The following articles have been tagged with "Katrineholm":
Society: 10 Jan 13
Reports of male rape are on the rise in Sweden, new figures show, yet sexual violence experts believe the figures represent only the tip of the iceberg as many men are too ashamed to report the assaults.
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National: 28 Dec 12
Local police remain stumped after 69 cows disappeared without a trace from a farm in eastern Sweden - on the exact day they were due to be slaughtered.
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Society: 7 Nov 12
It is becoming more common for relatives of deceased Swedes to want to be present at the cremation of their loved ones, but many are unaware that they have the right due to a lack of information.
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Business & Money: 7 Nov 12
Swedish telecom giant Ericsson announced on Wednesday that it would be cutting 1,550 jobs nationwide over a range of sectors, in an effort to reduce costs.
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Politics: 22 Apr 12
The Swedish Migration Board is having trouble convincing Sweden’s municipalities to receive sufficient numbers of unaccompanied refugee children. Migration minister Tobias Billström now wants to force municipalities to step up.
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National: 27 Feb 12
Many of Sweden's most dangerous convicts have access to illicit drugs, guns, and child pornography from inside the walls of psychiatric clinics where they are serving their sentences, newly released documents show.
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Science & Technology: 24 Feb 12
Isakin Jonsson, convicted of murdering and eating his girlfriend in 2011, is blogging from behind bars about his life, new love and the murder.
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Society: 30 Jan 12
After meeting at a high security ward “the Skara Cannibal” and the “Vampire Woman”, two infamous Swedish murderers, have found love and are hoping to get married.
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Business & Money: 24 Oct 11
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg, known for lecturing Swedes about the dangers of borrowing too much money, has a mortgage worth more than the value of his home, according to new investigation.
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Politics: 14 Oct 11
The Social Democrats' powerful executive committee will meet at 9am on Friday, for what has been described as "judgement day" for embattled leader Håkan Juholt.
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Politics: 11 Oct 11
Embattled Social Democrat leader Håkan Juholt remained defiant on Tuesday amid calls for him to step down, and conflicting reports over when he was made aware that he had spent years pocketing reimbursements he wasn't entitled to.
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National: 23 May 11
A Swedish appeals court has confirmed the 18 year prison sentence served to a man in Katrineholm in eastern Sweden for the murder of his adoptive daughter in a so-called honour killing in November 2010.
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National: 18 May 11
A branch of Handelsbanken in Flen in eastern Sweden was robbed on Wednesday morning by masked men armed with machine guns. Police later issued a nationwide-alert in hopes of catching the perpetrators.
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Politics: 25 Mar 11
Sweden’s finance minister Anders Borg has admitted to deriving little enjoyment from his work and says he is looking forward to becoming a “normal person” with a “normal job” after the next general election.
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National: 21 Mar 11
A man in Katrineholm in eastern Sweden has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after being found guilty of murdering his daughter in a so-called honour killing.
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Politics: 13 Feb 11
A replacement municipal councillor for the Sweden Democrats in eastern Sweden may be expelled from the party after writing in an online forum that he is against "race mixing" and that Europeans have children with "niggers, Asians, etc."
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National: 23 Dec 10
Train traffic on southbound lines out of Stockholm came to a complete halt on Thursday afternoon, while many roads were impassable.
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National: 30 Nov 10
Train service in eastern Sweden's Östergötland came to a grinding halt on Tuesday due to downed electrical wires in two separate places between Nörrköping and Mjölby.
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Society: 17 Nov 10
A man suspected of killing his 21-year-old daughter in Katrineholm in central Sweden on Tuesday admitted to murdering her in what his lawyer described as a possible honour killing.
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Society: 23 Sep 10
Rooney Mara, the actress cast to play the role of Lisbeth Salander in the US remake of Stieg Larsson's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, has been injured in Stockholm, forcing a delay in filming.
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Society: 15 Sep 10
Several locations in Sweden are bracing for a Hollywood invasion this autumn, with filming of the English-language version of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" set to start within weeks.
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National: 18 Aug 10
Sten Erik Eriksson, a 79-year-old sex offender and dangerous convicted paedophile who escaped while on a leave of absence on Tuesday, was detained by police shortly before midnight while on a train to Oslo.
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Science & Technology: 5 Jul 10
Municipalities, public authorities and companies who use blogs, Facebook, and other social media tools have a responsibility for personal data published on the sites, a new report from the Data Inspection Board has concluded.
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Society: 11 Jun 09
Thirteen Swedish municipalities have been chosen to participate in the first phase of a plan to reward newly arrived immigrants who perform well in state-funded language classes.
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National: 26 Mar 09
Discoveries by Swedish consumers of pieces of glass in packages of frozen chicken continued on Wednesday, despite a recall thousands of packages of chicken in recent days.
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Society: 18 Jun 08
An elderly woman was left on the toilet for 10 hours on Saturday after her carers forgot about her.
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National: 1 Apr 08
Carbonated tap water, a sell-off at liquor store monopoly Systembolaget, and a massive zoo exhibit for earthworms are just a few of the April Fool’s Day highlights from today’s Swedish newspapers.
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Lifestyle: 12 Apr 07
The world in Sweden series:The cost to Sweden of receiving asylum seekers – many of them Iraqis – is set to rise to more than 12 billion kronor by 2010. But far from being a drain on resources, many Iraqis are bringing money - and jobs - to Sweden, as Rami Abdelrahman reports.
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National: 12 Mar 07
A 72-year-old man has died after falling through the ice in a lake while fishing. The man's friend is also thought to have fallen through the ice, and has not yet been found.
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Politics: 2 Feb 07
Anders Borg has come in for criticism for requesting the government plane to land at the airport nearest his home. "Common practice," says his press secretary.
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National: 1 Nov 06
Wintery conditions have paralysed the rail network in central Sweden, with 1,300 passengers left stranded overnight on trains. 45,000 households are without electricity.
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National: 30 Oct 06
A helicopter with one person on board has crashed in Bie, a village outside Katrineholm in central Sweden, killing one person.
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Politics: 13 Sep 06
Respected by some as a skilled statesman and criticised by others as a power-loving politician, Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson, who has been in power for a decade, is an innately political animal.
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National: 23 Aug 06
A tornado at a caravan park near Stockholm turns trailers onto their roofs and causes damage to trees and tents.
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National: 7 Apr 06
A 26 year old woman who escaped from Karsudden secure hospital a few days ago, prompting a national alert, returned voluntarily on Friday. Her two year old daughter was with her.
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Smörgåsbord: 7 Apr 06
Police are hunting a woman who has escaped from a secure hospital near Katrineholm. The 26 year old, who murdered her grandmother, fled with her two year old daughter.
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National: 5 Sep 05
Passengers get stuck near Katrineholm on an overnight train from Oslo to Stockholm after its brakes fail. Theories that it could be sabotage remain unconfirmed.
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Politics: 4 Sep 05
Almost 7,500 Social Democrats are to receive a telephone call from Prime Minister Göran Persson. His recorded voice will urge them to vote in the forthcoming Swedish Church election.
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Politics: 5 Aug 05
While the grotty weather ruins many Swedes' last holiday week, Prime Minister Göran Persson is criticised for taking too much time off over the summer. Two months without him leaves the party invisible, says a leading Social Democrat.
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Politics: 1 Apr 05
An Olympic gold medallist stripped of his title, a statue of the prime minister at the expense of a new ice arena and a government proposal to move Christmas to mid-February. Yes, it was April Fools' Day.
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National: 9 Jul 04
Mijail Mijailovic is judged by the appeal court to be "seriously disturbed" and will be held in a secure psychiatric hospital instead of prison.
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