Zookeeper suspended in dead animal scandal
Local Sweden News
The Parken Zoo animal park in central Sweden has suspended its head zookeeper for misleading statements about the killing of endangered animals at the zoo in a widening scandal that has prompted Board of Agriculture to intervene.
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Social Democrats: no ban on welfare sector profits
Local Sweden News
The Social Democrats said on Friday they would not call for a ban on profits by companies working in the welfare sector, arguing instead for stronger regulations, increased transparency, and tougher demands on quality.
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Hotline offers help to Sweden's sex addicts
Local Sweden News
Swedes who are unable to control their sexual urges have flooded a new hotline which experts say has likely enabled a number of paedophiles get help with their conditions.
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'Millennium' books keep making millions
Local Sweden News
Revenues stemming from Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy of crime novels continue to pour in, bringing in nearly 100 million kronor ($14.8 million) in the last year.
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Bleak future for Swedish cinemas: expert
Local Sweden News
A growing number of Swedish cinemas have had their final curtain call, with 25 percent closing down in the past ten years, a trend experts believe will continue.
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Reinfeldt: no drama in EU budget talks breakdown
Local Sweden News
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt downplayed the drama of the collapse of EU budget talks on Friday, hinting that a delay may end up benefiting Sweden's position.
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Ikea's Kamprad still Switzerland's richest man
Local Sweden News
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad maintained his number one ranking among Switzerland's wealthiest residents, with a Swiss magazine estimating his net worth to be 39 billion Swiss francs ($42 billion).
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US plaintiff 'unknown': Nobel assembly
Local Sweden News
The Swedish assembly that awards the Nobel Medicine Prize said on Friday it had never heard of the man who sued the group in the United States alleging the assembly wrongly credited this year's laureates for his pioneering stem cell research.
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