February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Poland":
National: 4 Feb 12
Swedes took to the streets of Stockholm and other major cities on Saturday to protest against the ACTA anti-piracy legislation which is set to go before the Riksdag later this year.
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Business & Money: 20 Jan 12
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea announced record-breaking profits for 2011 on Friday with sales booming and market share increasing in nearly every country.
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National: 15 Jan 12
Organized begging, forced labour and forced participation in thefts have bypassed human trafficking for sexual purposes, shows a recent report from the National Police Board.
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Politics: 20 Dec 11
Sweden agreed on Monday night to help stabilize the euro by pledging to make loans to the International Monetary Fund to strengthen a eurozone bailout fund.
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National: 17 Dec 11
Another two people are now suspected of involvement in the murder of the elderly farmer couple in Långared, in southwestern Sweden.
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Sport: 2 Dec 11
Sweden has been drawn in the same group as England, France and Ukraine at next summer’s European Football Championship.
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Lifestyle: 1 Dec 11
As the Christmas season approaches in Stockholm, it is very likely that festive food is uppermost in your mind. Luckily, contributor Gwen Ramsey has put together a list of great options for filling your holiday hamper.
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Sport: 30 Nov 11
The Polish government has asked for assistance from the Swedish police concerning the security situation when Swedish supporters travel to the Euro 2012 football championships.
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Science & Technology: 25 Nov 11
Polish scientists have discovered what appears to be a 17th century ship loaded with looted treasure bound for Sweden, at the bottom of the Vistula river.
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National: 22 Nov 11
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt is to travel to Ukraine in a bid to apply "football diplomacy" to secure the release of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
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National: 17 Nov 11
Two people wanted for the brutal slaying of an elderly farming couple outside of Alingsås in western Sweden have been arrested in Poland.
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Sport: 15 Nov 11
England will face Sweden's national side in a friendly next year to mark the opening of Sweden's new national stadium, Swedbank Arena, in Stockholm. The two teams also square off on Tuesday night at Wembley in London.
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Sport: 14 Oct 11
Sweden are set to play England next month in a friendly international as coach Erik Hamrén seeks to prepare his side for next year's European Championship finals, the English Football Association announced on Thursday.
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Sport: 12 Oct 11
Sweden overcame the Netherlands 3-2 in Stockholm on Tuesday night to book their spot at the Euro 2012 football championships in Poland and Ukraine.
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Sport: 8 Oct 11
Friday's narrow 2-1 win against Finland ensured Sweden a playoff spot in the Euro 2012 football championship.
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National: 8 Oct 11
Two men have been arrested in Poland on suspicions of carrying out a series of bomb blasts against several European stores of Swedish furniture giant Ikea.
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Politics: 9 Sep 11
US president Barack Obama has nominated Washington DC-based lawyer and foreign policy expert Mark Brzezinski to be the next US ambassador to Sweden.
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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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Politics: 1 Sep 11
Swedish political parties represented in the Riksdag are sharply divided as to whether or not Sweden should officially recognise a Palestinian government.
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Science & Technology: 1 Sep 11
Sweden must improve its preservation of biodiversity in the Baltic, and decrease use of hazardous fertilisers, according to a WWF report published Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 24 Aug 11
Swedish state-owned energy giant Vattenfall announce don Tuesday that it had reached a deal to sell two subsidiaries in Poland for €1.8 billion ($2.6 billion), signalling its exit from the country.
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Society: 18 Jul 11
While no Captain Sparrow or men with swords were in sight, another celebrity from the popular "Pirates of the Caribbean" films has been in Stockholm over the weekend - the good ship Bounty.
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Analysis & Opinion: 29 Jun 11
Historical documents related to the capture of seven Swedes by the Gestapo in Poland in 1942 puts Sweden's subsequent ball bearing deliveries to Nazi Germany in a new light, argue historians Susanne Berger and Ingela Magner.
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Business & Money: 23 Jun 11
The number of Swedish “dollar” millionaires reached a staggering 60,900 last year, signifying an increase in Sweden by 26 percent, according to a new report.
