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Retail union announces Easter strike

Business & Money: 22 Mar 10
The Swedish Commercial Employees' Union has served notice of strike action from April 1st, covering 5,000 employees and affecting retail chains such as Ica, H&M, Ikea, Åhléns and Hemköp. READ »

School nurses rally against Red Bull

Science & Technology: 6 Dec 09
Around 80 percent of the 700 school nurses interviewed by Swedish radio program Kaliber would like to impose an age limit for the purchase of energy drinks such as Red Bill, Burn and Monster. READ »

Security police probe Södertälje fires

National: 26 Feb 09
Sweden's security police (Säpo) have been called in to investigate a connection between a wave of arson attacks in Södertälje with a US-hostile extreme left wing group. READ »

'Endangered fish' on sale in Swedish shops

Science & Technology: 19 Jan 09
Fish products from unsustainable sources remain on sale in many Swedish retail outlets, a new report shows. "Unsustainable double standards", according to the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SNCC). READ »

Pensioners concerned by rising food prices

Business & Money: 9 Jul 08
Sweden's pensioners have noticed a marked increase in the price of food over the last year, a new study has shown. READ »

Flashing thief tries to bite police officer

National: 31 Mar 08
23-year-old man who stole milk, threatened a woman, flashed at passers-by and tried to bite a police officer may face a six kronor ($1) fine. READ »

Woman uses fishing line to cheat bottle deposit system

National: 27 Feb 08
A 42-year-old has been caught using a fishing line to claim multiple deposits on a single recyclable bottle. (Photo: A person doing it right). READ »

'My name means penis'

Society: 30 Mar 07
A woman with an unpronounceable name was appalled to find that the new name she had chosen for herself was also a slang term for the male genitalia. But now she might be stuck with it. READ »

Axfood slams employers' organization for blocking wage deal

Business & Money: 27 Mar 07
Axfood has accused the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise of damaging the credibility of the current round of wage negotiations when it intervened to block a deal in the trade sector. READ »

Shop workers strike called for April 5th

Politics: 26 Mar 07
The Commercial Employees Union has called for a complete stoppage at 94 workplaces around the country. 6,000 employees across the country will be called out of work. READ »

Swedish supermarkets cash in on Ramadan

Business & Money: 17 Oct 06
The Muslim fasting month of Ramadan has boosted sales in Swedish grocery stores, with many chains reporting a surge in demand for their international products. READ »

Low price stores 'not cheaper'

Society: 13 Jul 06
If you're looking for cheap groceries, it doesn't matter which store you go to. Prices of low-price products at most supermarket chains are almost identical. READ »

Fresh apples for sale - one year old

National: 4 May 06
Supermarket chain ICA is selling apparently fresh apples which are in fact up to a year old. A new chemical process prevents ageing but Swedish apple growers are suspicious. READ »

Willys brands merge as Axfoods profit stutters

Business & Money: 19 Apr 06
Grocery chain Axfood, which owns the Hemköp and Willys brands, has posted an operating profit of 226 million kronor during the first quarter of 2005, a slight fall on last year's figure. READ »

Willys penetrate Uppsala market

Business & Money: 9 Mar 05
Axfood, owners of the discount food chain Willys, are investing almost 400 million kronor in three new stores in Uppsala. READ »

Checkout value unites shoppers

National: 11 Jun 04
The cost of eating falls and Stockholmers no longer need to pay more than their west coast cousins - but Swedes are still being ripped off. READ »


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12 February 21:30

The consciousness of one »

"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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Swedish word of the day

fin

adjective

Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.


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