February 14, 2012
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National: 10 Feb 12
A doctor in central Sweden who broke the neck of an infant during a 55 hour long delivery, is being investigated by the National Board of Health and Welfare.
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Sport: 10 Feb 12
Two men on snowmobiles went through the ice on a lake near Östersund in northern Sweden on Thursday, in what is believed to have been a fatal accident for one.
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Lifestyle: 9 Feb 12
From classic Scandinavian functionality to naked men and lambs, Stockholm Design Week has something for everyone. Here's The Local's pick of the weirdest and best designs on display this year.
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National: 8 Feb 12
A 15-year-old girl, taken into custody by social services last week, was removed on Sunday from her foster home by four armed men, one of which was her father.
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Politics: 8 Feb 12
David Cameron joined Fredrik Reinfeldt and other heads of government from northern Europe who have gathered in Stockholm to discuss common future challenges at the Northern Future Forum.
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Science & Technology: 6 Feb 12
A young Swedish mother, recently diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, was told by the National Social Insurance Agency that she was not eligible for sickness benefits.
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National: 5 Feb 12
The plunging mercury has put a stop to rail services to the far north of Sweden on Sunday with rail operator SJ explaining that it was just too cold to guarantee safety.
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Politics: 3 Feb 12
The first poll taken since new Left Party leader Jonas Sjöstedt took over shows that his party has seen a rise to 9.3 percent in the opinion polls, bringing its best result since 2004.
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National: 3 Feb 12
Train chaos swept railways south of central Stockholm on Friday morning, after an overhead line fell onto the tracks between the capital and the country’s south.
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Lifestyle: 2 Feb 12
Sweden is about to be tossed into the frenzy that is ”Melodifestivalen”, the musical contest where the next artist to represent Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 2012 will be selected.
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National: 2 Feb 12
Guns are three times more common in Malmö compared to Stockholm when it comes to reported killings and attempted killings, new figures show.
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National: 1 Feb 12
Police in Malmö say they see no ties between Tuesday's fatal shooting and the later bombing of a police station but that they are “embarrassed” that crime has continued to rise despite a recent increase in police presence.
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Business & Money: 1 Feb 12
Christian Democrat party official Patric Rylander has found himself in stormy weather after calling for an ”underclass-safari” on his Facebook page, in response to a recent tour of swanky Stockholm suburb Saltsjöbaden.
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Society: 30 Jan 12
The so called “upper class safari” recently running in Stockholm has come under extreme criticism from residents of the elite suburb, and has even evoked several protest attacks.
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Education: 27 Jan 12
The principal of a school in western Sweden is under investigation for unilaterally scrapping the marks given to a class of eighth graders because they were too low in comparison to other schools in the area.
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National: 24 Jan 12
The Swedish National Rail Service, SJ, was not wrong to kick a Muslim man off the train for not showing his pass while deep in prayer, ruled a Swedish watchdog after finding it impossible to prove he had been discriminated against.
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Society: 22 Jan 12
Swedish police have confirmed that rumours of a man driving around in a white van seeking to snatch kids from schools in the Stockholm areas is nothing more than an 'urban myth'.
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Politics: 22 Jan 12
As the Social Democrats begin the search for a new leader after Håkan Juholt's resignation, an opinion poll conducted prior to the dramatic events on Saturday show the party at its lowest ebb since the 1960s.
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National: 20 Jan 12
An 11-year-old boy has been brought in by police in connection with a series of knife point robberies in Malmö. Victims were unaccompanied women, and police suspect a pre-teen gang to be behind the attacks.
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National: 18 Jan 12
The trial against the 31-year-old mother charged with murdering her two sons by pushing them in the water and watching them drown opened in Sweden on Wednesday.
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Politics: 17 Jan 12
Social Democrat leader Håkan Juholt once again landed himself in hot water after saying that the government had “pushed through” defence policies with the help of the Sweden Democrats.
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Business & Money: 16 Jan 12
Plans for a sightseeing trip to Saltsjöbaden to “see how the other half lives,” have been reported to police after coming under fire from residents of the well-to-do Stockholm suburb.
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National: 8 Jan 12
Being a member of a criminal gang in Sweden can actually result in milder sentences for weapons offences as courts provide leniency in cases in which offenders have been shown to live in a hostile environment and need extra protection.
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Lifestyle: 7 Jan 12
Some people will always hesitate to reveal the name of their hometown, whether it's due to tragic history, bad reputation, or that the name itself is enough to make anyone blush. The Local’s Joel Linde has gathered a few of the latter from all over Sweden.
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Politics: 6 Jan 12
Jonas Sjöstedt was chosen to replace Lars Ohly as the new leader of Sweden's Left Party when the congress voted on Friday.
