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May 28, 2012
Transparency
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WikiLeaks smear effort to reveal Bildt as US 'spy'
National: 22 Feb 12
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has served as an informant for the United States for decades, according to secret documents to be released by WikiLeaks as part of a smear campaign to halt Sweden's presumed extradition of Julian Assange to the United States.
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How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst
Lifestyle: 1 Feb 12
Is there any truth in the image of Sweden portrayed in the Millennium books and films? Stockholm University ethnologist Jonas Engman argues that the stories have tapped into Swedish fears that their society’s success is not all they had been brought up to believe.
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Sweden 'an important partner': US ambassador
Analysis & Opinion: 1 Feb 12
Recently installed US ambassador to Sweden Mark Brzezinski speaks to The Local's David Landes about US-Swedish relations and taking Swedish lessons from his two-and-half year old daughter.
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Occupy Stockholm: 'We have no goal'
National: 19 Dec 11
It’s a movement without leaders and it kicked off with a bang in mid-October when Stockholmers joined hundreds of cities worldwide in protesting. Contributor Judi Lembke finds out more about the Swedish Occupy movement.
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Falkvinge named in 2011 'Global Thinkers' list
Society: 29 Nov 11
Pirate Party founder Rick Falkvinge has been named among the "Top 100 Global Thinkers" alongside a number of Arab revolutionaries and the likes of Barack Obama, Ai WeiWei, and Mark Zuckerberg.
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'Sweden made me re-think affirmative action'
Analysis & Opinion: 23 Nov 11
Although Sweden’s emphasis on gender can at times seem a bit much to a foreigner, the battle to change perceptions of how a gender equal society can look, has made it a model to follow, Ruben Brunsveld observes.
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Pressure mounts to open Sweden's Stasi archive
Politics: 9 Nov 11
Sweden's justice minister Beatrice Ask has indicated that she is prepared to discuss the opening the Stasi archive of Swedish security service Säpo in response to calls for more transparency over the classified files.
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Swedish corruption rise 'a myth': expert
Business & Money: 10 Oct 11
A leading expert has refuted claims that corruption is becoming more widespread in Sweden, arguing there is no evidence to back up the claims.
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Nobel prize winners join Dawit Isaak demo
National: 23 Sep 11
Mario Vargas Llosa and Herta Müller, Nobel prize winners in literature in 2010 and 2009 respectively, will take part in Friday's demonstration at the Gothenburg Book Fair in support of jailed Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak.
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Ex-ministers: change tactics to free Isaak
National: 16 Sep 11
Former government ministers Thomas Bodström and Jan Eliasson, have urged the government to find a new approach for how to get Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak released from prison in Eritrea.
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'We were all Americans, at least for a while'
Analysis & Opinion: 9 Sep 11
On the tenth anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks, The Local reaches out to a few Swedes and Americans for their thoughts about the attacks and their impact.
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Swedish newspapers target racist comments
National: 30 Aug 11
Several major Swedish newspapers have introduced restrictions to the comment functions in their discussion forums in an attempt to gain better control and limit racism, sexism and personal attacks.
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Man admits placing spy camera in girls' shower
Society: 24 Aug 11
A middle aged man has confessed to being the person who put up a camera that was discovered in a girls' shower at a sports club in western Sweden.
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New fees prompt fears of cuts at Swedish universities
Analysis & Opinion: 22 Aug 11
Despite scholarships designed to attract foreign students following the introduction of tuition fees, some Swedish universities may be forced to cut course offerings in the face of declining foreign student enrollment, The Local's Clara Guibourg discovers.
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Peeping tom camera found in girls’ showers
National: 21 Aug 11
A tiny spy camera disguised as a towel rack was discovered in a women’s shower room in western Sweden. Officials say video from the hidden device was ”for sexual purposes.”
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Kamprad pledges Ikea 'transparency'
Business & Money: 18 May 11
Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of Swedish furnishings giant Ikea, has promised more transparency over the firm's business affairs, saying that it has nothing to hide after a slew of allegations in recent years.
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Moderate u-turn on political party donations
Politics: 28 Apr 11
In a reversal of a long-held position, the Moderate Party announced on Thursday it would "immediately" reveal the names of individuals who donate substantial sums of money to the party.
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New Swedish aid portal a 'transparency guarantee'
Politics: 4 Apr 11
The Swedish government on Monday launched a new online service - Openaid.se - in a bid to increase transparency within development aid and enable interested parties to follow the entire aid chain.