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Society: 7 Jun 11
The number of people applying to be Swedish citizens is expected to rise in 2011, according to forecasts from the Swedish Migration Board.
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Sport: 29 May 11
Sweden's Robin Söderling, a beaten finalist at the last two French Open championships, cruised into the fourth round in Paris on Saturday with a win in straight sets over Argentine qualifier Leonardo Mayer.
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Science & Technology: 24 May 11
Police officers in northern Sweden took action on Tuesday against a group of Greenpeace activists occupying a barn while protesting against the planned introduction of genetically modified (GM) potatoes in the area.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 May 11
On Europe Day, May 9th, many will no doubt celebrate the increased mobility of EU citizens, but open borders and bureaucracy have also resulted in rising numbers of homeless EU citizens in Stockholm, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Society: 7 May 11
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf became the first Swedish monarch to visit the world's largest wooden church in Poland, a UNESCO site funded by the King's ancestors more than 300 years ago.
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Society: 6 May 11
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf has denied labeling Stieg Larsson's wildly successful Millennium crime novels "horrible" in an interview with a Polish newspaper.
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National: 24 Mar 11
Swedish fighter aircraft took part in a NATO led exercise over the Baltic states on Wednesday, marking a new level in the formally non-aligned country's ties with the military alliance.
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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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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Feb 11
Rather than denounce Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad, people should instead take aim at the Swedish system that forced him to move the company’s fortunes abroad, argues business school professor Hans Sjögren.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jan 11
With Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak in prison in Eritrea and questions still swirling about the fate of Raoul Wallenberg, historian Susanne Berger argues that Sweden needs to do more to shorten its ignominious line of unsolved disappearances.
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Society: 22 Jan 11
A handball referee who was arrested for exposing himself to cleaners in a Gothenburg hotel has been banned from the men’s handball World Championships currently being held in Sweden
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National: 30 Dec 10
A Polish court on Thursday sentenced a Swedish neo-Nazi leader who admitted to masterminding the theft of the Auschwitz death camp entrance sign, to 32 months behind bars in his homeland.
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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: 22 Dec 10
Swedish bank Nordea has announced that Chairman Hans Dalborg will retire next year, adding that it has put forward vice chairman Björn Wahlroos' name to take over for Dalborg.
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Business & Money: 17 Dec 10
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt announced on Friday that Sweden has not yet ruled out the possibility of supporting a new emergency fund to bail out vulnerable euro countries.
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National: 7 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was remanded in custody by London court on Tuesday after he vowed to fight extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.
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National: 7 Dec 10
UK police arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London on Tuesday on suspicion of rape on an arrest warrant issued by Swedish authorities.
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Business & Money: 6 Dec 10
Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg came in fourth among a ranking of 19 European finance ministers published by the Financial Times (FT) newspaper on Monday.
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Science & Technology: 26 Nov 10
The medical file of a woman from southern Sweden who remains in a coma three months after a botched breast augmentation procedure in Poland was changed after the surgery, media reports revealed on Friday.
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National: 25 Nov 10
A Swedish neo-Nazi leader will serve prison time in his homeland after pleading guilty for his role in the theft of entrance sign of the Auschwitz death camp, Polish prosecutors said on Thursday.
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Sport: 20 Nov 10
Sweden’s Marcus Hellner opened the Nordic skiing World Cup season with a first place finish on Saturday, while fellow Swede Charlotte Kalla settled for second in the women’s opening race.
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Lifestyle: 19 Nov 10
With a new production by the Stockholm Players set to open this weekend, contributor Carina Chela takes a look at Sweden's oldest English-language theatre group.
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Society: 17 Nov 10
A Swedish woman who underwent breast enlargement surgery in Poland after booking with a medical tourism company remains in a coma three months after the operation.
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Society: 15 Nov 10
Two Poles were caught attempting to smuggle almost 15,000 litres of contraband alcohol through Sweden into Norway on Monday. The seizure was the biggest of its kind in nearly a decade.
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Science & Technology: 10 Nov 10
Stockholm independent research institute SIPRI has warned that combat aircraft sales, which account for a third of the global arms trade, could have a destabilising effect in many parts of the world.
