February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Blekinge":
National: 1 Feb 12
Police in southern Sweden are looking into the disappearance of a 26-year-old Indian graduate student from the Blekinge Institute of Technology who was last seen leaving his apartment on Thursday night last week.
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Science & Technology: 1 Feb 12
A woman whose boyfriend died after she was unable to get through to Swedish emergency response service SOS Alarm has reported the matter to health authorities.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 12
Sweden's leader pages painted newly named Social Democrat head Stefan Löfven as a down-to-earth, politically inexperienced man from northern Sweden who has a good chance of strengthening the struggling party.
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National: 26 Jan 12
A man who used Facebook and other social media media websites to come in contact with Swedish teen girls, was sentenced to six-years in prison on Wednesday for a series of sex attacks.
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National: 3 Jan 12
A 23-year-old man from Blekinge, in southern Sweden, has been charged with six rapes on a total of five teenage victims, of which two are under fifteen years of age.
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National: 1 Jan 12
Police were kept busy during the last evening of 2011 with celebrations all over Sweden getting out of hand and resulting in brawling and firework accidents.
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Science & Technology: 26 Dec 11
A Swedish teenager was out for a ride through the forest in December when she made a rather surprising find – a large bunch of chanterelle mushrooms growing in a blueberry patch.
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Society: 26 Dec 11
Many people went overboard in their Christmas merriment this year, with arrests for public drunkenness up across Sweden over the weekend.
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National: 15 Dec 11
A school teacher from southern Sweden was charged on Thursday after the investigation into a sex-themed text message he sent to a 13-year-old student revealed over 6 hours of child porn material on his computer.
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Science & Technology: 8 Dec 11
Sweden's first major winter storm of the season is expected bring strong winds and heavy snow on Thursday night into Friday, prompting warnings of power outages and dangerous road conditions in many parts of the country.
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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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Society: 14 Oct 11
A woman from Blekinge in southern Sweden is suing her daughter in an attempt to reclaim nearly 3 million kronor in lottery winnings she feels she is entitled to because she bought the ticket.
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Politics: 14 Oct 11
The Social Democrats' powerful executive committee will meet at 9am on Friday, for what has been described as "judgement day" for embattled leader Håkan Juholt.
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Politics: 30 Sep 11
Christian Democrat leader Göran Hägglund has challenged his critics within the party to stand up and fight for the leadership, in response to a petition which has cast doubt on his position.
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Politics: 7 Aug 11
Despite the recent outrages in Norway, Sweden Democrat (SD) leader Jimmie
Åkesson refused to change his stance on the controversial party’s line on immigration during his summer speech on Saturday.
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National: 4 Aug 11
Two Swedish suspects have been identified as part of a major global paedophile ring spanning 14 countries which has been exposed by the US police.
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National: 1 Aug 11
A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to psychiatric care after having been convicted for raping three young children, filming the attacks and publishing the material on the internet.
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National: 27 Jul 11
A 15-year-old Swedish boy has been convicted of child sex crimes for having sex with his 13-year-old girlfriend.
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National: 15 Jul 11
A 39-year-old man from Karlskrona in southern Sweden who admitted to stabbing his neighbour to death due to the "incessant noise" coming from the victim's flat, was sentenced to psychiatric care by a Blekinge court on Friday.
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Science & Technology: 8 Jul 11
Where you live can have a significant effect on what level of sex healthcare you're offered, according to a recent study from a Swedish sex education agency.
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Society: 8 Jul 11
More than 15 percent of kids in Sweden can’t swim and one in four Swedish parents have had to save a child from the water, according to a new study carried out by a Swedish insurance company.
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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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National: 3 Jul 11
The cod worm, capable of causing vomiting and diarrhea, is steadily becoming more common in the Baltic Sea, but the Swedish fishing industry has kept a tight lid on information about the growing numbers, according to a newspaper report.
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Science & Technology: 3 Jul 11
Flooded roads and railroads, closed stores, fires caused by lightning strikes, and thousands of homes left without power - a heavy thunderstorm left southern Sweden reeling from the chaos in its wake this weekend.
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Business & Money: 2 Jul 11
The Blekinge county wing of the Swedish Armed Forces have decided to change their caterer after heavy criticism from soldiers missing the traditional Thursday fare, according to local media reports.
