February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Estonia":
Politics: 8 Feb 12
David Cameron joined Fredrik Reinfeldt and other heads of government from northern Europe who have gathered in Stockholm to discuss common future challenges at the Northern Future Forum.
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Business & Money: 12 Dec 11
More than 100 Swedbank cash machines in Latvia were emptied at the weekend following a wave of rumours on Twitter hinting that the Swedish bank was in danger of running out of money.
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Science & Technology: 1 Sep 11
Sweden must improve its preservation of biodiversity in the Baltic, and decrease use of hazardous fertilisers, according to a WWF report published Wednesday.
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Politics: 16 Aug 11
During a ceremony in Stockholm on Monday marking 20 years of independence for the Baltic states, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said Sweden owes its Baltic neighbours a "debt of honour" for turning a blind eye to post-war Soviet occupation.
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Travel: 14 Jul 11
While the Stockholm archipelago has its undeniable charms, venturing a little further east means a great leap in terms of the culture and history offered by the much-underestimated Baltic countries.
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Business & Money: 11 Jul 11
Swedish home electronics chain ONOFF filed for bankruptcy on Monday, citing stiff competition, price pressure, and low profits.
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Society: 27 May 11
Swedes are the most content among Europeans when it comes to a number of factors related to people's sense of well-being, a new OECD report shows.
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Politics: 8 Apr 11
The Swedish government on Friday announced plans to invest an additional 800 million kronor ($128 million) in the country's rail system during 2011 following a harsh winter in which the country's trains were plagued by malfunctions.
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National: 24 Mar 11
The Swedish government has proposed new legislation that would enable the country’s law enforcement agencies to sift through the DNA registers, fingerprint archives and vehicle databases of several other European countries.
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National: 24 Mar 11
Swedish fighter aircraft took part in a NATO led exercise over the Baltic states on Wednesday, marking a new level in the formally non-aligned country's ties with the military alliance.
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National: 7 Mar 11
Swedish objections to a controversial Baltic Sea pipeline to carry natural gas from Russia to Germany fell on deaf ears in Russia, according to US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks.
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Politics: 17 Feb 11
Sweden's ambassador in Moscow expressed concerns in August 1991 of a "civil war" breaking out in the crumbling Soviet Union, according to diplomatic dispatches released by the Swedish foreign ministry on Thursday.
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Business & Money: 4 Feb 11
Sweden's third-largest bank, SEB, reported bumper profits on Friday thanks to a sharp reduction in credit losses in the Baltic countries.
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Business & Money: 11 Jan 11
Sweden's Ericsson and Chinese telecom giant Huawei have been commissioned by Sweden's TeliaSonera to modernise and expand Norway's entire mobile network, the companies announced on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 27 Dec 10
A number of prominent Swedish business leaders have become more sceptical towards Sweden joining the euro in the near future, but stressed their belief in the currency's viability in the long term.
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Business & Money: 17 Dec 10
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt announced on Friday that Sweden has not yet ruled out the possibility of supporting a new emergency fund to bail out vulnerable euro countries.
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National: 7 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was remanded in custody by London court on Tuesday after he vowed to fight extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.
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National: 7 Dec 10
UK police arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London on Tuesday on suspicion of rape on an arrest warrant issued by Swedish authorities.
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Business & Money: 6 Dec 10
Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg came in fourth among a ranking of 19 European finance ministers published by the Financial Times (FT) newspaper on Monday.
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National: 21 Sep 10
The number of Thai and Nigerian women exploited for sexual purposes in Sweden has increased, as have the number of women with mental handicaps, according to a police report on human trafficking.
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Science & Technology: 11 Sep 10
An Uppsala businessman suspected of having sold 1,400 counterfeit iPhones to telecom operators in Sweden is under investigation for fraud.
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Sport: 5 Aug 10
Friday's Diamond League men's 100 metres in Stockholm is set to be extra special with Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay - the world's three fastest men - meeting for the first time since last year's world championships in Berlin.
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Business & Money: 13 Jul 10
Sweden's SEB bank on Tuesday posted higher-than-expected second quarter profits and said it had "turned the page" in the Baltic countries.
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National: 6 Jul 10
Sweden is the most generous country in the EU when it comes to approving citizenship applications, according to a new report from Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 4 Jun 10
SAS has reached an agreement with the Estonian government to sell its 49 percent stake in Estonian Air.
