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May 28, 2012
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New Swedish union boss seeks welfare state boost
National: 26 May 12
Sweden's Trade Union Confederation on Saturday elected as its new president Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson, who proceeded to call for a restoration of the Swedish welfare model.
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Problem of profiting ex-politicos not simply money, money, money
Analysis & Opinion: 18 May 12
Abba's famous refrain fails to capture the true cause for concern when Swedish politicians leave government to fatten their wallets in the private sector, argues commentator and historian David Linden.
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Reinfeldt slammed for 'ethnic Swedes' comment
Politics: 15 May 12
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt is facing a storm of criticism from several quarters after using the term "ethnic Swedes" in response to a question about Sweden's high level of unemployment.
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Astra Zeneca slashes 400 more jobs in Sweden
Business & Money: 15 May 12
Another 400 jobs will be cut from Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical manufacturer Astra Zeneca, the company has announced, with the majority of the redundancies in Södertälje, south of Stockholm.
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Bildt: next French leader faces 'wake up' call
Politics: 6 May 12
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt called on the French presidential election front-runner Francois Hollande on Saturday to take account of European economic conditions if he wins the second round of voting.
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Sweden braces for asylum application spike
National: 4 May 12
Swedish migration authorities have ratcheted up their forecast for the number of asylum seekers and labour migrants who will arrive in Sweden during 2012.
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Left Party helped kids 'hit politicians in the face'
Politics: 4 May 12
Sweden's Left Party has come in for criticism for allowing young children to take whacks at the faces of centre-right government ministers at the party's recent May 1st festivities.
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Ikea also used Cuban prison labour: report
Business & Money: 3 May 12
As Swedish furniture retailer Ikea probes revelations about the use of East German prisoners labour, new allegations emerged Thursday indicating the home furnishings giant also used Cuban prisoners to build furniture in the 1980s.
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Swedish neo-Nazis turn out for May Day parade
Politics: 1 May 12
Several Swedish extreme-right groups have assembled to hold demonstrations on May 1st, traditionally the reserve of the labour movement, with police reporting disorder after clashes with extreme-left groups.
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Ikea rejects East German prison labour claims
National: 28 Apr 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has rejected claims in a new Swedish television documentary that there is evidence that East German political prisoners were used in its factories in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Stockholm in women's refuge guarantee
National: 28 Apr 12
Stockholm city council has announced that all women in need of a secure refuge will be guaranteed a place, as part of measures to increase the safety of women in the Swedish capital.
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Middle-aged Swedish women loving Löfven
Politics: 22 Apr 12
New Social Democratic head Stefan Löfven has attracted new voters to the party, in particular middle-class women aged 55 and up as the party's poll success continues.
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Silence is golden for Social Democrats' Löfven
Analysis & Opinion: 16 Apr 12
Stefan Löfven appears to have found a recipe for success as the head of Sweden's Social Democrats: keeping his mouth shut. But it remains to seen how long how long he can remain silent, argues historian and commentator David Linden.
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Couple sues Ikea to expose spying 'cover-up'
National: 12 Apr 12
A Swedish couple who believes Ikea spied on them and is outraged by the company's perceived stonewalling is suing the Swedish furniture giant in an effort to expose the truth.
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Government says yes to making subletting easier
Business & Money: 12 Apr 12
The Swedish government has proposed to loosen current restrictions facing flat owners who want to sublet their apartments in an effort to help ease the current housing crunch in large cities.
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Swedes face toilet paper shortage in wake of strike threat
Business & Money: 10 Apr 12
The threat of a toilet paper shortage looming large over Sweden on Wednesday after a labour union warned it would block deliveries from several Swedish toilet paper factories in a show of solidarity with another union group.
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Ilmar Reepalu: 'the Swedish Ken Livingstone'
Analysis & Opinion: 4 Apr 12
Embattled Malmö mayor Ilmar Reepalu's most recent "anti-Semitic" row is reminiscent of the troubles that plagued London's outspoken ex-mayor Ken Livingstone, argues historian and former Malmö resident David Linden.
