The Local Sweden 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 Ai Weiwei to judge Stockholm Film Festival Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei was on Monday appointed to be on the jury of the Stockholm Film Festival even though he was unlikely to be allowed to attend in person, festival organisers said. https://www.thelocal.se/20130924/50398 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:33:00 +0200 50398 Outrage over Swedish grocer's 'dog-eating' ad A television commercial with a Chinese family mocking Swedish crayfish parties while happily tucking into a traditional dog-meat feast has landed Swedish grocery chain Ica in hot water with animal-rights campaigners. https://www.thelocal.se/20130806/49484 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 18:54:00 +0200 49484 Sweden finds arsenic in Chinese herbal remedy A daily dose of a medicinal product claiming to cure toothache and fever in infants, on sale in Sweden, has been found to contain extremely high levels of arsenic by Sweden's National Food Agency. https://www.thelocal.se/20130717/49098 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:48:00 +0200 49098 'More Swedish kids should learn Chinese' The Swedish government on Monday took steps to boost Mandarin studies in Swedish schools, but it will likely be more than a decade before China's biggest language is widely taught in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20121204/44836 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:13:00 +0100 44836 Eatery forced Chinese chef into 'slave labour' A Chinese chef who collapsed from exhaustion on the streets of Gothenburg after being forced to work under 'slave-like' conditions has received a large indemnity following his ordeal. https://www.thelocal.se/20111013/36732 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:55:00 +0200 36732 Chinese should be taught in schools: minister Learning Chinese at any elementary school in the country could become reality for children in Sweden within the next decade, if education minister and Liberal Party head Jan Björklund gets his way. https://www.thelocal.se/20110706/34768 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:41:00 +0200 34768 Chinese tourists injured in Sweden bus crash A bus carrying 44 Chinese tourists, their travel guide and a driver, crashed and flipped on its side in central Sweden on Friday, injuring at least 17 people, police said. https://www.thelocal.se/20110611/34298 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:51:00 +0200 34298 Early English learning comes under academic attack A Liberal Party proposal to make English language learning obligatory in schools from the first grade has been slammed by members of the Swedish Academy who view it as an "unnecessary reinforcement of the status of English.” https://www.thelocal.se/20091120/23376 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:59:00 +0100 23376 Chinese should be taught in schools: education minister A review of language learning in schools is required to meet the demands of the global market climate says Sweden’s education minister Jan Björklund who is advocating Chinese lessons for college students. https://www.thelocal.se/20091017/22714 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:44:00 +0200 22714 Swedish group among Volvo bidders: report A group of Swedish-led investors may be preparing a bid to buy Volvo Cars, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20090310/18102 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:48:00 +0100 18102 Women 'smuggled Chinese children to Sweden' Two women have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the organized smuggling of Chinese children to Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20071203/9283 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:28:00 +0100 9283 Chinese builder found dead on crane A man has been found dead on a crane in Gothenburg. It is not yet clear whether the man fell or died of natural causes. https://www.thelocal.se/20061004/5106 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:07:00 +0200 5106