tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28646798395314667982024-02-18T19:58:38.940-08:00Bad News From SwedenMedia coverage is often a parody of honest journalism as defined by its own ethical guidelines. This project was created to expose the frequent distortion of news by some Swedish journalists. This blog states up front that it provides only negative facts. It shows that by using real news stories without context, one can make any country look bad.Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-14047117871985100782008-12-18T10:32:00.000-08:002008-12-18T10:33:38.371-08:00Nobel Committees investigated for briberySwedish prosecutors have launched a preliminary investigation into possible bribery after revelations that members of three Swedish Nobel Committees received free trips to China from the Chinese government.<br /><br />Earlier in December, Sveriges Radio reported that members of the three Nobel Committees for natural science – medicine, physics, and chemistry – traveled to China at the invitation of the country’s government to speak about what it takes to receive a Nobel Prize.<br /><br />Now public prosecutor Nils-Erik Schultz has decided to look into the matter more closely to determine whether any of the Nobel representatives who accepted the paid trips to China could be charged with bribery.<br /><br />“As of now [the investigation] isn’t directed at any particular person, but at a set of procedures. In the first instance we need to focus on a few trip to China,” Schultz told Sveriges Radio.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/16418/20081218/">http://www.thelocal.se/16418/20081218/</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-946422367023784412008-12-18T10:31:00.000-08:002008-12-18T10:32:14.181-08:00Segregation 'widespread' for Swedish immigrantsA study released on Thursday by Statistics Sweden (SCB) reports widespread segregation in the fields of education, housing, employment and politics. In 2008, net immigration into Sweden reached record levels, with more than 100,000 people entering the country and projections that the foreign-born population will reach 14 percent by the end of the year.<br /><br />The report, released on International Migration Day, illuminates how pronounced the differences in living conditions are between native Swedes and the country’s immigrant populations, particularly those born in Africa and Asia.<br /><br />"We have seen that people born in these countries are well behind those born in the EU or other Nordic countries. The differences can be seen in education, the job market, and living arrangements," SCB’s Lotta Persson told The Local."I was surprised at how widespread segregation was in Sweden," Persson added.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/16452/20081218/">http://www.thelocal.se/16452/20081218/</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-72929032313336353142008-12-14T09:02:00.000-08:002008-12-14T09:03:28.561-08:00Swedish School hires teacher convicted of sexual harassmentA Swedish school teacher previously convicted for sexual harassment of two 14-year-old girls has received a new teaching assignment in southern Sweden. While teaching at another school, the man had sent naked pictures of himself to the girls and written several sexually-charged text messages, writes the Barometer newspaper.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/16304/20081212/">http://www.thelocal.se/16304/20081212/</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-37296286182387683752008-12-14T08:58:00.000-08:002008-12-14T09:00:42.180-08:00Swedish beauty queen arrested for assaultAnna Anka, the former beauty queen and Swedish wife of US entertainer Paul Anka has been arrested for assaulting her husband, 29 years her senior. The pair clashed at their luxury home in California on November 28th. The 37-year-old former Miss Sweden runner-up became so angry while the couple argued that she launched a piece of ice at her husband's head. The ice struck home and left the 67-year-old one time teen idol needing hospital treatment for a head wound.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/16338/20081214/">http://www.thelocal.se/16338/20081214/</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-8674212878722845402008-12-08T04:04:00.000-08:002008-12-08T04:05:44.969-08:00Swedish Steelmaker SSAB to cut 1,300 jobsSwedish steelmaker SSAB announced plans on Monday to reduce staff by 1,300 employees as part of a billion kronor ($122 million) savings programme. The cuts will affect all divisions and subsidiaries." I regret that we must announce this reduction in personnel. But demand for steel has fallen sharply in the autumn and we must adapt our costs to the new conditions," said SSAB CEO Olof Faxander in a statement. The company said the programme would be implemented in 2009, with the full impact expected to be felt in 2010.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/16202/20081208/">http://www.thelocal.se/16202/20081208/</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-77398784823295432972008-12-04T08:26:00.000-08:002008-12-04T08:27:30.047-08:00Forgotten patient dies in Stockholm emergency roomA patient admitted to the emergency room of a Stockholm hospital later died after being forgotten by hospital staff for more than an hour. The incident, which occurred at Stockholm South General Hospital (Södersjukhuset), has been reported to the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen), the Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper reports.<br /><br />Staff first performed an initial diagnosis on the patient, who suffered from multiple illnesses including early stage dementia and came to the hospital one afternoon complaining of abdominal pains.The patient was then led to an examining room for additional evaluation to be carried out within the next thirty minutes.An hour later, the patient was found unconscious, splayed out on the bed, and covered in vomit.