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Foreign women opt to be 'own boss' in Sweden
Business & Money: 2 Apr 12
Increasing numbers of foreign-born women are taking the plunge into self-employment in Sweden in order to overcome the difficulties of finding a job, new statistic show.
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Studying 'unmanly': young Swedes
Education: 26 Mar 12
A new Swedish study shows that young male high school science students downplay their schoolwork in order to culture the social aspect of their future career through making friends and networking.
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Gaming industry booming in Sweden
Science & Technology: 25 Mar 12
Swedish gaming developers are experiencing a boom, as turnover for TV and computer games increased by at least 50 percent last year, according to industry spokespeople.
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Liberalisation fastest in Sweden: report
National: 24 Mar 12
Sweden has had a quicker liberalisation than any other advanced economy in the world, in terms of privatisation and deregulation, according to conservative American think tank The Heritage Foundation.
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Borg 'unhappy' over youth employment record
Politics: 17 Mar 12
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg forecast on Saturday that youth unemployment will be the major issue in the 2014 election, expressing dissatisfaction over how government labour market programmes are working.
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'Lower Sweden's youth wages': minister
Politics: 11 Mar 12
When education minister and Liberal Party leader Jan Björklund spoke at the party's congress in Västerås, he brought up youth unemployment as well as the hotly debated Saudi arms factory deal.
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Pregnant Swedes in labour gas ban outrage
National: 10 Mar 12
Use of laughing gas during labour may soon be a memory for women giving birth in Sweden. Gävleborg hospital is first to cut off the use of nitrous oxide as pain relief.
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Ikea unions form worldwide alliance to promote good standards
Business & Money: 8 Mar 12
Ikea affiliated trade unions across the world announced on Thursday the formation of a border-crossing alliance to promote employee welfare and success of the Swedish furniture giant.
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Ikea unions fight for global labour standards
Business & Money: 7 Mar 12
Union leaders from Swedish furniture retailing giant Ikea gathered in Istanbul on Tuesday in a bid to establish standardized labour practices in every Ikea store around the world.
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Swedish town welcomes back deported family
Society: 4 Mar 12
The Swedish town of Ånge in northern Sweden held a welcome home celebration on Saturday for the Danielian/Arustamjan family who have returned to Sweden almost three months after being deported to Armenia.
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Swede denied right to call himself ‘black work’
Society: 3 Mar 12
A man from Stockholm has been denied the right to adopt the word “Svartjobb” (literally: black work) as his name after tax authorities deemed it to have negative connotations and to be indicative of a poor work ethic.
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Why Sweden has had a good crisis
Analysis & Opinion: 2 Mar 12
Stockholm University professor Lars Calmfors explains why Sweden has so far escaped relatively unscathed from the financial crisis - and how the latest bout of uncertainty might affect the economy.
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'CEOs earn in a year what workers earn in a lifetime': union
Business & Money: 29 Feb 12
CEOs in Sweden earn on average in one year what manufacturing workers stand to earn in their entire lifetimes, according to a report from Sweden's main trade union group.
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Pass the 'mother cake': giving birth in Sweden
Lifestyle: 22 Feb 12
With Crown Princess Victoria's set to give birth any day now, contributor Patrick Reilly shares the linguistic perils that can accompany expat fathers' first trip to a Swedish maternity ward.
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'Inertia' of Swedish model bashed by firms
Business & Money: 19 Feb 12
Swedish companies want to reform the Swedish labour market in order to boost competitiveness, and hope to adopt the euro, according to their representatives.
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Riksdag 'burger bribe' reported to police
Business & Money: 15 Feb 12
Swedish hamburger chain Max has been reported to police on suspicions of trying to bribe members of parliament by sending them a gift card along with an invitation to come eat at the popular fast food restaurant.
