Police in bid to break refugee hunger strike
The Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) has enlisted the help of police negotiators in a bid to try to break hunger strikes by asylum-seekers in Boden, Gävle and Holmsund in northern Sweden.
Day: May 11, 2013
Female Swedish MPs subject to threats: report
Half of Sweden's female MPs have stated that they had been subjected to threats in the course of their political activities over the past year.
Swedish teen hurt after fourth floor balcony fall
A 17-year-old boy was seriously injured on Friday night after falling from a balcony on the fourth floor of a block of flats in Lund in southern Sweden.
Bus driver convicted for sleeping passenger theft
A Stockholm bus driver has been sentenced to community service after having been caught robbing a sleeping passenger on a night bus.
Iron Maiden beer stopped over skull label concerns
Sweden's state run liquor store monopoly Systembolaget has halted the launch of a beer from hard rock band Iron Maiden due to legal concerns over the skull and crossbones motif on the label.