion retailer H&M recorded higher net profits in the most recent quarter according to figures published on Thursday, yet failed to live up to analysts' expectations.
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Unknown Swedish prisoner may provide clues to Wallenberg mystery
Analysis & Opinion: 15 Mar 12
A so far unidentified Swedish prisoner in Soviet captivity in the 1950s may provide historians with more clues as to the fate of missing WWII diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, argues historian Susanne Berger.
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Volvo owners to push car sales abroad: report
Business & Money: 22 Feb 12
Geely Holding Group, owners of Swedish brand Volvo, will begin distribution of vehicles outside the Chinese borders as domestic demand continues to slow, the company said on Wednesday.
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H&M bottom line feels the pinch
Business & Money: 26 Jan 12
Swedish fashion retailer H&M on Thursday reported a 15 percent drop in net profits for 2011, but remained optimistic for 2012 despite the downbeat economic climate.
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Swedes arrested in major European drug bust
National: 12 Jan 12
Europol said Thursday it has busted a major synthetic drugs-making network following the confiscation in Sweden of large amounts of amphetamine, resulting in the arrest of nine suspects in four countries.
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Couple's drive blocked by 20 tonnes of fish
Society: 3 Nov 11
A family in western Sweden was surprised to find the narrow gravel driveway leading up to their house blocked by a massive truck carrying 20 tonnes of fish.
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Two charged in Bulgarian berry picking scam
National: 23 Sep 11
Two Bulgarian men were charged with trafficking on Thursday after luring fellow countrymen to Sweden with false promises of berry picking work and comfortable lodgings.
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Fewer foreign berry pickers in Sweden
National: 13 Aug 11
This year has seen a significant drop in the number of berry pickers coming to Sweden from countries outside the EU, since requirements and regulations have been sharpened for companies employing foreign berry pickers.
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Religious conflict on the rise in Sweden: study
National: 10 Aug 11
Sweden is one of the ten countries worldwide where social hostilities related to religion are increasing the most, according to a newly published American study.
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Bulgaria asks Sweden for info on Gripen fighter
National: 3 Feb 11
Bulgaria's defence ministry said Wednesday it had requested information from Sweden on the potential supply of Gripen fighter jets for its air force.
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India worst for stomach ailments for Swedes
Science & Technology: 5 Jan 11
Sweden's infectious disease control agency has determined that India is the worst country for stomach ailments for Swedish travellers.
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Sweden may support euro countries in crisis
Business & Money: 17 Dec 10
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt announced on Friday that Sweden has not yet ruled out the possibility of supporting a new emergency fund to bail out vulnerable euro countries.
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The debate over Swedish troops in Afghanistan
Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 10
As the Riksdag prepares to vote on Sweden's military mission in Afghanistan, contributor David Stavrou examines how the distant conflict became such an important foreign policy issue--even before being mentioned in a warning sent by the Stockholm suicide bomber.
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FT ranks Borg fourth of EU financial chiefs
Business & Money: 6 Dec 10
Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg came in fourth among a ranking of 19 European finance ministers published by the Financial Times (FT) newspaper on Monday.
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US embassy: 'Sweden no longer neutral'
Politics: 2 Dec 10
According to US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks this week, Sweden is regarded as a "strong and pragmatic partner", whose official non-alignment does not reflect reality.
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Sweden's Elmander secures draw for Bolton
Sport: 24 Oct 10
Swedish international striker Johan Elmander's fifth goal of the season helped the Bolton Wanderers clinch a 1-1 draw against Wigan Athletic in their Premier League clash on Saturday.
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Swedish football clubs threatened by their fans
Sport: 3 Oct 10
Players, coaches and referees plying their trade in the Swedish Allsvenskan top flight are increasingly becoming the target of threats from supporters, often from their own clubs.
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AIK could face million euro hooligan fine
Sport: 21 Aug 10
Swedish football club AIK can expect to face fines of up to €1 million ($1.27 million) after violent scenes marred Thursday's Europa League play-off clash with Levski Sofia.
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Young girl forced to steal handbags
Society: 17 Jul 10
A 32-year-old man has been arrested in Bulgaria and handed over to judicial authorities in Sweden where he is suspected of human trafficking crimes involving the exploitation of an 11-year-old girl.
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Sweden tops EU in citizenship approval rate
National: 6 Jul 10
Sweden is the most generous country in the EU when it comes to approving citizenship applications, according to a new report from Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, on Tuesday.
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Sweden issues fewer licences to foreign docs
Education: 6 Jul 10
The National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) issued fewer medical licenses in 2009 to doctors with foreign medical degrees than in previous years, new figures show.
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Swedes pay less tax than the Danes
Business & Money: 29 Jun 10
Danes pay the highest level of tax in the EU, measured as a tax-to-GDP ratio, pushing Sweden into second place with a a tax take of 47.1 percent, new statistics show.
