The following articles have been tagged with "Kungsholmen":
National: 4 Mar 13
A Stockholm coffee shop has banned children from its premises and sparked an uproar among the capital's caffeine-loving parents.
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Business & Money: 14 Jan 13
Would-be Stockholm residents now have longer to wait for an available apartment than ever before, with new statistics showing an average waiting time on the region's housing queue of eight years.
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Lifestyle: 10 Aug 12
Welshman Gareth Jones, co-owner of Stockholm-based British butchers and sausage-makers Taylors & Jones, speaks with The Local about language, "country-house culture" and doing your own thing in Sweden.
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National: 3 Aug 12
Several clashes between supporters of Stockholm football team AIK and Polish team Lech Poznan were reported on Thursday evening in the capital after the Swedish side beat the Poles 3-0.
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Science & Technology: 17 Jul 12
Swedish health officials have approved a request from Stockholm to launch a needle exchange programme for drug addicts in the Swedish capital.
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Lifestyle: 12 Jul 12
Frenchman Sébastien Boudet, a Stockholm-based pastry chef and baker, speaks with The Local about learning Swedish, breads, and being selected as a celebrity "Swede" radio host.
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Business & Money: 6 Jul 12
The man who stabbed a woman 20 times in a Stockholm youth hostel has blamed a blackout for the incident and has been held on remand on the suspicion of attempted murder.
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National: 2 Jul 12
A woman was stabbed more than twenty times early Monday morning while staying at a central Stockholm youth hostel, with police crediting another guest for saving the victim's life.
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Society: 28 Jun 12
After failing in their efforts to help locate a toddler's missing teddy bear, Swedish police officers on Wednesday offered the distraught little girl a new bear as a consolation gift.
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Society: 25 Jun 12
Police in Stockholm are taking up the case of a young girl who lost her teddy bear by posting a “missing teddy” picture on the official Facebook site of the Södermalm police, prompting some to question police priorities.
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National: 4 Jun 12
A man who fell asleep on a Stockholm park bench on early Saturday morning woke up as he was being raped by an unknown assailant.
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Society: 4 Mar 12
A Swedish estate agent has received a warning for the handling the sale of a room used for housing bikes, prams and rubbish after describing the property as a ‘studio flat’.
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National: 8 Dec 11
After police apprehended three men, following a car chase in Stockholm on Tuesday, officers discovered a large stash of explosives in their vehicle.
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National: 3 Dec 11
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf was aware of friend Anders Lettström's attempts to silence the scandals described in a tell-all book published last year, Lettström claimed in tape recordings released on Saturday.
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Lifestyle: 1 Dec 11
As the Christmas season approaches in Stockholm, it is very likely that festive food is uppermost in your mind. Luckily, contributor Gwen Ramsey has put together a list of great options for filling your holiday hamper.
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Business & Money: 29 Nov 11
A flat described as "Stockholm's smallest" is up for sale for 1.2 million kronor ($174,000) and despite its modest 12 square metre size, there is no shortage of interest.
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National: 19 Nov 11
On Saturday morning, smoke forced passengers to evacuate from a subway train in a tunnel near Fridhemsplan in central Stockholm. Police are still unsure what caused the smoke.
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Lifestyle: 4 Nov 11
As the daylight in Stockholm dwindles, finding a place to catch up with friends is all the more important for beating back the winter blues. Luckily, contributor Gwen Ramsey has put together a list of great options for your next fika.
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Lifestyle: 21 Oct 11
Looking for someplace new to grab a drink in Stockholm after a long day at the office? Contributor Gwen Ramsey has some suggestions that will help you get out of your After Work rut.
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National: 1 Oct 11
Two Swedish journalists are planning to go to jail of their own accord in a bid to draw attention to the plight of other writers in captivity.
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National: 28 Aug 11
Police are trying to establish the identity of the driver of a Russian diplomatic car who fled from the scene of a three car crash in Stockholm in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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Lifestyle: 8 Apr 11
Nearly 70 museums and cultural institutions across Stockholm will open their doors to the public for free on Saturday in a bid to bring the city's cultural offerings to a wider audience, contributor Anita Badejo discovers.
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Lifestyle: 25 Mar 11
Like most capitals, Stockholm offers plenty of watering holes for the homesick expat looking for a “taste of home”, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Science & Technology: 21 Feb 11
People with a particular genotype associated with obesity may have three times higher a risk of developing dementia than those who do not, according to a study by Stockholm's Karolinska Institute.
