| Brad Pitt to star in Millennium film: reports US actor Brad Pitt is set to star in the Hollywood remake of the first of the Stieg Larsson Millennium trilogy films, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, according to media reports. thelocal.se |
Party ditches candidate over pro-immigrant views The nationalist Sweden Democrat party has jettisoned a candidate for election to the local council in Ljusdal in eastern Sweden after the renegade politician expressed support for a refugee centre in the town. thelocal.se |
Indian Volvo workers strike over pay About 600 employees of a Volvo bus plant near Bangalore in India are striking for better pay and the return to work of four colleagues suspended following a dispute. thelocal.se |
Saab owner Spyker first-half losses soar Spyker Cars, the Dutch specialist automaker of Sweden's Saab, said on Friday that its first-half losses soared as a result, but it insisted that it was still on course for a 2012 profit. thelocal.se |
Opposition gains ground in final round of polls The centre-left Red-Greens succeeded in diminishing the government's poll lead on Saturday, while the far-right Sweden Democrats appear poised to enter the Riksdag. thelocal.se |