TOP 100 SWEDISH SITES
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| Smoking Increases Risk of MS Smoking cigarettes increases the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), but the substance that makes cigarettes addictive, nicotine, doesn't seem to be at fault, Swedish researchers say. While male smokers were 1.8 times as likely to have MS as non-smokers, and MS risk increased 1.4-fold for women who smoked, people who used Swedish snuff were actually less likely to have the disease, Dr. Anna Hedström of the Karolinska Institutet and her colleagues found. sr.se |
EU Checks on Human Rights in Zimbabwe The Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, Gunilla Carlsson, has arrived in Harare for talks with the leadership of Zimbabwe. Carlsson is heading a delegation of the European Union, together with EU-Commission member Karel de Gucht who is in charge of the union’s program for development and humanitarian aid. sr.se |
Young trio sold sex with mentally disabled girl Three young people have been indicted in Malmö on pimping charges for repeatedly selling the sexual services of a 14-year-old girl with a mild mental disability. thelocal.se |
Foreign grads run threefold jobless risk Having a university degree is no guarantee for immigrants hoping to succeed in the Swedish labour market, a new study shows. thelocal.se |
China to back Geely purchase of Volvo Geely Automobile's executive director has said it will look at ways to collaborate with Volvo once its parent group completes the acquisition of Ford's Swedish unit, adding that the deal had the backing of the Chinese government. thelocal.se |