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The Royal Wedding: Live Blog
National: 19 Jun 10
Today's the day that Crown Princess Victoria will get her man of the people. We'll be following the whole thing live - with reporters around Stockholm providing the latest news, reactions and (hopefully) informed speculation from the Royal Wedding.
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Lagerbäck upbeat after 'peaceful' week
Sport: 17 Jun 10
Lars Lagerbäck is confident that his Nigerian team can get their World Cup back on track after the defeat to Argentina when they meet Euro 2004 champs Greece in Bloemfontein on Thursday.
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Big royal turnout expected for wedding
National: 16 Jun 10
Sweden’s royal wedding is set to attract one of largest gathering of kings and queens seen in Europe for years, a guest list for Friday’s pre-wedding concert has revealed.
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Sweden tops EU development aid list
National: 10 Jun 10
Sweden spends more per capita on development aid than all other EU countries, according to a new report which has slammed the failure of some member states for not doing enough to live up to spending goals.
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Sweden best in EU for competition: ranking
Business & Money: 9 May 10
Sweden's economy remains the most competitive in the European Union, according to a new ranking from the Geneva-based World Economic Forum.
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Stockholm 'one of Europe's richest regions'
Business & Money: 18 Feb 10
The Stockholm area is one of the ten richest regions in the European Union, according to new figures from Eurostat, the EU's statistics agency.
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Swedes draw Dutch and Finns in Euro 2012 qualifiers
Sport: 7 Feb 10
Sweden face Holland, Hungary and neighbours Finland in a Euro 2012 qualification group that gives Erik Hamrén's side a chance to settle old scores.
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Reinfeldt urges EU unity on climate change aid
Politics: 29 Oct 09
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt pushed European leaders to commit to concrete figures for helping poor countries fight climate change as EU heads gathered for a summit in Brussels on Thursday.
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Swede arrested in Bulgaria on Interpol warrant
National: 13 Oct 09
A 40-year-old Swedish man has been arrested in Bulgaria on suspicions of money laundering and drug crimes.
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Saab loses out in Brazil fighter plane bid
Business & Money: 8 Sep 09
Brazil has announced it will order 36 Rafale combat planes from France, beating out Sweden's bid to sell Saab's Gripen to the South American nation.
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Tax agency ready for June 1st ID card rush
National: 29 May 09
After two and half years of waiting, immigrants arriving in Sweden will finally be able to obtain Swedish national identity cards, and the tax agency is expecting to accept a flood of applications starting June 1st.
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'Isolationism is passé - Sweden needs to join NATO': Liberals
Analysis & Opinion: 12 May 09
With neutrality outdated and Sweden unable to effectively defend it's borders, the country needs to set aside its hang-ups and start thinking seriously about joining NATO, argues Birgitta Ohlsson, foreign policy spokesperson for the Liberal Party.
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What's on in Sweden: February 20 - 26
Lifestyle: 19 Feb 09
What's on in Sweden: Bounce streetdance and Gypsy Queens in Stockholm; International horse show in Gothenburg; Morrissey tribute in Malmö.
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Sweden seen as land of bribes in EU sculpture
Society: 16 Jan 09
A controversial art installation in Brussels has made a less-than-subtle jab at Sweden’s alleged involvement in attempts to bribe Czech politicians into approving a massive fighter jet order earlier in the decade.
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Swedes: hard workers or hardly working?
Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 08
Doug Lansky takes a look at how Swedish tradition, technology, sick leave, vacations, public holidays and a new management style mean many 'full-time' Swedish workers get 130 days off per year.
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Stockholm art gallery guide: August 29 - September 5
Lifestyle: 29 Aug 08
Stockholm art gallery guide from Kalendarium.
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Stockholm art gallery guide: August 8 - 14
Lifestyle: 8 Aug 08
Stockholm art gallery and exhibition tips from Kalendarium.
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Foreigners tempted by Swedish town's cash incentive
Society: 5 Aug 08
The northern Swedish town of Arjeplog has been inundated with requests from people interested in cashing in on the municipality's innovative new repopulation scheme.
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Stockholm art gallery guide: July 11 - 16
Lifestyle: 10 Jul 08
Stockholm art gallery and exhibition tips from Kalendarium.
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Inequality thrives in Stockholm's embassy world
Society: 18 Jun 08
Stockholm's diplomatic community is shot through with gender inequality, according to an analysis of official figures carried out by The Local.
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Stockholm girls come out on top
Lifestyle: 15 Jun 08
A survey by Traveler's Digest, a US travel magazine, has made a list of the cities that are home to the world's most beautiful women. Stockholm came out on top.
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Eriksson confirmed as Mexico coach
Sport: 4 Jun 08
Sven Göran Eriksson was named Mexican national coach on Tuesday, just hours after his departure from Manchester City.
