The following articles have been tagged with "Gotland":
Business & Money: 19 May 13
Gas pipeline firm Nord Stream will hold an information meeting on the Baltic island of Gotland on Monday to introduce a proposal to extend its controversial gas pipeline project.
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Politics: 14 May 13
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Monday downplayed concerns of a growing Russian military threat against Sweden, claiming Russia had neither the "will nor the capacity" to attack Swedish territory.
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Politics: 26 Apr 13
Sweden's Defence Minister has lashed out at sources leaking classified military documents about the country's readiness capacity, after two close Russian fly-bys were revealed in recent days.
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Politics: 25 Apr 13
A Russian spy plane reportedly flew through the international strip of airspace in between Sweden's main Baltic islands of Öland and Gotland on Saturday.
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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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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Mar 13
Justice Minister Beatrice Ask's clumsy statements in response to criticism of police efforts to deport illegal immigrants have left historian and commentator David Lindén feeling like a criminal for looking "non-Swedish".
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Business & Money: 8 Mar 13
The Swedish Social Insurance Agency says women are still taking out more than their share of leave days and benefits to care for children or relatives, according to statistics compiled for International Women's Day.
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Business & Money: 15 Feb 13
A new academic report has thrown its weight behind the statement by commander-in-chief Sverker Göranson who recently said Sweden could only fend off an invasion for maximum one week.
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Politics: 11 Feb 13
Sweden should consider placing US-made Patriot missiles on the island of Gotland to help deter a resurgent Russia, Sweden's deputy prime minister has argued in a call for greater military spending.
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Sport: 10 Feb 13
Over 100 contestants between the ages of five and 85 took part in the 2013 Swedish horseshoe-pitching championships in Emmaboda, southern Sweden.
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Business & Money: 7 Feb 13
New housing figures reveal that would-be homeowners will be set back back 1 million kronor ($157,634) on average when buying a house anywhere in Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 28 Jan 13
Swedish reality television shows featuring hospitals and emergency services fail to protect patients' rights, according to a complaint filed on Monday that accuses public health authorities of breaking privacy law by allowing filming.
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Science & Technology: 24 Dec 12
Sweden and Latvia launched a rescue operation today after a British ship got in trouble in the waters between Gotland and Latvia.
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Science & Technology: 15 Dec 12
The SMHI meteorological office predicted a white Christmas today for most of Sweden but also issued a class 1 warning for the weekend as a new blizzard moved over the country.
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National: 5 Dec 12
Trade unions see an immigrant-exploitation scheme uncovered a McDonald's in Sweden as "the tip of the iceberg" when it comes to abuse of labour migration laws which they feel make foreign workers too dependent on their Swedish employers.
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Society: 29 Nov 12
A 22-year-old woman who disappeared from a Sweden-bound ferry in the early hours of Sunday morning is still missing, with security camera footage suggesting she fell overboard into the Baltic Sea.
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Lifestyle: 26 Oct 12
Hugely successful Swedish stone-oven bakery Fabrique is setting up shop in the British capital, bringing natural sourdough bread as well as cinnamon buns with a Swedish flair to hungry Londoners, The Local's Rebecca Martin discovers.
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Science & Technology: 18 Oct 12
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf has broken with tradition and refused to present a prestigious environmental prize to a teen activist who led protests against the construction of a quarry on the Baltic island of Gotland.
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Science & Technology: 18 Sep 12
Sweden's Supreme Court gave hope to environmental activists on Monday when it announced it would review a the validity of a permit allowing mining company Nordkalk to open a limestone quarry in Gotland's Ojnare forest.
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Science & Technology: 2 Sep 12
Swedish forestry concern Mellanskog called a halt to tree-felling activities at a planned limestone quarry on Gotland on Saturday evening, after a week of extensive protests by environmentalists.
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Society: 2 Sep 12
A 25-year-old Swedish woman reported missing when she failed to return from a holiday in Egypt has been located alive and well after she put in a call to her worried parents.
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National: 31 Aug 12
The failure of a 25-year-old Swedish woman to return home from a recent trip to an Egyptian resort in Sharm el Sheikh has sparked concern among relatives and prompted police to issue missing persons appeal.
