February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Moscow":
National: 18 Jan 12
The Swedish foreign ministry announced on Wednesday that a new probe into the fate of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who vanished after being taken into custody by Soviet Union soldiers 67 years ago.
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National: 17 Jan 12
Sweden was aware that Soviet secret police were obstructing an investigation into the fate of Swedish Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg, researchers claim, citing a newly discovered document.
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Lifestyle: 12 Jan 12
An underground Swedish band with a suggestive name has launched a technological treasure hunt through which fans can discover their new song by finding computer memory sticks hidden in public places around the world.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jan 12
The Swedish government has announced that it will designate 2012 as the official "Raoul Wallenberg Year" and the honour is more than deserved, according to historian Susanne Berger.
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Business & Money: 20 Dec 11
A 35-year-old Swedish executive who worked for Ikea in Russia is under investigation for fraud and bribery in connection with the Swedish retail giant's operations in Moscow.
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Education: 20 Oct 11
Since Sweden introduced university tuition fees for people from non-EU countries, students' expectations have increased. But those studying at Stockholm University say they are getting good value for money.
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Politics: 3 Oct 11
Swedish think tank SIPRI has said in a new report that China's dependence on Russia for arms and energy imports has declined and Moscow's position when dealing with Beijing has weakened as a result.
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Sport: 2 Oct 11
Sven Tumba, one of Sweden's most famous ever sports stars, died in hospital in Stockholm on Saturday at the age of 80, following a long illness.
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Sport: 8 Sep 11
Grief stricken Swedish ice hockey players and fans expressed their sorrow over the death of national team goaltender Stefan Liv, who was killed in a plane crash in Russia that decimated the Lokomotiv ice hockey team.
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Sport: 7 Sep 11
Swedish national ice hockey team goalie Stefan Liv was among those killed in the crash of a Russian passenger plane that went down on Wednesday carrying members of the Lokomotiv ice hockey team.
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National: 2 Aug 11
A new book containing statements from a cellmate of missing Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg proves that Russian officials deliberately withheld information about the fate of the man credited with saving thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, researchers allege.
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Society: 14 Jun 11
Swedish heartthrob Joel Kinnaman has snagged yet another lead in an American feature film, according to Hollywood reports.
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National: 5 May 11
Foreigners with university degrees that accept an unskilled job when they arrive in Sweden often get stuck in it for several years, a new study shows. However, English-speakers are at somewhat of an advantage.
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Politics: 27 Apr 11
During a visit to Sweden on Wednesday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin blasted the gulf between words and practice in modern international relations, using an anecdote from his KGB past to denounce civilian deaths in Libya.
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Politics: 27 Apr 11
At a meeting in Stockholm with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that visa regulations would be eased while emphasising economic cooperation between the countries.
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National: 7 Mar 11
Swedish objections to a controversial Baltic Sea pipeline to carry natural gas from Russia to Germany fell on deaf ears in Russia, according to US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks.
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Business & Money: 21 Feb 11
English-speaking professionals in other European countries form a growing and valuable market. Reach:Europe, launched today by The Local, helps advertisers reach nearly 6 million of these high-earning consumers with one phone call.
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Politics: 17 Feb 11
Sweden's ambassador in Moscow expressed concerns in August 1991 of a "civil war" breaking out in the crumbling Soviet Union, according to diplomatic dispatches released by the Swedish foreign ministry on Thursday.
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National: 13 Feb 11
A Swedish military agency that is testing the bombs that were found after the terrorist attack in Stockholm estimates that the number of people who could have been killed would have been "well below 30" if they had successfully detonated.
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National: 8 Feb 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived at a UK court on Tuesday to continue his battle against extradition to Sweden on suspicion of rape and molestation, arguing that the claims of his accusers lack substance.
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Politics: 22 Dec 10
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt on Wednesday announced the closure of five embassies as a result of the recent cuts to the government's administrative budget.
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Business & Money: 21 Dec 10
Swedish telecom firm TeliaSonera confirmed on Tuesday that it has filed an appeal against a Russian court decision blocking the merger of its stakes in two mobile phone operators with Moscow-based Altimo.
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Business & Money: 20 Dec 10
Sweden's capital Stockholm is the 12th most expensive city in which to buy a home, according to a major international study.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Nov 10
On the eve of the US mid-term elections, libertarian Swedish commentator and author Fredrik Segerfeldt takes a look at the evolution of Swedes' attitudes toward the United States – with some help from one of Sweden’s most revered singer-songwriters.