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Sport: 19 May 10
Following his first season in the NBA, Jonas Jerebko has returned to Sweden to a warm reception from both the media and fans.
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Business & Money: 14 May 10
SEB Group has confirmed it is in talks to sell its German retail banking business. The bank has long expressed its dissatisfaction with the division's profitability.
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Analysis & Opinion: 12 May 10
The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson and Vivian Tse review party policy as Sweden's backing of a eurozone bailout brings the issue of Sweden's membership of the euro back into focus.
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Business & Money: 10 May 10
Scandinavian airline SAS has signed a letter of intent to sell its stake in Estonian Air, the Estonian government confirmed on Monday.
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Business & Money: 9 May 10
Sweden's economy remains the most competitive in the European Union, according to a new ranking from the Geneva-based World Economic Forum.
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National: 16 Apr 10
Swedish authorities have begun reopening airspace in the north of the country although widespread disruption persists with Stockholm's main Arlanda airport unlikely to open until Saturday morning at the earliest.
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National: 5 Mar 10
Dozens of ships have been freed from thick ice in the Baltic Sea on Friday after ice breakers worked diligently to end the ordeal of of thousands of passengers and crew stranded in freezing conditions off the Swedish coast.
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National: 5 Mar 10
The Baltic Sea was dotted with around 50 ships stuck in the ice on Thursday, including one large passenger ferry carrying around 1,000 people. Many will remain where they are until Friday, Swedish maritime authorities said.
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Sport: 19 Feb 10
Swedish cross-country skier Anna Haag clinched a superb second spot on Friday in the 15 km pursuit event at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
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National: 15 Feb 10
Olympic debutante Charlotte Kalla won the women's 10km freestyle in Vancouver on Monday to claim Sweden's first gold medal at the 2010 games.
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Business & Money: 10 Feb 10
Nordic banking group Nordea has reported an operating profit of €592 million ($815 million) for the final quarter 2009, down on a profit of €781 million in the corresponding period of last year.
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Sport: 7 Feb 10
Sweden face Holland, Hungary and neighbours Finland in a Euro 2012 qualification group that gives Erik Hamrén's side a chance to settle old scores.
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Sport: 18 Jan 10
Sweden picked up an unexpected pair of victories in the men’s and women’s Nordic skiing World Cup competition in Estonia on Sunday.
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Business & Money: 8 Jan 10
Representatives from Nordic airline SAS will meet with Estonian government officials next week who have called for talks to discuss a state takeover of SAS's holding in Estonian Air.
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Stockholm: 26 Nov 09
A reader wants to find a nice sauna that you can book for group in and around Stockholm. But which one? Peter Vinthagen Simpson has the answer.
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Analysis & Opinion: 18 Nov 09
Sweden’s cultural heritage is virtually unknown outside the country’s borders. Swedes should be better at using culture to promote their own country, writes Olle Wästberg, Director-General of the Swedish Institute.
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Society: 4 Nov 09
Anglican bishops from England and Northern Ireland have rebuffed invitations to attend the ordination of the openly gay Eva Brunne to be the next Bishop of Stockholm.
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Business & Money: 29 Oct 09
Swedbank learned on Thursday that the government of Estonia was planning to repay the €50 million ($74 million) it borrowed from the Swedish bank to help it through the country’s economic crisis.
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Business & Money: 28 Oct 09
Sweden’s Handelsbanken on Wednesday announced lower quarterly profits which nevertheless beat forecasts on the back of a jump in earnings from basic lending operations.
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Business & Money: 27 Oct 09
Swedish-owned telecoms company Tele2 admitted on Monday it was responsible for staging a meteorite crash near a small village in the Latvian countryside.
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Science & Technology: 23 Oct 09
A British submarine which disappeared in the Baltic Sea during the First World War has been discovered by a Swedish expedition off the Estonian island of Dagö.
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Business & Money: 13 Oct 09
TeliaSonera has yet to take over full control of Lithuania’s TEO LT as planned, the Nordic telecommunications operator said on Tuesday, but it has acquired nearly all of Estonia's Eesti Telekom.
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National: 28 Sep 09
On the fifteenth anniversary of the Estonia ferry disaster, in which 852 lives were lost, a prosecutor in Estonia urged for a new investigation into what caused the Baltic Sea's worst peacetime maritime accident.