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Science & Technology: 28 Aug 12
Police moved in Tuesday morning to restrain dozens of environmental activists demonstrating against a planned limestone quarry on the Baltic island of Gotland.
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Business & Money: 21 Aug 12
The head of Sweden’s Knowledge Foundation, has come under fire amid reports that she spent over 100,000 kronor ($15,000) of research money on lavish fiftieth birthday celebrations in November.
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National: 4 Aug 12
A silver treasure from the 12th century has been found on the Baltic island Gotland, where over 600 pieces of silver coins have been unearthed in a field.
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Science & Technology: 27 Jul 12
The Swedish Baltic Sea island of Gotland came first in a survey to elect the best picture taken from US space agency NASA's Landsat program, which compared the image to Van Gogh's painting "Starry Night".
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Society: 17 Jul 12
Two Swedish men have broken what they believe is a world record by windsurfing from Sweden to Germany in under five hours.
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Politics: 11 Jul 12
Fredrik Reinfeldt filed a formal divorce application on Wednesday at the Stockholm District Court, seeking to ending what had been a 20 year marriage with his wife Filippa.
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Politics: 8 Jul 12
Sweden’s Christian Democrats suggest that child allowance should be split between parents, replacing today’s system in which the mother automatically receives the allowance.
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Politics: 6 Jul 12
A gay entrepreneur and an outspoken woman whose Iraqi politician father was once imprisoned in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison have been revealed as Sweden's sexiest politicians of 2012 in a new ranking published on Friday.
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Politics: 5 Jul 12
While expectations were high ahead of Fredrik Reinfeldt's speech at Almedalen, correspondent and commentator David Linden reports that it remains unclear whether Sweden's prime minister really wowed the crowd – or voters.
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Business & Money: 5 Jul 12
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg on Wednesday raised the 2012 growth forecast for the Swedish economy, but warned that growth in 2013 would be slower than expected due to the European debt crisis.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jul 12
As Almedalen, the Swedish political pow-wow held annually on the Baltic Island of Gotland, gets into full swing, correspondent David Lindén uses his first dispatch to explain what it is and how it came to be.
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Politics: 1 Jul 12
The Sweden Democrats are in focus Sunday as Sweden’s annual political week opened on Gotland, while the security police confirmed that Almedalen 2012 represents its largest operation to date.
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Business & Money: 25 Jun 12
Well-heeled buyers with 150 million kronor ($21.3 million) to spare can own an exclusive slice of real estate on the Baltic island of Gotland as Sweden's most expensive country estate was recently put up for sale.
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Science & Technology: 24 Jun 12
Swedish forecasters have issued a warning for heavy rains across much of central and southern Sweden which is set to soak the country over the next 24 hours.
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National: 19 Jun 12
Tuesday saw the conclusion in the appeals court of the trial against three men charged with aggravated crime against relics following the looting of Viking age coins and artefacts on the Baltic island of Gotland.
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Society: 10 Jun 12
A 25-year-old man jumped from a ferry departing Visby on Gotland on Saturday to swim back into harbour, explaining that he had changed his mind about his trip.
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Society: 6 Jun 12
Swedes celebrated National Day on Wednesday with events across the country, and in Stockholm at least the weather offered a sunny break from the recent rains.
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National: 4 May 12
A Swedish court sentenced a man to six months in prison on Thursday after for using a samurai sword to try and intimidate a friend into giving him two cats.
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Science & Technology: 26 Apr 12
The Stockholm county health authority has been forced to send out an apology to 2,056 men in the capital and on the Baltic island of Gotland after erroneously calling them in for a gynaecological scan.
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Science & Technology: 11 Apr 12
A bronze, Viking-era "piggy-bank" containing thousands silver coins dating from the 11th century has been unearthed on the Baltic island of Gotland in what Swedish archaeologists have described as a "fantastic" treasure find.
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Science & Technology: 6 Apr 12
Motorists are being advised to take extra care on the roads this Good Friday, as a mixture of snow and rain in southern and central Sweden prompts meteorological agency SMHI to issue a freeze warning.
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National: 5 Apr 12
A cat-sitter in Sweden was recently arrested by police after threatening the owner with a samurai sword when he wanted to retrieve his pets.
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Sport: 4 Apr 12
An American woman basketball player was convicted of assault by a Swedish court on Wednesday for pushing and kicking man on the Baltic island of Gotland in February.
