The following articles have been tagged with "Scandinavian":
National: 19 Jun 13
The European Commission opened an in-depth probe on Wednesday to see if state aid given to Scandinavian Airlines by Sweden and Denmark conformed to EU rules.
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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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Business & Money: 7 Jun 13
With Sweden's solid paternity laws and encouraged gender equality, AFP's Camille Bas-Wohlert examines how Swedish fathers are more involved in raising their children than fathers in other countries are.
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Politics: 6 Jun 13
The head of the Swedish National Olympic Committee has claimed that there is popular support for a Stockholm bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics, while the government has expressed doubt over the prospects of success.
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Society: 5 Jun 13
Tourists cite Swedish hospitality and the countryside as top reasons to visit Sweden, a new survey has revealed.
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Sport: 3 Jun 13
Finland's Mikko Ilonen stayed ahead of Sweden's Jonas Blixt to win the Nordea Masters golf tournament on Sunday at Bro Hof Slott north of Stockholm, claiming his first European Tour title in six years.
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Lifestyle: 30 May 13
While baseball is known as America's favorite pastime, it can be hard to find in Sweden. But two US baseball players and their teammates in Gothenburg are hoping to change that, one home run at a time, contributor Lisa Mikulski discovers.
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National: 29 May 13
Sweden has come in second place in a ranking of citizen well-being on the OECD's Better Life Index, beating its Scandinavian neighbours but still outgunned on the happiness scale by the Australians.
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National: 26 May 13
Riots which have blighted some Stockholm suburbs for the past continued on Saturday night, while police reports indicated that the intensity has started to ease.
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Politics: 23 May 13
One of the women who has accused Julian Assange of sex crimes has called on the Swedish government to increase pressure on Ecuador to hand over the WikiLeaks-founder to authorities in Sweden.
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Sport: 18 May 13
Ice hockey World Championships co-hosts Sweden and Finland continue their long-standing rivalry on Saturday with a place in the gold medal match at stake.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 May 13
With Bruce Springsteen playing to sell-out crowds at Stockholm's Friends Arena, political scientist Stig-Björn Ljunggren explains why Sweden's old-school social democrats recognize themselves in The Boss's attempt to balance a political commitment with living in a consumer society.
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Society: 7 May 13
While a reunion of Swedish super group Abba may never happen, a new museum opening on Tuesday in Stockholm offers the next-best chance to witness the foursome on stage.
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Business & Money: 2 May 13
A plane from Scandinavian airline SAS carrying 253 passengers lost part of its wing when it collided with another aircraft at Newark airport outside New York on Wednesday.
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National: 21 Apr 13
Scandinavian Airlines SAS has had to pull 29 flights as German airline and airport personnel launch a 24-hour strike that has also led to 1,700 Lufthansa flights being cancelled on Monday.
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Society: 18 Apr 13
Scandinavian airline SAS has the cheapest airfares to several destinations in Europe and is on par with budget airlines such as Norwegian and Ryanair, new figures show.
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Lifestyle: 11 Apr 13
A hot new Swedish singer got a big boost this week from US pop star Katy Perry, whose social media shout-out helped Ellinor Olovsdotter, better known as Elliphant, reach millions of new fans, making her our pick for Swede of the Week.
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National: 10 Apr 13
The top Swedish labour tribunal on Wednesday found a Swedish lingerie shop guilty of gender discrimination after making female staff wear a pin stating their bra size.
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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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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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Science & Technology: 13 Feb 13
Sweden's licensed wolf hunt is effectively over for the season after a court decision on Tuesday left in place a lower court's ruling stopping the hunt.
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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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Analysis & Opinion: 5 Feb 13
As The Local throws open the doors to its new office in Paris, founder Paul Rapacioli argues - purely coincidentally - that a daily diet of local news could change Europe’s destiny.
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Politics: 2 Feb 13
Sweden's immigration minister has said that the country needs to tighten rules for asylum seekers and other prospective immigrants to cut the number of people coming into the country.
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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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Science & Technology: 1 Feb 13
Sweden is to resume its wolf hunt in what authorities have described as a bid to limit inbreeding, while environmentalists argued on Thursday that it violates EU law.
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Business & Money: 29 Jan 13
The Swedish Public Employment Service is urging out of work young Swedes to look for employment in crisis-hit countries like Spain and Greece, where youth unemployment is twice as high as Sweden's.
