February 13, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Gaming":
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: 19 Jan 12
After Sweden's Wednesday night lotto draw, one lucky winner took home the grand slam of 134 million kronor ($19.6 million). Despite the ticket being bought in a small town, the owner is still unidentified.
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Science & Technology: 6 Dec 11
While children who play violent computer and video games are generally more aggressive, there's no evidence to support claims that the games themselves cause kids' aggressive behaviour, the Swedish Media Council has concluded.
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Science & Technology: 5 Dec 11
Blockbuster sales of the Swedish-developed computer war game Battlefield 3 have helped solidify Sweden's reputation as a hotbed for game developers, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Science & Technology: 23 Nov 11
Swedes just can't seem to get enough of Wordfeud, a Scrabble-like smartphone app that has sucked up countless hours of free time, and may have even sparked a new trend in online dating, contributor Aila Stefansdotter-Franck discovers.
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Education: 3 Sep 11
A Stockholm-area high school has come in for stinging criticism after a spot inspection revealed students playing World of Warcraft for hours uninterrupted and using an X-Box gaming console as a substitute for gym class.
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Society: 19 Aug 11
A Swedish man, still reeling from the discovery that he had won a chance to rake in 5 million kronor ($774,000) on national TV, celebrated by buying another scratch-off lottery ticket - and won again.
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Society: 3 Aug 11
Gambling problems among young men in Sweden have doubled in the past decade, according to a new survey from the Swedish National Institute of Public Health.
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Science & Technology: 26 May 11
Do you work in the software industry? Ever fancied working in one of the world’s online gaming hubs, with a great quality of life and a stimulating working environment? Now’s your chance.
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Science & Technology: 26 May 11
Swedish music service Spotify and social networking giant Facebook are collaborating on a streaming music service, according to a media report Wednesday.
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Science & Technology: 21 Apr 11
Online computer game World of Warcraft (WoW), long maligned as an addictive and dangerous escape for introverted teens, can actually benefit players' social lives, a new Swedish study has found.
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Science & Technology: 7 Apr 11
Two Swedish children who got carried away playing the Smurfs' Village game on their iPads during a recent road trip ended up billing their parents tens of thousands of kronor.
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Business & Money: 6 Apr 11
Sweden's Riksbank on Wednesday announced the new faces to adorn the country's notes and coins, including a celebrated film director, a former UN secretary-general and a children's author.
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Society: 22 Feb 11
Sweden's Supreme Court on Tuesday opened the case of four men convicted for arranging an illegal poker tournament, a ruling which experts believe may allow for more competition for Sweden’s state-owned gambling monopoly.
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National: 17 Jan 11
A pair of masked men smashed the video lottery terminals (VLT) and furnishings at three fast food kiosks in Gothenburg on Sunday with clubs and hammers.
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Business & Money: 9 Aug 10
The four Swedish state-run casinos in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Sundsvall reported 161 cases of suspected money-laundering in the first six months of 2010, new figures from the Gaming Board for Sweden show.
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Science & Technology: 26 Apr 10
Thirteen major film companies have filed writs against two of the men behind The Pirate Bay demanding payment of 500,000 kronor ($70,000) fines for continuing to operate the file sharing website despite a court order from October 2009.
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Business & Money: 28 Dec 09
In a surprising move, a gaming company has agreed to pay back some of the millions of kronor a company in Uppsala in eastern Sweden lost due to an employee’s gambling addiction.
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Business & Money: 21 Dec 09
Swedish gaming company Betsson has been forced to shut its betting office in Stockholm following a decision by the Swedish Administrative Court of Appeal.
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Science & Technology: 14 Dec 09
New 4G mobile services are now available for customers of Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera in Stockholm and Oslo, the company announced on Monday.
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Science & Technology: 25 Nov 09
In an unprecedented move, Swedish public television will provide viewers with live, web-based broadcasts from the Dreamhack computer gaming convention, which kicks off this Thursday in Jönköping in southern Sweden.
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Society: 19 Nov 09
Surfing for porn, illegal file sharing, and online gambling are common activities for users of municipality-owned computers in Jönköping in central Sweden, a recent analysis shows.
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National: 2 Nov 09
Police in Los Angeles have arrested a Swedish businessman wanted on charges of attempting to bribe a Stockholm police chief.
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Science & Technology: 28 Oct 09
A new attempt to sell the popular file sharing site The Pirate Bay is underway, as the site’s owners are reportedly discussing bids with four potential buyers.