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Business & Money: 10 Feb 11
Sweden does not generate enough rubbish and 600,000 tonnes of foreign refuse were imported in 2010 to meet demand from district heating plants.
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National: 5 Jan 11
A man was taken to hospital in Stockholm on Wednesday morning after being knocked unconscious by a falling icicle.
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Business & Money: 14 Dec 10
Prices for apartments in Sweden have climbed to their highest levels ever in the last quarter, a property agency has revealed.
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National: 28 Nov 10
A 17-year-old boy has been remanded into custody on suspicion of having shot to death a 22-year-old man in central Stockholm on Friday evening.
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National: 27 Nov 10
A person was shot dead in a car in central Stockholm on Friday night, killed by a man on the street who has now been arrested.
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National: 12 Aug 10
A TV producer has denied being the pilot of a helicopter used in a spectacular robbery at a Stockholm cash depot - telling the court he was high on drugs on the night in question.
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Lifestyle: 20 Jul 10
There is no need to leave the the big smoke to beat the heat -the city is teeming with hot places to take a cool dip. Emy Gelb has been checking them out.
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National: 19 Jun 10
Today's the day that Crown Princess Victoria will get her man of the people. We'll be following the whole thing live - with reporters around Stockholm providing the latest news, reactions and (hopefully) informed speculation from the Royal Wedding.
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Travel: 11 Jun 10
Sponsored article: The antiquity of Gamla Stan, the forests of Djurgården, the cliffs of Södermalm and of course the surrounding blue sea: all these elements combine to help make Stockholm one of the world’s most beautiful cities.
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Politics: 31 Mar 10
Stockholm city council has defended its policy of privatising municipal-owned housing, which has come under fire after a couple of recent apartment sales led to windfalls for their new tenant-owners.
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Business & Money: 18 Jan 10
The first private pharmacy since 1971 opened for business in Sweden on Sunday following an inauguration by Swedish Health and Social Affairs minister Göran Hägglund.
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Stockholm: 20 Oct 09
In our regular column answering readers' questions about Stockholm, Peter Vinthagen Simpson gives tips on where to find good Argentinian cuisine in Stockholm.
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Society: 12 Oct 09
The bodies of thousands of rabbits culled every year from Stockholm parks are being used to fuel a heating plant in central Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 23 Jul 09
What's on in Sweden: Stockholm Pride & Opera al fresco in Stockholm; eccentric variety show in Gothenburg; Möllevången music, theatre & arts festival in Malmö.
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National: 22 Jun 09
A 36-year-old man suspected of murdering a woman on Kungsholmen in Stockholm at the weekend was on furlough from a lengthy prison sentence at the time of the killing.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 Mar 09
There's no better place in Stockholm to savour croissants and cappucino than Petite France, an award-winning cafe and bakery located on the ground floor of Sweden's most Utopian apartment block, writes Jeanne Rudbeck.
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Lifestyle: 5 Feb 09
What's on in Sweden: African cinema festival and Cullberg ballet in Stockholm; Eurovision and Bollywood in Gothenburg; Soundtrack of Our Lives in Malmö.
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Lifestyle: 17 Nov 08
Sweden is not a country renowned for its beers. But when Darren Packman has a nose around, he finds there's more to the country's brewers than meets the gut on a typical night out.
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Lifestyle: 25 Sep 08
What’s on: Vintage clothes fair, New Model Army & Aussie comedy in Stockholm; International book fair & Swedish-French dance in Gothenburg; The Lemonheads and funky swamp rock in Malmö.
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Society: 18 Aug 08
Stockholm's population of wild rabbits has been curbed thanks to the city's Traffic Office. Around 4,000 rabbits have been shot by specially hired bunny busters.
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Lifestyle: 25 Jul 08
Stockholm will turn itself into Europe’s semi-official gay capital at the end of this month, as the Europride festival hits town. Visitors will find a city that does gay in its own, understated way, James Savage reports.
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National: 5 Jun 08
A fire erupted overnight at the Stockholm Courthouse (Rådhuset), although firefighters had managed to bring the blaze under control by early Thursday morning.
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Society: 31 May 08
Six hours of pain or ten hours of laughter are on offer for Stockholmers on Saturday as two very different marathons compete for an audience.
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Education: 24 May 08
Elite high school classes in social and natural science subjects are to be introduced in Sweden, the government has decided.
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Travel: 12 May 08
With summer in the air and the holiday season approaching, Ulrika Österlund pulls on her sunglasses and takes a look at ten of Sweden's best beaches.