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Travel: 16 Jun 11
If you love fishing - or have just always wanted to give it a try - Sweden is a great place to come. Thousands of lakes where you will hardly see a soul, plenty of rivers and thousands of kilometres of coastline make Sweden a paradise for anglers.
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Science & Technology: 10 Jun 11
A new line of thunderstorms is expected to bring more heavy rain to southern and central Sweden on Friday as the region struggles to cope with power outages and flooding from a previous batch of storms.
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Science & Technology: 8 Jun 11
Young women and girls in Sweden are getting fewer abortions, according to new figures, which also reveal a slight increase in controversial later-term abortions.
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Education: 20 May 11
A class of immigrant students in southern Sweden was given a Swedish grammar lesson using the Swedish word for Negro.
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Science & Technology: 9 May 11
Anglers have reported a dramatic decline in the fish population in Hanö Bay of the east coast of southern Sweden, leaving the authorities baffled as to the underlying cause.
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Society: 30 Apr 11
A famous Swedish elk who made news when she tromped around backyards in Blekinge in the south of Sweden, eating people's apples, and making return visits throughout 2009 and 2010, is reportedly pregnant.
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Society: 20 Apr 11
Grunts heard through a wall were enough for police in southern Sweden to arrest a 46-year-old man on suspicion of buying sex.
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National: 5 Apr 11
A woman who had lived with her partner for over 40 years has been denied a place in his family grave, as the local authority did not consider her to be part of the family.
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National: 3 Apr 11
All eight Swedish JAS Gripen fighters have landed at a base in Sicily and are now under NATO command.
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Society: 1 Apr 11
Shampoo for shaggy hardrocker festival-goers, dog poop fireworks to save the environment, as well as The Local's own anti-feminist Viking village, were among the April Fools' Day hoaxes in the Swedish media on Friday.
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Business & Money: 28 Mar 11
Airlines operating domestic routes in Sweden skies apply terms and conditions in contravention of passengers' legal rights, according to a new report from the National Consumer Agency, which has threatened action.
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Education: 23 Mar 11
Stockholm School of Economics has overtaken Karolinska Institutet in an annual ranking of Sweden's top 30 universities and colleges.
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Society: 13 Mar 11
The grandparents of a six-year-old girl in Vellinge in southern Sweden have been give the legal right to meet their grandchildren one weekend a month, after a landmark appeals court decision.
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National: 14 Feb 11
Murder charges were filed on Monday against a 37-year-old man who claims he accidentally killed a 17-year-old girl from Blekinge in southern Sweden during a sex act "that went too far."
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Science & Technology: 11 Feb 11
Sweden's Transport Administration has advised drivers in Stockholm to leave their cars at home as the continuing heavy snowfalls and winds leave much of the region at a standstill and commuters stranded.
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Science & Technology: 8 Feb 11
Over 35,000 people were left without power on Monday night as storm winds swept across southern Sweden, leaving widespread traffic problems due to fallen trees and debris.
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Science & Technology: 7 Feb 11
Another onslaught of stormy weather has prompted warnings for southern Sweden and disrupted Baltic ferry service.
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Business & Money: 24 Jan 11
Residents of Stockholm continue to carry the highest levels of student debt in the country, according to new figures from Sweden’s student lending agency, CSN.
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National: 21 Jan 11
A 39-year-old man from Karlskrona in southern Sweden who admitted to stabbing his neighbour to death blamed the attack on the incessant noise coming from the victim's flat.
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National: 18 Jan 11
A man suspected of a murder in southwestern Sweden at Blekinge Institute of Technology overnight has confessed to the crime.
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Science & Technology: 29 Dec 10
A Swedish man was forced to have his penis amputated after waiting more than a year to learn he had cancer.
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Science & Technology: 25 Dec 10
Snow, freezing temperatures and driving winds continue to cause chaos in parts of southern Sweden.
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National: 24 Dec 10
Residents in several counties in southern Sweden have been told to stay off the roads on Friday, while trains were nearly back on schedule following a series of weather-related disruptions earlier in the week.
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National: 23 Dec 10
Train traffic on southbound lines out of Stockholm came to a complete halt on Thursday afternoon, while many roads were impassable.
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National: 23 Dec 10
A new snowstorm pushing in through the south of Sweden, with more snow and winds forecast, has led to the cancellation of train services in some areas as operators are forced to prioritise key routes.
