The following articles have been tagged with "Nordic":
National: 19 Jun 13
The Swedish government announced on Tuesday that it would be selling off up to 5.7 percent of its stake in Nordic banking giant Nordea, reducing its holding to 7.8 percent.
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Politics: 13 Jun 13
The UN has asked Sweden to contribute peace-keeping troops to the Israeli-Syrian border region the Golan Heights, as tensions in the region mount.
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Science & Technology: 12 Jun 13
Facebook officially opened its new mammoth server hall in far northern Sweden on Wednesday, with representatives downplaying concerns stemming from the NSA spying scandal, proclaiming the facility would operate under Swedish law.
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Analysis & Opinion: 11 Jun 13
As Sweden wrestles with a growing gap between low and high earners, liberal commentator Nima Sanandaji looks at which societal problems may be behind Sweden's rising income inequality and why the situation is unlikely to change.
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Society: 6 Jun 13
Sweden's Princess Madeleine and her fiancé Chris O'Neill are struggling to win over the public on the eve of their wedding on Saturday.
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Society: 3 Jun 13
Swedish National Day celebrations play an increasingly important role for integrating immigrants, experts have claimed, with many freshly minted Swedish citizens attending locally organized citizenship ceremonies on June 6th.
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Politics: 31 May 13
With Sweden's main political parties in agreement that developments in Russia are going in the wrong direction, a key defence policy advisory committee has proposed Sweden seek closer cooperation with Nato.
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Lifestyle: 29 May 13
With Swedish people ranked on Tuesday as the second happiest in the world, The Local took to the streets of Stockholm and asked Swedes just what exactly was making them so happy.
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Business & Money: 29 May 13
Swedish blue-collar trade unions have said it is time for Sweden to revise its labour migration policies, and reintroduce employers' commitment to prove how foreign workers fill gaps in the Swedish market.
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Business & Money: 20 May 13
A Stockholm hospital saved from closure by private health care providers has been hailed by the Economist as one of modern's Sweden public-private success stories.
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Lifestyle: 18 May 13
The 2013 Eurovision Song Contest Final is live in Malmö, southern Sweden. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding Europe's biggest pop music spectacle.
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Sport: 18 May 13
Sweden will be playing for gold in the ice hockey World Championships after dispatching longstanding rivals and co-hosts Finland with a 3-0 win on Saturday.
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Education: 9 May 13
Sweden's university education system was rated as the second best in the world and the best overall in Europe, according to a report published on Wednesday.
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Society: 7 May 13
Best-selling Swedish book The 100-year-old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared will be made into a Disney movie by the end of the year.
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Science & Technology: 30 Apr 13
Health authorities say as many as 12 additional cases of hepatitis discovered in Sweden can likely be traced back to the same virus strain that epidemiologists have linked to frozen berries first discovered in Denmark.
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Analysis & Opinion: 30 Apr 13
With three years in Sweden under her belt, US-native and parent Rebecca Ahlfeldt debates the pros and cons of taking Swedish citizenship.
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National: 29 Apr 13
Children born in Sweden to foreign-born parents should automatically become Swedish citizens if one of the parents has lived in the country for at least five years, according to the findings of a government inquiry.
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Business & Money: 24 Apr 13
Nordea, the Nordic banking giant partially owned by the Swedish state, posted a two-percent increase on quarterly profit on Wednesday, with net profits of over 9 billion kronor ($1.36 billion) exceeding analysts' expectations.
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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: 19 Apr 13
Stockholm Arlanda Airport has fallen nine places to 60th in a global ranking of major airports, over 40 places behind Helsinki-Vantaa - the leading airport in the Nordic region.
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Lifestyle: 19 Apr 13
Hosting the Eurovision Song Contest finals is bringing a cash windfall for Malmö, not least for some locals who are renting out their apartments to devoted music fans, The Local's Patrick Reilly discovers.
