Sweden

Society
Clément VéritéMarch 22, 2023
The story of a banned Swedish lawyer because she had a love affair with her client
In Sweden, a lawyer was banned from the profession because she represented a member of a criminal group who was also her lover. The Supreme Court confirmed the decision.
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Business
Clément VéritéFebruary 7, 2023
H&M Sweden publishes job postings with 0 working hours planned amid staff restructuring
H&M Sweden restructures its workforce organization and wants to reduce the working hours of hundreds of store employees. Meanwhile, it also hires a few of them with no minimum working hours defined in their contracts.
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Business
Clément VéritéOctober 18, 2022
All EU airlines can now have direct flights to ASEAN countries like the Philippines, Singapore, or Thailand
Following an air transport agreement between the European Union and ASEAN, airlines from 37 countries are now able to operate an unlimited number of direct flights from and to these countries. There will also be more opportunities to fly to a country and then directly go to a third one.
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Business
Clément VéritéMay 25, 2022
CEO of Securitas Sweden ‘deeply saddened’ by the behavior of employees going to brothels and suspected of paying bribes
A documentary reveals that some employees of Securitas Sweden regularly buy sex and are suspected of having bribed for a contract with the city of Malmö
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Politics
Clément VéritéMarch 10, 2022
Sweden also plans to increase its defense budget
Sweden wants to increase its defense budget up to 2% of its GDP, which would account for a 64% increase from 2021.
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Society
Clément VéritéFebruary 10, 2022
European Commission sues Sweden for failing to adopt a gun control directive
Sweden is late in implementing a European Union gun control directive and risks a financial penalty.
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Culture & Sport
Clément VéritéFebruary 4, 2022
Swedish ice hockey team withdraws the redesign of a controversial logo
Frölunda Hockey Club, a professional ice hockey in Sweden withdrew its redesigned logo two days after its release because of accusations of plagiarism, references to Nazism and threats to board members.
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Health & Science
Clément VéritéFebruary 3, 2022
Stockholm Region has a budget surplus. It wants to offer a cash bonus and extra days off for its employees
Stockholm region had a budget surplus thanks to increased tax revenue and subsidies from the government. It wants to offer cash to its employees in return for the work done during the pandemic. Healthcare employees would also receive 4 extra days off.
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Politics
Clément VéritéJanuary 31, 2022
51 convicted to death for the murders of Swedish and American UN experts in DRC in 2017
A court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo sentenced 51 people to death for the murders of two United Nations experts in the Kasaï province in 2017.
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Society
Clément VéritéJanuary 28, 2022
Sweden approves the world’s first final repository that will store nuclear waste for “100,000 years”
Sweden becomes the first country in the world to approve a definitive storage system for civil nuclear waste. It doesn't come without criticism.
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Politics
Clément VéritéJanuary 10, 2022
Russian demands to NATO also concern Sweden and Finland
Amid tensions around Ukraine, Russia has been demanding that no new countries join NATO but it also concerns Sweden and Finland as close partners to the security alliance.
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Society
Clément VéritéOctober 27, 2021
Sweden starts investigations on illegal international adoption activities
Sweden's government decided to open up investigations into its international adoption activities. Hundreds of children were allegedly illegally removed from their families in Chile between the 70s and the 90s.
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Business
Clément VéritéSeptember 21, 2021
Swedish government bypasses justice decision to avoid cement shortage
The government of Sweden proposes a law to avoid a serious shortage of cement in the country. But it goes against Sweden's justice rulings. Ministers justify it by reducing the societal consequences of a halt of the cement production in the country.
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Business
Clément VéritéAugust 6, 2021
Is a cement crisis looming in Sweden for the end of the year?
A Swedish environmental court rejected a permit application to mine in Sweden’s largest cement plant. The industry predicts billions of losses and thousands jobs at risk.
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Politics
Clément VéritéJune 21, 2021
Sweden Prime Minister Ousted by Parliament
The Swedish Prime Minister lost a no-confidence vote in the parliament, a first in the country's history. He will either resign or announce new elections.
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Society
Clément VéritéJune 9, 2021
The story of Anom, the app used by criminals created by the F.B.I.
An international operation involving 16 countries used encrypted messages sent through Anom, an app secretly developed by the F.B.I.
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Politics
Clément VéritéJune 2, 2021
European countries victims of espionage by the U.S.
Denmark let the United States spy on political executives of Germany, France, Norway or Sweden between 2012 and 2014. The head of the Danish intelligence agency was dismissed in 2020 for failing to investigate indications of espionage.
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