February 13, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Russians":
Sport: 6 Jan 12
After a 31-year wait and a gut wrenching game, the Swedish Junior National Hockey team are finally world champions, beating Russia 1-0.
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National: 15 Nov 11
Local authorities in northern Sweden are overjoyed at the continued interest in the area, having received over 900 applications from enthusiastic Russian families keen to move to the region.
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Travel: 3 Oct 11
Imagine visiting St. Petersburg, one of the most majestic cities in the world, without having to fly there and avoiding the headache of the visa-application process. A unique cruise line makes this possible.
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National: 2 Aug 11
A new book containing statements from a cellmate of missing Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg proves that Russian officials deliberately withheld information about the fate of the man credited with saving thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, researchers allege.
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Science & Technology: 3 Jun 11
Swedish scientists are concerned that it may be some time before the properties of the bacteria causing the current EHEC infection in Europe are fully understood.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jan 11
With Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak in prison in Eritrea and questions still swirling about the fate of Raoul Wallenberg, historian Susanne Berger argues that Sweden needs to do more to shorten its ignominious line of unsolved disappearances.
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Business & Money: 26 Jan 11
Brazil has no immediate plans to decide whether to award a multi-billion dollar fighter aircraft contract to Sweden's Saab Gripen or one of its competitors, the country's defence minister said on Tuesday
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Science & Technology: 28 Dec 10
Recent hacks on Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt's blog have resulted in the site briefly displaying ads for Russian wives, Danish capital advisers and motivational speakers.
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Politics: 2 Dec 10
According to US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks this week, Sweden is regarded as a "strong and pragmatic partner", whose official non-alignment does not reflect reality.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Nov 10
On the eve of the US mid-term elections, libertarian Swedish commentator and author Fredrik Segerfeldt takes a look at the evolution of Swedes' attitudes toward the United States – with some help from one of Sweden’s most revered singer-songwriters.
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Sport: 2 Oct 10
Swedish world number five Robin Söderling was dumped out of the Malaysian Open by Kazakstan's Audrey Golubev on Friday.
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Lifestyle: 10 Sep 10
From a childhood spent in war torn Afghanistan to the gyms of Malmö and the rough and tumble world of mixed martial arts (MMA), Sweden’s Malik Mawlayi has learned to cope with violence, explains James Goyder.
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National: 29 Jul 10
Hundreds of Russians have said they want to move to a small town in the far north of Sweden, after council leaders earlier this year launched an appeal for immigrants.
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Sport: 26 Jul 10
Sweden's Johanna Larsson lost in straight sets to former world number six Anna Chakvetadze at the Slovenia Open tennis final on Sunday.
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Sport: 24 May 10
Sweden rounded off their ice hockey world championships with a 3-1 win over hosts Germany to claim the bronze in the the third-place play-off in Cologne on Sunday.
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National: 2 Apr 10
Russian archivists have said that Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg may have been alive after July 17, 1947. Wallenberg is credited with rescuing thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.
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National: 31 Mar 10
A former Russian spy commander, Sergei Tretyakov, has accused a Swedish diplomat of having handed classified documents over to the Russian secret service following his recruitment at the end of the 1990s.
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Business & Money: 4 Mar 10
Vladimir Antonov, the Russian businessman and backer of Spyker Cars' takeover of Saab, has launched a campaign to clear his name from allegations of money laundering and organised crime.
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Sport: 25 Feb 10
Sweden claimed the 4x10 kilometres cross country relay gold on Wednesday, for a record fifth time. Norway settled for silver with the Czechs taking the bronze.
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Sport: 23 Feb 10
Sweden claimed a valiant silver behind Germany in the women's cross country team sprint event at Vancouver Winter Olympics on Monday, the team's fifth medal in the sport.
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Business & Money: 19 Feb 10
Ikea's founder Ingvar Kamprad on Friday expressed "distress" over a bribery affair which has led to the firing of the Swedish furniture giant's two top managers of its Russian division.
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Sport: 7 Feb 10
Sweden face Holland, Hungary and neighbours Finland in a Euro 2012 qualification group that gives Erik Hamrén's side a chance to settle old scores.
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National: 4 Feb 10
The Russian military is suspected of having dumped chemical weapons and radioactive waste off the Swedish island of Gotland in the beginning of the 1990s.