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National: 9 May 08
A 68-year-old woman who had eleven swans living in her tiny Stockholm apartment has been found guilty of cruelty to animals.
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National: 6 May 08
Three teenagers convicted of killing 16-year-old Riccardo Campogiani in Stockholm last autumn have had their sentences reduced by the Court of Appeal.
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National: 15 Apr 08
A 16-year-old boy stunned the Stockholm Court of Appeals on Tuesday when he confessed to lying to police and in court about what he saw of the fatal beating of 16-year-old Riccardo Campogiani last October.
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National: 7 Mar 08
Two people have been arrested in the theft of a painting by August Strindberg, which was recovered Thursday night.
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National: 3 Mar 08
The trial of those accused in the death of 16-year-old Riccardo Campogiani will be open to the public.
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Society: 24 Feb 08
A 7-year-old British boy had been found alive and well in central Stockholm after having run away from his mum at Arlanda Airport.
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Lifestyle: 5 Feb 08
Charlotte West has had a snoop around the new Clarion Hotel Sign, which opens its doors to the public this week.
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National: 14 Jan 08
Two teenagers found guilty of involvement in the death of 16-year-old Riccardo Campogiani were released from custody on Monday after facing new charges of assault and illegal threats.
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National: 14 Jan 08
Two teenagers found guilty last week of involvement in the death of 16-year-old Riccardo Campogiani will be back in Stockholm District Court on Monday, to face new charges of assault and illegal threats.
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National: 12 Jan 08
Two teenage boys involved in the events that led to the death of 16-year-old Riccardo Campogiani have been taken back in to custody following a fresh assault.
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National: 7 Jan 08
Defence lawyer Björn Sandin comments after three teenagers are convicted of the manslaughter of 16-year-old Riccardo Campogiani.
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National: 26 Dec 07
King Carl XVI Gustaf's traditional Christmas radio broadcast dwelled on the positive expressing hope for a better world.
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National: 17 Dec 07
The boys responsible for the death of Riccardo Campogiani should face the maximum punishment possible for juvenile offenders, the public prosecutor has argued.
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National: 7 Dec 07
Friday saw the beginning of a court case for a murder that shocked Sweden.
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National: 30 Nov 07
Four 16-year-old boys have been charged with murder over the beating of Riccardo Campogiani in Stockholm in October.
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Politics: 15 Nov 07
A 42-year-old postal worker has been taken into custody after revealing plans to assassinate the Swedish Prime Minister's wife, Filippa Reinfeldt.
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Lifestyle: 2 Nov 07
Kathleen Harman was hoping that Fair Erotica would be a bit more, well, erotic. She decides in the end that the kind of sausages she wants can be better supplied at a new shop on Stockholm's Kungsholmen
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National: 12 Oct 07
Thousands of people gathered at Kungsträdgården in Stockholm on Friday afternoon to demonstrate against violence on the streets of the city.
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National: 12 Oct 07
The family of one of the boys suspected of killing a 16-year-old boy outside a party venue in Stockholm last Friday has been forced into hiding after receiving threats.
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National: 11 Oct 07
Major demonstrations are set to by held in Sweden's three largest cities on Friday in response to a brutal assault in Stockholm last weekend that resulted in the death of a 16-year-old boy.
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National: 9 Oct 07
Three of the five 16-year-old boys arrested in connection with the killing of a teenager in Stockholm on Friday evening were remanded in custody by a court on Tuesday. A fourth boy was released by judges.
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National: 8 Oct 07
The public prosecutor has called for five 16-year-old boys to be remanded in custody after a boy of the same age was beaten to death in Stockholm at the weekend.
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National: 7 Oct 07
A teenage boy assaulted by a gang of youths outside a nightclub in central Stockholm on Friday evening died in hospital on Sunday, police have said. Crown Princess Victoria, who knows the boy's father, says young people should 'realise the consequences of violence.'
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Society: 7 Oct 07
A teenage boy seriously assaulted by a gang of youths outside a nightclub in central Stockholm on Friday evening remained in a critical condition on Sunday.
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Business & Money: 9 Jul 07
Construction company Peab has received an order to build a new shopping centre and offices in Kungsholmen, west Stockholm. The deal is worth 500 million kronor.
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Lifestyle: 28 Jun 07
Plans to build a striking new bathing house and hotel on Lake Mälaren in the middle of Stockholm are stirring up emotions in the city. For some, the proposal is a welcome injection of modern architecture; others say it will be a blot on the city's historic landscape. Kathleen Harman reports.
