| Policeman fired after deportee sex demand An officer employed within the Swedish border police in Västra Götaland has been fired after offering a female asylum seeker assistance in return for sex. The man now risks up to six years in prison. thelocal.se |
Shopping baskets flunk hygiene test In a test of shopping baskets from grocery stores in Bollnäs in central Sweden, none of them passed standards for safe food handling. thelocal.se |
Climbers set to discover Västervik A town in south-eastern Sweden has all that enthusiastic rock climbers could need - but until now relatively few climbers have known about it. A new project means all that could be about to change. thelocal.se |
Sweden impress in Hungary win A brace of goals from Pontus Wernbloom were enough to secure Sweden a comfortable 2-0 win against Hungary in Stockholm on Friday in their Euro 2012 opening qualifier. thelocal.se |
Liberals want to appeal election results The Liberal Party, which lost two seats in the Riksdag by a razor thin margin, is looking to appeal the results of Sweden's 2010 elections. thelocal.se |