The following articles have been tagged with "Sms":
Society: 21 May 13
Sweden needs a new story better equipped to deal with and include today's demographic diversity and create a new Swedishness that is separate from whiteness, write representatives from the Multicultural Centre in Botkyrka near Stockholm.
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National: 21 May 13
Two Swedish teenage girls were officially charged with defamation on Tuesday for their involvement in the "slut-shaming" Instagram account that saw enraged teens in Gothenburg lay siege to two high schools last year.
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Business & Money: 19 May 13
Gas pipeline firm Nord Stream will hold an information meeting on the Baltic island of Gotland on Monday to introduce a proposal to extend its controversial gas pipeline project.
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National: 18 May 13
A 15-year-old girl has admitted to setting up the Instagram account that caused hundreds of teenagers to riot in Gothenburg last year, but her 16-year-old friend has denied involvement.
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Society: 14 May 13
Half of young Swedes don't use condoms when having sex with a new partner, according to a new study, which also found that 30 percent of Swedes use no contraceptive measures at all.
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Business & Money: 15 Mar 13
A Swedish company with a dubious past has sent out invoices to thousands of Swedes demanding payment for allegedly visiting pornographic websites.
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Society: 7 Mar 13
An 18-year-old woman has been charged with blackmail after she threatened to tell a teacher's wife and the police that he was sending her risqué text messages.
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Science & Technology: 28 Feb 13
Swedish charities and NGOs are suffering a downturn in SMS donations, after Sweden's four main mobile network operators introduced mandatory online registration for mobile phone money transfers.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Feb 13
As the Swedish media examines the climate of hatred towards women in the public eye, editor and author Åsa Linderborg recounts what happened when her newspaper Aftonbladet decided to blow the lid on Sweden’s far-right websites. (WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE).
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National: 3 Feb 13
Some areas of Sweden with low levels of immigration have more pronounced social problems than towns with higher numbers of immigrants, according to the conclusions of a new report based on the UN Human Development Index.
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Society: 22 Dec 12
With 28 million Christmas cards sent this year, for Swedes the traditional handwritten greeting is not a thing of the past.
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National: 19 Dec 12
Irma, 16, was unaware she had been named on the Instagram "slut-shaming" account, which set off an angry youth riot in Gothenburg on Tuesday and ended in 27 arrests.
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Lifestyle: 14 Dec 12
There are lots of things to keep track of when you move home. The Local has teamed up with our friends at Adressändring to provide you with a guide to the most important things to think about.
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Society: 9 Dec 12
A 10-year-old boy was told he could not dress up as a gingerbread man at his school's traditional Lucia celebration as all references to the cookie had been banned in order to avoid offense.
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Science & Technology: 7 Dec 12
The Swedish assembly that awards the Nobel Medicine Prize said on Friday it had never heard of the man who sued the group in the United States alleging the assembly wrongly credited this year's laureates for his pioneering stem cell research.
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Science & Technology: 7 Dec 12
A stem cell research pioneer is suing the Swedish assembly that awards the Nobel medicine prize, in a first such lawsuit, over claims it made about this year's winners, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
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Science & Technology: 6 Dec 12
Popular youth website Stardoll may alter its services to the Swedish audience after a court ordered it to stop "aggressive" marketing to members of its virtual fashion world, where most users are underage girls.
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Analysis & Opinion: 30 Nov 12
Youth centre worker and columnist Milad Mohammadi questions whether traditional Swedish behaviour is really all it's cracked up to be if it often means not helping those in need.
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Politics: 4 Nov 12
The director and deputy director of Sweden's Counter-Terrorism Co-operative Council have left their positions after less than a year.
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Science & Technology: 30 Oct 12
Swedish soldiers are not allowed to wear the Afghanistan desert uniform while home on leave due to the high levels of pesticide contained in the fabric. However, the Swedish Armed Forces are adamant the uniforms are safe.
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Science & Technology: 8 Oct 12
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for research into stem cells.
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Society: 7 Oct 12
An exhibition organized by a Swedish non-profit and featuring snapshots of daily life around the world will open simultaneously on publicity screens in 22 countries on Monday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 29 Aug 12
Those who try to explain away the racism experienced by Somalis in Forserum in south central Sweden are simply adding insult to injury, argues local Green Party politician Etelka Huber.
