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Euro-zone falls into double-dip recession.

Thursday, 15 November 2012
Europe cannot fix their falling economies as signs show how the economic region of Europe (Euro zone) is persistently falling in terms of economic development.

British unemployment falls but increases in London

Wednesday, 14 November 2012
The number of people out of work in the UK has fallen to its lowest total for more than a year.

Tax cut proposal for Stockholm

Thursday, 11 October 2012
Stockholm political establishment has requested that taxes in the micro city be cut, apparently in the bid to stimulate economic activities as recession toughens.

Moody's Downgrades EU Outlook From 'Stable' To 'Negative'


Norwegian police found several million of  stolen money in the forest

Thursday, 23 August 2012
Norwegian police have found a huge money haul in a Norwegian forest, described as "Unusual Event" in south-eastern Norway.

Alaarm as a loose Norwegian, trained in a Yemeni terrorist training camp on the loose to strike in Europe

Monday, 25 June 2012
A Norwegian man in his 30s reported to have received terrorist training from al-Qaeda camp in Yemen and is ready to attack a target in the West, in reported to be on the loose.

Danish hospitals vandalized as scores of vandals invade to get a man seeking emergency treatment

Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Between 60 and 70 men, some equipped with clubs and other weapons, stormed on Tuesday night in the University Hospital of Odense, Denmark.

Tiger kills a young man in Copenhagen highlighting that friendship between man and animals can hardly be mutual

Wednesday, 11 July 2012
A young man has been found dead in a tiger enclosure at Copenhagen Zoo, at about 7:30 local time.

High demand for breasts implantation and plastic surgery among Danish women

Wednesday, 30 May 2012
More Danish women are putting themselves under the knife to fulfil their dream of bigger breasts.


Sharp expansion of illegal waste export from Sweden but the police up their antics

Sunday, 06 January 2013
Swedish customs have been very busy at the borders and one thing they have been interrupting, more recently is illegal waste exports from Sweden, which officials said its volume has increased last year.

Norwegians still have millions in old bank notes stored somewhere though central bank has rejected accepting new exchanges.

Sunday, 06 January 2013
Norwegian banknotes worth an equivalent to Skr638 million is reported to still being kept somewhere unredeemed or unswapped to newer notes after they were taken out of service at the end of last year.

Several robberies in Stockholm jewellery stores end in shootings and one man down

Friday, 04 January 2013
A jewellery shop was robbed in Södertälje, in Stockholm where several robbers struck at lunchtime. The police shot one person in connection with the robbery but reports hold that he is not dead.

Congestion charge means less traffic in Gothenburg - but people are not happy

Thursday, 03 January 2013
The first day of congestion charges in Gothenburg is believed to have produced impressive results as car traffic fell declined by 25 percent, according to estimates from the Swedish Transport Agency.

Increasing cost of personal care in Sweden beginning to cause fears in vulnerable people.

Wednesday, 02 January 2013
Spending on personal assistance continues to grow unchecked in Sweden and there is growing fear that in a few years, such cost would be expected to exceed Skr30 billion a year. This is causing great worries to people affected with disability in the country as the debate about recent discussion on cheating in the sector will result in increased scrutiny.

Driving into Gothenburg now costs money as congestion paying stations are erected

Wednesday, 02 January 2013
Congestion charges have been introduced in Gothenburg, the second biggest city in Sweden and it goes into effect on last Wednesday morning. There are still protest and groups are vying to quash the new payment - driving policy.

Swedish Stroke patients shipped to Denmark for treatment

Monday, 31 December 2012
People who suffer a stroke during the night may need to be sent to Copenhagen for treatment instead of being treated at Skåne University Hospital.

More Swedish pensioners take their flight abroad seeking for better  and cheaper life

Monday, 31 December 2012
More old people in Sweden are taking their light abroad wither to their countries of birth or to places they feel they can get better and cheaper lifestyle. This comes after it turns out that the richer parts of Europe are waging a war on the old.

45 000 Goteborg voters to poll on congestion charges

Sunday, 30 December 2012
Goteborg is to introduce congestion charges but this is being challenged by some sector of the Goteborg residency as such there has been a call for referendum to test the authority's right to introduce such charges according to the local government act.

The Influence of Norway in the Swedish property market

Sunday, 30 December 2012
With better paying jobs in Norway but a high cost of living there, more Swedes had been committing to the high paying jobs in Norway, especially those living around the border region of Värmland. They did so while continue to live in the low cost Sweden. This has attracted more Norwegians to do the same - move to the cheaper lower cost Sweden while keeping their jobs there. With their loaded pockets, they pay any price for houses in Sweden as such driving up the house prices in Sweden.