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Society: 1 Apr 12
Pensioners forced back to work for dancing jive, a little known Swedish musician signing up to Bruce Springsteen's E Street band, and The Local's own youth follicle directive were among the April Fool's hoaxes on Sunday.
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Society: 1 Apr 12
A letter sent with a transatlantic liner some 76 years ago was finally delivered to its destination in Visby in Sweden this week and the search has begun to find the intended recipient.
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Study in Sweden: 16 Mar 12
Traditional student societies are at the heart of the social lives of Sweden’s oldest universities. And these time-honoured institutions are the perfect places for overseas students to find their feet.
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Society: 26 Feb 12
Swedish actor, writer and director Erland Josephson has died, his family told national radio station Sveriges Radio on Sunday.
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Sport: 25 Feb 12
Two American women basketball players have been remanded in custody by a Swedish court on suspicions of assaulting a man on the streets of Visby on the Baltic island of Gotland last weekend.
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Science & Technology: 3 Feb 12
The extreme weather of the last few days is continuing to cause trouble all across Sweden with traffic accidents, heavy snowfall and the coldest temperatures of the year measured countrywide.
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Science & Technology: 2 Feb 12
Snow and temperatures well below freezing are expected to hit Sweden over the next few days with forecasters warning of a “snow cannon” ready to fire over the country.
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National: 4 Jan 12
Swedish authorities have closed off bridges and cancelled rail traffic in southern and western parts of the country after forecasters issued warnings about a new storm heading in over the already wind-whipped country.
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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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Society: 23 Dec 11
A 46-year-old Swede who sawed down several pine trees in a drunken rampage, leaving their distraught owner in need of therapy, has been convicted by a court on the Baltic island of Gotland.
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National: 10 Dec 11
A man in southern Sweden who scammed the Swedish social insurance agency for almost 14 million kronor ($2 million) has been sentenced to four years in prison.
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Science & Technology: 28 Nov 11
The storm that battered Scandinavia over the past few days has lulled, but forecasters warn that new fronts of strong winds are predicted to hit the region mid-week.
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Lifestyle: 18 Oct 11
While perhaps best known as the home of Absolut vodka, Sweden also boasts a growing selection of wineries, food blogger Maia Brindley Nilsson discovers.
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Science & Technology: 20 Aug 11
A fast-moving storm swept into Stockholm’s achipelago, rousing severe problems for recreational sailing Friday night. Gale force winds are expected to persist.
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Society: 18 Aug 11
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria on Thursday expressed her gratitude to those who wished her well following news of her pregnancy, while newspapers across Sweden pondered the significance of the impending royal birth.
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Society: 17 Aug 11
House hunters with a penchant for the macabre may be interested in a new listing on the Baltic island of Gotland, which includes a bony medieval tenant at no extra charge.
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National: 13 Aug 11
Many are now reporting maltreatment of elderly to Sweden's health and welfare watchdog, and cases are increasing in several parts of the country, according to a report in Swedish media.
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National: 1 Aug 11
A Swedish tanker fell victim to a pirate attack off the coast of Benin in west Africa, raising once again the question of whether Swedish ships should be able to arm themselves in the battle against pirates.
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Business & Money: 22 Jul 11
One in three Swedes will use apps in their mobile phones this summer, but the favourites differ depending on where you are in the country, according to a new survey mapping out Sweden’s top app choices.
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Science & Technology: 22 Jul 11
Swedish skies were lit up by close to 40,000 lightning strikes and parts of the country suffered major power outages when a massive thunderstorm traveled across the country between Thursday and Friday.
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Society: 15 Jul 11
What experts believe to be the world’s oldest shipwreck has been found in the waters between the Baltic islands of Gotland and Öland off the east coast of Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 4 Jul 11
Sweden’s annual political week, the “Almedalen Week” (Almedalsveckan), started on Sunday and will go on for eight days on the Baltic Island of Gotland. Contributor Oliver Gee talks to representatives from the two largest political parties; the Social Democrats and the Moderates, to find out more.
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Politics: 4 Jul 11
The American civil rights activist Jesse Jackson arrived on the Baltic island of Gotland on Sunday, to take part in the annual “political” week in the Almedalen park, in Visby.