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Science & Technology: 4 Jan 12
Gastric bypass surgery make obese patients less likely to die from heart attack and stroke than patients receiving more conventional treatment for their condition, a Swedish study showed on Tuesday.
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National: 3 Jan 12
Yet another man has been gunned down on the streets of Malmö, making him the fifth in just over a month to be shot dead in Sweden's third largest city.
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Science & Technology: 3 Jan 12
A prematurely born baby, being treated in a Swedish hospital, died after being subjected to multi resistant bacteria, according to a new report.
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National: 2 Jan 12
A new low pressure area, referred to as an "atmospheric bomb" by Danish forecasters due to its sudden pressure drop, is on the way toward Sweden, bearing with it strong winds and precipitation.
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Business & Money: 2 Jan 12
The government is to allow private transport companies to provide public bus services, in a bid to improve services and prompt people to use public transport.
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Politics: 1 Jan 12
The support for Sweden's Social Democrats continue to plummet and in the first survey of the year they only received 25.3 percent of votes, a decline by 1.2 percentage points since the last survey.
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National: 31 Dec 11
Prosecutors have decided to appeal the acquittal of a 32-year-old elk hunter who accidentally killed a cross-country skier in December of 2010.
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National: 29 Dec 11
Four men were charged on Thursday in connection with Sweden's “biggest-ever” cocaine bust that netted drugs worth an estimated 145 million kronor ($21 million).
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Science & Technology: 27 Dec 11
Close to 40,000 homes across Sweden remained without power on Tuesday midday and many rail passengers were still stranded in the wake of storm “Dagmar”, which tore through the country over the Christmas holiday weekend.
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National: 26 Dec 11
Although storm Dagmar has moved on, "chaos" is reportedly left in its wake, with most rail traffic at a standstill, hundreds of thousands of households without power and fallen trees blocking many roads.
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Society: 22 Dec 11
A customer at a McDonald's restaurant in Gothenburg in western Sweden was shocked to discover a maggot crawling among the lettuce leaves in her newly purchased hamburger.
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National: 20 Dec 11
Sweden's national rail service, SJ, has been slammed by the Data Inspection Board after it was discovered the company was filming staff with hidden cameras to stop widespread pilfering on trains.
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Society: 20 Dec 11
One person died and five were injured when a dog sled and a car collided in the vicinity of Jukkasjärvi, in northern Sweden, on Monday afternoon.
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Science & Technology: 20 Dec 11
Archaeologists have uncovered five shipwrecks dating from the 1500s to the 1700s found in connection with renovation of a quay outside the Grand Hotel in central Stockholm.
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Politics: 18 Dec 11
Support for Sweden's Green Party rose to 12.3 percent, yet another record-high result, while the Social Democrats hit a new low in research institute Sifo's December poll.
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National: 18 Dec 11
When a bus driver took suddenly ill on Saturday, causing the vehicle to cross over into the wrong lane, a level-headed passenger grabbed hold of the wheel and drove the bus into a ditch, thereby avoiding a full-on collision.
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Society: 16 Dec 11
Abba founder Benny Andersson wants Arlanda airport to take down a giant picture of him welcoming visitors to Stockholm, following a decision to revamp a local landmark leaving him unwilling to be associated with the city.
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Lifestyle: 14 Dec 11
Swedish senior citizens, some well into their 90s, are staying fit and active by taking up regular exercise even long after reaching retirement age, the AFP's Pia Ohlin reports.
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National: 14 Dec 11
Two people are dead and several others injured following a collision between a truck and a bus on a two-lane road in central Sweden on Wednesday morning.
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Society: 13 Dec 11
The mystery surrounding several decades-old pictures found in a vintage camera purchased last August by a UK couple at an auction in south central Sweden has been solved.
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Society: 12 Dec 11
Abba-founder Benny Andersson has hinted that he would be willing to reunite the famed Swedish super group to help save a beloved - albeit urine soaked -Stockholm landmark.
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National: 12 Dec 11
A third of the staff working in Sweden's largest hospital emergency room believe it's the woman's fault if she is physically abused, according to a new Swedish study.
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National: 11 Dec 11
With advent, Lucia and Christmas, Swedish firefighters are kept busy during the month of December, with 12 percent of all recorded fires caused by candles left unattended.
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Politics: 10 Dec 11
Sweden's Left Party's nomination committee suggested Jonas Sjöstedt take over as the party's new leader from Lars Ohly, who won't run for re-election in January.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Dec 11
Eighty-year-old Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer, the first Swede in 40 years to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, looked on with tears in his eyes as he watched his poetry set to music during the 2011 Nobel Lecture in Literature on Wednesday, writes contributor Charlotte West.
