Are two languages always better than one?
It's a dilemma faced by many international families: will bringing up your kids as bilingual give them an edge, or set them up for mediocrity in two languages, asks Lee Martin. thelocal.se |
Police kept busy on Midsummer Eve
Police in many parts of Sweden were fully occupied on Midsummer Eve dealing with everything from drunken fights to half naked men driving a lawnmower on the motorway. thelocal.se |
First arrest made in Gothenburg bribe probe
A contractor with a municipal housing company became the first suspect arrested in connection with a bribery scandal that rocked Gothenburg earlier this year, a prosecutor announced on Tuesday. thelocal.se |
Teenager feared kidnapped in Gothenburg
Swedish police are searching for a 19-year-old who disappeared after a party in Gothenburg on Friday night, and have classified the case as suspected abduction. thelocal.se |
Swedish scientists map egg-sperm at conception
Swedish researchers have for the first time mapped how an egg receptor binds with sperm at the moment of fertilisation, work which may eventually aid couples who are unable to have children. thelocal.se |