The following articles have been tagged with "Testing":
Science & Technology: 17 May 13
Sweden's once flourishing pharmaceutical testing industry has been decimated in recent years, suffering an 85-percent drop according to new figures that industry experts describe as "deeply troubling".
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 May 13
With the internet abuzz with news of Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy, The Local speaks with a Swedish breast cancer survivor about the lose-lose equation she faced when she pondered removing her breasts.
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Society: 25 Apr 13
Swedish police raided Justin Bieber's tour bus after officers reported a "suspicious" odour when the pop star boarded the vehicle ahead of his concert in Stockholm on Wednesday night.
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National: 20 Apr 13
Eleven Afghanis and Iranians have gone on hunger strike in the north of Sweden after their asylum applications were turned down.
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National: 16 Apr 13
Demonstrators gathered outside Social Democrat headquarters in Stockholm on Monday night, while others used the opinion pages of a Swedish daily to protest the ouster of Omar Mustafa over questions about his values.
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Science & Technology: 11 Apr 13
Swedish authorities announced on Thursday that frozen berries may have been the cause of over 20 Hepatitis A infections in Sweden since December.
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Society: 1 Apr 13
An Abba reunion concert scheduled at an Uppsala airfield, Malmö neighbourhoods to be renamed after Eurovision stars and lasagnes found in horse feed were among Sweden's April Fools' Day hoax stories on Monday.
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Science & Technology: 28 Mar 13
Two shipwrecks believed to be 17th-century Danish warships have emerged along the Stockholm waterfront due to unusually low water levels.
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Business & Money: 18 Mar 13
Up to 600 Swedish jobs may disappear when mobile technology joint venture ST-Ericsson splits its operations, the company said on Monday.
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National: 12 Mar 13
Swedish grocery chain Ica on Tuesday ordered a recall of two meat products over concerns they may contain horsemeat.
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National: 10 Mar 13
Over 3,000 people gathered in Swedish cities on Saturday to demonstrate against the clampdown on illegal migrants which has sparked accusations of "racial profiling" practices among the police.
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National: 5 Mar 13
Health authorities in China have confiscated nearly two tonnes of chocolate cakes imported from Sweden by Ikea after finding high levels of bacteria commonly found in the human intestinal tract.
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Business & Money: 26 Feb 13
Ikea's Sweden-based meatball supplier on Tuesday claimed its own tests failed to reveal any horsemeat in its Swedish meatballs as Ikea widened its meatball ban to 24 countries following reports the iconic food contained horsemeat.
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Business & Money: 12 Feb 13
Sweden is planning to DNA test everything from meatballs to hamburgers in a bid to crack down on suspected mislabelling of horsemeat as beef, after frozen food company Findus found horsemeat in its ready-meals.
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Science & Technology: 8 Feb 13
Swedish police want to introduce an instrument to test drivers suspected of drug use, technology that's already used in some parts of Europe.
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Society: 19 Jan 13
A Swedish pilot who performed dangerous 'barrel' rolls in a Jas Gripen fighter aircraft stands to lose his job with the Armed Forces.
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National: 28 Dec 12
A dental implant surgery turned into a nightmare as the dentist’s drill came unstuck, fell down the patient’s throat and landed in her right lung, an accident which has now been reported to the authorities.
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Travel: 17 Dec 12
With flights into space scheduled to take off from far northern Sweden within a few years, AFP's Camille Bas-Wohlert finds out exactly what's on the cards for eager space tourists.
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Education: 11 Dec 12
Young Swedish students have become worse at reading but slightly better at the natural sciences, according to the results of two key international comparisons of student achievement released on Tuesday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 4 Dec 12
As Sweden marks 30 years since the first case of AIDS was diagnosed in the country, The Local's Christine Demsteader learns how Swedes have been forced to face an uncomfortable reality about the stigma surrounding those who first tested positive for HIV.
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Business & Money: 4 Dec 12
Swedish carmaker Volvo hopes smart functions in its vehicles will result in zero deaths or injuries in new Volvos by 2020, a top manager said on Monday.
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Politics: 3 Dec 12
The migration minister wants immigrants to get jobs before their families follow them to Sweden, but may face an uphill struggle to convince his government partners to tighten up current family reunification rules.
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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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Society: 25 Oct 12
A group of topless women staged a protest on Wednesday at a German outlet of Swedish furniture giant Ikea in reaction to the company's decision to remove women from the version of its catalogue distributed in Saudi Arabia.
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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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Science & Technology: 18 Oct 12
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf has broken with tradition and refused to present a prestigious environmental prize to a teen activist who led protests against the construction of a quarry on the Baltic island of Gotland.
