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'Pirate Bay earned millions from advertising'

Science & Technology: 30 Sep 10
The Pirate Bay earned up to 35 million kronor ($5.2 million) in advertising revenue from the file sharing website, film companies maintained on the second day of the appeals court trial on Wednesday, a claim rejected by Fredrik Neij's counsel. READ »

Islam 'Sweden's biggest threat': far-right leader

Politics: 19 Oct 09
An article by the leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats claiming that Islam is the biggest threat to Sweden since World War II is tantamount to hate speech, according to legal experts. READ »

Showbiz reps appeal for more Pirate Bay loot

Science & Technology: 20 May 09
The US entertainment companies who last month claimed victory in The Pirate Bay trial have now appealed the verdict, arguing that the fines imposed on the four men convicted in the case were too low. READ »

Lundström demands Pirate Bay retrial

National: 25 Apr 09
Carl Lundström, who received a one-year prison sentence following the trial of the four men behind the free file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, has demanded a retrial in the district court. READ »

Pirate Bay lawyer calls for retrial

Society: 23 Apr 09
A lawyer representing one of the men convicted in the Pirate Bay trial has called for a retrial after reports that the judge was a member of the same copyright protection organisations as several of the main entertainment industry representatives. READ »

Pirate on prosecutor: 'The old bastard's crazy'

National: 2 Mar 09
Prosecutor Håkan Roswall's call for each of the defendants in The Pirate Bay trial to spend a year in prison prompted a derisive response from one of the accused. READ »

Fireworks erupt over prof's qualifications

National: 26 Feb 09
The Pirate Bay trial was interrupted several times on Thursday following a heated exchange between a Swedish media professor and record industry lawyers. READ »

Pirate Bay 'biggest and baddest villain': exec

Science & Technology: 25 Feb 09
Tempers flared during The Pirate Bay trial on Wednesday afternoon as a record company executive argued the popular file sharing site was to blame for falling music sales. READ »

Evidence feud over 'Perry Mason' tactics

National: 20 Feb 09
The Pirate Bay trial was interrupted on Friday morning as lawyers quarreled over admissible evidence, prompting a defence attorney to liken the proceedings to an episode of the classic US legal drama Perry Mason. READ »

Suspects defend Pirate Bay 'hobby'

National: 19 Feb 09
Two of the people behind The Pirate Bay took questions from the prosecutor and recording industry lawyers on Thursday, calling the popular file sharing site "a hobby site" and "a really strong brand". READ »

Defence disputes damage claims

National: 18 Feb 09
As the Pirate Bay trial entered its third day on Wednesday, lawyers for the entertainment industry defended their compensation claims against the four defendants, whose lawyers in turn did their best to poke holes in the prosecution’s case. READ »

Pirate Bay prosecutor amends charges

National: 17 Feb 09
The prosecutor in the trial of the men behind the popular file sharing site The Pirate Bay surprised a Stockholm court on Tuesday by amending the charges. "A sensation," according to defence lawyer Per E. Samuelsson. READ »

Pirate Bay trial underway in Stockholm

National: 16 Feb 09
The trial against the four men behind the popular file sharing site The Pirate Bay started in Stockholm district court on Monday. READ »

Expressen editor guilty of Persbrandt libel

National: 24 Nov 06
A jury has found Otto Sjöberg, editor of tabloid Expressen, guilty of defamation for a series of articles in which the paper made claims that actor Mikael Persbrant had suffered from alcohol poisoning. READ »

Liberals publish spy investigation

Politics: 13 Nov 06
Sweden's Liberal Party has published the findings of its internal investigation into the party's unauthorized access to the Social Democrats' internal computer network. READ »

Journalist suspected over scandal

Politics: 8 Sep 06
A journalist from tabloid Expressen has been officially named a suspect in the scandal over unauthorized attempts to log in to the Social Democrats' computer network. READ »

Press chief dragged into Liberal scandal

Politics: 5 Sep 06
The Liberal Party's top press officer is now the subject of a criminal investigation over the use of log-in details to gain unauthorized access to the Social Democrats' computer network. READ »

Expressen reporter ?posed as policeman?

National: 11 Aug 05
A reporter from Swedish tabloid Expressen is being prosecuted for posing as a policeman. The reporter called Interpol, among others, allegedly identifying himself as "a colleague". READ »


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12 February 21:30

The consciousness of one »

"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »

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Swedish word of the day

fin

adjective

Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.



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