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February 14, 2012
Vellinge
The following articles have been tagged with "Vellinge":
Agencies list Sweden's safest places
Society: 21 Dec 11
The safest municipality in Sweden is Habo, north of Jönköping in central Sweden, where the risk of having an accident or being subjected to a crime is the smallest in the country, according to a new report.
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Employee used store money for gambling
National: 14 Aug 11
A 30 year-old shop clerk in Vellinge, in southern Sweden, has been charged with misappropriation of funds, after having gambled away more than 400,000 kronor ($61,000) in the store she worked in - without paying a dime.
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Stockholm suburb claims top spot in business-friendliness ranking
Business & Money: 3 May 11
The north Stockholm suburb of Solna has been named the most business-friendly municipality in Sweden, according to a new ranking.
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Swedish court grants grandparent access
Society: 13 Mar 11
The grandparents of a six-year-old girl in Vellinge in southern Sweden have been give the legal right to meet their grandchildren one weekend a month, after a landmark appeals court decision.
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'Lazy' Malmö commuters given lesson on how to ride
Society: 25 Feb 11
A flood of complaints from disgruntled commuters have forced the operators of Malmö's new City Tunnel to educate local residents about the the dos and don'ts of travelling on a big-city transit system.
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Jews still struggle to feel at home in Malmö
Analysis & Opinion: 16 Feb 11
A year after claims about an exodus of Jews from Malmö made global headlines, many Jewish residents still don't feel safe in southern Sweden, The Local's Karen Holst discovers.
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Power cut as storms batter southern Sweden
Science & Technology: 8 Feb 11
Over 35,000 people were left without power on Monday night as storm winds swept across southern Sweden, leaving widespread traffic problems due to fallen trees and debris.
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Southern Swedes told to stay off the roads
Science & Technology: 2 Dec 10
Snowfalls and a slew of road accidents in southern Sweden, has led to calls from the authorities for drivers to leave their cars at home.
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A populist lexicon: freedom fries and the Swedish far-right
Analysis & Opinion: 18 Nov 10
The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson exposes the orthodoxy and self-serving folksy truisms of far-right PC in a lexicon of populist platitudes.
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Habo 'best place to live in Sweden'
National: 28 May 10
Habo in Västergötland in southern Sweden is the best place in Sweden to live, according to a ranking by Fokus magazine.
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'Force councils to accept refugees'
Politics: 19 Feb 10
The opposition Social Democrats have called for legislation to force all of Sweden's municipalities to accept their share of refugees.
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Stockholm swells with millionaire men
Business & Money: 21 Jan 10
Stockholm-area men dominate the ranks of the roughly 40,000 Swedes who earn more than one million kronor ($139,000) per year, fresh statistics show.
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Vellinge council in refugee children reversal
National: 13 Jan 10
The local council in Vellinge in southern Sweden has agreed to allow the municipality to house refugee children, reversing its long standing position on the issue.
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Moderates drop four points in new poll
National: 4 Dec 09
A new poll from Expressen/Demoskop shows support for Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's Moderate party has dropped by four percent to 25.3 percent.
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Fire at Vellinge refugee hostel
National: 22 Nov 09
A fire was deliberately started outside a hostel housing refugee children in Vellinge in southern Sweden on Saturday. Demonstrations for and against the controversial refugee centre will be held in the country on Sunday.
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Vellinge changes course to welcome refugee kids
Politics: 20 Nov 09
Local politicians who previously voiced their disapproval at a move to house asylum seeker children in Vellinge look set to sign an agreement to invite more children to reside in the municipality in the future.
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Vellinge residents back refugee children: poll
National: 17 Nov 09
Six of ten residents in Vellinge in southern Sweden are positive toward housing refugee children in the area, despite claims by local politicians that locals oppose the move.
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Moderate hierarchy warns Vellinge party cadre
National: 15 Nov 09
The Moderate party secretary Per Schlingmann has warned party members in Skåne in southern Sweden over comments regarding the housing of refugee children at a Vellinge youth hostel.