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EU to probe Sweden's 'economic imbalance'
Business & Money: 14 Feb 12
Sweden is among twelve countries set to be discussed in a report from the EU commission, due to what the European Commission has identified as imbalances in the economy.
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Sweden to cut dropout rate by shortening school
Education: 10 Feb 12
The government is hoping to reduce the number of Swedish high school dropouts by offering a shorter course of study for students who "lack the prerequisites" to finish high school, angering opposition politicians.
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Agency to probe doc who broke baby’s neck
National: 10 Feb 12
A doctor in central Sweden who broke the neck of an infant during a 55 hour long delivery, is being investigated by the National Board of Health and Welfare.
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Social Democrats drop eurozone pact opposition
Politics: 26 Jan 12
The Social Democrats on Thursday dropped their longstanding opposition to Swedish participation in the eurozone pact on fiscal discipline, after reaching an agreement with the government of Fredrik Reinfeldt.
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Union boss tipped as new Social Democrat head
Politics: 26 Jan 12
Stefan Löfven, current chair of Sweden’s IF Metall trade union, is set to take over as interim head of the Social Democrats, according to Swedish media reports, which were subsequently confirmed by his mother.
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Who can work in Sweden?
Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
Not everyone can move to work in Sweden, but new labour migration laws have made it much easier to move to Sweden from outside the EU.
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Forced labour on the rise in Sweden: report
National: 15 Jan 12
Organized begging, forced labour and forced participation in thefts have bypassed human trafficking for sexual purposes, shows a recent report from the National Police Board.
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Tuition fees change Sweden's student population
Analysis & Opinion: 6 Jan 12
With tuition fees for non-EEA students in effect, the makeup of Sweden’s non-European student population is shifting and the pressure is on for universities to deliver services worth selling, argues contributor Sven Hultberg Carlsson.
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Juholt slammed for 'failing' Social Democrats
Politics: 2 Jan 12
Following continued bad results in polls for the Social Democrats, party member and former minister Ylva Johansson in her blog on Sunday criticized both the party and leader, Håkan Juholt, for the low confidence of voters.
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Agency slams immigrant language class failings
Education: 29 Dec 11
Many of Sweden's municipalities fail to place newly arrived immigrants in Swedish language classes within the time frames stipulated by law, a new investigation has found.
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Swedes' disdain for the euro hits new heights
Analysis & Opinion: 27 Dec 11
The debt crisis plaguing the eurozone has left Swedes loving their cherished krona more than ever, a sentiment shared by non-euro country Denmark as well, as both struggle to keep the euro's woes from hurting their own economies.
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Sweden needs 'tougher controls' on labour migration: OECD
Business & Money: 19 Dec 11
Sweden needs to implement tighter controls of new rules governing foreign labour migration, according to the OECD, which nevertheless concluded that the 2008 reforms have worked fairly well.
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Shock deportation leaves Swedish town reeling
Society: 14 Dec 11
A village in northern Sweden is in shock after all five members of a local family that had lived in the community for ten years were apprehended by police on Tuesday morning and deported to Armenia.
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Swedish prof 'insinuates' Israel tie to Breivik attack
National: 14 Dec 11
A Swedish academic has come under fire in Norway after writing an article suggesting that Israel played a part in the July 22nd massacre carried out by Anders Behring Breivik that claimed 77 lives.
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Why Sweden should stay out of the EU budget pact
Analysis & Opinion: 13 Dec 11
European leaders have failed to help solve the current debt crisis, and Sweden shouldn't think of signing on to a plan that amounts to an attempt to remake Europe into a super-bureaucratized dream, argues Swedish liberal commentator Johan Norberg.
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Saab to file for bankruptcy: report
National: 12 Dec 11
Beleaguered Swedish automaker Saab is expected to file for bankruptcy on Monday, according to reports in the Swedish media.