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Lifestyle: 16 Apr 13
Love-hungry American men will date a bevy of Swedish women in a new programme to hit Sweden's TV screens on Tuesday night. The Local finds out more about their search for love across the Atlantic.
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Education: 10 Apr 13
The education levels of Sweden's teenagers have dropped sharply over the past decade, according to a Unicef study into children's well-being across the industrialized world.
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National: 8 Apr 13
Facebook users in Sweden have been hit with fees for sending emails to people who are not on their friends list, leaving some users unimpressed.
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National: 4 Apr 13
Sweden should let more foreign offenders serve their prison sentences in their home countries, with a government appointed inquiry stating it would be the humane thing to do.
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Business & Money: 3 Apr 13
Outraged Norwegian pensioners living in Sweden have reported the head of the Swedish Tax Agency to the police after being asked to repay four years' worth of taxes, claiming the agency gave them bad information.
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Business & Money: 2 Apr 13
A looming construction workers' strike that threatened to shut down work on dozens of major infrastructure projects across Sweden was narrowly averted on Monday night after unions agreed to a last-minute deal.
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Science & Technology: 1 Apr 13
Archaeologists called to the depths of the Citybanan tunnel project in Stockholm were stunned to find what they believe to be Mjölnir, the hammer of Norse lightning god Thor.
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Society: 1 Apr 13
An Abba reunion concert scheduled at an Uppsala airfield, Malmö neighbourhoods to be renamed after Eurovision stars and lasagnes found in horse feed were among Sweden's April Fools' Day hoax stories on Monday.
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Society: 31 Mar 13
Jonas Jonasson, a former media mogul who sold up to go and live in peace on a remote island, has made a splash in international literary circles with his novel about a 100-year-old man who escapes from a home for the elderly.
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Business & Money: 24 Mar 13
Microsoft Sweden, American Express and McDonald's are among the best workplaces in Sweden, according to a new survey by an international consultancy group.
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Business & Money: 24 Mar 13
Stockholm has been named among the top ten richest regions in the European Union according to a new study published on Sunday.
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Politics: 18 Mar 13
The Sweden Democrats on Monday announced they were kicking twelve members out of the party, including a prominent Gothenburg politician with strong ties to Sweden's neo-Nazi movement.
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Science & Technology: 16 Mar 13
A healthy Nordic diet helps to reduce cardiovascular disease and the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a study initiated by the Nordic Council of Ministers.
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Education: 14 Mar 13
With more students worldwide choosing to learn Swedish, The Local catches up with Marina Astashevskaya - a Swedish teacher in Russia - whose classes help bridge the gap between love-refugees and their families in Russia.
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Travel: 14 Mar 13
Wood-fired meals, new-Nordic cuisine, and classic seafood are on the menus at the Swedish restaurants that have received stars from the prestigious European guide.
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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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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Mar 13
Sweden is home to a vibrant community of file-sharing activists, but it is also at the forefront of a global recovery in music sales driven by streaming music services such as Spotify, AFP's Sören Billing reports.
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National: 8 Mar 13
Birgitta Ohlsson made waves when she was appointed European Affairs Minister while pregnant, but she still wonders why Sweden lags behind its neighbours in having a woman head the government, the AFP's Camille Bas-Wohlert discovers.
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Travel: 7 Mar 13
Sweden still scrapes into the top ten of countries with a competitive tourism industry, but has slipped down four spots in the ranking, according to a report by the World Economic Forum released on Thursday.
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Business & Money: 1 Mar 13
Sweden's economy grew by 1.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to the same period a year earlier, surprising analysts who had flagged for a possible recession.
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Business & Money: 21 Feb 13
Swedes may again be facing additional years at work, with the official pension age hitting 69, if a government review expected in the spring goes from words to actions.
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Lifestyle: 19 Feb 13
An opera singer diva, a celebrity florist, and a "folklore" crime novelist from Sweden are set to swarm Washington, DC as part of 2013 Nordic Cool, a festival highlighting artistic accomplishments from Sweden and its neighbours.
