| Record enrolment for Swedish language classes A record number of students signed up in the school year 2008/2009 for courses in Swedish for Immigrants, according to new figures from the Swedish National Agency for Education. thelocal.se |
What's On in Sweden: May 28th - June 3rd What's on in Sweden: Irish theatre in Stockholm, monster trucks in Gothenburg and Chris Isaak croons in Malmö. thelocal.se |
Powell pulls out of Stockholm sprint clash Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell has been forced to withdraw from the Stockholm leg of the Diamond League on Friday due to a groin injury. thelocal.se |
Swedish court sentences drunk captain to prison The Ukrainian captain of a Dutch ship that ran aground this month near the southwestern Swedish port of Helsingborg was on Monday sentenced to one month in prison for "aggravated drunkenness at sea," news agency TT reported on Monday. thelocal.se |
Baltic ships slammed over sewage dumping The shipping industry has been slammed in a World Wildlife Fund report which showed that more than half of the cruises ships plying the Baltic dump their sewage directly into the sea, despite a pledge to clean up its act. thelocal.se |