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Analysis & Opinion: 14 Jun 12
Following the celebrations of Sweden’s National Day on June 6th, a somewhat recent invention, Swedish journalist and columnist Ola Tedin reflects that there is nationalism and nationalism.
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Business & Money: 11 Jun 12
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said on Monday that Sweden is relatively safe from the Spanish crisis as the country mainly trades with countries like Germany, Britain and Norway.
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Business & Money: 7 Jun 12
Minister for finance, Anders Borg, on Thursday said that he is not against allowing troubled Spanish banks using flexible EU mechanisms to recapitalise, despite recent German reservations against doing so.
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Society: 31 May 12
Irate neighbours upset by the high-volume moans of a noisy masturbator in southern Sweden won't get any help from local public authorities to help rub out the problem.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 May 12
Sweden can be eye-opening for any foreigner, but for American Carmen Price, it took more time than she expected in Sweden to disarm her American cultural defense mechanisms.
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National: 17 Apr 12
The father and step-mother of a 14-year-old girl from western Sweden, charged with repeatedly beating and burning the girl because they “thought she was a witch”, were freed of all charges on Tuesday.
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National: 29 Feb 12
A Congolese pastor who was deported from Sweden last week after losing a long-running fight for asylum was reportedly beaten upon returning to his home country, just as his Swedish supporters had feared.
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National: 24 Feb 12
The father and step-mother of a 14-year-old girl from western Sweden were charged on Friday with repeatedly beating and burning the girl "for being a witch”, according to the prosecutor.
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Education: 12 Feb 12
A 24-year-old teacher has been remanded into custody on suspicion of child rape after admitting that he had sexual relations with a number of teenage pupils.
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Society: 2 Feb 12
A post on Facebook as well as a 42 cannon salute are among the ways the next heir to the Swedish throne will be welcomed into the world, as the Royal Court readies for Crown Princess Victoria to give birth in early March.
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Society: 21 Dec 11
Stieg Larsson's former partner has slammed the commercialization of the late Swedish writer's best-selling novel, “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”, in connection with the release of Hollywood's adaption of the book.
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Business & Money: 6 Nov 11
Sweden has poor control over people coming from outside the EU to work, specifically related to the pay and conditions they've been promised, according to findings by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Science & Technology: 5 Oct 11
Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg in western Sweden has launched a massive social media campaign to encourage blood donors to sign up to a "nag me until I become a blood donor" contract and help tackle a shortage.
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Science & Technology: 3 Oct 11
Three researchers have been jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries related to the immune system.
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Politics: 2 Oct 11
Sweden's new tougher laws banning stalking went into effect on Saturday, which carry prison sentences of up to four years for the most serious offenders.
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Science & Technology: 28 Sep 11
Swedish researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg have managed to identify a gene which they believe has a strong connection to bipolar disorder.
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Science & Technology: 27 Sep 11
Ordinary painkillers might be able to hold back the growth of cancer tumours, according to a new Swedish study from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.
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Science & Technology: 17 Aug 11
Researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm along with colleagues in the United States have discovered five gene variants with strong links to aggressive forms of prostate cancer, according to a study released on Tuesday.
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Society: 11 Aug 11
A man has been reported to the authorities by his neighbours in Malmö after they tired of his noisy masturbation habits, which they report can disturb the peace at any time of the day or night.
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Science & Technology: 27 Jul 11
Young people whose diet is high in folate (the natural alternative to folic acid) are more successful in school, according to a recently published Swedish study.
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Lifestyle: 5 Jul 11
Ever wondered what a small Swedish town looks like when 50,000 music lovers invade its streets? Contributor Caroline Bursell finds out as she joins the throngs of festival-goers at Sweden's Borlänge Peace & Love festival 2011.
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Society: 30 Jun 11
The music festival Peace & Love in Borlänge, in central Sweden, was off to an unruly start on Wednesday, with local police kept busy and holding facilities at capacity.
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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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Education: 23 Jun 11
A Swedish court has ruled that a school was unjustified in sacking its principal after he joined a number of sexually themed groups on Facebook and published half-naked pictures of himself on the popular social networking site.
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Science & Technology: 17 Jun 11
The European Commission on Thursday renewed its cricism of Sweden's wolf policy, giving the country two months to take steps to "protect endangered wolves" of face a hearing at the European Court of Justice.
