February 13, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Torrent":
Business & Money: 1 Feb 12
The Swedish Supreme Court will not grant the right to appeal in the Pirate Bay case, the court announced on Wednesday, marking the end of the four defendants' legal battle in Sweden.
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Business & Money: 12 Jan 12
Access to Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay was ordered blocked on Wednesday for clients of two internet service providers (ISPs) in the Netherlands following a ruling by a Dutch court citing copyright concerns.
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Science & Technology: 5 Jan 12
Zealous file-sharing enthusiasts in Sweden can now take their beliefs to the next level and join the Church of Kopimism, as the widespread practice has now officially been recognized as a religion.
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Science & Technology: 14 Oct 11
The guilty verdict against Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg has come into force after his failure to request his appeal be heard. He missed an original appeal hearing last year because he was ill in Cambodia.
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National: 13 Sep 11
Parts of Sweden were left reeling on Tuesday in the wake of torrential rains and gusty winds accompanying the remnants of hurricane Katia as it made its way across the country.
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Business & Money: 30 Aug 11
Two founders of filesharing website The Pirate Bay have launched a new online platform that they say respects the rights of copyright holders.
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Science & Technology: 16 Aug 11
Heavy rains and extreme weather are becoming more common in Sweden, according to a study by the Swedish weather agency SMHI.
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National: 12 Jul 11
On Tuesday torrential rain flooded many roads in Sundsvall on the north eastern coast of Sweden, a major power outage was caused by the ensuing thunderstorms and a man in his sixties was taken to hospital after being struck by lightning.
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Lifestyle: 30 Jun 11
The wide flares and glam beats of disco's heyday are here to stay, The Local's Clara Guibourg discovers, as she tags along on an Abba City Walk, and brings us along for the ride on a trip through 1970's Stockholm.
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Science & Technology: 27 May 11
Record companies asked a Finnish court on Thursday to block access to the popular Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay.
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Science & Technology: 18 Apr 11
Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay has agreed to participate with researchers at Lund University in a major survey of the habits and norms of those using the popular website.
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Science & Technology: 12 Mar 11
A prank email referencing a unicorn and a leprechaun sent by a Swedish file-sharer prompted a US-based gay porn film studio to file a subpoena for the man's email address.
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Science & Technology: 2 Mar 11
A well-known Swedish filesharing site has been shuttered following the arrest of a man who has since confessed to uploading more than 1,000 films to the network affiliated with the site.
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Science & Technology: 1 Mar 11
The United States has placed Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay on its list of marketplaces "notorious" for trade in pirated material.
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Science & Technology: 20 Dec 10
Carl Lundström, one of the four defendants in The Pirate Bay trial has confirmed that he is appealing the sentence imposed by the Swedish appeals court.
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Science & Technology: 26 Nov 10
Three of the men behind The Pirate Bay file sharing site have had their convictions upheld by a Swedish court of appeal.
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Science & Technology: 15 Oct 10
Defence lawyers for the three founders and a financier of Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay warned on Friday of the consequences for popular websites like Facebook and Twitter if their clients’ guilty verdict isn’t overturned.
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Science & Technology: 12 Oct 10
The prosecution in the appeals trial of three founders and a financier of Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay demanded that the defendants' one-year prison sentences be upheld.
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Science & Technology: 2 Oct 10
Peter Sunde, one of the four men appealing convictions in The Pirate Bay trial, has said that the file sharing website is now so big that he fears for his creation, and it should perhaps be killed off.
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Science & Technology: 30 Sep 10
The Pirate Bay earned up to 35 million kronor ($5.2 million) in advertising revenue from the file sharing website, film companies maintained on the second day of the appeals court trial on Wednesday, a claim rejected by Fredrik Neij's counsel.
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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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Science & Technology: 26 Sep 10
An appeal by the four men convicted in the Pirate Bay trial opens on Tuesday, in the wake of a separate Supreme Court ruling which in practice protects file-sharers from prosecution.
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Business & Money: 15 Sep 10
Sponsored article: Swedish internet visionary and serial entrepreneur Johan Staël von Holstein is back, this time with MyCube, which he calls 'the social exchange,' where privacy, ownership and control are the foundations that enable more valuable and meaningful online interactions.
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National: 15 Aug 10
Torrential rain showers pummelled southern Sweden on Saturday night, causing flooding and road closures in parts of Skåne.
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National: 8 Aug 10
It was a case of all hands to the pump for emergency services in the greater Stockholm area on Saturday night as the city was illuminated by 2,500 lightning flashes in a single hour.
