Husby riot signals rising discontent at police
Source: The Local
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-20 03:48:58 -0700 | political-news
There's frustration in Husby and it risks spiralling out of control, people want long-term solutions to social problems instead of an increased police presence," Djalaie told The Local. "It's a neighborhood where one third of junior high school graduates leave...
Buy, Sell or Research - New or Used Cars - Car Reviews & News
Source: Boston Globe
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-20 02:48:00 -0700 | political-news
These are the worst new cars in the world A few months ago, I was driving an Audi S4 wagon through beautiful South Africa...For two days, I strapped myself into seven terrible cars that were too unsafe and shoddy to...
Youths burn 100 cars in violent Stockholm riots
Source: The Local
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-23 22:19:30 -0700 | political-news
It continued with a pair of violent riots and extensive damage." The riot kicked off when young people set fire to cars in Husby, a suburb in the far north of Stockholm. Witnesses claim at least 100 vehicles in the...
Stranded Swedish family of seven heading back home, thanks to Carson sheriff's deputies, reserves
Source: Daily Breeze
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-19 14:40:53 -0700 | political-news
A stranded Swedish family of seven, made penniless by airfare changes due to a family emergency, should be on its way home today thanks to sheriff's deputies sympathetic to their plight, a sheriff's official said...Friday, the two parents and five...
$6m to keep tabs on Assange
Source: The New Zealand Herald
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-19 11:00:00 -0700 | political-news
The cost of policing the Ecuadorean Embassy in Knightsbridge while WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange takes refuge inside has now risen to £3.3 million ($6.2 million), Scotland Yard has disclosed. Assange has been hiding from the law in a cramped basement...
Royal wedding fever hits Sweden
Source: The Local
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-19 06:19:26 -0700 | political-news
The banns of marriage were read at a church service which was open to the public. The ceremony was followed by a private lunch for the future wedding couple, their families and invited guests. There was also an afternoon reception...
Man held over armed jewellery store robbery
Source: The Local
Helsingborg :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-19 01:59:28 -0700 | political-news
www.thelocal.se/47994/20130519/ A man was detained Sunday morning on suspicion of involvement in a violent jewellery store robbery which left three people with gunshot wounds. "The 24-year-old was taken in for questioning overnight and was later detained," police spokesman Nils Norling...
Live Blog: Eurovision Song Contest final
Source: The Local
Uppsala :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-18 12:45:13 -0700 | political-news
hit refresh to reload the page for the latest updates Patrick Reilly 9.36pm Belgium's Roberto Bellarosa is the youngest in the competition at just 18. Looked like a scared little boy when he was brought into face the press during...
County council admits to buying out 'bomb man'
Source: The Local
Eskilstuna :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-24 03:46:31 -0700 | political-news
However, the county council was not aware of the man's background when hiring him with the help of a recruitment company, reported local newspaper Eskilstuna-Kuriren (EK). The man was eventually fired after several county council managers complained about threatening behaviour....
John Kerry fighting new kind of 'cold war' at Arctic Council meeting
Posted by: Robert Myles
Kiruna :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-24 03:51:18 -0700 | political-news
Secretary of State John Kerry was engaged in a different type of “cold war” last week as he met with representatives of nations bordering the Arctic at the conclusion of Sweden’s two year chairmanship of the Arctic Council. Just like...
From the Tories' "feckless dads" to the "crisis in masculinity": can Labour go father?
Source: New Statesman
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-17 04:24:43 -0700 | political-news
Jon Cruddas and Diane Abbot have argued this week that Labour must value the roles that fathers play in modern families...This week Labour staked its claim to be the country's most father-friendly political party . Jon Cruddas, the party's policy...
Suicide figures soar for Sweden's disabled youth
Source: The Local
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-16 08:42:13 -0700 | political-news
www.thelocal.se/47950/20130516/ Suicide rates have risen dramatically since 1995 among young people in Sweden with disabilities that leave them with reduced working capacities, according to a new study. Between 1995 and 2010, the number of young people who were given compensation...
Swedish lobbying boom prompts regulation calls
Source: The Local
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-24 08:23:04 -0700 | political-news
Sweden's EU Commissioner wants to create a register with details of lobbyists and firms that conduct lobbying. The register would open up for public insight into the pressure exerted on lawmakers in Sweden. "People have a right to know which...
Naked Swede dresses down American Apparel
Source: The Local
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-24 08:23:06 -0700 | political-news
www.thelocal.se/47938/20130516/ The man who founded a Swedish online fashion retailer has posed half-naked to help market the firm's clothes after Swedes criticized US retailer American Apparel of using "sexist" images of nearly-naked women to sell its wares.
Pensioners to recruit aging Swedish rockers
Source: The Local
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-15 04:13:31 -0700 | political-news
We want to be in tune with the times," local coordinator Ann-Kristin Erlandsson told The Local. The pensioner admitted that she herself was not a rock chick, instead preferring the Beatles, but that she may dust off an old leather...
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