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Lifestyle: 15 Feb 13
With the snow in northern Sweden "deep enough to drown in", ex-Londoner Paul Connolly explains the trials and tribulations that come with a new snowmobile.
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National: 14 Feb 13
Horsemeat that made it into the production chain of ready-made meals contains potentially-harmful medication, it was revealed on Wednesday night as European agricultural ministers met in Brussels over the widening scandal.
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National: 13 Feb 13
Sweden’s foreign minister chose to begin his annual foreign policy speech with a focus on Nordic and Baltic cooperation, calling for a new “Hanseatic age of prosperity” and underlining joint military tasks.
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Business & Money: 13 Feb 13
Officials plan to investigate why and how 9,000 horses disappear from Sweden each year, with experts suspecting they may be illegally sold to continental food factories.
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National: 13 Feb 13
Sweden's foreign policy is being debated in the Riksdag on Wednesday. Follow The Local's live blog for the latest updates and reactions.
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Education: 12 Feb 13
An estimated 18,000 students worldwide are taking university lessons in Swedish in the hope of broadening their job horizons to include the Nordic nation.
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Business & Money: 11 Feb 13
Swedish investment company Hakon Invest announced on Monday that it would buy the remaining 60 percent stake of supermarket chain Ica for 20 billion kronor ($3.1 billion) from Dutch retailer Royal Ahold.
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Science & Technology: 10 Feb 13
Sweden's National Food Agency is considering reporting the food giant to the police over the horse meat lasagne scandal.
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Business & Money: 8 Feb 13
Sweden has the biggest black market in the Nordic region, according to a new study, which also found workers in France are more honest than their Swedish counterparts in reporting their income to tax authorities.
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Lifestyle: 8 Feb 13
Nordic Noir has grabbed the attention of readers across the world, but in an effort to take readers beyond the page-turning thrillers, The Local has compiled a selection of Swedish literature classics available in English.
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Lifestyle: 1 Feb 13
Three Swedish indie filmmakers, who unearthed an old Nordic folklore creature to spin an Evil Dead-inspired tale of gore and desperation, have secured Swedish distribution after successes in the US. The Local's Ann Törnkvist meets Tommy Wiklund and Sonny Laguna.
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National: 1 Feb 13
TeliaSonera CEO Lars Nyberg announced on Friday he was stepping down from the Nordic telecom firm, which remains under fire over allegations of bribery stemming from its business dealings in Uzbekistan.
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Business & Money: 1 Feb 13
A law firm hired by TeliaSonera to investigate bribery allegations stemming from the Nordic telecom firm's business deals in Uzbekistan has found there is no evidence to support the claims.
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Politics: 31 Jan 13
Following better-than-expected results from several Swedish banks, leading politicians had mixed reactions about the enormous pay-outs awaiting shareholders.
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Business & Money: 30 Jan 13
Nordea, the Nordic banking giant partially owned by the Swedish state, saw a 19 percent hike in annual profits last year, thanks to cutbacks and an influx of new customers, CEO Christian Clausen said on Wednesday.
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Travel: 29 Jan 13
With Sweden hunkering down for another stretch of winter weather, The Local offfers a run down of Swedish ski areas, where new snow brings fists raised in glee, rather than anger.
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Analysis & Opinion: 28 Jan 13
In our series profiling careers of foreigners who've moved to Sweden, The Local catches up with Australian Mel Todaro whose wanderlust saw him end up in Sweden and settle down at a job with Universal Pictures in Stockholm.
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Science & Technology: 24 Jan 13
The International Energy Agency has proposed that the Nordic countries add more than 13,000 new wind turbines in order to achieve ambitious emissions-reduction schemes in the next three decades.
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Science & Technology: 23 Jan 13
Meteorologists are warning that next month in Sweden will be even colder than January, with temperatures set to plummet across the entire Nordic region.
