Police raid on gang clubhouse reveals toy gun
A swarm of at least eight police cars descended on a Bandidos clubhouse near Borås in western Sweden on suspicions that members of the gang had run afoul of Swedish weapons laws.
Day: March 13, 2008
Stockholm night club tips: Thursday – Saturday
Five weekend club and concert tips from Kalendarium (Click links for more information)
Jobless Swedes lying to unemployment agency
One in four unemployed Swedes lie to the Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen) about having applied for positions recommended to them by the agency.
What’s on in Sweden: March 14th – 20th
Looking for something to do this week? Attend the St Patrick's Day parade in Stockholm, the World Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg, Canadian electro pop in Malmö.
Suspicious bag paralyzes central Gothenburg
An area around a hotel near Nils Ericson Place in central Gothenburg was sealed off for several hours on Thursday afternoon following the discovery of an abandoned briefcase.
Sweden in push for faster trains
The government has tasked the Swedish Rail Administration (Banverket) with analyzing the conditions for high speed rail in Sweden.
Greenpeace fingers swipe supermarket fish
Members of Greenpeace have spent much of Thursday clearing supermarket shelves across Sweden of species of fish threatened with extinction.
Swedish pension funds invest more in arms firms
Despite criticism, several of Sweden’s public pension funds have increased their holdings in companies connected to the manufacturing of nuclear weapons and cluster bombs.
Bauer serves up seriously fun food
Charlotte West savours the Disneyesque design and Spanish-inspired menu of a new Stockholm restaurant.
Sweden to get tougher on discrimination
Sweden's government has presented the Riksdag with a proposal for a new discrimination law.
Swedish soldier tied to neo-Nazi groups
A soldier in the Nordic Battle Group is a well known Nazi sympathizer from western Sweden.
University slammed for suspending porn pic student
Staff at Gothenburg University have been heavily criticized by education officials for their decision to suspend a female psychology student who posed for pictures in a pornographic magazine.
Stockholm cafe destroyed by driverless truck
A driverless truck caused major destruction on Wednesday when it crashed into a cafe and nightclub in central Stockholm.
Dirty cameras a boon for speed merchants
Two out of every three drivers caught speeding by one of the country's 900 permanent speed cameras managed last year to escape identification.