The following articles have been tagged with "Solna":
Business & Money: 17 May 13
Solna, a suburb just north of Stockholm, is the best place to live in Sweden, according to a new ranking published on Friday by Swedish news magazine Fokus.
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Sport: 2 May 13
The 32-year-old goalkeeper of Stockholm's AIK football club, Ivan Turina, was found dead in his flat on Thursday morning.
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Sport: 18 Mar 13
Hammarby cruised to a victory in Sweden's bandy final against Sandviken on Sunday, with a record crowd storming the ice in celebration before the end of the game at Stockholm's Friends Arena.
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National: 26 Feb 13
Arson investigations have been launched into three fires that broke out near Stockholm in the early hours of Monday morning in three separate locations, all of which house organizations that sympathize with the regime in Eritrea.
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Science & Technology: 6 Feb 13
A surge of patients suffering from infectious diseases has forced Karolinska University Hospital near Stockholm to postpone planned operations due to a lack of available nurses and beds.
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Society: 3 Feb 13
Japan-inspired glamrocker Yohio and ice hockey-playing pop starlet David Lindgren claimed the first two spots in Sweden's Melodifestivalen final after winning the heat in Karlskrona on Saturday.
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Science & Technology: 21 Dec 12
In a landmark anti-piracy ruling, Sweden’s Supreme Court said on Friday that broadband provider ePhone must share information about a customer who put audio books online and made them available for illegal downloading.
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Society: 23 Nov 12
Sweden’s hottest music export of the moment, Swedish House Mafia, kicked off their farewell set in Stockholm on Thursday night - their third last live shows before the band calls it quits.
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National: 23 Nov 12
A man was rushed to hospital in Stockholm after being stabbed in the stomach in Gamla Stan late on Thursday night. Two men were later arrested.
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National: 18 Nov 12
A fire on an SJ X2000 train put a halt to all train traffic to and from the central station in Stockholm for over an hour on Sunday afternoon as poisonous fumes spread across sections of the city centre.
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Sport: 14 Nov 12
In the run-up to Wednesday’s friendly football match between Sweden and England, a group of Swedish teenagers got the chance to meet the English national football team and watch them practice.
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Sport: 14 Nov 12
Swedish captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic called England's Steven Gerrard "an international class player", ahead of the friendly between the two countries to be played in Stockholm on Wednesday.
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Society: 6 Nov 12
The population of greater Stockholm is growing faster than any other area in Sweden, with one in four babies now being born in the capital, according to a report published on Tuesday.
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National: 21 Oct 12
Stockholm police have arrested a man on suspicion of stabbing a colleague at Lidingö Hospital on Sunday morning.
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Sport: 10 Oct 12
Malmö in southern Sweden is gearing up to host a historic footballing clash between Brazil and Iraq on Thursday, the first time the two national sides will meet in international competition.
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Sport: 21 Sep 12
Three more Swedes have been reported injured in attacks by "hardcore" football fans in Naples, Italy, following a Europa League match on Thursday.
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Sport: 20 Sep 12
Supporters of Stockholm football club AIK were involved in a stabbing in a pizzeria in Naples late Wednesday night, in what Italian media called an attack on Swedish fans by Napoli hooligans.
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National: 1 Sep 12
A 17-year-old boy has been convicted of assault after hitting Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's son Gustaf with a bottle in a fight in central Stockholm last November.
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National: 19 Aug 12
One man was found injured after an incident police classify as attempted murder near a playground in the Stockholm suburb of Solna on Sunday.
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National: 19 Jul 12
A Stockholm metro station was shut down late Wednesday night after several people were sickened by a mysterious substance thought to be some sort of gas.
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Society: 9 Jul 12
The 2013 Eurovision Song Contest will take place in the southern Swedish city of Malmö organizers confirmed Sunday, with the news angering some fans who were set for a Stockholm final.
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Business & Money: 6 Jul 12
The man who stabbed a woman 20 times in a Stockholm youth hostel has blamed a blackout for the incident and has been held on remand on the suspicion of attempted murder.
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Society: 24 Jun 12
Swedish house DJ trio Swedish House Mafia have announced that an upcoming tour will be the last the group plays together, ending four years of massive commercial success.
