Massive increase in flats for sale
The number of tenant-owner occupied apartments in Sweden is over 50 percent higher this year in comparison with last year, according to new figures published on Tuesday.
Day: October 4, 2011
Ryanair seeks Sweden expansion
The Irish low cost airline Ryanair is planning to establish more airport hubs in Sweden, in order to expand operations to include domestic travel within the region.
Sweden warns Syria over dissident harrassment
Sweden and France on Tuesday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime against attacking or intimidating Syrian opposition in exile, amid reports of assaults and threats in several European capitals.
Swedish maternity ward in ‘birth tourism’ push
Sweden's smallest maternity ward, at Sollefteå hospital in the north of the country, is hoping to reverse the trend of contracting numbers by launching a 'birth tourism' initiative to attract expectant couples from far and wide.
Stockholm hit by bed bug invasion
The number of cases of reported bed bugs in Sweden have increased by over 800 percent in five years, according to new figures from Swedish pest control agency Anticimex.
Supernova scientists share 2011 physics Nobel
Three US researchers have been jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae".
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Borg: Greek budget plan could ‘fall off the rails’
Sweden's finance minister Anders Borg warned on Tuesday that Greece is at risk of missing budget targets demanded by international lenders in return for bailout funds.
Man convicted for attack on driver of riding mower
A 60-year-old man has been sentenced for assaulting the driver of a riding lawnmower the man claimed was making horses in a nearby field in northern Sweden “hysterical”.
King slammed over award to Saudi monarch
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf has kicked up a storm of controversy after giving a medal to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah during a recent visit to the country.
Wrong of guards to stop inmate’s sex act
Staff at a Swedish prison had no right to interrupt an inmate and his girlfriend while they were having sex during an authorised visit simply because the couple's five-month-old daughter was also in the room, Sweden's Parliamentary Ombudsman (Justitieombudsmannen – JO) has ruled.