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Eurovision: The final word from Malmö

Lifestyle: 20 May 13
With two weeks of Euromania done and dusted and with southern Sweden nursing a Eurovision-sized hangover, The Local's Patrick Reilly takes one last look at the highlights, the lowlights, and Malmö's time in the limelight. READ »

Vast peat fire in Skåne may burn for weeks

Science & Technology: 19 May 13
A fire that started on Friday afternoon in a peat bog in southern Sweden has closed down highway traffic and could take weeks to put out, according to local rescue services. READ »

Danes invade Sweden for Eurovision final

Society: 17 May 13
With Denmark tipped to win this year's Eurovision final, The Local's Patrick Reilly caught up with a few Danes who'd crossed the divide to be in Malmö for Saturday night's final. READ »

'It won't be easy to win again': Robin Stjernberg

Lifestyle: 15 May 13
Tasked with tracking down Sweden's Eurovision entrant Robin Stjernberg for an interview, The Local's Patrick Reilly describes the thrill of the chase, the Euronuts in the way, and talking Swedish baked goods with the pop star himself. READ »

In the spotlight: Ireland's hidden Eurovision hero

Lifestyle: 14 May 13
With Ireland's Eurovision entry something of a dark horse for pop glory, The Local's Patrick Reilly talks to the one Irishman in town who is guaranteed to light up the stage in Malmö Arena. READ »

'Love it or hate it - you can't avoid the popfest'

Lifestyle: 13 May 13
With the Eurovision final just days away, The Local's Patrick Reilly heads behind the scenes where Bonnie Tyler, Sweden's Robin Stjernberg, and a swarm of international reporters are jostling for space in the Malmö Arena. READ »

Swedish teen hurt after fourth floor balcony fall

National: 11 May 13
A 17-year-old boy was seriously injured on Friday night after falling from a balcony on the fourth floor of a block of flats in Lund in southern Sweden. READ »

Walpurgis night partying ends in violence

Society: 1 May 13
Walpurgis Night (Valborg) celebrations led to drunkenness and violence around Sweden, with a rape of a minor reported in Uppsala and 98 cases of assault and nine fires reported in Stockholm. READ »

Mystery explosion rocks Swedish tax office

National: 24 Apr 13
Police were called in when an explosion blew the door off a National Tax Agency office in southern Sweden on early Wednesday morning. READ »

One third of Malmö kebabs contain pork: report

Science & Technology: 24 Apr 13
Kebab vendors in Malmö were shocked to learn there was as much as 18 percent pork in the meat they were selling. READ »

Swedish dentists 'too eager' with antibiotics

Science & Technology: 23 Apr 13
Dentists in Stockholm and the south are more than twice as likely to dole out antibiotics than their colleagues up north, prompting fears they are contributing to the rise in antibiotics-resistant bacteria. READ »

UK's 'humble gardener' sows Swedish TV career

Society: 22 Apr 13
John Taylor is perhaps best known as the man with the green thumbs and a slight English accent on a weekly gardening show on television. He tells The Local how he made a career out of "digging holes" in Sweden. READ »

Sweden Democrats rake in southern support

National: 22 Apr 13
The immigration-critical Sweden Democrats would nab 16 percent of the vote in regional elections in the south if residents were to cast their the ballots today. READ »

Teen girls find 'human foot' in Swedish forest

National: 15 Apr 13
Police were left scratching their heads after teenage girls playing in the woods in southern Sweden discovered what appeared to be a human foot, but which experts later revealed to be something much more unexpected. READ »

'The booze won't be free even if Greece wins'

Lifestyle: 11 Apr 13
In the latest in a series profiling different communities in Malmö as the city prepares to host the Eurovision Song Contest, The Local's Patrick Reilly talks to Greeks in Malmö to find out where their loyalties lie. READ »

Sweden enlists llamas to fight sheep-killing wolves

Society: 9 Apr 13
Animal predator experts in southern Sweden are hoping llamas' natural fighting instincts will help scare off the wolves thought to be responsible for a recent sheep-killing spree in the area. READ »

