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Three Suspects in Vilks-Plot Released

Radio Sweden: 5 hours ago
Three of the seven suspects arrested in Ireland over an alleged murder plot against the Swedish artist Lars Vilks was released without charge on Friday. The three - two women and one man - could however still face charges, Irish police told the news ... ...read article

Vattenfall Sells German Power Net

Radio Sweden: 19 hours ago
State-owned Swedish energy giant Vattenfall announced on Friday that it will sell its German power grid to Belgian power network management company Elia and Australian IFM for 810 million euros. ...read article

Deficient Welcome of Refugee Children

Radio Sweden: 19 hours ago
A new report maintains that there are serious shortcomings in municipalities’ reception of refugee children who arrive alone in Sweden. The biggest problem involves those who live in homes with family or friends. ...read article

Concerns Over SMS Loans

Radio Sweden: 19 hours ago
It's payback time after the height of the economic crisis that has shaken the world. But for some of the Swedes that turned to taking out loans using text messages, or SMS’s from their cellphones to bridge their financial gap, it has proven too ... ...read article

Killing Cancer with Breast Milk Protein

Radio Sweden: 19 hours ago
Swedish researchers have discovered that a substance in ordinary breast milk can kill cancer cells. The substance has been dubbed Hamlet, and it’s a protein in breast milk. Researchers at the University of Lund in southern Sweden in the 1990’s ... ...read article

"Soldiers Killed by Friendly Fire"

Radio Sweden: 19 hours ago
Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reports that friendly fire killed the two Swedish soldiers and their interpreter shot in Afghanistan in February. Citing anonymous sources connected to the investigation, the paper writes that Gunnar Andersson, Johan ... ...read article

Doing the Eurovision Song Contest

Radio Sweden: 19 hours ago
Saturday sees the Swedish finals for the Eurovision Song Contest, Melodifestivalen, after a whole series of preliminary rounds. Kris Boswell met one of the co-hosts of the big event, someone who may not be totally unfamiliar to foreign audiences, ... ...read article

Borg Stands By His Icesave Remarks

Radio Sweden: 19 hours ago
Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg has defended himself against criticism coming from Iceland after his statement that a country "can't vote itself away from its obligations." His opinion is completely in line with the rest of the Nordic ... ...read article

16 Environmental Goals - But No Money

Radio Sweden: 19 hours ago
Sweden’s government won’t be injecting any more money into its campaign to fulfil its environmental goals, Swedish Radio News reports. The proposition to be presented next week only includes a few new environmental measures to protect the ... ...read article

Sweden Dropping Environmental Aims?

Radio Sweden: 19 hours ago
A Swedish environmental commission, non-government environmental organizations and the opposition parties are all giving the center-right coalition a devastating slap to its green-friendly image. The critics claim the coalition has given no real ... ...read article

SAS Unions Agree to Austerity Measures

Radio Sweden: 1 day ago
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has finally reached an agreement with unions on an austerity package meant to keep the troubled airline afloat. The settlement with four flight attendant unions and four pilot unions includes measures to freeze wages, ... ...read article

National Drive for Underground Refugees

Radio Sweden: 1 day ago
This weekend will see a country-wide drive to help Iraqi refugees write new applications for residence permits to prevent them from being deported. The campaign will concentrate on people who come from minority groups in Iraq, many of whom have been ... ...read article

Gothenburg to Get Giant Ferris Wheel

Radio Sweden: 1 day ago
A giant ferris wheel is to be built downtown in the Swedish west coast city of Gothenburg. A government board has rejected a complaint from a citizen and who insists that the wheel will ruin the city's low skyline and that Gothenburg should not copy ... ...read article

Ex-doctors Appeal "No Damages" Ruling

Radio Sweden: 1 day ago
In one of Sweden's most sensational legal trials, two ex-doctors have now appealed a lower court's ruling giving them no compensation for what they claim has been ruined careers and destroyed lives. The two were accused of murdering a prostitute and ... ...read article

New Substance Can Help Lowering Cholesterol

Radio Sweden: 1 day ago
A new Swedish study has had good results in tests where a thyroid-hormon like substance stimulates the liver to reduce the cholesterol in the blood by 30 per cent. ...read article

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