| Sweden rules out ban on naked short-selling Sweden has ruled out following a German decision to ban so-called naked short-selling, a decision which has sent stock markets tumbling across Europe this week. thelocal.se |
Activists arrested after nuclear plant breach Police have arrested 50 Greenpeace activists who broke into Forsmark nuclear power plant in eastern Sweden on Monday, demanding that parliament vote against the building of new nuclear facilities. thelocal.se |
Woods and Nordegren divorce Tiger Woods and Swedish model wife Elin Nordegren divorced Monday, their marriage "irretrievably broken" by a blistering sex scandal that has left the world number one golfer's life in disarray. thelocal.se |
Sleepless Swede charged for dousing smoking neighbour An 83-year-old man from Sölvesborg in southern Sweden is facing charges after he extinguished his neighbour's cigarette with a bucket of water. thelocal.se |
Surgeon convicted for bogus billing A female surgeon from Stockholm has been sentenced to four years in prison for aggravated fraud after having swindled public health authorities out of more than 7 million kronor ($1 million). thelocal.se |