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Science & Technology: 7 Oct 09
Global Gaming Factory admitted on Wednesday that its planned purchase of The Pirate Bay file sharing site is in danger of falling apart.
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Science & Technology: 18 Sep 09
A creditor of Global Gaming Factory X, the potential buyer of The Pirate Bay site, has asked a court in Stockholm to declare the company bankrupt.
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Science & Technology: 16 Sep 09
Computer gaming addiction is reaching “pandemic” proportions around the world, according to a Swedish organization poised to take a leading role in helping young people cope with the problem.
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Science & Technology: 10 Sep 09
Global Gaming Factory, the Swedish tech company which is set to purchase The Pirate Bay file sharing site, has been thrown out of the Aktietorget stock exchange, further jeopardizing the proposed deal.
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Society: 6 Sep 09
A 28-year-old Eritrean national living illegally in Sweden collected a 1.2 million kronor ($167,000) lottery prize on national television Saturday morning.
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Business & Money: 28 Aug 09
Global Gaming Factory (GGF) insists it will seal a deal to take over file sharing Site before the end of next week despite questions from financial regulators about how it intends to finance the purchase.
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Business & Money: 27 Aug 09
Global Gaming Factory X (GGF), the firm that wants to take over the Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay, has been roundly criticised by market watchers for not being able to prove that it has the money for the purchase.
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Business & Money: 26 Aug 09
The Pirate Bay, one of the world's most popular filesharing websites, was back online on Tuesday hours after being shut down following a Swedish court order.
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Business & Money: 25 Aug 09
Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay remained closed on Tuesday morning after a Stockholm court decision forced a supplier to cut off internet capacity.
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Business & Money: 24 Aug 09
Swedish police have launched an investigation into allegations of financial irregularities surrounding Global Gaming Factory X, the firm planning to purchase file-sharing site The Pirate Bay.
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Business & Money: 24 Aug 09
New question marks have been raised over Global Gaming Factory X (GGF), the company that plans to purchase Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, after the resignation of its chairman.
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Business & Money: 21 Aug 09
Hans Pandeya, the CEO of Global Gaming Factory, the company planning to buy The Pirate Bay, has been reported to the Swedish enforcement service for mounting unpaid debts.
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Business & Money: 7 Aug 09
The IFPI recording industry association has warned it will take legal action against the soon-to-be owner of the Pirate Bay, Global Gaming Factory, if the file-sharing site continues to operate in its present form.
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Science & Technology: 5 Aug 09
The Swedish firm set to buy The Pirate Bay, Global Gaming Factory (GGF), has said it is about to ink a deal with a major record company, a move that will enable it to sell the label's content through the file sharing site.
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Science & Technology: 4 Aug 09
Peter Sunde, one of the founders of The Pirate Bay, announced on Monday he is stepping down as the file sharing site’s spokesperson.
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Science & Technology: 31 Jul 09
A Dutch court on Thursday ordered Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay be banned from operating in the Netherlands.
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Science & Technology: 30 Jul 09
The board of Global Gaming Factory X have confirmed that the purchase of Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay will be completed as planned on August 27th.
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Science & Technology: 28 Jul 09
Disney, Universal, Warner Bros and Colombia Pictures are among more than ten major film companies suing for the closure of Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay in Stockholm District Court.
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Science & Technology: 24 Jul 09
The three men behind The Pirate Bay file sharing site are filing a defamation lawsuit in Swedish court against a Dutch anti-piracy organization.
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Lifestyle: 23 Jul 09
In the world of gaming production and development, Sweden has earned itself an all-time high score, ranking as a top-three nation alongside the US and UK, according to gaming whiz Vic Bassey.
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Science & Technology: 17 Jul 09
Users of the new Pirate Bay might have to pay a monthly downloading fee, under a business model being considered by the file sharing site's new owners.
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Science & Technology: 2 Jul 09
A storm of criticism has been directed at the three main personalities behind The Pirate Bay following news that the file sharing site will be sold.
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Science & Technology: 30 Jun 09
The Pirate Bay is set to be purchased for 60 million kronor ($7.8 million) by Global Gaming Factory X (GGF), a company specializing in internet café management software, the company announced on Tuesday.
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Society: 15 May 09
Swedish Eurovision fever spread across the continent on Thursday, as Abba enthusiasts gathered in London for a world record crooning of Waterloo and a second Swedish vocalist helped Azerbaijan advance to the 2009 Eurovision finals.
