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Swedish Princess Madeleine American fiance attend pre-nuptial service
The Swedish royal family attended church Sunday in Stockholm's Royal Chapel for a traditional public announcement of Princess Madeleine's upcoming wedding. Princess Madeleine is scheduled to marry Christopher O'Neill, an American who has declined Swedish citizenship and will remain a U.S. citizen after the wedding -- and therefore will not hold a position of responsibility in the ...
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McDowell wins Volvo Match Play championship
Graeme McDowell today became the first Irish winner of the Volvo World Match Play Championship with a hard-fought victory over Thongchai Jaidee in Bulgaria. McDowell, runner-up last year to Ryder Cup team-mate Nicolas Colsaerts, only took the lead for the first time in the final on the 14th hole after several vital par saves on the front nine at Thracian Cliffs. But the top seed then birdied ...
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On Good Friday at about 2 am two Russian bombers and an escort of four fighters had come within 30-40 kilometers of Swedish airspace allegedly practicing mock attacks upon two specific targets in the Stockholm area and Southern Sweden. Wow
Dateline Dalarna, Sweden: Sometimes truly extraordinary events occur, events which impact an entire nation's people, though, the word 'surreal' perhaps fits better than 'extraordinary' in describing events here during the last third of April. Of course, too much has too long been overblown, the strongest of adjectives too frequently employed to mask the weakest of ...
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Nord Stream plans new gas pipelines
OAO Gazprom is the majority shareholder in Nord Stream, an international consortium formed in 2005 to plan and construct a 1,224-kilometre natural gas pipeline along the Baltic Sea floor. Now, Nord Stream wants to expand the project by adding one or two more pipelines. The gas pipelines currently under construction will deliver natural gas ...
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Royal wedding fever hits Sweden
The Swedish royal family gathered in the Royal Chapel in Stockholm on Sunday for the publication of the banns of marriage ahead of the wedding of Princess Madeleine and her ...
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Novelist draws a winning hand in ‘Octavo’
Karen Engelmann’s first novel, set in late 18th-century Stockholm, is a captivating indulgence in political intrigue, romance, societal manners of the time and cartomancy. “The Stockholm Octavo” centers on Emil Larsson, a card player and bon vivant of the Town (that is, Stockholm). He has recently done well enough at the gaming table to purchase a position of responsibility ...
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Eurovision 2013 SwedenDenmark winner with Emmelie de Forrest Only Teardrops Video Europe News
Denmark won with Emmelie de Forrest the Eurovision song contest, but still unsurpassed for Eastern European block vote,if you need to re-singing contest Eastern Eur0peans must get of the ...
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Denmark wins Eurovision on ABBA’s turf with folksy ballad
Denmark's Emmelie de Forest won Eurovision on Saturday before an international TV audience of around 125 million, clinching the coveted crown of euro-pop with a folksy ballad backed by a wall of fire, flutes and drums.The barefoot 20-year-old blonde stole the show as predicted by bookmakers with "Only Teardrops" in a final that saw 26 countries battle it out in the southern ...
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Christian Democrat support drops to eight-year low
Sweden's Green Party is on the rise while support for the Christian Democrats is at the lowest in nearly a decade, according to the latest voter ...
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Man held over armed jewellery store robbery
"The 24-year-old was taken in for questioning overnight and was later detained," police spokesman Nils Norling told news agency TT. The robbery took place in broad daylight on a busy shopping street ...
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Ben Gorhams Little Black Book
Ben Gorham is creative director of Byredo, a Stockholm-based fragrance house, which he founded in 2006. His range of perfumes, including the new Inflorescence, are all made in ...
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Sweden remains committed to green goals
Sweden wants its national electricity grid to be entirely free of oil dependence by 2025 and recent developments in the offshore wind energy sector seem to be a step in the right direction.
Sweden is a country with a strong commitment to renewable energy and environmental sustainability. The national capital, Stockholm, despite being the largest city in the country and home to almost a quarter of the population, is one of the cleanest of all European capitals. Read more
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