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Swedish firm loses bid to be named 'Whore-child'

Society: 3 May 11
A company in central Sweden has lost a nearly two-year battle for the right to call itself ‘The Whore-child’. READ »

Swedish man gets 10 years in jail for opium

Society: 8 Jan 11
A 51-year-old man from Umeå in northern Sweden was sentenced to 10 years in prison for aggravated drug crimes involving 4 kilogrammes of opium, local media reported on Friday. READ »

Bildt urges civilian changes in Afghanistan

Politics: 21 Jul 10
Civilian changes are needed in Afghanistan in order to achieve the security objectives outlined at a donor conference in Kabul, Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said late on Tuesday. READ »

Nina Persson: conjugal bliss bears sexy single

Lifestyle: 16 Jan 09
On the eve of the release of her new single, Swedish pop darling Nina Persson talks to Jennifer Heape about New York, David Bowie and making music with her husband. READ »

Ten years following major opium bust

National: 30 Sep 08
The prime suspects in an opium bust in which Swedish officials last spring seized nearly 100 kilograms of the drug have been sentenced to ten years in prison. READ »

Record opium haul in Gothenburg hotel room

National: 9 May 08
A record amount of opium has been seized in a hotel room in Gothenburg. At 20 kilos, it is the biggest opium seizure ever in the region. READ »

China blocks shoot of Swedish director's movie

Society: 10 Feb 08
Swedish film director Mikael Håfström is claiming that Chinese authorities have barred him from shooting his film "Shanghai". READ »

Bus driver smoked opium before work

National: 5 Dec 07
A bus driver pulled over by police in Borås was found to be under the influence of opium. READ »

Sweden goes Dolly Parton crazy

Society: 16 Mar 07
After an absence of almost thirty years, Dolly Parton is back in Sweden. Back then she was barely made welcome. But this time she has almost earned the status of visiting royalty. READ »

Record year for drugs seizures

National: 28 Dec 06
Fresh statistics show that more drugs were intercepted in Swedish ports and airports in 2006 than ever before, with heroin, opium and ecstasy were particularly bountiful. The Customs Service claims success. READ »

Ohly bemoans 'crowded middle ground'

Politics: 27 Jul 06
Calling religion an 'opium of the people' is 'vulgar Marxism', Left Party leader Lars Ohly told a pre-election questioning session at a church on Öland. He also said that the Greens were to the right of Göran Persson. READ »

Record drugs hauls by Swedish Customs in 2004

National: 29 Dec 04
The amount of amphetamines, opium, kat and ecstasy seized by Swedish Customs during 2004 beat all previous records, as authorities increase their focus on organized crime. READ »

Sweden hits drug supply and demand

Society: 14 Oct 04
Progress on two fronts in Sweden's battle against drugs: Swedish customs officials report record drugs seizures and a common-sense programme to help young drug addicts begins in Stockholm. READ »


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