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Business & Money: 16 Oct 12
Several tonnes of pork tenderloin has been dyed and sold as beef tenderloin to Swedish grocery wholesalers, prompting Sweden's National Food Agency to issue an EU-wide warning.
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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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Science & Technology: 2 Oct 12
Police in Sweden say there is a clear connection between a recent spate of cyber attacks targeting Swedish websites and the ongoing dispute over the deportation of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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Society: 28 Sep 12
An inebriated Norwegian man, napping in the back of his car, was shocked to find himself dumped in Gothenburg by two female car thieves some hours later.
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Science & Technology: 10 Sep 12
A Swedish professor has designed a virus touted as a potential cure for the cancer that killed Apple-founder Steve Jobs. He talks to The Local about the virus, how it works, and the prospect of making "medical and fundraising history”.
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Politics: 1 Sep 12
William Petzäll, an independent Swedish MP who quit the Sweden Democrats last year to focus on his battle with substance abuse, was found dead on Saturday.
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Society: 21 Aug 12
Three five-year-old children were tested for disease in western Sweden after they were found playing with syringes they had uncovered in their pre-school bin on Monday morning.
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Society: 6 Aug 12
Police in central Sweden on Sunday detained a man who was cycling under the influence, claiming to be headed for home - some 600 kilometres away.
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Lifestyle: 4 Aug 12
With the centenary of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg's birth on Saturday, The Local catches up with Brian Palmer, a researcher at Uppsala University who has created a calendar to commemorate individuals of exceptional civic courage.
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Science & Technology: 30 Jul 12
Men diagnosed with prostate cancer die more commonly of other causes such as heart disease, indicating that lifestyle changes affect prognosis, according to a new Swedish-American study.
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Sport: 25 Jul 12
Swedish International Olympic Committee (IOC) anti-doping crusader Arne Ljungqvist has responded to criticism from World Anti-Doping Agency head Dick Pound over testing procedures at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
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Politics: 3 Jul 12
Jimmie Åkesson and the Sweden Democrats took centre stage on the opening day of Almedalen. Correspondent David Linden reflects on how, if at all, the party has changed.
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Business & Money: 29 Jun 12
Sweden is willing to lend a fleet a Gripen fighter jets to Switzerland ahead of the delivery of the next generation of the aircraft, the Swiss defence minister announced on Friday.
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National: 21 Jun 12
After the discovery of explosives on the premises of Swedish nuclear power plant Ringhals south of Gothenburg on Wednesday, authorities raised the threat level at all Swedish nuclear facilities.
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Business & Money: 13 Jun 12
Canned meat from 1993 has been relabelled and resold in Swedish shops despite being rotten and severely lacking in nutritional value, according to a Swedish media report.
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Business & Money: 18 May 12
The manufacturer of the bikini suspected of having caused severe bust-line burns on a Swedish woman claims that test results reveal the beach garment is not responsible for the woman's scorched skin.
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Society: 16 May 12
A Swedish woman who went on a sun-soaked retreat sporting a newly acquired bikini and came back with serious burns under her breasts is suspecting that the underwiring in her bra caused her bust injury.
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Business & Money: 10 May 12
A Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) pilot scheduled to fly a plane out of Sweden on Tuesday afternoon was stopped from leaving after failing a breathalyzer test.
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National: 9 May 12
A man in Uppsala, eastern Sweden, has been arrested by police after allegedly tying up his 6-year-old and locking him up in a dark room.
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National: 27 Apr 12
The mounting mosquito problems in the Dalälven region, in central Sweden, have resulted in a governmental plan to use helicopters to bomb the blood-thirsty insects to death before the summer season commences.
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Science & Technology: 5 Apr 12
Football players are better at solving problems than others, and those that score the most are the absolute best, according to a new Swedish study
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Politics: 31 Mar 12
A 20-year-old man from Kalmar has been conditionally released from Israeli custody after being detained on Friday while acting as an observer at demonstrations outside Ramallah in the West Bank.
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Sport: 7 Mar 12
A preschool in northern Sweden is teaching kids geography, maths – and respect – through a new curriculum inspired by the rough and tumble world of Sweden's top professional hockey league, the Elitserien.
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Business & Money: 5 Mar 12
Twelve dead Swedes who have spent several years in the deep freeze, pending the legalisation of an “environmentally friendly” burial procedure, may be buried against their families’ wishes.
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Business & Money: 23 Feb 12
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars has placed a bid for large parts of its bankrupt counterpart Saab Automobile.
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Society: 23 Feb 12
A recent court ruling may mean a 45 percent rise in applications for permanent residency based on family relations, according to predictions from the Swedish Migration Board, with most applicants expected to come from Somalia.
