May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Text_message":
Business & Money: 25 May 12
The CEO of Swedish defence contractor Saab claimed on Friday his phone had been bugged during talks with Switzerland about Saab's sale of 22 Gripen fighter jets.
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Politics: 23 Apr 12
Sweden's enterprise minster Annie Lööf said in a recent interview she wouldn't rule out exporting arms to China – despite the existence of an arms sale embargo since 1989. She later admitted she could have been clearer.
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Science & Technology: 18 Apr 12
TeliaSonera, the successor to Sweden's state telecom monopoly, has given state security services access to systems it operates in the former Soviet Union in order to secure lucrative contracts there, according to Swedish media reports.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Apr 12
Stefan Löfven appears to have found a recipe for success as the head of Sweden's Social Democrats: keeping his mouth shut. But it remains to seen how long how long he can remain silent, argues historian and commentator David Linden.
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National: 13 Apr 12
A 52-year-old man in southern Sweden, convicted of murdering his 25-year-old girlfriend, was sentenced on Friday to 16 years in prison.
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National: 11 Apr 12
The tsunami scare that followed an earth quake in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday, measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale, had tourists fleeing the beaches of Thailand and Indonesia for higher grounds.
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Society: 10 Apr 12
A local official in northern Sweden was allowed to stay on the job for several weeks after it was revealed that he had been sending sex-themed text messages to a disabled woman.
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Business & Money: 10 Apr 12
Saab has a staggering 13 billion kronor ($1.92 billion) in outstanding debts, trustees declared on Monday, as the assets of the bankrupt Swedish automaker go under the hammer on Tuesday.
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National: 30 Mar 12
A 28-year-old man from eastern Sweden, previously in trouble for his “llama-like” spitting in strangers’ faces, went amok while in hospital last summer, in an alleged nutmeg induced rage.
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National: 19 Mar 12
A teacher at a Swedish school in Yemen was gunned down by an unknown perpetrator on Sunday in an attack claimed to be a response by al-Qaeda to what is perceived as Christian proselytising.
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Society: 16 Mar 12
This weekend, the City Museum of Stockholm will have a temporary new façade in the form of a 3D projection mapping project developed by Swedish multi-media artist, Jesper Wachtmeister.
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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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Society: 10 Feb 12
Police in Stockholm are looking to beef up efforts to put the brakes on a “vodka-mobile” that delivers hard liquor to school children in the Swedish capital who place their orders via text message.
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Politics: 26 Jan 12
The Social Democrats used a hastily scheduled Thursday press conference to officially unveil IF Metall union chief Stefan Löfven as the consensus choice to take over as party chair.
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Politics: 20 Jan 12
The Social Democrats' executive committee expressed its continued confidence in embattled party head Håkan Juholt on Friday following two days of intense meetings about his leadership.
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Politics: 17 Jan 12
Sexual harassment allegations against a top Social Democrat have prompted the party’s feminist faction to object to his appointment as chair of party's Riksdag group, delivering yet another blow to Social Democrat head Håkan Juholt.
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National: 10 Jan 12
A 21-year-old woman from Gothenburg in western Sweden who had accused her brother of threatening to take her life in an “honour killing", retracted her allegations on the opening day of the trial on Monday.
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Science & Technology: 2 Jan 12
Text messaging seems to have become a thing of the past when social media - savvy Swedes wanted to wish their loved ones a Happy New Year.
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National: 26 Dec 11
Although storm Dagmar has moved on, "chaos" is reportedly left in its wake, with most rail traffic at a standstill, hundreds of thousands of households without power and fallen trees blocking many roads.
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Society: 26 Dec 11
A home assistance centre in Kronoberg, central Sweden, was left reeling after a burglary on Christmas day, where thieves took off with both cars and computers after demolishing the centre's offices.
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Education: 22 Dec 11
A newly licenced teacher who sent sexually suggestive text messages to a 15-year-old Swedish girl during his traineeship has been barred from teaching after being convicted of sexual molestation.
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National: 15 Dec 11
A school teacher from southern Sweden was charged on Thursday after the investigation into a sex-themed text message he sent to a 13-year-old student revealed over 6 hours of child porn material on his computer.
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Society: 14 Dec 11
Sara Svensson, the nanny convicted of killing the wife of a pastor with whom she was having an affair, in the village of Knutby, eastern Sweden, in 2004, has been ordered released from institutional psychiatric care.