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National: 25 Jul 10
Stormy conditions led to flooding in parts of Sweden on Saturday night, but meteorologists forecast a return to glorious sunshine in the coming days.
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National: 18 Jul 10
Intense thunderstorms led to power cuts and flooding in parts of Sweden on Saturday, as the entire island of Gotland was left without electricity.
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National: 17 Jul 10
Torrential showers and heavy thunderstorms are barreling in over Sweden following a protracted period of hot weather. But meteorologists don’t expect the sun to stay away for long.
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Society: 19 Jun 10
Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling were treated to a star-studded gala performance on the eve of their wedding as a reunited Roxette brought the audience to its feet Stockholm at Stockholm Concert Hall.
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Business & Money: 21 May 10
Swedish telecom firm TeliaSonera has announced its intention to appeal to the Supreme Court an anti-piracy law ruling ordering the firm to hand over the names and addresses of people behind a file sharing website.
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Science & Technology: 18 May 10
Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay is up and running again hours after an indictment in a Hamburg court persuaded its German ISP to pull the plug, having found a new home with its anti-copyright brethren, The Pirate Party.
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Science & Technology: 18 May 10
Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay was out of service for a couple of hours on Tuesday morning after its German ISP bowed to Hollywood pressure to cut off its internet service.
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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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Science & Technology: 12 May 10
The judges appointed to preside over the appeal of the four men found guilty in the Pirate Bay appeals hearing in September have been cleared from bias allegations, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.
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Science & Technology: 26 Apr 10
Thirteen major film companies have filed writs against two of the men behind The Pirate Bay demanding payment of 500,000 kronor ($70,000) fines for continuing to operate the file sharing website despite a court order from October 2009.
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Science & Technology: 11 Jan 10
Fredrik Neij and Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, two of the men found guilty for their role in operating The Pirate Bay file sharing site, both find themselves once again in the recording industry’s crosshairs.
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Science & Technology: 7 Dec 09
The recording industry has decided to take a stab at using Sweden’s new anti-piracy laws to reveal the identity of what an industry association is calling a “rather normal” file sharer.
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Business & Money: 4 Dec 09
TeliaSonera has been forced to spill the beans on the identity of a customer, believed to be behind a file-sharing site, after losing a court case in the District Court.
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Science & Technology: 17 Nov 09
The Pirate Bay file sharing site has decided to shut down the tracker that allows users to share digital files with one another in a move that could negate the court ordered fines facing two of the men behind the site.
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National: 7 Nov 09
Communications company Telenor will not be forced to block customers from accessing Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay, a court in Norway decided on Friday.
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Science & Technology: 23 Oct 09
A Dutch court on Thursday ordered Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay to remove links to material owned by members of a Netherlands-based music and film copyright protection group.
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Science & Technology: 19 Oct 09
An appeal launched by the four men found guilty in the Pirate Bay trial is unlikely to be heard until next summer, a Swedish appeals court announced on Monday.
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Science & Technology: 6 Oct 09
File sharing site The Pirate Bay was out of commission on Tuesday as it struggled to find hosting providers willing to serve the site.
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Science & Technology: 4 Oct 09
US search engine giant Google has admitted that an internal error was behind the blocking of Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay on Friday.
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Business & Money: 28 Aug 09
Global Gaming Factory (GGF) insists it will seal a deal to take over file sharing Site before the end of next week despite questions from financial regulators about how it intends to finance the purchase.
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Business & Money: 26 Aug 09
The Pirate Bay, one of the world's most popular filesharing websites, was back online on Tuesday hours after being shut down following a Swedish court order.
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National: 10 Aug 09
The operators of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay are to launch a legal challenge to a Dutch court order temporarily banning the site's activities.
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Business & Money: 7 Aug 09
The IFPI recording industry association has warned it will take legal action against the soon-to-be owner of the Pirate Bay, Global Gaming Factory, if the file-sharing site continues to operate in its present form.
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Science & Technology: 5 Aug 09
The Swedish firm set to buy The Pirate Bay, Global Gaming Factory (GGF), has said it is about to ink a deal with a major record company, a move that will enable it to sell the label's content through the file sharing site.
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Science & Technology: 4 Aug 09
Peter Sunde, one of the founders of The Pirate Bay, announced on Monday he is stepping down as the file sharing site’s spokesperson.
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Science & Technology: 3 Aug 09
Four film companies have filed a motion in a Swedish court to force TeliaSonera to release details about the operators of the Swetorrents file sharing website.
