| Borg cuts GDP forecast in spring budget Sweden's finance minister Anders Borg presented the spring fiscal policy proposal on Thursday and announced a cut in the GDP growth forecast to 2.5 percent in 2010, 3.9 percent in 2011 and 3.5 percent in 2012. thelocal.se |
Royal wedding stamps and coins to go on sale Sweden Post and Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, have unveiled new stamps and coins commemorating the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling on June 19th. thelocal.se |
Terminally ill woman can get pension early A terminally ill woman with cancer who was denied the right to withdraw her personal retirement savings account prematurely by the Tax Agency (Skatteverket) will now be allowed to do so, media reports said late on Tuesday. thelocal.se |
Pirate Bay's Sunde launches micropay site One of the co-founders of file sharing site The Pirate Bay has launched a social micro-payment system called Flattr. thelocal.se |
Student filmed bullied youth's suicide attempt A school in Linköping in central Sweden has reported an incident to police that culminated in a student using his mobile phone to film the attempted suicide of another boy at the school. thelocal.se |