TOP 100 SWEDISH SITES
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| Weak Crown Makes Tourism Boom Sweden’s tourism industry is profiting from the weakness of the country’s currency, the crown. Representatives of different tourism branches point out that the current exchange rate makes Sweden more attractive for foreign visitors. At the same time many Swedes prefer to stay at home during their vacation because traveling to other countries has become more expensive. So both hotels and camping facilities are noting record high booking figures. sr.se |
"Common Sense Will Prevail" Is Sweden an anti-semitic country? This Scandinavian nation is being accused by some in Israel of exhibiting anti-Semitic tendencies, following a row about a controversial newspaper article. This despite the fact that Sweden is one of a handful of countries which have forbidden anti-Semitism in their constitution.Lisa Abramowicz, from the Swedish Israeli Information Centre thinks that common sense will prevail. sr.se |
Fewer Swedes want swine flu vaccine Half of the Swedish population plans to be vaccinated against the swine flu, while a third have decided against, according to a new survey. In August 70 percent confirmed that they planned to get the jab. thelocal.se |
Fright night for elks in west Sweden The elk population in the county of Halland, western Sweden, took somewhat of a blow on Friday evening as six animals died in the space of an hour, after colliding with traffic in separate incidents. thelocal.se |
Social Insurance Agency 'too generous': report Sweden's Social Insurance Agency has labelled itself too generous in handing out early retirement pensions on grounds of sickness since tougher rules were introduced in 2008. thelocal.se |