February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Privacy":
Business & Money: 1 Feb 12
Christian Democrat party official Patric Rylander has found himself in stormy weather after calling for an ”underclass-safari” on his Facebook page, in response to a recent tour of swanky Stockholm suburb Saltsjöbaden.
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Society: 30 Jan 12
The so called “upper class safari” recently running in Stockholm has come under extreme criticism from residents of the elite suburb, and has even evoked several protest attacks.
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Analysis & Opinion: 24 Jan 12
While Swedes may have a reputation of being somewhat shy and reserved, that doesn't mean it's impossible to become friends with your Swedish neighbours, writes US-native and parent Rebecca Ahlfeldt.
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Business & Money: 16 Jan 12
Plans for a sightseeing trip to Saltsjöbaden to “see how the other half lives,” have been reported to police after coming under fire from residents of the well-to-do Stockholm suburb.
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Business & Money: 2 Dec 11
Residents in one of Stockholm's wealthiest districts are up in arms over proposals for a bijou exclusive hotel, planned by one of the country’s most well known venture capitalists.
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Society: 29 Nov 11
Pirate Party founder Rick Falkvinge has been named among the "Top 100 Global Thinkers" alongside a number of Arab revolutionaries and the likes of Barack Obama, Ai WeiWei, and Mark Zuckerberg.
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Business & Money: 17 Nov 11
Comments from a European court official on a Swedish court case regarding the release of customer details by internet service providers should be welcome news for file-sharers, according to some Swedish researchers.
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Politics: 9 Nov 11
Sweden's justice minister Beatrice Ask has indicated that she is prepared to discuss the opening the Stasi archive of Swedish security service Säpo in response to calls for more transparency over the classified files.
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Science & Technology: 7 Nov 11
Thousands of Swedish parents choose to keep track of their children by help of their mobile phones, despite warnings from experts that this kind of surveillance could be an infringement on the children's privacy.
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National: 7 Nov 11
A new website set up by a Swede with ties to neo-Nazi groups and featuring the names and contact information of dozens of convicted child sex offenders has been reported for data privacy violations.
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Society: 25 Oct 11
A new website featuring attractive Swedish men in the Stockholm metro system allows people to share snapshots of those they think deserve extra attention.
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Lifestyle: 20 Oct 11
With a massive garden complete with play areas, woods and other parkland, Haga Palace isn’t a bad playground for the upcoming addition to the Swedish royal family, The Local's Geoff Mortimore explains.
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Science & Technology: 20 Oct 11
Swedish security service Säpo and national police investigators want to see new legislation that will make it easier for them to carry out surveillance on the internet.
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Society: 4 Oct 11
Staff at a Swedish prison had no right to interrupt an inmate and his girlfriend while they were having sex simply because the couple's infant daughter was also in the visiting room, Sweden's Parliamentary Ombudsman has ruled.
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Society: 12 Sep 11
Swedish children's television star and magazine editor Ola Lindholm was convicted and fined on Monday for cocaine use in a case which has left him out of job and in the media spotlight.
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Business & Money: 30 Aug 11
Two founders of filesharing website The Pirate Bay have launched a new online platform that they say respects the rights of copyright holders.
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Analysis & Opinion: 29 Aug 11
UK native Suhail Din sparked a heated debate among The Local's readers with his reflections on why Swedes refused to talk to him and his family during a visit to Stockholm. Contributor Ruben Brunsveld examines why.
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National: 25 Aug 11
A Swedish filmmaker and television host claims he has not yet received a visa to the United States because authorities think his name is similar to that of a terrorist's.
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Business & Money: 12 Jul 11
Data protection authorities in the Nordic countries have joined forces to pose a number of questions to social networking giant Facebook regarding the US firm's handling of users' personal details.
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Society: 7 Jul 11
Copying, remixing and spreading information cannot be considered an act of worship, even if participants fall into a meditative trance during the act, ruled Swedish authorities, thus rejecting The Missionary Church of Kopimism as a religious faith.
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Society: 12 May 11
A man in his eighties faced court on Wednesday charged with abusing another patient at a northern Sweden nursing home, which has in turn been accused of having delayed reporting the matter to the police.
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National: 4 May 11
A number of sticky-fingered cleaners were caught red handed stealing liquor, beer, and candy from the restaurant cars of Swedish trains following the installation of hidden surveillance cameras.
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Society: 26 Apr 11
Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf has stated that he has no plans to retire, despite the occasion of his 65th birthday on Saturday.
