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'Invisible thread' can help fight fashion pirates
Business & Money: 7 May 13
Name brand fashion designers may soon have a new tool in their fight against pirated knockoff garments thanks to an "invisible thread" developed at Chalmers University of Technology in western Sweden.
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'Any Swedish job pays more than in Romania'
Lifestyle: 3 May 13
With Romania's Eurovision entry considered something of an underdog this year, The Local's Patrick Reilly discovers why many of the thousands of Romanians in Sweden can relate to that uphill slog.
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Karolinska Institute tops university list again
Education: 8 Apr 13
Stockholm's Karolinska Institute has come up trumps in an annual ranking of Sweden's top universities and colleges.
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Malmö mayor of two decades to step down
National: 4 Feb 13
The Social Democrat mayor of Malmö, Ilmar Reepalu, has announced he is leaving the job on July 1st, saying he wants to spend more time with his grandchild.
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Swedish uni wins billion-euro EU science prize
Business & Money: 28 Jan 13
The European Commission announced on Monday that researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg would be granted 1 billion euros to fund development of graphene.
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Outrage over Stockholm school butter ban
Education: 15 Oct 12
Parents are concerned after some Stockholm schools have chosen to stop serving students real butter on their sandwiches due to new stricter guidelines from the National Food Agency.
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'Intellectual Bad-Ass' plots Tolkien universe
Lifestyle: 18 Jul 12
A 21-year-old student from Gothenburg has drawn the adulation of Lord of the Rings fans across the world by plotting the entirety of the books' family tree, most recently adding a timeline and map to the “eternal” project.
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Scholarships help students realise Swedish university dreams
Study in Sweden: 3 Jul 12
If you want to study at a Swedish university as an international student, a scholarship could help you secure funding to cover the cost. Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg offers a range of scholarships sponsored by foundations, the Swedish state and business.
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Expert: Saab's independent streak 'the beginning of the end'
Business & Money: 21 Dec 11
Decisions by former Saab owner General Motors weren't the cause of the Swedish automaker's bankruptcy, according to a new study, which also found that former Saab management is partly to blame.
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'Electro-oversensitive' man in mobile phone blackout threat
Science & Technology: 25 Nov 11
A Swedish man who wears a "silver suit" to protect himself from mobile phone radiation had demanded that local officials protect his health by creating a “radiation-free zone” that may leave thousands without mobile phone coverage.
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The four best things to do on your Swedish holiday
Travel: 22 Sep 11
From lakeside castles to elk safaris in the north, a holiday in Sweden has lots to offer. Here are some ideas of what to do.
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Sweden struggles to come to grips with high school hazing
Education: 19 Sep 11
Reports of young Swedish teens being subjected to humiliating, sometimes sex-themed games, have once again put the subject of high school hazing back into the spotlight in Sweden, The Local's Joel Linde explains.
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Sweden = United States: Google Translate
Science & Technology: 24 Aug 11
Despite constant improvements, Google Translate continues to lose its way – often in laughable ways – when it comes to translating certain place names from Swedish to English.
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Swedes develop sci-fi style car test site
Science & Technology: 12 Aug 11
A Swedish company has become the first in the world to develop a so-called active safety test site, which it is hoped will ultimately drastically reduce the number of car accidents.
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Chance and skill to Texas Hold'em: Swedish court
Society: 6 Apr 11
The Supreme Court in Sweden ruled Wednesday that it is both chance and skill that decide the outcome in the poker game Texas Hold’em.
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Top marks for Stockholm School of Economics
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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Top Swedish judges attend 'poker school'
Society: 23 Feb 11
An expert poker player gave Sweden's Supreme Court judges a lesson on the art of playing cards on Tuesday in a case examining whether Texas Hold'em is a game of skill or chance.
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Sweden could be a 'catalyst of understanding' after attack
Analysis & Opinion: 21 Dec 10
While Sweden is left asking why after experiencing its first suicide bombing, Fulbright scholar and US Muslim Dr. Abdul-Majeed Azad calls on the country to deploy its history of neutrality to build bridges across Europe to defeat the radicalisation of Muslim youth.
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Swedish group to study horse whispering youth
Society: 21 Sep 10
A research team drawn from three Swedish universities is planning to study how children from various cultural backgrounds communicate with horses.
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More companies switch to English at work: study
National: 13 Sep 10
A new University of Gothenburg study has revealed that an increasing number of Swedish companies have changed their working language from Swedish to English.
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3 Swedish universities make top 100 list
Education: 18 Aug 10
Three Swedish universities, Karolinska Institute (KI) and Uppsala and Stockholm Universities, made the top 100 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled annually by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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Pettersson captures Canadian Open PGA title
Sport: 26 Jul 10
Sweden's Carl "Big Dog" Pettersson captured the PGA's Canadian Open golf title on Sunday in Toronto, firing six birdies in eight holes to overtake American Dean Wilson for a one-stroke triumph.
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Student housing shortage worse than ever
Education: 23 Jul 10
The student housing shortage appears to be worse than ever for the upcoming autumn session, Sweden's National Union of Students (Sveriges förenade studentkårer, SFS) reported on Friday.