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Business & Money: 30 May 11
Women are experiencing increasing problems servicing SMS loans and for the first time are defaulting at the same levels as men, according to a new survey from the Swedish Enforcement Authority.
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Politics: 4 Apr 11
Sweden's Riksdag backs the banning of texting while driving and the introduction of a hands-free requirement while making calls at the wheel.
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Education: 14 Mar 11
Charges stemming from sexually suggestive text messages sent to a 15-year-old Swedish girl by a teacher-in-training will not likely stop him from receiving his teaching licence.
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Education: 8 Mar 11
Schools in Rosengård in Malmö in southern Sweden have come in for stinging criticism from the Swedish Schools Inspectorate, with more staff training and contact with home required.
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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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Science & Technology: 21 Feb 11
People with a particular genotype associated with obesity may have three times higher a risk of developing dementia than those who do not, according to a study by Stockholm's Karolinska Institute.
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Lifestyle: 9 Feb 11
A bar in Uppsala in eastern Sweden recently launched a new service that lets mobile phone-toting bar patrons leave their wallets at home. But not everyone is toasting this new taproom technology, contributor Oliver Gee discovers.
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Society: 25 Jan 11
The number of unpaid SMS loans that end up with the Swedish Enforcement Administration has shrunk dramatically, according to the government agency.
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National: 17 Jan 11
A pair of masked men smashed the video lottery terminals (VLT) and furnishings at three fast food kiosks in Gothenburg on Sunday with clubs and hammers.
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Lifestyle: 10 Jan 11
Few experiences in life are more leveling than a language class, where people’s previous identities are mysteriously replaced by characters and coping mechanisms worthy of a Swedish crime drama, explains contributor Lola Akinmade.
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Society: 9 Jan 11
A resident of Malmö in southern Sweden never thought he’d never see the memory card from his digital camera again until he read a letter to the editor in a local newspaper.
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Politics: 23 Dec 10
The European Commission has continued to challenge Sweden's wolf hunt policy, with the EU environment commissioner warning the government about letting the hunt begin before it receives answers to its questions.
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Society: 23 Dec 10
While the world continues to talk about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's case, Sweden-based journalist Johanna Koljonen is encouraging women around the world to share their feelings online about negative sexual experiences.
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Science & Technology: 22 Dec 10
A team of Swedish scientists are currently examining specimens of stomach bacteria from Ötzi the Iceman, who lived about 5,300 years ago.
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Society: 20 Dec 10
The Swedish Fatwa Council (Svenska Fatwarådet) condemned on Sunday the recent suicide bombing in central Stockholm, while the Swedish Security Service (Säpo) has confirmed that it believes the attacker was acting alone.
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Science & Technology: 16 Dec 10
Swedish researchers at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute have determined that the attractiveness of a person is far more influenced by a good night's rest than previously thought.
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Politics: 14 Dec 10
The far-right Sweden Democrats demanded on Tuesday a debate in Sweden's parliament on Islamic extremism following Saturday's twin blasts in Stockholm which were likely aimed at Christmas shoppers.
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Politics: 10 Dec 10
Sweden's refusal of entry of asylum seekers from Greece violates the alien act, the country's migration court of appeal has ruled, ordering an end to Swedish expulsions to the Mediterranean country.
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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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Analysis & Opinion: 18 Nov 10
The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson exposes the orthodoxy and self-serving folksy truisms of far-right PC in a lexicon of populist platitudes.
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Nov 10
In the end, Mona Sahlin’s toughness wasn’t enough to compensate for the Social Democratic party’s complete lack of leadership and progress, argues political scientist Nicholas Aylott.
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Business & Money: 24 Sep 10
Swedish telecom firm Ericsson has launched a new mobile phone application which aims to reunite African families that have been torn apart by war or natural disaster.
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Politics: 23 Sep 10
A Sweden Democrat candidate who won a seat on the local council in Gällivare in northern Sweden has resigned from the party after reading its manifesto.
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Science & Technology: 17 Sep 10
People who have used cocaine are at a greater risk of becoming addicted even after long drug-free periods, researchers at Sweden's Linköping University have discovered.
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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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Politics: 10 Aug 10
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Sweden's Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson as a member of the new UN High-level Panel on Global Sustainability.
