Threats rain down on Bjästa school
Staff at Bjästa School in northern Sweden have received some 400 threats via email following television revelations about a 14-year-old girl who was bullied and left isolated after being raped at the school. thelocal.se |
SVT hits back over news agency wedding boycott
Sveriges Television is to send a strongly-worded letter to news agencies AFP, AP and Reuters who boycotted the royal wedding after an argument over rights, seriously affected global exposure of the event. thelocal.se |
Aftonbladet libelled Littorin: ex-watchdog
Aftonbladet would probably lose a libel case over its allegations that former minister Sven Otto Littorin used a prostitute, Sweden's former press ombudsman has said. thelocal.se |
Refugee boom leads to campground shelters
A recent spike in the number of asylum seekers coming to Sweden has forced the Migration Board to convert a campground on Sweden's west coast into temporary housing for would-be refugees. thelocal.se |
Sweden's SKF snaps up US firm on heels of strong results
Sweden's SKF, the world's biggest maker of industrial bearings, announced strong third quarter results on Tuesday, as well as the purchase of US-based engineered lubrication systems maker Lincoln Industrial. thelocal.se |