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Swedish man dead since 2011 found in apartment
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 ...
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Third night of rioting in Swedish capital
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 ...
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Youths riot in Sweden for third night
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 ...
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Third night of rioting hits Stockholm suburbs
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 ...
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Swedish riots spread in capital
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 ...
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Swedens capital Stockholm hit by worst riots in years
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 ...
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Stockholm man lay dead in flat for two years
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 ...
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Fashion award turns Rookies into players
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 ...
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TeliaSonera International Carrier launches IPX network
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 ...
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Swedish capital hit by third day of riots
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 ...
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Veterans From All Over the World to Gather in Stockholm
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 ...
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Husby riots enter third night as Stockholm suburb burns
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 ...
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30 cars set ablaze in third night of rioting in Stockholm
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 ...
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Net dating gang sentenced for robberies
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 ...
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Sweden stunned by third night of rioting
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 ...
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Stockholm rocked by riots
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: ...
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‘Multiculturalism failing’ Swedish PM pleas for order as riots engulf Stockholm suburbs
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 ...
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The Fraser Institute Sweden Shows Canada How to Reduce Health Spending While Improving Medicare
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 ...
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Swedish Riksbank unveils board members
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 ...
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Doc went on holiday as Swedes cancer spread
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 ...
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Riots in Stockholm spread to more suburbs
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 ...
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Stockholm suburbs gripped by riots
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 ...
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Stockholm riots spreading youths burn down cultural centre housed in 19th century building
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 ...
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Utrikesdepartementet Sweden pushing for human rights online
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 ...
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350 jobs lost as Ericsson shuts Swedish factory
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 ...
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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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