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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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Politics: 3 Jul 11
Swedish politicians, journalists and lobbyists have gathered on Gotland to partake in Almedalsveckan, an annual political event that is set to cost Swedish authorities 5.2 million kronor ($829,000) according to a Swedish newspaper.
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Society: 25 Jun 11
Midsummer came and went amid the usual flurry of accidents and drunkenness, but with few serious incidents for police to deal with around the country.
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Politics: 22 Jun 11
Swedes find foreign minister Carl Bildt to be the funniest politician and minister for enterprise and energy Maud Olofsson to be the most boring, according to a survey carried out by TV channel Comedy Central.
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Science & Technology: 18 Jun 11
Bring both rain boots and summer sandals to next Friday's Midsummer's Eve party, says weather experts. Current weather forecasts show that most revelers in Sweden can count on both sunshine and showers making an appearance.
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Travel: 10 Jun 11
Ancient walled cities, storm-tossed islands and a dose of Bergmanesque atmospherics. The islands of Gotland and Öland make for a spectacular summer visit.
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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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Society: 7 Jun 11
The number of people applying to be Swedish citizens is expected to rise in 2011, according to forecasts from the Swedish Migration Board.
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Society: 2 Jun 11
Stockholm and the Sweden's west coast are the two most popular destinations for Swedish tourists this summer, according to a new survey.
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National: 31 May 11
Tuesday saw the conclusion of a groundbreaking trial against five men charged with aggravated crime against relics following the looting of Viking age coins and artefacts on the Baltic island of Gotland.
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Society: 22 May 11
Ambulance and emergency response provider SOS Alarm is being pushed to reach higher profits despite several cancelled contracts and increasing dissatisfaction with the company.
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National: 16 May 11
A cruise liner carrying some 2,000 crew and passengers spent much of Sunday adrift in the Baltic seas after a power outage, according to the Swedish sea rescue.
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Science & Technology: 4 May 11
Wednesday marked the first day in a groundbreaking trial against five men charged with stealing a wealth of Viking age relics on the Swedish island of Gotland.
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National: 1 May 11
Police in Uppsala responded to reports of rape, assault and drunken behaviour as they struggled to contain revellers during chaotic Walpurgis Night celebrations in the city on Saturday.
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National: 23 Apr 11
The step-father of the 23-year-old man who died after being denied an ambulance is reporting the management of SOS Alarm to the police.
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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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Politics: 1 Apr 11
Sweden's Riksdag on Friday voted overwhelmingly in favour of Sweden sending JAS Gripen fighter aircraft to Libya to monitor a UN-backed no-fly zone.
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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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National: 21 Mar 11
A 28-year-old Swedish woman has been reported missing during a trip to Sri Lanka, leaving only a Facebook message to say that she had been robbed and beaten.
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Science & Technology: 3 Mar 11
A dispute has broken out over whether or not the wreck of a suspected Soviet-era submarine found near the Baltic island of Gotland deserves further investigation.
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Science & Technology: 25 Feb 11
Following another extended stretch of sub-zero temperatures, ice coverage on the Baltic Sea is greater than it's been in nearly a quarter century, Sweden's meteorological agency reports.
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Education: 23 Feb 11
The island of Gotland in eastern Sweden is mulling investing in filters for school computers after a group of seven-year-olds were able to access pornographic material, prompting outrage from parents.
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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: 10 Feb 11
Winter has returned to central Sweden, with heavy snowfall of up to 20 centimetres expected on Thursday.
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Science & Technology: 11 Jan 11
Even though Sweden's unseasonably cold winter is far from over, some parts of the country are already reporting the first signs of spring.
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Society: 1 Jan 11
Drunkenness aplenty, but not much blood, was Gotland's police station's summary of the events of New Year's Eve, a summary that seems to apply for much of Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 31 Dec 10
2010, which has been one of the coldest years on record in Sweden, is to end as it started: with a heavy snowfall.
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National: 26 Dec 10
Swedish police officers have had a busy Christmas night, with plenty of drunkenness and assault reported throughout the country.
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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: 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: 19 Dec 10
Swedes were coping with yet another round of fierce winter weather on Sunday as a band of snow showers moved north across the country, sending cars off the roads and dumping up to 20 centimetres of fresh snow in its wake.
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