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National: 5 Jun 12
A woman has reported a midwife to the National Board of Health and Welfare after she was forced to go into childbirth on her feet while the nurse sat at a nearby table on the computer.
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National: 1 Jun 12
A 17-year-old girl was found hanging dead from a tree near Stockholm on Thursday in what police initially thought was a suicide but which is now being investigated as a murder.
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Science & Technology: 30 May 12
A Swedish doctor with HIV who was convicted for having unprotected sex should be allowed to keep practicing, hospital management has argued, prompting a group of employees to slam the move as "unethical".
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Business & Money: 28 May 12
Stockholmers commute for an average of 6.4 working weeks each year, which is more time than they spend on holiday, a new study has found.
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National: 27 May 12
A 68-year-old woman drowned on Saturday while trying to save her two grandsons who had strayed too far from a beach in southern Stockholm.
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Business & Money: 11 May 12
A former city manager in Solna was convicted at taking bribes in connection with the building of new national sporting arena near Stockholm while the founder of Swedish construction firm PEAB was acquitted.
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Sport: 1 May 12
Swedish top flight football is facing the prospect of player strike action and a slew of postponed matches as a dispute over pay and conditions remained unresolved.
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National: 29 Apr 12
A Swedish study has found that apathetic refugee children suffer from dramatic changes in hormone levels connected to chronic stress, concluding that the condition is thus genuine.
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National: 25 Apr 12
A 67-year-old Swedish woman with the same name as a former government minister caused a stir recently when the unknown retiree turned up as an invited guest at a formal government dinner.
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National: 18 Mar 12
The search continued on Sunday for the bodies of those killed after a Norwegian Hercules military transport plane crashed into Sweden's highest peak Kebnekaise on Thursday.
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Society: 13 Mar 12
A Swedish police commissioner has been convicted for secretly filming female officers in the nude by hiding a video camera inside a locker in the station's changing room.
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National: 3 Mar 12
Some 20 people were taken to hospital after a section of stage gave way during a concert at the Globe Arena in Stockholm on Friday evening, with five people sustaining serious injuries.
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National: 27 Feb 12
A 28-year-old man and his 26-year-old girlfriend have been found guilty of trying to burn the woman's parents alive in an inheritance plot which they hoped would lead to a life of luxury in sunny Buenos Aires.
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Society: 6 Feb 12
An instructor at a Swedish police academy has been accused of hate crimes for referring to a trainee officer with a foreign background as a "monkey".
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Education: 31 Jan 12
After the introduction of tuition fees to Swedish universities, the country has been experiencing an influx of fictitious schools requesting to establish themselves in Sweden.
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National: 22 Jan 12
A 28-year-old man who stood for the Green Party at the 2010 election, has been charged, along with his 26-year-old girlfriend, for trying to murder his parents-in-law by setting alight to their apartment.
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National: 5 Jan 12
Police officers who investigated a doctor accused of the manslaughter of a baby at a Stockholm hospital last year are now themselves facing a criminal probe for misconduct.
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National: 29 Dec 11
A Swedish police commissioner has been suspended after it was revealed that he had secretly filmed female officers in the nude with a video camera hidden inside a locker in the station's changing room.
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National: 29 Dec 11
Four men were charged on Thursday in connection with Sweden's “biggest-ever” cocaine bust that netted drugs worth an estimated 145 million kronor ($21 million).
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Business & Money: 24 Dec 11
The Stockholm stock exchange closed up slightly on the Friday before Christmas amid reports of an increase in the number of new companies registered in Sweden in 2011.
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National: 16 Dec 11
A 39-year-old taxi driver has been charged for raping a 28-year-old female passenger in the back seat while taking her home after a night out in the Stockholm nightlife district of Stureplan.
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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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National: 1 Dec 11
A 53-year-old police officer in Stockholm has been sentenced to a year in prison after having been convicted of raping and buying sex from a minor.
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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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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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National: 14 Nov 11
The National Police Board has been sued by a rights group for alleged discrimination, arguing that women have been favoured ahead of men in the recruitment process.
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National: 21 Oct 11
A paediatrician charged for having caused the death of a newborn baby at Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital in 2008 has been acquitted by the Solna District Court in a case closely monitored by the Swedish medical community.