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Sport: 22 Feb 12
Swedish midfielder Pontus Wernbloom had a dream debut with CSKA Moscow in Tuesday's Champions League match as he cracked a last minute score to equalize 1-1 with Spanish giants Real Madrid.
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Society: 13 Feb 12
Every second Swede is at risk of developing dementia, according to a new study from Umeå University, which concentrated on the 85+ population in northern Sweden.
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National: 8 Feb 12
29-year-old twins Lin Backlund and Emilie Falk, adopted to separate Swedish families at birth, are lying low after reporters in Indonesia claimed to have found their birth mother and family.
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Society: 24 Jan 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea said on Tuesday it has no plans to reverse a decision to stop selling a number of well-known Swedish food brands in its stores despite a barrage of complaints from angry customers.
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National: 15 Jan 12
Demonstrations were held in several Swedish cities on Saturday to protest against Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt, questioning his suitability for the role.
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Business & Money: 11 Jan 12
A cargo ship ran aground in the Kalmar strait in the early hours of Wednesday and police suspect the captain and the chief officer of being drunk on duty.
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Lifestyle: 24 Nov 11
The popular Swedish equestrian sport of trotting reaches a hoof-thundering climax this weekend with the V75 meet at Jägersro near Malmö, Geoff Mortimore explores the sport where "lagom" really is best.
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Science & Technology: 18 Nov 11
Several more missed skin cancer cases have been detected in the retesting of diagnoses after the Sahlgrenska University hospital cancer scandal became public earlier this year. So far more than 100 misdiagnoses have been revealed.
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Science & Technology: 13 Nov 11
The fire in reactor 2 at nuclear power plant Ringhals, south of Gothenburg, will cost roughly 1.8 billion kronor ($267 million) in lost profits, reports and was caused by a forgotten vacuum cleaner.
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Science & Technology: 16 Oct 11
Swedish roosters are bred for the sole purpose of becoming lip enhancements and anti-wrinkle creams, according to a report in Swedish media.
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Politics: 10 Oct 11
A rally against the Syrian regime was held outside Sweden's parliament on Sunday with some 200 people calling on Stockholm and the European Union "to support the revolution in Syria".
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Politics: 7 Oct 11
The leaders of the Social Democrats and the Left Party on Friday declined to participate in an upcoming debate to avoid having to stand next to Sweden Democrat party leader Jimmie Åkesson.
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National: 1 Oct 11
Two Swedish journalists are planning to go to jail of their own accord in a bid to draw attention to the plight of other writers in captivity.
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Society: 27 Sep 11
Swedish ex-ice hockey pro Anders Parmström slammed a court decision to fine him after a fatal crash involving a deer, claiming that it was the "animal that hit his car".
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National: 21 Sep 11
A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday acquitted a 33-year-old man charged with assault after violent sex with a teenager, in a case testing the limits of sexual violence permitted in Sweden between consenting partners.
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Business & Money: 31 Aug 11
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars has teamed up with German industrial group Siemens to develop technology for electric vehicles, the companies announced said Wednesday.
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Society: 24 Aug 11
Swedish pensioner Eskil Carlsson on Tuesday decided the time was ripe to treat his neighbours to a cut of beef which had been stored in a glass jar by his family for over 70 years, revealing that "it didn't smell much, and tasted okay".
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Science & Technology: 12 Aug 11
A Swedish company has become the first in the world to develop a so-called active safety test site, which it is hoped will ultimately drastically reduce the number of car accidents.
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Society: 9 Aug 11
A group of Swedish soldiers representing gay and lesbian soldiers who took part in Saturday’s Pride parade in Stockholm were targeted by anti-war activists who argued that the military has no place in the march.
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Sport: 31 Jul 11
Sweden's superstar swimmer Therese Alshammar finally snagged her gold after winning the women's 50m freestyle title at the world championships on Sunday.
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National: 31 Jul 11
A recipe of summer fun, a little sun, and unprotected sex have brought a spike in the number of cases of gonorrhoea in Stockholm, according to new statistics.
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Business & Money: 14 Jul 11
Swedish music streaming service Spotify is set to launch its popular service in the US on Thursday.
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Science & Technology: 4 Jul 11
Sigmund Freud's theory that people can intentionally learn to forget certain memories is proven accurate more than 100 years later, after researchers from a Swedish university make headway in the study of the mind.
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Politics: 28 Jun 11
The Sweden Democrats demanded increased border controls when the Riksdag debated free movement within the European Union on Tuesday.
