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Sixth night of violence in Sweden, but police say capital calmer
ReutersSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Community patrols and a beefed-up police presence helped to calm violence around Stockholm overnight on Saturday but 20 to 30 cars were still torched in poor immigrant suburbs and serious incidents were reported outside the capital...Tags: Sweden, Riots, Immigration, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Migration
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Nights of rioting test Sweden's reputation for tolerance
LONDON -- Residents of Stockholm braced for more violence Friday after five consecutive nights of rioting that have rocked the Swedish capital and shaken the Scandinavian country’s self-image as a tolerant, liberal place. Since Sunday, sections of...
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Stockholm in relative calm after five nights of rioting
LONDON — The streets of Stockholm were quieter late Friday after five consecutive nights of rioting that rocked the Swedish capital and shook the Scandinavian country's self-image as a tolerant, liberal place. Since Sunday, sections of northwest...
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Rioting raises questions about Sweden's liberal immigration policy and its inequality
Associated Press WriterHUSBY, Sweden (AP) — Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze during rioting in several largely...Tags: Riots, Sweden, Government, Migration, Career and Workplace
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Soccer-Swedish championship results and standings
ReutersMay 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Swedish championship matches on Thursday Thursday, May 23 Atvidabergs FF 3 Mjallby AIF 0 Halmstad 1 IFK Norrkoping 1 Elfsborg Boras 6 Brommapojkarna 0 Syrianska FC 0 Haecken 3 Wednesday, May... -
Sweden riots expose ugly side of "Nordic model"
ReutersBy Niklas Pollard and Philip O'Connor STOCKHOLM, May 23 (Reuters) - The scene of Sweden's worst riots in years, Husby is on the surface at least a typically neat suburb of colourful playgrounds, manicured parks and low rise apartment buildings....Tags: Sweden, Arts and Culture, Interior Policy, Career and Workplace, Culture
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Sweden riots expose ugly side of 'Nordic model'
ReutersSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The scene of Sweden's worst riots in years, Husby is on the surface at least a typically neat suburb of colorful playgrounds, manicured parks and low rise apartment buildings. Conversations with residents of this immigrant...Tags: Sweden, Arts and Culture, Interior Policy, Career and Workplace, Culture
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Stockholm riots challenge image of happy, generous state
ReutersSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Hundreds of youth have torched cars and attacked police in four nights of riots in immigrant suburbs of Sweden's capital, shocking a country that dodged the worst of the financial crisis but failed to solve youth unemployment and...Tags: Sweden, Riots, Interior Policy, Aftonbladet (newspaper), Career and Workplace
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Professor, bank economist to join Swedish central bank
ReutersSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's central bank on Wednesday appointed a professor of economics and an investment bank chief economist as new members to its monetary policy board, replacing outgoing decision makers Lars Svensson and Barbro Wickman-Parak. The...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Sweden, Dwayne Johnson, Central Bank, Economic Policy
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Sweden's capital hit by worst riots in years
ReutersBy Johan Sennero and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, May 22 (Reuters) - Hundreds of youths have set fire to cars and attacked police and rescue services in poor immigrant suburbs in three nights of rioting in Stockholm, Sweden's worst disorder in years. On...Tags: Sweden, Interior Policy, Aftonbladet (newspaper), Career and Workplace, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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Rioting youths set fires, attack police, in Stockholm suburb, angered over police shooting
Associated PressSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Gangs of youth angered by the police shooting death of an elderly man in a mainly immigrant neighborhood hurled rocks at police and set cars and buildings on fire in a Stockholm suburb early Monday, forcing the evacuation of an...Tags: Riots, Shootings, Immigration, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Eurovision returns to ABBA's homeland with pop and kitsch
Reuters* 26 countries will compete in Saturday's final * Denmark has the best odds, followed by Norway and Ukraine * Sweden revels in pop nostalgia as host By Mia Shanley STOCKHOLM, May 17 (Reuters) - Bare-chested Irish drummers, a Ukrainian giant and a...Tags: Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Ukraine
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