Britain is growing more towards the far right as popular support for EU exit increases

Sunday, 30 December 2012
Rise of the far right politics in the UK as more people start support UK's exit from the European Union. Evidence is that the party preaching such ideas, UKIP is winning in the polls. In the UKIP a new BNP or just another confused British political party that lacks that approach to lead.

Norway to study the driver of far right feelings in Europe and create an intelligent command centre of far right study in the Europe

Thursday, 27 December 2012
As the threat from right wing extremists organisations continue to grow amidst the depressing economic outlook of Europe, after having felt the direct hit from it wants to set a research project to study and monitor the extreme right-wing movements in Europe.

Blackburn Rovers sacks their Norwegian manager, Henning Berg just after 57 days

Thursday, 27 December 2012
People say the British football league is tough, the evidence can be seen everywhere especially at the roving doors of club management.

Swedish Foreign Ministry criticized for its handling of Somalia Swedes taken over by the Americans

Monday, 24 December 2012
Swedish foreign office has been slammed for the ways it has handled issue related to the two Swedes of Somali extraction indicted in the U.S. on suspicion of terrorist crimes in Somalia.

A Swedish Royal wedding expected in June 2013

Sunday, 23 December 2012
The Swedish Royal house and the Swedish people are expecting the Princess Madeleine and Chris O'Neill to get married by June 8, 2013 at the Royal Chapel in Stockholm.

Two Swedes accused of terrorist crimes in the U.S.

Sunday, 23 December 2012
Two Swedish nationals have been charged with terrorism offenses in the U.S.A..Swedish media reports hold that the FBI suspected the men have been trained to become suicide bombers by a Somali terror group.  

Swedish Municipal Employee may have embezzled Skr15 million

Thursday, 20 December 2012
A woman working  for Swedish municipality of Gävle is reported to have been suspected of embezzling money from her employer, Gävle municipality  and seems to have disappeared.

Youth Violence in Gothenburg School caused by Instagram photo sharing

Wednesday, 19 December 2012
27 People arrested yesterday as violence seep a school in Gothenburg when a picture was posted in photo sharing network instagram.


Children write letters to mass murderer, Breivik is disturbing to Norwegian authorities

Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Norwegian mass murderer, Anders Behring Breivik has been receiving letter letters from children and adolescents.

Swedish governing party, The Centre party calls for open immigration, minister reject the approach

Sunday, 16 December 2012
The Swedish governing party and one of the Alliance coalitions has called on the Swedish government to open its borders for more immigrants to come in. But the migration minister, Tobias Billström has rejected such approach insisting that Sweden will continue to have controlled immigration policy.

Sweden unveils 119 billionaires in a country of 9 million

Thursday, 13 December 2012
Sweden has 119 billionaires in 2012, 11 more than last year, according to the last headcount carried out by Swedish weekly business news magazine, Veckans Affärer.

UK job market continue to improve but London remains flat

Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Unemployment in the UK fell by 82,000 in the three months to October blamed on private sector, which created jobs faster than they were being shed in the public sector.

Danish derailing stops Swedish export

Tuesday, 11 December 2012
A train derailing in Denmark at the end of November has stopped large portions of Swedish industrial transport to Europe. Goods worth significant sums are standing still. "Every time we experience delivery delays, relationships with our European customers get hurt," states Mats Erkén, CEO at Scandfibre AB - Confederation of Swedish enterprises

Sweden a very hard country for children with in non-white background as child poverty within that group expand

Thursday, 06 December 2012
At least children with a foreign background in Sweden and particularly children with non-Caucasian background live in poverty, according to Save the Children's annual report. The toughest is found in children of foreign origin as well as those with single parent.

Hells Angels have committed 2800 crimes in Sweden

Wednesday, 05 December 2012
The criminal motorcycle gang, Hells Angels have committed 2800 crimes in Sweden as the authorities continue to leave this organisation to roan free and intimidate people.

Corruption perception index - what has changed in the Scandinavia?

Wednesday, 05 December 2012
Finland  and Denmark are the least corrupt countries in the Scandinavia and added to the world, New Zealand joins then on the helm.
This comes from pressure group, Transparency International's 2012 Corruption Perceptions index in which Sweden came 4th.

Quality of life survey, Result show that Swedish cities are class pretty low

Tuesday, 04 December 2012
The Austrian capital, Vienna has come on as the best city to live in the world when it comes to best quality of living, according to the Mercer 2012 Quality of Living Survey.

Swedish women have made 100,000 calls on violence against them

Tuesday, 04 December 2012
Violence against women in Sweden has been increasing in the years. In the past 5 years, about 100,000 calls have been made to the national support line, Kvinnorfridslinjen created by the government some 5 years ago to monitor the safety of women.

Charged and to be prosecuted for attempts to smuggle banned equipments to Iran

Monday, 03 December 2012
In a very rare case, a person is to be prosecuted in Sweden for attempting to smuggle advanced technological equipment to Iran. The equipment is said to be advanced materials that could be used for uranium enrichment and this is violation of international sanctions.

