Opposition flirts with single mums
Sweden' left-green opposition is pledging to earmark 1.225 billion kronor ($170 million) in benefits for single parents as part of its push to bolster gender equality. thelocal.se |
Spotify boost for Swedish music firm coffers
Swedish online music service Spotify is starting to become a major revenue stream for Swedish music companies as digital sales are forecast to account for 25 percent of income in 2010. thelocal.se |
Bildt: No US-Sweden talks over WikiLeaks
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has denied that the US government has approached Sweden in connection with the website WikiLeaks amid reports that many of the Afghan War Diary documents pass through a Swedish web-host. thelocal.se |
Foreign students camp out in housing protest
Homeless students enrolled at Stockholm University are camping out in campus grounds after having exhausted all alternatives and to protest at the lack of accommodation offered them on arrival in Sweden. thelocal.se |
'Chlamydia letter' blogger deprived of benefits
Annica Holmquist, the 55-year-old whose battle with the Swedish Social Insurance Agency caused an election campaign stir after her plight was described on her daughter's blog, will lose her benefits, despite assurances of a "solution". thelocal.se |