The following articles have been tagged with "Haparanda":
National: 7 Dec 12
Comedian and author Jonas Gardell was named 'Swede of the Year' on Thursday, following the success of his book 'Never Dry Tears Without Gloves' (Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar) that chronicles the Aids epidemic in Sweden in the 1980s.
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National: 20 Sep 12
The 23-year-old man acquitted by a Luleå court last week of the murder of a 51-year-old Haparanda man in April, has been re-arrested by police.
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National: 11 Sep 12
A 23-year-old man charged with the April shooting death of a 51-year-old victim of a previous axe attack was acquitted Tuesday due to lack of evidence, despite the court declaring that it was “highly likely” that the suspect was the killer.
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National: 31 Aug 12
A dead woman was found by emergency crews battling a house fire in northern Sweden on Thursday, leading police to issue an arrest warrant for a man they believe murdered the woman.
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National: 24 Aug 12
The 24-year-old key witness in the trial against a man suspected of shooting dead axe-attack victim Esa Rano in northern Sweden, brought in by police for questioning on Thursday, has been released.
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National: 23 Aug 12
The court case against the man suspected of shooting dead 51-year-old axe-attack victim Esa Rano was interrupted on Thursday by a bomb threat.
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National: 10 Aug 12
A 23-year-old man has been charged with the murder of 51-year-old Esa Rano, known in Sweden for surviving a vicious axe attack in a village feud in 2008.
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National: 31 May 12
Habo, a small municipality in southern Sweden, is the best place in Sweden to live, according to a new ranking published on Thursday. Malmö, meanwhile, was ranked nearly dead last.
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National: 3 Jan 12
Police in the small village of Voljakkala, north of Haparanda in northern Sweden, are investigating the suspected murder of a 55-year-old woman, found dead in her flat on Monday evening.
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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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Science & Technology: 24 May 11
Police officers in northern Sweden took action on Tuesday against a group of Greenpeace activists occupying a barn while protesting against the planned introduction of genetically modified (GM) potatoes in the area.
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Sport: 16 May 11
Several thousand Finnish ice hockey fans crossed the border to Haparanda in northern Sweden late on Sunday night after their spectacular 6-1 World Championship win, forcing local police to call for reinforcements to control order.
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National: 17 Mar 11
Swedes are living longer than ever before, according to new statistics, with residents of one upscale Stockholm suburb claiming the highest average life-expectancy for both sexes.
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Analysis & Opinion: 11 Mar 11
While much remains unknown about Håkan Juholt, most Swedish newspapers were in agreement that he represents a shift to the left for the Social Democrats, although they differed on what that shift means for the party's future.
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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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National: 2 Sep 10
A 35-year-old man has been convicted of the rape of a sleeping woman at a party in Haparanda in northern Sweden in April, despite claims that he was also fast asleep at the time.
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Science & Technology: 29 Jun 10
Tuesday is set to be the warmest day of the year so far in Sweden with temperatures in excess of 27 degrees Celsius across most of a sun-drenched country.
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Business & Money: 11 Jun 10
Employment rates between local- and foreign-born workers differ by more than 30 percentage points in some areas of Sweden, according to a report from Statistics Sweden.
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National: 28 May 10
Habo in Västergötland in southern Sweden is the best place in Sweden to live, according to a ranking by Fokus magazine.
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National: 5 Nov 09
Medical authorities in Haparanda in northern Sweden have begun vaccinating all pupils at a school in the town following the swine flu-related death of an 8-year-old Finnish girl.
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Travel: 12 Oct 09
Välkommen till Lindsborg - Between barbecued ribs and meatballs, Robert La Bua finds Swedish culture alive and well in Little Sweden, USA.
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Politics: 8 Jun 09
Christian Democrat leader Göran Hägglund has called for campaigning to be extended before the EU parliamentary election to raise interest and encourage more Swedes to vote.
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National: 18 May 09
A neighbourhood feud in northern Sweden has captivated the media for several years - the accepted story being that a Roma family terrorized a whole village. But new details suggest that the truth may be quite different.
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National: 2 Apr 09
Members of the family convicted for involvement in a vicious axe attack in a village outside of Haparanda in the far north of Sweden in 2008 have had their penalties increased by an appeals court.