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Science & Technology: 18 Apr 11
Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay has agreed to participate with researchers at Lund University in a major survey of the habits and norms of those using the popular website.
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Science & Technology: 8 Apr 11
Text message reminders for appointments with doctors or dentists may soon be a thing of the past in Sweden, as they have been found to be in breach of patient confidentiality.
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Education: 4 Apr 11
A principal at a middle school in south central Sweden has admitted to secretly installing a surveillance camera after it was discovered by a group of students.
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Politics: 28 Feb 11
Sweden's Pirate Party membership has taken a sharp downward turn, but new party leader Anna Troberg is not concerned.
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Analysis & Opinion: 23 Feb 11
Most people associate Swedish cohousing with the hippie lifestyle of the 1970s, but the updated model of communal living might impress even the most skeptical, contributor Malin Nyberg discovers.
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Education: 8 Feb 11
A class of grade eight students in southern Sweden was asked to write essays about their sexual fantasies and experiences for a school assignment. Getting high marks required writing with "passion."
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Science & Technology: 28 Jan 11
Half of Sweden's young people have endured a "facerape," or having their Facebook account hijacked by someone else who writes mean or "funny" things under the user's name, according to Sweden's online privacy watchdog on Friday.
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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: 24 Jan 11
The Swedish government wants to make it illegal to take pictures of people in "private places" without their knowledge, but journalists fear the proposal puts them on legally shaky ground.
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Politics: 14 Dec 10
A leading Social Democrat has proposed restoring the ability of Swedish security service Säpo to request signals intelligence in order to make it easier to follow terrorist groups.
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Science & Technology: 30 Nov 10
Sweden's IT privacy watchdog has recommended Google remove data that it inadvertently captured from wireless networks in Sweden while it was taking photos for its Street View service.
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Science & Technology: 11 Nov 10
Emails and mobile phone text messages would be stored for six months by internet service providers, according to a bill presented by the Swedish government on Thursday.
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National: 3 Nov 10
Sweden is bracing for the release on Thursday of a controversial book detailing the private life of King Carl XVI Gustaf, including an alleged affair with a member of the band Army of Lovers.
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Education: 2 Nov 10
The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a Swedish court decision to fine a former Swedish university department head for barring access to and later destroying research material.
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Science & Technology: 27 Oct 10
The Swedish government wants to extend the powers of police and prosecutors to access personal details from internet service providers in cases of less serious offences such as file sharing and libel.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Sep 10
Voting may not seem that complicated, but doing so in a different country can be. The Local has thus endeavoured to help any first-time voters by covering some of the basics about how to vote in Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Sep 10
The Local has a quick Q&A with the Left Party's Stefan Kudryk to learn more about the party's stance on a few key issues.
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Business & Money: 15 Sep 10
Sponsored article: Swedish internet visionary and serial entrepreneur Johan Staël von Holstein is back, this time with MyCube, which he calls 'the social exchange,' where privacy, ownership and control are the foundations that enable more valuable and meaningful online interactions.
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National: 8 Sep 10
Stockholm public transport operator SL will install ignition locks on all of its buses within the next two years, ensuring drivers who have been drinking can't start their vehicles.
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Politics: 6 Sep 10
The Social Democrats have changed course and have proposed a law requiring all Swedish political parties to disclose from where they receive private contributions.
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National: 24 Aug 10
Tiger Woods and Swedish model wife Elin Nordegren divorced Monday, their marriage "irretrievably broken" by a blistering sex scandal that has left the world number one golfer's life in disarray.
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National: 23 Aug 10
The Pentagon has rejected as 'absurd' claims by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that it may be behind a rape accusation that prompted Swedish prosecutors to issue a warrant for his arrest which was later withdrawn.
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National: 22 Aug 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has speculated that the Pentagon could be behind a rape accusation that prompted Swedish prosecutors to issue a warrant for his arrest which was later withdrawn.
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Education: 19 Aug 10
Liberal Party leader Jan Björklund announced on Swedish public radio's P1 channel on Thursday morning that the dividends to the owners of privately run free schools should be stopped if the schools experience a drop in quality.
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National: 10 Aug 10
A woman is suing the Swedish state after prison warders forced her to strip while visiting her boyfriend.
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Politics: 5 Aug 10
Sweden's Pirate Party said on Thursday that child pornography should be permitted in cartoons. The law should focus on 'real criminals' abusing children, the party argues.
