February 10, 2010
Mölndal
The following articles have been tagged with "Mölndal":
Carrier pigeon massacre near Gothenburg
National: 5 Oct 09
Police in western Sweden are looking for someone who broke the necks of 30 carrier pigeons in a cage in a community allotment area north of Gothenburg.
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Migration Board firing of pro- Israel blogger 'violated constitution'
National: 28 Sep 09
Sweden's Parliamentary Ombudsman has rapped the Migration Board over its controversial reassignment of Lennart Eriksson, an employee who had voiced pro-Israeli opinions on his personal blog.
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Swedish metal band trashes Vienna hotel room
Society: 15 Apr 09
Swedish rock band Hammerfall have admitted to smashing up a Vienna hotel room on their European tour.
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Wild boar attacks woman in Gothenburg cemetery
National: 14 Apr 09
A wild boar attacked a woman out walking her dog in a graveyard in Gothenburg on Tuesday morning.
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Fire ravages Mölndal apartment building
National: 2 Mar 09
One person has been taken to hospital and an entire block evacuated in the wake of a devastating fire in Mölndal in western Sweden.
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One dead following Mölndal shooting
National: 23 Jan 09
A man was shot dead on a footpath in a residential area in Mölndal in western Sweden on Thursday night.
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Swedish schools to offer 'elite' courses
Education: 15 Jan 09
Sweden’s National Agency for Education on Thursday named 10 high schools to participate in a new initiative designed to give top performing students a chance to take university-level courses.
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Migration Board pays off pro-Israel employee
National: 29 Dec 08
Sweden's Migration Board has elected to pay over a million kronor in compensation to a demoted employee who maintained a pro-Israeli blog instead of following a court order to reinstate him.
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Man with ECG monitor threatens golf club bombing
National: 29 Dec 08
A man scared the wits out of golfers at a Lerum country club in western Sweden by bearing his ECG monitor and declaring that it was a bomb. The man has been ordered back into rehab for his persistent alcohol abuse.
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Ombudsmen critical of racist school book
Education: 27 Nov 08
Two Swedish ombudsman offices have added their voices to the chorus of criticism about a school book accused of having racist and sexist contents, but are powerless to do anything about it.
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What's on in Sweden: November 21 - 27
Lifestyle: 20 Nov 08
What’s on: International Film Festival & Mali Bluesman in Stockholm; the search for Lucia & Lambchop in Gothenburg; Jose Carrerras in Malmö.
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The Lowdown: Quality Swedish beer
Lifestyle: 17 Nov 08
Sweden is not a country renowned for its beers. But when Darren Packman has a nose around, he finds there's more to the country's brewers than meets the gut on a typical night out.
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What's on in Sweden: November 14 - 20
Lifestyle: 13 Nov 08
What’s on: Ron Sexsmith & DV8 Physical Theatre in Stockholm; Cirkus Cirkör & English farce in Gothenburg; Lambchop & Dirty Pretty Things in Malmö.
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Pro-Israel employee wins suit against Migration Board
Politics: 12 Nov 08
A court has ruled that Sweden’s Migration Board broke employment protection laws when it demoted an employee who maintained a pro-Israeli blog.
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Migration Board: 'Hamas is a liberation movement'
Politics: 25 Oct 08
A Swedish Migration Board employee sued his employers alleging that he was demoted due to his pro-Israel political views. The board's counsel in the hearing has courted controversy by calling Hamas 'a liberation movement.'
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What’s on in Sweden: September 5 - 11
Lifestyle: 4 Sep 08
What’s on: R.E.M and international comedy in Stockholm; Pink Floyd tribute and championship Golf in Gothenburg; Son of Dave and international dance in Malmö.
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Saying no to sex not enough to secure rape conviction
National: 3 Sep 08
A 22-year-old man who admitted that his accuser said no to having sex with him was acquitted of rape charges by a court in western Sweden.
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Sex buyers defrauded by 16-year-old boy
National: 7 Aug 08
A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced to community service after stealing money from the bank accounts of several men who believed they were paying to see young girls pose naked on the internet.
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What’s on in Sweden: March 21st – 27th
Lifestyle: 20 Mar 08
What to do for the week: Bash eggs in Stockholm, see Kent in Malmö, or go salsa dancing in Gothenburg.
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'I was demoted for defending Israel'
National: 26 Feb 08
A Migration Board employee with 20 years' experience claims he was demoted because of pro-Israel political views.