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National: 21 Dec 10
Thousands of Swedes heading home by plane are currently stuck at airports across Europe, with London and Heathrow causing the greatest headaches for travellers.
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Science & Technology: 21 Dec 10
Train services in the south of Sweden remained in disarray on Tuesday with problems set to extend over the Christmas period with record snowfalls forecast.
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Science & Technology: 25 Nov 10
The winter 2010/2011 is set to be as cold and snowy as last year, as a slew of weather phenomena push cold air from the poles down over Sweden, experts predict.
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Education: 20 Nov 10
A local education official from southern Sweden has been sacked after she disclosed sensitive information about colleagues in mobile phone conversations she had while riding a train.
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Society: 20 Nov 10
An 83-year-old man from Sölvesborg in southern Sweden has been convicted for extinguishing a neighbour’s cigarette with a bucket of water.
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Politics: 10 Nov 10
Social Democratic leader Mona Sahlin has called on her party's executive committee and the governing board to resign, joining a chorus of party criticism and introspection after its election defeat.
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National: 8 Nov 10
Malmö police have declared that the investigation into spate of racist shootings in the city is "far from solved" despite the arrest of a 38-year-old man suspect on Sunday, asking for more information from the public.
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Society: 1 Nov 10
A 51-year-old Swedish man has been acquitted of drunken driving charges after a court couldn’t rule out the possibility that the man was asleep when he got behind the wheel.
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Science & Technology: 19 Oct 10
Weather agency SMHI warned Swedes to brace for snow and heavy winds across much of the country on Tuesday evening and Wednesday.
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Politics: 5 Oct 10
Another eventful day in Swedish politics has come to a close with Fredrik Reinfeldt having presented his new government, the Sweden Democrats having added a little colour and outraged drama, and the king having calmly reminded the Riksdag of its role as a bastion of Swedish democracy.
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National: 24 Sep 10
Sweden's Armed Forces personnel have been presented an ultimatum - accept the requirement of foreign duty or face redundancy, a decision which has left many feeling steamrollered.
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National: 22 Sep 10
Latest: The Liberal Party - and by extension the Alliance - has missed out one seat it needed to gain in Gothenburg to the Social Democrats - by just four votes.
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Society: 16 Sep 10
An 83-year-old man from Sölvesborg in southern Sweden is facing charges after he extinguished his neighbour’s cigarette with a bucket of water.
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Society: 9 Sep 10
An elderly man who got stuck in forestry machinery near Olofström in southern Sweden on Wednesday, was saved by his son who was forced to cut off his arm in order to free him.
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Education: 26 Aug 10
An adult education centre in Karlskrona in southern Sweden has cancelled a modelling course for children aged five to eight after receiving a number of calls about the offering, Sveriges Radio Blekinge reported on Thursday.
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Society: 29 Jul 10
A man and a woman suspected of having smuggled nine dogs into Sweden were released on Thursday in connection with the detention hearing in Karlskrona.
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Science & Technology: 11 Jul 10
Hästveda in northern Skåne posted the year's high temperature in Sweden so far at a sizzling 34.5 degrees on Saturday.
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National: 23 Jun 10
A car driver involved in a collision with an elk on the E22 motorway in Blekinge in southern Sweden, claimed a slice of meat from the animal's thigh before fleeing the scene in a hit and run incident that has left a local hunter seething.
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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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Society: 19 May 10
The number of abortions performed in Sweden fell in 2009, for the first time in five years, new statistics from the National Board of Health and Welfare show.
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National: 19 Apr 10
A person was found dead on Sunday afternoon by a train driver by the tracks near Kristianstad in southern Sweden. The body is thought to have lain unnoticed for several months, police have confirmed.
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National: 4 Apr 10
A massive search with police and canine units has been launched to find an 80-year-old woman who is missing in a forest outside of Glimåkra in Skåne in southern Sweden. Relatives called police when she didn't return home yesterday evening.
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Sport: 15 Mar 10
Swedish champions AIK got off to a slow start with a home draw against top-flight newcomers Mjällby. The 2009 runners-up IFK Gothenburg meanwhile opened the season with a flurry of goals, dispatching Kalmar 0-3.
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Society: 1 Mar 10
Neo Nordstedt, a six-month-old Swedish baby, awoke from his slumber on Friday to find that he, and his pram, had been completely buried under snow falling from a three-storey building. Despite the odds, Neo made a miraculous escape.
