Nordic siblings offering more than moral help
The Central Bank of Iceland said it drew 400 million euro (543 million dollars) in accordance with a mid-May agreement it made with the central banks ...
Swedish couple murdered in Tobago
Reports coming out of the southern Caribbean island of Trinidad and Tobago state that an elderly Swedish couple have been brutally murdered at their h...
Sweden bans certain number plate combinations
Following their trend of curtailing the names that parents may choose to give their child, Swedish authorities have now added vehicle number plates to...
Women are increasingly turning to crime in Sweden
According to a new study reported by The Local newspaper, Swedish women are increasingly turning to crime. While men have only committed 26 percent mo...
Sweden’s Nobel Committee slams “insular” American writers
In an outspoken declaration from Horace Engdahl, the head of the Swedish Nobel Committee, American authors are culturally “ignorant” and lack the clou...
Swedish fire eater saves man from burning tent
In a classic case of the right man in the right place at the right time, professional fire-eater Zack Segelstrom saved a man from being burned alive i...
Volvo puts first hybrid bus on the streets
Volvo, the Swedish auto-making legend, has released the world’s first commercial hybrid bus. The Volvo 7700 has both a traditional diesel engine and a...
Sweden rejects EU plan to ban Internet pirates
The EU parliament had just passed a proposal containing a number of measures designed to increase competition within the European Union’s telecoms sec...