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Society: 14 Dec 11
A village in northern Sweden is in shock after all five members of a local family that had lived in the community for ten years were apprehended by police on Tuesday morning and deported to Armenia.
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Business & Money: 12 Dec 11
More than 100 Swedbank cash machines in Latvia were emptied at the weekend following a wave of rumours on Twitter hinting that the Swedish bank was in danger of running out of money.
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Business & Money: 5 Dec 11
Swedish Automobile, the owners of beleaguered Swedish carmaker Saab have revealed that they are in talks with a new configuration of Chinese partners in what has been described as a bid to appease previous owner US General Motors.
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Politics: 26 Nov 11
Russian financier and former Saab-speculator Vladimir Antonov was released on bail by a British court on Friday, following his arrest in London on suspicion of fraud.
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Society: 16 Nov 11
A 14-year-old girl was told she had “wonky boobs” in an unexpected text message sent by Swedish directory assistance service 118 800.
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Science & Technology: 7 Nov 11
Thousands of Swedish parents choose to keep track of their children by help of their mobile phones, despite warnings from experts that this kind of surveillance could be an infringement on the children's privacy.
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National: 3 Nov 11
A 17-year-old boy from southern Sweden has been charged with child rape after having sex with a 13-year-old girl who consented to the act but later regretted her decision to sleep with the boy.
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Society: 24 Oct 11
A grainy video of three young women crooning a tune by Swedish pop star Robyn and keeping the beat with empty cottage cheese containers is the latest YouTube sensation out of Sweden.
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Society: 21 Oct 11
A doctor from the north of Sweden was recently found to have offered drugs for sexual favours to women with a history of drug addiction.
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Society: 14 Oct 11
A 37-year-old mother of two from northern Sweden had an unprecedented hunting outing on Thursday when she managed to fell five elk in four hours, propelling her to nationwide fame.
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Science & Technology: 12 Oct 11
Sweden's main signals intelligence agency is set to receive additional funding to improve its ability to monitor traffic generated by smartphone and tablet computer apps.
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National: 6 Oct 11
An officer with the Swedish border police in Västra Götaland was convicted Wednesday for offering a female asylum seeker to ”forget about her case” in return for sex and drugs.
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National: 28 Sep 11
Stalking, or repeated harassment, becomes a criminal offence in Sweden from October 1st, and will carry a sentence of up to four years in prison if found guilty.
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National: 27 Sep 11
Two men arrested in Västerås on suspicion of attempted murder expressed support for Anders Behring Breivik's massacre in Norway prior to stabbing two men of non-Swedish origin, according to a police report.
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National: 22 Sep 11
Officials in Sigtuna are looking into why it took 13 days without contact from the mother before schools contacted social services about the absence of two boys, aged 4 and 8, who were found dead in a lake on Monday.
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National: 7 Sep 11
The distraught mother of a 22-year-old Swedish woman who died after being denied an ambulance because she was “still talking” has reported the incident to health authorities in a desperate search for answers.
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National: 15 Aug 11
Jenny Persson, a 30-year-old woman who was reported missing on August 2nd, was found in good health Sunday afternoon, much to the relief of her family.
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National: 11 Aug 11
No closer to discovering her whereabouts, Malmö police have issued an international missing persons for 30-year-old Jenny Persson, last seen on August 1st.
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National: 10 Aug 11
30-year-old Jenny Persson from Malmö in southern Sweden, has been missing since she left her flat on August 1st without her credit cards, mobile phone or passport. Police now fear she has been abducted.
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National: 25 Jul 11
Some 40,000 scouts are pouring into southern Sweden as the World Scout Jamboree prepares to open, while Friday's twin attacks in Norway have meant that extra security measures have been taken.
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National: 19 Jul 11
Two men who had met up to settle a score between them through a game of “last man standing” were sentenced to five years in prison by a Swedish court on Tuesday for attempted murder despite their pleas of self defence.
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Business & Money: 23 Jun 11
Cash-strapped carmaker Saab won't be able to pay this months wages to its employees, according to a statement from the company.
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Business & Money: 8 Jun 11
More than 20 billion kronor ($3.25 billion) in tax refunds are set to rain down on close to 3 million Swedes ahead of the Midsummer holiday, marking a new record due in large part to the popularity of filing tax forms electronically.
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National: 5 May 11
A 31-year-old man recently convicted of stabbing a man to death used a smuggled mobile phone to send more than 10,000 text messages from inside his cell in a Swedish jail. The phone has yet to be found.