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/16134/20081204/">http://www.thelocal.se/16134/20081204/</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-62764160045673907022008-12-04T08:25:00.000-08:002008-12-04T08:26:16.604-08:00Swedish texts 'filled with ideological bias'Several books used to teach Swedish as a second language are plagued with ideological bias, according to a recent academic study. For a doctoral dissertation to be published on Friday, Jörgen Mattlar from Uppsala University examined five text books used to teach Swedish to both young people and adults who have moved to Sweden, as well as to students born and raised in Sweden.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/16128/20081204/">http://www.thelocal.se/16128/20081204/</a><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/16128/20081204/"></a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-2894018974873778322008-05-28T12:07:00.000-07:002008-05-28T12:09:29.007-07:00Infectious Diseases On The Up in SwedenMore and more Swedes are being infected by diseases such as Chlamydia, HIV and Nephropathia epidemica. Cases reported to The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control were up 30 percent in 2007 compared to the year before.<br /><a class="bold66" title="Read more: Infectious Diseases On The Up" href="http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2054&format=1&artikel=2099677">Read more</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-79464319717987519652008-05-23T00:35:00.000-07:002008-05-23T00:36:48.758-07:00Government to Examine Imam Education in SwedenThe government announced plans on Thursday to examine whether Sweden should implement a special training program for imams. “Imams can have an important role in integration. Many visitors to mosques turn to their religious leaders with questions related to Swedish society,” said Minister for Higher Education and Research Lars Leijonborg in a statement.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/11952/20080522/">http://www.thelocal.se/11952/20080522/</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-18999555164112222302008-05-23T00:34:00.000-07:002008-05-23T00:35:14.496-07:00Bribery Allegations Rock Sweden's Migration BoardThe Swedish Migration Board has called in the police to help investigate an alleged residence permit bribery scandal. The investigation follows a Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper report about a 20-year-old immigrant from Afghanistan who claims he paid a Migration Board (Migrationsverket) employee 40,000 kronor ($6,750) after the employee promised to procure a Swedish residence permit for him.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/11934/20080522/">http://www.thelocal.se/11934/20080522/</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-5825521857805190392008-05-21T22:50:00.000-07:002008-05-21T22:55:44.664-07:00Two Arrests in Swedish Nuke Plant Bomb PlotSwedish police arrested two contractors on Wednesday for allegedly preparing to sabotage a nuclear power plant, after traces of explosives were found on one of the men, police said. "Two Swedish men were arrested ... The prosecutor suspects them of sabotage," Sven-Erik Karlsson of the Kalmar county police told AFP.He said both men were contractors who had been working at the Oskarshamn nuclear plant in southern Sweden "for some time," but said the link between the two remained unclear.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/11908/20080521/">http://www.thelocal.se/11908/20080521/</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-69619170414497568632008-05-15T23:51:00.000-07:002008-05-15T23:52:57.375-07:00'Sweden Can no Longer Defend Itself'Armed Forces Supreme Commander Håkan Syrén fears that proposed cuts to the military will diminish its capacity to defend Sweden's borders. In a proposal featuring an array of downsizing measures submitted by Syrén to the government on Thursday, military operations in Arvidsjaur in northern Sweden will disappear with the dissolution of the city’s Arctic Ranger battalion.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/11782/20080515/">http://www.thelocal.se/11782/20080515/</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-13600402050943757852008-05-15T23:49:00.000-07:002008-05-15T23:50:57.759-07:00Church Gender Equality Flaws in SwedenThe Lutheran Church of Sweden has been criticised for weaknesses in its gender equality.<br />A study from the Ombudsman for Gender Equality says the former state church fails to satisfy legal requirements. Only one diocese, Linköping, is in full compliance with the law.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp">http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp</a>?Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-6255232516024702422008-05-06T22:51:00.000-07:002008-05-06T22:52:55.518-07:00Chinese Students Cheated Over College Fees in SwedenSeveral Chinese students from China have paid thousands of kronor to agencies in China to attend a Swedish university, despite the fact that the school is tuition free.<br /><br /><a title="Read 'Chinese students cheated over college fees' in full" href="http://www.thelocal.se/11572/20080506/">READ MORE »</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-83089085409619853672008-05-06T22:46:00.000-07:002008-05-06T22:47:28.891-07:00Swedish Business Collapses On The UpThe numbers of Swedish companies going bust has risen sharply over the last 12 months. 440 businesses shut their doors in Sweden in April, that’s up 8 percent compared to the same period last year.