March 22, 2010
The following articles have been tagged with "Ombudsman":
Analysis & Opinion: 18 Mar 10
Recognizing frustration among a heavily taxed electorate, the Swedish Taxpayers Association has joined hands with the free-market think tank Timbro to appoint a special ombudsman to which citizens can report wasteful government spending.
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National: 12 Mar 10
The Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsman has ruled that there is no case to answer for the police officers who interrupted a wedding to arrest a 24-year-old groom at Malmö city hall, using pepper spray on him in the process.
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Society: 3 Mar 10
Sweden’s National Public Employment Agency (Arbetsförmedlingen) has decided not to appeal its fine for discriminating against a Muslim man who had his benefits withdrawn after refusing to shake the hand of a female CEO.
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Society: 2 Mar 10
The discrimination ombudsman (DO) has asked Stockholm local transport authority, SL, to adequately compensate a gay man after a bus driver ordered him to leave the bus.
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National: 24 Feb 10
Police were called to a Stockholm bus terminal on Tuesday night as tempers flared among the 1,000 hard-hit travellers trying to get home as transport problems continued to afflict many areas of Sweden.
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Society: 23 Feb 10
The Court of Appeal has ordered Elite Hotels to pay compensation to six men after finding that they were denied entry to a Stockholm nightclub due to their ethnicity.
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National: 23 Feb 10
Hard-hit commuters can expect more of the same on Tuesday with snow causing delays, cancellations and limited services across the country.
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National: 14 Feb 10
Highly placed leaders of the Moderate Party (Moderaterna) have known for weeks that electoral fraud was being committed within the local organization in Stockholm, according to a media report.
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Politics: 13 Feb 10
A leading candidate for the Moderate Party (Moderaterna) in Stockholm was forced to stand down on Friday when he admitted to cheating to secure a nomination for this year's general election.
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National: 11 Feb 10
The Swedish government has announced that from September 1st parents will be made financially responsible for crimes committed by their children, in the face of stern criticism from several parties.
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Society: 8 Feb 10
Sweden’s National Public Employment Agency has been fined for discriminating against a Muslim man who had his benefits withdrawn after refusing to shake the hand of a female CEO.
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Business & Money: 29 Jan 10
Sweden's justice ombudsman (JO) has levelled heavy criticism at the Social Insurance Agency for a string of perceived shortcomings.
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Politics: 23 Jan 10
Social Democrat party leader Mona Sahlin has stirred opinion pages without saying a word. Her morals have been questioned after she was pictured with political peers clutching a 6,000 kronor ($828) designer bag.
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National: 23 Jan 10
Headgear emblazoned with the label 'Pornstar' has cost a nursery worker his job after parents caught sight of the man wearing it on a Facebook photo.
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Society: 22 Jan 10
The Swedish advertising ombudsman has upheld a number of complaints about a Burger King TV advertisement showing one chef headbutting another in a cooking contest feud.
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Business & Money: 20 Jan 10
An employee at an agency tasked with defending Sweden’s anti-discrimination laws has sued the organization for discrimination following disparaging comments by a supervisor.
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Society: 18 Jan 10
A slogan chosen by the city of Stockholm to promote events related to the June 2010 wedding of Crown Princess Victoria has been reported to the Ombudsmen of Justice for violating Sweden’s language laws.
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Business & Money: 23 Dec 09
A number of Swedish organizations that provide research funding have petitioned the Swedish government to require potential recipients to submit their applications in English.
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Society: 25 Nov 09
A 56-year-old man from Gothenburg has been awarded 60,000 kronor ($8,600) in compensation after being asked an insulting question during an employment interview.
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Society: 16 Nov 09
A local politician from Landskrona in southern Sweden has decreed that only one “immigrant wedding” can be held at the town’s local community centre every month.
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Society: 4 Nov 09
Two women who were told to stop kissing by a guard at a popular Stockholm night club have had their damage award for discrimination upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Business & Money: 3 Nov 09
Four women who were denied sick benefits during their pregnancies have won a landmark discrimination case against Sweden’s National Social Insurance agency (Försäkringskassan).
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Society: 15 Oct 09
Sweden’s Equality Ombudsman plans to launch a nationwide investigation into discrimination in Sweden’s housing market.
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Education: 14 Oct 09
A group of women who are suing a Swedish university for gender discrimination have also reported Sweden’s Equality Ombudsman for refusing to take up their case.
