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May 28, 2012
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Examiner charged over driving licence bribes
National: 25 Feb 09
A driving examiner from Gothenburg has been indicted on bribery charges. The woman is alleged to have accepted half a million kronor ($57,000) in exchange for approving driving licences for 70 test candidates.
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Attention deficit barred from Swedish car plates
Society: 27 Jan 09
A 29-year-old woman in Södertälje in eastern Sweden has been blocked from using the letter combination ADHD on her car registration plate, as the authorities deemed the abbreviation inappropriate and potentially offensive.
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Police hire container to detain drunk skiers
National: 30 Dec 08
Police in Värmland in western Sweden have announced plans to hire a custom-made freight container to house drunk skiers and rowdy youths while they sober up.
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Snow chaos on Swedish roads
National: 31 Oct 08
A trail of stranded trucks dotted the roads of Sweden on Friday as the first major snowfall of the season caught drivers unawares.
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Female pedestrians get road sign recognition
Society: 30 Apr 08
Sweden's government has paved the way for the development of road signs at pedestrian crossings that portray women rather than just men.
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Congestion charge returns to Stockholm
National: 1 Aug 07
Congestion charging has been reintroduced in Stockholm, more than a year after a six month trial of the scheme ended.
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Action to prevent suicides from Sweden's bridges
Society: 21 May 07
New measures have been put forward to reduce the toll of 40-50 suicides carried out from Sweden's road bridges every year. Bridges most commonly targeted for suicides must be secured.
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Swedes in US also face driving licence hassle
Lifestyle: 30 Mar 07
It's not only foreigners in Sweden who have trouble converting their driving licences. Swede Åsa Andersson Harding is having to retake her test in Massachusetts.
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Driving me crazy: The long road to a Swedish driver’s licence
Lifestyle: 30 Mar 07
Elizabeth Dacey Fondelius moved to Stockholm with a clean driving licence. There was only one problem: it was an American licence. After two decades of driving it was back to school in Sweden.
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English 'Bed and Breakfast' sign allowed to stay
National: 27 Mar 07
A guest house owner in central Sweden has been allowed to keep a sign with the words 'Bed and Breakfast' after initially being told that it should have been written in Swedish.
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Truck emissions increased by 35 percent
Science & Technology: 17 Mar 07
Carbon dioxide emissions from heavy trucks in Sweden have increased by 35 percent since 1990, according to new figures.
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Swedes hold European record for gas-guzzlers
Science & Technology: 15 Mar 07
Swedes are more likely to drive gas guzzlers than any other nationality in western Europe. Even cars that run on alternative fuels like ethanol need to become more efficient, say experts.
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Urgent spending needed on bus crash road
National: 28 Feb 07
Swedish road authorities are demanding an extra 3.9 billion kronor to improve the state of road 288, the scene of Tuesday's bus crash, in which six people lost their lives.
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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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Dozens caught up in road collapse
National: 21 Dec 06
A landslide in western Sweden caused a 400 metre section of the E6 road to collapse taking with it cars carrying 28 people. A nearby railway also collapsed. It's a miracle we managed to rescue everyone, say the emergency services.
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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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Flooding in Gothenburg after rain
National: 11 Nov 06
Many roads were flooded in western Sweden on Saturday morning after heavy rain overnight. Emergency services also received a large number of reports of flooded cellars.
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Congestion charging back next year
National: 10 Nov 06
Stockholm's congestion charge is to be reintroduced during the first half of 2007. The project is to be led by the former Moderate Party mayor, Carl Cederschiöld.
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Alcohol locks fooled by slimmers
National: 4 Sep 06
Alcohol locks on cars can confuse heavy dieters with people who have been drinking. Both dieters and drinkers have high levels of acetone on their breath.
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Sweden could ban mobiles behind the wheel
Society: 17 Aug 06
The Swedish National Road Administration is set once again to study the effects of mobile phone use while driving, after reports that it is more dangerous than previously thought.
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More road deaths linked to alcohol
National: 16 Aug 06
More people who died in road accidents had alcohol in their blood last year than at any time since 1989. Very worrying, says Sweden's roads administration.
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Sixty year low in Swedish road deaths
Society: 13 Jul 06
Fewer people died in the first half of 2006 than in the first six months of any year since 1946, when there were only 250,000 cars on Sweden's roads, says the National Roads Administration.
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Germans could nab Swedish elk signs
Society: 23 Jun 06
German football fans say they plan to "thrash the elks" in the World Cup on Saturday. Swedish officials fear this could increase thefts of elk warning signs on Sweden's roads this summer.
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Bike helmets to be compulsory
Politics: 29 May 06
Infrastructure minister Ulrika Messing wants bike helmets to be compulsory for everyone. Since under-15s were made to wear them, the number of deaths has been slashed.
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'More money needed' to clear roads
National: 9 Mar 06
A long, cold winter in Sweden has bled dry budgets for clearing roads of snow. Now representatives of the transport industry are calling for more money from the state to keep the highways clear.
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Owners "must pay tolls for stolen cars"
National: 5 Jan 06
Owners of stolen cars are being made to pay the Stockholm congestion charge, while thieves run up bills on their accounts. But 1,000 drivers who drove through the zone on Tuesday will get away with not paying a bean.
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Traffic "down 25 percent" on charging debut
National: 3 Jan 06
Complete guide to the Stockholm congestion charge trial
"Quiet start" for Stockholm congestion charge
Officials hail the first day of congestion charging in Stockholm as a success, with traffic reduced by 25 percent. But the real test will come when more Stockholmers return to work.
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Radical measures floated to cut road death toll
Society: 19 Aug 05
Big brother is driving: "alco-locks", seat belt locks and new speed limits are on the horizon. All part of the drive to push down the death toll on Sweden's roads.
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Speed limit could rise to 120
National: 29 Jul 05
The maximum speed on Sweden's motorways could rise to 120 kilometres an hour. This would be combined with speed reductions on more dangerous roads, leading to fewer people dying on Sweden's highways.
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"Let all cars convert to ethanol"
National: 26 Jul 05
Everyone with a petrol-powered car should be allowed to have it converted to run on green ethanol fuel. That's according to an expert at the Swedish National Road Administration.
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Road tolls finally get green light
Society: 30 Mar 05
Drivers will soon have to pay to take their cars round Stockholm: a court has removed the last obstacles to the planned congestion charge in the capital, and drivers could be paying tolls by the end of the year.
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Swedish wildlife hits the road
National: 2 Jul 04
Insolent rats, flat frogs and purifying mussels - the animal world makes its presence felt in Sweden.
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Meet Sanna, 9 years old
Sanna is one of 2 million people in Sweden under the age of 18. Sweden is seen as a good place to grow up. The law makes sure children are well-protected and defends their rights and any organizations work with children's well-being. Read more »
Strindberg, king of drama
August Strindberg's plays shocked society, dazzled audiences and revolutionized drama. A century after his death, Strindberg, with his powerful, timeless themes, is celebrated around the world. Read more »
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