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National: 11 May 13
A 17-year-old boy was seriously injured on Friday night after falling from a balcony on the fourth floor of a block of flats in Lund in southern Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 24 Apr 13
Breast cancer patients who drink two or more cups of coffee per day have a lower incidence of relapse than women who shy away the drink, a new study from Lund University in southern Sweden has shown.
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National: 22 Apr 13
The immigration-critical Sweden Democrats would nab 16 percent of the vote in regional elections in the south if residents were to cast their the ballots today.
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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: 5 Apr 13
Researchers have found that job applicants with Swedish sounding names are 50 percent more likely to be called back for an interview than people with Arabic names, based on a randomly generated experiment with CV and cover letters.
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Education: 18 Mar 13
Students in Sweden, especially foreign students, can be left struggling when looking for extra work to support their studies. For this week's JobTalk, we find out why it's a problem and how it can be tackled.
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Politics: 13 Mar 13
The government never explained that Swedish troops in Afghanistan had shifted to counter-insurgency warfare in 2010, a Swedish intelligence expert has claimed, arguing the Riksdag was misled when voting to extend the mission.
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Education: 4 Mar 13
Three Swedish universities have reputations among the top 100 in the world, but each institution has seen its position fall since last year according to a new Times Higher Education ranking published on Monday.
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Education: 10 Feb 13
Three percent of students at Stockholm's biggest high schools have had a relationship with a teacher and the teachers' ethical council says "you can't ban love".
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Politics: 20 Jan 13
The Centre Party fell to its lowest result since 1967 in a new voters' poll published on Sunday following weeks of turbulence surrounding the party's new programme.
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Analysis & Opinion: 14 Jan 13
The Local speaks with Lund University political scientist Mikael Sundström to find out what's behind the Centre Party's current struggles and what they mean for Swedish politics.
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Society: 6 Jan 13
A proposed new law could mean that Swedish courts will have to offer interpreters to anyone who requests one during a trial.
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Science & Technology: 8 Dec 12
Swedish scientists may have discovered a way of stopping dyskinesia, or involuntary movements, in mid-to-late stage Parkinson's disease.
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Science & Technology: 27 Nov 12
Men who drink a can of soda per day have a higher risk of developing aggressive types of prostate cancer, a new Swedish study has found.
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Society: 5 Nov 12
Somali immigrants in Sweden have had a harder time finding employment compared to Somalis in the United States and Canada, a new report has found.
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Politics: 4 Nov 12
The director and deputy director of Sweden's Counter-Terrorism Co-operative Council have left their positions after less than a year.
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National: 3 Nov 12
Researchers have launched a study to find out why the number of child-custody battles in Sweden has risen by 60 percent since 2006.
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Society: 30 Oct 12
More than twenty percent of Swedes spend over two hours in total on the daily commute, which experts have labelled a possible source of stress, according to a new survey.
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Science & Technology: 26 Oct 12
Swedish researchers from Lund University have discovered that the dung beetle uses balls of manure as portable air-conditioning units, a study revealed on Thursday.
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National: 18 Sep 12
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt’s government declaration on Tuesday focused on investment and unity, but barely touched on foreign policy and climate, according to one expert.
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Education: 7 Sep 12
Sweden should use some of its foreign aid budget to pay for scholarships that would cover tuition fees for students from developing countries who want to study at Swedish universities, a new report argues.
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Education: 31 Aug 12
With foreign student enrollment down after the introduction of tuition fees, Swedish universities are urging the government to provide more scholarships to help attract non-European students to Sweden.
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National: 29 Aug 12
New details have emerged about the types of harassment suffered by members of the Somali community in Forserum in south central Sweden, with integration minister Erik Ullenhag upbraiding local politicians for trying to belittle the problem.
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Science & Technology: 20 Aug 12
Internet abuse cases are steadily increasing in Sweden, according to fresh figures from Sweden's National Council on Crime Prevention, which shows a 16 percent rise in reports since last year.
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National: 4 Aug 12
Julian Assange is in a state of limbo because of the United States' secrecy over which charges it may pursue, said his defense lawyer on Friday.
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Business & Money: 13 Jul 12
The Swedish music industry has seen an increase in sales in the first half of 2012, with digital services like Spotify to thank for the boost, new figures show.
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Science & Technology: 27 Jun 12
Swedish scientists have come one step closer to finding a drug that will slow down symptoms in patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease.
