February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Booze":
Society: 10 Feb 12
Police in Stockholm are looking to beef up efforts to put the brakes on a “vodka-mobile” that delivers hard liquor to school children in the Swedish capital who place their orders via text message.
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Society: 19 Jan 12
Despite Sweden's reputation as a home for attractive young blondes, the average Swede is 40+, munches on a weekly bag of sweets, washed down with a glass or two of alcohol, while relaxing in front of the TV, a new report shows.
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National: 18 Jan 12
More than 80 people were charged on Tuesday for participating in a comprehensive smuggling operation that brought huge quantities of alcohol purchased in Germany into Sweden.
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Business & Money: 27 Dec 11
A tax-financed lobbying organization in western Sweden is under investigation after it was revealed that the group's sizeable liquor bills were being processed through a subsidiary in Brussels.
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Lifestyle: 9 Dec 11
For many Swedes, Christmas celebrations just aren't complete without a tasty glass of Christmas beer. Beer blogger Darren Packman offers some tips on some of the best Christmas beers available in Sweden this season.
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Business & Money: 21 Nov 11
Sweden’s state-run alcohol monopoly Systembolaget has been accused of having had a hand in a police report filed by the IOGT-NTO temperance society against a group of wine clubs offering home delivery.
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Science & Technology: 20 Oct 11
A string of pictures taken by Google Maps outside of a Systembolaget liquor store in Timrå in northern Sweden appear to capture a case of illegal alcohol peddling to a minor, according to local police.
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Lifestyle: 14 Oct 11
Tired of Sweden's high alcohol taxes and the state run liquor monopoly? Come along with contributor Patrick Reilly as he details a recent journey to Germany in search of cheap beer.
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Business & Money: 22 Aug 11
Drunken Swedes can now record their boozed-up antics with a new iPhone app launched on Monday by a subsidiary of the country's state-owned alcohol monopoly.
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Lifestyle: 19 Aug 11
Gobbling crayfish is a 500 year old tradition in Sweden but the annual August crayfish parties can be a minefield for a first-timer. Contributor Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius advises on how to slurp like a native.
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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: 27 Feb 11
A test of a knife-proof vest by two drunken men at a party in southern Sweden late Saturday afternoon didn't go according to plan.
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Society: 23 Dec 10
The cold, early winter had led to stocks of the traditional Swedish mulled wine running out in Systembolaget stores up and down the country.
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Business & Money: 17 Nov 10
A government inquiry has proposed that farm stores in Sweden be allowed to sell both locally produced and imported alcoholic products, while critics argue that the state-owned Systembolaget retail monopoly is at risk.
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Society: 15 Nov 10
Two Poles were caught attempting to smuggle almost 15,000 litres of contraband alcohol through Sweden into Norway on Monday. The seizure was the biggest of its kind in nearly a decade.
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National: 28 Jul 10
A court has forbidden a cake-loving criminal from baking buns after jail chiefs suspected he might use the yeast to brew alcohol.
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National: 20 Apr 10
Eleven people have been convicted in southern Sweden for their involvement in the illicit distillation and sale of thousand of litres of bootleg booze.
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National: 2 Apr 10
Thousands of drunk Norwegians stormed the Swedish border to invade the town of Strömstad on the Swedish west coast – as they do every Maundy Thursday.
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National: 6 Feb 10
Sweden has always been very tough about drunk driving on the nation’s highways. New regulations are now being extended to flight crews.
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Lifestyle: 5 Jan 10
The Year in Sweden - January: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Society: 14 Dec 09
More than 170 million litres of wine are expected to fly off the shelves of Sweden’s state-owned alcohol monopoly Systembolaget by the end of 2009, setting a new record.
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Society: 5 Oct 09
A 27-year-old man from northern Sweden has certain regrets about drinking a full bottle of vodka after waking up the morning after with a six inch penis tattooed on his leg.
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Lifestyle: 4 Sep 09
Forget first class or pre-flight alcohol binging. If you want smooth travels by air, take along a baby, writes Jody Sherwood.
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Society: 29 Jul 09
Shoplifting at the Swedish state alcohol monopoly retailer Systembolaget has reached record high proportions, new figures show.
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Travel: 21 Jul 09
Alannah Eames visits Finland's Swedish-speaking Åland islands, and finds gorgeous scenery, great food and a fascinating history.
