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Sweden Democrats MPs on "right wing" prom in Vienna.

Monday, 30 January 2012
Despite the intense growth of far right political activism in Sweden, the Swedes are not worried about how this activism affects their image abroad. Far right party, Sweden Democrats’ MPs have taken the next advanced move and have gone abroad to celebrate far rightism and Nazism.

Weapons seizures in Sweden increased dramatically as authorities step up controls following spat of shootings in Malmö

Sunday, 22 January 2012
The number of seizures of illegal weapons in Sweden has increased dramatically in recent year as and intensity of spat of shootings in Malmö, Southern Sweden was blamed on loose illegal weapon ownership.

Finland also grapple with growing household debts

Sunday, 22 January 2012
•    The Finns have just over 85,000 in home loans on average
Finland’s household bets is growing exponentially - increased more than the amount of disposable income in 2010, reports the Statistic Finland in its latest data release.

Black Finnish rappers in the spotlight resisting the violent growing racial slurs in the country

Thursday, 19 January 2012
The annual Finnish Emma gala takes place on Friday, rewarding the most successful Finnish music of the past year. English-language hip-hop from artists with immigrant backgrounds is this year's hot tip.

Celebrate Swedish citizenship in a grand ceremony: Proposed a Swedish Minister
Monday, 16 January 2012

Desperate Swedish government continues to seek measures to improve cultural or racial integration in the country by coming up with various suggestions.

Swedish Community police in Stockholm identifies nationalities driving burglary in the city up and Africans lead the list.

Saturday, 14 January 2012
According to Stockholm community police, immigrants are leaders in the growing burglary in the county and the nationalities that are leaders have been identified.

Finland’s presidential candidates talk discrimination as never before

Friday, 13 January 2012
As the Finnish presidential candidates debated in front of a youthful audience on Thursday night, high on the agenda were issues surrounding racism, internationalism and discrimination.

What generous benefits in Sweden? More are homeless as the Swedish welfare system gradually falls.

Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Today, 34,000 people in Sweden are homeless according to  data from the Swedish Board for health and welfare in a survey. This is an increase from last survey made in 2005.

Fines for undocumented jobs in Norway

Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Stavanger university hospital (SUS) and other activities in Rogaland in Norway have to pay hundreds of thousands of Norwegian crowns in fines for employing "undocumented" workers, reports local media.

Is the industrial crisis going to hit Sweden once again?

Sunday, 08 January 2012
The weakening Swedish industrial sector seems to be loosing ground. Middle Sweden and province of Småland is looking to loose some 25,000 manufacturing jobs, expected to disappear this year

Sweden received fewer refugees but immigration from Europe increased

Sunday, 08 January 2012
Immigration to Sweden is still at a high level. But the number of refugees has halved in recent years - instead it's citizens, mainly from Poland and Romania, which accounts for the largest increase, according to new statistics.

Living in New York better that in Stockholm according to a new Swedish political party

Saturday, 07 January 2012
The Swedish opposition party, the Left Party has a new leader. He is called Jonas Sjöstedt and he started his new position with strong words when he said that “it is a punishment to live in Stockholm.”

Scandal in Swedish military: Providing “Slave Contracts” to its personnel in Afghanistan

Saturday, 07 January 2012
Kitchen staff at the Swedish military base in Afghanistan have been reportedly employed in slave-like contracts, according to Swedish television news program Rapport.

Norwegian mass Murderer made Phone calls before the massacre in Norway

Friday, 06 January 2012
The Norwegian government received a threatening phone calls a few months before Anders Behring Breivik massacres and bombings. The evidence suggests that it came from Breivik yourself.

Pressure to reduce independent schools ownership by Private equity firms in Sweden

Wednesday, 04 January 2012
Swedish Social Democrats party is now saying that they want to stop the venture capital companies from owning companies that operate private schools in Sweden.

Record-low unemployment in Germany – We admire the Germans

Tuesday, 03 January 2012
Unemployment in Germany has fallen to a record level. According to statistics published today, the unemployment rate in Europe’s biggest economy last year recorded the lowest level in 20 years.

Millions of dead sardines on a beach in Norway

Tuesday, 03 January 2012
Large quantities of dead herring have been discovered on a beach near Tromso in northern Norway.

