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Stockholm

False alarm: accidental triggering of public warning siren confuses Stockholmers

Stockholm residents were given an unpleasant surprise on Sunday night when the country's public warning siren was accidentally triggered, leaving people scrambling for information.

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Air raid error causes jitters in Stockholm

Sweden tests its outdoor air raid sirens like clockwork four times a year on the first Monday of each quarter. But when the alarms didn't sound out parts of Stockholm on Monday, panic briefly spread across the capital, before the city's emergency services confirmed the absence was down to human error.

human rights

Human rights group releases activists' alarm

The Stockholm-based organization Civil Rights Defenders has developed a high-tech plastic bracelet which uses GPS technology and social media to protect human rights activists around the world.

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Southern Sweden suffers alarms blackout

A technical hitch at a communications network shut down many of the critical alarm systems including fire stations and banks in the south of Sweden

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Pots and pans sound hospital patient alarms

An overcrowded hospital in Gothenburg has resorted to giving patients in a children's ward saucepans and spoons to summon assistance in emergency situations, according to a union report.