Karolinska tops university rankings: report
Karolinska Institutet (KI), Handelshögskolan in Stockholm, and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet - SLU) top the 2009 rankings of Swedish institutions of higher education. thelocal.se |
Swedish pavilion at Expo aims to strengthen country's brand
The Swedish Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo, which opens on Saturday in Shanghai, aims to both increase Sweden's visibility in China and promote trade in the country. thelocal.se |
Sports trainer jailed for sex attacks on boys
A sports trainer from Stockholm has been jailed for a string of sex attacks against boys, many of whom he had met at the sports club at which he trained. thelocal.se |
Elderly Samaritan refunds robbed teenagers
An 80-year-old man who was so moved by the story of three teenagers robbed of their travel money as they were about to deposit it in the bank, has forked out 10,000 kronor ($1,400) to enable them to go through with their trip. thelocal.se |
Sweden presents budget for 'full employment'
Sweden's finance minister Anders Borg presented a budget for 2011 on Tuesday morning including 13 billion kronor ($2 billion) in new measures, promising to move Sweden from "crisis to full employment". thelocal.se |