https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Stockholm residents were given an unpleasant surprise on Sunday night when the country's public warning siren was accidentally triggered, leaving people scrambling for information. https://www.thelocal.se/20170710/false-alarm-accidental-triggering-of-public-warning-siren-confuses-stockholmers Mon, 10 Jul 2017 09:59:23 +0200 false-alarm-accidental-triggering-of-public-warning-siren-confuses-stockholmers Sweden tests its outdoor air raid sirens like clockwork four times a year on the first Monday of each quarter. But when the alarms didn't sound out parts of Stockholm on Monday, panic briefly spread across the capital, before the city's emergency services confirmed the absence was down to human error. https://www.thelocal.se/20150601/air-raid-error-causes-jitters-in-stockholm Mon, 01 Jun 2015 19:31:00 +0200 air-raid-error-causes-jitters-in-stockholm The Stockholm-based organization Civil Rights Defenders has developed a high-tech plastic bracelet which uses GPS technology and social media to protect human rights activists around the world. https://www.thelocal.se/20130407/47180 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:01:00 +0200 47180 A technical hitch at a communications network shut down many of the critical alarm systems including fire stations and banks in the south of Sweden https://www.thelocal.se/20110709/34834 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:21:00 +0200 34834 An overcrowded hospital in Gothenburg has resorted to giving patients in a children's ward saucepans and spoons to summon assistance in emergency situations, according to a union report. https://www.thelocal.se/20110204/31842 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:07:00 +0100 31842