Large land slide in Norway

Sunday, 01 January 2012
A several hundred meter wide landslide occurred today near the city of Trondheim in Norway.

Tobacco goes into hiding in Finland

Sunday, 01 January 2012
With the start of a new year, tobacco products will no longer been seen in Finnish shops. Tougher anti-smoking legislation means tobacco products may not be displayed and must be kept out of sight.

Libraries in Sweden are also closing down as so far, one fifth of the country's libraries are now closed

Friday, 30 December 2011
Swedish people borrow fewer books in the last fifteen years, and as the digital development strengthens the way things are done, every five library has disappeared, according to latest statistics from the Swedish National Library audit.

Malmö a Swedish city on the brink solicits national criminal police’s support to deal with a growing out of control rowdy criminal environment

Thursday, 29 December 2011
Swedish criminal central police,  Rikskriminalen  has been called in to help the police in Skåne, southern Sweden deal with out of control criminality characterise by deadly shootings, ambushed and bombings.

Income gap widens in Sweden as the poor get poorer and the rich get richer signalling the death of welfarism

Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Sweden has changed in 5 years and it can now be clearly exemplified in the rate at which income gap has widened within the country folk.

Swedish journalists jailed in Ethiopia for 11 years as the Swedish government accused of lacklustre.

Tuesday, 27 December 2011
Two Swedish journalist tried and found guilty recently in Ethiopia for illegal entry and the promotion of terrorism have on Tuesday, been sentenced to 11 years in prison. While the Swedish government has been accused of failing its citizens in trouble by grand standing.

Mass Murderer,  Breivik's mother reacts to his son’s purchase of weapons in an interview with the police as his father and step father participate in documentary that seek to understand the killer’s upbringing.
Friday, 23 December 2011
Norwegian mass murdered, Anders Breivik Behring's mother was surprised that her son bought a gun, but did not realize what was to be used for.

Lung disease patient died after nine hours in the emergency room

Friday, 23 December 2011
A lung disease patient was forced to sit for more than nine hours in the emergency department of a hospital in Gothenburg, western Sweden before he was admitted. Then it was too late because fifteen minutes later the patient died.

Swedish journalists convicted of terrorist crimes in Ethiopia

Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Swedish investigative journalists, Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson have been found today guilty of both terror crimes and illegal entry into the country reports Swedish media.

Finland trains Arab spring states police

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Arab spring countries Tunisia and Egypt are looking to Finland for police training following a similar initiative with Palestinian law enforcement officials this autumn.

Norway continues to lead as a safe haven for foreign capital

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Norway seems to have become a safe haven for foreign capital.

How Asylum seekers in sweden have to wait for long for a health check

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Only four out of ten asylum seekers arriving in Sweden receives a health examination, the statistics from the Swedish municipalities and county councils show.

Sweden provides major support for war victims – a question of guilt or just giving to those displaced by Swedish arms sales?

Monday, 12 December 2011
As Swedish business in arm sales growth more than most other countries, reports emerge today that Sweden will give the largest contribution to a fund that helps former child soldiers, torture victims and other victims of war crimes.

American exercise military mine might have floated ashore to Sweden

Sunday, 11 December 2011
A mine was found in the Swedish shore of Hanhals in northern Halland areas of Sweden yesterday and it is a foreign one.

Increasing infant Manslaughter common in Finland

Sunday, 11 December 2011
Finland tops the statistics in the Western world when it comes to children who die as a result of abuse, according to latest report from the Finnish news paper, Sunnuntaisuomalainen.

Several detained at the right-wing demonstration in Stockholm Saturday, 10 December 2011
Swedish police in central Stockholm were on full gear today as the great planned extreme right demonstration in Gamlestan in Stockholm went on as planned. Several counter – demonstrators were arrested.

Chaos in Gothenburg, Sweden after enormous Jupiter-like storm

Saturday, 10 December 2011
Rescue Services in Gothenburg have had it hectic during and after Friday's storm. Cars are stuck in the water masses, roof of buildings ravaged and trees fallen across the streets.

Norwegian mass murderer, Breivik receive love letters

Thursday, 08 December 2011
Lawyers representing the victims of Norwegian mass murderer, Anders Breivik Behring, are very critical of the medical report which stated that Breivik irresponsible for the crime was due to his mental illness. At the same time the mass murderer is getting letters from lots of admirers.

