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Science & Technology: 12 Jun 13
Facebook officially opened its new mammoth server hall in far northern Sweden on Wednesday, with representatives downplaying concerns stemming from the NSA spying scandal, proclaiming the facility would operate under Swedish law.
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Science & Technology: 9 Jun 13
Emails sent to the Swedish state and government authorities can be accessed by the US security services as several organizations use Microsoft and Google to filter spam.
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Business & Money: 5 Jun 13
Google has tapped a Swedish wind farm developer to help power the US search engine giant's data centre across the border in Finland.
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Business & Money: 4 Jun 13
Swedish airport operator Swedavia has launched a new app for all of its ten airports across the country, allowing users to keep an eye on real-time arrival and departure changes, book parking in advance, and even check in on Facebook.
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Lifestyle: 10 May 13
Think you know Sweden? Or simply want to learn more? For the next quiz in our trivia series, we head to a town where getting around can get you wet. Any guesses?
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Society: 9 May 13
A night out with an ex-boyfriend who stalked her online for two years leaves love columnist Emilia Millicent with questions about what the limits are, now that information is everywhere.
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Travel: 3 May 13
Think you know Sweden? Or simply want to learn more? For the second quiz in our trivia series, we head to a city that's rather unusually squashed, at least from an international perspective. But which one is it?
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Business & Money: 29 Apr 13
Swedes are turning away from file-sharing sites like The Pirate Bay in favour of "safer" illegal streaming sites for new movies and TV shows, with experts claiming that Swedes would pay for content if a better solution was available.
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Travel: 26 Apr 13
Think you know Sweden? Or simply want to learn more? In our new "Secret Location" trivia series, we head to a "mystery" Swedish town that millions of people have visited without ever actually stepping foot there. But which one is it?
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Society: 27 Mar 13
Sweden's National Encyclopaedia has decided to add the term "ungoogleable" as an entry just a day after it emerged that search engine Google had pressured the Language Council to amend its definition of the new buzz word.
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National: 26 Mar 13
Language heavyweight the Swedish Academy, known globally for awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature, has warned Google that it has the clout to fight back if the US search engine objects to the word "ungoogleable".
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Society: 26 Mar 13
Marketing experts in Sweden say Google putting pressure on the Swedish Language Council to edit a word spells poor PR, but disagree on whether the move was acceptable or not.
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Business & Money: 26 Mar 13
US search engine giant Google has successfully put pressure on the Swedish Language Council to remove an entry from its recently released list of new Swedish words.
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Business & Money: 14 Mar 13
A majority of Swedish business, IT, and science engineering students would like to land a job with Google, according to the 2013 Ideal Employer Rankings.
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Science & Technology: 5 Mar 13
The Local speaks to TEDxStockholm founder Carl Bärstad on why the Swedes are an innovative nation - and why they need to learn how to fail.
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Lifestyle: 1 Feb 13
Three Swedish indie filmmakers, who unearthed an old Nordic folklore creature to spin an Evil Dead-inspired tale of gore and desperation, have secured Swedish distribution after successes in the US. The Local's Ann Törnkvist meets Tommy Wiklund and Sonny Laguna.
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Lifestyle: 19 Dec 12
Having spent the last six months struggling to get settled in northern Sweden, ex-Londoner Paul Connolly shares his frustration over locals' hatred of confrontation.
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Science & Technology: 18 Dec 12
Sweden-based researchers have helped develop a peer-to-peer video transfer app, which can help regime critics when governments switch off the internet to quell dissent.
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Science & Technology: 6 Dec 12
Sea lions and sex tips, as well as social media and South Korean pop all kept Swedes clicking on Google in 2012 according to new figures released on Thursday about how the nation uses the world's biggest search engine.
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Business & Money: 4 Dec 12
Swedish carmaker Volvo hopes smart functions in its vehicles will result in zero deaths or injuries in new Volvos by 2020, a top manager said on Monday.
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Science & Technology: 13 Nov 12
Businesses in Sweden and the Nordic region are behind the curve when it comes to adapting to the explosion of smart mobile devices, a top Swedish executive at Google said in Stockholm on Tuesday.
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Science & Technology: 23 Sep 12
Several Swedish towns and islands are missing from Apple maps - the service that has replaced Google maps in Apple's new operating system, iOS 6.
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Politics: 10 Sep 12
Rick Falkvinge, the founder Sweden's Pirate Party, has found himself in hot water after publishing a lengthy polemic calling for the legalization of child pornography.
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Society: 3 Sep 12
Prostitutes in Stockholm are using short-term rented apartments to sell sex, which is proving to be a difficult case for police to crack, and a bitter pill to swallow for the holidaying homeowners.
