http://www.stockholmnews.comLatest news from Stockholm News, daily Swedish news in English from Stockholm, Sweden.enCopyright 2011- Stockholm NewsThe pressure to take out more trees from the Swedish forests will increase in the coming years. One big reason is EU´s requirement that member states will transition to renewable energy. Europe is switching away from fossil fuels. The...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8375Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:14:23 GMT Protest meetings are held in several parts of Sweden today against the so-called ACTA, an international agreement that deals with how to stop online piracy and violations of intellectual property. In...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8374Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:00:26 GMT The cold snap continues to plague Sweden. The small village of Gunnarn, west of Umeå in northern Sweden, had a freezing night with 42 degrees Celsius below zero (-43.6F). At midday the thermometer...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8373Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:23:49 GMT That pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca decided to close its research unit in Södertälje, south of Stockholm, do not only affects the employed scientists, but also the future of medical research in...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8372Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:57:30 GMT The Swedish Transport Administration has released its yearly report on the punctuality of rail services, and the 2011 report shows that the delays of commuter trains are lesser common than thought. The goal was that an average of...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8371Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:41:48 GMT Djurgården lost against Hv 71 with 1-4 at home last night, which made their position in the table a bit difficult. AIK, the other Stockholm team, lost against Skellefteå away with 1-2 but is still among the top eight which means a place...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8370Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:40:42 GMT The weather has created problems with slippery roads, especially south of Stockholm. Between 7am and lunch time today, there were around thirty accidents due to the slipperiness. Since people can not drive very fast at the moment, the injuries and...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8369Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:56:47 GMT The two Swedish car manufacturers Volvo and Saab had different experiences of 2011. Saab has – after many turns - filed for bankruptcy. Volvo on the other hand presented this morning a good result for the fourth quarter of 2011. The surplus is...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8368Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:42:24 GMT Four Swedish tourists in their early twenties died in a car accident in Thailand earlier this week. Today a 27 year old man in Phuket has been arrested. The arrested man was driving a truck which is believed to have come over on the wrong side of...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8367Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:15:47 GMT A wire which had fallen down has stopped all train traffic between Stockholm central station and Stockholm södra this morning causing many people to be late for work. It also affects the southbound intercity train traffic. Travelers from...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8366Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:19:09 GMT The snow fall over parts of east Sweden is expected to continue. The regions around Kalmar and Öland might get as much as three decimeters snow during the coming days. The snow might lead to problems with the visibility on the roads. (SvT) http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8365Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:41:57 GMT The Swedish royal house has now said that early March is the expected time for the birth of Crown Princess Victoria’s child. When the future Head of State (provided the monarchy remains) have been born, the government will be informed and a...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8364Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:40:10 GMTIt seems more and more probable that Nacka, south east Stockholm, will get a metro connection. The plans have been there for decades but it would be a major investment and so far the plans have been postponed. It seems more and more probable that...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8363Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:28:15 GMT Astra Zeneca closes their research unit in Södertälje south of Stockholm. This means 1200 people might lose their job. The reason is a re-organization and that the unit in Södertälje has not developed a new medical product for a...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8362Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:04:50 GMTStockholm is on the list of the (economically) fastest growing metropolitan regions in the world. The list, presented by the American think-tank Brookings, is otherwise dominated by non-western cities. - We were positively surprised when we saw it....http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8361Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:02:02 GMTThis morning the trial about Julian Assange´s possible extradition to Sweden started. Assange himself arrived at the Supreme Court in London accompanied by the tones of Bob Dylan´s "I should be released". However according to several experts, Assange...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8360Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:56:56 GMT This was the best day so far in 2012 at the Stockholm stock exchange. When the trade closed the OMXS index was up with 2.5 percent to 333.5. It was a bit surprising since both Sandvik and Scania presented rather weak results. The background to the...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8359Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:44:42 GMT The county administrative board of Stockholm has initiated a scrutiny of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The main question is whether the Norwegian Nobel Committee really act according to the will of Alfred Nobel when they appoint the Nobel Peace...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8358Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:19:16 GMT A 48 year old man was shot to death in Malmö yesterday evening. The man was sitting in his car at Fosievägen in east Malmö, when a person walked up to him and shot him with several shots. According to the Malmö police, the...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8357Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:44:42 GMT A rather peculiar situation has emerged in the Swedish Riksdag. Despite the fact that the Centre Party is clearly in favour of prohibiting uranium mining in Sweden, it's about to vote down such a proposal from the Greens. The...http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8356Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:06:24 GMT