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Government mulls new law to force care for asylum kids
National: 13 Nov 09
Government parties have called for legislation to force municipalities to care for children seeking asylum amid recent protests over the housing of young refugees in Vellinge in southern Sweden.
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Protests over housing for refugee children
National: 12 Nov 09
A former youth hostel in Vellinge outside of Malmö in southern Sweden opened its doors on Thursday as temporary housing for refugee children, despite bitter complaints from local residents and politicians.
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'Dyslexia and anorexia aren't real': educator
Society: 28 Oct 09
A school principal from southern Sweden has infuriated health workers and disabilities rights advocates after claiming in a newspaper article that dyslexia and anorexia are made-up diseases.
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Stockholmers 'fund the rest of Sweden': report
Politics: 21 Oct 09
Stockholm-area taxpayers help fund the rest of Sweden to the tune of 14 billion kronor ($2 billion) a year to put the country’s municipalities on an equal financial footing.
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Teen girl kidnappers: 'strip now or die'
National: 15 Sep 09
Three Swedish teenage girls have been charged for kidnapping and stripping another 17-year-old girl who had once dated the ex-boyfriend of one of the kidnappers.
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Sweden Democrats close in on back-door Riksdag entry: poll
Politics: 17 Jul 09
The far-right Sweden Democrats need just 8,000 more votes to gain a spot in the Riksdag, according to a new poll.
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EU gives failing grade to eight Swedish beaches
Society: 12 Jun 09
The water at eight Swedish bathing areas failed to meet European water quality standards last year, according an annual report from the European Commission.
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Stockholm suburb ranked best place to live in Sweden
Society: 12 Jun 09
For the second year in a row, the municipality of Danderyd outside of Stockholm has been voted the best place in Sweden to live, according to a magazine’s annual ranking.
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Politician quits over refugee threats
Politics: 2 Dec 08
A politician in southern Sweden is leaving his post on a local council after receiving numerous threats for suggesting that the municipality accept three unaccompanied child refugees.
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Men with dynamite arrested at Malmö train station
National: 8 Jun 08
Two men with were arrested on Thursday as they were loading 70 kilograms of dynamite into a storage locker at Malmö’s central train station.
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More Swedish bathing areas below EU standards
Society: 2 Jun 08
The water at 23 Swedish bathing areas did not meet EU requirements last year, according to a new report
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Arson suspected in Vellinge blaze
National: 17 Oct 07
Police believe than an arson attack may have led to a fire in a small town outside Malmö that destroyed a medical centre, a dentists' practice and parts of a school on Tuesday night.
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Migration Board slams 'uncommitted' councils
National: 17 Oct 07
The Swedish Migration Board has criticized 14 local councils for for not providing "acceptable arguments" for their failure to take in asylum seekers and refugees.
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Accidents follow snow and ice in south
National: 21 Feb 07
Snow and ice have been causing problems on the roads in southern Sweden, with trams in Gothenburg also affected. A tram left the rails on Wednesday morning, leading to a crash with another tram.
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Swedes' earnings break the trillion barrier
Society: 23 Jan 07
Swedes earned more than one trillion kronor for the first time in 2005, with people in the Stockholm area earning most. People in northern areas had the lowest incomes.
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Four dead after coastguard plane crash
National: 26 Oct 06
Rescuers say there is no hope of finding survivors after a coastguard plane crashed into a canal in southern Sweden. Four men were on board the plane, which crashed after apparently losing a wing.
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Pressure grows on Swedish trade minister
Politics: 13 Oct 06
The storm surrounding the personal finances of Swedish trade minister Maria Borelius continued to blow fiercely on Friday, as it emerged that she risks being fined for irregularities in a share deal.
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Moderate politician in "bloody immigrants" storm
National: 20 Sep 06
A Moderate Party politician in southern Sweden is at the centre of a storm after saying that the Sweden Democrat surge in Landskrona was down to "all the bloody immigrants living there."
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Record investment in integration
National: 27 Mar 06
Just in time for the election, the government plans to spend 1.7bn kronor to improve the integration of immigrants. The largest single such investment ever, according to integration minister, Jens Orback.
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20 things to know before moving to Sweden
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 »
How far can English take you in Sweden?
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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Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.
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