February 14, 2012
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Science & Technology: 5 Feb 12
Exhaust fumes and ground-level ozone increase the risk for premature birth, according to a study by a team of researchers at Umeå University in northern Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Feb 12
Recently installed US ambassador to Sweden Mark Brzezinski speaks to The Local's David Landes about US-Swedish relations and taking Swedish lessons from his two-and-half year old daughter.
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National: 27 Jan 12
A scorned Swedish woman who got back at her ex-husband by hijacking his Facebook account to indicate he was gay and then later attacked him by grabbing his testicles and biting him has been convicted for the assault.
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Education: 19 Jan 12
The number of foreign students applying to masters programmes at Swedish universities is on the rise, according to preliminary figures, following last year's precipitous drop in foreign applicants.
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Society: 13 Jan 12
Despite Friday the 13th having a reputation as an ill-fated day, fresh figures from Sweden have shown that there is nothing particularly unlucky about it at all.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Jan 12
While Sweden's military power may be dwarfed by that of the United States, in a networked world, Sweden may nevertheless find itself better equipped than the US to exert influence on the global stage, argues contributor Stefan Geens.
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Science & Technology: 28 Dec 11
Sweden is bracing for yet another blustery storm, at the same time as the country has yet to fully recover from the chaos caused by storm Dagmar over the Christmas holiday weekend.
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National: 15 Dec 11
The terror allegations which caused police to break into the homes of two families in Gothenburg last autumn were based on “vague and confused” statements, according to a report.
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Business & Money: 14 Dec 11
Pancakes, popstar Justin Bieber, and questions about the time of day kept Swedes busy on Google in 2011, Google Sweden said on Wednesday, showing that Swedes searched for Facebook more often than sex during the past year.
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Society: 10 Dec 11
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf handed out the Nobel prizes in medicine, literature, economics, physics and chemistry the 2011 laureates at a gala ceremony in Stockholm on Saturday.
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Society: 29 Nov 11
Pirate Party founder Rick Falkvinge has been named among the "Top 100 Global Thinkers" alongside a number of Arab revolutionaries and the likes of Barack Obama, Ai WeiWei, and Mark Zuckerberg.
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Society: 23 Nov 11
A 30-year-old man from western Sweden has been detained after he allegedly smoked marijuana before stripping down naked on a train and demanding passengers have sex with him.
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Society: 21 Nov 11
The thousands of Swedes mistreated in foster care during the 1900s on Monday received an official apology from the state for having failed to provide them with a safe upbringing.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Nov 11
Swedes have a reputation for studying longer, working fewer hours and enjoying more holiday leave than people in most other comparable countries, while others argue that the careerism rat race has taken hold. What do you think?
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Lifestyle: 7 Nov 11
As the 22nd edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival opens this week, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson delves into the twin themes of love and director Alejandro González Iñárritu.
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Business & Money: 1 Nov 11
On Tuesday Swedish telecom giant Ericsson rejected claims that the company has sold tracking equipment to mobile operators in Iran.
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Society: 28 Oct 11
A 21-year-old animal rights activist from western Sweden is facing charges for sending various threat letters -- some written in his own blood. He is also suspected of setting a hamburger restaurant on fire.
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Politics: 19 Oct 11
Sweden's "official gateway" on the internet launched an Arabic edition on Wednesday, in an effort to strengthen Sweden's dialogue with the Arabic speaking world.
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Science & Technology: 19 Oct 11
It's been 30 years since since Swedish technology and initiative helped launch a bold, but modest initiative which marked the start of he modern era of mobile telephony, The Local's Joel Linde explains.
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Society: 19 Oct 11
Three piles of human excrement left at a crime scene in central Sweden served as key evidence in the case against two men charged for tying up and robbing a strawberry farmer earlier this year.
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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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Business & Money: 17 Oct 11
The Swedish government on Monday announced a new inquiry aiming at finding ways to make it easier for immigrant women to enter the labour market.
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Analysis & Opinion: 17 Oct 11
Just as Sweden helped win the release of two American journalists captured in North Korea in 2009, the US can hopefully find a way to return the favour in Ethiopia before Sweden considers supporting US anti-terror efforts in the region, argues historian Susanne Berger.
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Society: 16 Oct 11
Swedish chocolate maker Marabou's thriving Facebook community was shut down after being hit by a sabotaging spammer who uploaded pornographic images to the page.
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National: 13 Oct 11
Reverend Jesse Jackson called for global unity in a speech in Lund on Wednesday night, telling students “it is in your interest to fight for multiculturalism,” in a visit prompted by the slave auction controversy in April.