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Eriksson leaves Man City
Sport: 2 Jun 08
Sven-Göran Eriksson has left Manchester City, the English Premier League club announced on Monday.
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Delegates discuss debt and diplomacy
Politics: 29 May 08
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday backed Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s appeal for his country's debts to be cancelled while addressing a global conference in Sweden.
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Seven indicted over internet narcotics operation
National: 4 Feb 08
Seven men are to be indicted on Monday on serious narcotics charges over the sale of prescription drugs on the internet.
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Immigration to Sweden maintains record pace
Society: 13 Nov 07
New figures have shown that immigration to Sweden remains high despite the disappearance of last year's temporary asylum law. Emigration and births are also on the rise.
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Sweden 'best at helping foreigners integrate'
National: 15 Oct 07
Sweden is best in Europe at welcoming foreign workers, according to a new EU study. Lithuania does least to help new arrivals settle in.
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Sweden comes to terms with huge youth demo
National: 13 Oct 07
Sweden was coming to terms Saturday with one of the largest demonstrations the country has ever seen – against growing binge drinking and violence among Swedish youth.
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Sweden ill-equipped to deal with corruption
National: 8 Oct 07
Sweden does not have a effective framework in place to combat bribery and international corruption, according to a new report from Transparency International (TI).
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Why the Stasi came to Sweden
Lifestyle: 16 Aug 07
Following recent revelations surrounding Swedes who collaborated with the Stasi, The Local looks at the Cold War relationship between neutral Sweden and the GDR.
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Sports digest: Johansson ends 10-year win drought
Sport: 6 Aug 07
Golf: Per-Ulrik Johansson jubilant after Moscow victory. Football: Sven-Göran Eriksson's spending spree. Swimming: Swede clocks second fastest ever 100m freestyle time.
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Three Swedes attacked by Bulgarian security guards
National: 2 Aug 07
Just two weeks after the death of a 24-year-old Swede at the hands of Bulgarian security guards, three more tourists are reported to have been assaulted at the Sunny Beach resort.
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Swedes flock to Europe's extreme heat
National: 25 Jul 07
In many parts of southern Europe the thermometer has broken through 40 degrees centigrade. But the massive heat wave that has paralysed many popular tourist resorts seems to be something of an attraction for rain-weary Swedes.
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Assaulted Swede returns from Bulgaria
National: 25 Jul 07
A 26-year-old Swede who was assaulted in an incident at a nightclub in Bulgaria, in which another Swede was killed, has returned to Sweden.
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'Policemen watched as bouncers attacked Swede'
National: 18 Jul 07
Bulgarian police have launched an internal inquiry following the death of a Swede in a nightclub brawl in a holiday resort on Monday. Two police officers present allegedly did nothing to intervene.
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Late rush for sun holidays
Society: 9 Jul 07
As the miserable summer weather continues, holiday-makers from Sweden are making a late dash for sunnier climes. And with the increase in demand comes a higher price.
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Spy scandal: 'Be careful when you steal reports'
National: 15 May 07
New information has come to light about a Swedish lieutenant commander and her Serbian spy lover.
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Sweden a good bet for Eurovision
Lifestyle: 8 May 07
Yes, it's that time of year again: the eyes of Europe will be on Helsinki on Saturday for the annual kitsch-fest that is the Eurovision Song Contest. And The Ark have put Sweden in among the favourites.
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Swedes fake illness to skip work
Society: 23 Apr 07
A new study has found that Indians and Swedes are world champions at feigning illness to avoid work.
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Sports digest: Groin injury may rule Zlatan out of qualifiers
Sport: 23 Apr 07
Mixed feelings for Zlatan after Serie A victory. Swedish hockey star clubbed down on Saturday, hero on Sunday. Four medals for Swedish wrestlers, including the prettiest one.
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'Prettiest wrestler' takes bronze in Bulgaria
Sport: 19 Apr 07
Swedish wrestler Sofia Mattsson won a bronze medal at the European Wrestling Championships on Thursday. She was also crowned Miss Europe by a group of old codgers.
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Skavsta allowed to triple passenger numbers
Business & Money: 15 Mar 07
Stockholm Skavsta Airport has been given permission to increase the number of passengers it carries to 6 million a year, up from 1.7 million last year.
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Sweden won't follow UK on migration
National: 24 Oct 06
Britain and Ireland have said they will place restrictions on migration from Romania and Bulgaria when those countries join the EU. But Sweden's migration minister Tobias Billström says that he is unlikely to press for new measures.
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Sweden 'unlikely' to restrict new EU workers
Politics: 20 Oct 06
Workers from Romania and Bulgaria are likely to be allowed to move to Sweden without restrictions, according to Fredrik Reinfeldt's spokeswoman.