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Business & Money: 25 Sep 09
The Estonian government formally approved the sale of the state's 27 percent stake in telecoms provider Eesti Telekom to the Nordic group Telia Sonera.
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Business & Money: 23 Sep 09
Estonia is set to sell its share of leading telecommunications provider, Eesti Telekom, to Nordic group TeliaSonera.
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National: 9 Sep 09
Four people - including the wife of the victim - have been arrested for their involvement in the murder of a 45-year-old business man outside his home in Fagersta in central Sweden in April.
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National: 18 Aug 09
The Russian navy has arrested eight men who allegedly hijacked the Maltese-registered freighter the Arctic Sea off the coast of Öland in Swedish waters in July, according to the Russian defence minister.
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Society: 31 Jul 09
With an average of 33 days annual leave, Swedes are streets ahead of their European counterparts when in comes to taking holidays, a new report shows.
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Analysis & Opinion: 28 Jul 09
Even though there’s an ocean between Per Hanefjord and Hollywood, the budding Swedish film director explained to The Local’s Lydia Parafianowicz that tinsel town honours aren’t out of reach.
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Business & Money: 17 Jul 09
Swedbank has announced it will slash 3,600 jobs after a bigger-than-expected second quarter loss of 1.8 billion kronor ($228 million), as it felt the impact of massive provisions related to its Baltic business.
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Politics: 5 Jun 09
The left-leaning Aftonbladet newspaper is running campaign advertisements for the far-right Sweden Democrats, but has decided to send the proceeds to a group dedicated to fighting racism.
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Business & Money: 27 May 09
The Swedish krona weakened somewhat on Wednesday following an announcement from the Riksbank that it planned to borrow 100 billion kronor of foreign currency.
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Business & Money: 21 May 09
Recession hit Estonia has signed a multi-million euro loan deal with Swedish bank Swedbank, the Tallinn government confirmed on Wednesday.
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Science & Technology: 15 May 09
Supporters of The Pirate Bay have begun acting on a plan hatched by one of the masterminds behind the popular file sharing site, prompting the Swedish law firm targeted by the attack to report the matter to police.
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Lifestyle: 15 May 09
Anyone planning a trip to the Swedish capital might be a bit aghast at the cost of a place to lay their head at night, but Creators Inn by Elvine might just sport the most shocking price tag of all. Charlotte West reports on the world's first hotel-in-hotel.
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Analysis & Opinion: 12 May 09
With neutrality outdated and Sweden unable to effectively defend it's borders, the country needs to set aside its hang-ups and start thinking seriously about joining NATO, argues Birgitta Ohlsson, foreign policy spokesperson for the Liberal Party.
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National: 30 Apr 09
A teenager had sex with 500 men over five years of being forced to work as a prostitute. The trial against a Stockholm couple accused of involvement in the pimping operation came to a close this week.
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Business & Money: 27 Apr 09
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania agreed in Vilnius on Monday on a key undersea power link between Sweden and Lithuania that would connect the three Baltic states into the Scandinavian energy grid.
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Business & Money: 8 Apr 09
Moody's ratings agency has downgraded its rating of SEB due to the Swedish bank's exposure to the financial crisis in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
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National: 6 Apr 09
Leading members of the far-right Sweden Democrats sang racist songs while attending a party conference. Party leader Jimmie Åkesson was among the singers.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Mar 09
Swedish banks invested massively in the emerging Baltic states when times were good but now that the tiger economies are going bust the banks risk big losses, experts tell AFP's Delphine Touitou.
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Society: 10 Mar 09
Methamphetamine appears to be growing in popularity in Sweden, as both smuggling and reports of abuse of the drug have increased in recent years.
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Business & Money: 27 Feb 09
Sweden’s central bank announced on Friday it was entering into a “precautionary arrangement” with its Estonian counterpart should the Baltic country’s battered financial system need assistance.
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National: 20 Feb 09
Estonia on Thursday decided against opening a new probe into the 1994 Baltic Sea ferry disaster which claimed the lives of 852 victims, discounting claims of a cover up.
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Politics: 18 Feb 09
Swedish prosecutors have begun investigating four politicians from the far right Sweden Democrat party who are accused of locking an investigative reporter into a ferry cabin and stealing a video camera she had hidden in her handbag.
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Science & Technology: 7 Feb 09
Women on the pill have a higher incidence of asthma than other women of a fertile age, according to a study involving Swedish researchers.