Skåne murder may be tied to Norway drug bust

National: 6 Apr 13
A Swedish man who went missing in January has been found dead amid growing suspicions he was the scapegoat for a botched drug deal in Norway. READ »

Social Democrats strike deal on welfare profits

Politics: 5 Apr 13
Social Democrat congress delegates on Friday forced the top brass to make sure private companies in the state-funded welfare sector will have to spend a certain proportion of their budget on staffing. READ »

Bomb threat shuts down Swedish airport

Science & Technology: 4 Apr 13
The Småland Airport in southern Sweden was shut down on Thursday morning, after airport staff received a letter believed to contain a bomb threat. The airport was reopened in the early afternoon. READ »

Reepalu successor appointed to head Malmö

Politics: 23 Mar 13
Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, 38, will replace Malmö mayor Ilmar Reepalu, who is set to resign after two decades on the job. READ »

Skåne: Former cop pursues pig-barn 'dream'

Travel: 22 Mar 13
For this week’s My Sweden, The Local heads south and talks to former US Marine Ron Tibbs, who lives on a secluded farm near Kristianstad where he's converting a 100-year-old pig house into a traditional Swedish café. READ »

Swedes warned as mid-March snow storm looms

Science & Technology: 18 Mar 13
Sweden's weather agency SMHI issued an extreme weather warning for southern Sweden, with heavy snow and violent winds expected to hit the area on Tuesday. READ »

Mink farm attacked by animal rights group

National: 17 Mar 13
Around 50 protesters broke into a mink farm in Tomelilla in southern Sweden on Saturday afternoon, interfering with cages and disturbing the mating minks. READ »

Thousands of Swedes hit with porn surfing bills

Business & Money: 15 Mar 13
A Swedish company with a dubious past has sent out invoices to thousands of Swedes demanding payment for allegedly visiting pornographic websites. READ »

Homelessness in Malmö: 'A vicious circle'

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Mar 13
As homelessness figures increase across Sweden, contributor Patrick Reilly heads to a soup kitchen in Malmö to find out more about the city's estimated 1,000 homeless people and what's being done to help them. READ »

Sweden hit by 'unusually low' temperatures

Science & Technology: 11 Mar 13
Temperatures in Sweden are ten degrees Celsius colder than usual at this time of year, with experts predicting that the "unusually low" thermometer readings are likely to stick around for the week. READ »

Swedish men trail women in care league

Business & Money: 8 Mar 13
The Swedish Social Insurance Agency says women are still taking out more than their share of leave days and benefits to care for children or relatives, according to statistics compiled for International Women's Day. READ »

Sexting teen charged for blackmailing teacher

Society: 7 Mar 13
An 18-year-old woman has been charged with blackmail after she threatened to tell a teacher's wife and the police that he was sending her risqué text messages. READ »

Jews hit Malmö streets to counter anti-Semitism

Society: 5 Mar 13
As Malmö continues to struggle with anti-Semitism that has plagued the southern Swedish city for years, contributor Patrick Reilly learns how the city's Jewish community is fighting back. READ »

Arabic newspaper lures fresh Malmö advertisers

Society: 4 Mar 13
A media consortium in southern Sweden has baited a new shole of advertisers by starting an Arabic-language newspaper in Malmö. READ »

Suspect: 'I wanted to be like Tony Soprano'

Society: 1 Mar 13
A man has confessed to police in western Sweden that the hit US television programme The Sopranos inspired him to embark on a blackmail campaign featuring threatening letters and broken windows. READ »

Drug seizures down as customs staff slack off

National: 23 Feb 13
Customs officers in Skåne, south Sweden, are deliberately slowing down their work in protest against a shrinking workforce, leading to a drop in drug seizures as fewer cars are stopped. READ »

Sweden's 9,000 missing horses baffle experts

Business & Money: 13 Feb 13
Officials plan to investigate why and how 9,000 horses disappear from Sweden each year, with experts suspecting they may be illegally sold to continental food factories. READ »

