Provides the latest RSS feeds for Stockholm News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sweden News.net http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/cat/57b697f0c9d47333/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:58 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:58 -0400 30 More than 40 Indian families in densely populated Stockholm suburbs are worried over explosive protests in the past week, which one Indian immigrant described as "unusually fearome". The ongoing crisis appears to have been triggered by police action which led to the death of a violent, 69-year old armed immigrant in an apartment in Husby earlier last week. He allegedly threatened the police with ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214682621/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:20:02 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214682621/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Hundreds of great job opportunities for foreign professionals at Sweden's top employers - in cooperation with Monster, Experteer, Stepstone, and ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214707581/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:54:46 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214707581/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Mass unrest is ongoing for the third night in the areas around Stockholm. In Jacobsburg, the protesters have broken down the windows of a police office and a trade center. One of the buildings burnt down completely in the center of unrest-Husby. Five people have been arrested on suspicion of arson, violence and vandalism. Young people from Husby are outraged with what they call the illegal ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214706539/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:42:01 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214706539/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 (23 mins ago) Rioting spread across Stockholm immigrant districts yesterday in a third night of unrest, raising fears that decades of integration efforts have gone dangerously awry. The riots are believed to have been sparked by the deadly police shooting last week of an elderly man in Husby – a run down, low-income suburb that is only a short walk away from the Kista Science Tower ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214705449/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:15:10 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214705449/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Hundreds of young people burned cars and attacked police officers this week in three nights of riots in immigrant neighborhoods of Stockholm, ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214706122/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:07:23 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214706122/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt blamed the violence on 'hooliganism' and appealed for calm after the riots spread from northwestern to southern Stockholm. ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214703662/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:14:44 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214703662/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt blamed the violence on 'hooliganism' and appealed for calm after the riots spread from northwestern to southern Stockholm. ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214703191/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:14:18 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214703191/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 rioting in immigrant suburbs of Sweden's capital, shocking a country that has dodged the worst of the financial crisis but failed to defuse youth unemployment and resentment of asylum ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214703168/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:13 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214703168/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Development Biologist Says He Hopes to Bring Stem Cell Research to PublicBy Ann SchneibleVATICAN CITY, April 12, 2013 (Zenit.org) - In order for adult stem cell research and therapy to progress, says Nobel Prize winner Dr. John Gurdon, it is essential to promote awareness and understanding of this complex science.Dr. Gurdon was one of the keynote speakers of today's session of the Second ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214702189/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:27:45 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214702189/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 - Hundreds of young people have torched cars and attacked police in three nights of riots in immigrant suburbs of Sweden's capital, shocking a country that has dodged the worst of the financial crisis but failed to defuse youth unemployment and resentment of asylum seekers. On Tuesday night, a police station in the Jakobsberg area in northwest Stockholm was attacked, two schools were damaged ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214700884/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:37:45 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214700884/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 STOCKHOLM | Wed May 22, 2013 5:28pm EDT STOCKHOLM May 22 (Reuters) - A Swedish prosecutor wants to question Victor Muller, former chairman of bankrupt carmaker Saab, for an inquiry into suspected tax offences, a Swedish newspaper reported on Wednesday. Swedish prosecutors on Tuesday questioned Saab's former Chief Executive Jan-Ake Jonsson and two other executives as part of its tax ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214700635/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:28:07 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214700635/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 The European Space Agency says a new research hub will strengthen Europe's contribution to the global hunt for asteroids that may strike Earth. Located at the European Space Research Institute near Rome, the center will take part in the search for Near-Earth Objects, or NEOs, asteroids or comets that orbit the sun and whose orbits come close to that of Earth. The NEO Coordination Center ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214699293/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:12:04 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214699293/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 AFP / Getty Images Sweden is one of the wealthiest, most stable and smooth-running countries in the world. Which would explain why the country's 9.5 million residents may be shocked by the events of the last few days. For the last three nights, hundreds of youths have been rampaging through parts of the capital, Stockholm, torching cars, setting fires, and throwing rocks at police and ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214696679/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:05:33 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214696679/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 The soundtrack for Hollywood's "Monsters University" features music from Randy Newman, and Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso of Swedish House Mafia, Disney said. The hard rock band Mastodon also contributed to the album, which is set for release June 18. Directed by Dan Scanlon and produced by Kori Rae, "Monsters University" hits theaters June 21 with the short film ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214696214/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:49:18 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214696214/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Youths in poor, mostly immigrant-populated Stockholm suburbs continue to torch cars and riot after police shot dead last week a local man reportedly wielding a ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214694493/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:54 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214694493/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Gulnara Karimova at Fashion Week in Moscow, Russia on April 2, 2011. (AP) Documents leaked to Swedish investigative journalists and reviewed by RFE/RL appear to offer fresh evidence of a link between Swedish telecom giant TeliaSonera and Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of the president of Uzbekistan. The documents, part of ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214694807/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:46:20 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214694807/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Stockholm's Husby by day proved a different story from the past few nights. While the damage was still visible - broken windows, burnt walls, and scorched car parks - the people were calm as locals carried on with business as usual. Police officers were on hand in the central square to provide information and support for residents. "The people who live here don't deserve ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214693508/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:01:59 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214693508/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 One of the two Swedish women who have accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sex crimes has urged Sweden's government to put pressure on Ecuador to hand him over to the Swedish justice system."Sweden must put pressure on Ecuador to get Assange handed over to Sweden," Elisabeth Massi Fritz, a lawyer for one of the two accusers, wrote in a statement."There has been much ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214693214/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:59:26 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214693214/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Rioting spread across Stockholm's suburbs on Wednesday in the third day of unrest to hit the Swedish capital, as Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt blamed the violence on "hooliganism" and appealed for ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214692194/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:26:48 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214692194/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 With growth rates above the European average and unemployment below EU levels, Sweden's economy is often regarded as something of a beacon. Although the export-oriented country has been hit by the slowdown in the euro zone, domestic demand has remained healthy and strong fiscal discipline has helped it to avoid the fate of some of its southern European partners. News that the country's ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214691901/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:26:42 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214691901/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Firefighters extinguish a burning car, following riots in the Stockholm suburb of Kista late on May 21, 2013, in this picture provided by ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214691902/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:25:36 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214691902/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Bukowskis auction house in Stockholm on May 28th. But Bukowskis chief curator Carl Barkman said the auction had been scrapped after "irregularities concerning the origin of the items." Police officer Lars Alm said one of Bergman's sons, Daniel, had filed a complaint after seeing an article about the auction in the Dagens Nyheter newspaper. "He was very surprised ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214690204/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:35:47 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214690204/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Should Alberta's Wildrose party ever choose to launch a federal wing, Tuesday's tragicomedy on Parliament Hill will serve as a helpful point of germination. And should the Conservative party over the next two years devolve into a mess of internecine warfare and wrangling over succession, followed by a crushing defeat at the polls, this may be seen as a turning point.This was the day ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214690206/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:15:00 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214690206/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Swedish police are blaming broken social networks for allowing a man to lie dead in his apartment for more than two years. The body of a man in his 50s was discovered by workmen who entered an apartment in southern Sweden to change the plumbing, The Local.se reported Wednesday. "There is no social control anymore," police spokesman Claes Bjornefelt said. "This man wasn't ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214690107/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:55:30 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214690107/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Groups of youth have smashed shop windows, set cars ablaze and burnt down a cultural centre in a third night of rioting in the Swedish capital, Stockholm. Riots that started in one Stockholm suburb after a fatal police shooting have spread to other low-income areas of the capital. Police spokesman Kjell Lindgren said seven people were briefly detained and one person was arrested on suspicion of ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214688600/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:14:59 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214688600/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 A car set on fire burns, following riots in the Stockholm suburb of Kista. Sweden's capital has been hit by some of its worst riots in years after youths scorched dozens of cars, attacked a police station and threw stones at rescue services in its poor immigrant suburbs for a third night running. Photograph: Fredrik ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214688394/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:59:17 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214688394/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Youths set fire to cars and buildings as rioting continued for a third night in the suburbs of Stockholm. Violence was reported in a number of areas.Emergency workers were also pelted with stones. Eight people are understood to have been arrested. The spate of unrest comes after police fatally shot a man in the largely immigrant suburb of Husby. He had reportedly threatened to kill officers ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214688420/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:46:47 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214688420/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Gangs of youths have smashed shop windows, set cars ablaze and burnt