May 27, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Engla":
Society: 25 May 12
The Paradise Wildlife Park in the UK has pledged their allegiance to Sweden in the Eurovision song contest by making their own film version of Loreen’s “Euphoria” – complete with dancing animals.
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Sport: 17 May 12
After guiding Sweden to their first major football tournament for six years, Swedish coach Erik Hamrén has promised that Sweden approach at Euro 2012 will be to "try to win... with as positive and attack-minded play as possible".
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Sport: 15 May 12
A recent injury to Johan Elmander didn't stop Swedish coach Eric Hamrén from naming the veteran striker to his 23-man squad for the Euro 2012 football championships.
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Sport: 13 May 12
At Euro 2012, the Swedish football team is looking to prove that they have returned to form following their failure to reach the 2010 World Cup.
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Business & Money: 4 May 12
Australian beach-volleyballer and current Stockholm resident Johannah Rohkämper plans to survive in the Swedish capital on 15 kronor ($2.20) a day to raise awareness about global poverty.
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Science & Technology: 3 May 12
British researchers who have come to Sweden to take bumblebees back to England have been threatened by bee-enthusiasts, who believe that Sweden’s bee population risks extinction.
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Society: 3 May 12
The Swedish Arts Council has come under fire for providing public funds to help an organization that encourages Swedes to dodge paying fairs on public transit systems around the country.
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Science & Technology: 29 Apr 12
A plan by British researchers to reintroduce an extinct bumblebee to the UK by collecting 100 queens from Sweden has prompted an angry reaction from Swedish environmentalists who fear for the species' survival.
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National: 26 Apr 12
The bare buttocks of Anton Hysén, who last year came out as the first openly gay Swedish male footballer, have been put up for auction to raise money for a gay rights group in Russia.
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Sport: 9 Apr 12
Despite leading the US Masters going into the final round, Sweden’s Peter Hanson had to settle for a share of third place as Bubba Watson won the famous green jacket at Augusta National.
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Sport: 8 Apr 12
Sweden's Peter Hanson played an impeccable third round on Saturday to shoot his way to the top of the US Masters leaderboard at Augusta National.
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Science & Technology: 5 Apr 12
Suicide and fatal heart attack rates are distinctly higher among people who have been diagnosed with cancer, according to a new Swedish study.
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Lifestyle: 5 Apr 12
Are you new to Sweden, love football, but unsure about which Swedish club to support? The Local's Joel Linde offers up some tips on figuring out which Allsvenskan club is right for you.
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National: 30 Mar 12
The extradition of businessman Shrien Dewani, wanted in connection with the murder of his Swedish wife Anni on their honeymoon in South Africa in 2010, was temporarily halted by a British court on Friday.
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Lifestyle: 28 Mar 12
This Saturday the Allsvenskan, Sweden’s premier football league, starts a new season. Contributor Nic Townsend takes a look at each team and their prospects for 2012.
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Analysis & Opinion: 20 Mar 12
Frustration with being shut out of the Swedish job market has prompted several Swedes with immigrant backgrounds to seek – and find – success in the melting pot that is New York City, contributor Rafaela Stålbalk discovers.
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Society: 19 Mar 12
Jamaican reggae singer Sizzla has been prevented from performing in Stockholm after his anti-gay lyrics have sparked outrage among Swedish music-lovers.
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Society: 14 Mar 12
Comedians from Sweden will be performing their trade at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and will be practicing their routines in English first in Stockholm.
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Society: 2 Mar 12
Runaway robbers, terrible drivers, and parking places for horses - it’s time to reflect upon these little stories and more in this week's edition of The Local's News in Brief.
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Sport: 1 Mar 12
Swedish strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Sebastian Larsson were in great form as Sweden defeated Croatia 3-1 in an international friendly on Wednesday.
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Sport: 27 Feb 12
Rising Swedish footballing sensation John Guidetti may find himself in the starting line up in Sweden's friendly against Croatia on Wednesday after a specular goal-scoring run for Dutch side Feyenoord.
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National: 21 Feb 12
Carina Höglund, mother to 2008’s 10-year-old murder victim Engla, is suing the government for its inability to protect her daughter in what she claimed was a preventable attack.
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National: 2 Feb 12
Sweden's efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face sex crimes accusations is not a breach of his human rights, lawyers told the UK Supreme Court on Thursday.
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National: 1 Feb 12
Julian Assange, head of WikiLeaks, appeared before the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday, starting the new leg in his battle against extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.
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Analysis & Opinion: 31 Jan 12
Julian Assange appears before the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday to fight extradition to Sweden to face sex crimes accusations. If the WikiLeaks founder's appeal succeeds, the effects would be “profound”, according to one expert.