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Sport: 20 Sep 11
The Stockholm derby match between Djurgården and AIK began in deathly silence on Monday evening as fans from both sides staged a protest at all they consider to have gone wrong with game.
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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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Politics: 31 Aug 11
The Swedish government on Tuesday announced plans to set aside 5 billion kronor ($784 million) in new funding for infrastructure projects, with the bulk of the money devoted to improvements to the country's beleaguered rail system.
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Lifestyle: 4 Aug 11
If you want to see Scandinavia at its best, there’s no more exciting way to do it than to hop on a bike and explore the region’s excellent network of hostels.
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National: 21 Jul 11
A 22-year-old man died when he crashed his motorcycle in Stockholm late Wednesday following a police chase at speeds of up to 250 kilometres/hour.
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Lifestyle: 1 Jul 11
With the summer sun in the ascendancy, it’s time to lather on the sunscreen, pack a picnic, and head out to explore some of the 50,000 playgrounds on offer across Sweden. The Local’s Karen Holst tips some of the country’s best.
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National: 9 Jun 11
A local politician and a Swedish construction magnate are among six people charged with corruption in conjunction with the building of a new national sporting arena in the Stockholm suburb of Solna.
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National: 3 Jun 11
The 47-year-old Stockholm mum who last year was sentenced to prison after keeping Polish women under “slave-like conditions” was acquitted of the trafficking charges on Friday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 May 11
While football hooliganism has all but disappeared in the UK, Sweden continues to struggle with how to deal with the problem, turning it into a political hot potato, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Education: 4 May 11
A independently-run Christian school in Stockholm has been criticised by the Swedish Schools Inspectorate after being reported for presenting homosexuality as a sin in its teaching.
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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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Business & Money: 3 May 11
The north Stockholm suburb of Solna has been named the most business-friendly municipality in Sweden, according to a new ranking.
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Society: 20 Apr 11
The 48-year-old ‘clairvoyant’ who managed to swindle large amounts of money from three unsuspecting victims was sentenced to prison by a Swedish court on Wednesday.
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National: 7 Apr 11
Gusty winds brought train traffic to a standstill in Stockholm on Thursday afternoon, and also left thousands of Swedes without power in the south of the country.
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Society: 30 Mar 11
A 48-year-old phony fortune teller who managed to make millions of kronor disappear from the bank accounts of unsuspecting Swedes has finally been arrested after years of evading capture.
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National: 28 Mar 11
An off-duty, drunk police officer has been charged with assaulting a football supporter in a Stockholm metro station last October.
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National: 22 Mar 11
The paediatrician suspected of the alleged mercy killing of a baby at Astrid Lindgren's Children's Hospital in Stockholm in September 2008 is to face trial for manslaughter, the prosecutor decided Tuesday.
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Society: 15 Mar 11
A 20-year-old Swedish man has been convicted of raping a woman in her sleep after expressing his regret on Facebook.
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National: 1 Mar 11
A group of right-wing extremists threw eggs and hurled racial slurs outside a housing facility for unaccompanied refugee children near Stockholm after internet rumours about a suspected sexual assault spiraled out of control.
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Society: 24 Feb 11
Villagers in Ockelbo in northern Sweden are busy preparing for the homecoming of Prince Daniel who will make his first official visit with with Crown Princess Victoria in May.
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Society: 12 Feb 11
The recent slippery conditions across Sweden have resulted in record overcrowding in the country's emergency rooms.
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Science & Technology: 4 Feb 11
A total of 100,000 Swedish women will be recruited over the next two to three years for a new national study of breast cancer led by a professor at Solna's Karolinska Institute.
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National: 6 Jan 11
A young man was found dead on the island Ekerö, just outside Stockholm. A young woman was also found severely injured.
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Society: 23 Dec 10
A Stockholm woman who approached a psychic medium for help to "burn away all evil" has been awarded damages after claiming fraud when results were less than satisfactory.
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Sport: 6 Dec 10
Swedish football player Dulee Johnson of Stockholm side AIK was cleared of charges relating to the alleged rape of a woman earlier this year.
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Science & Technology: 21 Nov 10
WikiLeaks has abandoned the Swedish internet hosting company it had previously used to store many of the confidential documents revealed by the whistleblower website.
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Sport: 18 Nov 10
Swedish football player Dulee Johnson of Stockholm side AIK was charged on Thursday for allegedly raping a woman earlier this year.