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Politics: 21 Oct 10
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin both expressed satisfaction that common ground could be found after talks on the Swedish force in Afghanistan on Thursday.
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National: 11 Aug 10
Sweden's foreign ministry on Tuesday issued a warning to citizens to avoid travel to Moscow and regions in western Russia ravaged by wildfires and sweltering heat.
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National: 8 Jun 10
Next week, he will become a prince. But Daniel Westling already has aristocratic blood - and possibly even Russian blood - coursing through his veins, according to a new book.
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Society: 23 Apr 10
A pair of Swedish students are hoping their website launched to organize people left stranded by the Iceland volcano flight chaos will become a permanent fixture to help victims of natural disasters.
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National: 3 Apr 10
Two researchers have said there is strong evidence to suggest that Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was still alive after the date on which the Soviet Union claimed he had died of a heart attack.
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National: 2 Apr 10
Russian archivists have said that Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg may have been alive after July 17, 1947. Wallenberg is credited with rescuing thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.
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National: 29 Mar 10
Spyker adviser Vladimir Antonov has said Saab is planning to build a new plant in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, where it will produce 10,000 cars a year.
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Politics: 9 Mar 10
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev hit out at Sweden for providing a home for Chechen "bandits" as leading politicians from the two countries met at the Kremlin on Tuesday.
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Lifestyle: 9 Mar 10
A multimedia exhibition by Armenian artist Azat Sargsyan on the perception of reality presented by the mass media, marks the start of the spring season at Stockholm art gallery wip:sthlm.
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Politics: 3 Mar 10
A diplomatic thaw between Sweden and Russia appears to be imminent. On Tuesday Fredrik Reinfeldt and Carl Bildt will head to Moscow to meet prime minister Vladimir Putin and president Dmitrij Medvedev.
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National: 4 Feb 10
The Russian military is suspected of having dumped chemical weapons and radioactive waste off the Swedish island of Gotland in the beginning of the 1990s.
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Politics: 2 Feb 10
Sweden and Poland have joined forces in calling on the United States and Russia to sharply reduce their nuclear weapons arsenals in Europe.
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Lifestyle: 20 Jan 10
What’s on in Sweden: Hair raising opera in Stockholm, blowing bubbles in Gothenburg and a postcard from Scotland in Malmö.
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Sport: 28 Dec 09
Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg, who has twice helped his country capture Olympic gold, was among the 23 players provisionally named on Sunday to the squad heading to Vancouver to defend Sweden’s Olympic ice hockey title.
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National: 16 Dec 09
The mystery surrounding why exactly a Swedish diplomat was selling smuggled pantyhose in a Moscow kiosk grew on Tuesday as the Swedish foreign ministry alleged the Russian media portrayal of the incident was a deliberate smear attempt.
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National: 15 Dec 09
A Swedish diplomat has left his post in Moscow after police interrogated him about allegedly selling women's stockings smuggled from Belarus, according to Russian television.
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Sport: 22 Nov 09
Swedish swim queen Therese Alshammar missed out on World Cup success despite smashing her own world record in winning the 50 metres butterfly in Singapore on Sunday.
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Politics: 18 Nov 09
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt expressed concern on Wednesday over human rights deficiencies in Russia. Reinfeldt, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, was speaking at the end of an EU-Russia summit.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Nov 09
EU and Russian leaders will open summit talks in Sweden on Wednesday in an atmosphere clouded by uneasy relations between Moscow and Stockholm over human rights and last's year's war in Georgia.
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Business & Money: 6 Nov 09
Sweden’s decision to allow the Russian-led Nord Stream gas pipeline to pass through its territorial waters has prompted a scathing response from the political opposition.
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National: 5 Nov 09
The Swedish government on Thursday gave its permission for German firm Nord Stream AG to lay down pipelines for transporting natural gas from Russia to Germany through the Swedish economic zone of the Baltic Sea.
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Business & Money: 12 Oct 09
A Swedish company is aiming to help meet the world's growing grain needs by buying up vast swathes of highly arable "black earth" land in Russia.
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National: 18 Aug 09
The Russian navy has arrested eight men who allegedly hijacked the Maltese-registered freighter the Arctic Sea off the coast of Öland in Swedish waters in July, according to the Russian defence minister.
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Politics: 1 Jul 09
Sweden's fraught relationship with Moscow has come to the fore on the first day of the Swedish EU presidency as Russia objects to plans to hold a major summit in Stockholm.