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Society: 8 May 09
The Swedish Data Inspection Board has launched a probe into revelations that alcohol retail monopoly Systembolaget retains customer credit card details for up to ten years.
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Society: 27 Apr 09
Swedish teenagers are drinking less alcohol than they were a few years ago. It has become hip to be sober, according to the Swedish National Institute of Public Health.
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Dating: 16 Feb 09
As American blogger Kommissarie F. Curiosa prepares to wrap up her almost seven-year sojourn in Sweden, she shares her reflections on Swedish mating and dating with The Local.
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Analysis & Opinion: 12 Dec 08
Sending alcoholic drinks through the Swedish postal system can be a tricky business - unless you happen to order from the state alcohol retail monopoly, explains Mark Majzner.
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Society: 26 Nov 08
Swedish teenagers are resorting to increasingly perilous measures in order to get their hands on alcohol, according to police in Stockholm.
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National: 11 Nov 08
Five members of staff at the Malmö offices of state broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) have been found guilty of smuggling alcohol from Germany for an office party.
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Analysis & Opinion: 5 Nov 08
Every week a panel of readers will be giving their views on the burning issues of the hour. This week: Sweden's tough stance on alcohol.
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Society: 22 Oct 08
The busy social life of an elderly couple from Piteå in northern Sweden has helped free them of smuggling charges after being caught transporting thousands of litres of alcohol from Germany into Sweden.
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Society: 29 Sep 08
The smuggling of spirits and beer into Sweden has dropped by 35 percent during the first half of the year, according to researchers at Stockholm University.
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Lifestyle: 26 Sep 08
The Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival has hit town again and, as Jennifer Heape discovered, it’s a far cry from beer bellies and a packet of pork scratchings.
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Business & Money: 28 Aug 08
Norwegians are heading across the border to make their alcohol purchases in Sweden like never before.
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National: 19 Aug 08
A 25-year-old man has been charged with trying to smuggle 4,500 litres of pure alcohol into Sweden.
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Society: 14 Aug 08
Bickering between Swedish recycling companies and local councils over who should pay for recycling foreign booze bottles has reached breaking point, and the government has been forced to step in as a mediator.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 Aug 08
As champagne showers come bucketing down over Stockholm, David Bartal wonders if excessive drinking is the key to successful living in Sweden.
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National: 6 Aug 08
A 21-year-old singer tried to weasel his way out of Sweden’s hefty tax on imported alcohol by claiming that partying and free-flowing booze were occupational requirements for rock 'n roll stars.
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Politics: 13 Jun 08
Left Party Riksdag member and rising star Josefin Brink has bared all in an interview about how she used to work as a stripper in the 1990s.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 Jun 08
Mark Majzner looks at how two landmark EU decisions have affected the alcohol retail trade in Sweden.
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National: 1 Jun 08
Four out of ten local officials claim to have been offered bribes to secure alcohol licences. Six out ten claim that many licences should never have been issued, according to a new survey.
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Travel: 8 May 08
If you’re looking for an island paradise there’s no need to travel to the other side of the world. Just a few hours’ ferry ride from Stockholm, the island of Gotland has it all, writes René Rice.
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Travel: 21 Apr 08
After a gruelling day in the saddle Bernie Friend looks forward to a beer at the Swedish Tourist Association (STF) hostel in Åsa. But the proprietor has other ideas.
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Lifestyle: 13 Mar 08
Kalendarium knows where to go for the best dancefloors in Stockholm this weekend.
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Politics: 6 Mar 08
A teetotal group of Swedish lawmakers has said that alcohol prevents some members of parliament from fulfilling their duties.
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National: 28 Feb 08
A suspected drunk driver with a blood-alcohol level ten times over the legal limit was released after claiming he got drunk only after arriving home.
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Society: 24 Jan 08
A television advert for drinks maker Jägermeister has incurred the wrath of Sweden's Trade Ethical Council against Sexism in Advertising (ERK).
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Travel: 18 Jan 08
Taking a ferry out of Stockholm need not mean a booze cruise to Helsinki. Alannah Eames went to Latvia to check out one of Sweden's most charming neighbours.
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Society: 8 Jan 08
Record numbers of customers made their way to Systembolaget over the Christmas period.