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Sport: 12 Oct 11
A German fishing enthusiast has snagged a massive 29-kilogramme salmon in a stream in northern Sweden, four years after first casting his line in Swedish waters.
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Sport: 11 Oct 11
While the season's first winter storm sends most Swedes scrambling for warmth, a group of dedicated Swedish surfers instead rejoice at the chance to ride out the blustery weather from their boards, The Local's Joel Linde discovers.
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Politics: 11 Oct 11
Syrian opposition leaders meeting in Stockholm on Monday called for the deployment of international observers in their country but were largely opposed to foreign military intervention.
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National: 9 Oct 11
The anti-capitalism protests against Wall Street have spread like wildfire across the United States and the rest of the world, and have now reached Swedish shores.
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Politics: 4 Oct 11
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf has kicked up a storm of controversy after giving a medal to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah during a recent visit to the country.
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National: 3 Oct 11
The average murderer in Sweden and neighbouring Finland are drunk men armed with knives who kill on the spur of the moment, according to a new study.
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Politics: 3 Oct 11
Swedish think tank SIPRI has said in a new report that China's dependence on Russia for arms and energy imports has declined and Moscow's position when dealing with Beijing has weakened as a result.
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Lifestyle: 2 Oct 11
With the winner of the annual Nobel Prizes due to be announced in the coming days, speculation is rife over who will win the prestigious literature award this year, the AFP's Igor Gedilaghine discovers.
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National: 30 Sep 11
A leading Sweden nutrition expert on Friday argued that Sweden should follow neighbours Denmark and introduce a tax on fats in order to help in the fight against obesity.
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Business & Money: 22 Sep 11
Sweden's Volvo Group, the world's second-largest truck maker, announced on Thursday plans to begin using new financial targets measuring not only growth but also how it fares against key competitors.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Sep 11
On the tenth anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks, The Local reaches out to a few Swedes and Americans for their thoughts about the attacks and their impact.
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National: 5 Sep 11
Police who patrol Malmö's Rosengård district are being offered a special Arabic language class to help them better understand and communicate with local residents in the predominantly immigrant area.
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Business & Money: 2 Sep 11
Following France’s example, offices in Sweden are now competing to create the most elaborate Post-it characters displayed in their windows.
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Politics: 1 Sep 11
Swedish political parties represented in the Riksdag are sharply divided as to whether or not Sweden should officially recognise a Palestinian government.
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Politics: 22 Aug 11
Sweden’s prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said in an interview on Monday morning that he is ready to discuss the possibility of sending Swedish troops to Libya to help guarantee the country's security.
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Society: 12 Aug 11
The Stockholm film festival on Friday honoured French actress Isabelle Huppert with its Bronze Horse lifetime achievement award in a tribute to her work.
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National: 10 Aug 11
Sweden is one of the ten countries worldwide where social hostilities related to religion are increasing the most, according to a newly published American study.
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Politics: 5 Jul 11
A growing number of leading Left Party members want to see the party's head, Lars Ohly, step down before the next election in 2014. Over half of district leaders want a new head, according to a Swedish newspaper report.
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Education: 28 Jun 11
Fewer than 1,300 non-European students have paid the new tuition fees required to study at Swedish universities, according to higher education officials. In 2009-10, there were more than 16,000 non-European university students in Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 17 Jun 11
With the topic of 'honour' killings back in the headlines in conjunction with the new trial for the 2005 murder of Abbas Rezai in Högsby, contributor Lina Sennevall takes a look at the phenomenon in Sweden.
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National: 15 Jun 11
A Yemeni blogger who has received death threats for criticising President Ali Abdullah Saleh has applied for asylum in Sweden amid mounting political violence in the country.
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Science & Technology: 13 Jun 11
Doctors in Sweden are preparing to transplant the womb of a 56-year-old woman into her own daughter.
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National: 31 May 11
Tuesday saw the conclusion of a groundbreaking trial against five men charged with aggravated crime against relics following the looting of Viking age coins and artefacts on the Baltic island of Gotland.
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Education: 13 May 11
Sweden's independent school sector continues to expand, with applications for new schools increasing 12 percent on a record 2010, according to new figures from the Swedish Schools Inspectorate.
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Analysis & Opinion: 12 May 11
As Sweden continues to grapple with how best to integrate its ever-growing foreign born population, The Local's Karen Holst looks at one way in which Swedish schools address the needs of children with a mother tongue other than Swedish.