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National: 30 Jan 10
An investigation ordered by the Swedish government into the workings of Spyker and its Russian investors landed on the desk of the FBI and put a temporary stop to the Saab deal being reached.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 10
On the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Stockholm-based Israeli journalist David Stavrou reflects on the importance of memory and self-examination, in Sweden and beyond, if we are to avoid recurrences of a catastrophe that was entirely man-made.
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Politics: 11 Jan 10
An aide to Sweden's prime minister was put on the defensive on Monday following a Facebook passage in which he praised pro-employment policies that resulted in immigrant labourers cleaning up faeces on the weekend.
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National: 16 Dec 09
The mystery surrounding why exactly a Swedish diplomat was selling smuggled pantyhose in a Moscow kiosk grew on Tuesday as the Swedish foreign ministry alleged the Russian media portrayal of the incident was a deliberate smear attempt.
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National: 8 Dec 09
Sweden granted protection to 8,700 asylum seekers in 2008, with Iraqis accounting for almost half the total, according to new figures from EU statistics office Eurostat.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Nov 09
EU and Russian leaders will open summit talks in Sweden on Wednesday in an atmosphere clouded by uneasy relations between Moscow and Stockholm over human rights and last's year's war in Georgia.
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Society: 13 Oct 09
A 15th century castle in southern Sweden belonging to a man who once supplied secret Russian technology to the Swedish military, is set to go up for auction in November.
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National: 18 Aug 09
The Russian navy has arrested eight men who allegedly hijacked the Maltese-registered freighter the Arctic Sea off the coast of Öland in Swedish waters in July, according to the Russian defence minister.
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Travel: 21 Jul 09
Alannah Eames visits Finland's Swedish-speaking Åland islands, and finds gorgeous scenery, great food and a fascinating history.
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Politics: 1 Jul 09
Sweden's fraught relationship with Moscow has come to the fore on the first day of the Swedish EU presidency as Russia objects to plans to hold a major summit in Stockholm.
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Sport: 11 May 09
Sweden battled from a goal down to beat the United States 4-2 and claim the bronze medal at the World Ice Hockey Championships in Berne on Sunday. Russia won their second consecutive title later on Sunday.
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Society: 20 Apr 09
Sweden's University College of Arts, Craft and Design has decided to have lawyers review projects prepared by final-year students for this year’s spring exhibition.
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Analysis & Opinion: 19 Mar 09
Tingeling tingeling - It’s the song all of Sweden is singing. But laughing at Russia’s national anthem and emotionally charged symbols is just not funny, writes Sweden-based translator Anna Titova.
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National: 17 Mar 09
New research has shown that Sweden's relations with the United States ran more deeply during the Cold War than was previously known.
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Society: 16 Mar 09
The Russian embassy in Stockholm has launched a scathing critique of Sveriges Television (SVT) for what it sees as a “disgusting” portrayal of Russia during the weekend’s Melodifestivalen finals.
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Analysis & Opinion: 30 Jan 09
In the first of a series highlighting different communities in Sweden, The Local’s David Landes takes a look at how the sprawling and complex history of Swedish-Russian relations affects life for Russians living in Sweden today.
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Sport: 26 Jan 09
Sweden claimed its ninth bandy world championship on Sunday, overpowering Russia 6-1 in a come from behind victory.
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Politics: 1 Oct 08
Comments comparing Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, and a decision to have dinner in Ukraine have put Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt on Russia's black-list.
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Politics: 1 Sep 08
Russia's recent foray into Georgia was meticulously planned, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said in an interview with a Swedish newspaper on Sunday. The president also blamed the West for not reacting sooner.
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Politics: 29 Aug 08
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has said he would welcome international peacekeepers in the Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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Society: 18 Aug 08
A man who emigrated to Sweden ten years ago is being deported because he cannot prove he grew up in his former home country of Latvia.
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Sport: 17 Aug 08
Sweden's Carolina Klüft will bid to break a second consecutive Russian podium sweep in the women's Olympic long jump, the heats for which take place on Tuesday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 14 Aug 08
In a week when Russia went to war with Georgia, David Bartal reflects on a time when Sweden was more belligerent than benevolent.