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Society: 26 Jun 09
Sweden's King Karl XII and a Cossack commander are emerging as disputed figures in Ukraine-Russia relations some 300 years after Russia's comprehensive defeat of Sweden in the Battle of Poltava.
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Society: 17 May 09
Sweden and Malena Ernman could only manage a 21st place and 33 votes in Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest. Nordic neighbours Norway however had a perfect start to national day celebrations by claiming the title.
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Society: 16 May 09
At least for a day, Eurovision Song Contest fever is making bigger headlines than swine flu. Almost a third of Swedes will be glued to their televisions today to watch opera singer Malena Ernman in her bid to bring the country its fifth Eurovision victory.
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Society: 15 May 09
Swedish Eurovision fever spread across the continent on Thursday, as Abba enthusiasts gathered in London for a world record crooning of Waterloo and a second Swedish vocalist helped Azerbaijan advance to the 2009 Eurovision finals.
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Society: 13 May 09
Swedish opera star Malena Ernman took another step toward solidifying her pop-music credentials on Tuesday night by sailing through the first semifinal of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest.
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Society: 12 May 09
Malena Ernman is in Moscow preparing for her semi-final heat of the Eurovision Song Contest on Tuesday. Meanwhile Swedes are gearing up for the party, hopeful that the opera singer can bring home the glory.
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Business & Money: 27 Apr 09
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania agreed in Vilnius on Monday on a key undersea power link between Sweden and Lithuania that would connect the three Baltic states into the Scandinavian energy grid.
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Society: 20 Apr 09
Sweden's University College of Arts, Craft and Design has decided to have lawyers review projects prepared by final-year students for this year’s spring exhibition.
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Business & Money: 26 Mar 09
Sweden's clothing retail giant H&M has seen its profits plunge by 12.4 percent in the first quarter to 2.577 billion kronor ($321 million).
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Society: 16 Mar 09
The Russian embassy in Stockholm has launched a scathing critique of Sveriges Television (SVT) for what it sees as a “disgusting” portrayal of Russia during the weekend’s Melodifestivalen finals.
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Society: 14 Mar 09
Pop opera sensation Malena Ernman claimed the Melodifestivalen 2009 title on Saturday night in a nail biting finish.
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Society: 8 Mar 09
Sarah Dawn Finer, Carolina af Ugglas and Sofie Berntsson completed the line up for Sweden's Melodifestivalen by claimed the remaining places at the "Second Chance" heat in Norrköping on Saturday.
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Business & Money: 27 Feb 09
Sweden’s central bank announced on Friday it was entering into a “precautionary arrangement” with its Estonian counterpart should the Baltic country’s battered financial system need assistance.
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Society: 15 Feb 09
Idol favourite Måns Zelmerlöw and rockers H.E.A.T. won the second Melodifestivalen heat on Saturday evening.
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Society: 6 Feb 09
As Swedes struggle to make it through the final throes of a dark and dreary winter, millions are hoping to forget their troubles at the weekend with the start of this year’s installment of the Melodifestivalen, that shining spectacle of musical magic which inexplicably lifts the country’s forlorn spirits.
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Society: 6 Feb 09
Former Russian president and apparent avid Abba-fan Vladimir Putin paid £20,000 ($29,000) to fly an Abba cover band from the UK to Russia to perform a private concert for him.
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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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National: 31 Jan 09
Four people who forced an armless man from Ukraine to beg in the Stockholm metro were handed prison sentences on Friday.
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Politics: 30 Jan 09
Sweden doesn’t want to be rushed into approving a Russian-German natural gas pipeline project under the Baltic Sea before a careful review of environmental concerns, a minister said Friday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 30 Jan 09
In the first of a series highlighting different communities in Sweden, The Local’s David Landes takes a look at how the sprawling and complex history of Swedish-Russian relations affects life for Russians living in Sweden today.
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Sport: 26 Jan 09
Sweden claimed its ninth bandy world championship on Sunday, overpowering Russia 6-1 in a come from behind victory.
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Lifestyle: 31 Dec 08
As 2008 draws to a close, The Local takes a look back at some of the stories that caught our attention over the last twelve months.
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Society: 21 Nov 08
A Swedish mother is celebrating the remarkable birth of her new daughter, who was welcomed to the world high above Kazakhstan in the back of a Finnair jet.
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Politics: 10 Nov 08
Sweden joined Britain on Monday in urging the EU to resume stalled partnership talks with Russia, saying that any new talks could not be “business as usual” because of Russia's actions in Georgia.
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Society: 2 Oct 08
The Fugees star Pras Michel was detained and questioned at a Paris airport on Monday night while on his way to Sweden.