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Lifestyle: 26 Jan 12
Sweden’s best male stand-up comedian is a Kiwi from London, and the last two and a half years of Al Pitcher's exile in Sweden have been the best in his career, contributor Jacob Sundberg discovers.
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National: 16 Dec 11
The UK's highest court on Friday granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal his extradition from Britain to Sweden to face rape allegations, with the hearing set to start on February 1st.
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Society: 14 Dec 11
A lawyer for British businessman Shrien Dewani, accused of killing his Swedish wife during their honeymoon in Cape Town, told a UK court on Tuesday her client's life could be at risk if he is extradited to South Africa.
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National: 8 Dec 11
The British Supreme Court will decide by Christmas whether to hear the appeal of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange against the earlier decision to extradite him to Sweden, a court spokeswoman revealed on Wednesday.
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National: 5 Dec 11
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been cleared to apply to the UK Supreme Court in an attempt to block his extradition to Sweden over rape allegations, a London court ruled on Monday.
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National: 4 Dec 11
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange hopes to avoid extradition to Sweden by having his case heard by Britain's High Court, the final card in a legal battle that has lasted almost a year.
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Sport: 2 Dec 11
Sweden has been drawn in the same group as England, France and Ukraine at next summer’s European Football Championship.
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Sport: 30 Nov 11
The Polish government has asked for assistance from the Swedish police concerning the security situation when Swedish supporters travel to the Euro 2012 football championships.
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Sport: 24 Nov 11
Former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson has held talks with Persepolis FC over the prospect of becoming the Iranian football team's next coach.
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National: 16 Nov 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday applied to Britain's Supreme Court to hear his appeal against extradition to Sweden to answer questions over rape allegations.
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Sport: 16 Nov 11
England's footballers finally ended their 43-year hoodoo against Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday, with a 1-0 friendly win.
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Sport: 15 Nov 11
England will face Sweden's national side in a friendly next year to mark the opening of Sweden's new national stadium, Swedbank Arena, in Stockholm. The two teams also square off on Tuesday night at Wembley in London.
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National: 2 Nov 11
The mother of Julian Assange lashed out at the Swedish judicial system on Wednesday, claiming her son's "human rights" would be at risk after he is extradited to Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Nov 11
A timeline of WikiLeak's rise to prominence and subsequent attempts to clamp down on the site and extradite its founder, Julian Assange, who on Wednesday lost an appeal of his extradition to Sweden to answer questions sex crimes accusations.
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National: 2 Nov 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his appeal of a UK court ruling requiring that he be extradited to Sweden to face questioning over sex crimes allegations. His lawyers say they are considering an appeal of the the ruling.
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National: 1 Nov 11
As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange awaits a London court's ruling on whether he will be extradited to Sweden to face questioning over rape allegations, experts say that appealing the decision may be difficult, the AFP's Danny Kemp explains.
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Sport: 25 Oct 11
Swede Sven-Göran “Svennis” Eriksson, former coach of the English national football team, has been been sacked by Leicester City after just over a year at the helm.
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Society: 20 Oct 11
A UK couple are appealing to Swedes for help in gleaning clues about several decades-old photographs hidden in a vintage camera purchased at an auction in south central Sweden last August.
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Sport: 14 Oct 11
Sweden are set to play England next month in a friendly international as coach Erik Hamrén seeks to prepare his side for next year's European Championship finals, the English Football Association announced on Thursday.
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Society: 12 Oct 11
The Local is taking another step out into the world, with the launch of thelocal.no, Norway’s news in English. There’s no better place to find out what’s going on in Sweden’s back yard, says editor Paul O’Mahony.
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Sport: 8 Oct 11
Friday's narrow 2-1 win against Finland ensured Sweden a playoff spot in the Euro 2012 football championship.
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National: 28 Sep 11
The UK home secretary Theresa May has signed an order authorising the extradition of British businessman Shrien Dewani, wanted in South Africa for the murder of his Swedish wife Anni in November.
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Science & Technology: 14 Sep 11
Emissions from steel giant Outokumpu, in the Finnish city of Tornio, are believed to be the cause of several infants in Haparanda in northern Sweden being born with serious birth defects this year.
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Sport: 28 Aug 11
Former Swedish international and Arsenal star Fredrik Ljungberg is reportedly set to become the best paid footballer in the Japanese league after signing for Shimizu S-Pulse.
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Lifestyle: 25 Aug 11
In the midst of Stockholm's Fringe Festival, British poet Nick Field talks to The Local's Caroline Bursell about theatre, lipstick, and how Swedes are secretly Brits.