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National: 8 Oct 09
A man from Skellefteå in northern Sweden who lost his job as a personal care assistant because of a part-time internship at a local porn shop has accused his former employer of discrimination.
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Society: 6 Oct 09
US-based toy retailer Toys"R"Us has been reprimanded for gender discrimination following a complaint filed by a group of Swedish sixth graders.
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National: 28 Sep 09
Sweden's Parliamentary Ombudsman has rapped the Migration Board over its controversial reassignment of Lennart Eriksson, an employee who had voiced pro-Israeli opinions on his personal blog.
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National: 25 Aug 09
Swedish tabloid newspaper Aftonbladet has been reported to the Chancellor of Justice after publishing an article forwarding claims about the alleged organ harvesting of dead Palestinians by Israeli defence forces.
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National: 20 Aug 09
Swedish district prosecutor Rolf Hillegren, who was reported to the justice ombudsman for referring to some cases of rape as mere regulatory offences, will no longer work on sex crime cases, it has been announced.
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National: 17 Aug 09
Swedish district prosecutor Rolf Hillegren has been reported to the justice ombudsman for published comments in which he classified some categories of rape as mere regulatory offences.
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National: 7 Aug 09
The Swedish Equality Ombudsman has launched a probe into a case of alleged discrimination after two women who wear veils revealing only the eyes claim they were not allowed to attend adult education classes.
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Sport: 5 Aug 09
Two former referees are taking the Swedish Handball Federation to court after being fired. One of the referees claims he was dismissed because he was gay, although handball officials say it was due to his personal blog.
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Society: 29 Jul 09
The Swedish government has been reported to the Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsman for using English email addresses in an alleged violation of the country's language laws.
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Society: 22 Jul 09
Stockholm's city council has been reported to the Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsman (JO) for its widespread use of the English language.
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Society: 24 Jun 09
Solitary confinement is used as a form of punishment for children as young as 11-years-old by Sweden’s state-operated centres for troubled youth, a new investigation has revealed.
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Society: 25 May 09
An inmate at Karlskrona prison in southern Sweden has applied for damages after the prisons service was unable to provide adequate attire to cover his considerable frame.
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Society: 22 May 09
A Swedish court has ruled that a landlord’s decision to charge higher rent to a refugee family does not qualify as discrimination.
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National: 7 May 09
Swedish porn baron Berth Milton has filed a complaint accusing police of using him in a sting operation targeting one of Sweden’s most dangerous criminal gangs without his knowledge.
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National: 9 Apr 09
The Swedish administrative court of appeals has granted a 28-year-old Sandviken transsexual the right to be called Immanuel, overturning a decision by the Swedish Tax Agency that the male moniker was unsuitable for a woman.
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Business & Money: 23 Mar 09
Low-cost airline Ryanair has been ordered by a Swedish court to compensate a couple from Linköping for costs incurred returning home after their flight from Brussels was canceled at the last minute.
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Society: 16 Mar 09
A Stockholm-based art student is suspected of four criminal offences after feigning mental illness in order to gain admission to a psychiatric hospital.
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Politics: 25 Feb 09
As expected, the Riksdag passed a controversial new measure on Wednesday designed to make it easier to investigate suspected cases of illegal file sharing.
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Analysis & Opinion: 23 Feb 09
The Local’s David Landes attempts to shed some light on the Swedish media’s sometimes peculiar practice of omitting the names of criminal suspects.
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Society: 19 Feb 09
Sweden’s Ombudsman for Ethnic Discrimination hasn’t won a single case before the country’s labour court since 2003.
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Society: 12 Feb 09
A Stockholm woman has reported an adult education college in Spånga to the Equality Ombudsman (DO) after being told that she could not wear an Islamic headscarf in class.
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National: 10 Feb 09
The strike by Stockholm garbage workers which began on Friday is over. Both sides claimed victory after workers returned to work on Tuesday.
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Society: 6 Feb 09
Q-Med, the company that offered free beauty enhancement treatments to Swedish female bloggers, has broken the country’s marketing laws, according to the consumer ombudsman.
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Society: 30 Jan 09
Employees with foreign backgrounds working for a telemarketing company in Jönköping in central Sweden claim management encouraged them to change their names in order to increase sales.
