| Unemployment to peak in 2010: jobs agency Sweden's unemployment rate will peak this year at 9.1 percent, and fall in 2011 to around 8.7 percent, the Public Employment Service projects in a new report. thelocal.se |
Man held after Stockholm bank drama A man was arrested after police stormed a branch of Handelsbanken on Östermalmstorg in central Stockholm shortly before 2.30pm on Friday bringing an end to a hostage drama and suspected attempted robbery. thelocal.se |
Still summer in southern Sweden: met office Despite the recent changeable weather in many parts of Sweden, it is still officially summer in southern and central areas of the country, according to meteorological office SMHI. thelocal.se |
Father of test tube babies claims Nobel in medicine The first of the 2010 Nobel Prizes, the prize for medicine, has been awarded to British researcher Robert Edwards for his work on in-vitro fertilization. thelocal.se |
'Chlamydia letter' blogger regains sick benefits Annica Holmquist, whose daughter highlighted her plight battling the Swedish Social Insurance Agency on her blog ahead of the Swedish general election in September, has regained her right to receive sickness benefits. thelocal.se |