TOP 100 SWEDISH SITES
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| Italy: EU should condemn Aftonbladet article Italy's foreign minister, Franco Frattini, says he has met with his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt to iron out a strategy for resolving the crisis which flared after the publication of a controversial article in the Aftonbladet newspaper. But Bildt denies the crisis was discussed. thelocal.se |
Law to Force People to Help? We should all be obliged to take action when another person is in distress, says Minister of Justice Beatrice Ask, who has ordered a report into the matter.The initiative comes as a result of a number of cases where violent crimes were witnessed by people who did nothing to help the victim, the Minister writes in the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. sr.se |
Government mulls new law to force care for asylum kids Government parties have called for legislation to force municipalities to care for children seeking asylum amid recent protests over the housing of young refugees in Vellinge in southern Sweden. thelocal.se |
Fewer obese children in Sweden: report The number of obese and overweight ten-year-olds is higher in Bollnäs, Västerås and Ystad than in Karlstad and Umeå. These were the findings in a comparison between municipal councils that the National Public Health Institute has carried out. thelocal.se |
Swedish home prices buck financial crisis Swedish home values increased substantially in 2009, despite persistent fears the country would suffer from a major drop in housing prices. thelocal.se |