Sweden’s arms exports hit record and the lucrative sector become Sweden main economic driver

Wednesday, 07 December 2011
As other countries might look at oil as their engine for growth: Japan automobile and electronics, Germany Industrial hardware, Norway Oil, for Sweden arms exports become our main stay. It has hit new records. Last year, Sweden was the country with the most sold weapons in the world, per person.

Many Swedish people want their king to abdicate but still great support for the kingdom

Wednesday, 07 December 2011
More than half of Swedes want King Carl XVI Gustaf to resigns and leave his throne. A survey carried out in which 1000 Swedes were polled by the polling institute, Novus for the Swedish television channel TV4.

How Swedish welfare privatising is a powerful lucrative business for the properly connected

Tuesday, 06 December 2011

Despite skill shortages at home, record numbers of Swedes prefer to migrate to work abroad

Monday, 05 December 2011
It is not very clear why but report hold that a record number of Swedes have preferred to migrate to other countries to work even though there s the growing sill shortages at home. Could this be attributed to the fact that people with international experiences earn more in Sweden that those who have been working only there?

The most dangerous places in Sweden are found in Stockholm

Friday, 02 December 2011
You always hear about great things about Sweden especially if you live abroad since Sweden is not properly covered by foreign media. But did you know that there are places here that are very dangerous.

Finnish Government requested to seek costing strategy for Euro exit

Tuesday, 29 November 2011
The rightwing party, True Finns is asking the Finnish government to put a price on exiting the euro.

More foreigners want to study in Finland as Sweden and UK price themselves out if the market

Tuesday, 29 November 2011
With Sweden getting more expensive for foreign students to study there, prospective students are filing an increasing number of residence permit applications with Finnish officials.

Norwegian mass murderer, Breivik, declared insane - psychiatrists report

Tuesday, 29 November 2011
The expert psychiatrists, Synne Sørheim and Torgeir Husby have had a total of 13 calls with 32-year-old Breivik to come to the conclusion about his mental condition.

The uneasy social divide in Sweden set to expand as fewer foreign born attend high school

Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Fewer foreign-born students living in Sweden are finding it hard to find their feet in with the Swedish school system.  As such the gap between the Swedish-born and the foreign born in school has increased strongly in the recent past years.

Storm cause havoc in Sweden - Many without electricity and increased traffic problems

Monday, 28 November 2011
Nature clinched its fist last night and hit the Nordic coastline regions of Sweden and Norway leaving behind a trail of major traffic disruptions and electricity cuts.

Shambolic immigration policy or why are Immigrants stuck in overcrowded accommodation in Sweden?

Sunday, 27 November 2011
This looks normal in some other countries but in Sweden, a country where the highest services are expected from all sectors, questions are being asked about the operations of the immigration system. Not the first time though, but this comes after various government policies tailored at quickly integrating immigrants. It seems not working s what is going on?

Suicide major problem among old men in Sweden

Sunday, 27 November 2011
More than four elderly men a week commit suicide in Sweden - several times more likely than women of similar age.

Integration Norwegian style – Divide the school students by race

Friday, 25 November 2011
A secondary school in Norway has chosen to divide students by ethnicity. The Education Council of the City of Oslo could not believe their ears.

Changes in Swedish immigration Trend as more to come here to work

Wednesday, 23 November 2011
The Swedish economy is good compared to other EU countries and there is the shortage of contain types of skills. Therefore, Sweden is the best place to go and seek work and this is the trend.

IMF: Norway's economy is developing well

Tuesday, 22 November 2011
The Norwegian economy continues to perform well and growth is expected to continue at a "moderate pace" while inflation will gradually rise to the target expected in the two years ahead.

Swedish ultra radical far right political party, National Democrats advertises on Facebook

Tuesday, 22 November 2011
The Swedish fearful ultra radical far right political part, the National Democrats are canvassing for more members into their organisation and are now advertising on Facebook, according to Swedish media reports.

Chaos in Stockholm Underground leads to panic and emergency escapes – 5 injured

Saturday, 19 November 2011
On Saturday morning there was a train crashed in the Stockholm subway which the train seem to have crashed into something on the track between Sankt Eriksplan and Fridhemsplan.