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Politics: 12 Aug 08
Members of the Swedish-Georgian Society gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Stockholm to voice their anger at Moscow's handling of the conflict in the Caucasus.
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National: 9 Aug 08
Sweden has evoked the memory of Adolf Hitler in condemning Russia's attacks on Georgia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia.
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National: 11 Jul 08
Russian telecom operators have drawn up plans to re-route data and call traffic to avoid Swedish eavesdropping, according to reports in Russian papers.
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Sport: 18 Jun 08
Sweden's Euro 2008 adventure is over following a 2-0 defeat against Russia.
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Sport: 17 Jun 08
Sweden's hugely experienced side should prove to have a huge advantage over their younger Russian opponents, according to coach Lars Lagerbäck.
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Sport: 16 Jun 08
Sweden will hope that they are the team left standing when they take on Russia in their final Group D clash.
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Sport: 15 Jun 08
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic should be fit to play against Russia in Wednesday's crucial Euro 2008 Group D match, said coach Lars Lagerbäck.
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National: 14 Jun 08
Sweden's National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA) has been accused of illegally storing the information from over 100 Russians that it had been monitoring in the 1990s.
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National: 19 May 08
The sound recorded in the waters of Hårsfjärden in 1982 has turned out not to be from a threatening Soviet submarine but rather from Amalia, a Swedish charter boat.
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Sport: 14 Apr 08
Robin Söderling was close to causing an upset in Buenos Aires in a match described by team captain Mats Wilander as the best he's ever seen.
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National: 4 Mar 08
A Swedish arms monitor was among the dead when a UN helicopter crashed in the mountains of eastern Nepal on Monday.
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Society: 14 Dec 07
Owning expensive jewellery and having own company are big status symbols for Americans and Russians, but not for Swedes. Swedes rate language skills highly, however.
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Business & Money: 20 Sep 07
Pernod has said a decision to bid for Absolut vodka parent company V&S will depend on whether or not its has concluded a deal with Russia's Stolichnaya before the Swedish sale process begins.
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National: 18 Aug 07
A bottle of champagne from Hitler's wine cellar was bought at auction in Dorset, in the south of England, by an anonymous Swede on Friday. The price tag for the undrinkable bubbly was 23,000 kronor.
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National: 18 Apr 07
A group of 24 Russians and Swedes have been charged in Gothenburg with human trafficking, pimping and buying sex from nine Russian women.
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Lifestyle: 19 Mar 07
He was Hollywood's favourite Cold War Russian muscleman, but Dolph Lundgren was also quite a whizz in the lab, as Paul O'Mahony explains.
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National: 19 Nov 06
To men have been remanded in custody in Malmö accused of trying to smuggle in the largest consignment of ecstasy ever uncovered in Sweden. The men deny knowing they had the drugs in their cars.
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National: 15 Nov 06
Plans by Russian oil giant Gazprom to build a pipeline across the Baltic Sea are causing worry across the political spectrum in Sweden. Defence minister Mikael Odenberg says the pipeline could be an intelligence platform.
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National: 15 Aug 06
Russian athletes competing in the European Championships in Gothenburg have been signalled out in the media as potential culprits for alleged drug-taking, after syringes were found on Monday.
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National: 28 Mar 06
Stig Wennerström, one of Sweden's most notorious spies, has died aged 99 at a retirement home near Stockholm. For over ten years at the height of the Cold War he exposed the Swedish military system to the Soviets.
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Analysis & Opinion: 22 Sep 05
Hopping from one queue to another, our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent discovers one good thing about bad service in Sweden: at least it's distributed fairly.
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National: 2 Aug 05
Speaking at a conference in Sweden, the former chief UN weapons inspector in Iraq urges neighbouring Iran not to begin dabbling with uranium enrichment again.
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Business & Money: 31 Mar 05
Russian tele-communictions company Alfa Telecom is fighting Telia for ownership of Turkcell, Turkey's mobile operator.
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Business & Money: 30 Mar 05
Engineering and environmental consultancy SWECO wins a 3.5 million kronor contract to help clean up St. Petersburg.
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Smörgåsbord: 13 Jan 05
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Smörgåsbord: 30 Jul 04
The World Cup for homeless people, Sweden's last cold war spy explains why he betrayed his country, fare evasion in Stockholm increases, and Knutby gets a make-over.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"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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