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Swedish Left looks to halt privatised healthcare
Business & Money: 2 Mar 11
Sweden's Left Party has set its sights on stopping the privatisation of Sweden’s largely publicly-funded healthcare system.
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Swedish unions have become obsolete: leaders
Business & Money: 13 Feb 11
Two of Sweden's union leaders have singled out the failure of the organisations to modernise their approaches to collective bargaining as a major reason an increasing number of Swedes choose not to become members.
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'Wallenberg and Isaak are still worth fighting for'
Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jan 11
With Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak in prison in Eritrea and questions still swirling about the fate of Raoul Wallenberg, historian Susanne Berger argues that Sweden needs to do more to shorten its ignominious line of unsolved disappearances.
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Sweden refuses health aid due to corruption
Politics: 23 Jan 11
Sweden has announced that it will not pay its 1.5 billion kronor ($226 million) contribution to the global fund to fight AIDS unless more is done to ensure the cash does not fall into the wrong hands, a report said Saturday.
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Assange: transparency is 'not for individuals'
National: 24 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lashed out at a British daily for publishing parts of a Swedish police report detailing the rape allegations against him.
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Bid to reform Swedish political donations fails
Politics: 2 Dec 10
Donations to political parties in Sweden will remain unregulated after the centre-right Alliance government remained unified against calls by the opposition for increased transparency for political party financing.
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'The world’s most complete partnership'
Analysis & Opinion: 18 Nov 10
On the eve of three important international summits, US ambassador to Sweden Matthew W. Barzun emphasises the importance of the transatlantic partnership as well as Sweden’s constructive role in promoting international engagement.
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An indictment of the Social Democrats?
Analysis & Opinion: 15 Nov 10
While Mona Sahlin bears ultimate responsibility for the Social Democrats' poor electoral performance, her departure as party leader can also be seen as an indictment of a party in deadlock, writes social democratic commentator Eric Sundström.
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Sweden slammed for political funding secrecy
National: 26 Oct 10
Transparency International Sweden has criticised the country for its lack of regulations governing the financing of political parties, arguing that "it is high time to wash off this unnecessary blemish on our democracy".
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Britain looks to Sweden for austerity plan ideas
Analysis & Opinion: 24 Oct 10
As Britain braces for massive spending cuts, observers say Prime Minister David Cameron should take note of Sweden's successful battle to shrink its huge deficit in the 1990s, writes AFP's Nina Larson.
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Sweden tries to rein in religion at free schools
Analysis & Opinion: 6 Oct 10
While Sweden’s 'free schools' have inspired education authorities in other countries to explore similar approaches, the Swedish model is not without its problems, explains contributor Nils Adler.
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Volvo scraps COO post in management reshuffle
Business & Money: 5 Oct 10
Volvo Cars has removed its chief operating officer post in a realignment of management roles at the company. An executive from China's Geely is also set to take over a new role.
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Physics Nobel awarded for super-thin carbon
Science & Technology: 5 Oct 10
Two researchers based at the University of Manchester in the UK have been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on graphene.
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Social Democrats back law on contributions
Politics: 6 Sep 10
The Social Democrats have changed course and have proposed a law requiring all Swedish political parties to disclose from where they receive private contributions.
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Sweden ranks third in 'Best Countries' list
Society: 17 Aug 10
Sweden has come in third in a ranking of "Best Countries" compiled by US magazine Newsweek, trailing behind Finland and Switzerland.
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Minister: Mink neglect must stop
National: 11 Aug 10
Sweden's agriculture minister Eskil Erlandsson has demanded an end to the neglectful treatment of minks after having been presented with macabre film footage from Sweden's mink farms.
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102-year-old seeks to ditch legal guardian
Society: 30 Jul 10
A 102-year-old woman in Halmstad in southwestern Sweden wants to get rid of the legal guardian that the municipality arranged for her against her will when it mistakenly assumed she had no living relatives.
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Eva Gabrielsson refuses Larsson family offer
Society: 17 Jun 10
Stieg Larsson's partner Eva Gabrielsson has said she has "flatly refused" an offer of 20 million kronor ($2.57 million) and a board seat in the company that manages the Millennium books.
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Curb on online income snoopers moves closer
Business & Money: 25 May 10
The Swedish parliament's Constitutional Committee has approved Justice Minister Beatrice Ask's proposed a law change that will make it harder to find out other people's incomes online.
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Gothenburg opens probe into bribery claims
Politics: 4 May 10
Gothenburg municipality is set to appoint a special review team to conduct a full examination of the entire public administration in the wake of a bribery scandal that has rocked the western Swedish city.