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National: 7 Aug 10
Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin has called for the EU to mete out tougher punishments to any member states found to have mismanaged their finances over a long period of time.
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Society: 16 Jul 10
Almost every second Swede has read or written mobile phone text messages while driving, according to a new study.
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Science & Technology: 14 Jul 10
Experts attending the 11th International Congress on Obesity in Stockholm this week warned that over-the-counter slimming supplements were a waste of money and could in fact be detrimental to health.
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Science & Technology: 12 Jul 10
The seasonal outbreaks of blue-green algae in the Baltic Sea emit a nerve poison which can have a link to Alzheimer's, Parkínson's and Lou Gehrig's disease, Swedish researchers have claimed.
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Education: 8 Jul 10
Complaints to the Office of the Children and School Pupils Ombudsman have increased sharply, the Swedish Schools Inspectorate reported 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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Society: 2 Jul 10
The Church of Sweden has reacted angrily to a company offering a fast-track SMS service for those wishing to resign their membership.
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Science & Technology: 29 Jun 10
Sweden's nimble-fingered youth gather in Borlänge in central Sweden on Thursday to kick start the heats for the national SMS text-message championships, which culminates in a Stockholm final on August 14th.
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Society: 24 Jun 10
Social service chiefs in Helsingborg are under fire for not intervening to help a 16-year-old girl, despite receiving several reports that she was abusing drugs and selling sex.
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Business & Money: 10 Jun 10
Sweden's government has proposed placing tighter requirements on SMS-loan companies to carry out credit checks.
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National: 31 May 10
In a test of shopping baskets from grocery stores in Bollnäs in central Sweden, none of them passed standards for safe food handling.
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Society: 27 May 10
Swedes continue to turn their backs on the Church of Sweden with new figures indicating that the longer term fall in members has now started to hit baptisms and weddings.
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Business & Money: 26 May 10
Nearly one in four households, or 22 percent, would have difficulty dealing with an unforeseen cost of 5,000 kronor, according to a study by Länsförsäkringar.
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Science & Technology: 18 May 10
The distinction between psychological illness and creative thinking is wafer thin, new Swedish research confirms, arguing that there is a feasible explanation for why the age-old myth of genius bordering on insanity could in fact be true.
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Business & Money: 12 May 10
Sweden's government has proposed the supervision of a wide range of financial businesses involved in foreign exchange, money transfers, deposits and SMS loans.
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Science & Technology: 7 May 10
A Swedish-led team of scientists has drafted a genome sequence for the Neanderthal and believes its results show that the extinct 'great apes' interbred with humans.
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Business & Money: 30 Apr 10
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a tough start for Swedish BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, who started in January. The company has lost $25 billion since the current crisis began.
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National: 22 Apr 10
Travel disruption caused by the volcanic eruption in southern Iceland has prompted the Swedish government to announce that it will lift the monopoly on key routes run by national rail operator SJ.
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Science & Technology: 16 Apr 10
The risk of contracting cancer after the menopause is greater for girls who are considered thin at the age of seven than their chubbier counterparts, a new Swedish study published on Wednesday claims.
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Society: 1 Apr 10
Health experts have called for a sugar tax as Swedes remain the highest global consumers of sweets and soft drinks with an escalating public health situation as a result.
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National: 26 Mar 10
The humble tomato could be a weapon to deploy in the fight against cancer, a new study from Sweden's Lund University has shown.
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Analysis & Opinion: 5 Mar 10
An excessively rigid labour market is at the root of Sweden's high youth unemployment and helps explain the recent proliferation of young people in early retirement schemes, argues Nima Sanandaji, CEO of the Captus think tank.
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Analysis & Opinion: 17 Feb 10
Keen to keep his daughter occupied, Joel Sherwood finds sanctuary in Sweden's many church play areas. Which beg the question: Are the country's legions of latte mamas soon to be overtaken by a new generation of chapel papas?
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Feb 10
With Sweden's royal wedding year now upon us, writer and commoner Allan Burnett hoists the flag for an influential group catering for the anti-monarchy needs of a large and flabbergasted minority.
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National: 3 Feb 10
The Swedish Enforcement Authority received notice of 46,000 unpaid text message loans in 2009, an increase of 30 percent on 2008.
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National: 10 Jan 10
The Church of Sweden says it will lose 1 million members within 10 years.
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