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New buyer interest to bid in Volvo sale:

November 21st, 2009

A further two consortiums are set to compete with China's Geely, the front runner to purchase Volvo Cars from Ford, and are expected to submit offers in the coming week.

New buyer interest to bid in Volvo sale:

November 21st, 2009

A further two consortiums are set to compete with China's Geely, the front runner to purchase Volvo Cars from Ford, and are expected to submit offers in the coming week.

Eviction plea denied for noisy sex neighbours:

November 21st, 2009

A Stockholm couple have been told they can stay in their rental apartment after neighbours called for their eviction over the pair's naughty and noisy night-time games.

Arrests made in global drug ring raid:

November 21st, 2009

Three people have been arrested in Stockholm and held on suspicion of the illegal sale of prescription drugs, including diet pills and impotence treatment, as part of a international police operation.

Queer squatters in house arrest protest:

November 21st, 2009

Gay activists took over an empty house in central Lund, southern Sweden, on Friday evening to protest over the lack of facilities for HBT people in the town.

Bildt in tax probe over nanny's fees:

November 21st, 2009

Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt and his wife EU parliamentarian Anna Maria Corazza Bildt have been reprimanded by the Swedish tax authority for dodging payments for their Ukrainian nanny.

Six airports to be sold in turbulent times:

November 20th, 2009

Swedish Airports and Air Navigation Services (LFV) is to sell off six of its airports to municipalities or other local parties in connection with a reorganisation of the company in 2010.

Teacher charged with sex crimes against pupils:

November 20th, 2009

A male high school teacher in Skövde, western Sweden, has been arrested and charged with a string of sexual offences including child rape.

Liberals call for lower taxes at party congress:

November 20th, 2009

Liberal party leader Jan Björklund has rallied members during a speech at the party conference in Växjö calling for lower taxes, developments in nuclear power production and for Sweden to adopt the euro as its currency.

Undertakers face cost of drunken coffin spillage:

November 20th, 2009

Two sisters are claiming damages from a firm of funeral directors after their father's coffin was plunged ungracefully into a grave by undertakers unsteady on their feet.

North Korean diplomats' smuggling scheme up in smoke:

November 20th, 2009

Two North Korean diplomats are being held on suspicion of trying to smuggle 230,000 cigarettes from Russia into Sweden.

Vellinge changes course to welcome refugee kids:

November 20th, 2009

Local politicians who previously voiced their disapproval at a move to house asylum seeker children in Vellinge look set to sign an agreement to invite more children to reside in the municipality in the future.

State-run company chiefs enjoy wage hike:

November 20th, 2009

Earnings of the bosses of Sweden's ten biggest state-run companies rose an average of 36 percent between 2004 and 2008, while employees had to settle with a 15 percent increase during the same period.

Early English learning comes under academic attack:

November 20th, 2009

A Liberal Party proposal to make English language learning obligatory in schools from the first grade has been slammed by members of the Swedish Academy who view it as an "unnecessary reinforcement of the status of English."

Sweden reaches deal over top EU positions:

November 19th, 2009

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has announced that Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy will be the first permanent President of the European Council following negotiations in Brussels on Thursday evening.