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Science & Technology: 12 Jun 11
A woman in her 30s was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for infecting a man with HIV and could face expulsion from Sweden after the completion of her prison time.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 May 11
As the idea of elite education takes hold in Sweden, a country known for promoting equality, The Local's Karen Holst looks at the debate surrounding a decision to offer advanced classes to younger students.
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Science & Technology: 26 May 11
Swedish music service Spotify and social networking giant Facebook are collaborating on a streaming music service, according to a media report Wednesday.
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Science & Technology: 24 May 11
Police officers in northern Sweden took action on Tuesday against a group of Greenpeace activists occupying a barn while protesting against the planned introduction of genetically modified (GM) potatoes in the area.
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Analysis & Opinion: 29 Apr 11
In the aftermath of the recent 'slave auction' stunt carried out by several students at Lund University, there has been too much protesting, and not enough listening, argues US graduate student Cate Bridenstine.
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Society: 29 Apr 11
A law student from northern Sweden beat out thousands of applicants to land a sought after 'beach tester' position offered by a Swedish women’s lifestyle magazine.
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Science & Technology: 29 Apr 11
Swedish scientists have developed new highly sensitive equipment that may have a huge impact on tracking the spread of HIV and detecting signs of bio terrorism and water contamination.
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Analysis & Opinion: 18 Apr 11
Swedish carmaker Volvo wants to let drivers kick back, take their hands off the wheel, and catch up on a little TV while barreling down the motorway, all in the name of improving road safety, The Local's Geoff Mortimore explains.
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Business & Money: 14 Apr 11
A pensioners' rights group in central Sweden has accused a Swedish bank of discrimination over plans to end cash handling services at local branch offices.
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Science & Technology: 12 Apr 11
Researchers have begun exhuming the remains of Magnus III Ladulås, who reigned as Swedish king from 1275 until 1290, in order to perform DNA tests to ascertain the identity of those with whom he is buried.
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National: 1 Apr 11
A 33-year-old Swedish man was among a number of United Nations personnel killed in Afghanistan on Friday after a demonstration turned violent in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
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Society: 31 Mar 11
A Swedish women's lifestyle magazine is looking to hire someone skilled at receiving full-body massages, drinking wine at local taverns, and reading books for a not-too demanding temporary assignment.
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National: 20 Mar 11
The EU-commission has urged member states to measure radioactivity levels in imported Japanese foods, but according to the National Food Administration there is little risk to Swedish consumers.
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Society: 27 Feb 11
A test of a knife-proof vest by two drunken men at a party in southern Sweden late Saturday afternoon didn't go according to plan.
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Sport: 14 Feb 11
Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg has given up on his bid to make a comeback in the National Hockey League and is retiring from ice hockey.
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National: 13 Feb 11
A Swedish military agency that is testing the bombs that were found after the terrorist attack in Stockholm estimates that the number of people who could have been killed would have been "well below 30" if they had successfully detonated.
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Business & Money: 31 Jan 11
Japanese carmaker Subaru has announced its desire to start making vehicles in Sweden, possibly at a vacant Saab Automobile facility in western Sweden's Trollhättan.
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Science & Technology: 27 Jan 11
Certain types of baby food may contain elevated levels of manganese, arsenic, and cadmium, a new Swedish study has shown.
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Science & Technology: 24 Jan 11
Eyewitnesses cannot always be trusted, a psychologist at the Lund University has revealed in a recent study.
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Sport: 22 Jan 11
Swedish hockey star Peter Forsberg plans to practice with the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday to see if he’s ready for a comeback in the National Hockey League at age 37.
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Lifestyle: 14 Jan 11
Sweden’s last official sex education film became a hit in XXX-cinemas around the world. Four decades later, it's time for the sequel, but the new film probably won't enhance Sweden's reputation for sin, The Local's Ben Kersley reports.
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National: 9 Dec 10
The source of the intestinal parasite that sickened thousands in the town of Östersund in northern Sweden has been identified, according to city officials.
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Science & Technology: 1 Dec 10
Four experts on HIV and criminal law have called for an overhaul of the law against infectious diseases act on World AIDS Day, alleging that the duty of disclosure has resulted in a spike in new Swedish HIV cases.
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Travel: 25 Oct 10
Philips' advertising campaigns for the wake-up light have historically challenged the prestige of the product, testing the wake-up light's mettle in real life. In this latest campaign, the test is on an epic scale.
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" I have recently become addicted to a website called Stockholms Källan. The site is an amazing treasure trove of historical images of Stockholm. You can search by names or locations to find old photos and documents relating to whatever you’re interested in. This image is from a 1960’s short film called “Ditt Stockholm” (“Your Stockholm”). It..." READ »