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Science & Technology: 24 Aug 11
Despite constant improvements, Google Translate continues to lose its way – often in laughable ways – when it comes to translating certain place names from Swedish to English.
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Lifestyle: 17 Aug 11
As fashionistas in the Swedish capital settle down after a frenetic Stockholm Fashion Week, The Local's Caroline Bursell takes a look back at some of the event's highlights.
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National: 10 Aug 11
A judge at a London court on Wednesday ruled that a British man can be extradited to South Africa to face trial for the murder of his Swedish bride but he referred the case to the home secretary for a final decision.
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National: 4 Aug 11
A furious Swedish family has blasted a Ryanair cabin crew after a passenger slipped into cardiac arrest and was just offered a sandwich and soda.
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Analysis & Opinion: 3 Aug 11
With no end in sight to the shortage of student housing in Stockholm, foreign students should be on the lookout for scam artists hoping to capitalise on their desperation, contributor Anita Badejo discovers.
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Sport: 25 Jul 11
Sweden's Alexander Norén cruised to his third European Tour title on Sunday with a comprehensive seven-shot victory in the Scandinavian Masters.
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Sport: 22 Jul 11
Robert Karlsson, an amateur golfer sharing the name and nationality of the more famous Ryder Cup player and European number one, claimed a share of the lead as the Scandinavian Masters opened on Thursday.
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National: 19 Jul 11
A British businessman wanted in South Africa on charges of ordering his wife's murder while on honeymoon in Cape Town was deemed too ill to attend his extradition hearing at a London court on Monday.
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Society: 18 Jul 11
While no Captain Sparrow or men with swords were in sight, another celebrity from the popular "Pirates of the Caribbean" films has been in Stockholm over the weekend - the good ship Bounty.
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Sport: 17 Jul 11
Sweden finished third at the women's World Cup after beating France 2-1 in Saturday's play-off despite finishing the game with 10 players.
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National: 15 Jul 11
Ulrika Jonsson, a Swedish UK TV personality, has claimed that she was warned by an executive of the now defunct British tabloid The News of the World to exert caution when leaving voicemail messages.
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Sport: 15 Jul 11
Having lost in the women's World Cup semi-finals, Sweden take on France on Saturday in the third-place play-off with both sides insisting they are going for bronze.
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National: 14 Jul 11
Judges in the UK High Court on Wednesday deferred their decision an appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange against his extradition to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual assault.
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Sport: 14 Jul 11
Sweden proved incapable of coping with an impressive Japan who booked their place in the women's World Cup final against the United States with a emphatic 3-1 victor in Wednesday's semi-final.
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National: 13 Jul 11
Lawyers representing Swedish prosecutors accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's representatives of having a "19th century" attitude to sexual consent as they opposed the Australian's bid to have an extradition order overturned.
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National: 13 Jul 11
Lawyers representing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in his battle to overturn a decision to extradite him from the UK to Sweden to face rape allegations, are following a less "bombastic" approach to their client's defence.
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National: 12 Jul 11
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange arrived at the High Court in London on Tuesday to open his appeal against a ruling to extradite him to Sweden to face allegations of rape.
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National: 11 Jul 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will on Tuesday begin his appeal against a UK court ruling to extradite him to Sweden to face rape and sexual assault allegations.
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Lifestyle: 7 Jul 11
Wandering through endless rows of American cars on a sunny day in June, there is an eerie feeling of having travelled back in time, as The Local's Geoff Mortimore finds out on his visit to a classic car show on the outskirts of Stockholm.
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Analysis & Opinion: 4 Jul 11
As Swedish citizen Dawit Isaak endures his tenth year in Eritrean captivity, publicist Arne Ruth and historian Susanne Berger explain why the Swedish government should give its full backing to a new legal initiative aimed at securing his release.
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Sport: 1 Jul 11
Swedish football player Sebastian Larsson linked up with manager Steve Bruce for the second time in his career after joining English Premier League side Sunderland on a free transfer on Friday.
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Lifestyle: 28 Jun 11
As Sweden kicks off their FIFA Women's World Cup campaign on Tuesday in Germany, contributor Oliver Gee takes stock of the Swedes' chances of being crowned the world champions of women's football.
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National: 16 Jun 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday blasted the conditions of his ongoing detention in the UK as "excessive" six months after he was granted conditional bail in his fight against extradition to Sweden to face sex crimes allegations.
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National: 31 May 11
Tuesday saw the conclusion of a groundbreaking trial against five men charged with aggravated crime against relics following the looting of Viking age coins and artefacts on the Baltic island of Gotland.
