May 27, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Götaland":
National: 8 May 12
An air hostess fell out of the exit of a Ryanair aircraft at the Gothenburg City Airport on Tuesday and was brought to hospital, bleeding from the head.
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National: 5 May 12
Swedish publisher Peter Hjörne was left "sad and shocked" after what police suspect to have been an arson attack on his holiday home in Marstrand near Gothenburg on Friday night.
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National: 18 Apr 12
Human remains discovered in a nature reserve in western Sweden on Saturday are those of a woman who disappeared from her home almost two years ago, local police confirmed on Wednesday.
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National: 15 Apr 12
Volunteers searching for the remains of 31-year-old Marina Johansson, who went missing in July 2010, on Saturday located bones which police believe to have come from a human body.
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Science & Technology: 6 Apr 12
Motorists are being advised to take extra care on the roads this Good Friday, as a mixture of snow and rain in southern and central Sweden prompts meteorological agency SMHI to issue a freeze warning.
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National: 9 Mar 12
A strong explosion triggered several automatic alarms in a row of shops in central Gothenburg early on Friday morning. Police are still not clear on what caused the blast.
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National: 6 Mar 12
A man was found dead inside a Gothenburg café on Monday night, yet police, who have launched a murder investigation, are still unaware of the victim's identity.
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National: 3 Mar 12
The 28-year-old man suspected of stabbing a 10-year-old girl in the throat at a Gothenburg school called and identified himself to emergency services immediately after the attack, but the information wasn't forwarded to the police.
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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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National: 29 Feb 12
On Wednesday the trial opened against six men suspected of bringing young women from Romania to Sweden to sell sex under deplorable conditions.
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National: 28 Feb 12
Six men are set to be charged on Wednesday in the Gothenburg District Court on suspicions of operating a comprehensive human trafficking operation which brought young women from Romania to Sweden to sell sex.
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Society: 27 Feb 12
A family in Stenungsund, western Sweden, got a disturbing shock when they found a drunk man asleep in their three-year-old’s bed.
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Science & Technology: 17 Feb 12
Swedish forecasters have issued warnings for the coming weekend, flagging for heavy snow across much of the country and as well as a heightened avalanche risk at Swedish ski resorts.
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Science & Technology: 11 Feb 12
A new line of snow showers is expected to powder Sweden during Saturday, with the snowfall expected to continue all through the night into Sunday. An area of low pressure north of Sweden is the culprit behind the large area of snowfall.
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Society: 26 Jan 12
Emergency crews were called to a hotel in central Sweden on Wednesday morning to help free an employee who had become trapped behind a bed following a staff party.
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National: 3 Jan 12
A 17-year-old girl was killed in a tram accident in central Gothenburg around 5am on Tuesday morning, after being caught under a carriage and dragged along.
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National: 2 Jan 12
A new low pressure area, referred to as an "atmospheric bomb" by Danish forecasters due to its sudden pressure drop, is on the way toward Sweden, bearing with it strong winds and precipitation.
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National: 1 Jan 12
Police were kept busy during the last evening of 2011 with celebrations all over Sweden getting out of hand and resulting in brawling and firework accidents.
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Science & Technology: 23 Dec 11
Slippery roads left more than a dozen trucks in the ditch and led to at least one multi-vehicle crash on Friday, as freezing rain prompting warnings as Swedes embarked on treacherous holiday travel on the day before Christmas Eve.
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National: 15 Dec 11
The terror allegations which caused police to break into the homes of two families in Gothenburg last autumn were based on “vague and confused” statements, according to a report.
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National: 12 Dec 11
Sweden's law enforcement agencies are struggling to deal with a record-high 18,000 pending deportation orders, many of which are considered "impossible".
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Science & Technology: 11 Dec 11
Those who plan to celebrate Lucia day on Tuesday will have to hold on tight to garb and glitter, as a new storm heads in over Sweden in the beginning of next week.
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National: 10 Dec 11
Emergency services are cautioning motorists in Gothenburg in western Sweden to take care as a recent wave of winter weather has left a number of roads in the city's road flooded.
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Science & Technology: 24 Nov 11
The unseasonably high temperatures across much of Sweden have left much of the country free of snow and has put autumn 2011 on track to be one of the warmest ever recorded in Sweden.
