Stockholm riots spread south on fourth night

The Local - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Wednesday night saw more burning cars, smashed windows, and stone throwing at police in at least 15 suburbs around Stockholm, as the fourth night of riots swept the Swedish ...

EEG Diagnostic Specialist MentisCura Joins Stockholm Brain Institute Consortium

General Sources - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

MentisCura Diagnostics will contribute as a partner and board member of the Stockholm Brain Institute, a consortium for cognitive and computational neuroscience, led by the Karolinska Institute, Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University, to address the unmet need in treating brain ...

Swedish PM slams hooliganism

iafrica.com - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Rioting spread across Stockholm's suburbs early on Wednesday in the third night of unrest to hit the Swedish capital, as Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt blamed the violence on "hooliganism" and appealed for calm. "In the past 24 hours, around 30 cars have been set on firein the greater Stockholm area," said Kjell Lindgren, a spokesperson for the Stockholm police. ...

Mixed results for Sweden refugee job push

The Local - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Hundreds of great job opportunities for foreign professionals at Sweden's top employers - in cooperation with Monster, Experteer, Stepstone, and ...

Swedish pressure needed on Assange accuser

General Sources - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

"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 speculation in the media, much of it incorrectThis is not about any kind of conspiracy as some media outlets have claimed. My client is a plaintiff and a victim," she said. The two women ...

Ericsson makes bus windows part of a Wi-Fi network

PC World - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Ericsson may have a contender for oddest networking product if it commercializes the wireless bus windows it demonstrated at this week's CTIA Wireless trade show.The windows would have built-in, translucent antennas connected to an internal Wi-Fi system for passenger use while on the road. In the example Ericsson showed at CTIA, the dual-band Wi-Fi antenna was just a square of barely ...

Unrest continue in Stockholm suburbs

News.Az - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

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 ...

Stockholm aflame for third night

The Standard - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

(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 ...

World Briefing | Europe Sweden Riots Continue in Immigrant Neighborhoods

International Herald Tribune - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Hundreds of young people burned cars and attacked police officers this week in three nights of riots in immigrant neighborhoods of Stockholm, ...

Stockholm riots spread PM slams hooliganism

SBS - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt blamed the violence on 'hooliganism' and appealed for calm after the riots spread from northwestern to southern Stockholm. ...

Three nights’ rioting in deprived areas of Stockholm shocks placid Sweden

Irish Times - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

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 ...

Nobel Prize Winner Participates at Vatican Conference

EWTN - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

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 ...

Stockholm riots challenge image of happy generous Sweden

General Sources - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

- 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 ...

Sweden to summon former Saab chairman in tax inquiry -report

Reuters - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

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 ...

Riots In Sweden. Thats Right. Sweden

General Sources - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

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 ...

Monsters University CD features Swedish House Mafia singers

Middle East Times - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

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 ...

Stockholm riots rage for 3rd day after police shooting

Global Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

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 ...

Swedish capital shaken by 3 nights of rioting

CNN - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Three nights of rioting involves youths and police in Sweden's capital, Stockholm Husby, a northern suburb of Stockholm, has been at the center of the disorder Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt appeals for calm in the ...

Swedish police make arrests after riots spread

General Sources - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Swedish police arrested eight people after riots broke out last night in several Stockholm suburbs, after a police shooting a week ago that left a local resident dead. Rioters set fire to about 30 cars overnight in some of Sweden's most ethnically diverse suburbs, including Husby, Norsborg and Vaarberg, Kjell Lindgren, a spokesman for the Swedish Police, said by phone today. In Husby, a ...

The Daughter of Uzbekistans President Personally Negotiates Bribes With Swedish Telecom Company

The Atlantic - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

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 ...

Stockholm riots a view from the street in Husby

The Local - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

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 ...

Stockholm hit by third day of rioting

General Sources - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

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 ...