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Bildt and Miliband chide EU foreign chief
Politics: 4 Mar 10
The foreign ministers of Sweden and Britain joined forces on Thursday in directing a sharp rebuke at Baroness Catherine Ashton over a lack of transparency in the recruitment process for EU diplomats.
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Sweden keeps secret party donations despite EU criticism
Politics: 18 Feb 10
Despite strong criticism from the Council of Europe the Swedish government does not plan to outlaw anonymous donations to political parties.
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Reinfeldt hails first day of EU's Lisbon Treaty
Politics: 1 Dec 09
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt welcomed “a new era” for the European Union on Tuesday, the first day the changes laid out in the Lisbon Treaty came into force.
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Opposition touts state authorities' merger savings
Politics: 3 Oct 09
Sweden’s opposition parties want to merge a number of state authorities in a restructuring move they say will save one billion kronor.
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Aid minister calls for debate over corruption
Politics: 24 Aug 09
Sweden's development aid minister Gunilla Carlsson, has called for an open debate over the role of aid money in the wake of a corruption scandal involving Swedish funds in Zambia.
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Koenigsegg silent over ownership rumours
Business & Money: 13 Aug 09
Koenigsegg Group, the consortium bidding to buy Saab Automobile, is remaining tight lipped about its ownership structure despite pressure from the Swedish government to display greater transparency.
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Church of Sweden rocked by sex scandals
National: 15 Jun 09
The Church of Sweden has already been shaken by several sex scandals this year. Archbishop Anders Wejryd regrets the incidents, and maintains that transparency is the best policy.
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Globalisation Council: Tax and employment reform key to growth
Society: 16 May 09
Sweden's Globalisation Council has put forward several proposals to boost Sweden's economic growth and increase the country's attractiveness to businesses and entrepreneurs.
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Homeless single mothers: Child allowance counts towards rent
Analysis & Opinion: 26 Apr 09
Lynessa Hansson risks becoming homeless after a Stockholm public housing company ruled out her child allowance as a legitimate source of income, writes Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius. Now the rental companies have seen the error of their ways. But for this single mother of two, the clock is still ticking.
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Transforming Sweden through social media
Analysis & Opinion: 22 Apr 09
On paper, Sweden became transparent in 1776 with the enactment of freedom of information and freedom of speech laws. About 70 countries have freedom of information laws in use today. On the web, we’re just about getting our feet wet, writes Sweden.se editor Rikard Lagerberg.
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Nord Stream gift prompts bribery probe
Science & Technology: 19 Feb 09
A Swedish prosecutor is looking into suspicions of bribery and corruption after a college on the island of Gotland received a donation from Nord Stream, which wants to build a gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea.
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Newspaper rich lists: public service or invasion of privacy?
Analysis & Opinion: 6 Feb 09
Income details are public property in Sweden - so much so that neighbourhood rich lists are regularly published in the press. Paul O’Mahony peers behind the figures to examine attitudes to a practice that is coming under increasing fire.
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Dramatic rise in reports of child abuse
Society: 29 Dec 08
The number of cases of child abuse reported to the police has increased dramatically over the past year, new statistics from the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå) show.
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Are Swedish taxes too high?
Analysis & Opinion: 3 Dec 08
Every week we ask a panel of readers for their views on a particular topic relating to life in Sweden. This week, we wonder whether Swedish taxes rock the panelists’ cradle or have them wishing for an early grave.
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Swedish alternative medicine sector in danger of fragmentation
Analysis & Opinion: 29 Sep 08
Consumers of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are getting a rough deal in Sweden compared to other Europeans, argues Lysanne Sizoo.
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Sweden tops new transparency ranking
National: 23 Sep 08
Sweden, along with Denmark and New Zealand, achieved the highest score in a new survey ranking 180 countries on perceived levels of public-sector corruption.
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Journalist jailed in Eritrea for seven years
National: 23 Sep 08
Today marks the seventh anniversary since Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak was arrested and put in an Eritrean prison.
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Swedish taekwondo ref kicked in the head
Sport: 25 Aug 08
The sport of taekwondo's Olympic future is in doubt after a Swedish referee was kicked in the head on Saturday by a disgruntled competitor.
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Sweden nears ratification of EU treaty
Politics: 4 Jul 08
The Swedish government said on Thursday it had approved the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, leading the country a step closer to ratification.
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Sweden's new wiretapping law 'much worse than the Stasi'
Analysis & Opinion: 10 Jun 08
With just a week to go before the Swedish parliament is expected to pass a controversial wiretapping law, Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge urges people to do all they can to block the legislation.