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Society: 6 Nov 11
The All Saints holiday weekend brought trouble throughout Sweden, with a notable spike in drunkenness, fights and other assaults in the north of the country.
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National: 20 Oct 11
A man and a woman were found brutally murdered on a farm in western Sweden on Wednesday afternoon after the couple failed to turn up for choir practice.
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Science & Technology: 8 Oct 11
The night between Saturday and Sunday promises to be cold throughout Sweden with a risk of frost all the way down to the southern coast.
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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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Science & Technology: 5 Oct 11
Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg in western Sweden has launched a massive social media campaign to encourage blood donors to sign up to a "nag me until I become a blood donor" contract and help tackle a shortage.
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Business & Money: 4 Oct 11
The number of tenant-owner occupied apartments in Sweden is over 50 percent higher this year in comparison with last year, according to new figures published on Tuesday.
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Science & Technology: 30 Sep 11
Just when all but a few hardy souls had fished out their thicker coats from their wardrobes, the city of Hudiksvall measured a record high temperature of 25.6 degrees with the weekend promising more of the same.
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Business & Money: 22 Sep 11
Sweden has been told by the European Union to repay 870 million kronor (€94 million, $127 million) in agricultural subsidies, a third of which will be paid by farmers, an industry body said Thursday.
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Society: 16 Sep 11
The risk of developing the sleeping disorder narcolepsy after receiveing the swine flu vaccine is 20 times as high for kids in western Sweden, according to an ongoing study.
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National: 14 Sep 11
A powerful explosion occurred at a police building on Hisingen in Gothenburg at around 7pm on Tuesday, causing a fire and prompting a police investigation.
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National: 14 Sep 11
Trees were felled to the ground, train traffic was halted, and thousands were left without power as the remnants of Hurricane Katia swept through Sweden on Tuesday.
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National: 13 Sep 11
Photographer Terje Hellesö, has been stripped of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's Nature Photographer of the Year award after admitting that he manipulated a number of his pictures of predatory animals.
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Science & Technology: 12 Sep 11
The remnants of Hurricane Katia are set to reach Sweden's west coast on Monday evening, carrying heavy rain and strong winds and prompting the the country's meteorological agency to issue a weather warning.
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Business & Money: 9 Sep 11
Thieves driving a wheel loader through the entrance of a supermarket early on Friday morning scooped a cash machine straight out of the wall before disappearing from the scene with their loot.
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Politics: 5 Sep 11
Sweden Democrat member of parliament Erik Almqvist was arrested at the weekend following a confrontation with bouncers at an exclusive Stockholm nightclub. He denies using any violence.
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Science & Technology: 5 Sep 11
Photographer Terje Hellesö, recipient of a Swedish Nature Photographer of the Year award, has been reported to police after admitting that he manipulated a number of his pictures of predatory animals.
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National: 27 Aug 11
In the second case of its kind in recent months, a man from Småland in southern Sweden has been fined for making Nazi salutes shouting ”Heil Hitler”.
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Science & Technology: 19 Aug 11
A low-pressure system which unleashed deadly storms in Belgium on Thursday swept into Sweden on Friday, prompting warnings for heavy rains and possible flooding.
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Science & Technology: 16 Aug 11
Heavy rains and extreme weather are becoming more common in Sweden, according to a study by the Swedish weather agency SMHI.
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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: 2 Aug 11
More Swedish lesbians than gay men have taken advantage of rules allowing same-sex couple's to get married, new statistics show.
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Science & Technology: 27 Jun 11
As many Swedes start to head off on their annual holidays this week weather forecasters are predicting a heat wave across much of the country.
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Science & Technology: 10 Jun 11
A new line of thunderstorms is expected to bring more heavy rain to southern and central Sweden on Friday as the region struggles to cope with power outages and flooding from a previous batch of storms.
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Society: 7 Jun 11
The number of people applying to be Swedish citizens is expected to rise in 2011, according to forecasts from the Swedish Migration Board.
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Politics: 30 May 11
Rather than abort unwanted children, women in Sweden should give birth and put the children up for adoption, a Christian Democrat politician has argued, hoping the measure would reduce the number of abortions in Sweden.