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Science & Technology: 31 Jul 09
A Dutch court on Thursday ordered Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay be banned from operating in the Netherlands.
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Science & Technology: 30 Jul 09
The board of Global Gaming Factory X have confirmed that the purchase of Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay will be completed as planned on August 27th.
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Science & Technology: 24 Jul 09
The three men behind The Pirate Bay file sharing site are filing a defamation lawsuit in Swedish court against a Dutch anti-piracy organization.
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Science & Technology: 8 Jul 09
A powerful low-pressure system currently racing north across the Baltic Sea is expected to sweep over Sweden late on Wednesday night and into Thursday, bringing with it torrential rains and chilly temperatures.
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Science & Technology: 30 Jun 09
The Pirate Bay is set to be purchased for 60 million kronor ($7.8 million) by Global Gaming Factory X (GGF), a company specializing in internet café management software, the company announced on Tuesday.
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Science & Technology: 14 May 09
Tougher laws and guilty verdicts in the Pirate Bay Trial have given Swedish file sharers cold feet, according to a new study.
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National: 7 May 09
The Local has recorded its most successful month ever with over 1.1 million visitors in April across its sites in Sweden, Germany and Switzerland.
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Science & Technology: 30 Apr 09
A month into life under tougher anti-internet piracy measures, new statistics suggest that Swedes have abandoned their previous enthusiasm for internet file sharing.
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Science & Technology: 17 Apr 09
The four men connected with The Pirate Bay were found guilty of being accessories to copyright infringement by a Swedish court on Friday, delivering a symbolic victory in the entertainment industry’s efforts to put a stop to the sharing of copyrighted material on the internet.
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Science & Technology: 3 Apr 09
Anonymous internet surfing has become more popular in Sweden as the country's new anti-file sharing measures come into force.
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National: 3 Mar 09
The Pirate Bay's operations are completely legal, the defence counsel representing one of the defendants, Fredrik Neij, emphasized in his concluding comments on Tuesday morning.
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National: 2 Mar 09
Prosecutor Håkan Roswall's call for each of the defendants in The Pirate Bay trial to spend a year in prison prompted a derisive response from one of the accused.
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National: 24 Feb 09
Attorneys representing the four men charged in The Pirate Bay trial spent Monday afternoon challenging antipiracy lawyers about their knowledge of how the popular file sharing site works.
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Analysis & Opinion: 20 Feb 09
As The Pirate Bay trial gathers pace, The Local catches up with Swedish writer Sam Sundberg, who recently published a book about the Swedish internet piracy movement.
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National: 19 Feb 09
Two of the people behind The Pirate Bay took questions from the prosecutor and recording industry lawyers on Thursday, calling the popular file sharing site "a hobby site" and "a really strong brand".
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National: 18 Feb 09
As the Pirate Bay trial entered its third day on Wednesday, lawyers for the entertainment industry defended their compensation claims against the four defendants, whose lawyers in turn did their best to poke holes in the prosecution’s case.
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National: 17 Feb 09
The prosecutor in the trial of the men behind the popular file sharing site The Pirate Bay surprised a Stockholm court on Tuesday by amending the charges. "A sensation," according to defence lawyer Per E. Samuelsson.
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National: 16 Feb 09
Four people who run one of the world's leading file-sharing websites denied any wrongdoing as they went on trial in Stockholm on Monday for facilitating illegal downloads of copyrighted material.
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Society: 12 Feb 09
Operators of The Pirate Bay stand trial on Monday in Stockholm. The four defendants from the popular file-sharing web site are charged with being accessories to breaking copyright law and may face fines or up to two years in prison if found guilty.
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Lifestyle: 5 Feb 09
What's on in Sweden: African cinema festival and Cullberg ballet in Stockholm; Eurovision and Bollywood in Gothenburg; Soundtrack of Our Lives in Malmö.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Oct 08
Pirates, pioneers, or petty thieves? Majsan Boström meets Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij, two of the leading figures from file-sharing giant The Pirate Bay.
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National: 7 Aug 08
Heavy rainfall has been forecast for central Sweden on Thursday. The meteorological agency expects 30-50 millimetres to fall during the night and into Friday morning.
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National: 5 Aug 08
Two men were reported missing and feared to have drowned on Tuesday after they were washed off their sailboats in a heavy storm.
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National: 5 Aug 08
Stormy conditions on Monday night led to power cuts in southern and central parts of Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 15 Feb 08
Prince and the Village People plan to take a Swedish file sharing website to court for allowing users to download their songs without permission.