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Science & Technology: 11 Jul 10
Google's Street View cars will return to the road next week in Sweden without their wireless scanning equipment after a controversy over the collection of private information.
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Science & Technology: 5 Jul 10
Municipalities, public authorities and companies who use blogs, Facebook, and other social media tools have a responsibility for personal data published on the sites, a new report from the Data Inspection Board has concluded.
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Business & Money: 25 May 10
The Swedish parliament's Constitutional Committee has approved Justice Minister Beatrice Ask's proposed a law change that will make it harder to find out other people's incomes online.
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Business & Money: 21 May 10
Swedish telecom firm TeliaSonera has announced its intention to appeal to the Supreme Court an anti-piracy law ruling ordering the firm to hand over the names and addresses of people behind a file sharing website.
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Society: 20 May 10
The appeals court has ruled that a municipal housing firm may not conduct computer surveillance of a communal laundry room in order to identify tenants that had neglected to tidy up after them.
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National: 14 May 10
Britain's Telegraph reported on Wednesday that Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren will file for divorce in Sweden in an attempt to keep the details of what would be one of the world's largest settlements under wraps.
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National: 29 Apr 10
A small business owner is suing Google Sweden for defamation, alleging Google hits link to blogs that call him a paedophile.
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Science & Technology: 26 Feb 10
The Swedish Data Inspection Board has announced the launch of a project to review how companies and municipalities use GPS positioning technology to track their staff.
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National: 4 Feb 10
The European Court of Justice has told Sweden that it must implement a 2006 measure requiring telecom operators to store information about their customers’ phone calls and emails. But Justice Minister Beatrice Ask remains sceptical.
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Society: 18 Jan 10
A website featuring personal information about Swedes convicted of sex crimes involving children has been reported to the police by Sweden's Data Inspection Board.
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Society: 22 Dec 09
Former model Elin Nordegren will visit her family in Sweden over the holidays along with her two children, while husband Tiger Woods is retreating to the Bahamas on his private yacht named 'Privacy'.
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Society: 17 Dec 09
Elin Nordegren plans to divorce her husband Tiger Woods and spend Christmas away from the disgraced billionaire golf star following the infidelity scandal which has put his career on hold, according to several media reports.
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Science & Technology: 7 Dec 09
The recording industry has decided to take a stab at using Sweden’s new anti-piracy laws to reveal the identity of what an industry association is calling a “rather normal” file sharer.
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Sport: 3 Dec 09
Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik said he regretted introducing Tiger Woods to his Swedish wife Elin Nordegren after evidence emerged on Wednesday the golf superstar had an affair with a Las Vegas cocktail waitress.
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Politics: 1 Nov 09
The Social Democrats welcomed their centre-left coalition partners, the Green and Left parties, to their ongoing conference on Sunday - the first time outside parties have taken part.
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National: 21 Oct 09
A Swedish teenage boy who sent naked pictures of his ex-girlfriend to his friends has had his conviction overturned upon appeal.
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Politics: 14 Oct 09
An amended version of Sweden's controversial new signals intelligence law was passed in the Riksdag on Wednesday, with 158 members voting in favour and 153 against, while one member abstained from voting.
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Society: 9 Sep 09
A Cypriot newspaper reported on Wednesday that the wedding of one of the daughters of the Swedish king is to take place on the Mediterranean island this Friday, a claim rejected by Princess Madeleine's secretary.
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Society: 2 Sep 09
Sweden's Data Inspection Board has approved a new system of paying for public toilets using text messages in Malmö's famous Folkets Park.
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Society: 4 Aug 09
A Church of Sweden minister has demanded compensation from a Christian dating site after he was stripped of his clerical collar for insulting a number of the site's female users.
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Analysis & Opinion: 4 Aug 09
Four months after Sweden implemented a new law to crack down on internet piracy, the AFP’s Marc Preel discovers that the debate continues about the measure’s long-term implications for file sharers and copyright holders alike.
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Science & Technology: 3 Aug 09
Four film companies have filed a motion in a Swedish court to force TeliaSonera to release details about the operators of the Swetorrents file sharing website.
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Jul 09
The European Union's wide-ranging Stockholm Programme risks further damaging citizens' hard earned privacy rights, argues Pirate Party member and libertarian commentator Henrik Alexandersson.
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Jul 09
As European Union ministers gather in Stockholm on Wednesday Swedish ministers Beatrice Ask and Tobias Billström explain the EU’s efforts to promote cross-border cooperation in the areas of justice, home affairs, and migration.