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Politics: 30 Dec 07
Sweden could soon allow people to buy alcohol online and have it delivered home. But buying foreign booze won't be cheap.
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Society: 20 Oct 07
The Swedish government is to create a new organisation for dealing with drug, alcohol and tobacco-related issues. "It is important that the work is long term," said public health minister Maria Larsson.
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National: 13 Oct 07
Sweden was coming to terms Saturday with one of the largest demonstrations the country has ever seen – against growing binge drinking and violence among Swedish youth.
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National: 4 Oct 07
Sweden's ban on the private importation of alcohol breaches European law, the European Court of Justice has ruled.
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Society: 3 Sep 07
The state is not obliged to pay compensation for confiscated alcohol ordered over the internet, the Chancellor of Justice has ruled.
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Business & Money: 9 Jul 07
Systembolaget's sales continued to increase in June. Compared to the same month last year, sales at Sweden's state-owned alcohol retailer climbed 7.4 percent when measured in alcohol volume.
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Society: 9 Jul 07
After the summer many Swedish brewers are to beginning labelling their products with warning messages for young people, pregnant woman, motorists and people who should be doing some work.
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Business & Money: 29 Jun 07
A number of suppliers of online alcohol have indicated that they will not release details of their customer's transactions after the tax board announced it would track down people who hadn't paid their alcohol tax.
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Society: 28 Jun 07
The Swedish tax board has decided to chase down people who have purchased alcohol online but failed to pay the necessary taxes. People can be hit with fines up to six years after importing the drinks.
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Society: 25 Jun 07
Only five people have paid tax on private alcohol imports to Sweden since the ban on buying drinks from foreign online stores was lifted earlier this month. The current system is unworkable, says Moderate MEP Christofer Fjellner.
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Society: 9 Jun 07
Swedish Customs has stopped confiscating alcohol that is imported via the internet by private people, according to the head of the agency's crime unit.
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Society: 7 Jun 07
A new study has shown that Swedes are major consumers of alcohol imported into the country by illegal means.
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Society: 5 Jun 07
Two parade floats carrying jubilant school-leavers were involved in accidents in Stockholm on Tuesday afternoon.
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National: 5 Jun 07
Sweden's ban on the import of alcohol by private individuals is in breach of EU law, the European Court of Justice has found. 'The state has been caught with its pants down,' says lawyer.
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National: 2 Apr 07
A Swedish man caught carrying record quantities of alcohol into Norway told customs officers that he needed the booze to moisten his throat on a forthcoming fishing trip.
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Lifestyle: 9 Mar 07
Every day Swedish customs officers confiscate large quantities of liquor from Swedish travellers who exceed their allowances. But the impounded alcohol is put to good use, as bus users in one Swedish town are finding.
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National: 18 Feb 07
The Swedish government's is considering reducing the tax on beer and wine, it was revealed on Sunday. But in return, the tax on spirits could be increased.
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Society: 17 Jan 07
First generation immigrants drink in greater moderation than their new hosts, says study.
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National: 5 Jan 07
Only a handful of the 30 websites selling cheap foreign alcohol to Swedes are still running, two months after the European Court ruled that the drinks were liable to Swedish tax.
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National: 5 Dec 06
A teacher at a school in Malmö has been suspended for making sure students were stocked up on booze.
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National: 16 Nov 06
A branch of state alcohol chain Systembolaget has had its windows smashed in by anti-alcohol activists. The group spray-painted the words 'disgusting poison' onto one of the windows.
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National: 14 Nov 06
Sweden has lost a battle to get alcohol ads and commercials aimed at children banned from the EU's TV screens. It also failed to force other countries to obey Swedish rules when broadcasting to Sweden.
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National: 18 Oct 06
Around sixty percent of all alcohol consumed in Sweden is bought outside the country. But public health minister Maria Larsson has said that there will not be any cuts to alcohol taxes.
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National: 7 Oct 06
Should the name of the great August Strindberg be allowed to be used as a label for schnapps with a hint of absinthe? The Swedish literary giant's family doesn't think so.
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National: 23 Sep 06
A wine collector and his wife have been charged on suspicion of fraud after reporting that wine worth 1.7 million kronor had been stolen from their home.