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Business & Money: 11 May 11
Sweden has moved a step closer to toughening its arms export laws to make it harder to sell to dictatorships, following a deal struck between the Social Democrats and the parties of the centre-right Alliance government.
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Education: 11 May 11
Despite criticism from several quarters, truancy will be displayed in the grade reports of all school children in Sweden, minister for education Jan Björklund has decided.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 May 11
While football hooliganism has all but disappeared in the UK, Sweden continues to struggle with how to deal with the problem, turning it into a political hot potato, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Science & Technology: 4 May 11
Wednesday marked the first day in a groundbreaking trial against five men charged with stealing a wealth of Viking age relics on the Swedish island of Gotland.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 May 11
As fuels derived from forestry industry waste power an increasing number of Swedish cars, The Local's Karen Holst discovers not everyone is convinced that this new biodiesel fuel will deliver long-term environmental benefits.
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National: 26 Apr 11
Swedish citizen Mehdi Ghezali was held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, not because he had committed a crime, but to provide information about terrorist recruiting methods, according to documents made public by WikiLeaks.
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National: 21 Apr 11
The man who reported two Lund University student groups over a party featuring guests dressed as "slaves" to be sold at auction has since been subjected to racial slurs at his workplace.
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Business & Money: 11 Apr 11
Global military spending last year grew by the slowest rate since 2001 as defence budgets shrank in the wake of the world economic crisis, Swedish think-tank SIPRI reported on Monday.
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National: 7 Apr 11
An investigation into the conduct of police who broke into the homes of two families in conjunction with a bomb threat in Gothenburg in November has been dropped.
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Politics: 1 Apr 11
Some 27 percent of Swedes have confidence in the new Social Democrat leader Håkan Juholt, a new poll shows, roughly comparable with the support enjoyed by former leader Mona Sahlin.
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Politics: 30 Mar 11
The Left party agreed Wednesday to vote through the government proposal to send fighters to Libya, while continuing to support the Social Democrat line restricting Sweden's involvement.
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Lifestyle: 21 Mar 11
For long suffering residents of Sweden, Sunday's vernal equinox brought with it celestial proof that spring is indeed on its way, contributor Tom Callen writes.
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Politics: 19 Mar 11
Liberal Party leader Jan Björklund has called for a tightening of conditions for Swedish arms exports, calling sales to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain an "embarrassment".
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Politics: 18 Mar 11
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has welcomed the UN Security Council decision to authorise a no-fly zone and air attacks on civil war-torn Libya, indicating that Sweden would consider any NATO request for assistance.
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Society: 18 Mar 11
A Japanese rock group in Sweden when their homeland was struck by disaster has organised a series of charity concerts across Europe to raise money for earthquake and tsunami relief.
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Society: 16 Mar 11
Italian director Riccardo Muti has been named 2011 recipient of the $1 million prize in memory of Sweden's legendary soprano Birgit Nilsson.
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Society: 15 Mar 11
Swedish security service Säpo have expressed concerns about the safety of a Swedish imam who was recently hired by the Church of Sweden to work with teenagers at a Stockholm youth centre.
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Business & Money: 14 Mar 11
India has been the world's biggest importer of weapons over the past five years, with Asian countries making up four of the top five, according to a new report from Swedish think tank SIPRI.
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Politics: 11 Mar 11
To decline to come to the assistance of another person whose life may be in danger could lead to a prison sentence, according to recommendations in a report to be presented to the Swedish government on Friday.
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Politics: 10 Mar 11
Sweden has halted the deliveries of weapons to two Middle Eastern and North African countries due to the civil unrest gripping the region, the head of a government agency said on Wednesday.
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National: 9 Mar 11
Swedish exports of defence equipment increased in 2010 to 13.7 billion kronor ($2.15 billion), according to new statistics released on Wednesday.
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Society: 8 Mar 11
The Swedish National Food Administration has discovered that a number of chickens were not bled during the slaughtering process and thus may have been scalded and plucked alive.
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Business & Money: 7 Mar 11
With electricity prices shockingly high, Swedes may not be surprised to learn that they pay considerably more for energy than homeowners in Finland and Norway.
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Politics: 2 Mar 11
Sweden on Wednesday summoned Iran's ambassador to the foreign ministry to object to the reported arrest of Iranian opposition leaders in Tehran.
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Society: 1 Mar 11
Every third beer that is consumed in Sweden is bought from outside its borders. And, given the strong krona, the trend won’t be stopping soon.