down a cultural centre as riots that started in one Stockholm suburb after a fatal police shooting spread to other low-income areas of the Swedish capital.Police said seven people were briefly detained and one person was arrested on suspicion of arson of a cultural centre housed in a 19th century building.A spokesman said 30 ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214688292/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:45:33 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214688292/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 The riots in one of Europe's richest capitals have shocked a country that prides itself on a reputation for social justice, and fuelled a debate about how Sweden is coping with both youth unemployment and an influx of ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214688460/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:34:36 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214688460/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Stockholm found the body of man who may have lain dead in his flat for over two years, with the police blaming the belated discovery on society's broken social ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214687367/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:06:50 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214687367/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Swedish designers who fight for brand-name recognition in the notoriously hard-to-crack fashion business tell The Local's Victoria Hussey about the importance of the ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214687368/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:06:49 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214687368/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 TSIC 's global fibre backbone with 200 points of presence (PoPs) worldwide, which it calls one of the largest s launched to date. Available to both TeliaSonera group and external operators, at launch the ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214686951/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:06:04 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214686951/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Rioters have set fire to dozens of cars and thrown stones at policemen in several areas of the Swedish capital Stockholm in the third day of urban unrest after police shot dead a man in a northern suburb.Police said on Wednesday eight men aged 18 to 22 had been arrested, and that 30 vehicles were torched.Police on Sunday shot dead a 69-year-old man in the suburb of Husby, where 80 per cent of the ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214687091/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:04:23 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214687091/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Security has become one of the most important issues in current public debate. On 28-31 May, veterans from 36 countries will gather in Stockholm to discuss how the unique skills and experience possessed by veterans around the world can best be utilised in order to create a safer society in the veterans' home countries. 150 delegates from 36 countries will gather in Stockholm on 28-31 May ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214687369/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:44:36 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214687369/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Husby youths torched cars and threw rocks at police in riots believed to be linked to the police shooting of a local resident. Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214686998/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:37:44 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214686998/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 A night of unrest in Stockholm saw 30 cars set on fire in southern and western areas of Sweden's capital and the arrest of eight people, police said. Officials said rioters set cars on fire and threw stones at police officers and firefighters Tuesday, Swedish news agency Tidningarnas Telegrambyra reported Wednesday. The rioting Tuesday spread to areas that hadn't been affected in the ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214686737/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:28:35 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214686737/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Four thieves who used internet dating sites to find their victims, in order to drug them with a concoction of sedatives and psychosis drugs and then rob them, were sentenced to prison on Wednesday by a Swedish ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214686099/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:57:35 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214686099/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 By Johan Sennero and Johan Ahlander, Reuters STOCKHOLM - Hundreds of youths set fire to cars and attacked police and rescue services in suburbs of Stockholm Tuesday night in Sweden's worst disorder in years.A police station in the Jakobsberg area in the northwest of the city was attacked, two schools were damaged and an arts and crafts center was set ablaze, despite a call for calm from ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214685856/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:52:10 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214685856/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 A car burns after riots in the Stockholm suburb of Kista. Sweden's capital has been hit by some of its worst riots in years after youths scorched dozens of cars, attacked a police station and threw stones at rescue services in its poor immigrant suburbs for a third night running. Photo: ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214686258/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:49:48 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214686258/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Violence Hundreds youths hurling rocks, burning cars and smashing windows for the second day in a row in Stockholm say they are protesting against police brutality and inequality. In Sweden, critics of the multiculturalism policies lash out at immigration laws. Seven policemen were injured, at least ten cars and countless containers set on fire, and dozens of windows smashed in several heavily ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214685967/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:40:56 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214685967/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Sweden's universal health care system, which ranks among the world's best in terms of patient outcomes, offers critical lessons for Canada on reducing costs while improving health system performance, argues a new report from the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian think-tank. "Canadians are paying for the most expensive universal-access health care system in ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214686101/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:36:12 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214686101/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Sweden's central bank has appointed two new board members plucked from banking and academia to replace two outgoing members, one of whom was an outspoken critic of ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214685136/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:50:23 