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Society: 3 May 11
Two disabled women were made to feel like "a menace to society" after being told by a Swedish Q&A hotline that Stockholm clubs were an "inappropriate" environment for wheelchairs.
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Science & Technology: 8 Apr 11
Text message reminders for appointments with doctors or dentists may soon be a thing of the past in Sweden, as they have been found to be in breach of patient confidentiality.
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Society: 24 Mar 11
Police have identified more than 400 men suspected of paying for sex in Sweden’s biggest ever prostitution sting after a 40-year-old man was convicted of acting as a pimp for five women, including his wife.
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Business & Money: 22 Mar 11
Swedes are wasting up to 20 working hours a month dealing with an increasing flow of information, a new report shows Tuesday.
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National: 20 Mar 11
The Swedish foreign ministry has advised Swedes within a 250 km radius of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant to take iodine tablets as a preventive measure.
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Politics: 16 Mar 11
The Riksdag has decided to postpone the vote on the controversial EU data retention directive, following a stay of proceedings called for by members of the opposition.
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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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National: 14 Mar 11
Two men were detained in Malmö on Sunday night on suspicion of having held a young woman imprisoned for two days, with one of them also suspected of aggravated rape.
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Society: 7 Mar 11
The Swedish postal service plans to give customers' tongues a rest by allowing them to pay their postage via mobile phone text message instead of stamps.
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National: 24 Feb 11
With Julian Assange facing extradition to Sweden following a UK court ruling on Thursday, his Swedish lawyer rejected claims that the WikiLeaks founder would not be treated fairly by Swedish courts.
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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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National: 8 Feb 11
Lawyers representing WkiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a British court on Tuesday that there was no need to extradite the Australian to Sweden as he could just as well be interviewed over rape allegations by videolink.
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Sport: 22 Jan 11
Swedish tennis ace Robin Söderling marched into Australian Open fourth round with a straight-set win over Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic on Saturday.
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Science & Technology: 15 Jan 11
Sweden's wolf hunt for the year began on Saturday, with nine wolves out of the allotted annual quota of 20 shot by 1pm, as protesters set off fireworks at a hunting area in Dalarna.
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National: 11 Jan 11
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's lawyers have accused Swedish prosecutors of "corrupt" behaviour in their attempts to extradite him on rape allegations.
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Sport: 10 Jan 11
Former Swedish national team goalkeeper Magnus Hedman and Allsvenskan forward Dulee Johnson are guilty of paying for sex, a Swedish court ruled on Monday.
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National: 26 Dec 10
Christmas Eve is no holiday for telephone operators, but this year the number of text messages sent on Christmas Eve has decreased for the first time.
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National: 13 Dec 10
South African police are investigating a possible link between the murder of Swedish newlywed Anni Dewani and the 2007 killing of a local doctor under similar circumstances, media reported on Sunday.
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National: 23 Nov 10
Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Monday called on the Iranian diaspora to protest against Swedish company Ericsson, accusing the telecoms firms of aiding monitoring in Iran.
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Science & Technology: 11 Nov 10
Emails and mobile phone text messages would be stored for six months by internet service providers, according to a bill presented by the Swedish government on Thursday.
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Society: 29 Oct 10
A Swedish man is likely the first in the country to be charged for reckless driving in connection with text messaging while driving.
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National: 24 Oct 10
At least one shot was fired in a residential area in the Malmö district of Husie on Sunday, the latest incident in a series of shootings that have rocked the city in recent weeks.
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National: 23 Oct 10
Malmö remained on alert on Friday evening after a man reported that he felt someone had shot in his direction following a spate of shootings targeting people of immigrant origin.
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Business & Money: 7 Oct 10
Air traffic officials warned travelers in Sweden on Thursday of possible delays and cancelations after Swedish aircraft technicians went on strike on Thursday.
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Lifestyle: 1 Oct 10
Hunting elk in Sweden isn't for the faint of heart, explains London-native Keith Moore. Especially when it means sitting next to the rifle-toting father of your Swedish girlfriend.
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Science & Technology: 28 Sep 10
While devoid of any high-charged drama, the opening day of the Pirate Bay appeals court trial nevertheless included a few unexpected developments.
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National: 5 Sep 10
A 57-year old Swedish sailor is missing off the coast of Florida following an apparent boating accident in the wake of tropical storm Earl.