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National: 22 Jan 13
The Stockholm District Court on Tuesday ordered an unprecedented 1.8 billion kronor ($277 million) asset freeze for the Uzbekistan-based partner of Nordic telecom firm TeliaSonera as part of an ongoing bribery investigation.
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Society: 18 Jan 13
Streaming services such as Spotify continue to bump up revenues for Swedish record companies, new industry figures reveal, offering hope for an industry struggling to recover from rampant file sharing.
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National: 14 Jan 13
Nato Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen visited Sweden's annual defence conference in on Monday, calling for increased cooperation, but warning that there is no guarantee that Nato would come to Sweden's aid if the country were attacked.
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Business & Money: 9 Jan 13
TeliaSonera will not order senior managers accused of corruption stemming from the Nordic telecom giant's dealings in Uzbekistan to take time off, despite calls by a Swedish minister who called recent revelations "very serious".
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Science & Technology: 4 Jan 13
A Swedish engineer credited with developing modern mobile telephony standards is among the recipients of the prestigious Draper Prize, awarded annually for engineering achievements that have had a positive impact on society.
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Science & Technology: 2 Jan 13
A Swedish study published on Tuesday suggests that women using antidepressants while pregnant are at no higher risk of stillbirth and death in newborns.
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Society: 30 Dec 12
A Stockholm nursing home has been accused of severe neglect after a 95-year-old resident was rushed to hospital with a maggot-infested wound.
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Business & Money: 27 Dec 12
Many thousands of Swedes flock across the sound to Denmark for work every day, but now Copenhagen is trying to tailor the country's labour market 'flexicurity' to a new reality of sluggish growth and rising unemployment.
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Travel: 13 Dec 12
A construction crew bundled up in heavy parkas is bustling around an Arctic building site on the banks of the Torne river in northern Sweden as the 23rd Jukkasjärvi Ice Hotel is erected one oversized ice cube at a time.
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Business & Money: 12 Dec 12
Nordic telecom firm TeliaSonera confirmed on Wednesday that two senior staff members are under criminal investigation for bribery following September’s revelations of the details surrounding its licensing deal in Uzbekistan.
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Education: 27 Nov 12
Sweden failed to make an appearance in a list of the top 20 countries worldwide ranked by education quality, a review which coincided with the Finance Minister claiming that Swedish kids need to study more.
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Business & Money: 27 Nov 12
Sweden’s Finance Minister Anders Borg told Swedish banks on Tuesday that they will face tougher regulations year-by-year for the foreseeable future, as he addressed the Nordic Bank Summit in Stockholm.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Nov 12
Sweden had long pimped the notion of criminalizing buyers of sexual services prior to 1999 legislation which was first laughed off, but has since become a hot political export, The Local's Christine Demsteader discovers.
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Science & Technology: 13 Nov 12
Businesses in Sweden and the Nordic region are behind the curve when it comes to adapting to the explosion of smart mobile devices, a top Swedish executive at Google said in Stockholm on Tuesday.
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Travel: 9 Nov 12
Swedish tourism officials have launched a new initiative to help travellers and expats alike meet “real Swedes”, in what they are billing as an extension of their successful Curators of Sweden account on Twitter.
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Business & Money: 8 Nov 12
Swedish construction and engineering giant Skanska announced a drop in third-quarter profits of 23 percent, citing the uncertainty of the European economy.
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Travel: 5 Nov 12
The unusual mix of Swedish food, drink, and crime thrillers has thrown this Nordic nation into London's spotlight. Contributor Paul Hughes has gathered the ultimate to-do list for those wanting to catch Scandimania in the British capital.
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Politics: 5 Nov 12
Nordic telecom firm TeliaSonera has been hit with new revelations about another business deal with Uzbekistan, which came after a request from the daughter of the country’s president who “needed more money”.