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Politics: 16 May 11
The Red-Green opposition claimed 45.8 percent of the vote in the election re-run in Västra Götaland in western Sweden on Sunday, with the Alliance parties polling 42.3 percent and the Sweden Democrats 5.8 percent.
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National: 15 May 11
The parties on both sides of the Swedish political spectrum were given a boost in last minute polls ahead of Sunday's municipal election re-run in Västra Götaland in western Sweden.
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Politics: 14 May 11
The Social Democrats have once again emphasised their committment to public healthcare services ahead of tomorrow’s by-election in Västra Götaland.
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Education: 13 May 11
Sweden's independent school sector continues to expand, with applications for new schools increasing 12 percent on a record 2010, according to new figures from the Swedish Schools Inspectorate.
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Politics: 12 May 11
As a county council election re-run beckons in western Sweden, there are fears that a record low proportion of the electorate will bother to cast their votes.
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National: 7 May 11
Five cars were destroyed in the wee hours Saturday morning in Gothenburg in what police believe is arson. Two other cars were scorched. No arrests have been made.
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Science & Technology: 7 May 11
Efforts to trace the source of a tapeworm first discovered in Sweden in February were stepped up after a fox with the parasite was recently shot in Södermanland in central Sweden.
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Politics: 3 May 11
As a county council election re-run nears in western Sweden, the Social Democrats are losing ground and the Red-Greens stand to surrender power, according to a new poll published on Tuesday.
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Science & Technology: 3 May 11
Wintry conditions have made a return to much of Sweden with snow showers reported in central and northern areas, prompting a response from Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt.
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National: 26 Apr 11
With forecasts indicating a continued bout of warm, dry weather in much of Sweden, authorities have urged caution following reports of a number of grass fires over the Easter weekend.
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Politics: 10 Apr 11
Fredrik Reinfeldt surprised the Social Democrats by declining an offer to debate newly installed party leader Håkan Juholt ahead of new elections scheduled for Västra Götaland County in May.
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Politics: 11 Feb 11
Sweden is set to re-run one municipal and one county council election, the country's Election Review Board announced on Friday, more than five months after the country's September 2010 general elections.
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Science & Technology: 11 Feb 11
Sweden's Transport Administration has advised drivers in Stockholm to leave their cars at home as the continuing heavy snowfalls and winds leave much of the region at a standstill and commuters stranded.
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Science & Technology: 10 Feb 11
Winter has returned to central Sweden, with heavy snowfall of up to 20 centimetres expected on Thursday.
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Science & Technology: 7 Feb 11
Another onslaught of stormy weather has prompted warnings for southern Sweden and disrupted Baltic ferry service.
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Society: 20 Jan 11
A woman with syphilis sold sex in Gothenburg through most of the autumn of 2010 without informing clients that she had the disease, according to a news report.
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National: 18 Jan 11
Police have arrested about 70 demonstrators who gathered outside the Swedish National Migration Board's (Migrationsverket) offices south of Gothenburg to prevent a group of Iraqis from being deported on Wednesday.
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Politics: 17 Jan 11
Sweden's wolf hunt violates EU law, environment commissioner Janez Potocnik said on Monday, vowing to drag Sweden to court for allowing the hunt to continue this year.
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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: 5 Jan 11
The remains found in Swedish Millennium trilogy actor Per Oscarsson's burned home have now been identified. It is now clear that it was the actor and his wife who died in a fire on New Year's Eve.
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Society: 3 Jan 11
Fears mounted that actor Per Oscarsson, who appeared in the Swedish film adaptations of the "Millennium" trilogy, had died along with his wife after human remains were discovered among the ashes of their burned home.
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Society: 1 Jan 11
Drunkenness aplenty, but not much blood, was Gotland's police station's summary of the events of New Year's Eve, a summary that seems to apply for much of Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 26 Dec 10
Sweden's current cold snap will continue throughout December, which is now looking to be the coldest in at least 110 years, according to Swedish meteorologists.
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National: 23 Dec 10
A new snowstorm pushing in through the south of Sweden, with more snow and winds forecast, has led to the cancellation of train services in some areas as operators are forced to prioritise key routes.
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National: 22 Dec 10
Sweden's Transport Administration has allocated extra resources to ensure transport alternatives continue to function as London air traffic is expected to return to normal, easing the passage of stranded Swedes.