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Business & Money: 27 Jan 13
Scandinavian airline SAS has announced that a further 200 administrative jobs are set to be cut, on top of the 800 already announced at the struggling carrier.
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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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Society: 14 Jan 13
Over 100 Stockholmers ignored below-freezing temperatures on Sunday and bared their legs for an afternoon on the city's subway system - all in the name of a bit of cheeky fun.
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Business & Money: 11 Jan 13
Employees of the struggling SAS airline have expressed their anger that top managers have received bonuses to entice them to stay with the struggling airline only a few months after the airline was on the brink of bankruptcy.
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National: 8 Jan 13
The CEO of Ryanair visited Gothenburg on Tuesday, announcing the budget airline had plans for domestic flights in Sweden in the offing, while also denying SAS's claims they lie about take-off weights.
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Business & Money: 7 Jan 13
Scandinavian airline SAS says Ryanair lies about the weight of its aircraft to reduce fees, giving the low-cost Irish carrier an unfair advantage over many of its increasingly irritated European colleagues.
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National: 7 Jan 13
Members of a family in western Sweden have claimed their migrant worker father is one of the men seated on a steel beam and having lunch high above the skyscrapers in the iconic picture from 1930s New York City.
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Travel: 3 Jan 13
Restaurant reviewers Zagat included two Swedish eateries in its top-ten list of the world's best eateries.
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Business & Money: 29 Dec 12
Scandinavian airlines SAS was on the brink of collapse in November, the company's board vice chair Jacob Wallenberg admitted in an interview on Saturday.
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Society: 18 Dec 12
A woman in eastern Sweden wants to take legal action after film officials translated the name of a dwarf in The Hobbit into her own “noble” Swedish name.
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Lifestyle: 17 Dec 12
After British comedian Ricky Gervais performed in Stockholm on Sunday night, The Local’s Oliver Gee reflects on why a liberal Swedish crowd took such delight in the mostly dark and, many would argue, offensive humour.
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Business & Money: 12 Dec 12
Scandinavian airline SAS announced it expected to be profitable in 2013 thanks to aggressive cost cutting, despite predicting the current quarter to be "extremely weak".
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National: 7 Dec 12
Swedish police on Friday said they had launched an investigation into an artist who says he used paint mixed from the ashes of Holocaust victims in work of art on display in Lund.
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Lifestyle: 26 Nov 12
As London is swept up in "Scandimania", one Swede finds himself in the driver's seat as the only licensed Swedish cab driver in London. The Local finds out more about how Andreas Eriksson finally got the green light.
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Business & Money: 20 Nov 12
Sweden is seeking a buyer for cash-strapped Scandinavian airline SAS, in which the Swedish state holds 21.4 percent stake, Financial Markets Minister Peter Norman said on Tuesday.
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Society: 19 Nov 12
Despite Scandinavian airline SAS announcing on Monday that all eight unions had signed deals to save the company from bankruptcy, one analyst has predicted that the company needs to change tack if it wants to stay airborne.
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National: 19 Nov 12
With Scandinavian airlines SAS and unions working furiously to avoid potential bankruptcy, The Local brings you the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding the troubled airline.
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Society: 19 Nov 12
Scandinavian Airlines representatives met with union officials throughout Sunday night, with all but one of the trade unions signing new collective agreements in an effort to stave off the company's bankruptcy.
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Business & Money: 18 Nov 12
Despite intensive negotiations between Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, and union representatives on Sunday, the company and staff have not been able to reach an agreement and bankruptcy may be imminent.
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National: 18 Nov 12
A man has been charged with raising false alarm after faking a bomb threat in order to prevent a Malta-bound Scandinavian Arlines flight from taking off without him.
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Business & Money: 15 Nov 12
A last ditch savings plan to save SAS would make cabin personnel among the lowest paid in the Swedish job market, it emerged on Thursday. The airline denied the claim, however, amid reports it is closer to bankruptcy than previously thought.
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Business & Money: 13 Nov 12
Despite a flurry of worried phone calls from travellers, ticket sales for Scandinavian airline SAS continued to sell on Tuesday as many passengers ignored the airline’s current financial turbulence.
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Analysis & Opinion: 12 Nov 12
Aviation experts doubt a massive savings plan announced on Monday by Scandinavian airline SAS can save the company, with one analyst forecasting the airline would cease to exist within 12 months.
