Berry pickers in Sweden’s North win pay-out after protests
Hundreds of berry pickers from Thailand who staged a long protest in Umeå, a town in northeast Sweden, over unpaid
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Society (Sweden)
Reports of violent crime increasing in Sweden’s North
Reported cases of violent crime in Sweden have gone up by on average 39 percent since the beginning of the
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Your next snack: a bug from the Swedish forest?
Spiders, insects and other creepy crawlies can make healthy, cheap and climate-friendly meals, at least according to international organizations like
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60,000 homes without power in North Sweden
Around 60,000 households in northern Sweden are celebrating Lucia morning in the dark, as electricity has been cut by the
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Trains cancelled as northern Sweden braces for storm
Many trains heading to Sweden’s North have been cancelled in preparation for yet another winter storm that is expected to
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Food more expensive in Sweden’s North: survey
The cheapest groceries in Sweden are found on the Baltic Island of Gotland, and in the two southern counties Älvsborg
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Cold causes train cancellations in North Sweden
The bitter cold in northern Sweden has meant that local train operators have been forced to cancel several departures between
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Councils in North Sweden fail to house refugees
People granted refugee status are supposed to be housed by the local municipality in Sweden, but in the northern county
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Another storm leaves people without power in Sweden’s North
Another storm has come in over northern Sweden, where several thousand households are without electricity, Swedish Radio News reports. Some
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Black ice slows bus traffic in Sweden’s Far North
Black ice in northern Sweden stopped bus traffic Tuesday afternoon and lead to several motorists sliding off roads. News agency
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Family of moose attack schoolboy in Sweden
A nine-year-old boy got the fright of his young life when he was surrounded by a family of angry moose.
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Wild boar pack mounts road-rage attack in eastern Sweden
Police in central Sweden got a call Tuesday night from a man who was surrounded by a pack of angry
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11,000 customers without power in Sweden’s North
Thousands in northern Sweden remained without electricity Monday morning after high winds blew over trees and torn down power lines
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Strict security at Facebook’s server in Sweden’s Far North
This Spring, Facebook opened its first ever server outside the United States – in the northern Swedish town of Luleå.
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Two killed by tar spill at plant in North Sweden
Two people were found dead on Thursday afternoon, after an industrial accident at a coke-oven plant in Luleå, a city
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