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Science & Technology: 31 May 07
Seventeen Swedish beaches have been given the thumbs down by the European Commission after failing water quality tests.
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Society: 27 May 07
People with dark skin are routinely denied entry to bars and nightclubs in Stockholm, a police investigation has shown.
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Lifestyle: 11 May 07
Tipping Point: In The Local's new review series, Kathleen Harman finds respite from the ubiquitous Stockholm Tan and a large helping of bistro charm at the refreshingly unpretentious Mäster Anders.
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National: 15 Mar 07
Gotham City had Batman, Stockholm has Swan Woman. After six weeks of relative anonymity, the woman was spotted again yesterday placing a swan in an IKEA bag.
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National: 31 Jan 07
Police called to investigate a strange smell coming from a Stockholm apartment were amazed to find that 11 swans were being kept there. They are now hoping to speak to the apartment's owner.
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Politics: 13 Jan 07
People subletting apartments owned by Stockholm City authorities without permission could soon find themselves on the street, thanks to a new campaign by the politician in charge of the city's housing.
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Politics: 13 Jan 07
It was the apartment that caused her resignation as justice minister, after she bought it in contravention of government policy. But Laila Freivalds can comfort herself with a profit of 5 million kronor.
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National: 3 Jan 07
Laila Freivalds was forced to step down as justice minister in 2000 when her property dealings ran counter to government policy. Now its payback time.
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National: 27 Sep 06
A prisoner in a central Stockholm remand centre staged a textbook escape on Wednesday morning - using sheets tied together to lower himself down from his seventh-floor cell.
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Society: 14 Sep 06
The 40-year old axe-wielding man who stopped traffic for eight hours on Tuesday escaped from a psychiatric hospital on Wednesday after being left without supervision.
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Lifestyle: 25 Aug 06
There is more to Swedish beer than mass-produced lager. Eddie de Oliveira reports that a new wave of microbreweries are in danger of giving Swedish beer a good name.
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National: 6 Jun 06
See also: National Day - a big party for nothing in particular
Sweden's second National Day holiday - and the early summer sunshine - lured crowds out onto the streets of the country's cities on Tuesday, while police managed to keep rival extremist groups apart.
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National: 25 May 06
A seismologist has confirmed that rumbling heard overnight in Stockholm, which prompted hundreds of residents to call SOS Alarm fearing a mysterious explosion, was in fact an earthquake.
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National: 2 May 06
Two people were held overnight by police after a demonstration by the 'Reclaim the City' group descended into rioting in Stockholm on Sunday. In total, 140 people were arrested during the day.
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National: 22 Mar 06
Two top Swedish actors have reported each other for assault after a late night fight in a hotel room. Örjan Ramberg and Thomas Hanzon are both actors at Stockholm's Dramaten theatre.
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Society: 15 Nov 05
A restaurant-owner who threw out two lesbians who were kissing on his premises did not discriminate against them, a court has ruled. There is no proof that they were thrown out because of their orientation, it is decided.
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National: 29 Oct 05
A convicted murderer on weekend release from jail has been shot dead in central Stockholm in front of his wife and 11-year old son. He had been jailed 4 years ago for strangling a young athlete.
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Lifestyle: 1 Jul 05
Design is everywhere you look in Stockholm, and is in sharp focus this year, the Swedish year of design. But the Swedish love for all things neutral means it's still hard for designers to drum up interest for their more unusual creations.
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Society: 25 Apr 05
Two years ago a Stockholm restaurant owner threw out a lesbian couple for kissing and cuddling at a table. On Monday a court ruled that he had broken Sweden's ever-tightening discrimination laws and forced him to cough up compensation.
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National: 13 Jan 05
Good news for the 104,000 Stockholmers on waiting lists for a flat, as waiting times are slashed by a year - but bad news for those buying as the market may have peaked. At least most of us don't have to live in a car in the frozen north.
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Society: 9 Nov 04
Property market grumblemongers track down a scapegoat as board members of a housing charity are found living in the organisation's best apartments. And it's a gloomy prognosis for property prices.
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Smörgåsbord: 20 Oct 04
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Business & Money: 2 Jul 04
The last mention of Sweden's footballing odyssey, drunken sailors in the archipelago, and interesting ways of dealing with the jobless and nursery education. All the scraps from the media's table.
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Society: 28 May 04
Stockholmers are troubled by litter, graffiti, and arsenic, while Gothenburg council thinks it's found the roof of all evil.
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