TOP 100 SWEDISH SITES
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| More Funds to Save Jobs in Sweden With only one year to go before parliamentary elections here, the Swedish center-right coalition government is getting ready to present additional funding to off set rising unemployment.Visiting a police station in a Stockholm suburb, party leaders from the conservative Moderates, the Liberals, the Center Party and the Christian Democrats said they are keeping their election campaign promise made three years ago to beef up Sweden's police force to 20,000 to cover the entire nation. sr.se |
Divisions Over Student Treatment Swedish authorities are split on how to deal with students who wear the full Islamic face covering niqab veil, reports Swedish Radio News.While Stockholm University accepts students who wear the niqab, Stockholm City is trying to ban Alia Khalifa, a niqab wearing student, from one of its child care courses.The city's argument is that students need to be able to communicate with their teachers, especially in roleplay situations. But Alia Khalifa points out that this would also mean banning distance learning students as well, and has reported the city to the Equality Ombudsman. sr.se |
Elk, not husband, killed Swedish woman: police A Swedish man suspected of killing his 63-year-old wife has been exonerated after forensic analysis revealed the woman's death was caused by an elk. thelocal.se |
Parents refused right to name son Allah In the latest battle over what people may legally call their children, the Swedish Tax Authority has ruled that the parents of a two-month-old boy in Skåne in southern Sweden may not call their child Allah. thelocal.se |
Sweden's minorities struggle with health Sweden's minorities have more health problems than the population as a whole, according to a new study examining the respective health situations of the country's Jews, Romanies, Sweden Finns, Sami and Tornedalians. thelocal.se |