Police offer new theory on cause of fatal pile-up

National: 7 Feb 13
Police suspect that two stopped cars may have indirectly caused the massive pile-up that left one dead and dozens injured on an icy Swedish motorway last month. READ »

Stolen Selma Lagerlöf statue found unscathed

Society: 3 Feb 13
A bronze statue of Swedish author and Nobel prize winner Selma Lagerlöf went missing in Landskrona in southern Sweden on Friday only to be found a few hours later in nearby bushes. READ »

'Swedish reality shows violate patients' rights'

Science & Technology: 28 Jan 13
Swedish reality television shows featuring hospitals and emergency services fail to protect patients' rights, according to a complaint filed on Monday that accuses public health authorities of breaking privacy law by allowing filming. READ »

Malmö police hunt 28-year-old over shooting

National: 26 Jan 13
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a 28-year-old man in connection with the shooting of a 31-year-old man in broad daylight on Friday afternoon in central Malmö. READ »

Man critical after Malmö street shooting

National: 26 Jan 13
A 31-year-old man remains in critical condition after he was shot in broad daylight near Möllevångstorget in central Malmö on Friday afternoon. READ »

Fatal pile-up blamed on lax new winter-tyre law

National: 16 Jan 13
Swedish traffic officials have slammed a new law allowing trucks to drive without winter tyres, and speculated that it could have caused Tuesday’s chaotic 100-car pile-up that killed one and injured 46. READ »

Old maps result in hour-long ambulance delay

Science & Technology: 12 Jan 13
It took ambulance staff nearly one hour to reach a man suffering from chest pains in southern Sweden because their maps were out of date. READ »

Centre Party rocked by anti-immigration op-ed

Politics: 11 Jan 13
A local chapter of the beleaguered Centre Party has penned an op-ed warning that Sweden will be "overrun by illiterate clans” if the party adopts a proposal on opening the borders, angering MP Frederick Federley and other top officials. READ »

Centre Party faces internal rebellion

Politics: 5 Jan 13
Resistance is growing within the ranks of the Centre Party over a radical new party programme which includes proposals on free immigration, polygamy and an end to compulsory schooling. READ »

Fourfold jump in emergency room wait

Science & Technology: 2 Jan 13
Staff shortages and limited work areas have contributed to Malmö Hospital overflowing with patients, with employees declaring the situation a “catastrophe”. READ »

Reveller killed walking along motorway

National: 1 Jan 13
A young man was hit and killed by a car when he took a walk along the E6 motorway near Stenungsund on New Year's Eve, which also saw drunken spats and firework accidents across the country. READ »

Centre Party split over radical proposals

Politics: 29 Dec 12
Open borders, polygamy, and an end to compulsory schooling are some of the proposals outlined in the controversial new Centre Party programme which has caused rifts in the already troubled party. READ »

Drunken Christmas revellers keep cops busy

National: 26 Dec 12
The night between Christmas Day and Boxing Day kept Swedish police officers busy with plenty of drunkenness and several brawls. READ »

Traffic woes as blizzard hits Sweden

Science & Technology: 23 Dec 12
Heavy snowfall and harsh winds caused trouble in Sweden's Christmas getaway traffic, with meteorology agency SMHI issuing a severe weather warning on Sunday. READ »

Record figures for Sweden Democrats

Politics: 16 Dec 12
A new poll puts the far-right party at a record 10 percent, with an increase in support among older voters and voters in north-central Sweden. READ »

More snow as SMHI predicts white Christmas

Science & Technology: 15 Dec 12
The SMHI meteorological office predicted a white Christmas today for most of Sweden but also issued a class 1 warning for the weekend as a new blizzard moved over the country. READ »

One killed in southern Sweden shoot-out

National: 12 Dec 12
One person is dead and a second victim remains hospitalized following a shooting near Helsingborg in southern Sweden on Wednesday as police continue to hunt for suspects. READ »

