| Obesity risk for women who sleep less: study Too little sleep may be linked to the development of a large belly and broad waist, a study of women in Sweden has found. thelocal.se |
Sweden sacks aid agency chief in major overhaul The Swedish government on Thursday announced a major overhaul of the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) replacing the director-general Anders Nordström with former Save the Children head Charlotte Petri Gornitzka. thelocal.se |
Absentee voting begins in Swedish elections Absentee voting began in the September 19th Swedish general election on Thursday in what is expected to be a tight race centred on the economy, unemployment and welfare. thelocal.se |
Swedish court sentences drunk captain to prison The Ukrainian captain of a Dutch ship that ran aground this month near the southwestern Swedish port of Helsingborg was on Monday sentenced to one month in prison for "aggravated drunkenness at sea," news agency TT reported on Monday. thelocal.se |
Baltic ships slammed over sewage dumping The shipping industry has been slammed in a World Wildlife Fund report which showed that more than half of the cruises ships plying the Baltic dump their sewage directly into the sea, despite a pledge to clean up its act. thelocal.se |