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Business & Money: 14 May 09
A Swedish appeals court on Thursday sharply reduced the sentences for four men convicted for arranging an illegal poker tournament, a ruling which experts believe may open the door to more competition for Sweden’s state-owned gambling monopoly.
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Society: 28 Apr 09
A modest dental clinic in Malmö may be forced to find a new logo following a complaint by Japanese gaming giant Nintendo.
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Society: 17 Apr 09
Hemska Spel, a treatment centre for gambling addicts in southern Sweden, has beaten state gambling monopoly Svenska Spel in a naming dispute.
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National: 31 Mar 09
Stefan Eriksson, the reputed Swedish gangster who made global headlines when he crashed an exclusive Ferrari in Malibu, California in 2006, was arrested in Stockholm on Monday on suspicions of blackmail and other crimes.
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National: 12 Mar 09
Rade Kotur, the infamous Swedish gangster known as in the Swedish press as “Spelkungen” (The Gambling King), was sentenced to 14-years-in prison in Gothenburg on Thursday.
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Science & Technology: 26 Feb 09
The computer game World of Warcraft is the most dangerous game on the market with a high risk of addiction, according to a new report from a Swedish youth organisation.
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National: 18 Feb 09
As the Pirate Bay trial entered its third day on Wednesday, lawyers for the entertainment industry defended their compensation claims against the four defendants, whose lawyers in turn did their best to poke holes in the prosecution’s case.
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Business & Money: 23 Jan 09
Sweden’s state-run liquor monopoly Systembolaget has named a successor to Anitra Steen, who is set to retire from her position as managing director on April 30th.
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Politics: 17 Jan 09
The youth league of the Swedish branch of file-share and copyright reform advocacy group, the Pirate Party, has received millions of kronor in state support.
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National: 28 Dec 08
Prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for the man suspected of having shot two female patrons and a security guard at the Casino Cosmopol in central Stockholm on Christmas Eve.
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National: 17 Nov 08
A poker player from Sweden has won an important decision against the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket), freeing him from paying taxes on a portion of his online poker winnings.
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Science & Technology: 14 Nov 08
A new Swedish study shows that playing violent video games can alter children’s heart rates, raising concerns about violent games’ long term physiological effects on youngsters.
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Society: 16 Oct 08
Two enterprising young Swedes are convinced they can lead the online gaming world to Jesus by preaching the gospel through their recently launched Gamer Church.
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Business & Money: 4 Sep 08
The government commission examining gambling in Sweden wants to allow foreign gaming companies to operate in the country.
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Business & Money: 20 Aug 08
Sweden's cafes and fast food restaurants have increased their turnover by almost eight percent during the year's first quarter compared to the same period last year.
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National: 14 Aug 08
One of Sweden's most notorious gangsters, currently on trial for instigating murder, was indicted on Thursday on charges of financial crimes and illicit gambling.
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National: 6 Aug 08
Prosecutors’ hopes of convicting gambling baron Rade Kotur suffered a setback on Tuesday after one of their star witnesses recanted.
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National: 4 Aug 08
A huge police presence was on hand as the trial of gambling baron Rade Kotur got underway in Gothenburg on Monday.
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Business & Money: 23 Jun 08
The gaming company Betsson has reported Sweden’s Gaming Board to the Ombudsmen of Justice (JO) over the Board’s plans to fine Betsson after the company opened a store in Stockholm.
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Business & Money: 17 Jun 08
Sony Ericsson has unveiled a Wii-like handset which allows users to play games using the phone as a motion sensor.
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Business & Money: 27 May 08
Gaming company Betsson plans to open its first outlet in Sweden at the end of May with the express purpose of challenging the Swedish gaming monopoly.
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Business & Money: 22 May 08
The government is open to selling off parts of the Svenska Spel gaming monopoly to other actors in the market.
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Politics: 5 May 08
Svenksa Spel’s gaming monopoly ought to be abolished in order to make way for new forms of cultural support, writes the Moderate Party’s Culture Committee.
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Society: 29 Apr 08
Two men have been jailed by a court in western Sweden after they were found guilty of organizing an illegal million-kronor poker tournament.
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Business & Money: 25 Apr 08
Just three months after his release from a California prison, former Gizmondo director Stefan Eriksson is gearing up for a couple of difficult battles on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Business & Money: 21 Apr 08
Svenska Spel CEO Jesper Kärrbrink has decided to step down as head of Sweden's state-run gaming monopoly following consultations with the company’s board.