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National: 7 Dec 11
Seven men have so far been arrested on suspicion of gang raping a 29-year-old mother of two in Eksjö, in the south of Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 5 Dec 11
Blockbuster sales of the Swedish-developed computer war game Battlefield 3 have helped solidify Sweden's reputation as a hotbed for game developers, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Society: 28 Nov 11
The trial against the hunter who fired a single shot that passed through an elk before hitting and killing a cross-country skier, opens on Monday in Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 25 Nov 11
A Swedish man who wears a "silver suit" to protect himself from mobile phone radiation had demanded that local officials protect his health by creating a “radiation-free zone” that may leave thousands without mobile phone coverage.
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Lifestyle: 24 Nov 11
Christmas markets are a feature of Yuletide in Sweden and The Local has put together a pick of the best, all featuring warm spiced "glögg" for the adults, and plenty of fun activites for the children.
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Travel: 23 Nov 11
While Sweden seems to be at its most captivating during the warm summer months of June to August, here’s an insider tip — the country is just as beautiful during the height of winter. Here are 10 reasons to visit Sweden during winter.
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Sport: 23 Nov 11
Researchers at Linköping University have been tasked with establishing how common sexual harassment is within Sweden athletics, in the wake of revelations by Olympian Patrik Sjöberg that he was abused by his coach.
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Science & Technology: 21 Nov 11
Despite tens of thousands of patients coming down with diseases caused by medications they're taking, awareness of the problem remains low at Sweden's emergency hospitals, according to a recent report.
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Society: 21 Nov 11
Swedish comic actor Lars Brandeby died on Sunday evening at a hospital in Gothenburg following a period of illness.
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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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National: 12 Nov 11
In the middle of the night a man called the Jönköping police station and requested their help in rescuing him from a sealed baggage locker at Nässjö's Central Station.
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Science & Technology: 11 Nov 11
Swedish sperm donors are more stable, mature and have better social skills than the average Swedish man, according to a new study.
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Politics: 5 Nov 11
Top brass with Sweden’s Left Party, Vänsterpartiet, has said ‘no’ to a shared party leadership on the grounds of a current well-working organization. The party’s congress must now decide who will succeed Lars Ohly.
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National: 23 Oct 11
The latest voter poll shows that support for the Social Democrats has dropped nearly 10 points over the past three weeks in the wake of party leader Håkan Juholt's accommodation subsidies scandal.
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Society: 20 Oct 11
A UK couple are appealing to Swedes for help in gleaning clues about several decades-old photographs hidden in a vintage camera purchased at an auction in south central Sweden last August.
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Society: 19 Oct 11
The highly popular church built near the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi in Northern Sweden might soon be joined by an ice mosque, if all goes according to plan.
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National: 18 Oct 11
As police continue their search of the area where the 4-year-old boy was found dead on Sunday evening, the local community is trying to get to grips with what has happened.
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National: 14 Oct 11
Swedish police arrested 32 people in a raid on a food factory south of Stockholm on Thursday for violations of the Aliens Act.
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Analysis & Opinion: 13 Oct 11
The Social Democrats’ malaise goes far deeper than the expenses scandal engulfing Håkan Juholt, political scientist Nicholas Aylott writes, arguing that the party needs to decide its ideological path and to pick its leader accordingly.
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Politics: 7 Oct 11
The leaders of the Social Democrats and the Left Party on Friday declined to participate in an upcoming debate to avoid having to stand next to Sweden Democrat party leader Jimmie Åkesson.
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Society: 6 Oct 11
Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer, who was on Thursday named the 2011 Nobel Literature Prize laureate, has published a relatively small body of work, often addressing themes of death, history and nature.
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National: 6 Oct 11
A YouTube video showing a 12-year-old boy being handcuffed and wrestled to the ground by two security guards in a Stockholm metro station has prompted strong reactions from family members, but police claim the guards did nothing wrong.
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National: 3 Oct 11
Commuter trains in the south of Stockholm were hit by widespread disruption on Monday morning after weekend work on the Stockholm City Line tunnel project was not completed in time.
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Science & Technology: 1 Oct 11
Despite stricter rules, Swedish hospitals still struggle to avoid overcrowding and any institution caught breaking the rules will now face heftier fines, after previous measures have shown only limited effects.
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National: 1 Oct 11
Swedish pension savers were shocked to hear on Thursday that Sjunde AP-Fonden, the default fund for pension savers, has lost some 20 per cent of its value in the past two months.