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Society: 26 Feb 11
A former museum head from Skövde in central Sweden has been sent to prison for accepting bribes.
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Politics: 25 Feb 11
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has underlined that the country's first priority is to help nationals flee war-torn Libya, while migration minister Tobias Billström accused Italy of exaggerating any impending refugee wave.
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National: 23 Feb 11
Colonel Muammar Qaddafi ordered the 1988 terror attack that downed a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, the Libyan leader's former justice minister told a Swedish reporter on Wednesday.
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National: 21 Feb 11
The world's largest arms dealers sold weapons for more than $400 billion in 2009, with US sales accounting for the majority, a Swedish think tank revealed on Sunday.
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Sport: 20 Feb 11
Sweden's top tennis star Robin Söderling overcame unseeded Croat Marin Cilic 6-7 (10/8), 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the Marseille Open on Sunday to claim his third tournament of the year.
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Science & Technology: 20 Feb 11
Swedish oil and energy firm Preem has announced the development of the "world's first" green diesel developed using residue from the Swedish forestry industry.
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National: 17 Feb 11
An English-language online publication with links to the al-Qaeda terrorist network has paid tribute to the suicide bomber who attacked in Stockholm in December while calling for new acts of terrorism in Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Feb 11
A year after claims about an exodus of Jews from Malmö made global headlines, many Jewish residents still don't feel safe in southern Sweden, The Local's Karen Holst discovers.
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Science & Technology: 14 Feb 11
A new drug to combat alcoholism developed at the University of Gothenburg's Sahlgrenska Academy may become reality in the future.
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Politics: 11 Feb 11
Swedish political leaders expressed a mix of hope and uncertainty following the announcement Friday evening that Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak had resigned his post.
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National: 8 Feb 11
Bert Sundström, the Sveriges Television reporter who was stabbed, beaten and dumped in a Cairo hospital, talked yesterday evening for the first time of his harrowing ordeal.
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National: 3 Feb 11
A journalist with Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television was mysteriously detained and stabbed while reporting from Cairo on Thursday. Meanwhile, Egypt's foreign minister told Carl Bildt his government was open for dialogue.
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National: 2 Feb 11
Two Swedish reporters were attacked in Egypt on Wednesday after an angry mob accused them of being Israeli spies.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Feb 11
Rather than denounce Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad, people should instead take aim at the Swedish system that forced him to move the company’s fortunes abroad, argues business school professor Hans Sjögren.
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Sport: 30 Jan 11
France made handball history on Sunday as they won their fourth consecutive major title with a 37-35 victory over Denmark in Malmö.
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National: 28 Jan 11
Egyptians in Sweden plan to demonstrate in solidarity with protesters in their home country as Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt slammed Egyptian authorities for shutting down internet access.
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Business & Money: 28 Jan 11
Home lending in Sweden has cooled following the introduction of a new mortgage cap, a majority of real estate agents believe, but has also resulted in the virtual disappearance of first-time home buyers.
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Business & Money: 27 Jan 11
Swedish retailer Hennes & Mauritz on Thursday reported a fall in fourth quarter profits on the back of rising cotton prices and the weak euro, prompting a steep drop in the firm's stock in Stockholm trading.
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Lifestyle: 17 Jan 11
If you're low on cash but still keen to upgrade your wardrobe, second-hand shopping may be the solution. Contributor Clara Guibourg investigates what Sweden has to offer in the way of vintage.
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Lifestyle: 10 Jan 11
Few experiences in life are more leveling than a language class, where people’s previous identities are mysteriously replaced by characters and coping mechanisms worthy of a Swedish crime drama, explains contributor Lola Akinmade.
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National: 7 Jan 11
Three months before the bomb blasts in Stockholm last month, the suicide bomber trained in Mosul in Iraq and learned how to make bombs, the director of the fight against terrorism in Iraq said on Friday.
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Science & Technology: 5 Jan 11
A county veterinarian has speculated that the birds that fell from the sky in central Sweden on Tuesday may have been frightened by fireworks, then run over by a car after landing on the road in the dark.
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National: 3 Jan 11
A message posted on a YouTube account belonging to the Stockholm suicide bomber two days after he blew himself up suggests he had accomplices, media reported Monday.
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National: 3 Jan 11
Three workers at at a Volvo engine plant in central Sweden were given their marching orders after one of them described his place of work as a 'madhouse' in a Facebook status update.
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Lifestyle: 22 Dec 10
Looking for something to keep you busy on the longest night of the year? Contributor Tom Callen offers a guide to reading the stars above Sweden during the winter solstice.
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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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