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Lifestyle: 24 Aug 12
With apartments in Stockholm harder than ever to find, desperate house-hunters are easy prey for con-artists. The Local’s Oliver Gee finds out more about how the fraudsters operate and how to avoid them.
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National: 16 Jul 12
A journalist who posted pictures of "pro-free speech" teddy bears like those dropped by Swedes in Belarus in early July has been arrested by the country's security services as organizers of the stunt released more video footage of the flight.
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Business & Money: 10 Jul 12
Stockholm has come in sixth place in a new ranking of the best cities in the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) global "livability" ranking.
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Lifestyle: 1 Jun 12
An aging WWII veteran who ditched his plane off the Swedish coast in 1943 has been able to share his harrowing tale thanks to an article on The Local about an airman who landed on a cow in a field in southern Sweden.
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Travel: 1 Jun 12
A unique collection of wooden buildings in northern Sweden has been chosen by Google in its new World Wonders Project, which takes people on a digital tour of selected heritage sites around the world.
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Society: 16 May 12
The highly publicized appeal of a Swedish translator of Japanese manga comics convicted of child pornography crimes was brought up in Sweden’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, to an auditorium filled to the rafters.
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Society: 16 May 12
A Fiat 500 frozen in time by Google Maps in front of Volkswagen's headquarters in Sweden has been hailed as a public relations coup for the Italian automaker, despite an alternate explanation for the pic from its German rival.
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Science & Technology: 1 May 12
Swedes have become more inclined to surf the internet anonymously, in order to protect themselves from online surveillance, a new study shows.
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Society: 26 Apr 12
A 24-year-old Swedish student has beaten almost 20,000 competitors to take home the grand prize in the Google Photography competition for 2012.
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Science & Technology: 24 Apr 12
Google has honoured Sweden's contribution to the art of making it easier for people to remove their pants with a zipper-themed "Google doodle" on what would have been Swedish inventor Gideon Sundback's 132nd birthday.
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Science & Technology: 29 Mar 12
Swedish computer programmers have created a a new browser plug-in dubbed the "Henerator" which automatically changes the Swedish equivalents of "he" and "she" into the recently coined and gender-neutral pronoun "hen".
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Business & Money: 22 Mar 12
Sales of Apple’s iPad and other tablet computers have more than doubled in the past year in Sweden, where tablets are now selling better than ordinary desktop computers.
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Business & Money: 14 Mar 12
Swedish students have their eye on home-grown companies when it comes to joining the work force after graduation, according to a recent survey.
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Society: 9 Mar 12
Another thrilling week in Swedish media, but did you hear the one about the Swedish chef, the biting thief, and the vibrating package that closed down a post office? If not, The Local's News in Brief has all the answers.
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Lifestyle: 9 Mar 12
After meeting a Swede who claimed that Swedish was the richest of all the world’s languages, The Local’s Oliver Gee searched a little deeper into how Swedish rates on the world stage.
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Society: 3 Mar 12
A man from Stockholm has been denied the right to adopt the word “Svartjobb” (literally: black work) as his name after tax authorities deemed it to have negative connotations and to be indicative of a poor work ethic.
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Science & Technology: 1 Mar 12
Swedish picture agency Scanpix is suing search engine giant Google for around 5 million kronor ($753,000) for what the agency claims is unauthorized use of its images.
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Business & Money: 13 Feb 12
40 percent of recruiters are checking potential employee’s social networking pages during the hiring process, a figure which has shot up from last year, according to a recent report.
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Politics: 8 Feb 12
David Cameron joined Fredrik Reinfeldt and other heads of government from northern Europe who have gathered in Stockholm to discuss common future challenges at the Northern Future Forum.
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Science & Technology: 6 Jan 12
Swedish internet music service Spotify’s ground breaking inventor Daniel Ek has been hailed the most important person in the world of music by American journal Forbes.
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Business & Money: 14 Dec 11
Pancakes, popstar Justin Bieber, and questions about the time of day kept Swedes busy on Google in 2011, Google Sweden said on Wednesday, showing that Swedes searched for Facebook more often than sex during the past year.
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Science & Technology: 25 Nov 11
A Swedish man who wears a "silver suit" to protect himself from mobile phone radiation had demanded that local officials protect his health by creating a “radiation-free zone” that may leave thousands without mobile phone coverage.
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Business & Money: 22 Nov 11
A promise by Swedish music streaming service Spotify on Monday to unveil a “new direction” has sparked a flurry of rumours and speculation about what sort of innovation the company may have in store.
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Education: 22 Nov 11
Stockholm International School has seen thousands of students pass through its doors since it was founded in 1951. To mark its fiftieth birthday, Maggie Dankiewicz, Valerie Evers, Caroline Engström-Roberts and the students of Grade 5 tell of its fascinating history.