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Science & Technology: 21 Oct 10
Sweden’s state-owned Vattenfall energy group plans to invest about one billion euros ($1.4 billion) to build a massive offshore wind farm in the North Sea, the company announced on Thursday.
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Sport: 19 Oct 10
World number two Roger Federer arrived in Stockholm on Monday afternoon determined to add the Stockholm Open title to his long list of tennis achievements, holding his promise to make up for pulling out in 2008.
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Society: 1 Oct 10
The Swedish Academy said on Friday that the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced on Thursday, October 7th at 1pm.
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Business & Money: 21 Sep 10
State-owned energy giant Vattenfall is pursuing a cost-cutting plan involving 6 billion kronor ($862.67 million), but it has ruled out the sale of its much-criticised lignite power plants in Germany, according to CEO Øystein Løseth.
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Business & Money: 8 Sep 10
Sweden appears to be making a spectacular recovery from the deep recession its export-reliant economy experienced during the global financial crisis.
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National: 23 Aug 10
The canoe which carried home the gold for Anders Gustafsson in the World Championships in Poland on Sunday was among those destroyed in an accident on the German autobahn on Monday morning, which left two people in hospital.
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National: 28 Jul 10
A heavy rainfall warning is in effect over southern Sweden for Thursday, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut, SMHI) has announced.
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National: 8 Jul 10
Poland has asked Sweden to question three suspects about the theft of the "Arbeit macht frei" sign at the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, Polish prosecutors said on Thursday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 Jul 10
Plucking out little cultural differences and critiquing them to death is the part-time hobby of almost any expat anywhere in the world and US exile Doug Lansky shows that he is no different.
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National: 6 Jul 10
Sweden is the most generous country in the EU when it comes to approving citizenship applications, according to a new report from Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, on Tuesday.
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Education: 6 Jul 10
The National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) issued fewer medical licenses in 2009 to doctors with foreign medical degrees than in previous years, new figures show.
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National: 2 Jul 10
A Polish court has remanded in custody a Swedish suspect on Thursday for a further two months over the theft of the "Arbeit macht frei" sign from the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.
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Lifestyle: 22 Jun 10
Norrköping hopes to raise its profile and become recognized as a European music capital after its recent success hosting the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition (WSIMC), writes Angela Hur.
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Politics: 16 Jun 10
The jobs, the environment and unemployment were the dominant themes in the party leaders' debate in Sweden's parliament, the Riksdag, on Wednesday.
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National: 10 Jun 10
Polish authorities want to question a second Swede, millionaire Lars-Göran Wahlström, about the theft of the "Arbeit macht frei" sign at the Auschwitz concentration camp
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Politics: 8 Jun 10
Sweden's EU minister Birgitta Ohlsson has welcomed UK leader David Cameron's new Europe Minister, David Lidington, brushing aside concerns that Britain's new government would be stridently anti-European.
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National: 24 May 10
Swedish former neo-Nazi leader Anders Högström, held in Poland in connection with the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from Auschwitz, has reported the tax agency for denying him protected identity, arguing that he is being victimized.
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Business & Money: 9 May 10
Sweden's economy remains the most competitive in the European Union, according to a new ranking from the Geneva-based World Economic Forum.
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National: 27 Apr 10
The county of Stockholm is now home to over 2 million people, among whom can be found people born in 186 countries, according to a new report from the County Administrative Board of Stockholm.
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Analysis & Opinion: 20 Apr 10
Sweden retains its position as the tenth most attractive country in the world, but its outdated image needs a facelift, writes Liselott Bergman of the Swedish Institute.
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National: 17 Apr 10
Swedish former neo-Nazi leader Anders Högström has been remanded in custody in Poland in connection with the theft of the notorious "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp.
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National: 12 Apr 10
Polish prosecutors said on Monday they had begun questioning Swedish former neo-Nazi leader Anders Högström over his alleged involvement in the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp.
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National: 9 Apr 10
Former Swedish neo-Nazi leader Anders Högtröm has been extradited from Sweden to Poland where he is suspected of involvement in the theft of the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp.