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Princess brings a touch of Europe to Stockholm
Politics: 3 Oct 06
Among the new recruits to the Riksdag is one woman who moved to Sweden only 14 years ago. As granddaughter of the last Austrian emperor and a keen European, Walburga Habsburg Douglas hopes to bring a different perspective.
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Kallur makes up for Kajsa's bronze
Sport: 12 Aug 06
Reigning world high jump champion Kajsa Bergqvist disappoints, gaining only a bronze in Gothenburg. But Swedes are given something to smile about by Susanna Kallur's gold.
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Persson: don't set EU constitution deadline
National: 16 Jun 06
Göran Persson has warned that the EU should not set a deadline for achieving unanimity on its troubled constitution, as leaders meet in Brussels.
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Hungary receives Gripen jets
Business & Money: 30 Mar 06
Hungary took delivery of their first five, out of a total of 14, JAS 39 Gripen fighter planes on Thursday. The planes were formally handed over by defence minister, Leni Björklund.
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Bird flu reaches Sweden
Science & Technology: 28 Feb 06
Bird flu 'doesn't worry Swedes'
An aggressive form of bird flu has been found in Sweden. The virus was found in wild birds near Oskarshamn, in Småland in the south of the country. "Serious but not unexpected," says Sweden's agriculture minister.
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Bird flu reaches the Baltic
Science & Technology: 15 Feb 06
Sweden introduces emergency measures as it is confirmed that two dead swans found in the Baltic Sea 100km from the southern tip of Sweden were carrying the deadly H5N1 virus. All Swedish poultry must be taken indoors, says the Board of Agriculture.
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Bird flu "could arrive in Sweden this spring"
Smörgåsbord: 14 Feb 06
The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu is likely to arrive in Sweden in a couple of months, according to a top Swedish health official. It is likely to arrive from the east with migrating birds, he says.
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Graffiti artist film wins top award
Smörgåsbord: 9 Feb 06
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Bergqvist breaks world record
Sport: 5 Feb 06
Sweden's Kajsa Bergqvist sets a new women's indoor high jump world record in Germany with a leap of 2.08m, breaking a previous mark that had stood for 14 years.
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Stockholm Syndrome: Networking is not working
Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 05
Not since Rubik's Cube has there been a fad more time-consuming and pointless than networking. But, as our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent discovers, everyone's at it.
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Stockholm Syndrome: Nothing private about property
Analysis & Opinion: 9 Dec 05
Sweden's property fad comes to the language class - giving our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent useful vocab for the bizarre experience of a Swedish apartment viewing.
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Stockholm Syndrome: It's not what you say...
Analysis & Opinion: 25 Nov 05
...it's the way that you say it. That's our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent's conclusion after two new teachers' accents have very different effects on his Swedish class.
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Prosecutor reveals ABB "secret" bonus scheme
Business & Money: 14 Nov 05
A "secret" bonus programme worth several hundred million kronor has been revealed within the Swedish engineering company ABB. The programme was in operation throughout the 1990s and eleven members of the firm's management were involved.
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Swedes third happiest in Europe
Society: 21 Sep 05
A study across 28 countries concludes that it's great up north, as Danes, Finns and Swedes are the happiest in Europe. Oddly, Swedes rate their social care 'below average'.
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Bonnier takes control of Bulgarian paper
Business & Money: 4 Jul 05
Swedish publishing house Bonnier has bought 50 percent of Bulgarian business daily Pari. Bonnier is owner of Swedish business paper Dagens Industri.
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Travel companies consider seeking compensation
Smörgåsbord: 20 Jan 05
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Unibet takes on Swedish government
Business & Money: 27 Oct 04
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Smörgåsbord
Smörgåsbord: 18 Jun 04
Fabulous footballers, Sweden's man in Baghdad, a murderous wife and a long-haired loon. The heroes and villains of the week - and not a pip about Knutby.
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Fair game
Sport: 11 Jun 04
Sweden are the hot favourites to win Euro 2004 while the Justice Minister clashes with the referee in his first game of the season. Spot the fantasy football story.
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Meet Sanna, 9 years old
Sanna is one of 2 million people in Sweden under the age of 18. Sweden is seen as a good place to grow up. The law makes sure children are well-protected and defends their rights and any organizations work with children's well-being. Read more »
Strindberg, king of drama
August Strindberg's plays shocked society, dazzled audiences and revolutionized drama. A century after his death, Strindberg, with his powerful, timeless themes, is celebrated around the world. Read more »
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"I’m working on a couple long articles which will be posted here soon. While those are in the works, I thought I’d share this article and interview about my magazine, K Composite, which was recently published on the site Design-Milk.com. Enjoy! Scott Ritcher launched his now digitally glossy mag, K Composite, back when Macs were used..." READ »
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