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Travel: 27 Sep 11
A journey by dogsled through a pristine white landscape to the incredible ICEHOTEL. Double rooms and suites constructed entirely of ice. An ice lobby, a chamber of ice pillars and the famous Icebar. And then come the Northern Lights...
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Business & Money: 25 Sep 11
Seven senior civl servants who left their positions prematurely now continue to pocket monthly salaries of between 65,000 and 123,000 kronor ($9,500-18,000), despite having unclear or non-existent tasks, according to reports in the Swedish media.
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Science & Technology: 24 Sep 11
Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court is opening for doctors to recommend homeopathic cures for patients, sparking criticism from the Swedish Medical Association.
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Society: 19 Sep 11
Dozens of police officers engaged in a massive search for a 2-year-old girl who was reported missing in southern Sweden on Saturday. As it turned out, she was simply very good at hiding.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Sep 11
As Sweden's politicians return to business at the Riksdag after a period of party-leadership reshuffling, The Local's Rebecca Martin examines concerns that youth has begun to trump experience in Swedish politics.
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Education: 14 Sep 11
Preschoolers at a daycare in northern Sweden now have their attendance tracked through an electronic punch clock system in order to help streamline the assessment of fees.
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National: 13 Sep 11
Four men arrested in Gothenburg at the weekend on suspicion of planning terror crimes will face a remand hearing on Wednesday, but for planning to commit murder, rather than terror acts.
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National: 10 Sep 11
A man in his mid-twenties died after being stabbed in the stomach in Gamla Stan, in central Stockholm. As of Saturday morning, the police have no suspect for the crime, and the man is as of yet unidentified.
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Lifestyle: 6 Sep 11
Sweden’s wildlife can be hard to find at the best of times, but luckily, if it's an elk you want to see, a safari park near Stockholm promises to get you so close you might even get a smooch, Oliver Gee discovers.
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Politics: 4 Sep 11
The battle for the position as new Left Party leader is going to be a close one, and introducing dual leadership is gaining popularity, a recent survey shows.
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National: 3 Sep 11
A 14-year-old boy was taken to hospital with severe burns after classmates threw flammable liquids on him and then lit a match as part of a 'game' which entailed making films to be posted on YouTube.
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Lifestyle: 2 Sep 11
Behind the Stockholm council's draconian "zero tolerance" policy on graffiti is hidden a rich but underground Swedish graffiti culture, inspired by the scene in New York City, contributor Katherine Dunn discovers.
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National: 31 Aug 11
A 66-year-old Swedish man died in an accident at a paper factory in western Sweden after falling into a cistern filled with hot lye late Tuesday night.
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Education: 31 Aug 11
With reports of cheating and plagiarism at Swedish universities on the rise, The Local's Geoff Mortimore looks at how big the problem really is and what's being done to address it.
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National: 31 Aug 11
Prosecutors on Tuesday added two more cases of attempted murder to suspicions against a 39-year-old man believed to be behind a string of shootings in Malmö in southern Sweden.
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Business & Money: 29 Aug 11
The Local, a leading source of English-language news in Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland, announced on Monday it has now established a news website in France.
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Society: 29 Aug 11
The captain of Räkbåten Tor, a vessel completing one of the last shrimp cruises of the summer season, is suspected of being drunk at the helm after guiding the ship onto an island in Lake Mälaren near Stockholm on Saturday.
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National: 27 Aug 11
In the second case of its kind in recent months, a man from Småland in southern Sweden has been fined for making Nazi salutes shouting ”Heil Hitler”.
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National: 26 Aug 11
Stockholm police have identified a large number of sex-buyers following the arrests of six men on suspicion of trafficking and pimping charges in a case involving at least 20 Lithuanian women.
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Society: 24 Aug 11
A middle aged man has confessed to being the person who put up a camera that was discovered in a girls' shower at a sports club in western Sweden.
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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.
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Science & Technology: 19 Aug 11
Swedish divers have uncovered what they believe to be the legendary Swedish warship Mars, lost in a sea battle with the Danish-Lübeckian navy in 1564, near the coast of the Baltic island of Öland.
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Lifestyle: 19 Aug 11
Gobbling crayfish is a 500 year old tradition in Sweden but the annual August crayfish parties can be a minefield for a first-timer. Contributor Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius advises on how to slurp like a native.
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Science & Technology: 18 Aug 11
Doctors in Sweden may soon be writing prescriptions for cannabis, as authorities are close to approving a new cannabis-based mouth spray aimed at patients suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS).
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National: 18 Aug 11
Two Swedish reporters who have been jailed in Ethiopia will remain in custody for another 28 days pending further police investigation, the Swedish foreign ministry confirmed on Wednesday.
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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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