Malmö station evacuated after bomb threat

National: 10 Dec 12
Police in Malmö evacuated the Hyllie train station on Monday morning after a man said there was a bomb onboard a train at the station. However a search of the train failed to turn up any explosives. READ »

Blizzard rolls across southern Sweden

Science & Technology: 9 Dec 12
Swedish meteorology agency SMHI has issued a class 2 warning for the Skåne region in the south of Sweden, advising residents to stay indoors as harsh winds combined with heavy snowfall make for perilous conditions. READ »

Swedes in massive buried treasure find

Science & Technology: 30 Nov 12
Archaeologists have uncovered over 1,000 silver coins dating back to the 1600s in a field in southern Sweden, treasure believed to have been buried by rich and worried farmers in during the Scanian War. READ »

Swede charged for 'long-distance' child rape

Science & Technology: 23 Nov 12
Charges have been filed against a man who ordered the sexual exploitation of Philippine children so he could watch the acts via webcam back in Sweden. READ »

Major integration reform slow to yield results

Politics: 22 Nov 12
Newly-arrived immigrants are still struggling to find work two years after a labour market reform to help them get established in Sweden, a new study has shown, but officials argue the programme will work as long as immigrants stick to it. READ »

Swedish politicians fear legalized pot in Denmark

Business & Money: 22 Nov 12
Politicians in southern Sweden are smoking mad over plans by the mayor of Copenhagen to legalize the sale of cannabis in the Danish capital. READ »

DNA test proves wolf behind sheep attacks

Science & Technology: 17 Nov 12
A DNA test has shown that a wolf attacked the 60 sheep recently found dead on an artillery range in Skåne in the south of Sweden. READ »

Brother charged in Skåne teen girl stabbing

National: 14 Nov 12
A 17-year-old boy in southern Sweden was charged on Wednesday with the murder of his 19-year-old sister, who died in April after being stabbed more than 100 times with two knives and a pair of scissors. READ »

Refugee kids faking mental ills: agency staff

National: 12 Nov 12
The head of Migration Board operations in southern Sweden has slammed case workers for routinely hinting that refugee children are making false claims about their mental health in order to avoid deportation. READ »

Swedes optimistic about housing market

Business & Money: 12 Nov 12
Despite recent weeks' redundancies and shaky economic outlook, an increasing number of Swedes believe in an improving housing market, according to the latest figures from Swedish bank SEB. READ »

Sweden 'self-sufficient' on marijuana: police

Society: 12 Nov 12
Reports of home-grown marijuana in Sweden have quadrupled in the last decade, according to police, who claim there is now enough domestically-grown weed to supply the needs of Sweden's pot-smokers. READ »

Farmers shocked over mystery sheep slaughter

Science & Technology: 3 Nov 12
Livestock owners in the southern Swedish region of Skåne are despairing after a series of deadly attacks on their sheep. READ »

Moving to Sweden: is it the right decision?

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Oct 12
Irishman and newly-minted Malmö resident Patrick Reilly reflects on the ups and downs of deciding to follow one's Swedish partner to start a new life in Sweden. READ »

Icy roads after season's first snow hits Stockholm

Science & Technology: 26 Oct 12
The first snow of the season started falling over Stockholm on Thursday evening, causing icy roads, snarling traffic and prompting warnings from forecasters of more to come. READ »

Surfer in Ryanair mix up can't catch a wave on free Sweden trip

Society: 25 Oct 12
The teen surfer who ended up in Sweden after a Ryanair ticketing foul-up cashed in on a free surf-trip offer from local tourism officials – only to arrive on a wave-less weekend, leaving him to admire local skate parks instead. READ »

Dogs save couple from burning country manor

Society: 23 Oct 12
A Swedish couple were saved by their dogs when a fire ravaged through a large country manor in southern Sweden on Sunday night, completely destroying parts of the building. READ »

'Catastrophic' year for Swedish wineries

Business & Money: 22 Oct 12
Sweden’s winegrowers have reported a bad year for Swedish wine, with a late flowering and heavy rains leading to massive harvest losses. READ »