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National: 12 Aug 10
A TV producer has denied being the pilot of a helicopter used in a spectacular robbery at a Stockholm cash depot - telling the court he was high on drugs on the night in question.
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National: 31 Jul 10
A man in his early twenties has been found guilty of child rape after impregnating a 12-year-old girl he brought home from a party in Tranås in southern Sweden in January.
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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: 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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National: 19 Jun 10
Today's the day that Crown Princess Victoria will get her man of the people. We'll be following the whole thing live - with reporters around Stockholm providing the latest news, reactions and (hopefully) informed speculation from the Royal Wedding.
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Business & Money: 3 Jun 10
Swedes sent a total of 16.3 billion text messages in 2009, an increase of 65 percent on 2008 and more than the number of calls made on the country's mobile telecom networks, a new report shows.
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Society: 21 Apr 10
A new blog and Facebook page have been launched by an industrious Ericsson employee in Stockholm to both help stranded travellers in Europe to get home but also to encourage them to make the best of their impromptu stopover.
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Society: 14 Apr 10
A 32-year-old man from Halmstad is suspected of having cheated his way to benefits of almost five million kronor ($700,000) from the Social Insurance Agency by pretending to be mentally disabled.
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National: 16 Mar 10
Two men arrested in Ireland last week in connection with a plot to murder Swedish artist Lars Vilks were remanded into custody on Monday. Five of the seven arrested last Monday have now been released.
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Society: 15 Feb 10
Every third woman working within Swedish film and theatre has been subjected to sexual harassment, often by those in a supervisory capacity, a new survey published on Monday shows.
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National: 11 Feb 10
An 18-year-old woman in northern Sweden has been charged with harassment after taping pictures of her ex-boyfriend's private parts on lampposts near his home.
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National: 5 Feb 10
The Svea Court of Appeal has confirmed the sentences for the two teenagers convicted in the killing of 15-year-old Therese Johansson Rojo in the Stockholm suburb of Stureby last summer.
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National: 4 Feb 10
The European Court of Justice has told Sweden that it must implement a 2006 measure requiring telecom operators to store information about their customers’ phone calls and emails. But Justice Minister Beatrice Ask remains sceptical.
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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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Business & Money: 2 Feb 10
Spyker CEO Victor Muller is missing a third of the funds required to complete the purchase of Saab from GM as questions mount over the secret financiers rumoured to be backing the deal.
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Business & Money: 26 Jan 10
Trading in Dutch sports car maker Spyker has been halted on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange as speculation mounts about a takeover of Saab Automobile.
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National: 26 Jan 10
A high school in south central Sweden plans to go ahead with drug testing on students, despite criticism from the national education agency.
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National: 8 Jan 10
A jealous wife became stuck in her son’s tree house hideaway after running off with her husband’s mobile to secretly check his text messages. The phone came in handy when she was forced to call police to aid her escape.
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National: 8 Jan 10
Public broadcaster SVT is investigating claims of possible sabotage after a number for Swedes to donate money during a charity event broadcast in December was mysteriously changed while the programme was on air.
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Science & Technology: 26 Dec 09
Customers from the leading Swedish mobile providers Tele2, Telia, Telenor and 3 sent more than 76 million Christmas greetings via text message, creating a new Swedish record for SMS traffic on Christmas Eve.
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National: 21 Dec 09
Every third Swedish driver occasionally reads or sends text messages while behind the wheel, according to new Sifo statistics. Experts say that texting can impair driving ability even more than extreme intoxication.
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Society: 17 Dec 09
Elin Nordegren plans to divorce her husband Tiger Woods and spend Christmas away from the disgraced billionaire golf star following the infidelity scandal which has put his career on hold, according to several media reports.
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National: 2 Dec 09
A Florida lawyer has said Tiger Woods did not look like he was beaten up by his wife after he emerged from a car crash, the cause of which remains cloaked in mystery.
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Science & Technology: 12 Nov 09
Virtually every Swede between the ages of 16- and 30-years-old uses the internet on a daily basis, a new report shows.
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Science & Technology: 4 Nov 09
Millions of Swedes have had trouble using their mobile phones on Wednesday morning due to problems with the network of Swedish mobile operator Tele2.
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Business & Money: 30 Oct 09
The Swedish government announced plans on Friday to tackle the problem of text message loans aimed at the young, as the opposition Social Democrats demanded a total ban.
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