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Politics: 31 Oct 12
Non-aligned Sweden has agreed to help monitor Nato airspace over Iceland in 2014 in what is seen as being a sensitive step for the non-Nato member.
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Business & Money: 31 Oct 12
A town in eastern Sweden has launched a creative approach to battling youth unemployment in the area by paying jobless young people to move to Norway.
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Business & Money: 24 Oct 12
Swedish bank Nordea announced a nearly 70 percent rise in third-quarter profits on Wednesday mainly thanks to higher lending and a tighter control on costs, but nevertheless failed to meet analysts' expectations.
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Lifestyle: 23 Oct 12
The Vikings didn't only bring tools, trade and violence to Britain over 1,000 years ago - they also brought language and The Local has collected the ten most common English words with "Swedish" roots.
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Business & Money: 15 Oct 12
Netflix launched its film streaming service in Sweden on Monday, offering a special deal to current Spotify subscribers in an otherwise low-key entry into the Nordic region for the US company.
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Business & Money: 11 Oct 12
Nordic telecom firm TeliaSonera has been hit with new revelations about suspicious business practices in Asia, this time stemming from a complex deal with a firm tied to the former ruling family in Nepal.
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Business & Money: 11 Oct 12
South Korean electronics giant Samsung will be the first to offer the Swedish music streaming service Spotify's catalogue on its smart TVs across Europe, the company said Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 10 Oct 12
TeliaSonera CEO Lars Nyberg will be leaving his post early in the wake of bribery scandals and the Nordic telecom firm's dealings with dictators. A search for his replacement is already underway.
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Education: 5 Oct 12
University hospital Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm scored best among Nordic centres of higher learning, in new rankings by British newspaper The Times
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Business & Money: 3 Oct 12
Volvo Buses is closing down its facility in Säffle in central Sweden and concentrate on production in Poland, the company announced on Wednesday, putting 400 jobs at risk.
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Lifestyle: 27 Sep 12
With the Göteborg Book Fair running from September 27-30, The Local offer up eight great reasons to head to Sweden's second largest city and sink your teeth into some Nordic novels.
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Business & Money: 26 Sep 12
Swedish prosecutors have launched a corruption investigation into the circumstamces surrounding how telecom operator TeliaSonera acquired licences in Uzbekistan, the company announced on Wednesday.
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National: 20 Sep 12
The CEO of telecom giant TeliaSonera, of which the Swedish state is the largest owner, said he was prepared to resign should new money laundering and bribery accusations related to the firm's contracts in Uzbekistan prove true.
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Lifestyle: 12 Sep 12
As the mercury begins to slide and Swedes revel in what may be the final balmy days of 2012, The Local catches up with American filmmaker Meng Johnson who recently released a film meant to portray all that is tantalizing about summer in Sweden.
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Business & Money: 31 Aug 12
Just two weeks after US company Netflix announced plans to expand to the Nordic countries, TV-hit maker HBO on Thursday revealed plans to launch an internet-streaming service in the region later this year.
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Study in Sweden: 10 Aug 12
With competition in the professional jobs market tighter than ever, gaining international experience as part of your degree can help give you that crucial extra edge. Linköping University is one Swedish institution proving popular with exchange students.
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National: 4 Aug 12
Glitter, carnival and beautiful costumes are set to flood the streets of Stockholm on Saturday, along with an important message, as the annual Pride parade kicks off with 45,000 participants.
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Business & Money: 3 Aug 12
Every year Swedes discard over a million tonnes of food, worth billions of kronor, according to a new report.
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Lifestyle: 31 Jul 12
As Scandinavia’s biggest Pride festival kicks off in Stockholm, contributor Salomon Rogberg takes a look at some of the highlights of the week-long celebration.
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National: 25 Jul 12
Swedish tourists on board a Mallorca-bound charter plane were shocked to see two German Luftwaffe fighter planes appear beside them, after the aircraft had temporarily lost radio contact with air traffic control.
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