| Bear Season Begins in Sweden This is the beginning of the bear hunting season in this Nordic nation - with the bear population estimated as the biggest so far.Wildlife authorities have granted licenses to shoot 243 animals out of the 3,200 bears in Sweden. sr.se |
First Deadly Case in Sweden The swine flu has caused the first fatality in Sweden. Uppsala Academic Hospital confirmed Monday evening that a man in his 40s who died last Friday in his home in the Uppsala region had the A/H1N1-virus, also known as the novel flu. sr.se |
Riksbank keeps interest rate at 0.25 percent Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, has announced that its benchmark interest rate is to remain unchanged at 0.25 percent. The bank also reiterated that it expects the rate to remain at the same level until autumn 2010. thelocal.se |
Dating site singles out Swedes as world's most beautiful men Swedish men have been judged as the world's best looking by a dating website especially for beautiful people, while blokes from Britain have landed near the bottom of the list. thelocal.se |
Sweden gives green light to controversial wolf hunt Hunters in Sweden will be allowed to take aim at wolves for the first time in 45 years following a Riksdag decision to control the predators' population, wildlife officials said on Wednesday. thelocal.se |