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Politics: 1 Oct 08
Comments comparing Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, and a decision to have dinner in Ukraine have put Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt on Russia's black-list.
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Lifestyle: 25 Sep 08
Get your Malmö club compass pointing in the right direction with night life orienteering experts Djungeltrumman.
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Politics: 1 Sep 08
Russia's recent foray into Georgia was meticulously planned, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said in an interview with a Swedish newspaper on Sunday. The president also blamed the West for not reacting sooner.
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Politics: 1 Sep 08
Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt wants eastern European states to hold a summit with the European Union to discuss the crisis in Georgia, according to an interview with a German newspaper.
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Politics: 27 Aug 08
Sweden’s Foreign Minister Carl Bildt planned to travel to Paris on Thursday for talks with his French and Czech counterparts about the conflict between Georgia and Russia.
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Politics: 19 Aug 08
Sweden said on Monday it was freezing its military ties with Moscow as a result of Russia's incursion into Georgia.
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Analysis & Opinion: 14 Aug 08
In a week when Russia went to war with Georgia, David Bartal reflects on a time when Sweden was more belligerent than benevolent.
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Politics: 12 Aug 08
Members of the Swedish-Georgian Society gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Stockholm to voice their anger at Moscow's handling of the conflict in the Caucasus.
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Politics: 12 Aug 08
Russia's military attacks on Georgia will damage both Moscow's and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's image abroad, according to Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt.
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Society: 4 Aug 08
The head of the institute that designates the Nobel literature prize has lamented the passing of the 1970 winner of the award, Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
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Sport: 28 Jul 08
Mikael Lundberg claimed victory at the Russian Open in Moscow for a second time, while Helen Alfredsson’s win at the Evian Masters in France (above) made her the event's first three-time winner.
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Politics: 21 Jun 08
Georgia held rare talks with representatives of its rebel Abkhazia region in Sweden last week, a senior Georgian official revealed on Saturday.
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National: 10 Jun 08
Sweden's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a Russian extradition request for a Chechen rebel, deeming that the crimes Moscow suspected him of could be considered acts of political resistance.
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Society: 25 May 08
Charlotte Perrelli finished a lowly 18th in Saturday's Eurovision song contest in Belgrade. Russia won for the first time.
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National: 19 May 08
The sound recorded in the waters of Hårsfjärden in 1982 has turned out not to be from a threatening Soviet submarine but rather from Amalia, a Swedish charter boat.
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Analysis & Opinion: 30 Apr 08
More than ninety years have passed since Vladimir Lenin stopped off in Stockholm to buy an overcoat shortly before returning to Russia to start a revolution. David Bartal met up with him for a chat.
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Lifestyle: 17 Apr 08
What's on this week in Sweden: Alcoholic drinks fair in Stockholm, Speedminton in Gothenburg, Angie Stone in Malmö.
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Apr 08
Foreign Minister Carl Bildt's recent visit to the Middle East marks a possible shift in Sweden’s traditionally cautious, “two-steps forward, one-step back” approach to Middle Eastern conflicts, writes Rami Abdelrahman.
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Politics: 28 Mar 08
The foreign ministers of Sweden, Portugal and Spain have joined Britain in opposing any boycott of the Beijing Olympics opening.
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Politics: 4 Mar 08
Sweden has recognized Kosovo's independence from Serbia, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
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Sport: 4 Feb 08
Susanna Kallur and Zlatan Ibrahimovic were a couple of bright flashes on a weekend filled with near misses for Sweden's stars of sport.
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Business & Money: 20 Dec 07
Bearing company SKF has announced that it is to build a factory in Russia in order to supply the country's growing railway market.
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Sport: 2 Dec 07
The Swedish national team now knows what it needs to do to advance beyond the group stages at next summer's European Championships.
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Society: 15 Oct 07
The 2007 Nobel Prize for Economics has gone to Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory".
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Sport: 24 Sep 07
Athletics: Wissman completes fantastic season. Football: Title race heats up. Tennis: Sweden suffers Davis Cup exit.
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Sport: 6 Aug 07
Golf: Per-Ulrik Johansson jubilant after Moscow victory. Football: Sven-Göran Eriksson's spending spree. Swimming: Swede clocks second fastest ever 100m freestyle time.
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Society: 30 May 07
A group of Swedish politicians have invited the Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov to this year's gay pride festival in Stockholm. Mayor Luzhkov banned a similar event in his own city on Sunday, referring to it as 'Satan's work'.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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