McDonald mangers in Sweden accused of selling work permits

Sunday, 02 December 2012
Jobs are scarce in Sweden and the immigration system is getting tighter but there are ways to go around that with money and with the right company and the right people. By paying roughly Skr100,000 to the managers, they could get a job at McDonalds in Sweden.

More racial scandals rocks sweden democrats as another party heavyweight leaves parliament.

Thursday, 29 November 2012
Persistent racial and xenophobic scandals continue to take its toll on Sweden's powerful far right party as another party parliamentarian find himself taking about their agenda outside parliament once more.

Wikileaks founder, Assange suffering from chronic lung illness - Reports

Thursday, 29 November 2012
Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange is reported to be suffering from a chronic lung disease that can worsen at any time, says Ecuador's London Ambassador Ana Alban to reporters in Quito.

Norwegian mountain region of Bergen desperately seeking to fill 32,000 positions

Sunday, 25 November 2012
In Sweden, unemployment is a way of life but over the border, in Norway, there is the desperate need to fill vacancies. In the Mountains region of western Norway, Bergen there is the need for 32,000 workers.

Finnish far right party, True Finns wants to made deportation of criminals from Finland easy

Friday, 23 November 2012
Foreigners who are criminals or have been committing crimes in Finland should be shown the door as soon as possible and that should be made clear, easy and understandable.

Regional governement's Healthcare  sector reportedly hacked by Assange supporters

Friday, 23 November 2012
An international hacker network is suspected to have hacked in the website of a Western Sweden (Västra Götaland Region) and accessed data from the healthcare sector. It is reported that lots of pateint's personal data might have been let loose.

Swedish People's party politician resigns as aspects of racism in his blood exposed

Wednesday, 21 November 2012
A Swedish politician of the Swedish People's party, "Folkpartiet" has resigned after making statements that is described as "could be construed" as racist.

Hidden behind the hype of the wonders of Sweden - Scores of families go without money for food

Tuesday, 20 November 2012
More and more families in Stockholm are turning to the charity, City Mission youth services for assistance to get help with buying food.

Swedish incomes grew more compared to other EU countries but the risk of poverty still persist

Monday, 19 November 2012
Incomes in Sweden have increased more than the average in the EU. At the same time, more people in Sweden run the risk of ending up below the EU limit for economic vulnerability, official data from Statistic Sweden show.

Explosion of DNA tests regarding Somali family reunification in Sweden

Friday, 16 November 2012
On one part, as Sweden seeks to generate legitimacy of Somalis families seeking reunification with relatives in Sweden the institution of DNA testing has meant that Swedish authority's visible fatigue with the Somalis increase presence in Sweden, would be waved and families can have the chance to unit with loved one left behind in war toned Somalia.

Swedish Migration Board wants to design a ploy to reject Somali refugees

Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Migration Board no longer believes that there is internal armed conflict in Somalia, which will make it more difficult for asylum seekers from the country to stay in Sweden.

Iran to attend nuclear-free Middle East talks in Helsinki Next month

Thursday, 08 November 2012
In a first step to revive diplomacy on the Iranian nuclear crisis, Iran has accepted to take part in a proposed Middle East nuclear conference to be held in Helsinki next month, according to various media reports.

Swedish tax authority partied for Skr3.4 million

Tuesday, 06 November 2012
The Swedish tax authority in the eastern region in Sweden invited employees at a conference banquet at Elmia, Jönköping in December last year and threw away the party of the year.

Five Swedes shot in Belgium

Tuesday, 06 November 2012
Five Swedish men were shot in the Belgian Waterloo on Sunday morning. One of them says that he stood face to face with the muzzle of a gun aimed at him by one of the men.

Danish police join Swedish police to do what Europe knows best - racial profiling

Thursday, 01 November 2012
Danish police have not joined the Swedish police, especially of  the Malmo region to call their own colleague with a different skin colour or racial background nagger - like connotation that in most cases will be seen as defamatory as commonly applied to the people of black origin.

Depressing British purchasing manager's index signs worrying economic outlook

Thursday, 01 November 2012
The UK industry's purchasing managers' index was quoted to have hit at 47.5 in October, down from a revised 48.1 the previous month.

Austerity measures are killing economic growth and worsening debt situation in Europe - Report

Wednesday, 31 October 2012
The high-level austerity measures being adopted vehemently across various European countries are leading to nowhere as analysts see it costing more than healing the economies. 

Swedish Unemployed outsourced to Norway

Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Nordic Co-operation: Swedish unemployed are being out sourced to Norway where unemployment in falling and there in increased demand for labour. This particularly is moving to affect the youths who are the most affected by job market inflexibility.