Denmark tops the league of EU country with increasing bankrupt companies

Friday, 18 November 2011
Tight Danish business laws and climate mean that there is little flexibility for companies that are distress to regain some composure. As such Denmark leads the league of countries where companies often seek bankruptcy protection or where companies easily collapse.

The secrete Submarine could have visited the Swedish coast of Gothenburg

Thursday, 17 November 2011
The Swedish defence authorities are not ruling out the view that a foreign submarine might have visited the Swedish cost of Gothenburg in September.

Denmark freeze Syrian assets

Thursday, 17 November 2011
The Danish authorities have frozen Dkr30 million, which persons associated with the Syrian regime, have placed in Denmark.

Danish Security Service warns of race war in Denmark

Thursday, 17 November 2011
They are few, but they are about to arm themselves and receive military training abroad. Danish right-wing extremists are preparing for race war, warns the Danish security service PET.

Thousands of teaching positions in Swedish schools will disappear

Thursday, 17 November 2011
The next few years, municipalities will cut down on the number of teaching posts in secondary schools in Sweden.

Gay men in Sweden stopped from giving blood - despite rule change

Thursday, 17 November 2011
Blood Centre in the municipality of Sundsvall will defy the welfare board’s decision on Monday which had passed the rule that increases the opportunity for gay men to donate blood.

Billion of EU subsidies paid for regional development has been plagued with errors

Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Much of the money the EU has been spending on regional aid is reportedly paid in error or lost in imaginative presentations, writes Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. The biggest culprits are Spain, Italy and Czech Republic.

Surprise that Norway’s mass murderer, Breivik is hiding from photographers

Monday, 14 November 2011
The Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik Behring does not want to be photographed during the public hearing today. Norwegian law requires that he agrees to be photographed but he is against that. The Norwegian prosecutors have demanded that Breivik is remanded in custody at least for 12 weeks.

Estonian unemployment rate eases
Monday, 14 November 2011
Employment Situation in Estonia has eased slightly. According to the country's central statistics unemployment rate was 10.9 percent during July-September.


When the public meets the Norwegian mass murderer and look into his eyes

Monday, 14 November 2011
People have been queuing since 6 hours in the morning in front of the Norwegian court where the Norwegian mass murderer, Anders Breivik Behring would be defending himself of the killings and bombing he carried out a few months ago.

High level Racism rife in Finland, Authorities woke up and became surprise by the result

Sunday, 13 November 2011
Either out of touch officials or high level hypocritical Finnish politicians reacted on Sunday to report of a study which show that two thirds of Finns believe that there are very or quite a lot of racism in Finnish society.

Wikileak’s Julian Assange on his way to Sweden - reports

Friday, 11 November 2011
Julian Assange, founder of the whistle blower site Wikileak is ob hins way to sweden to stand charges of sex crimes according to recent reports from various Swedish news houses.

Growing Anti-Semitic crimes in Malmo

Friday, 11 November 2011
During the first half of this year, as many anti-Semitic crimes were reported close to the total that were reported for the whole of last year.

Frustration hit more swedish young people as a new wave of mental illness spread among the young

Friday, 11 November 2011
With more and more young Swedish people giving up despite the country’s perceived growing wealth, the question remains as to why is Sweden allowing its youths to drift more towards metal breakdown?

Swedish citizens received Skr 54 000 in welfare subsidies

Thursday, 10 November 2011
In the article How do the public welfare services affect the household economy? Statistic Sweden,  SCB analyses how the income distribution is affected when public services provided to households, so-called welfare services, are included in income.

Finland to close down refugee reception centres in a bid to cut cost

Wednesday, 09 November 2011
A number refugee reception centres will be closed next year as a cost-savings measure. The precise number and locations of the centres to be closed are expected to be announced by early next month

How a Finnish Terrorism investigation uncovers suspicions of human trafficking

Wednesday, 09 November 2011
Finland’s first ever investigation into terrorist activates has uncovered cases and evidence of human trafficking.

Weak Danish exports constrict the economy and push it more to recession

Wednesday, 09 November 2011
The Danish economy has really been performing poorly in the past six years, as the Danish companies exported less to the international market.