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National: 7 Apr 10
Former Swedish neo-Nazi Anders Högström is to be extradited to Poland this week to answer charges in connection with the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp, a prosecutor said on Tuesday.
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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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Business & Money: 12 Mar 10
Swedish energy firm Vattenfall announced the sale on Friday of its German power grid to Belgium's Elia and Australian investment fund IFM for $1.1 billion.
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National: 11 Mar 10
Former Swedish neo-Nazi Anders Högström is to be extradited to Poland in connection with the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp, Stockholm district court ruled on Thursday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 8 Mar 10
New arrival and active blogger Patrick Reilly speaks to Peter Vinthagen Simpson about his nascent attempts to become a fully-fledged Swedetalker.
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Politics: 4 Mar 10
The foreign ministers of Sweden and Britain joined forces on Thursday in directing a sharp rebuke at Baroness Catherine Ashton over a lack of transparency in the recruitment process for EU diplomats.
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Sport: 19 Feb 10
Swedish cross-country skier Anna Haag clinched a superb second spot on Friday in the 15 km pursuit event at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
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National: 15 Feb 10
Olympic debutante Charlotte Kalla won the women's 10km freestyle in Vancouver on Monday to claim Sweden's first gold medal at the 2010 games.
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National: 15 Feb 10
An 86-year-old man, who survived the Nazi Holocaust in Poland and fled to Sweden in 1946, has won his court battle against a Swedish district council for the right to a place in a Jewish nursing home.
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National: 12 Feb 10
One-time neo-Nazi leader Anders Högström has denied the charges against him following his arrest on Thursday in connection with the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from Auschwitz.
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National: 11 Feb 10
Police in Stockholm have arrested former neo-Nazi Anders Högström in connection with the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp.
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National: 11 Feb 10
Swedish police have issued an arrest warrant for the man suspected of being behind the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp, but the matter has not been given a high priority.
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Business & Money: 10 Feb 10
Nordic banking group Nordea has reported an operating profit of €592 million ($815 million) for the final quarter 2009, down on a profit of €781 million in the corresponding period of last year.
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Sport: 9 Feb 10
A quick primer on cross-country skiing events that see athletes in tight-fitting costumes ski around Vancouver looking desperate to find their way home.
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Sport: 7 Feb 10
Sweden face Holland, Hungary and neighbours Finland in a Euro 2012 qualification group that gives Erik Hamrén's side a chance to settle old scores.
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Sport: 6 Feb 10
Charlotte Kalla has triumphed. In a freestyle Nordic skiing race she outclassed the overall World Cup champion in an impressive victory.
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Lifestyle: 4 Feb 10
The Year in Sweden - February: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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National: 2 Feb 10
Police in Poland have issued a warrant for the arrest of Anders Högström, a former neo-Nazi recently indicted over the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp.
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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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National: 29 Jan 10
Latest figures from Statistics Sweden reveal that in the last 50 years the number of foreigners living in Sweden or people with two foreign-born parents has risen from four to nearly 20 percent.
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Sport: 18 Jan 10
Sweden picked up an unexpected pair of victories in the men’s and women’s Nordic skiing World Cup competition in Estonia on Sunday.
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National: 14 Jan 10
The Swedish ex-Nazi who admitted to having a role in planning the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the World War II death camp in Auschwitz was indicted by Polish justice officials on Wednesday.
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Society: 11 Jan 10
The Swedish Institute has slammed as “nonsense” an index released last week which ranked Sweden as the most expensive country in the world.
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Politics: 8 Jan 10
Former neo-Nazi Anders Högström has come clean in the Swedish media about his part in the theft and subsequent recovery of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp.
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National: 7 Jan 10
A Swede suspected of involvement in the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Free" sign from Auschwitz has spoken out about his role in the raid on the former Nazi death camp.
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National: 7 Jan 10
Prosecutors in Poland said on Wednesday they are interested in questioning three Swedish residents about the theft of the iconic "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the former Auschwitz Nazi death camp.
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National: 5 Jan 10
High profile defence lawyer Peter Althin has said he will represent a Swede being linked to the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from Auschwitz should Swedish prosecutors opt to press charges.
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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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