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 Prosecutors believe the Finns had been running a snus smuggling ring for years. https://www.thelocal.se/20180918/finns-accused-of-smuggling-12-tonnes-of-swedish-snus-across-the-border Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:15:30 +0200 finns-accused-of-smuggling-12-tonnes-of-swedish-snus-across-the-border Would eccentric signs at pedestrian crossings brighten up your day? The residents of this northern Swedish town seem to think so. https://www.thelocal.se/20160808/in-haparanda-signs-tell-you-to-dance-across-the-street-sweden Mon, 08 Aug 2016 18:40:27 +0200 in-haparanda-signs-tell-you-to-dance-across-the-street-sweden Swedish and Finnish police have together smashed a network believed to be responsible for smuggling more than a hundred refugees, mainly Iraqi nationals, across the border. https://www.thelocal.se/20151015/swedish-police-help-break-up-human-smuggling-ring Thu, 15 Oct 2015 13:43:18 +0200 swedish-police-help-break-up-human-smuggling-ring Two demonstrations passed off peacefully just across the Swedish border in the Finnish town of Tornio on Saturday as 100 people marched in favour of open borders while 300 protested against more refugees being allowed into Finland. https://www.thelocal.se/20151003/more-refugee-protests-at-sweden-finland-border Sat, 03 Oct 2015 17:04:04 +0200 more-refugee-protests-at-sweden-finland-border The 23-year-old man acquitted by a Luleå court last week of the murder of a 51-year-old Haparanda man in April, has been re-arrested by police. https://www.thelocal.se/20120920/43340 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:40:00 +0200 43340 The man charged with the suspected murder of a 51-year-old man in April was acquitted Tuesday due to lack of evidence, despite the court declaring that it was “highly likely” that he was the killer. https://www.thelocal.se/20120911/43162 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:50:00 +0200 43162 A dead woman was found by emergency crews battling a house fire in northern Sweden on Thursday, leading police to issue an arrest warrant for a man they believe murdered the woman. https://www.thelocal.se/20120831/42922 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:57:00 +0200 42922 The 24-year-old key witness in the trial against a man suspected of shooting dead axe-attack victim Esa Rano in northern Sweden, brought in by police for questioning on Thursday, has been released. https://www.thelocal.se/20120824/42798 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:24:00 +0200 42798 The court case against the man suspected of shooting dead 51-year-old axe-attack victim Esa Rano was interrupted on Thursday by a bomb threat. https://www.thelocal.se/20120823/42794 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:02:00 +0200 42794 Police in the small village of Voljakkala, north of Haparanda in northern Sweden, are investigating the suspected murder of a 55-year-old woman, found dead in her flat on Monday evening. https://www.thelocal.se/20120103/38300 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:01:00 +0100 38300 A 35-year-old man has been convicted of the rape of a sleeping woman at a party in Haparanda in northern Sweden in April, despite claims that he was also fast asleep at the time. https://www.thelocal.se/20100902/28726 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:25:00 +0200 28726 Habo in Västergötland in southern Sweden is the best place in Sweden to live, according to a ranking by Fokus magazine. https://www.thelocal.se/20100528/26900 Fri, 28 May 2010 10:32:00 +0200 26900 Medical authorities in Haparanda in northern Sweden have begun vaccinating all pupils at a school in the town following the swine flu-related death of an 8-year-old Finnish girl. https://www.thelocal.se/20091105/23088 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:27:00 +0100 23088 A neighbourhood feud near Haparanda in northern Sweden has held the media focus for several years - the accepted story being that a Roma family terrorized the whole village. But when the acclaimed Swedish investigative journalist Maciej Zaremba visited the village of Vojakkala for Dagens Nyheter he found the truth to be quite different. https://www.thelocal.se/20090518/19512 Mon, 18 May 2009 14:10:00 +0200 19512 Members of the family convicted for involvement in a vicious axe attack in a village outside of Haparanda in the far north of Sweden in 2008 have had their penalties increased by an appeals court. https://www.thelocal.se/20090402/18628 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:56:00 +0200 18628 Members of the family convicted for their roles in a shocking axe attack in a village outside of Haparanda in northern Sweden earlier this year have decided to appeal the judgments. https://www.thelocal.se/20090108/16786 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:19:00 +0100 16786 Five members of the same family were found guilty on Friday of involvement in a vicious axe attack against a 47-year-old man last spring near Haparanda in northern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20081212/16306 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:00:00 +0100 16306 The 16-year-old girl from northern Sweden who was feared kidnapped has been found across the border in Finland. https://www.thelocal.se/20081201/16038 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:50:00 +0100 16038 A father and his five children were charged on Thursday for their involvement in a vicious axe attack against a 47-year-old man last spring near Haparanda in northern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20081113/15670 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:50:00 +0100 15670 A 32-year-old woman, who along with her brother attacked and raped a woman in her 60s, has been sentenced to six years in prison for rape. https://www.thelocal.se/20080604/12224 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:40:00 +0200 12224