Finnish pensions rising more than wages
 Tuesday, 08 November 2011
Pensions in Finland are pitted to rise by more than wages from the turn of the year, according to reports from various Finnish press sources.

Danish wind power could be environmental problems

Tuesday, 08 November 2011
Denmark's wind power investment may fail to benefit the environment, according to warnings from warns chairman of “The Økonomisk Advice” Hans Jorgen Whitten-Jacobsen.

Sweden to tighten control on Labour immigration

Monday, 07 November 2011
Swedish government is making a U-turn to earlier interest to open its borders for labour migration to the country and to instead tighten labour migration as from next year.

Swedish bailiffs selling paintings by Hitler – expected to be swooped quickly by die-heart Nazis

Monday, 07 November 2011
Swedish debt enforcement Authority will auction off seven paintings allegedly painted by Adolf Hitler.

Swedish far right party to sharpen propaganda machinery by setting up radio station

Sunday, 06 November 2011
Swedish far right party, Sweden Democrats have been authorized to broadcast local radio in Falkirk, something that has been seen by some people as a first step towards design more aggressive propaganda machinery.

How Swedish communes contribute to failing Swedish school system
Sunday, 06 November 2011
Why are Swedish schools performing poorly of late? The answer lies with the laxity of the Swedish communes and municipalities.

Young Greeks in search of the future in Sweden

Sunday, 06 November 2011
The economic crisis in Greece means that mass unemployed young Greeks will be migrating elsewhere and recently it is reported that the amount of Greek immigrant to Sweden and other northern European countries in desperate search of jobs is rising.

The cost of smoking and drinking in Denmark to sky rocket

Thursday, 03 November 2011
Gone are the days Swedish people will flock in  boats and buses to go to Denmark and buy cheap booze and cigarettes. The new Danish government is revising the prices of booze and cigarette up.

The parliamentary leader of the Finnish far right party was applying to be a member of a full scale Nazi party

Tuesday, 01 November 2011
The leader of Finnish far right party,  True Finn’s  parliamentary, was about to apply to become a member of the a full scale Nazi party but decided to tone down later.

Finland imported more than it exported

Monday, 31 October 2011
Exports in the basic metals industry have shrunk for the first time in nearly two years, according to fresh figures from the National Board of Customs. However the total volume of Finland’s foreign trade has grown since last year.

More Finns are saving
Monday, 31 October 2011
Three out of four Finns do not intend to change their savings or investment behaviours due to the uncertainty in the economy.

Young people are having it harder and harder to understand economic matters

Monday, 31 October 2011
A new study in Finland shows that financial literacy in schools for 15-20 year olds are taught in many subjects but as time goes the young people are finding it hard to understand economics.
Criminal motorcycle gangs are growing exponentially in Finland Monday, 31 October 2011
Motor cycle criminal gang, Hells Angels and Bandidos are growing rapidly in Sweden’s eastern neighbours. The gangs are seeing the Baltics  as a sought after destination for them to establish their criminal activities, but also in Finland, the biker gangs have become more and more aggressive in recent months - not least in the cases of extortion.
Ritual-like murder in Oslo in which blood used to framed written message Sunday, 30 October 2011
A man was found dead after a murder drama in a residential building in central Oslo last night leading to Sunday in which the blood was used to inscription the word “Gud” meaning God on the wall.

Minister using the system to make money of just a coincidence?

How Swedish immigration minister Billström to become rich in Swedish housing market and Swedish compensation system

Thursday, 27 October 2011
Swedish immigration minister Tobias Billström’s overnight apartment has been converted into a condominium. The Minister will make a profit of more than Skr2 million if he chooses to sell the apartment. At the same time he is given compensation for his rental apartment in Malmo.

As Swedish small business leaders get old, the sector is at risk of total collapse with massive loss of jobs

Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Nearly half of top managers in today's Sweden's  small and medium sized businesses will be affected by ages defects in the next ten years. This is likely to kill 700,000 jobs since there are currently no upcoming people to take over from them.

Wars against exponential expansion of Thai massage salons in Sweden as they could be places for money laundry and sex trade

Monday, 24 October 2011
The number of Thai massage parlours in Sweden is increasing rapidly. As such the Swedish tax authority and the police are barricading them to check money and sexual favours believed to be widespread in the industry.