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National: 23 Feb 10
Hard-hit commuters can expect more of the same on Tuesday with snow causing delays, cancellations and limited services across the country.
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Society: 19 Feb 10
A water leak led on Thursday to the discovery of a small cannabis farm in a school in southern Sweden.
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National: 11 Feb 10
Swedish police have issued an arrest warrant for the man suspected of being behind the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp, but the matter has not been given a high priority.
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National: 1 Jan 10
The early hours of 2010 were marked by fights, drunkenness, and fires in many parts of Sweden, as a well as traffic accidents and stray rockets.
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Business & Money: 29 Dec 09
Swedes are further in the red with the national debt collection agency than ever before, with accumulated debts currently totalling 64 billion kronor ($9 billion).
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National: 22 Dec 09
Those who have asked Santa for a white Christmas might see their wish come true on Christmas Eve. Sweden has remained covered in snow, although the snowfall is expected to let up in many parts of Sweden – with a chance of sun.
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Science & Technology: 17 Dec 09
Heavy snowfall and high winds continued to disrupt traffic in many parts of Sweden into Thursday afternoon.
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Science & Technology: 16 Dec 09
Another blast of winter weather is set to barrel down across southern and eastern Sweden starting on Wednesday night, with strong winds and heavy snowfall reaching as far as the Baltic island of Gotland.
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Society: 26 Nov 09
A Green Party politician from southern Sweden is defending the use of sex organ slang during a local council debate about Swedishness.
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National: 17 Oct 09
The Swedish Armed Forces are beginning preparations for next year's royal nuptials and anticipate sending 3,000 soldiers to stand guard when Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria marries Daniel Westling in June.
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Society: 9 Sep 09
A 19-year-old woman from Sölvesborg in southern Sweden has had her request for permission to get a tattoo of the national coat of arms turned down by a chief heraldist at the National Archives.
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Science & Technology: 26 Aug 09
A pregnant woman went to the doctor complaining of stomach pains. The doctor suspected appendicitis and decided to operate, but instead of removing the offending organ the surgeon removed her ovary.
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National: 6 Aug 09
A police vehicle ran over a 14-year-old boy in Karlskrona in southeastern Sweden on Wednesday night as the boy was fleeing the scene of a robbery.
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Society: 5 Aug 09
A 62-year-old man found guilty of sex crimes perpetrated against eight girls over a period of several years had his sentence reduced on Wednesday from seven to five years.
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National: 20 Jun 09
A man was stabbed to death on Friday during a fight on the island of Öland. But in many parts of the country, poor weather put a damper on the Midsummer festivities.
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Business & Money: 18 May 09
Crisis-hit Swedish media group Metro International has announced that it is to end distribution of its publication in 12 cities in the north and south-east of Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 22 Apr 09
A majority of Sweden’s public sector employers monitor their workers’ internet surfing habits, a new survey shows.
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National: 18 Apr 09
The Swedish press weighs in on prosecutorial victory yesterday in the Pirate Bay case. Although the guilty verdict was not surprising, they write, the harsh sentencing was.
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Society: 24 Mar 09
An Azerbaijani’s dream of building a life with his Swedish wife in her home country is in jeopardy because of his decision to get a job.
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Society: 15 Mar 09
Many of Sweden's homeless commit crimes during the winter months to avoid sleeping rough, according to media reports.
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National: 24 Feb 09
Changes to Sweden’s wiretapping law have been met with stinging criticism in a new round of comments by two government agencies.
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Politics: 30 Jan 09
Sweden’s top military commander on Friday handed over to the government a lengthy report detailing a range of proposed reductions to the country’s armed forces.
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Business & Money: 8 Jan 09
The recent demise of Swedish mobile phone software company UIQ has kept bankruptcy administrators busy and led some former employees to start their own firms.
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National: 4 Jan 09
Snow and ice made driving treacherous on roads in southern Sweden on Saturday with a slew of accidents as a result. Passengers were left stranded at Stockholm Skavsta airport as a Ryanair flight was cancelled.
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National: 21 Dec 08
A 47-year-old man is suspected of holding a 41-year-old woman prisoner for five days in his apartment in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden.
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Society: 19 Dec 08
Nearly 80 foreign Masters students at a Swedish university are facing disciplinary measures after being accused of copying large parts of their coursework from the internet.
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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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