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National: 21 Dec 10
Thousands of Swedes heading home by plane are currently stuck at airports across Europe, with London and Heathrow causing the greatest headaches for travellers.
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National: 20 Dec 10
Sweden's fierce wintry weather is set to continue with warnings for heavy snow issued for eastern parts and widespread disruption to rail services in the south of the country.
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Science & Technology: 19 Dec 10
Swedes were coping with yet another round of fierce winter weather on Sunday as a band of snow showers moved north across the country, sending cars off the roads and dumping up to 20 centimetres of fresh snow in its wake.
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Politics: 17 Dec 10
A Swedish neo-Nazi has lost his seat on a local council in Grästorp in western Sweden after authorities discovered that he does not live in the municipality.
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Science & Technology: 17 Dec 10
Sweden is experiencing its coldest December in more than a century, according to meteorologists, as the country wrestles with the effects of another snowstorm which forecasters say isn’t over yet.
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Business & Money: 2 Dec 10
Swedish enterprises are spending less on research and development, with the majority of spending concentrated in the country's metropolitan areas.
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Science & Technology: 1 Dec 10
Four experts on HIV and criminal law have called for an overhaul of the law against infectious diseases act on World AIDS Day, alleging that the duty of disclosure has resulted in a spike in new Swedish HIV cases.
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Science & Technology: 24 Nov 10
The military was summoned to help control coastal flooding in southern Sweden as thick snow and fierce winds continued to play havoc with transport services across the country.
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National: 24 Nov 10
A hospital in central Sweden refused to perform an operation on a 16-year-old unaccompanied refugee boy because the doctor didn't think the hospital would be reimbursed for the procedure.
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National: 23 Nov 10
The Swedish Transport Agency has called for car drivers to choose alternative transport as snowfalls and rain cause traffic problems across Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 22 Nov 10
Another blast of winter weather is set to sweep across much of Sweden in the coming days, bringing heavy snowfall and bone-chilling winds to many parts of the country.
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National: 11 Nov 10
The Gothenburg police are facing more criticism following revelations that they locked eight men in a mosque when responding to a terror threat on October 30th.
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National: 9 Nov 10
The preliminary investigation into four Gothenburg men suspected of preparing acts of terrorism has been abandoned, Swedish security service Säpo confirmed on Tuesday.
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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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Science & Technology: 8 Nov 10
The Swedish weather agency has issued a class 2 warning after predicting several centimetres of snowfall will fall on parts of the country's east coast overnight.
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Politics: 5 Nov 10
A newly elected municipal council representative from a neo-Nazi nationalist party started his first day as an elected official in western Sweden with a lesson on the ABCs of democracy.
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National: 4 Nov 10
The arrest of four people on suspicion of preparing a terrorist crime has been reported and will be reviewed by a prosecutor, while confusion remains over just how many suspects are involved in the investigation.
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National: 31 Oct 10
Swedish police maintained a raised level of readiness following the bomb threat in Gothenburg, while two people remained in custody.
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National: 20 Oct 10
Swedish police on Wednesday raided a series of locations across the country, arresting 23 people on suspicion of serious child pornography offences. Twenty of the suspects were women, described by the police as 'very unusual'.
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Science & Technology: 19 Oct 10
Weather agency SMHI warned Swedes to brace for snow and heavy winds across much of the country on Tuesday evening and Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 6 Oct 10
Bankruptcies rose 15 percent in September, snapping the streak of declining bankruptcies observed so far this year.
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National: 29 Sep 10
A man was arrested on Tuesday on suspicions of having murdered a 27-year-old woman whose body was discovered in Gothenburg on Monday evening.
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National: 28 Sep 10
A human body found in the Hisingen area of Gothenburg on Monday evening is presumed by police to be connected to a crime. The body was found in connection with a search for two young people who disappeared at the weekend.
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Business & Money: 21 Sep 10
Swedish carmaker Saab Automobile has been been referred to the Swedish Enforcement Service for the collection of outstanding debts by the administrative board of Västra Götaland county.
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National: 12 Sep 10
The Swedish Accident Investigation Board is now investigating a train accident on Sunday night in which 18 people were injured, one seriously, in eastern Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 4 Sep 10
Autumn has come early to many parts of Sweden, and according to meteorological office SMHI, it is set to stay with cool temperatures expected for the remained of September.
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