David Moses Jassy, the Swedish hip-hop and rap artist known as Monopoly, has been sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in jail by a Los Angeles court for his role in the 2008 murder of a Hollywood jazz pianist. Continue Reading
Posted on 10 March 2010.
David Moses Jassy, the Swedish hip-hop and rap artist known as Monopoly, has been sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in jail by a Los Angeles court for his role in the 2008 murder of a Hollywood jazz pianist. Continue Reading
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Posted on 09 March 2010.
A new survey has revealed that a mere seven percent of Swedish businesses have a formal social media policy which covers how staff can access websites such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook during work hours. Continue Reading
Posted in Business, General, International, Leisure, MBL, Sweden, Technology1 Comment
Posted on 06 March 2010.
After a decade-long struggle, a Swedish hemp farmer from Halland has won a favourable court ruling which declared the state’s seizure of his crop illegal. For all the legal wrangling, which was heard in both Swedish and European courts, the man was awarded just SEK 10,000 (USD 1,500) compensation. Continue Reading
Posted in Business, Environment, European Union, General, MBL, Sweden4 Comments
Posted on 05 March 2010.
A campaign has been launched by the Swedish Moderate Party to highlight housekeeping as a vital issue in forthcoming elections and also to exploit potential divisions among opposition parties, notably the Left-Green alliance. Continue Reading
Posted in Business, General, MBL, Politics, Society, Sweden1 Comment
Posted on 02 March 2010.
Police in southern Sweden received a visit from an unhappy member of the public who asked authorities to test the hashish be had purchased for traces of LSD, complaining that the smoke had been way too strong. Continue Reading
Posted in General, Lifestyle, MBL, Society, Sweden4 Comments
Posted on 01 March 2010.
Southern Sweden’s Lund University has agreed to pay out compensation to two dozen female students who were refused entrance into the psychology programme on gender grounds. Continue Reading
Posted on 27 February 2010.
Over a thousand rabbits were trapped inside the hall of Sweden’s largest rabbit show last weekend after a roof collapsed leading to tragic loss of life and widespread injury. Continue Reading
Posted on 21 February 2010.
A Swedish MP has claimed that an all-expenses paid journey to the Spanish resort island of Gran Canaria was not a case of a politician accepting gratuities from corporate sponsors; arguing instead that it was his alter ego Ursula who received the offer. Continue Reading
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Posted on 12 February 2010.
An estranged 59-year-old Swedish man has been arrested following his exploitation of his former wife’s fear of mice to extract a cruel and bizarre revenge which involved inserting some 19 of the rodents through the woman’s letterbox last weekend. Continue Reading
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Posted on 10 February 2010.
Birgitta Ohlsson has been named as the new Swedish EU minister. Continue Reading
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