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State job appointments shrouded in secrecy
Politics: 27 Apr 08
The government has been accused of a lack of transparency when filling top state jobs. Only one in three appointments have been advertised since the Alliance parties took office.
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Wallström laments lack of women named for top EU jobs
Politics: 7 Mar 08
Only men's names have been put forward for top positions being created in the European Union, Commission Vice President Margot Wallström lamented on Friday.
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Foreigners can't bank on Swedish ID
Society: 5 Mar 08
Foreign students continue to feel marginalized by Swedish society as a result of confusion regarding the issuing of Swedish identity cards.
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Sweden welcomes sovereign wealth funds but demands transparency
Business & Money: 26 Feb 08
Minister for Financial Markets Mats Odell has said that Sweden welcomed investment from sovereign wealth funds.
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Ericsson 'paid money to Oman minister'
Business & Money: 21 Nov 07
Money allegedly paid into Swiss bank account is 'likely to be a bribe,' says Transparency International.
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Sweden ill-equipped to deal with corruption
National: 8 Oct 07
Sweden does not have a effective framework in place to combat bribery and international corruption, according to a new report from Transparency International (TI).
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Borse Dubai sweetens offer for OMX
Business & Money: 26 Sep 07
Borse Dubai said Wednesday it had sweetened its takeover offer for Nordic market operator OMX and had secured 47.6 percent of shares in the group.
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Telia starts infrastructure subsidiary
Business & Money: 24 Sep 07
Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator TeliaSonera has said it would form a new fully-owned telecom infrastructure subsidiary in Sweden.
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Volvo suffered loss in 2006
Business & Money: 2 Aug 07
Volvo Cars suffered a loss last year, figures released on Thursday show. But the figures do not show complete results for the company, and exclude results in eight markets, including the Unites States.
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Vattenfall under fire for blaze at German nuclear plant
Science & Technology: 6 Jul 07
Swedish energy giant Vattenfall is having to defend itself against criticism of its public handling of a fire last week at a nuclear power plant in northern Germany. Another plant was also shut down.
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Stockholm is hot property
National: 20 Feb 07
Stockholm's property market offers some of the best prospects in Europe for investors, beaten only by Paris and London, according to a new survey.
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Snoop site removes last four digits
National: 27 Nov 06
It's the site where you can find out exactly how much your neighbour, boss, or friends earned last year. Ratsit.se has bowed to pressure and stopped revealing people's full ID numbers - but a call to the Tax Board will still reveal all.
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Washington welcomes the House of Sweden
National: 23 Oct 06
Sweden's royals are in the American capital for a three-day bash to mark the opening of the spectacular new Swedish embassy, in one of the best locations of any foreign embassy in the city.
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Johansson targets agents in UEFA re-election bid
Sport: 19 Oct 06
Lennart Johansson, the Swedish president of European football's governing body UEFA, has pledged to crack down on regulations on footballers' agents if re-elected in January.
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Sweden "finds banned GM substance" in US rice
Business & Money: 12 Sep 06
Sweden and France have discovered traces of a banned genetically modified substance in imported US rice, a European Commission source said on Tuesday.
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Government defiant over EU Apoteket ruling
National: 1 Jun 05
Government minister, Ylva Johansson, comes out with all guns blazing after the European Court appeared to rule state pharmacist Apoteket an illegal monopoly. Not so, she says: re-write a few contracts, bring in some new rules and it'll be business as usual.
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Sweden ?world?s most equal country?
Society: 16 May 05
Women in Sweden benefit from the world's most equal society, says a major new report. But Gudrun Schyman isn't satisfied: “Swedish society is formed by a patriarchal gender system”, she says.
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ABB uncovers suspect payments by US subsidiary
Business & Money: 19 Apr 05
Swiss-Swedish engineering group ABB says that it has uncovered accounting irregularities at a computer services subsidiary in the United States.
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Sweden "sixth least corrupt"
Smörgåsbord: 21 Oct 04
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Swedes try to shake off incorruptible image
National: 23 Sep 04
Sweden is one of the least corrupt countries in the world, it was reported this week. But with reports of bribery and corruption filling the papers, Swedes seemed desperate to shake off their honest image.
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Meet Sanna, 9 years old
Sanna is one of 2 million people in Sweden under the age of 18. Sweden is seen as a good place to grow up. The law makes sure children are well-protected and defends their rights and any organizations work with children's well-being. Read more »
Strindberg, king of drama
August Strindberg's plays shocked society, dazzled audiences and revolutionized drama. A century after his death, Strindberg, with his powerful, timeless themes, is celebrated around the world. Read more »
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