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Juholt 'must step down’: former minister

Politics: 2 Dec 11
Former Social Democrat minister Björn Rosengren has been caught on tape saying that party leader Håkan Juholt must step down, according to a report. READ »

'Systembolaget behind wine club police report'

Business & Money: 21 Nov 11
Sweden’s state-run alcohol monopoly Systembolaget has been accused of having had a hand in a police report filed by the IOGT-NTO temperance society against a group of wine clubs offering home delivery. READ »

Swedes' confidence in Juholt plummets

Politics: 9 Oct 11
Swedes' confidence in Social Democrat leader Håkan Juholt has plummeted following reports of his faulty rental payments, showed a recent poll, with 52 percent reporting "very little or little confidence" in him. 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 »

Apartment for sale with all mod cons and stepdad

National: 12 Aug 08
An apartment currently up for sale in Stockholm comes fully equipped with the current tenant, who is refusing to budge. READ »

Swedish alcohol monopoly down the hatch

Analysis & Opinion: 6 Jun 08
Mark Majzner looks at how two landmark EU decisions have affected the alcohol retail trade in Sweden. READ »

Telenor seeks TeliaSonera merger

Business & Money: 29 Apr 08
Norwegian telecom operator Telenor is aiming for a merger with TeliaSonera, reports the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper. READ »

Internet booze ban could be axed

Politics: 30 Dec 07
Sweden could soon allow people to buy alcohol online and have it delivered home. But buying foreign booze won't be cheap. READ »

Euro-court throws out Swedish booze ban

National: 4 Oct 07
Sweden's ban on the private importation of alcohol breaches European law, the European Court of Justice has ruled. READ »

Archaeologists discover Iron Age Mickey Mouse

Society: 8 Jun 07
Excavations at Uppåkra in southern Sweden have turned up an unusual bronze brooch dating from the Viking period. The piece was probably supposed to be a lion, but bears an uncanny resemblance to Walt Disney's legendary cartoon mouse. READ »

Sweden defends state alcohol monopoly

Society: 5 Jun 07
The Swedish government has said that it will defend its restrictive alcohol policy and the Systembolaget retail monopoly. But there were also positive reactions to Tuesday's EU ruling, which paved the way for private imports of alcohol over the internet. READ »

European court slams Sweden's alcohol import ban

National: 5 Jun 07
Sweden's ban on the import of alcohol by private individuals is in breach of EU law, the European Court of Justice has found. 'The state has been caught with its pants down,' says lawyer. READ »

Persson slammed for PR job

Politics: 8 May 07
Former Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson has been criticized by former colleagues and political experts for taking a job with a PR firm. Persson is joining a sector he himself has frequently slammed. READ »

Sweden's alcohol import ban 'is legal'

National: 30 Nov 06
The Swedish ban on private individuals importing alcohol for resale does not contravene EU regulations, the advocate general of the European Court of Justice has said. READ »

Sweden?s snoop laws are worthy of Soviet Union

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jul 06
New laws proposed by Sweden’s government would require internet service providers to snoop on all of us, says the Pirate Party’s Björn Lindh. READ »

Persson marries education minister

Politics: 14 Jun 06
Sweden's education minister Ibrahim Baylan has married his long-standing partner in a secret ceremony in Norrland - presided over by the prime minister himself. READ »

Pizza baker in Olympic row

National: 17 Mar 06
How better to mark the Winter Olympics than with a celebratory pizza? That was the view of a restaurateur from Västerås, until the unsporting Swedish Olympic Committee came after his dough. READ »

Swedish hockey heroes "could lose Olympic gold"

Sport: 2 Mar 06
Just four days after the Swedish ice hockey team's stunning achievement in the Winter Olympics, the sweet smell of success has been overshadowed by a bitter dispute which could result in the team's disqualification. READ »

Ferry boss arrested for fraud

National: 17 Jan 06
The chief executive of Swedish ferry company Destination Gotland has been arrested and is accused of defrauding the state of millions. But the company says its boss has done nothing wrong. READ »

No investigation into Rosenberg

National: 18 Oct 05
Feminist professor Tiina Rosenberg will not be investigated for cheating in her research, a board at Stockholm University decides. She had been accused of plagiarism. READ »

Norway's Telenor buys Bredbandsbolaget

Business & Money: 23 May 05
Norwegian telecoms operator Telenor agrees to buy Sweden's Bredbandsbolaget for 6 billion kronor. And in a Scandinavian double-whammy, the company also snaps up Denmark's Cybercity. READ »

"Express degree" could see students' summers scrapped

National: 23 Feb 05
Why let students enjoy long summers year after year when they could be studying instead and out in the job market within two and a half years? Sweden's National Agency for Higher Education proposes a 48 week year, instilling mild panic among lecturers. READ »


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