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Young girl disappeared in Malmö. Update: kidnapped and taken to Iraq

Sweden | 2010-01-01 | 4 comments

Wolf hunt raises mixed feelings

Sweden | 2010-01-02 | 16 comments

Today the first licensed hunting of wolves...

Artist threatened again for Mohammed sculpture

Sweden | 2010-01-04 | 4 comments

The Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who made the controversial sculpture of Prophet Mohammed as a dog, has received threatening telephone calls.

Alleged ´mastermind´ of sign theft speaks out

Sweden | 2010-01-05

Sweden now has received a formal request from Poland for assistance in the affair with the iron plate stolen from the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz. Newspaper Aftonbladet reports that the...

Very low temperatures - and it might get colder (updated)

Sweden | 2010-01-06

There are extremely low temperatures in most parts of Sweden at the moment and it will get even colder.

“Wrong” wolfs may have been shot

Sweden | 2010-01-07 | 1 comment

Of the 27 wolves that are allowed to shoot during the ongoing licensed hunt, only one remain. Probably has an alpha couple been shot by hunters, which...

Government ends gender quotas at universities

Sweden | 2010-01-12 | 4 comments

The government want to end the use of gender quotas at higher education institutions. Shortly a...

Poland want Swedish sign thief arrested

Sweden | 2010-01-14

A Polish court today issued a warrant for the arrest of Anders Högström, the Swedish former leader of a group of right-wing extremists, suspected of involvement in the theft of the portal sign ´Arbeit...

Health status of minorities in Sweden worse than majority population

Sweden | 2010-01-18 | 2 comments

The minorities in Sweden have in general more...

Agency prepares to fight cyber-attacks

Sweden | 2010-01-20

There is an increase of groups trying to steel, alter or destroy information. The problems with IT incidents and cyber-attacks are growing and Swedish authorities find it difficult to keep up with the...

Swedish territory grows

Sweden | 2010-01-28

Every 25th year the border between Sweden and Finland changes. This time, Sweden is the net gainer, and will be a few hectares larger. The government...

The police: no network of sex criminals

Sweden | 2010-01-30

The police today held a press conference because of the suspicions of sex crimes against the former police chief, Göran Lindberg. The aim was to stop the spreading of rumours that arose after the case...

"Not illegal to claim to be someone else"

Sweden | 2010-01-31

Creating an e-mail address in somebody else’s name and claiming to be them is not a crime. This can create some nasty effects for those who have an enemy who want to hurt them.

Occupations with good chances to employment

Sweden | 2010-02-02

As usual, the future looks bright for physicians and specialist nurses. This shows the Public Employment Services 2010 Professional Compass, published today. In overall, the Public Employment Service...

Prosecutor investigating nuclear waste dumping

Sweden | 2010-02-04

Following allegations that Russia has dumped radioactive waste in the Baltic Sea, Sweden´s Chief Prosecutor at the National Unit for the Environment has commenced an investigation about environmental...

Minister: agencies need ethical code on sex

Sweden | 2010-02-07

Swedish government agencies do not have codes of conduct concerning sexual issues for personnel working abroad, argues Minister for Gender Equality,...

Ship lost environmentally hazardous cargo

Sweden | 2010-02-07 | 1 comment

A Finnish ship today lost several containers in...

Two Swedish officers killed in Afghanistan

Sweden | 2010-02-07 | 2 comments

Two Swedish officers today was killed when their foot patrol was fired upon, west of Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan, the...

Employment centre sentenced for discrimination of Muslim man

Sweden | 2010-02-08 | 31 comments

The Public Employment Centre has been sentenced to...

New U.S. ambassador presented green cooperation

Sweden | 2010-02-19

Chaos after heavy snow fall - and tomorrow will be worse

Sweden | 2010-02-19

The winter weather has created problems in the traffic in many places around Sweden. In Stockholm; buses, metro and commuter trains have all been struck with delays and canceled departures.

Mayor of Malmö: "I wasn´t informed"

Sweden | 2010-02-25 | 8 comments

The increase of anti-Semitism in Malmö, south Sweden, has recently been highlighted by both Swedish and foreign media. Some comments by Mayor Ilmar Reepalu about the situation have been increasingly condemned. Today he met...

Secret Service refuse to release Stasi files

Sweden | 2010-02-27

The researcher Birgitta Almgren at Södertörn University College in Stockholm request that a list of 50 Stasi collaborators should be released in order for a research project. But the Swedish Secret...

Armed Forces prepares for recruitment of professional soldiers

Sweden | 2010-03-03

The first of July this year Sweden will phased out the system of general conscription. Instead, the sub-officers, soldiers and sailors will be employed in war units. Next year the Armed Forces will...

Minister threatens to stop another wolf hunt

Sweden | 2010-03-04

Unless the influx of new wolves to Sweden works and is accepted, there will be no more wolf hunts. Minister for the Envíronment, Andreas Carlgren, today sharpened the tone...

