‘Karolinska shares patient data illegally’
Stockholm’s Karolinska University Hospital has been criticised for its failure to address “serious” shortcomings in how it handles patient information.
Day: January 24, 2011
Stockholm tops Swedish student debt league
Residents of Stockholm continue to carry the highest levels of student debt in the country, according to new figures from Sweden’s student lending agency, CSN.
Swedish military urged to use Twitter on the job
Employees of the Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten) have been encouraged to use social media during work hours to participate in discussions on the the authority's activities, according to a directive from the country's military headquarters.
Swedish electricity firms overcharge: study
Sweden's privately-owned electricity companies behave in a "monopolistic" fashion, according to a homeowners advocacy group, which urges customers to be more proactive in choosing an electricity provider.
Sweden looks to ban pics taken by Peeping Toms
The Swedish government wants to make it illegal to take pictures of people in "private places" without their knowledge.
Nicotine replacement therapy sales soar
Sales of nicotine replacement therapy products in Sweden jumped 10 percent last year compared to 2009 as they become more easily available across the country, according to figures from the Apoteket Service.
Eyewitnesses often wrong: Swedish study
Eyewitnesses cannot always be trusted, a psychologist at the Lund University has revealed in a recent study.
US student builds online travel dreams in Sweden
While he first came to Sweden for the free education and "hot women on bicycles," American entrepreneur Peter Sullivan now finds himself the centre of a new brand of social networking business, contributor Malin Nyberg discovers.
Nuder: I’m not running for party leader post
Former Swedish Democratic finance minister Pär Nuder has said he will not run for the post of party leader following weekend speculation that he was a favourite to take over after Mona Sahlin.
Swedish daily to jointly publish WikiLeaks
Three major newspapers in northern Europe will join forces with a Norwegian paper to comb through about 250,000 cables originally exclusively handled by WikiLeaks' media partners, newspaper Svenska Dagbladet told AFP on Sunday.
Hunt for new Social Democrat leader begins
The Social Democrats' 26 party districts spent the weekend having their say on who should lead the party by formulating the requirements for outgoing leader Mona Sahlin's successor.
Söderling exits Aussie Open in shock defeat
Robin Söderling's Australian Open run ended after he was stunned in the fourth round by an unheralded Ukrainian on Monday.