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The following articles have been tagged with "Nynäshamn":

Swedish surfers defy cold to catch winter waves

Sport: 11 Oct 11
While the season's first winter storm sends most Swedes scrambling for warmth, a group of dedicated Swedish surfers instead rejoice at the chance to ride out the blustery weather from their boards, The Local's Joel Linde discovers. READ »

Swift storm catches sailors off-guard

Science & Technology: 20 Aug 11
A fast-moving storm swept into Stockholm’s achipelago, rousing severe problems for recreational sailing Friday night. Gale force winds are expected to persist. READ »

Swedish police 'return' stolen loot to criminal

National: 14 Aug 11
A van full of stolen goods, including a boat motor, previously confiscated by police in Sweden was returned to the man convicted of trying to move the items out of the country following his trial. READ »

Beer in Sweden: Looking beyond the lager

Lifestyle: 24 Mar 11
In this month's column on what some enthusiasts like to call the amber nectar, blogger Darren Packman reminds us that brews come in all colours and that staying loyal to one is like having a cheeseburger for breakfast, lunch and dinner. READ »

Top Social Democrat quits politics

Politics: 22 Feb 11
Ilija Batljan, one of the key figures in the Social Democrat election campaign in Stockholm and one of the early names mentioned as a possible new leader, has announced that he is leaving politics. READ »

Snowstorms threaten Sweden's east: agency

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. READ »

Stockholm hit by ‘crazy’ electrical storm

National: 8 Aug 10
It was a case of all hands to the pump for emergency services in the greater Stockholm area on Saturday night as the city was illuminated by 2,500 lightning flashes in a single hour. READ »

Mob rounds on police during massive bar brawl

National: 7 Aug 10
Police officers in Nynäshamn were forced into a retreat on Friday night when a group of around twenty people turned on them as they intervened to break up a pitched fight in a local pub. READ »

Human head scares swimming children

National: 13 Jul 10
Two children have reported that they saw a human head in the water off popular swimming spot Hamnvik in Nynäshamn south of Stockholm on Monday, with police classifying the report as "very credible". READ »

Guru's guide: The best beers in Sweden right now

Lifestyle: 22 Feb 10
Darren Packman, one of Sweden’s leading beer experts, give his tips on what you should (and should not) be pouring into your beer glass. READ »

Hard rocking beer man: 'I brew in A Major'

Lifestyle: 22 Feb 10
“That’s the Way I Wanna Rock and Roll” is a track from Sigtuna Brygghus head brewer Mattias Hammenlind’s favourite hard rock band AC/DC. It also sums up nicely his approach to brewing beer, writes Darren Packman. READ »

Radio chat prompts sacking of ferry crash employee

National: 2 Aug 09
An employee on one of the ships involved in the Gotland ferry crash in July, has been fired for talking to local radio. READ »

No third boat involved in Swedish ferry crash

National: 28 Jul 09
There is nothing to indicate that a third ship was directly involved in last week’s ferry crash near Nynäshamn off of Sweden’s east coast, according to preliminary interviews. READ »

Ferry delays continue following collision

National: 25 Jul 09
Disruptions in ferry traffic between the island of Gotland and the Swedish mainland will continue following the Thursday collision of two passenger ferries near the port of Nynäshamn off Sweden's east coast. READ »

Swedish ferry crash: 'everything shook'

National: 23 Jul 09
Two passenger ferries have collided in heavy fog near the port of Nynäshamn off Sweden's east coast. Ten people sustained minor injuries. READ »

Bus strike underway in Stockholm

National: 1 Jul 08
More than 6,000 Stockholm-area bus drivers went on strike at midnight, causing commuting headaches for thousands of area residents. READ »

Stockholm bus strike looms

National: 30 Jun 08
Buses in Stockholm County will come to a standstill at midnight on Monday as bus drivers plan to follow through on their threat to go on strike. READ »

Airbag thieves strike on cue

National: 22 May 08
Thieves in the south east of Sweden acted on Wednesday exactly as police had predicted a day earlier -- they entered a car dealership and stole a number of airbags. READ »