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After Facebook, Luleå sets sights on digital age
Business & Money: 28 Nov 11
The opening of a massive data centre by US social networking giant Facebook, officials hope will be just the start of a march into the digital age for the town of Luleå, perched in the Arctic far north of Sweden.
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Steep hike in immigrant unemployment
Politics: 26 Nov 11
More than one third of people registered as unemployed come from outside Sweden, according to a new unofficial report revealed by Dagens Nyheter.
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Swede lands job after media campaign
Business & Money: 23 Nov 11
Economist Michael Sundblad, who offered his first month's pay as a finder's fee to whomever got him hired, received a barrage of leads and got the confidence boost needed to nail his next interview.
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Migrant workers on the rise in Sweden
Politics: 23 Nov 11
The number of people coming to Sweden to work is rising at the same time as the number of refugees coming to the country is falling, according to new figures from Statistics Sweden.
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Northern Sweden hails Russian 'invasion'
National: 15 Nov 11
Local authorities in northern Sweden are overjoyed at the continued interest in the area, having received over 900 applications from enthusiastic Russian families keen to move to the region.
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More women than men stuck on temp contracts
Business & Money: 14 Nov 11
Young female professionals in Sweden find it harder to secure permanent contracts than their male counterparts, with almost 25 percent working under temporary contracts, according to a new report.
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Jobless Swede offers salary as finder's fee
Business & Money: 11 Nov 11
After being out of work for eleven months, economist Michael Sundblad from Lund, in southern Sweden, decided to try a new approach and is now offering his first month's pay in finder's fee to whomever gets him hired.
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GM halts sale of Saab to Chinese firms
Business & Money: 7 Nov 11
US automaker General Motors (GM) has put the brakes on the planned purchase of Sweden's Saab by two Chinese carmakers over concerns about technology licensing.
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'Sweden can't afford to lose clever immigrants'
Analysis & Opinion: 7 Nov 11
Sweden can't afford to keep discriminating against those living in the suburbs and thereby missing out on the payback of years of investment in education and skills, journalist Carlos Rojas argues.
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OECD: Sweden has poor eye on working conditions
Business & Money: 6 Nov 11
Sweden has poor control over people coming from outside the EU to work, specifically related to the pay and conditions they've been promised, according to findings by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Young Swedish workers abandon unions
Business & Money: 4 Nov 11
Only one in three young Swedes are union members, compared to 80 percent in the same age group only 15 years ago, according to a new report.
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Swedish rally driver in roadside birth pit stop
Society: 31 Oct 11
Swedish rally driver Per-Gunnar Andersson had to put his limits to the test in his private car this weekend, when his wife went into labour in the middle of the night.
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Sweden mistreats illegal berry pickers: report
Business & Money: 26 Oct 11
Berry pickers working in Sweden without a permit are being badly mistreated, according to a new report from the labour rights watchdog Swedwatch.
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Half of young Swedish mums want to be housewives: study
Society: 25 Oct 11
More than half of young Swedish mothers want to be housewives, according to a new survey, a finding that doesn't surprise some gender researchers.
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Asylum seekers used as car wash 'slaves'
National: 23 Oct 11
Asylum seekers and undocumented immigrants in Sweden are being treated like slaves and paid far less than the legal minimum wage at car washes around the country, according to the police.
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Sweden looks to tackle immigrant women jobs challenge
Business & Money: 17 Oct 11
The Swedish government on Monday announced a new inquiry aiming at finding ways to make it easier for immigrant women to enter the labour market.
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Police arrest 32 in 'human trafficking' raid
National: 14 Oct 11
Swedish police arrested 32 people in a raid on a food factory south of Stockholm on Thursday for violations of the Aliens Act.
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Eatery forced Chinese chef into 'slave labour'
Business & Money: 13 Oct 11
A Chinese chef who collapsed from exhaustion on the streets of Gothenburg after being forced to work under 'slave-like' conditions has received a large indemnity after a Swedish union intervened on his behalf.
