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The job market is going slow. Not just here, but many places all over Europe, mainly due to the US market. In the last year, our youth unemployment rate went up to an approximate 30%. Suddenly, it grows real before...

We are taught how to sneak onto the market, as if the employers wouldn't notice us. "Most jobs never reach the ads", says Karin at the Employment Agency when I call her. "Sign up on their websites, introduce yourself at...

It's a promise I'm holding in my hands. A promise of another life. A better life. A step forwards, away from where I am now. I tremble, worrying the words I chose won't do, that my qualifications won't be good...

18-åring svårt misshandlad i Gislaved Natten till lördagen misshandlades en 18-årig man svårt när ett bråk urartade utanför restaurang ”En trappa ner” på Anderstorpsvägen i Gislaved. Polisen söker nu vittnen...

Dad is of the opinion that we're lazy. We're young, with the wrong idea of work, with the wrong night and day rhythm. We're simply not used to working. My job is within the family business, which least to say,...

Something is wrong. Out of place. And I can't sleep. I stare upwards into the ceiling, twist and turn in my sheets. I find no rest. Slowly, a few drops of blood from my nose make me aware of the...

"To paint with words." That's what my old teacher used to say to me, to be inspirational. Unfortunately, she wasn't very much so. She might have taught my mother tongue, and she might have been very good in knowing the...

When you hold someone so close that it's too close, and everything blurs. When the loneliness you felt before becomes emptiness while away, and still just a word, just a look, is enough to fill you with energy through the...

Decisions. Easy to make when they don't matter. Heavy to carry when they do. You try everything to make it easier. Sleep on it. No difference made. You scribble notes with plus and minus columns, to have logic decide for...

Another day goes by of bittersweet Living At My Folks' House Land. Another episode filled with drama, blood, sweat and tears. Some parts of the time, it's OK. Coffee on the porch with a magazine is OK. Bathing in the...