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Society: 15 Nov 10
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and her husband Prince Daniel have officially moved into their new home, Haga Palace in Solna north of Stockholm, on Monday.
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National: 30 Oct 10
Two masked men shot a man at a strip club in central Stockholm on Friday evening in what police believe could be a battle for market share among the city's sex clubs.
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Sport: 14 Oct 10
Dulee Johnson, a footballer player with Swedish top flight club AIK, has been suspended after key sponsors demanded action following the midfield star's arrest on suspicion of rape.
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National: 29 Sep 10
Karolinska University Hospital has requested an inquiry into the care it gave former foreign minister Anna Lindh after her fatal stabbing in September 2003.
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National: 19 Sep 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not obliged to remain in Sweden as there is no arrest warrant against him, his lawyer said on Saturday. Prosecutors are however continuing to investigate rape allegations against the Australian.
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National: 16 Sep 10
The first case tried since the passage of Sweden's anti-file sharing law in April 2009 is heading for the EU Court of Justice after a decision by the Supreme Court.
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National: 7 Sep 10
Swedish police raided locations across the country on Tuesday, including WikiLeaks' ISP PRQ, acting on information from Belgian police in an international operation targeting the file sharing network known as "The Scene".
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Sport: 21 Aug 10
Swedish football club AIK can expect to face fines of up to €1 million ($1.27 million) after violent scenes marred Thursday's Europa League play-off clash with Levski Sofia.
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National: 14 Aug 10
A 43-year-old man in Solna has been arrested for murder after a man was shot in the face in the stairwell of an apartment block on Friday afternoon.
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National: 7 Aug 10
Swedish legal experts have revealed that the website WikiLeaks may not be covered by Swedish whistleblower protection laws despite having its servers located just outside Stockholm.
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Sport: 3 Aug 10
Barcelona star Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been named in the Sweden squad to face Scotland in a friendly at Råsunda stadium in Solna on August 11th, marking the end of a nine month national team hiatus.
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National: 2 Aug 10
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel have returned home after their six-week long honeymoon in the South Pacific and the USA, arriving at Stockholm's Bromma airport on Sunday evening.
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Society: 5 Jul 10
Prince Daniel may have gotten the princess and the castle, but he would not receive a princely settlement if he and Crown Princess Victoria divorced, a premarital agreement submitted to Solna District Court has revealed.
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Society: 17 Jun 10
Wedding fever has gripped Sweden this week amid frenzied last-minute preparations for Crown Princess Victoria's nuptials on Saturday with her former personal trainer Daniel Westling after more than eight years of courtship.
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Science & Technology: 4 Jun 10
The first case tried since the passage of Sweden's anti-file sharing law in April 2009 looks destined for the EU Court of Justice after a decision by the Supreme Court.
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Science & Technology: 30 May 10
Scientists are hoping that genetic data gathered from half a million Swedes will help improve our understanding some of the world's most pressing public health problems.
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Business & Money: 18 May 10
Swedish-Finnish telecom giant TeliaSonera has been instructed by the appeals court to hand over the names and addresses of people behind a filesharing website in a landmark anti-piracy law ruling.
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Business & Money: 7 May 10
Swedish construction firm Skanska has reported a profit after financial items of 936 million kronor ($120 million) for the first quarter 2010, over double the 449 million kronor posted in the period last year, and above analyst forecasts.
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Business & Money: 5 May 10
Swedish construction firm Skanska has won the contract for the development and construction of the New Karolinska Solna (NKS) hospital near Stockholm in a deal worth around 14.5 billion kronor ($2 billion).
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Education: 23 Apr 10
Stockholm universities are among the top choices for students this autumn, with medicine, law and economics the most popular fields of study, according to a new report.
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Society: 22 Mar 10
Clubbers and partygoers in Stockholm consume around 3,000 doses of cocaine per weekend night, according to tests on the city's sewage water.
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Science & Technology: 24 Feb 10
Swedish researchers have found that as many as two out of three people diagnosed as allergic can eat peanuts without any problems at all.
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National: 18 Feb 10
A Swedish court on Thursday ruled that the two doctors previously suspected of committing the gruesome murder of Catrine da Costa, found dismembered in 1984, are not entitled to damages.
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