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Bomb scare empties government offices
National: 13 Oct 11
Parts of Sweden's government offices at Rosenbad in Stockholm were evacuated on Thursday morning following the discovery of two suspicious packages, one of which was reportedly a gift from Uruguay's visiting president.
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Swedish study links names to criminality
Society: 12 Oct 11
Swedish men given names ending in y - such as Ronny or Conny - are more likely to fall into a life of crime than their peers, a new Swedish study has shown.
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Swedish work permit rules 'misused': minister
Politics: 10 Oct 11
A recent report that labour migrants are abusing Swedish rules in a bid to enter the EU has prompted migration minister Tobias Billström to call the practice "intolerable".
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First narcolepsy cases receive compensation
Science & Technology: 7 Oct 11
The first children in Sweden who fell ill with the sleeping disorder narcolepsy after being given the swine flu vaccination have been awarded 50,000 kronor ($7,340) in compensation.
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Two charged in Bulgarian berry picking scam
National: 23 Sep 11
Two Bulgarian men were charged with trafficking on Thursday after luring fellow countrymen to Sweden with false promises of berry picking work and comfortable lodgings.
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Swedish budget focuses on labour market
Business & Money: 20 Sep 11
Sweden's government has outlined a raft of labour market initiatives in the budget presented on Tuesday, while its forecast for GDP growth has been slashed to 1.3 percent in 2012, warning that the reality could be worse.
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Asylum agreement to reunite thousands
National: 18 Sep 11
Thousands of Somali families could be reunited next year in Sweden following the first step forward in the government’s common migration policy.
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Long-term unemployed tapped for Swedish cultural preservation bid
Business & Money: 13 Sep 11
The government has proposed utlising thousands of Swedes with diminished work capacity due to illness or disability in a new effort to help preserve Sweden's cultural heritage.
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Unions file bankruptcy petition against Saab
Business & Money: 12 Sep 11
Two Swedish labour unions have filed a request to force troubled automaker Saab into bankruptcy, the Unionen labour group said in a statement on Monday.
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Öland 'part of the mainland': EU
National: 11 Sep 11
The Baltic island of Öland isn't an island after all, ruled the European Union, thereby depriving Öland of subsidies granted to other islands. The reason for this surprising ruling: the Öland Bridge.
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Wrong to sack cop for lewd blog posts: court
Society: 7 Sep 11
A Swedish police officer who blogged about how he and a colleague secretly dabbed the tips of their sex organs against parts of a car driven by female cops should not have been fired, a Swedish court ruled on Wednesday.
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Union slammed for 'Nobel-like' birthday party
Business & Money: 5 Sep 11
A Swedish labour union has come in for criticism after spending 4 million kronor ($622,000) on a lavish 75th anniversary party held in the same room where Nobel Prize winners dine each December.
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Ikea used East German prison labour: report
Business & Money: 2 Sep 11
Swedish furniture giant Ikea used East German political prisoners in the 1970s and 1980s to help build sofas at a factory that sat adjacent to a prison, according to German media reports.
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Juvenile offenders work off their foul play
National: 2 Sep 11
Sweden’s juvenile offenders are increasingly sentenced to community service rather than juvenile detention or paying fines, according to an assessment by the National Council.
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'Stockholm needs more housing - not fewer students'
Analysis & Opinion: 25 Aug 11
Sweden's housing minister is wrong to single out students as the solution to help alleviate pressure in Stockholm's housing market, argue Young Moderates Veronica de Jonge and Edvin Alam.
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New fees prompt fears of cuts at Swedish universities
Analysis & Opinion: 22 Aug 11
Despite scholarships designed to attract foreign students following the introduction of tuition fees, some Swedish universities may be forced to cut course offerings in the face of declining foreign student enrollment, The Local's Clara Guibourg discovers.
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Ex-minister pens his way to holiday travel fame
Society: 16 Aug 11
The name of Sweden's disgraced former labour minister, Sven-Otto Littorin, is back in the spotlight after Littorin won a travel agency's essay contest with his poetic description of a “dream holiday” to the Middle East.