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Business & Money: 18 Apr 08
The Stockholm stock exchange finished the trading week higher with TeliaSonera and bank stocks leading the way.
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Business & Money: 4 Apr 08
Margareta Winberg (l), a former Social Democratic Deputy Prime Minister, was named by Finance Minister Anders Borg (r), as the new chair of Sweden’s state-owned gaming operation.
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Business & Money: 19 Feb 08
Swedes spent about 2.3 billion kronor on computer games in 2007.
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Society: 22 Jan 08
Casino Cosmopol opens its doors to wedding parties.
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National: 24 Nov 07
Police in London have arrested a Gothenburg businessman suspected of masterminding several violent crimes, including murder.
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Society: 13 Nov 07
Police made multiple arrests on Tuesday in connection with nationwide raids on suspected illegal gambling operations.
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Lifestyle: 8 Nov 07
To an outsider, Sweden would seem an unlikely place to find rising gang crime. But the problem has snowballed since the nineties, leaving police clamouring for better tools to deal with the problem. Daniel Boman reports.
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National: 1 Nov 07
The Swedish head of online betting firm Unibet on Thursday called for an end to the French state's gaming monopoly, attacking the laws under which he is being investigated for illegal activities as "obsolete."
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National: 1 Nov 07
The Swedish CEO of betting company Unibet was released on bail by a French court on Wednesday. Commenting on his release, Petter Nylander said that Unibet had "always stayed within the law".
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National: 24 Oct 07
The Swedish CEO of Unibet is to be handed over to French authorities next week, a Dutch court has ruled. But the court in Amsterdam said that Petter Nylander could be released from police custody.
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Analysis & Opinion: 23 Oct 07
New Swedish companies are bursting with ideas in IT and biotech. It's time for international investors to sit up and take notice, says leading entrepreneur Johan Staël von Holstein.
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National: 23 Oct 07
The Swedish CEO of betting company Unibet has been arrested in the Netherlands on orders of French authorities.
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National: 15 Oct 07
The 2007 Nobel prize season comes to a close on Monday with the announcement of the Economics Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Labrokes is tipping a Swedish professor to win.
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Society: 1 Oct 07
Six men have been formally charged under Swedish gambling laws after they organized an illegal million-kronor poker tournament involving 700 people.
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National: 7 Jul 07
Sweden's tax board is to launch a special programme targeting hundreds of web sites earning money from poker and gaming. The board expects to recover millions of kronor in undeclared revenue.
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Business & Money: 6 Jul 07
Despite the prosecutions against ten media bosses for publishing gambling ads, the Swedish media earned almost 700 million kronor from the illegal promotions last year, according to new statistics.
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Politics: 20 Jun 07
The Swedish government has announced that it is preparing to reform the Swedish gambling market. Aggressive marketing is to be prohibited but Svenska Spel is expected to retain a dominant position.
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Society: 18 Jun 07
State-owned Swedish betting company Svenska Spel has said it will introduce compulsory age checks for people using its gaming machines.
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National: 8 Apr 07
Sweden's state-owned gambling company, Svenska Spel, has been accused of targeting people living in poor areas. Poorer suburbs of Stockholm have high numbers of gaming machines, while richer areas have none.
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Business & Money: 8 Mar 07
Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet has said it intends to publish an advertisement for Maltese gambling company Expekt, despite a court ruling authorizing stiff penalties if it goes ahead.
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Business & Money: 6 Mar 07
A new ruling in the European Court of Justice has put further pressure on national gambling monopolies in EU member states.
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Science & Technology: 21 Feb 07
Swedish anti-spamming laws have not led to a single prosecution, despite over 72,000 reports from members of the public. Most of the spammers are outside the country, says a watchdog.
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Science & Technology: 31 Jan 07
Swedes earning tax-free money on Internet games such as World of Warcraft and Second Life have caught the attention of the authorities, who want to get their hands on the winnings.
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Business & Money: 22 Jan 07
Ladbrokes PLC has acquired Sponsio Ltd, its online betting and gaming partner in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, in a deal worth up to 40 million sterling (565 million kronor).
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Business & Money: 22 Jan 07
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Society: 6 Dec 06
Sweden's gambling monopoly Svenska Spel takes its public responsibility very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that it has introduced group toilet breaks for its online poker games.
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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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