Swedish Christmas market resurrects Jesus

Society: 18 Oct 12
The decision to ban a nativity scene from a Christmas market in southern Sweden was reversed on Thursday by the market organizer, who confessed to being “a little too hasty” in his original decision. READ »

Baby Jesus 'barred' from Christmas market

Society: 18 Oct 12
A nativity scene planned for a popular Christmas market in southern Sweden has been cut after the organizers felt it compromised their “political and religious independence”. READ »

Ancient tomb found at 'Sweden's Stonehenge'

Society: 15 Oct 12
Archaeologists in southern Sweden have unearthed what is presumed to be a 5,000-year-old dolmen, or a portal tomb, near the megalithic monument Ale’s Stones, sometimes referred to as "Sweden's Stonehenge". READ »

Swedish union in new name proposal: 'Fack Ett'

Business & Money: 1 Oct 12
Swedish trade union Kommunal is pondering a name-change to better reflect its members’ identity, however name proposals such as Fack Ett have prompted fears of ridicule from branding experts. READ »

Sticky buns 'devastating' for Swedish wild boar

Society: 29 Sep 12
Swedish wildlife experts have warned that cinnamon buns used by hunters to tempt wild boar out of the woods could lead to a serious caries problem and obesity. READ »

Two held as debate on Malmö Jews' safety rages

National: 28 Sep 12
Two teens have been detained in connection with an explosion that damaged a Jewish community centre in Malmö early Friday morning in an incident that has rekindled debate about the safety of Jews in Sweden's third largest city. READ »

Player death threat puts Swedish hooliganism back in focus

Lifestyle: 26 Sep 12
With football officials still reeling from a match in southern Sweden in which supporters called for the death of an opposing player, contributor Patrick Reilly takes a first-hand look at football hooliganism in Skåne. READ »

One arrested after man shot in southern Sweden

National: 25 Sep 12
A man was seriously injured after he was shot in Helsingborg, southern Sweden, on Monday evening, with police having arrested one man in connection with the crime. READ »

Two-year-old girl faces deportation from Sweden

National: 22 Sep 12
A two-year-old girl currently living in a foster home in Skåne in southern Sweden faces deportation to France where it is claimed she has no connection and will be placed in an orphanage. READ »

Mystery blast blows doors off Lund restaurant

National: 17 Sep 12
A powerful blast blew out the entrance of an Austrian restaurant in Lund in southern Sweden shortly after midnight on Sunday, with police still unsure of exactly what caused the explosion. READ »

Soldier under fire for classified Facebook post

Science & Technology: 14 Sep 12
A Swedish soldier who filmed his colleagues at work in a restricted area and then posted the footage on Facebook is now facing charges of crimes against national security and a potential dismissal from the Armed Forces. READ »

Unemployment numbers on the rise in Sweden

Business & Money: 12 Sep 12
There were more unemployed people and fewer new available jobs in August this year than the same time last year, according to new figures from Sweden's National Public Employment Agency. READ »

Mystery blast shakes Malmö neighbourhood

National: 8 Sep 12
On Friday night, a heavy explosion shook the Malmö neighbourhood Hermodsdal, in southern Sweden, breaking windows and damaging cars. READ »

Police stumped by headless animal finds

Society: 3 Sep 12
Police in southern Sweden are on the lookout for a suspected poacher who they believe decapitates the animals he shoots, taking only their heads, while leaving the headless bodies behind. READ »

'Cancer is contagious': Swedish teenagers

Science & Technology: 22 Aug 12
Nearly 50 percent of Swedish teenagers think that cancer is contagious and only one percent knew that it's possible to vaccinate against cervical cancer, according to a new study. READ »

Two held after Malmö mass brawl

National: 19 Aug 12
A brawl involving up to 200 people broke out on Saturday night in Oxie in Malmö leaving three men in hospital and two men arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault. READ »