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Politics: 13 Sep 06
Sweden's state monopolies on alcohol, pharmacies and gaming were created decades ago to promote social justice and public health, but now they are under threat from the European Union and a possible change of government.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Sep 06
The Social Democrats have got a boost from the Liberal Party's mistakes, but jobs remain a big election issue. Top Social Democrat Håkan Juholt argues that his party is tackling the problem.
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National: 4 Sep 06
Alcohol locks on cars can confuse heavy dieters with people who have been drinking. Both dieters and drinkers have high levels of acetone on their breath.
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National: 28 Aug 06
A Christian Democrat in Stockholm has been sidelined after reportedly trying to bribe a police officer with a bottle of red wine.
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Lifestyle: 25 Aug 06
There is more to Swedish beer than mass-produced lager. Eddie de Oliveira reports that a new wave of microbreweries are in danger of giving Swedish beer a good name.
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Society: 31 Jul 06
State alcohol monopoly Systembolaget is to reduce the prices of all its goods on Tuesday, after posting excess profits. But don't cancel the booze cruise to Denmark yet.
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Society: 26 Jul 06
People bringing in alcohol to Sweden from the continent are more likely to get it confiscated if they look poor, Malmö's chief prosecutor says.
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Politics: 12 Jul 06
The dining habits of Sweden's leading Social Democrats have come under the spotlight after a dinner for ten hosted by Stockholm's mayor left taxpayers with a hefty bill in May.
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Society: 6 Jul 06
If you're taking out your boat, lock away your booze. That's the message from Sweden's government, which plans to reduce the limit for drinking while in charge of a vessel.
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National: 28 Jun 06
Men in northern Sweden buy most alcohol on the Internet, according to a new study. The most common buyer is a man under 50 who drinks more than average.
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Society: 11 May 06
A majority of Swedes wants the tax on beer and wine reduced - but they are not so concerned about the tax on spirits. So says a survey for the Swedish Brewers' Association.
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Business & Money: 28 Apr 06
Vin och Sprit, the state-owned maker of Absolut Vodka, has announced first-quarter profits of 417 million, up 31 percent on the same period last year.
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National: 13 Apr 06
Customs officers at Swedish ports seized record amounts of alcohol in the first few months of the year. The drinks were mostly ordered by Swedes over the Internet, which is illegal.
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Science & Technology: 11 Apr 06
Every 13th woman snores regularly and at a volume that keeps her bedfellow awake. But a new Swedish study shows that increased snoring is prompted by different things, depending upon whether women are thin or fat.
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National: 30 Mar 06
Sweden's ban on importing alcohol for private use breaks EU monopoly law, says the Advocate General in the European Court - unlocking the door to online ordering.
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Science & Technology: 5 Mar 06
Despite the fact that two medicines combating alcoholism have been shown to be effective, their use is almost unheard of in the Swedish health service. Now the authorities want a concerted drive to change that.
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National: 16 Feb 06
One in three conscripts in the Swedish army admits to turning up to exercises with a hangover, a survey shows. Every fifth soldier says he believes his peers are taking illegal drugs.
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Dating: 13 Jan 06
The New Year may start with a bang in Sweden, but our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent's single Swedish friends seem to have given up on fireworks lighting up their love lives.
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Science & Technology: 30 Dec 05
Alcohol consumption in Sweden dropped this year for the first time since 1996, with imports from abroad the hardest hit, according to the Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs.
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Analysis & Opinion: 25 Nov 05
Systembolaget is in its death throes, with the EU, corruption and a heavy dose of hypocrisy draining Sweden’s alcohol policies of credibility.
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Business & Money: 21 Nov 05
Swedes prefer to shop at the ICA supermarket chain, are satisfied with Apoteket, the state-run pharmacy, and think that Systembolaget has improved since last year. The best DIY store is Beijer.
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Smörgåsbord: 1 Oct 05
Despite strict rules on importing alcohol, the risk that wine or spirits ordered online from abroad will be confiscated by Swedish customs is practically zero. They say they have bigger fish to fry.
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Politics: 13 Sep 05
Alcohol taxes should be cut, but only in southern Sweden. That's the suggestion of a leading crime prevention think-tank.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Sep 05
It's easy for foreigners' views about a country to come out half-baked, so should we just put up and shut up? Or can a fresh pair of eyes sometimes add something new to the debate?
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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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