April 29, 2013
Published: 7 Feb 06 20:52 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/3013/20060207/
American forces in Iraq will shortly start using new high accuracy artillery shells, incorporating explosives and other key parts from Swedish company, Bofors.
A planned strike by Swedish public sector workers was called off on Sunday following a pay deal between employers and the unions. READ (COMMENT) »
Four Eritrean men have been released from a torture camp in Egypt after money raised in Sweden was used to buy their freedom. READ (COMMENT) »
Police in Oskarshamn in southern Sweden unearthed a large-scale marijuana farm on Saturday night. READ (COMMENT) »
The Sweden Democrats have lost a third of their support since a record high in December, according to a new voter poll published on Sunday. READ (COMMENT) »
An elderly Stockholm couple grew so tired of the noises emanating from their neighbour that they took revenge by booming Iron Maiden at top volume, leading to a charge of harassment. READ (COMMENT) »
Veronica Palm, who was widely criticised for her role in the Omar Mustafa affair, was re-elected by the Social Democrats in Stockholm after an at times fractious annual general meeting on Saturday. READ (COMMENT) »
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reindfeldt called on society to take a stand against the hooligans ruining Swedish football following the resignation of the coach of Stockholm club Djurgården citing fan threats. READ (COMMENT) »
A drunk man was shot in the foot by police in Umeå in northern Sweden on Friday night after he pointed a pistol at them in an attempt to evade arrest. READ (COMMENT) »
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Stockholm Taxi Wars: Über fail »
"Three cheers for competition, innovative alternatives and nifty new apps. Hats off to low-budget basement start-ups’ covert guerrilla marketing. Hail righteousness and activism. But disinformation, half-truths and unsubstantiated wild accusations packaged as a Greenpeace-esque write-in campaign does not for a reputable car+driver service make. And that is what I was under the impression Uber, was..." READ »