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Education: 20 Jun 12
Ten students were suspended from Lund University in southern Sweden this week after getting caught cheating, as reports of academic dishonesty at the university continue to skyrocket.
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Lifestyle: 1 Jun 12
An aging WWII veteran who ditched his plane off the Swedish coast in 1943 has been able to share his harrowing tale thanks to an article on The Local about an airman who landed on a cow in a field in southern Sweden.
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National: 30 May 12
The lawyer for the women who accused Julian Assange of sex crimes welcomed Wednesday's ruling which paves the way for the WikiLeaks founder's extradition, while a legal expert explained there is a chance the case against Assange may not proceed to trial in Sweden.
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Education: 23 May 12
Enrollment of non-European students in Swedish universities declined drastically following the introduction of tuition fees last year, with engineering students from Asia being among those most affected by the change, a new report has found.
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Science & Technology: 19 May 12
File sharing is still going strong in Sweden as a new study reveals that levels have barely been affected by the new, harsh laws.
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Education: 3 May 12
A professor at Lund University has been reported to the Disciplinary Board after she graded her son’s exam paper and gave him a pass, one month after she was caught doing it the first time.
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Science & Technology: 1 May 12
Swedes have become more inclined to surf the internet anonymously, in order to protect themselves from online surveillance, a new study shows.
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Analysis & Opinion: 19 Apr 12
Art installation or not, politicians have no business taking part in minstrel shows, argues Carmen Price, an American freelance writer based in Stockholm, in reaction to the 'racist' cake controversy involving Swedish minister of culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth.
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Society: 19 Apr 12
A Brussels-based anti-racism group has condemned Swedish culture minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth for cutting a "racist" cake at a Stockholm art museum, demanding the government issue a formal public apology.
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National: 12 Mar 12
In the Malmö district of Rosengård over 70 percent of children are living in relative poverty, according to fresh figures from Statistics Sweden, which measures the growing economic divides across the country.
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National: 27 Jan 12
Malmö street artist Dan Park was handed a fine and a suspended sentence after being convicted on Thursday of defamation and racial agitation in connection with posters he made after students staged a "slave auction" at Lund University.
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Education: 19 Jan 12
The number of foreign students applying to masters programmes at Swedish universities is on the rise, according to preliminary figures, following last year's precipitous drop in foreign applicants.
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Society: 13 Jan 12
The recent uncovering of centuries-old documents has revealed that Swedish ships were used in the Mediterranean slave trade. Up to three quarters of the cargo carried was women who researchers have suggested were sold as sex slaves.
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Society: 31 Dec 11
A woman was hit by a car at a crosswalk in southern Sweden around lunchtime on Friday, moments after miraculously pushing her two children out of harm's way.
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Business & Money: 30 Dec 11
Up to half a million Swedes who have illegally downloaded as few as ten movies could be be charged with crimes punishable by time in prison, according to precedents set by prosecutors in recent filesharing cases.
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Science & Technology: 21 Nov 11
Despite tens of thousands of patients coming down with diseases caused by medications they're taking, awareness of the problem remains low at Sweden's emergency hospitals, according to a recent report.
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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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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Nov 11
The dropping of a hate speech case against students who staged a "slave auction" at Lund University clears the way for racists and contravenes Swedish human rights commitments, representatives from anti-racism groups argue.
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National: 28 Oct 11
A ”slave auction” held by a Lund student group in April was a ”costume party” meaning no charges will be filed against the organizers. However, charges have been filed against an artist who drew up demeaning posters of the person who reported the incident.
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Science & Technology: 27 Oct 11
Two Swedish linguists at Uppsala University have deciphered a handwritten manuscript dating from the mid-18th century, written by a secret society known as “the Occultists”, obsessed with eye surgery and spying on the Freemasons.
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National: 13 Oct 11
Reverend Jesse Jackson called for global unity in a speech in Lund on Wednesday night, telling students “it is in your interest to fight for multiculturalism,” in a visit prompted by the slave auction controversy in April.
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Education: 11 Oct 11
Despite major investments in foreign student recruitment, Lund University has attracted barely half of the tuition-paying students it hoped would enroll.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Sep 11
On the tenth anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks, The Local reaches out to a few Swedes and Americans for their thoughts about the attacks and their impact.
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Society: 8 Sep 11
One person is suspected of hate speech in connection with a party at Lund University in April featuring the sale of "slaves" complete with blackened faces and ropes around their necks.
