Sweden warns nationals against travel to Kosovo
Sweden warned its nationals on Friday to avoid unnecessary travel to northern Kosovo because of the security fallout in the wake of the Serbian province's declaration of independence.
Day: February 22, 2008
Sweden
Financial crimes hit record levels
Sweden’s National Economic Crimes Bureau (EBM) last year held more people to account for economic crimes than in any previous year.
Sweden
Storm causes power cuts and flooding
Winds reaching speeds of more than 100 kilometres per hour drew in over the southern part of Sweden on Friday leaving some 25,000 households without electricity.
Sweden
Bank customers overpower armed robber
Customers at a branch of Swedbank in Gothenburg came under fire on Friday afternoon as they successfully intervened to prevent an armed robbery.
Sweden
Chad force and Swedish for immigrants stoke debate
David Landes gauges press reactions to two of the week's main talking points: proposed changes to state-run language classes for immigrants and Sweden's troop deployment to Chad.
Germany
Berlin stops plans for Islamic day-care centre
Verein Morgenland e.V., an association with suspected ties to an Islamist political party called Hizb ut-Tahrir has submitted an application to open an Islamic day-care centre in the Berlin district of Mitte.
Sweden
Klüft pulls out of world indoors with thigh injury
Sweden's Carolina Klüft, the current Olympic, world (three-time) and European (twice) heptathlon champion, has pulled out of next month's world indoor championships because of injury.
Germany
Former VW execs charged in corruption case
Volkswagen's ex-workers council chairman, Klaus Volkert, was sentenced Friday to two years and nine months in prison for his involvement in a multi-million euro corruption scandal that included prostitutes and free vacations.
Sweden
Debt troubles affecting Swedes in record numbers
More and more Swedes are finding themselves hampered by unpaid debts.
Sweden
Son suspected in balcony killing
Public prosecutors in Gothenburg have called for a 19-year-old man to be remanded in custody in connection with the death of his mother earlier this week. The man is suspected of murdering his mother by pushing her from a fifth floor balcony.
Sweden
Gender equity hits below the belt for Swedish patients
Male and female patients admitted to Swedish hospitals will soon be required to wear the same underwear.
Sweden
Odenberg only candidate for energy agency post
A consultant hired by the government to find a new director general for state electricity utility Svenska Kraftnät had only one name from which to choose.
Sweden
Something for the weekend: Footloose, electro and a Pulitzer nominated play
Something for the weekend: Footloose, Client and a Pulitzer nominated play
Sweden
Hungry hedgehogs face death by starvation
Hedgehogs in southern Sweden have already been coming out of hibernation due to unusually mild winter temperatures in the region.
Sweden
Football hooligans clash in Helsingborg
Fighting broke out between rival Danish, Swedish and Dutch hooligans at a pub in central Helsingborg on Thursday evening.
Sweden
Storms forecast for Friday
Meteorological agency SMHI is forecasting storm force winds in parts of southern and western Sweden on Friday.