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Fewer foreign berry pickers in Sweden
National: 13 Aug 11
This year has seen a significant drop in the number of berry pickers coming to Sweden from countries outside the EU, since requirements and regulations have been sharpened for companies employing foreign berry pickers.
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Stockholm stock market recovers lost ground
Business & Money: 5 Aug 11
The Stockholm stock exchange dropped by 4 percent at the opening of trading on Friday morning, but had recouped the losses by the afternoon amid mounting fears about the the global economy.
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Union backs conductor who kicked girl off train
National: 4 Aug 11
A union has leapt to the defence of the train conductor who was suspended after throwing an 11-year-old girl off a train on Wednesday because the girl didn't have a ticket.
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Foreign students easy prey for Stockholm rental scams
Analysis & Opinion: 3 Aug 11
With no end in sight to the shortage of student housing in Stockholm, foreign students should be on the lookout for scam artists hoping to capitalise on their desperation, contributor Anita Badejo discovers.
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Young Social Democrats honour Norway victims
Politics: 3 Aug 11
The youth wing of the Swedish Social Democrats opened their congress on Tuesday with heartfelt tributes to the victims of the attack on their sister organisation in Norway last month.
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No news from Saab as worker discontent mounts
Business & Money: 1 Aug 11
Five days after Saab employees learned they wouldn't receive their salaries for July, the troubled Swedish automaker has yet to update workers about the situation as union members take steps to force the company into bankruptcy.
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Social Democrats to hold youth congress
Politics: 28 Jul 11
Sweden's young Social Democrats (SSU) plan to go ahead with the congress in August despite the deadly attacks against its Norwegian sister party's youth camp, SSU's head said Wednesday.
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'Multiculturalism not to blame': Jimmie Åkesson
Politics: 27 Jul 11
The head of the Sweden Democrats, who earlier condemned the attacks in Norway, on Wednesday rejected the comments of a local politician that they were a result of multiculturalism.
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Norway terror suspect member of Nazi web forum: advocacy group
National: 23 Jul 11
The suspect in the twin attacks that killed at least 92 people in Norway was a member of a Swedish neo-Nazi Internet forum, a group monitoring far-right activity said Saturday.
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Teaching vacancies jump in Sweden
Education: 14 Jul 11
The number of advertised vacancies for teaching jobs in Sweden has leapt 25 percent over the past year, new figures show, with unions arguing that low salaries are to blame.
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Why coming to work in Sweden has never been easier
Society: 13 Jul 11
Whether you’re an architect, a cook or a nurse, there could well be a job in Sweden for you. If you want to come and work in Sweden, here is a guide to what to do.
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Swedish language skills no prerequisite for a job
Analysis & Opinion: 13 Jul 11
While Swedish classes for immigrants are all well and good, the best way to acquire Swedish fluency and boost integration is to encourage immigrants to enter the labour market as soon as possible, argues linguist Sandra Ljung.
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Swedes to print South African cash
Business & Money: 11 Jul 11
The banknote printing company Crane & Co's Stockholm-based mill has been contracted to print 8 billion kronor ($1.25 billion) worth of bills for South Africa's Reserve Bank to replace a prior faulty batch.
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Sweden Democrats suffer drop in support
Politics: 10 Jul 11
The Sweden Democrats have lost one in three voters over the past month according to the latest opinion survey.
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Juholt promises 21 concrete points of reform
Politics: 8 Jul 11
Social Democratic leader Håkan Juholt is promising that his speech in Almedalen on Friday evening will unveil no fewer than 21 concrete points on labour and employment reforms.
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Liberals in favour of more immigration
Politics: 6 Jul 11
If you have a Master's degree you should be welcome to Sweden to apply for work, without already having secured employment, suggest the Liberals in a bid to attract "hard-working and well-educated" people to Sweden.
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