TOP 100 SWEDISH SITES
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| Gambling Addiction A Growing Problem Addiction to tobacco, alcohol, and drugs is a wellknown problem throughout the world, including Sweden. Lately, the rise of another form of addiction has given authorities in this Nordic country reason to worry: the compulsive need to gamble. Statistics gathered by the National Institute of Public Health show that two percent of the adult Swedish population have problems with gambling, by either playing cards and casting dice or simply by pulling the levers of slot machines, appropriately called one-armed bandits. Alarmed by rising numbers of addicted gamblers the Health Institute has launched a nationwide telephone hotline for those who seek help in overcoming their obsession. sr.se |
Gothenburg Arrests Made Over Disturbances Police in Gothenburg have arrested eight young people connected to one of the areas affected by disturbances over the past ten days.Police, fire fighters and ambulance crews have all come under attack by stone-throwing young people over the past ten days in different parts of Gothenburg. The latest incident happened on Thursday night when fire fighters, called to extinguish a blaze in a newspaper storage box in the district of Väst Frölunda, were set upon by a gang of youths pelting them with rocks. They ran off when police arrived on the scene. sr.se |
Four in ten back far-right cooperation: poll Four out of ten Swedish voters would support the major parties cooperating with the far-right Sweden Democrats if the party were to claim seats in the parliament at the 2010 general election. thelocal.se |
One in five priests refuse to wed same-sex couples A week has passed since homosexual couples were given the right to tie the knot in church. Yet, 18 percent of priests in the Gothenburg region say they refuse to preside over gay weddings. thelocal.se |
No one safe from vomiting bug: study A new study from Linköping University suggests the so-called winter vomiting bug is far more infectious than previously thought. thelocal.se |