Something for the Weekend: The Local's Guide to What's On

Lifestyle: 20 Dec 07
Provocative poses from ex-Big Brother star Carolina Gynning in Malmö, Christmas Blues and Soul in Stockholm and Christmas markets just about everywhere in The Local's weekend guide. READ »

Snow storms cause chaos on Sweden's roads

National: 14 Nov 07
Motorists are once again being advised to exercise caution on the roads as icy conditions prevail in much of Sweden following a day of heavy snowfall. READ »

Military called in as snow traps thousands on road

National: 13 Nov 07
Fire chiefs were calling in help from the military on Tuesday night after large numbers of people became trapped in cars and trucks on a snow-blocked road south of Stockholm. "The situation is getting serious," said a fire chief. READ »

Gotska Sandön: Baltic tranquility

Travel: 5 Sep 07
This weekend offers the last opportunity to visit a sandy, car-free outpost of Gotland. Fiona Basile finds camping out on Gotska Sandön to be a magical experience. READ »

Algae returns to Stockholm archipelago

Science & Technology: 10 Aug 07
The scourge of Sweden's Baltic bathers is back. A slimy blanket of blue-green algae has drifted north from the waters around the island of Gotland and has now reached the Stockholm archipelago. READ »

Gotland steps back in time

Lifestyle: 10 Aug 07
Fiona Basile dons her tunic and watches Gotland turn back the clock hundreds of years for Visby's Medieval Week. READ »

Oil leak in Nynäshamn

Business & Money: 29 Sep 06
An engine oil factory near Stockholm leaked 174 cubic metres of oil over a ten hectare area on Thursday night. Owner Statoil says it's launching an investigation. READ »

Stockholmers report forest fire - in Russia

National: 9 Aug 06
The fire brigade received reports of a forest fire near Stockholm on Wednesday. But the fire turned out not to be in Sweden, but in St Petersburg. READ »

Road officials warn of Midsummer madness

National: 23 Jun 06
It could be a crazy weekend on Sweden's roads. Last year, 11 people died in car accidents during the Midsummer holiday, and there were 32 crashes in the Stockholm area alone. READ »

Ericsson kept blacklist of ?troublemakers?

National: 2 Jun 05
An Ericsson plant has been outed for secretly branding workers as 'paedophiles', 'Nazis' or 'troublemakers'. The company has distanced itself from the list, but unions say they will take action. READ »

Unions slam Ericsson for factory closure

Business & Money: 22 Feb 05
Four hundred Ericsson employees lose their jobs as the telecoms company closes a factory near Stockholm, just two weeks after it announced record profits. The company should face up to its responsibilities to workers, say unions. READ »

Life imprisonment for psychologist murder

National: 30 Dec 04
The Lithuanian man who confessed to the murder of Stockholm psychologist faces a life sentence, while his girlfriend gets four years for abduction. READ »

Cops in the dock

National: 28 Oct 04
The police were getting a taste of their own medicine this week. As one former police officer was sent down for drugs offences, his former boss was also finding that the law might not always be on her side. READ »

Three arrested for train sabotage

National: 13 Oct 04
Stones thrown at trains, bicycles dumped on the tracks and conductors strangled and spat at - and nobody's interested. Cancel a few rush hour trains and suddenly it's the week's biggest story. READ »

Psychologist murder: Lithuanian pair confess

National: 8 Oct 04
At the beginning of September police admitted that they didn't have a clue who had killed a well-known Stockholm psychologist. But after a month of international co-operation they think they've got their man - and woman. READ »

Psychologist murder: "no weapon, no suspects"

National: 8 Sep 04
The tabloids are hot on the trail of a suspect in the Stockholm psychologist murder case - even if police are not. READ »

Psychologist's body found in forest

National: 30 Aug 04
The body of Helena Bering, the psychologist missing for eleven days, has been found in thick forest north of Stockholm. As two potential key witnesses appear to prefer talking to the press than detectives, everyone seems to have their own theory about what happened. READ »

Kidnapped psychologist: police baffled

National: 27 Aug 04
The disappearance of a high-profile psychologist has police searching from Östermalm to Latvia - with every passing day bringing more questions than answers. READ »


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Sweden strips foreign doctoral candidates of the same rights as other tax-paying migrant workers, argue a group of doctoral candidates from the Royal Institute for Technology (KTH).
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