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Society: 8 Jan 09
Sweden's Equal Opportunities Ombudsman has ruled against a man from Malmö who disputed the right of a local gym to reserve a section for women only.
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Politics: 30 Dec 08
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg is ranked highly by his party colleagues with a 71 percent approval rating. Defence minister Sten Tolgfors meanwhile has the backing of only 3 percent of his peers.
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National: 15 Dec 08
Swedish authorities are investigating a website for possible violations of the country’s privacy laws after it published the names, personal identity numbers, addresses, of several convicted sex offenders.
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Society: 13 Dec 08
A student at a Landskrona secondary school in southern Sweden has been awarded damages for being told not to wear an Islamic headscarf.
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Society: 12 Dec 08
When it comes to caring for children, Sweden ranks highest among the world’s wealthy countries, according to a new report from the United Nations children’s organization, Unicef.
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Society: 11 Dec 08
A Stockholm-area library is facing a discrimination lawsuit for refusing to let a Dutch woman check out more than two books because she wasn't Swedish.
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Education: 27 Nov 08
Two Swedish ombudsman offices have added their voices to the chorus of criticism about a school book accused of having racist and sexist contents, but are powerless to do anything about it.
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Education: 13 Nov 08
A primary school in southern Sweden has been given a stern talking to by parliament for confiscating an eight-year-old's birthday invitations after he failed to invite everybody in his class.
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National: 7 Nov 08
Swedish minorities face widespread discrimination including a lack of education in their mother tongues, Sweden's ombudsman against ethnic discrimination said on Friday.
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Education: 27 Oct 08
A pupil in eastern Sweden has been awarded 5,000 kronor ($600) in damages after a teacher attacked him with an industrial vacuum cleaner.
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Society: 9 Oct 08
Sweden's Equal Opportunities Ombudsman has ruled against a woman who accused a dance school of discrimination when it refused to allow her to take the lead while learning the foxtrot.
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Sport: 6 Oct 08
Athletics in Sweden fail to live up to demands set by the country’s laws on gender equality, according to an investigation by the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman.
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Politics: 3 Oct 08
The Social Democrats want to create an ombudsman to help protect individuals’ privacy in Sweden, party leader Mona Sahlin told Sveriges Radio.
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National: 1 Oct 08
Sweden’s Supreme Court has reduced the compensation to be paid to four men who were discriminated by a Malmö night club.
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National: 5 Sep 08
File sharing site The Pirate Bay is under fire for not reacting after autopsy pictures of the two toddlers murdered in Arboga last spring were uploaded onto site.
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National: 5 Sep 08
A woman who was doused with pepper spray while suffering an epileptic seizure has reported police from Växjö in south central Sweden to Ombudsmen of Justice (JO) for their handling of the incident.
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Society: 2 Sep 08
The ombudsman against discrimination due to sexual orientation (HomO) is taking the case of a lesbian couple from northern Sweden who claim they don’t have equal access to artificial insemination procedures.
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Society: 1 Sep 08
Sweden’s ombudsman for ethnic discrimination (DO) has sued a cleaning company after it dismissed a Muslim woman for not dressing appropriately on the job.
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Society: 26 Aug 08
Swedish bank Skandiabanken has come under fire for a blacklist that prevents customers with Arabic-sounding names from using routine banking services.
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Society: 22 Aug 08
News that signal boxes located at pedestrian crossings are designed to spread the word of God has angered the designer who drew the pointing finger symbol for the boxes' Swedish manufacturer.
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Society: 21 Aug 08
A local council in southern Sweden has defended a local school's policy on children's birthday party invitations after the matter was taken up by the justice ombudsman.
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Society: 11 Aug 08
Swedish state-run pharmacy Apoteket has been reported to the Swedish Equal Opportunities Ombudsman agency JämO for only selling sex toys suitable for women, thus apparently discriminating against men.
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National: 7 Aug 08
The government has appointed former under-Secretary of State to Göran Persson, Lars Danielsson, as Sweden's consul-general to Hong Kong and Macau. The Social Democrats have accused foreign minister Carl Bildt of engaging in a personal vendetta.
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Society: 28 Jul 08
A family from Borås received an unlikely explanation for why they were denied access to a camp site in Falkenberg in western Sweden last week: their caravan was just too ugly.
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Society: 26 Jul 08
Only one woman in a lesbian couple has the right to insemination according to Uppsala health authority. Discrimination - argues the Ombudsman against Discrimination on grounds of Sexual Orientation (HomO).