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214685136/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 A Swedish man has been left facing death after his doctor went on holiday, leaving a cancer diagnosis stranded in the computer system while the increasingly desperate patient fought for help ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214685135/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:50:22 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214685135/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 STOCKHOLM -; Groups of youth have smashed shop windows, set cars ablaze and burnt down a cultural center as the riots that started in one Stockholm suburb after a fatal police shooting spread to other low-income areas of the Swedish ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214684834/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:48:27 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214684834/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Rioters have lit fires and stoned emergency services in the suburbs of Stockholm for the third night in a row after a man was shot dead by police. Incidents were reported in at least nine suburbs of the Swedish capital and police made eight arrests. On Sunday night, more than 100 cars were set alight, Swedish media report. Police in the deprived, largely immigrant suburb of Husby shot a man ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214685137/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:28:34 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214685137/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 STOCKHOLM - Groups of youth have smashed shop windows, set cars ablaze and burnt down a cultural centre as the riots that started in one Stockholm suburb after a fatal police shooting spread to other low-income areas of the Swedish capital. Police spokesman Kjell Lindgren says seven people were briefly detained early Wednesday and one person was arrested on suspicion of arson of a cultural ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214685138/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:28:32 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214685138/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Internet freedom is one of the top priorities of Swedish foreign policy. Everyone should be free to think and say what they want - on the internet too. This is far from the reality in many countries. Today representatives from more than 90 countries are meeting in Stockholm to discuss how internet freedom and openness can promote human rights and social and economic development ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214685139/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:28:24 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214685139/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Ericsson has buckled under the pressure of European competition and will turn off the switch on a cable production plant in Sweden, leaving 350 employees without ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214684110/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:42:38 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214684110/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 STOCKHOLM | Wed May 22, 2013 3:54am EDT STOCKHOLM May 22 (Reuters) - Swedish Central Bank : * New deputy governors - martin flodn and cecilia skingsley * says general council of the riksbank has today decided to appoint martin flodn and cecilia skingsley as new members of the executive board of the ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214683648/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:54:47 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214683648/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Police arrested eight people on Tuesday night as more cars were torched in several areas around Stockholm, with rioters terrorizing the streets for the third night in a ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214683115/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:36:03 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214683115/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 STOCKHOLM--Seven people were arrested as violence flared up for a second night in a deprived neighbourhood outside Stockholm and showed signs of spreading to other parts of the city, police said on ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214683116/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:23:56 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214683116/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 STOCKHOLM | Wed May 22, 2013 2:03am EDT STOCKHOLM May 22 (Reuters) - Cloetta AB: * Nordic capital fund v and cvc capital partners have sold 15.6% of the shares in cloetta ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214682991/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:03:52 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214682991/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Asamara - Eritrean nationals in Stockholm and its environs celebrated the 22nd Independence Day anniversary on 18 May with patriotic zeal under the theme "ERITREA - Shield of Resilience and Nobility of Work". Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Yonas Mana, Charge D'Affaires of the Eritrean Embassy in the Scandinavian countries, explained that preserving sovereignty is challenging as ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214682107/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:54:13 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214682107/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 0) { $("table#tablesorter") .tablesorter({widthFixed: true, widgets: ['zebra']}) .tablesorterPager({container: $("#pager")});} }); ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214681082/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:20:51 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214681082/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 While Sweden has a reputation for having one of the most painful tax bills in the world, a new report ranks Sweden 20th when comparing the tax-burden on salaries when social security payments are taken into ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214681081/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:20:50 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214681081/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 STOCKHOLM - Environmental pressure group Greenpeace on Tuesday said it flew a paraglider over a nuclear reactor building in south-western Sweden and dropped an item upon it from the air to show how vulnerable the facilities ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214676645/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:35:28 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214676645/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 STOCKHOLM -- Ah, Europe. Sure, it's easy to make fun of things like the Eurovision song contest (staged in nearby Malmo during my stay here and won by Danish pixie Emmelie De Forest); man purses on flat-capped bearded dads pushing strollers (a phenomenon in Sodermalm, Stockholm's trendiest neighbourhood); the worst potato chips in the world; and those silly gold helmets handed out to ... http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214677056/scat/57b697f0c9d47333 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:21:41 -0400 http://www.swedennews.net/index.php/sid/214677056/scat/57b697f0c9d47333