<br /><br /><a class="bold66" title="Read more: Business Collapses On The Up" href="http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2054&Nyheter=&artikel=2053818">Read more</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-75666534155573056422008-05-02T11:37:00.000-07:002008-05-02T11:38:55.891-07:00Immigrant pensioners draw a blank in SwedishThousands of <a class="nodec" href="http://www.thelocal.se/search.php?keywordSearch=immigrant">immigrant</a> pensioners in homes for the elderly are in danger of becoming more and more isolated. With the onset of age-related dementia, the elderly patients often forget their second language, Swedish, and soon have no one with whom they can communicate on a daily basis.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/11504/20080502/">http://www.thelocal.se/11504/20080502/</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-49965535475664345392008-05-02T11:34:00.001-07:002008-05-02T11:34:44.954-07:00Jail for Refugees with False Passports in SwedenA Swedish human rights professor claims that police putting a refugee arriving with false documents in jail are violating the Geneva Convention. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp">http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp</a>?Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-25281190969851541152008-04-29T00:30:00.000-07:002008-04-29T00:31:16.481-07:00Top Swedish Military Officer FiredMajor General Tony Stigsson, former head of the Swedish Armed Forces' Joint Forces Command, was formally dismissed today. He had earlier been sentenced to three months in prison for abusing his wife. He is also accused of having inappropriately handled classified documents.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/11404/20080428/">http://www.thelocal.se/11404/20080428/</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-69447610695024511202008-04-29T00:28:00.000-07:002008-04-29T00:29:48.661-07:00Swedish Teachers Face Violence at WorkViolence and harassment towards teachers are becoming an everyday occurrence in the corridors of Swedish schools, according the latest study from the National Union of Teachers. The figures come in a debate article in Swedish newspaper, Dagens Nyheter. The investigation reveals that one in ten teachers are harassed at work while one in twenty are subject to violence and often on more than one occasion.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2054&Nyheter=&artikel=2039406">http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2054&Nyheter=&artikel=2039406</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-37936289430911225342008-04-29T00:27:00.000-07:002008-04-29T00:28:33.164-07:00Shops Investigated for Tax FraudShops in Sweden are to be subject to closer scrutiny for tax fraud by the Swedish National Tax Board. From 1st July this year the Tax Board are moving the focus of their investigations from the restaurant trade to other cash handling businesses such as opticians and bookmakers.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2054&Nyheter=&artikel=2039407">http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2054&Nyheter=&artikel=2039407</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-57835927632926629052008-04-23T00:31:00.000-07:002008-12-09T01:47:39.589-08:00Gas Prices in Sweden Reach Record High<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFoHrV04ldLQIZLsavBQD-0mOnpcTIjpZtaQAg4adlk41jmysenj1KjgvU58rvNaVJ09DtynTDPbRnu0jydWcv0c4rfl1TnRiyx8j0oWkU_mVMbkioxHkcebG70Tgz4CeCEI1ustoaYW3/s1600-h/Baby.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192340643472549106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFoHrV04ldLQIZLsavBQD-0mOnpcTIjpZtaQAg4adlk41jmysenj1KjgvU58rvNaVJ09DtynTDPbRnu0jydWcv0c4rfl1TnRiyx8j0oWkU_mVMbkioxHkcebG70Tgz4CeCEI1ustoaYW3/s200/Baby.jpg" border="0" /></a>The price of gas in Sweden has reached a new record high of 13 kronor per litre ($8.40 per gallon). However analysts expect prices to rise even higher over the summer.<br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/11284/20080423/">http://www.thelocal.se/11284/20080423/</a></div>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-1134620341082425492008-04-21T23:20:00.000-07:002008-04-21T23:23:00.082-07:00Swedish Guards Accussed of Terror TiesMembers of a delegation from Sweden’s Migration Board (Migrationsverket) were interrogated for hours by Israeli border police after being accused of collaborating with terrorists.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/11234/20080421/">http://www.thelocal.se/11234/20080421/</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-10578087588634175742008-04-21T23:16:00.000-07:002008-04-21T23:17:57.852-07:00Swedish Healthcare Workers StrikeBrandishing placards that cried, ”I want to see what I do reflected in my pay packet!” 3,500 Swedish healthcare workers geared up this weekend for the strike which began Monday after negotiations broke down between employers and the Swedish Association of Healthcare Professionals on Saturday.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2054&Nyheter=&artikel=2024957">http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2054&Nyheter=&artikel=2024957</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-45612794529659829302008-04-17T05:16:00.000-07:002008-04-17T05:17:18.722-07:00Swedish Football at a CrossroadsHis first visit to a Swedish football match left David Bartram wondering what Sweden needs to do to stamp out its problems with hooliganism.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/11128/20080415/">http://www.thelocal.se/11128/20080415/</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864679839531466798.post-20115950544655277382008-04-17T05:14:00.000-07:002008-04-17T05:15:43.881-07:00Riksdag Member Investigated for Alleged AbuseA formal investigation was launched on Wednesday into allegations that a Moderate Party member of the Riksdag abused a woman. A high ranking public prosecutor has begun an investigation on his own initiative following a series of reports in the Swedish press on rumors of the abuse.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/11164/20080417/">http://www.thelocal.se/11164/20080417/</a>Bad Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126883602322938140noreply@blogger.com0