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Business & Money: 3 Feb 09
Scandinavian airline SAS reported major losses for 2008 on Tuesday as it announced plans to accelerate restructuring, lay off thousands, and divest several subsidiaries.
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Analysis & Opinion: 21 Jan 09
Swedish managers are supposed to be consensual, non-hierarchical and informal. Is the stereotype accurate, asks Olle Wästberg, director-general of the Swedish Institute.
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Business & Money: 14 Jan 09
Business is thriving on Swedish buy-and-sell site Blocket.se as the market for second hand goods soars in the wake of the economic crisis.
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National: 2 Dec 08
Eleven passengers were evacuated from the Sea Wind ferry early on Tuesday morning after a fire broke out in the boat’s main engine as it sailed near the Åland islands in the middle of the Baltic Sea.
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Business & Money: 28 Nov 08
Scandinavian airline SAS said on Thursday it wants to buy all or part of the Estonian government’s 34 percent stake in Estonian Air.
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National: 21 Nov 08
Relatives of the victims of a 1994 Baltic Sea ferry sinking, which claimed the lives of 501 Swedes, are stepping up pressure for a new probe of enduring claims that the disaster was caused by an explosion.
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Travel: 22 Sep 08
If you're looking to pamper yourself this autumn, a spa trip to the Baltics could be just the ticket, writes Alannah Eames.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Sep 08
Russia’s recent incursion into Georgia has brought into renewed focus the need for Sweden to continue the development and promotion of alternative energy sources, writes US Ambassador to Sweden, Michael M Wood.
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Business & Money: 12 Aug 08
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Swedish banks that the global credit crisis means increased risks for Swedish banks investing in the Baltic area.
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Business & Money: 16 Jul 08
Swedish bank SEB said on Wednesday that second-quarter net profit had plunged by 20 percent to 2.8 billion kronor ($469 million).
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Society: 25 Jun 08
Swedish teens drink and smoke less than their peers in most other countries, but when it comes to sex, young people in Sweden are far from being the most careful.
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Society: 18 Jun 08
Stockholm's diplomatic community is shot through with gender inequality, according to an analysis of official figures carried out by The Local.
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National: 18 Jun 08
Ten men, aged between 25 and 53 years old, have been sentenced for financial crimes in a major sex club scandal in Stockholm.
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National: 13 Jun 08
The government’s commission on defence has recommended drastic cuts to Sweden’s Armed Forces in a report submitted to the government on Friday.
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Business & Money: 27 May 08
TeliaSonera announced a deal on Tuesday to bring Apple's iPhone to the Nordic and Baltic countries.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Apr 08
Sweden and Finland have become more willing to debate possible NATO membership, writes Tallinn-based journalist Justin Petrone. But opposition to the alliance remains strong.
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National: 8 Apr 08
Swedish tax authorities have written letters to strippers, some of whom still live with their parents, giving the women a one-time chance to pay back taxes owed on income they earned from dancing.
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Politics: 28 Mar 08
The foreign ministers of Sweden, Portugal and Spain have joined Britain in opposing any boycott of the Beijing Olympics opening.
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National: 27 Mar 08
Ten men, including a former police officer, have been indicted in a major sex club scandal in Stockholm.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 Feb 08
Nima Sanandaji speaks to one of the co-authors of a book examining the increasing propensity of Swedes to skirt around the edges of the country's tax and social welfare systems.
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Society: 21 Feb 08
Sweden's chief heraldists remain dissatisfied with a decision by the Nordic Battlegroup to remove a lion's penis depicted on its coat of arms.
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Business & Money: 12 Feb 08
Lidköping-based Flexenclosure received a sought after innovation award in Barcelona on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 19 Jan 08
Sweden’s National Tax Board suspects some British and Estonian companies exist only to evade taxes.
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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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Lifestyle: 10 Jan 08
Sweden's tough laws banning men from paying for sex are grabbing international attention, with Britain considering similar measures. But is there really less prostitution in Sweden now?
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National: 13 Dec 07
The Swedish army has removed a heraldic lion's penis following complaints from female soldiers.
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Society: 30 Nov 07
Sweden is "worryingly" vulnerable to internet attacks, according to a government agency.
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National: 27 Nov 07
A new Swedish report into the 1994 sinking of the ferry Estonia supports the official account of events.
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Society: 26 Nov 07
Australian man trains for Santa Games with Rudolph the red-nosed kangaroo.
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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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