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| National police join hunt for missing woman Officers from the National Murder Commission have joined the search for the 32-year-old woman who went missing from her home in Falun in the beginning of August. thelocal.se |
Sweden May Not Wait for Brussels The newspaper "Svenska Dagbladet" reports that the Swedish authorities plan to go ahead and approve the new swine flu vaccine, without waiting for the EU bureaucracy.Following reports that the slow pace of official EU approval could delay the roll-out of Sweden’s planned national vaccination program, the Swedish National Board of Heath and Welfare and the Medical Products Agency are investigating how they can fast track approval of the vaccine on a national basis without waiting for Brussels."Formally it is the European Commission that has to give its approval," says Anders Tegnell of the Board of Health and Welfare. "We are afraid that process will be lengthy. We can’t risk having the vaccine in September-October and not immediately starting vaccinations." sr.se |
Stockholmers 'fund the rest of Sweden': report Stockholm-area taxpayers help fund the rest of Sweden to the tune of 14 billion kronor ($2 billion) a year to put the country's municipalities on an equal financial footing. thelocal.se |
Speed demon Swede fined in Germany A 33-year-old Swedish man has been fined €2,000 ($3,000) by police in Germany after he was caught speeding on the autobahn at more than double the legal limit while cruising south with his girlfriend in a BMW convertible. thelocal.se |
'Auschwitz wasn't on another planet' On the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Stockholm-based Israeli journalist David Stavrou reflects on the importance of memory and self-examination, in Sweden and beyond, if we are to avoid recurrences of a catastrophe that was entirely man-made. thelocal.se |