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Brits highlight Gothenburg links
National: 15 Jun 10
There’s rather a British feel in 'Little London' this week, as the UK celebrates its historic ties to Sweden's second city.
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University leaders blast 'sexist' student parade
National: 24 Apr 10
Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg is seeking to distance itself from an annual student parade after the organizing committee gave the thumbs up to drawings deemed sexist and "totally unacceptable" by the university's president.
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Karolinska tops university rankings: report
Education: 5 Apr 10
Karolinska Institutet (KI), Handelshögskolan in Stockholm, and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet – SLU) top the 2009 rankings of Swedish institutions of higher education.
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University massacre threat suspect released
National: 17 Mar 10
The 33-year-old student held on suspicion of the massacre threat at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm on Monday has been released.
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Student expresses regret over massacre threat
National: 16 Mar 10
A 33-year-old man arrested in connection with a massacre threat at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm on Monday has expressed "deep regret" over his actions, as a wave of copycat threats spread across the country.
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Man held over university massacre threat
National: 15 Mar 10
A man has been arrested for threatening a student massacre at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm.
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Record student intake at Swedish universities
Education: 1 Mar 10
Almost 300,000 students signed up for courses at Swedish universities in 2009 - the highest number ever, according to new statistics published on Monday.
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What's On in Sweden: Jan. 29th - Feb. 4th
Lifestyle: 27 Jan 10
What’s on in Sweden: Antiques and Reggae in Stockholm, The International Film Festival in Gothenburg, and Ian Brown swaggers into Malmö.
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Swedish students stage beer pipeline protest at nearby brewery
Society: 20 Jan 10
Several dozen university students occupied a brewery near Gothenburg in western Sweden on Tuesday in their long-standing effort to convince the brewery to build a pipeline to carry beer to the students’ union.
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Iranians barred from Swedish universities
Science & Technology: 21 Jul 09
Iranian nationals have been banned from Swedish university programmes with ties to nuclear and missile technologies following a warning from the country’s security service Säpo.
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Sweden by Rail: Gothenburg
Travel: 15 May 09
Sponsored article: Having long been defined by its industrial and maritime history, Göteborg has since reinvented itself. The old ports and warehouses have been replaced by cafes, bars, and one of the liveliest cultural scenes in the region.
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Västervik: Building boats for half a millennium
Travel: 24 Apr 09
Sponsored article: The beautiful coastal town of Västervik once built warships for King Gustav I. These days luxury yachts are more in evidence, writes Jennifer Heape.
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Birthplace matters in Swedish job market
Analysis & Opinion: 12 Mar 09
Foreign-born graduates of Swedish universities suffer discrimination in the Swedish labour market and are often under-paid and over-qualified, a new report shows. Action is demanded to meet the challenges of an ageing workforce.
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Sweden's welfare programmes hinder Iraqi integration
Analysis & Opinion: 15 Jul 08
By emphasizing welfare programmes over work and entrepreneurship, Sweden makes it harder for Iraqi immigrants to achieve success in their new country, argues Nima Sanandaji of the Captus think tank.
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Green Party policies fail to tackle emissions
Analysis & Opinion: 1 Apr 08
Just because a party calls itself Green doesn't necessarily mean it has the most environmentally friendly policies, argues Nima Sanandaji of the Captus think tank.
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Uppsala 'top Swedish university'
Society: 11 Nov 07
Uppsala and Lund Universities are among the 200 best institutions in the world, according to a new British survey.
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Explosion 'could have caused Estonia sinking'
National: 10 May 07
The 1994 sinking of the Estonia ferry could have been caused by an explosion, according to two teams of researchers looking into the incident on behalf of the Swedish government.
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Time to put knowledge at the centre of Swedish education
Analysis & Opinion: 19 Mar 07
Academic knowledge has been sidelined in Swedish education over the past few decades. A return to more grading is welcome, but more action is needed, argues Nima Sanandaji of think-tank Captus.
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Karolinska in world's top 50
National: 19 Aug 06
Stockholm's Karolinska University is one of the fify best universities in the world, according to a new survey from a Chinese university. Eleven Swedish universities make the top 500.
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Sweden 'will reduce oil dependency'
National: 28 Jun 06
A commission led by Göran Persson says that Sweden will not be an oil-free zone by 2020, but claims that society will no longer be dependent on fossil fuels.
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Herring for lunch increases 'good cholesterol'
Science & Technology: 15 Jun 06
With those Midsummer parties coming up, you can feel free to let yourself loose on the herring section of the smörgåsbord. In fact, you should probably be eating it every day, a new study shows.
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Chalmers students 'flunk maths'
Society: 17 Mar 06
More than half of first-year students on some science and engineering courses at Chalmers University in Gothenburg flunked their first maths exam. Five years ago, 75 percent passed.
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Low radiation boosts Sony Ericsson
Business & Money: 11 May 05
Sony Ericsson's handsets come out on top in a new survey of phone radiation, while Nokia phones fall behind. But scientists are still divided on how risky mobiles are to health.
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