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Analysis & Opinion: 30 May 11
While applications to start privately-run, publicly-funded free schools are on the rise in Sweden, there is nevertheless gathering unease about the suitability of schools being run by private companies, The Local's Geoff Mortimore explains.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 May 11
As Swedish football reacts to the latest in a string of hooligan incidents, The Local’s Peter Vinthagen Simpson looks back at the case of the “drunk Dane” who attacked the referee in a Euro 2008 qualifier and wonders if any lessons have been learnt.
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Lifestyle: 13 May 11
Sweden hosts the World Ploughing Championships this weekend and with over 25,000 visitors expected to attend, contributor Anita Badejo finds that there is more to this spectator sport than digging dirt.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 May 11
While football hooliganism has all but disappeared in the UK, Sweden continues to struggle with how to deal with the problem, turning it into a political hot potato, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Science & Technology: 6 May 11
Swedish researchers have determined that surgery rather than "watchful waiting" may be a better option for treating prostate cancer, especially in younger patients.
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Science & Technology: 4 May 11
Wednesday marked the first day in a groundbreaking trial against five men charged with stealing a wealth of Viking age relics on the Swedish island of Gotland.
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National: 4 May 11
A British man charged with ordering the murder of his Swedish bride during the couple's South Africa honeymoon "needed a way out", according to testimony presented at his extradition hearing in London on Tuesday.
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Lifestyle: 28 Apr 11
The Local offers a quick guide for readers in Sweden about where and how to watch the royal wedding between Britan's Prince William and Kate Middleton.
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Business & Money: 19 Apr 11
Carl-Henric Svanberg, the Swedish chairman of BP, defended the company's handling of last year's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Tuesday, adding that his linguistic gaffe was "unfortunate".
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Travel: 1 Apr 11
Whether it’s reading in the light of the Eiffel tower or discovering lavender fields in Croatia, taking the train gives you the opportunity to explore Europe at your own speed - and make friends along the way.
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Society: 1 Apr 11
Shampoo for shaggy hardrocker festival-goers, dog poop fireworks to save the environment, as well as The Local's own anti-feminist Viking village, were among the April Fools' Day hoaxes in the Swedish media on Friday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 30 Mar 11
Sweden's parliament met on Wednesday to debate migration and asylum policy at the behest of the Sweden Democrats, who found themselves marginalized alongside the Left Party, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson reports.
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Lifestyle: 25 Mar 11
Like most capitals, Stockholm offers plenty of watering holes for the homesick expat looking for a “taste of home”, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Politics: 22 Mar 11
The Greens and the Left Party want to get rid of tobacco displays in Swedish shops, a proposal supported by the National Institute of Public Health but resisted by the government parties.
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Society: 22 Mar 11
International fraud by so-called "Nigeria letters" have increased dramatically in recent months with a growing number of Swedish victims left millions of kronor out of pocket.
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Society: 18 Mar 11
A Japanese rock group in Sweden when their homeland was struck by disaster has organised a series of charity concerts across Europe to raise money for earthquake and tsunami relief.
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National: 16 Mar 11
A UK businessman accused of killing his Swedish bride while on honeymoon in South Africa is to be admitted to hospital after overdosing on prescription drugs.
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Society: 26 Feb 11
A former museum head from Skövde in central Sweden has been sent to prison for accepting bribes.
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National: 24 Feb 11
A UK court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden to face questioning over sex crimes allegations. His lawyers have said they will appeal the decision.
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Sport: 18 Feb 11
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was one of a host of world stars who unexpectedly turned up bearing a Manchester City strip in the official programme ahead of a Europa League clash with Aris Thessaloniki on Tuesday.
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National: 8 Feb 11
Lawyers representing WkiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a British court on Tuesday that there was no need to extradite the Australian to Sweden as he could just as well be interviewed over rape allegations by videolink.
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National: 8 Feb 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived at a UK court on Tuesday to continue his battle against extradition to Sweden on suspicion of rape and molestation, arguing that the claims of his accusers lack substance.
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Politics: 7 Feb 11
Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a London court on Monday their client would face a "blatantly unfair" trial in Sweden for the sex crimes allegations against him.
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National: 6 Feb 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to appear before a British court on Monday to fight his extradition to Sweden following the leak of details on the rape allegations against him.
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Society: 26 Jan 11
Swedish design duo Simon Davies and Tomas Cederlund are heading to Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), which will launch their new show at the end of March.
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National: 12 Jan 11
The lawyer of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's has accused Swedish authorities of secretly planning to extradite him to the US in a German media report.
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