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12-year-old girl sends teacher to hospital
National: 25 Feb 08
A twelve-year-old girl from Mölndal is suspected of assaulting her female physical education teacher.
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All that Jazz: What's on this weekend
Lifestyle: 18 Jan 08
Something for the Weekend: Women of all ages provide reasons to get out of the house this weekend. Swedish Grammy winner Säkert plays in Gothenburg, Marianne Faithfull hits movie theatres, and there's a Maj Lindström exhibition in Malmö. Or you can grab a jazz brunch if you're in Stockholm.
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Join the Club: Football
Lifestyle: 16 Jan 08
Interested in joining a football club? The Local has some tips for players of all levels. Above: Långholmen FC pulls in the punters.
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SFI is failing immigrants
Analysis & Opinion: 17 Oct 07
SFI language courses aim to promote basic understanding of the Swedish language and society. But, argues Captus's Nima Sanandaji, with low pass rates and politicized content, neither aim is fulfilled.
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Love causes man to steal from 90-year-old mother
National: 23 Apr 07
A 64-year-old man has been found guilty of using over a million kronor from his mother's bank account to buy presents for a woman working at a nearby hot dog stand.
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'Stay at home' warning after Skåne snow
National: 22 Feb 07
Heavy snow and strong winds have led to a warning to motorists in southern Sweden to stay at home. Some 180 accidents have been reported in Skåne alone over the past 24 hours.
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Man crashes into hospital in stolen ambulance
National: 16 Feb 07
A man has been arrested in western Sweden after he stole an ambulance - and promptly drove it through the wall of a hospital.
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Storm leaves three dead and 280,000 without power
National: 14 Jan 07
Storms battering western and southern Sweden gathered strength on Sunday, flattening trees and causing power cuts. Three people have died and over 280,000 households were without electricity on Sunday night.
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Flooding "not a catastrophe"
National: 14 Dec 06
Flooding in the Gothenburg area does present a difficult situation, defence minister Mikael Odenberg has said. He denied, however, that the situation was catastrophic.
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Gothenburg floods: authorities fear chaos
National: 14 Dec 06
No respite is in sight for residents of the Gothenburg area, with more rain and wind expected on Thursday. Several rivers could burst their banks at any time.
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Gothenburg floods 'critical'
National: 13 Dec 06
Flooding continued to threaten the Gothenburg area on Wednesday, with further rain leading emergency services to describe the situation in and around the city as critical.
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Road collapses after Gothenburg rain
National: 11 Dec 06
A road near Gothenburg Airport has collapsed due to torrential rain, as days of downpours take their toll on western Sweden's road and rail infrastructure.
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Swedish sports leader guilty of child rape
National: 4 Dec 06
A man in his 40s was convicted by Mölndal district court on Monday of a series of sex offences including child rape. Passing judgement, the court appealed to the media not to overreact.
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21 injured in Liseberg rollercoaster crash
National: 15 Jul 06
Two wagons on one of the rollercoasters at the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg collided just after noon on Saturday.
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Passenger boat rams Gothenburg jetty
National: 14 Jul 06
Ten people were taken to hospital on Friday morning after a passenger boat carrying some 90 guests rammed a dock near Eriksberg, in Gothenburg.
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Fingerprints reveal raft man is Czech
National: 16 May 06
The man who was found floating on a raft in the middle of the Skagerrak Strait in April is a Czech citizen, born in 1957. So the plot thins, but he still won't say how ended up so far out at sea.
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Raft man lived in London
National: 2 May 06
The mysterious raft man - found floating on a raft in the middle of the Skagerrak Strait between Sweden and Denmark ten days ago - has been living in London for the last two years, it has emerged.
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Raft man 'a stateless American'
National: 22 Apr 06
The mysterious man rescued from a raft in the middle of the Skagerrak strait says he was born to Russian-Jewish parents and lived in Israel, South Africa and the US. "We're taking it with a pinch of salt," say police.
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Olympic gold medallist commits suicide
Sport: 18 Nov 04
What's wrong with Sweden's mental health system?
Wrestling champion Mikael Ljungberg, one of Sweden's most popular sportsmen, was found dead at Mölndal hospital on Wednesday. The country mourns, and once again the psychiatric care system is under fire.
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"No one is surprised to hear that safety is important to Swedes. After all, the first 3-point seat belt was first put into production for cars in the Volvo PV444 in 1959. But there are moments when I think that the devotion to safety extends beyond the fair margin to allow for Darwin Award nominees...." READ »
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