New guidelines for public servants´ use of Facebook

Sweden | 2010-03-05

American fighter jets may practice bombing in Sweden

Sweden | 2010-03-08

Twenty American fighter jets may practice bombing...

Various issues discussed on International Women´s Day

Sweden | 2010-03-08

Today is the International Women´s Day. In many...

Seven arrested for murder plan on Swedish Mohammed-artist

Sweden | 2010-03-09 | 4 comments

Seven people have been arrested in Ireland on suspicion of involvement in an assassination plot against the Swedish artist Lars Vilks. The Irish police announced in a press release.

Tough future for economics students

Sweden | 2010-03-11

Among economists, pharmacists, journalists and people working with culture, there will be a surplus at the labour market the next 15 years. This shows this year´s report on higher education from the...

Threats against other schools after KTH

Sweden | 2010-03-16

There is reportedly a calm atmosphere at KTH today, following yesterday’s threats to start a massacre at the University campus. The man behind the threats says that it was all a joke.

Websites for young people full of obscenity and harassment

Sweden | 2010-03-22 | 1 comment

The Swedish Media Council, a committee of inquiry in the Swedish government offices, has investigated several major social networking sites for children and young people. And the result is disappointing. Nearly one third of the surveyed sites are sorted out as an "unsafe environment for children and young people".

China´s vice President met Prime Minister Reinfeldt

Sweden | 2010-03-29 | 1 comment

This morning Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt received the vice President of China, Xi Jinping.

No convictions after a year with anti-piracy law

Sweden | 2010-03-31

Since the EU directive IPRED was implemented into Swedish law, sales of film and music has increased, but the attitude to illegal file sharing is the same. After a year with the ´anti-piracy law´,...

April Fools´ Jokes

Sweden | 2010-04-01 | 1 comment

Today it is the first of April, and many Swedish...

Broadening of spy laws proposed

Sweden | 2010-04-01

The Government has appointed a commission that will investigate how to make it easier to convict those suspected of spying. Today, a conviction requires that the spying involves getting information...

New facts about Raoul Wallenberg

Sweden | 2010-04-02 | 9 comments

New facts have been revealed from historians which may change the whole picture of about Raoul Wallenberg´s death. This reports the Swedish weekly news magazine Fokus.

Businessman in Sweden an Iranian straw man?

Sweden | 2010-04-06 | 10 comments

An Iranian businessman in Umeå (north Sweden) is suspected for breaking the UN sanctions against Iran. The man is suspected to have transfered large sums of money from Iran and then further to different companies around the world. This according to Sveriges Television (SVT),

Swedish ´Auschwitz thief´ extradited to Poland

Sweden | 2010-04-09 | 2 comments

Today, Anders Högström was extradited to Poland. He is suspected for planning the theft of the famous Auschwitz-sign.

Demonstration against new mosque in Gothenburg

Sweden | 2010-04-11 | 7 comments

Today there was a demonstration in Gothenburg against the construction of a new mosque. It was arranged by the extreme nationalistic organization Nordisk Ungdom (Nordic Youth). There was also a counter demonstration.

Only one royal wedding this year

Sweden | 2010-04-13 | 1 comment

There will be no wedding this year between Princess Madeleine and Jonas Bergström, Queen Silvia says...

Flight shut-down may last all weekend

Sweden | 2010-04-15

Icelandic volcanic ash has crippled the airspace over northern Europe, affecting hundreds of thousands of travellers and businesses worldwide. The flight shut-down may be far from over.

Swedish companies suffer from closed air space

Sweden | 2010-04-16

The consequences of the cancelled air traffic are severe for both individuals and businesses. One estimate that Swedish companies looses around SEK 1 billion per day. and yet no one knows when the airports can open again.

Power plants stand still

Sweden | 2010-04-19

Strike: More than ten power plants in Sweden are now standing still, some of them totally still and some of them are partly closed. This reports Sveriges Television today.

Princess Madeleine breaks off engagement

Sweden | 2010-04-24 | 4 comments

Princess Madeleine and her long time fiancé Jonas Bergström have decided to break their engagement.

More unemployed live on welfare

Sweden | 2010-04-25 | 1 comment

According to the public service Swedish radio, the percentage of unemployed who have to live on welfare has increased from twenty-five percent to fifty percent during the last twenty years.

Children of divorce not harmed

Sweden | 2010-04-29

Many divorced parents think that their divorce gave their children eternal emotional scars. In a new Swedish long study,...

Bishop Arborelius wants public investigation

Sweden | 2010-04-30 | 2 comments

Anders Arborelius, bishop of the Catholic Church in Sweden, wants the government to investigate the accusations of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. He says to Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) that a neutral inquiry is necessary.

Neurotoxin found in Baltic fish

Sweden | 2010-05-04 | 1 comment

Swedish researchers have found a neurotoxin in fish and mussels...

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