Peevish pet spreads fear in Malmö neighbourhood

Society: 17 Aug 12
Police in southern Sweden, called out to apprehend a loose dog that was reportedly terrorizing a neighbourhood in Malmö, were surprised to find that the aggressive canine was a Chihuahua. READ »

Lithuania to probe Swedish teddy-drop stunt

National: 16 Aug 12
Prosecutors in Lithuania announced Thursday that they had launched an official investigation into the Swedish PR firm's stunt of dropping "pro free speech" teddy bears over the Belarusian capital. READ »

Teddy-drop team invites Lukashenko to Sweden

National: 14 Aug 12
The Swedish PR firm which dropped pro-free speech teddy bears over Belarus has written an open letter to President Lukashenko, declining his offer of a meeting in Minsk and inviting him to their home in southern Sweden. READ »

Germans speculate over 'fake' Swedish author

Society: 14 Aug 12
A new Swedish crime thriller published in Germany seems to have thrown up at least as many intrigues, malicious plots, and mysteries as it contains, as rumour abound in the German press as to the author’s ‘real’ identity. READ »

Man reports police for 'too low' finders-fee

Society: 7 Aug 12
A man in southern Sweden has reported the police to the Parliamentary Ombudsman after being dissatisfied with the reward he was given for turning in a lost bike. READ »

Mowing Swede finds live bombshell in garden

National: 7 Aug 12
A man in southern Sweden, busy mowing the lawn, was shocked to see what appeared to be an explosive shell sticking out of the ground of his private garden. READ »

Two injured in suspected Malmö arson attack

National: 26 Jul 12
Two people had to be taken to hospital after a serious fire broke out in a Malmö parking garage on Thursday morning in an incident described by witnesses as an “explosion”. READ »

New wave of arson attacks hits Ystad

National: 24 Jul 12
A fire broke out on Tuesday morning in a house in Ystad in southern Sweden, the fifth of a spate of suspected arson attacks in the past week which have raised fears of a new "dusk and dawn" pyromaniac. READ »

Green light for needle exchange in Stockholm

Science & Technology: 17 Jul 12
Swedish health officials have approved a request from Stockholm to launch a needle exchange programme for drug addicts in the Swedish capital. READ »

Two shot down at Malmö underground club

National: 14 Jul 12
Two men were shot down at an underground club in Malmö early Saturday morning, one of whom was rushed to hospital severely injured. READ »

Malmö preschool rocked by sex abuse claims

National: 11 Jul 12
A male employee at a preschool in southern Sweden previously held on remand following accusations that he sexually assaulted several children at the school was released on Wednesday, but suspicions against him remain. READ »

Sweden warns heroin users after anthrax death

Science & Technology: 9 Jul 12
The death of a drug user in Denmark from what is believed to be a batch of heroin contaminated by anthrax has prompted a warning from Swedish health authorities to the country's heroin users. READ »

Man survives after car plunges into ravine

National: 9 Jul 12
A 65-year-old man who failed to return from a shopping errand late on Sunday night was found stuck inside his car which had plunged headfirst into a six-metre ravine and had stuck fast. READ »

Man held for abducting teen girl he met online

National: 4 Jul 12
A man from southern Sweden is suspected of handcuffing and kidnapping a teenage girl he met on an internet chat room and taking her to Malmö late Tuesday night. READ »

Conman convicted for cunning cattle caper

Business & Money: 3 Jul 12
A 23-year-old man from southern Sweden has been convicted for defrauding two farmers after failing to deliver on a promise to deliver 90 head of cattle. READ »

Newborn dropped on the floor at Swedish hospital

Science & Technology: 3 Jul 12
A prematurely born baby boy was dropped on the floor by staff at the Skåne University Hospital in Malmö on Monday, in a neonatal unit which was understaffed at the time. READ »

Two elk shot dead after chaos in Swedish town

Science & Technology: 2 Jul 12
Two elk that were causing havoc in a busy residential area in southern Sweden were shot dead by hunters in an effort to protect civilians in the area. READ »

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