Scandinavian leads the prosperity table - Norway: number 1

Tuesday, 30 October 2012
The Scandinavian countries have shown the way once more via the   Legatum Institute’s annual prosperity index which shows Norway, Denmark and Sweden declared the most prosperous in the index, published in London on Tuesday.

Booming border trade on the Danish - Germans border, will cost jobs in Denmark

Tuesday, 30 October 2012
The booming border trade between Denmark and Germany has emerged as a hot political issue in Denmark. Danes have been flocking to shops in Southern German border to buy their essentials there fore they are cheaper than in Denmark.

Swedish princess engaged to US financier

Friday, 26 October 2012
The engagement between Sweden's Princess Madeleine and Mr. Christopher O'Neill was announced yesterday by the Swedish royal family on the court's website.

Denmark speaking more English than before but only Sweden is better

Thursday, 25 October 2012
The Danes are now leading speakers of the English language in world when speakers of English from countries where English is not their traditional language is assessed.

Denmark threatens to Veto EU budget proposal if the EU fails to grant it demanded rebate

Thursday, 25 October 2012
Danish Prime Minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Social Democrats) will veto the next EU financial perspective if Denmark does not get the discount of Dkr1 billion a year which the country has demanded.

Britain hops off double deep recession  after three quarters of persistent decline

Thursday, 25 October 2012
Britain hopped out of  recession in the third quarter after posting its strongest quarterly GDP growth in five years, of 1 percent growth.

Dutch anti Islam politician, will be making a speech in the racist capital of Sweden, Malmö

Wednesday, 24 October 2012
The Dutch far right anti Islam politician, Geert Wilders will be visiting the Swedish city of Malmö, regarded as the hate capital of Sweden.

Finnish PM escapes knife attack in Southern Finland

Monday, 22 October 2012
Finnish Prime Minister, Jyrki Katainen, was on Monday, attacked by a man with a knife, as he was receiving people in a political events in the city of Turku.

"Black African people are lazy" - Finnish far right candidate, Kai Haavisto

Monday, 22 October 2012
"The motivation to work is weak among men from Africa." This is the view of Kai Haavisto, who is a politician of the Finnish far right party, True Finns as the party steps up to live to its racist over tone. It cmes at a time when Finland has seen a rise and expansion of far right organisations such as Finish defence league to join the True Finns.

U.S. Embassy in Stockholm evacuated

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
A letters with unknown contents arrived the U.S. Embassy in Gärdet in Stockholm forcing the embassy to be evacuated at Swedish lunchtime.

British unemployment falls

Wednesday, 17 October 2012
The British unemployment continues to fall as the number of people out of work fell by 50,000 to 2.53 million in the three months to August, the country's Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.

Swedish Match's "snus" investigation pushed EU commissioner, John Dalli to force to resign

Tuesday, 16 October 2012
A fraud investigation request put forward by Swedish Tobacco Company, Swedish Match, forces John Dalli, EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Affairs to resigns as it turns out fraud was part of the problem.

Swedish population will hit 10 million in six years as immigration leads to fastest population growth

Monday, 15 October 2012
The Swedish population is growing and it has now been statistically shown that the in six years, the Swedish population will reach 10 million people.

Sweden democrats have lost 81 municipal seats

Monday, 15 October 2012
Despite their growing popularity, the far right party, Sweden Democrats finds it hard to fill municipal seats

Nobel Prize money contributes to EU financial woes

Friday, 12 October 2012
Nobel Peace Prize awarded this year to the European Union could contribute to easing the  EU financial woes. The prize is worth €1.15 million, which represents more than 0.00001 percent of the EU budget.

European Union wins the Nobel peace prize

Friday, 12 October 2012
The European Union has been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize, reports the Norwegian broadcaster, NRK which claims to have been informed from a credible source. The prise for the crisis hit Europe is for its intense desire to promot peace despite difference among them.

Fall in the amount of Swedish millionaires

Friday, 12 October 2012
Sweden has lost 142,000 dollar millionaires and now has only 343 000 of them left, according to Dagens Industri noted the report Global Wealth Report from commercial bank Credit Suisse.

UK trade deficit widens sharply in August as production Falls

Tuesday, 09 October 2012
The British trade deficit more than doubled in August, as the government's deficit reduction program and intense public sector cuts hit the economy hard and stifle productivity.

IMF seeks UK defer of spending cuts if growth disappointment persist

Tuesday, 09 October 2012
As the British economy continues to sink, the IMF, International Monetary Fund has called Britain to defer spending cuts planned for next year. This should happen if growth turns out to be much weaker than forecast.

The backers of Wikileaks's founder, Assange ordered to pay his bail money

Monday, 08 October 2012
People who backed the founder of the Wikileaks, Julien Assange have been ordered by a court to pay the bail money since he eloped into the Ecuadorian Embassy.