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Politics: 25 Jun 09
Sweden’s Pirate Party has ended speculation about its political priorities by announcing that its newly elected member of the European Parliament plans to join the legislative body’s Greens/European Free Alliance parliamentary group.
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Politics: 17 Jun 09
A blog post comparing file sharing advocates to rapists has caused a backlash for the feminist member of the Riksdag who authored the entry.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jun 09
If tech-savvy campaigning helped power Barack Obama to the White House, the election of Sweden's Pirate Party in Europe signals that internet and related privacy issues are political drivers for young voters, writes AFP's Marc Preel
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Politics: 8 Jun 09
Sweden's Pirate Party, on a platform of integrity issues including the legalization of internet file sharing, sensationally claimed a seat in the EU parliament as election results were confirmed on Sunday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Jun 09
Sweden's Pirate Party could become one of the surprise new entrants to the European parliament this week.
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Politics: 31 May 09
The Swedish Pirate Party, which supports a filesharing free-for-all, remains on course to claim seats in the EU parliament as the country takes to the polls this week with civil liberties high on the political agenda.
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Politics: 26 May 09
Sweden’s government is being sued by the European Commission for refusing to implement a 2006 measure requiring telecom operators to store information about their customers’ phone calls and emails.
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Politics: 22 May 09
Sweden’s Pirate Party has climbed into third place among parties running for the European Parliament elections, according to a new opinion poll released Thursday.
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Science & Technology: 20 May 09
Sweden’s recently enacted anti-file sharing law will be rendered totally ineffectual when the government implements new rules on the storage of personal data next year, according to the head of a Swedish internet provider.
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Society: 8 May 09
The Swedish Data Inspection Board has launched a probe into revelations that alcohol retail monopoly Systembolaget retains customer credit card details for up to ten years.
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Politics: 30 Apr 09
A new poll shows the Pirate Party may soon be representing Sweden in the European Parliament, as it rides a wave of popular support in the wake of the guilty verdict in The Pirate Bay trial.
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Society: 22 Apr 09
A Christian dating website which released details about a Swedish pastor’s offensive comments has been accused of violated the country’s data privacy laws.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Apr 09
A week before the verdict is announced in The Pirate Bay case, The Local's regular panelists have their say in the great file sharing debate.
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Society: 1 Apr 09
Swedish diplomats in Pyongyang are continuing their efforts to help secure the release of two US journalists being held by North Korea.
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Politics: 31 Mar 09
Sweden’s foreign ministry and the US State Department confirmed on Monday that a Swedish envoy has met with two American journalists being held in North Korea.
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Politics: 4 Mar 09
Peter Sunde, one of the four men charged in The Pirate Bay trial, has announced that he is becoming a member of Sweden’s Green Party.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Mar 09
Ongoing moves to tighten the screws on file sharers are pushing Sweden ever closer to the development of a police state, argues Green Party member of parliament Lage Rahm.
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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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Lifestyle: 24 Feb 09
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria, whose engagement to her former gym teacher was announced on Tuesday, is a popular and respected royal known for her easy-going style, poise and intelligence, writes AFP's Pia Ohlin.
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National: 24 Feb 09
Changes to Sweden’s wiretapping law have been met with stinging criticism in a new round of comments by two government agencies.
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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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National: 17 Feb 09
Following a slew of protests from the general public, Sweden's Data Inspection Board has reported a website that names and shames convicted sex offenders, to the police.
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Politics: 16 Feb 09
A high-ranking Moderate Party politician and former defence minister has resigned from his post as head of Sweden’s intelligence oversight agency in protest against the country’s controversial wiretapping law.
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Politics: 13 Feb 09
A lawyers’ organization from Norway has submitted a petition supporting a case pending in the European Court of Human Rights which challenges Sweden’s controversial wiretapping law.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 Feb 09
Income details are public property in Sweden - so much so that neighbourhood rich lists are regularly published in the press. Paul O’Mahony peers behind the figures to examine attitudes to a practice that is coming under increasing fire.
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National: 23 Jan 09
The European Court of Human Rights is taking Sweden to task over its privacy laws after a man escaped without conviction despite secretly filming his 14-year-old stepdaughter in the shower.
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Science & Technology: 20 Jan 09
Sweden wants to give police more power to go after those suspected of illegal file sharing even if the crimes are only fineable offences.
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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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