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National: 26 Jul 08
A male guard must always be in attendance when prisoners are exercising in the yard. This new rule has upset guards at Norrköping remand prison who have reported the case to the equal opportunities ombudsman.
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National: 24 Jul 08
A man convicted of killing two young girls has turned to Sweden’s Ombudsman of Justice to appeal telephone restrictions put in place after he sent letters to the family of one of his victims.
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Politics: 17 Jul 08
Katri Linna (right) has been appointed as the new 'Super Ombudsman' and director-general of the new discrimination authority.
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Society: 6 Jul 08
The Sami are routinely subjected to discrimination and their rights disregarded, a new report from the discrimination ombudsman shows.
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Society: 27 Jun 08
A second grader in Lund in southern Sweden was forced to take back his birthday party invitations because he hadn’t invited all the students in his class.
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Society: 24 Jun 08
A hard rocking teacher who was fired before ever setting foot in a classroom has lodged a discrimination complaint with Sweden’s Ombudsman of Justice (JO).
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Business & Money: 23 Jun 08
Sweden’s consumer ombudsman (KO) has ruled that the Lidl grocery chain's marketing campaign is inappropriate because people must purchase alcohol to participate.
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Politics: 18 Jun 08
Swedish lawmakers have agreed to postpone plans for the passing into law of a controversial surveillance bill following an emotional debate in the Riksdag on Tuesday evening.
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Business & Money: 12 Jun 08
Over 100 female employees at Ericsson have been given pay raises after Sweden’s Equal Opportunities Ombudsman (JämO) ruled that the women were paid worse than men.
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Analysis & Opinion: 11 Jun 08
As Sweden's parliament prepares to pass a controversial new surveillance law, Faisal Enayat Khan takes a closer look at the development of a far-reaching tapping scheme.
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Society: 23 May 08
The Ombudsman against Ethnic Discrimination (DO) is suing the Swedish Employment agency for 160,000 kronor ($27,000) after a Muslim man lost his benefits for refusing to shake a woman's hand.
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National: 8 May 08
The Swedish Data Inspection Board is to team up with the National Police Board in a bid to improve the effectiveness of the police's criminal register.
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National: 12 Apr 08
A 20-year-old Malmö woman has been awarded damages after she was asked to leave a bus for wearing a veil.
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National: 12 Apr 08
Western Union has stopped the private money transfers of men with common Arab names.
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National: 1 Apr 08
Sweden's hopes for Euro 2008 have been dealt a blow with the news that coach Lars Lagerbäck may be forced to include a female player in his squad.
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Society: 30 Mar 08
The Swedish children's ombudsman, Lena Nyberg, has called for a state campaign to inform schoolchildren of their rights; one of the suggestions in a new government report.
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Politics: 13 Mar 08
Sweden's government has presented a proposal for a new discrimination law.
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Jobs: 12 Mar 08
Swedish fathers enjoy one of the most generous paternity leave policies in the world but few dads take advantage of the opportunity, writes AFP's Sebastien Buffet.
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Education: 10 Mar 08
At least 75 convicted sex criminals have worked as substitutes in Swedish schools and daycare centers since 2003.
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Business & Money: 28 Feb 08
Ryanair flouts rulings by the National Board for Consumer Complaints more than any other company.
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National: 27 Feb 08
The City of Gothenburg has appealed to Sweden’s highest court to avoid paying damages to two Muslim women who accuse the city of discrimination.
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National: 11 Feb 08
Lesbians cannot be prevented from purchasing puppies in Sweden, a court has ruled.
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National: 7 Feb 08
Increasing numbers of alleged bullying cases are being reported.
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Society: 5 Feb 08
The Swedish Food Workers' Union has blockaded two Örebro bakeries. The traditional Shrove Tuesday buns are now under threat.
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Society: 2 Feb 08
Mentally ill children are being systematically locked up with violent adults. In breach of UN conventions, argues children's ombudsman Lena Nyberg.
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Business & Money: 30 Jan 08
Companies which lend money via SMS have been told by Sweden's consumer ombudsman to review the fees they charge borrowers, after one lender is slammed in a court ruling.
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Society: 29 Jan 08
Two Muslim mothers have won a court appeal against a municipal pool in Gothenburg that required them to take off their veils and body-covering clothing.
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