| Swedish website helps stranded travellers A new blog and Facebook page have been launched by an industrious Ericsson employee in Stockholm to both help stranded travellers in Europe to get home but also to encourage them to make the best of their impromptu stopover. thelocal.se |
Borg calls on EU partners to disclose deficit cuts Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg has demanded that Spain and Portugal disclose their plans to reduce budget deficits at a meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels that begins later on Monday. thelocal.se |
Time for Europe to fix its finances Many European countries are facing austerity measures in the wake of the financial crisis. Now it's time for the EU itself to get serious about tackling waste, writes Anna Kinberg Batra, chair of the Swedish Parliament's Committee on EU Affairs. thelocal.se |
Young woman found murdered, man arrested A woman was found murdered near a small town in Kronoberg in southern Sweden on Thursday evening after a police search. A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the killing. thelocal.se |
Tablet PC tops Swedes' Christmas gift lists Swedes are expected to spend some 64.7 billion kronor ($9.3 billion) on Christmas shopping this year with the gift of the moment being a tablet PC, according to the Swedish Research Institute of Trade. thelocal.se |