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Business & Money: 26 Mar 09
A burger war is brewing in northern Sweden, pitting the country’s own Max hamburger restaurants against American fast food giants McDonald’s and Burger King.
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National: 8 Jan 09
Members of the family convicted for their roles in a shocking axe attack in a village outside of Haparanda in northern Sweden earlier this year have decided to appeal the judgments.
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National: 12 Dec 08
Five members of the same family were found guilty on Friday of involvement in a vicious axe attack against a 47-year-old man last spring near Haparanda in northern Sweden.
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National: 1 Dec 08
The 16-year-old girl from northern Sweden who was feared kidnapped has been found across the border in Finland.
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National: 30 Nov 08
Police in Sweden and Finland are looking for a 16-year-old girl feared kidnapped in Haparanda in northern Sweden on Saturday morning.
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National: 13 Nov 08
A father and his five children were charged on Thursday for their involvement in a vicious axe attack against a 47-year-old man last spring near Haparanda in northern Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 19 Sep 08
Just in time for winter, a stretch of motorway in the far north of Sweden has been outfitted with high-tech equipment to help warn drivers about perilous driving conditions.
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National: 26 Aug 08
A 33-year-old Swedish woman has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for the aggravated rape of a 60-year-old woman in her home.
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Society: 10 Jul 08
Acceptance of euro notes and coins is becoming more and more widespread in Swedish businesses, according to a new survey.
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National: 9 Jul 08
Veolia Transport has said it will lock out 67 bus drivers and conductors to coincide with the start of a bus strike in northern Sweden at midnight on Wednesday.
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Society: 12 Jun 08
The Stockholm suburb of Danderyd is the best place to live, according to a new ranking by the magazine Fokus. Ljusnarsberg in central Sweden is the worst.
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National: 4 Jun 08
A 32-year-old woman, who along with her brother attacked and raped a woman in her 60s, has been sentenced to six years in prison for rape.
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National: 22 May 08
A 32-year-old woman from northern Sweden has been indicted on a charge of aggravated rape after forcing another woman at knifepoint to perform oral sex.
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National: 14 May 08
A protracted feud in a village in the far north of Sweden took a sinister turn on Tuesday when a 47-year-old man was attacked with an axe and taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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Analysis & Opinion: 30 Apr 08
More than ninety years have passed since Vladimir Lenin stopped off in Stockholm to buy an overcoat shortly before returning to Russia to start a revolution. David Bartal met up with him for a chat.
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National: 16 Apr 08
Authorities in northern Sweden have discovered that some drug abusers have been using false penises to help them submit fake urine samples.
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Business & Money: 3 Jan 08
Swedish subsidiary reported a profit of 2.4 billion kronor for the last fiscal year.
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Society: 15 Nov 07
Truck driver Kjell Fundin has done what no man has ever done before by travelling almost the entire length of Sweden on a lawnmower.
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National: 15 Nov 07
Residents of a northern Swedish town will have to stock up on candles after the Swedish Market Court ruled in favour of an energy company that has kept the streetlights switched off for over a year.
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National: 17 Oct 07
The town of Övertorneå is facing a second winter of unrelenting darkness after a court rejected pleas from two local councils to have their streetlights turned back on.
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National: 2 Oct 07
It's a long, long way from Haparanda to Ystad, particularly for the man who is making the journey on his lawnmower.
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National: 1 Mar 07
Thefts and burglaries fell by half in a Swedish town in the Arctic circle after an electricity company cut off power to its streetlights. "We thought the opposite would happen," says a local police chief.
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Lifestyle: 5 Feb 07
As Melodifestivalen kicks off, Paul O'Mahony takes a look at last year's winner – the charismatic Christian who has become Sweden's uncontested Eurovision queen.
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Lifestyle: 2 Jun 06
While there will be music for all tastes, those who like their music loud and heavy will be particularly well catered for in June, with Lordi, Def Leppard and Alice Cooper all putting in appearances in Sweden.
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Politics: 27 Apr 05
King Carl Gustaf risks getting into another political row, as words of support for refugee children suffering from “apathy” are interpreted as an attack on the government. Supporters of the children say the king's words are significant.
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Smörgåsbord: 7 Oct 04
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Society: 14 May 04
High blood pressure, weight-obsessed, prostituting themselves - no wonder the government's making teenagers wear crash helmets.
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