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Science & Technology: 16 Nov 11
Every other Swedish 3-year-old uses the internet, more than 50 percent of Swedes use Facebook, and there are more computers than people in Sweden, according to a new study.
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Science & Technology: 20 Oct 11
A string of pictures taken by Google Maps outside of a Systembolaget liquor store in Timrå in northern Sweden appear to capture a case of illegal alcohol peddling to a minor, according to local police.
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Business & Money: 13 Oct 11
Google Sweden has announced the launch of its Google Transit service in the country, offering a nationwide timetable service integrated into its Google Maps navigation tool.
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Science & Technology: 27 Sep 11
A CIA-backed Swedish-American company claims that it's new technology can predict disease, terrorist threats, economic swings and resource shortages. The Local’s Karen Holst explores.
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Business & Money: 23 Sep 11
The $8.5 billion sale of Skype to Microsoft in May not only proved that the age of big money IT acquisitions has a while to run, but also that Scandinavians and more particularly, Swedes, remain hot hi-tech property.
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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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Science & Technology: 19 Jul 11
Google's competition Doodle 4 Google, where contributors are invited to design an alternative Google logo, is coming to Sweden's youth football tournament Gothia Cup.
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Business & Money: 15 Jul 11
Swedish-Japanese mobile phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson posted a net loss of €50 million ($70 million) for the second quarter on Friday, saying that its supply chain had been hit by the disasters in Japan.
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Society: 20 Jun 11
A Swedish man's bid to have 'His Majesty' officially added to his name has been rejected because it could lead to "misunderstandings".
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National: 13 May 11
The Swedish Armed Forces have released photographs, which it claims indicates that Muammar Qaddafi still retains several fighter aircraft.
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Science & Technology: 10 May 11
Skype, the IP telephony company founded and part-owned by Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennström, has been bought bought by US software giant Microsoft, the firms confirmed on Tuesday afternoon.
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Science & Technology: 21 Mar 11
A team of snowmobiles deployed by US firm Google has spent the past week travelling Sweden's ski resorts, mapping out the peaks and the valleys for its Street View service.
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Science & Technology: 12 Mar 11
A prank email referencing a unicorn and a leprechaun sent by a Swedish file-sharer prompted a US-based gay porn film studio to file a subpoena for the man's email address.
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Science & Technology: 1 Mar 11
The United States has placed Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay on its list of marketplaces "notorious" for trade in pirated material.
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Science & Technology: 11 Feb 11
A Swedish government agency has issued a report revealing that the most popular social media sites continue to present accessibility problems for users with handicaps.
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Travel: 24 Jan 11
While he first came to Sweden for the free education and "hot women on bicycles," American entrepreneur Peter Sullivan now finds himself the centre of a new brand of social networking business, contributor Malin Nyberg discovers.
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Business & Money: 20 Jan 11
Android-based smartphone sales helped move Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson back into profit in 2010, despite lower than expected fourth quarter earnings and sales.
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Science & Technology: 28 Dec 10
Recent hacks on Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt's blog have resulted in the site briefly displaying ads for Russian wives, Danish capital advisers and motivational speakers.
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Science & Technology: 30 Nov 10
Sweden's IT privacy watchdog has recommended Google remove data that it inadvertently captured from wireless networks in Sweden while it was taking photos for its Street View service.
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Business & Money: 19 Nov 10
US search engine giant Google has invested significantly in Sweden in the past decade and forecasts that more acquisitions could be in the pipeline.
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Travel: 11 Nov 10
Home to one of Sweden's most popular ski resorts, the province of Jämtland will not disappoint travellers looking for a classic Swedish winter experience.
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Business & Money: 25 Oct 10
Nordic telecoms giant TeliaSonera said on Monday that sales of smartphones, coupled with growth in eastern Europe and Asia, boosted third-quarter profits and its outlook for fiscal-year results.
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Science & Technology: 15 Oct 10
The Medical Products Agency has rescinded its sales ban on the PutOn condoms brand after originally ruling that it failed to meet Swedish safety requirements.
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Business & Money: 15 Oct 10
Swedish-Japanese mobile phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson reported a third consecutive quarter of net profits on Friday following dramatic restructuring, but its sales fell far below expectations.
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Business & Money: 15 Sep 10
Sponsored article: Swedish internet visionary and serial entrepreneur Johan Staël von Holstein is back, this time with MyCube, which he calls 'the social exchange,' where privacy, ownership and control are the foundations that enable more valuable and meaningful online interactions.
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Science & Technology: 1 Sep 10
Sony Ericsson expects China to become its biggest handset market by volume in the next three to four years.
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Lifestyle: 20 Jul 10
There is no need to leave the the big smoke to beat the heat -the city is teeming with hot places to take a cool dip. Emy Gelb has been checking them out.