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National: 6 Sep 11
Half of Sweden's courtroom interpreters are so poor that they represent a threat to the functioning of the country's legal system, researchers have warned.
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Lifestyle: 26 Aug 11
With the autumn term in full-swing and students primed to take a break from the books, The Local's Karen Holst takes a look at how 'nations' shape Sweden's college social scene.
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Education: 4 Aug 11
With record-high enrollment at many Swedish universities this year, the lack of student housing is greater than ever as students look for a place to live at the start of the fall 2011 term.
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National: 18 Jul 11
The Swedish Armed Forces draw benefit from the relatively low political interest in the war in Afghanistan and their information campaigns are focused on keeping it that way, an intelligence analysis professor has claimed.
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Science & Technology: 4 Jul 11
Sigmund Freud's theory that people can intentionally learn to forget certain memories is proven accurate more than 100 years later, after researchers from a Swedish university make headway in the study of the mind.
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Science & Technology: 7 Jun 11
A team of researchers at Lund University in southern Sweden have managed to develop nerve cells from human skin cells without using stem cells - a development described as an ethical and medical breakthrough.
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Science & Technology: 26 May 11
Health authorities in southern Sweden are launching a public awareness campaign to encourage couples to have children sooner to combat the trend of women having their first child at an increasingly older age.
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Science & Technology: 26 May 11
Three Swedish birds have set a new record in long distance flying after travelling 6000 kilometres non-stop from Sweden to West Africa at an average speed of 70 kilometres per hour.
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National: 17 May 11
The pan-European network of NGOs and research institutes has called on the Swedish government to use the opportunity of a "slave auction" held in Lund in April to "address the specific needs of victims of racism and racial hatred".
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Science & Technology: 7 May 11
Suicidal patients may now be identifiable by a simple blood test, according to new research by a team in Lund University in southern Sweden.
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National: 7 May 11
In response to the recent ‘slave auction’ at a party at Lund University, top administration announced a new programme that will be initiated this fall to educate both students and staff about the university’s core values.
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National: 4 May 11
The American civil rights activist Jesse Jackson has reacted strongly against the ‘slave auction’ recently held at a Lund student party and the racial slurs against the person who reported the incident.
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Analysis & Opinion: 29 Apr 11
In the aftermath of the recent 'slave auction' stunt carried out by several students at Lund University, there has been too much protesting, and not enough listening, argues US graduate student Cate Bridenstine.
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Society: 29 Apr 11
The remains of three Maori aboriginals were returned Friday to officials from a New Zealand at a solemn ceremony in Lund, in the south of Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 29 Apr 11
Swedish scientists have developed new highly sensitive equipment that may have a huge impact on tracking the spread of HIV and detecting signs of bio terrorism and water contamination.
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National: 21 Apr 11
The man who reported two Lund University student groups over a party featuring guests dressed as "slaves" to be sold at auction has since been subjected to racial slurs at his workplace.
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National: 19 Apr 11
Two student associations at Lund University in southern Sweden have been reported for hate speech after a party featuring the sale of "slaves" complete with blackened faces and ropes around their necks.
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Science & Technology: 18 Apr 11
Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay has agreed to participate with researchers at Lund University in a major survey of the habits and norms of those using the popular website.
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Education: 1 Apr 11
The number of overseas students applying for international Masters degree programmes in Sweden has declined by 58 percent, since the government introduced fees for non-EU students last year, a new report shows.
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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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Science & Technology: 23 Mar 11
A trick of memory may be the reason people treat hunks and hotties better than their less comely counterparts, new Swedish research indicates.
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Education: 11 Mar 11
Stockholm's Karolinska Institute and Lund University are among six Swedish universities named in a world top 200 list published on Thursday.
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National: 28 Feb 11
The Islamic Center in Malmö, which houses one of the city's main mosques, is owned by a Libyan organisation founded by Muammar Qaddafi.
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Education: 18 Feb 11
Top foreign students are eschewing the opportunity to study at Swedish universities and colleges, deterred by the introduction of tuition and registration fees, as well as the lack of scholarships.
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Politics: 10 Feb 11
Almost 400 municipal councillors have vacated their posts since the September 2010 election, with the Sweden Democrats grossly overrepresented among the withdrawals.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Feb 11
As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange enters the next round of his legal battle stemming from sex crime allegations in Sweden, The Local’s Karen Holst takes a look at some of the conspiracy theories surrounding Assange and his secret-divulging website.