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Science & Technology: 12 Nov 07
Pop star Prince is planning to sue file-sharing website The Pirate Bay for copyright and trademark infringement. The veteran musician is currently in the process of filing lawsuits in the United States and Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 16 Oct 07
The owners of Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay have once again proven their ability to cause a nuisance for the international recording industry - by taking over the website of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
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National: 14 Sep 07
A bout of torrential rain left a surprising legacy in the garden of one Swede: a Viking treasure trove. English and German coins are among those found, as well as six very rare Swedish pieces.
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Science & Technology: 12 Sep 07
A small company in Sweden is aiming to bring the technology used by internet pirates into the mainstream. And the international film industry is keeping a close eye on proceedings as Headweb prepares to launch.
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Science & Technology: 29 Aug 07
Swedish prosecutors have launched an investigation into suspected child pornography made available via website The Pirate Bay. Administrators allowed the images to remain available for nearly two weeks, but they are not suspects in the case.
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National: 17 Jul 07
Severe storms swept across parts of southern Sweden on Tuesday, bringing thunder and lightning and torrential rain. In one area over a thousand lightning flashes were recorded in an hour.
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Sport: 9 Jul 07
Football: Sven-Göran Eriksson 'looking forward to an exciting job and an exciting season.' Tennis: Björkman and Söderling destroy worldwide belief in mild-mannered Swedes. Golf Fasth and Edberg second and third at European Open.
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National: 7 Jul 07
File sharing site The Pirate Bay could be blocked after Swedish police alleged that it harbours child pornography. The owners deny the charge, describing the police's strategy as "an abuse".
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Sport: 4 Jul 07
Sweden's number one Robin Söderling has bowed out of Wimbledon after an absorbing contest with Rafael Nadal. Delays for rain meant that the clash ended all of four days after it began.
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National: 27 Jun 07
Heavy rain has led to flooding in parts of Småland in southern Sweden. Emergency services were kept busy overnight as roads were damaged and dams threatened to burst.
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Business & Money: 14 Jun 07
Ryanair's Viking chief, Michael O'Leary, was in Stockholm on Thursday to announce a major expansion at Skavsta airport. The airline plans to launch 13 new routes to European destinations, including Berlin, Liverpool and Valencia.
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Society: 11 Jun 07
Police received hundreds of phone calls from concerned citizens on Sunday evening as a freak storm forced hot air balloonists to land in unlikely places, including a lake. Several people were injured.
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Society: 11 May 07
File-sharing site The Pirate Bay has been hacked. The unauthorized entry via a bug in the code resulted in the theft of the usernames and passwords of all 1.6 million registered users.
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Science & Technology: 12 Mar 07
The Pirate Bay, Sweden's self-promoting internet piracy site, has announced plans to give a diploma to Kind Carl XVI Gustaf "since we're proud of being Swedish." They have also requested an audience with Princess Madeleine.
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Science & Technology: 22 Feb 07
Following its failed attempt to buy a North Sea naval platform, The Pirate Bay is now setting its sights elsewhere. But any eventual purchase will be purely symbolic, as the people behind the file-sharing website are determined to remain in Stockholm.
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Science & Technology: 19 Feb 07
An elite corps of Swedish police has been trained to combat Internet piracy by the FBI and American lobbying organization the Motion Picture Association.
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National: 16 Jan 07
Shiver me timbers! The biggest retailer in the world teams up with Swedish pirates in a bid to make more doubloons and pieces of eight from Christmas DVD sales.
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Science & Technology: 12 Jan 07
Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay has launched plans to buy an independent 'nation' on a former British naval platform. The site owners hope being based on Sealand will help get round copyright laws.
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National: 20 Dec 06
A 200-metre stretch of a major road in western Sweden has collapsed in a landslide, taking with it a number of cars.
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National: 11 Dec 06
A road near Gothenburg Airport has collapsed due to torrential rain, as days of downpours take their toll on western Sweden's road and rail infrastructure.
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National: 2 Aug 06
Parts of southern Sweden have been hit by flooding after torrential downpours overnight. Worst hit was Trelleborg, where a number of garages and cellars were flooded.
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National: 31 Jul 06
Rescue workers say they are 'amazed' as a train makes it over a ravine after the bridge was swept from underneath it by flash floods. A major highway was also washed away.
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National: 23 Jul 06
A man died on Sunday afternoon after being hit by lightning at a medieval market in Mariefred, while violent storms caused chaos in many parts of Sweden.
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National: 31 May 06
Police have closed The Pirate Bay, a file sharing website and one of the largest sites of its kind in the world. Servers were confiscated and three people questioned.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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