Winter chill causes home heating headache
The cold winter in Sweden has left every fifth household struggling to pay their electricity bills, according to a new survey. thelocal.se |
Swedish SMS text championships kick off
Sweden's nimble-fingered youth gather in Borlänge in central Sweden on Thursday to kick start the heats for the national SMS text-message championships, which culminates in a Stockholm final on August 14th. thelocal.se |
'Heil Hitler' song deemed not hate speech: ruling
The Chancellor of Justice (Justitiekanslern, JK) will not bring criminal charges against a car owner who played late rockabilly singer Eddie Meduza's song "Heil Hitler" over loudspeakers to a large group of people in a parking lot. thelocal.se |
Fraud trial captivates local Swedish community
Disgruntled savers from a small Swedish community flooded into a Jönköping court on Thursday to follow the case of Habo Finans, an investment firm which folded taking the savings of almost 780 people with it. thelocal.se |
Agency pockets millions for refugee housing
A care company providing transitional housing for refugee children has pocketed nearly 3 million kronor ($456,330) in profit from the city of Malmö since April. thelocal.se |