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Science & Technology: 4 Feb 11
A total of 100,000 Swedish women will be recruited over the next two to three years for a new national study of breast cancer led by a professor at Solna's Karolinska Institute.
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Science & Technology: 24 Jan 11
Eyewitnesses cannot always be trusted, a psychologist at the Lund University has revealed in a recent study.
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National: 19 Jan 11
A Swedish government employee allegedly knew ahead of time about last month's suicide bomb attack in Stockholm, but failed to inform Swedish security service Säpo, according to new media reports.
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Science & Technology: 19 Jan 11
A discovery by researchers at Lund University in southern Sweden on how Parkinson's disease spreads to the brain may lead to new treatments.
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Science & Technology: 6 Jan 11
After ten years of digging, the archaeologists of the Swedish Pompeii project are now homeward bound.
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Analysis & Opinion: 3 Jan 11
Five years after a Danish newspaper first published controversial cartoons of the Muslim prophet, targets in Scandinavia are increasingly in the crosshairs of would-be terrorist attackers, the AFP's Nina Larson explains.
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Science & Technology: 2 Dec 10
Women who sunbathe regularly live longer and enjoy health benefits which outweigh the risk of skin cancer, according to research presented at the Swedish Society of Medicine's conference in Gothenburg.
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Science & Technology: 1 Dec 10
Four experts on HIV and criminal law have called for an overhaul of the law against infectious diseases act on World AIDS Day, alleging that the duty of disclosure has resulted in a spike in new Swedish HIV cases.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Dec 10
Despite good intentions, the decision to introduce tuition fees for non-European students who enroll at Swedish universities may end up doing more harm than good, contributor Adam Mullett discovers.
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Education: 18 Aug 10
Three Swedish universities, Karolinska Institute (KI) and Uppsala and Stockholm Universities, made the top 100 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled annually by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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Education: 4 Aug 10
Lund University in southern Sweden has introduced a separate admissions process for foreign students after criticism that the current system discriminates against them despite many having top grades.
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Education: 19 Jul 10
Sweden’s new university admissions system discriminates against foreign students and breaks EU law, according to the country’s university regulator.
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Science & Technology: 24 May 10
Ethanol and biogas use in Sweden shows a large climate benefit, resulting in between 65 to 140 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than petrol and diesel, even when so-called direct and indirect soil effects are included, a new research study shows.
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National: 20 May 10
A decision by Crown Princess Victoria to be given away by her father at her wedding next month has caused dismay among Swedish church leaders, who view the practice as foreign and sexist.
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Science & Technology: 7 Apr 10
Swedish researchers have discovered a new way of establishing at an early stage which women run the risk of toxaemia during pregnancy.
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National: 1 Apr 10
A year after the adoption of Sweden's IPRED anti-piracy legislation, new figures show that file sharing is growing in popularity, internet traffic has rebounded strongly, and only a small handful of cases have been brought before the courts.
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National: 26 Mar 10
The humble tomato could be a weapon to deploy in the fight against cancer, a new study from Sweden's Lund University has shown.
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Education: 18 Mar 10
The Swedish government has announced that from August 1st it will no longer be permitted to favour prospective university students by virtue of their gender.
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Education: 1 Mar 10
Almost 300,000 students signed up for courses at Swedish universities in 2009 - the highest number ever, according to new statistics published on Monday.
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Education: 22 Feb 10
Lund University in southern Sweden has agreed to pay compensation to 24 women denied admission to the university's psychology programme because of their gender.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Feb 10
The wait for a rental apartment in Stockholm averages 104 weeks, according to a new report published this week. The Local has found that behind the heated dialogue there lie few easy solutions.
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National: 10 Feb 10
A woman has reported Lund University Hospital to the medical board after being subjected to a caesarian section without the benefit of an anaesthetic.
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Education: 29 Jan 10
A tighter control of plagiarism across the Swedish education system is thought to be working after the number of students suspended on grounds of cheating at colleges and universities fell by 15 percent last year.
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"Hej! How is your Swedish coming along? I have received many questions on the Facebook page and in my email lately and it seems like a good idea to post the answers here. Enjoy! Question 1 – “får inte” or “måste inte” Could you please clarify for me which is the most commonly used phrase in Swedish for..." READ »