Growing support for death penalty in Finland

Monday, 24 October 2011
It is not only in the UK where the call for re-institution of death sentence is being made loud and clear. In Finland too, there are increased calls such punishment and the calls are gaining political support.

Foreign students should be given three years after their master's degree to look for work in Denmark

Monday, 24 October 2011
Denmark need skill labour and the past Danish government killed the spirit of foreign skills to remain in the country with a very strong and tight immigration rules. Now the new government led by the Social Democrats are looking for ways of relaxing that so as to retain skills in the country.

Finland dig in more into its pocket to give to the poor as humanitarian aid expands

Monday, 24 October 2011
Finland has granted nearly 23 million euros for humanitarian emergency aid. With this additional funding, Finland’s contribution to humanitarian aid comes to over 90 million euros this year, according to latest reports.

Norwegian Nazi children shown on DVD to be distributed and sold in the market

Saturday, 22 October 2011
Several hundred Norwegian children and adolescents who were active in Nazi organizations during the war period have been presented in a new DVD coming out on the market next month.

Vietnamese workers face deportation for earning below the nationally accepted level of income

Thursday, 20 October 2011
Finland plans to deport Vietnamese workers living in the rural communities such as Ostrobothnia which attracted the Vietnamese to fill unwanted jobs which Finns did not want to do. The reason for the deportation is because immigration officials have determined that they do not earn enough money to qualify for residency in Finland.

Swedish police decides to go for German cars as Saab can’t produce cars yet

Thursday, 20 October 2011
Swedish police love to maintain diversity within their car fleet. It had been noted that they loved using more of Saab and Volvo cars as their operational vehicles. But now that is changing.

Swedes are sixth richest in the world according to latest classification

Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Swedes are sixth richest in the world with an average wealth in 2011 of Skr1.9 million per adult.

Sleepy Swedish Pilots while on the jobs during flight

Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Over half of the pilots in the Swedish Pilot association involuntarily fall asleep during flights while on the wheel mile up into the sky. This is being blamed on increasing fatigue.

More Swedish sleaze politician’s exposed- this time in the governing party

Tuesday, 18 October 2011
After the attention surrounding the leader of the Social Democrat Party, Hakan Juholt false rent reimbursement has been about to be exhausted, yet another revelation about “wrong benefit” claim has emerged.

Investigation into why more immigrant women in Sweden find it hard to be in employment

Monday, 17 October 2011
The Swedish government will appoint an inquiry to examine why recently arrived foreign-born women can’t get a get job. This is because recent studies show that it takes a long time for women born abroad to enter the Swedish labour market.

Denmark in joint air defence proposal with neighbouring NATO countries

Saturday, 15 October 2011
Denmark's Defense Minister is proposing a defence move whereby Danish Defence will collaborate with neighbour in periods of attack. The move is to enable Denmark to make big savings in it defence spending. NATO’s Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen welcomes the idea.

Scores arrested detained in Poland because of their dealing with Norwegian far right Breivik
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Polish police have arrested customers of the company where the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik Behring ordered bomb materials to create his terrorist attacks in July.

European prostitutes have the right to work three months in Sweden

Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Prostitutes from the EU may continue their trade in the first three months they are in Sweden, following a ruling of the Migration Court in Gothenburg, Sweden - despite the fact that prostitution is forbidden in Sweden.

Suspected Nobel Prize Leak calls for investigation

Saturday, 08 October 2011
The Swedish anti-corruption unit is investigating whether there had been a leak before the award of the Nobel Prize in Literature. The odds that Tranströmer would win fell in sharply with the bookmakers before the winner was announced.

Explosions in a barracks in Denmark

Saturday, 08 October 2011
Explosions have been heard from a former civil defense barracks in Andsten close Lunderskov in Denmark, according to security company Falck.
British – style phony parliamentarian claims also in Sweden. Social Democrats Leader Juholt accused of making illegal housing benefit claims.
Friday, 07 October 2011
Swedish Social Democrat Leader, Hakan Juholt may be forced to repay up to Skr90 000 to the Riksdag, or parliament. This is money the leader seems to have claimed wrongly.