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Business & Money: 12 Nov 12
Scandinavian airline SAS announced plans on Monday to slash 3 billion kronor ($445 million) in costs, with at least 800 jobs to be cut in what the company's CEO has labelled "the final call" for the troubled airline.
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National: 11 Nov 12
According to reports in several Swedish media sources, Scandinavian Airline SAS is reported to be in a last minute bid to avoid bankruptcy with staff set to be told to take a pay cut or face losing their jobs.
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Business & Money: 9 Nov 12
Sweden, as well as Denmark and Norway, have asked for EU approval to guarantee new loans for Scandinavian airline SAS, a week after rumours swirled about the company's strained finances.
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Business & Money: 8 Nov 12
Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, is postponing its third quarter report due to ongoing negotiations regarding its revolving credit facility, the company announced on Thursday.
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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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Science & Technology: 31 Oct 12
Scandinavian airline SAS announced on Wednesday that flights to and from the east coast of the US have been reopened, after a two-day hiatus due to hurricane Sandy.
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Business & Money: 31 Oct 12
Sweden has risen to be the third most prosperous country in the world, joining its Scandinavian neighbours atop an annual ranking of countries according to wealth and well-being.
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Business & Money: 30 Oct 12
Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, announced it was expecting profits as its trading resumed on Tuesday, following a shares suspension earlier in the morning prompted by media speculation that the airline was struggling financially.
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Business & Money: 30 Oct 12
Shares in Scandinavian airline SAS were suspended on Tuesday morning following media reports about the company’s strained finances, according to the Stockholm stock exchange.
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Science & Technology: 29 Oct 12
Flights between Sweden and the east coast of the US have been cancelled with the threat of Hurricane Sandy looming in New York and Washington on Monday.
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Business & Money: 28 Oct 12
Scandinavian airline SAS has moved to quash rumours that it is facing bankruptcy and that banks are considering not extending loans to the troubled carrier.
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Politics: 27 Oct 12
While protesters outnumbered those attending a speech by controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders in Malmö in southern Sweden on Saturday, the event passed off without incident.
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Education: 26 Oct 12
Swedes have the highest proficiency in English as a second language in the world, according to a new study which tested nearly 2 million people in 54 countries.
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Science & Technology: 26 Oct 12
A Swedish scientist has together with a Danish colleague discovered a new species of sea snake, while inspecting formalin-filled jars in a Copenhagen museum.
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National: 23 Oct 12
A Scandinavian Airlines pilot who failed a breathalyzer test prior to be scheduled to fly a plane out of Arlanda airport in May this year, has been cleared by the Attunda District Court.
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National: 21 Oct 12
A Swedish teacher from Gävle in northern Sweden has died in a motorcycle accident on the holiday island of Koh Lanta in Thailand.
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National: 14 Oct 12
Swedish banks report having seen a boost in foreign investors seeking safer investments away from the troubled eurozone.
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National: 14 Oct 12
Swedish dairy producers fear that massive hikes in tariffs on the import of cheese and meat into Norway will put an end to exports.
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Sport: 11 Oct 12
Sweden captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic says that he has yet to hit his peak form since his move to Paris Saint Germain from AC Milan and that he has more to offer ahead of Friday's World Cup qualifier against the Faroe Islands.
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Society: 8 Oct 12
Students in central Sweden have taken to Facebook in a show of support for their school's head cook whose food was recently deemed "too good" by local authorities.
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Analysis & Opinion: 8 Oct 12
While Swedish advocates of gender equality have found a new frontier - pushing for the gender-neutral pronoun, hen, not all experts agree it is a good idea, AFP's Camille Bas-Wohlert finds out.
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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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Society: 24 Sep 12
Sweden’s lobster fishing season kicked off on Monday morning with eager fishermen taking to the seas early in the hopes of snagging themselves a traditional Swedish delicacy.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Sep 12
While Sweden is often held up as a shining example of the benefits of a generous welfare state, a new paper argues that free markets, rather than a large state sector, are the real key to Sweden's economic success.
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Sport: 7 Sep 12
Sweden's national football team beat its Chinese counterpart 1-0 in a largely empty Olympia stadium in Helsingborg on Thursday in a warm-up match ahead of the hosts' Word Cup qualifyer next week.
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Society: 5 Sep 12
Swedes working in bars and restaurants have a higher chance of becoming alcoholics than the rest of the population, according to a new study published Tuesday.
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Society: 29 Aug 12
One of Sweden’s most well-known icons, The Swedish Chef from The Muppets, may actually be speaking Norwegian – at least that’s what one US based online magazine has concluded.
