May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Värnamo":
Politics: 31 Aug 11
The Centre Party plans to name economic policy spokesperson Annie Lööf as the choice of the nominating committee to take over as party leader after Maud Olofsson.
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Sport: 31 Aug 11
AIK striker Mohamed Bangura is moving from Stockholm to Scottish club Celtic in a deal sparked by a recommendation from former Celtic and Swedish national side star Henrik Larsson.
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National: 1 Jun 11
A man in his fifties with life-threatening gunshot wounds was found lying near a walking path in south central Sweden late Tuesday night in what police have classified as attempted murder.
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Politics: 7 Apr 11
The future of Centre Party leader Maud Olofsson was plunged into doubt again on Wednesday as party members renewed calls for a change.
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Science & Technology: 16 Feb 11
Health officials in Sweden are looking into whether a woman who recently died from Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) may have had mad cow disease.
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National: 28 Dec 10
A 33-year-old woman from Värnamo in western Sweden has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her mother and a friend in what has been described as a "bizarre killing".
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Science & Technology: 21 Oct 10
The year’s first snowfall has resulted in slippery roads in many parts of southern Sweden, with some areas received up to 10 cenitmetres of wet snow.
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National: 30 Sep 10
A man who robbed a jewelry shop in western Sweden died after the gang's luxury getaway car smashed into a lamp post. Two of the man’s accomplices were also injured in the violent crash.
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National: 16 Jul 10
A 30-year-old woman has been jailed for ten years for persuading her husband to murder his own three-year-old daughter.
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Business & Money: 11 Jun 10
Employment rates between local- and foreign-born workers differ by more than 30 percentage points in some areas of Sweden, according to a report from Statistics Sweden.
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National: 2 Jun 10
A 33-year-old woman from southern Sweden has been charged with murdering her mother and another woman, in what police are saying is a very unusual case.
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Science & Technology: 29 Mar 10
The Swedish meteorological agency, SMHI, has issued a warning in parts of central Sweden as melting snow causes water levels to rise dramatically.
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National: 30 Dec 09
A pensioner from Värnamo in south central Sweden has been fined 3,000 kronor ($420) on assault charges by a Swedish court for slapping a 12-year-old boy who called him an old fart.
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National: 17 Dec 09
Pensioners in south central Sweden are mobilizing in support of 70-year-old Ronald Fasth who was charged with assault for striking a 12-year-old boy in response to verbal insults from the youth.
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National: 24 Mar 09
Motorists are being advised to exercise caution as meteorological agency SMHI forecasts that the weather in Sweden will remain bitterly cold for the rest of the working week.
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National: 3 Dec 08
Swedish authorities plan to issue an arrest warrant for a 33-year-old British citizen wanted in connection with one of the largest marijuana busts in the country’s history.
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National: 18 Nov 08
Six people have been taken to hospital after a bus on its way from Stockholm to Copenhagen collided with a road maintenance truck early on Tuesday morning.
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Analysis & Opinion: 8 Jun 07
The purchasing power of immigrants is rising, yet immigrants are still wrongly portrayed as a drain on resources. Hardly surprising therefore that the fever swamp xenophobic socialists in the Sweden Democrats are winning votes, writes Billy McCormac of think-tank Timbro
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National: 6 Apr 07
Two villages in south west Småland have suffered around 25 arson attacks in the last twelve months. The latest was in the small hours of Friday morning and police in two counties are now trying to find a connection between the fires.
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National: 13 Jan 07
Over 24,000 households were suffering power cuts and roads and rail lines were blocked by trees after storms on Friday night. Weather forecasters warn that winds on Saturday night could reach hurricane force.
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National: 5 Dec 06
Ten thousand households in Värnamo, in southern Sweden, were treated to an unexpected Christmas gift from the local teetotal Pentecostalists: a recipe for a powerfully alcoholic mulled wine.
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National: 4 Jul 06
A forest fire set off on Monday by a spark from a rail track in Småland had by Tuesday morning spread to the Store Mosse national park.
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National: 27 Mar 06
Most of Sweden is still covered by snow but weather forecasters are predicting a decisive shift during the next few days. And that has led to warnings of spring floods in the south of the country.
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National: 2 Oct 05
Tables and chairs flying across the room, windows smashed and bouncers beaten up as hundreds of party guests go wild in a club. Just another Saturday night in the sleepy Swedish town of Värnamo.
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National: 16 Jun 05
A Småland court heard today how two depressed and self-destructive teenagers attempted to murder a whole family. Their plan was to inherit a small fortune to spend on plastic surgery and a new life in Japan.
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National: 13 Jul 04
"Hot and sunny throughout July," they said. "2°C warmer than usual," they said. But that's not what they're saying now. Oh no.
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