Sweden's richest and most influential people named and mapped out

Thursday, 06 October 2011
Despite troubles in the stock market in the past months, Sweden still struggle to keep an impressive number of Swedish billionaires

New snow chewing machine introduce in preparation to combat the effects heavy snow falls have on Swedish rail transport

Tuesday, 04 October 2011
The effect of heavy snow falls last two years is still fresh in the minds of the Swedish authorities such that the Transport Administration getting ready for an all out fight next winter.

Finnish demand for collateral requirements granted but with a significant price

Tuesday, 04 October 2011
Finland demand for collateral requirements as a means to shed them from any fall out from the Greek crisis has been met but a high price.

Danish government implements fat tax on fatty food and make healthy food cheaper – Common sense?

Sunday, 02 October 2011
From today, it will be more expensive to buy items like meat, cheese and butter in Denmark as fat tax is implemented on foods and supplement which are thought to increase the fat epidemic sweeping the country. Denmark thus becomes the first country in the world to implement such taxes and this will be closely watched by other to see the effects.

Sweden's most vulnerable communities are those where a single employer is dominant

Saturday, 01 October 2011
Sweden is a country of 9 million people and many large companies. This is great yeah? Possibly, but when most communities are reliant on one employer, which may also be international, could that be a great thing?

Continued downturn Swedish household loan growth

Tuesday, 27 September 2011
In August, growth of loans for households from monetary financial institutions (MFIs) in Sweden continued to drop.

Growth in the Swedish exports in goods in August

Monday, 26 September 2011
In August 2011 Swedish exports of goods amounted to SEK 96.6 billion, while imports of goods amounted to SEK 91.3 billion. As a result, the net trade balance was SEK 5.3 billion.

Danger in Sweden as movement towards gender imbalance will be here in 4 years

Sunday, 25 September 2011
There is a gender imbalance brewing in Sweden and by 2015, there will be more men than women in Sweden - for the first time in centuries.

Finnish police to intervene to quell down growing open sex trafficking in Helsinki
Sunday, 25 September 2011

Helsinki Police fined six people during a raid on street prostitution in the capital over the weekend. Both sellers and buyers were fine.

An increasing number of young homeless in Sweden

Friday, 23 September 2011
More and more children and young people are getting homeless in Sweden and sleeping rough. The City of Stockholm’s City Mission is now sending alarms and calling for the parliament and the government to takes this problem seriously.

Satellite could fall on the Northern Götalan in Sweden

Thursday, 22 September 2011
A 20-year-old satellite from NASA will crash somewhere on Earth tomorrow night. Swedish authorities say the satellite in the worst case, pieces of it could land in northern Swedish soil in Götaland.

Investigation into a Mass Murderer game choice and pay mates – Mass murderer Anders Breivik

Tuesday, 20 September 2011
The investigation of the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik Behring continues. Now police are looking for his friends in the game world.

Finnish Unemployment declined in August

Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Unemployment figures looked somewhat brighter in August, announced Finnish statistic office, Statistic Finland.

Finland seeking to sell water purification technology abroad

Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Pure water has the potential to become a real growth industry for Finland. The industry has made several Finnish companies now looking overseas.

Danish Mohammed cartoonist flee for his life from Norway as Islamist target his head

Saturday, 17 September 2011
The Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, best known for his Muhammad Caricature 2005, was forced to flee from Oslo earlier than planned after the Norwegian police got wind of the murder plans against him.

Stockholm: World 25th most economically powerful city.

Saturday, 17 September 2011
Stockholm has emerged as the 25th most powerful city which the world economic centres are compared in terms of their powers. In fact Stockholm is the leader in the Nordic region – stronger than Copenhagen, Helsinki and Oslo in terms of economic power.

New pictures of Breivik release showing him dress as police minutes before explosion

Thursday, 15 September 2011
Previously unknown images of Norwegian July 22 bomber, Anders Behring Breivik from a surveillance camera in Oslo have been published by the Norwegian Internet newspaper ABC News.

Suspected unauthorised foreign submarine seen outside Gothenburg, Sweden

Thursday, 15 September 2011
The Swedish military scrambled today in reaction to a foreign submarine activity suspected west of the port of Gothenburg.






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