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Politics: 29 Aug 12
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt warned on Tuesday of the "great risks" and possible tensions in Syria following President Bashar al-Assad's inevitable departure.
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National: 20 Aug 12
The two men held in prison in Minsk, accused of helping Swedish PR agency Studio Total fly into Belarusian airspace to drop free-speech teddy bears, were released on bail on Friday.
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Society: 14 Aug 12
A new Swedish crime thriller published in Germany seems to have thrown up at least as many intrigues, malicious plots, and mysteries as it contains, as rumour abound in the German press as to the author’s ‘real’ identity.
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National: 13 Aug 12
The foreign ministry revealed Sunday that the Swedish embassy in Minsk has received a threat against the Swedish nationals in Belarus, less than a week after the Swedish ambassador and diplomats were expelled from the country.
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Politics: 11 Aug 12
Three Swedes behind the "teddy bear" stunt which has contributed to a full-blown diplomatic crisis between Belarus and Sweden, claimed on Saturday that they have been summoned to appear before the KGB.
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Politics: 8 Aug 12
All of the Swedish diplomats stationed in Belarus have now been expelled following the dismissing of the Swedish ambassador in what Sweden has claimed was linked to his pro-rights stance.
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Lifestyle: 1 Aug 12
Despite elk having become the stereotypical wildlife symbol of Sweden, spotting such iconic creatures can often be an imposing challenge for city-dwelling tourists. The Local's Joe Lynskey has a look at where to find them.
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National: 1 Aug 12
German police confirmed on Wednesday that they stopped a Swede and two Danish residents equipped with explosives, detonators and bullet-proof vests last month in an operation based on a tip from their Swedish counterparts.
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Business & Money: 20 Jul 12
Fitch ratings agency praised Sweden’s stable outlook Thursday, affirming the AAA rating and suggesting that the country was “well placed” despite the eurozone debt crisis.
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Business & Money: 10 Jul 12
Stockholm has come in sixth place in a new ranking of the best cities in the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) global "livability" ranking.
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Society: 2 Jul 12
Tourist officials in southern Sweden have invited a 19-year-old professional surfer back on a free trip to Malmö after he accidentally visited last week due to a Ryanair ticketing foul-up.
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Business & Money: 18 Jun 12
An Ikea store near London has come under fire for its policy of questioning drivers about whether or not they are “gypsies” before allowing them entry to the store's car park.
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Sport: 14 Jun 12
Having lost to hosts Ukraine in the opening game, Sweden must win their encounter with England in the Euro 2012 football championship on Friday, and the key to doing that is spelled Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
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Sport: 13 Jun 12
Swedish midfielder Kim Källström warned that Sweden must come away with at least a draw against England in their Euro 2012 match on Friday if the squad is to have any hope of advancing from Group D.
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Lifestyle: 11 Jun 12
'Camp Sweden', based on an island in the middle of the Dniepr River, where as many as 6,000 Swedes will be camping out to watch the Euro 2012 games, leaves a lot to be desired, according to AFP's Stanislas Touchot.
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Sport: 10 Jun 12
England's Lee Westwood held his nerve to cruise to a first tournament victory in over a year at the Nordea Scandinavian Masters at Bro Hoff Slott on Saturday.
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Sport: 9 Jun 12
Sweden has received a timely boost ahead of Monday's Euro 2012 opener against Ukraine after striker Johan Elmander came through training on Friday for the first time since he broke a toe in the final Turkish league game of the season.
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Business & Money: 8 Jun 12
While perfectly normal to Scandinavian ears, Swedish furniture giant Ikea’s product names often make Thai customers blush, sounding just a little bit too close to “sexy” slang.
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Sport: 7 Jun 12
Sweden coach Erik Hamrén said on Thursday that Ukraine, Sweden's first opponents in the Euro 2012, are tipped as favourites to win due to their home advantage.
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Business & Money: 6 Jun 12
Greeks are moving to Sweden in droves in search of work and to escape the mounting crisis in southern Europe, official figures indicate.
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Lifestyle: 4 Jun 12
After asserting himself in the Premier League, Swedish footballer Martin Olsson now has the opportunity to stretch his legs and prove his worth on the international stage.
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National: 25 May 12
Swedish police are the worst in Scandinavia when it comes to clearing up home break-ins, a crime which has increased dramatically in Sweden in recent years.
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