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Greenpeace says classified doc is cover-up in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 13:53
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A legal battle has broken out around the safety of Swedish nuclear power plants. Environmental organization Greenpeace wants to know

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Elk collisions derailing train traffic in Sweden’s North

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 15:11
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Train passengers in northern Sweden are facing new problems, as the new trains in the area are not built to

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Indigenous Sami denied permit to kill lynx in North Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, March 4, 2013 at 17:43
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Two Sami reindeer herding communities in northern Sweden have been denied a permit to hunt Swedish wild cats, or lynx,

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Plan chosen for relocating mininig town in Arctic Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, March 4, 2013 at 15:21
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The city of Kiruna decided on Monday what its new incarnation will look like. Moving to avoid the mines that

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Servers in north Sweden will make it easier to catch local criminals say police

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 20:02
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Facebook’s server halls in the northern Swedish city of Luleå, are due to start up this spring, and this may

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Swimmers take the plunge in North Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, February 8, 2013 at 17:21
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The Scandinavian championships in winter swimming kick off today in Skellefteå, north Sweden. The race takes place in the frozen

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Snow festival celebrates the sun’s return to Sweden’s Arctic

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 16:51
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Kiruna, a town in Sweden’s Arctic, is celebrating this week. Not only has the sunlight returned after a month of

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Pre-schoolers in north Sweden not getting enough vitamin D

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 20:02
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One in four pre-school children in northern Sweden does not have enough vitamin D in the body at the end

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Cleaner “stole and crashed” commuter train

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 22:08
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“The keys were in the train” A woman has been placed under arrest after stealing a commuter train and crashing

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Wolf hunt underway to protect Sami reindeer herds in North Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, January 14, 2013 at 15:52
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Hunters in northern Sweden have been given the go-ahead to kill a lone wolf believed to have attacked at least

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Train chaos in Northern Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 14:59
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All scheduled train services between the northern Swedish cities of Luleå and Umeå were cancelled on Monday due to damage

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Agency fears Facebook facility in Sweden’s North could draw hackers

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, January 7, 2013 at 15:49
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A new Facebook server center being built in the north of Sweden may become a target for hackers, according to

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Swedish reindeer enjoying new life in Scotland

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, December 14, 2012 at 15:21
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A herd of over 30 Swedish Sami reindeer are enjoying a new life in the Scottish Cairngorm mountains after being

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Plane crashed in Sweden’s Arctic “without warning”

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 14:29
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The crew of the Norwegian Hercules airplane that crashed into a  mountain in Arctic Sweden earlier this year had no

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Bus drivers slam light therapy for commuters in Sweden’s North

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 16:07
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Commuters in Umeå, a town of approximately 80,000 people in northern Sweden, have had light therapy lamps installed at bus

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