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Science & Technology: 11 Jul 10
Google's Street View cars will return to the road next week in Sweden without their wireless scanning equipment after a controversy over the collection of private information.
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Travel: 28 Jun 10
Sponsored article: The birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen, Odense beckons travellers with its vibrant nightlife, beautiful streetscapes, great shopping and rich cultural heritage.
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Travel: 11 Jun 10
Sponsored article: The antiquity of Gamla Stan, the forests of Djurgården, the cliffs of Södermalm and of course the surrounding blue sea: all these elements combine to help make Stockholm one of the world’s most beautiful cities.
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Society: 25 May 10
A Swedish appeals court has cleared the path for parents to name their children Prince (Prins) after rejecting a tax agency argument that the name was a professional title.
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Travel: 2 May 10
Sponsored Article: Once in the shadow of its larger, more glamorous neighbour Copenhagen, the construction of the Öresund Bridge means Malmö today forms the proud gateway to Sweden.
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National: 29 Apr 10
A small business owner is suing Google Sweden for defamation, alleging Google hits link to blogs that call him a paedophile.
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National: 29 Apr 10
The far-right Sweden Democrats have almost disappeared from the Google search engine, as attacks from opponents and their own oversight have cut exposure just when they need it most - as an election beckons.
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National: 6 Apr 10
A 15-year-old boy convicted of two rapes in the village of Bjästa has reported SVT's investigative programme Uppdrag Granskning to the broadcasting watchdog, claiming the show had made it too easy to identify him.
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Business & Money: 18 Mar 10
Swedish students have named Google, Ikea and the foreign ministry as their dream places of work, according to a new survey.
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National: 16 Mar 10
Iranian journalist and women's rights activist Parvin Ardalan has accepted Sweden's offer of refuge after she was sentenced to several jail terms in her native country.
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Science & Technology: 19 Jan 10
A research group led by the University of Gothenburg in the west of Sweden, has been granted 25 million kronor ($3.5 million) in EU funding to develop an online multilingual translation system covering most European languages.
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Society: 23 Dec 09
In the latest battle over what people may legally call their children, the Swedish Tax Authority has ruled that the parents of a two-month-old boy in Skåne in southern Sweden may not call their child Allah.
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Travel: 17 Dec 09
Sponsored article: From sunbathing at midnight in summer to long walks over frozen ice in winter, Piteå is never short on fun and surreal activities.
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Analysis & Opinion: 3 Dec 09
Does the herring lead us into Jansson's temptation or is it the other way around? Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius has the lowdown on how to prevent your office julbord from ending in yuletide tears.
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Travel: 1 Dec 09
Sponsored article: Berlin's turbulent history has made it one of the most fascinating and exciting cities in the world. And with night trains running from Sweden throughout the Christmas period, it's also very accessible.
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Science & Technology: 1 Dec 09
Swedish international health and statistics expert Hans Rosling has been named as one of 2009’s Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine.
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Business & Money: 19 Nov 09
Sony Ericsson said on Wednesday it will lay off 130 employees as part of a plan to close its development centre in Kista near Stockholm. The announcement came as the company previewed a new touch screen mobile phone.
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Science & Technology: 4 Oct 09
US search engine giant Google has admitted that an internal error was behind the blocking of Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay on Friday.
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Travel: 24 Aug 09
Sponsored article: Initially built by the Danes as a defensive fortress, Halmstad is now a popular coastal retreat with a sophisticated cultural scene and thriving nightlife.
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Lifestyle: 6 Aug 09
What's on in Sweden: Culture Festival and new circus in Stockholm; International jazz festival in Gothenburg; Soha (Fr/DZ) & Festival for Gaza in Malmö.
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Travel: 11 Jun 09
Sponsored article: Surrounded by hills and forest on three sides and a spectacular fjord to the south, Oslo is like no other capital city in Europe. During the summer, arrive the romantic way by taking the night train from Stockholm or Malmö.
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Travel: 15 May 09
Sponsored article: Having long been defined by its industrial and maritime history, Göteborg has since reinvented itself. The old ports and warehouses have been replaced by cafes, bars, and one of the liveliest cultural scenes in the region.
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National: 18 Apr 09
The Swedish press weighs in on prosecutorial victory yesterday in the Pirate Bay case. Although the guilty verdict was not surprising, they write, the harsh sentencing was.
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Science & Technology: 17 Apr 09
The jail sentences for founders of The Pirate Bay have been welcomed by the entertainment industry, but some experts question what difference it will make.
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Science & Technology: 17 Apr 09
The four men connected with The Pirate Bay were found guilty of being accessories to copyright infringement by a Swedish court on Friday, delivering a symbolic victory in the entertainment industry’s efforts to put a stop to the sharing of copyrighted material on the internet.
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