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 Ericsson has confirmed how many workers will lose their jobs at its offices in Kumla and Borås as part of a major cost-cutting programme which will see around 3000 laid off in total across Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20161129/ericsson-confirms-job-cuts-at-swedish-factories Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:20:23 +0100 ericsson-confirms-job-cuts-at-swedish-factories A prosecutor is looking for a harsher penalty than two years in prison for a man who drove a 13-year-old girl to suicide by threatening to publish sex acts he allegedly made her perform online. https://www.thelocal.se/20131122/cyberbullys-prison-sentence-appealed Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:07:00 +0100 cyberbullys-prison-sentence-appealed A 45-year-old man was sent to prison on Monday after driving a 13-year-old girl to suicide by threatening to publish sex acts he allegedly made her perform online. https://www.thelocal.se/20131104/cyberbully-jailed-after-teen-girls-suicide Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:39:00 +0100 cyberbully-jailed-after-teen-girls-suicide The trial started on Wednesday of a 45-year-old man suspected of driving a 13-year-old girl to suicide by threatening to publish sex acts he allegedly made her perform online. He faces multiple child sex charges. https://www.thelocal.se/20131002/50552 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:39:00 +0200 50552 Swedish national rail operator SJ has apologized after identifying a family who lacked tickets as "asylum seekers" over a train loudspeaker system. https://www.thelocal.se/20121028/44098 Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:18:00 +0100 44098 An 11-year-old girl went missing near Kumla in central Sweden on Tuesday night after a conductor forced her to get off a train travelling from Örebro to Gothenburg because she was unable to show her ticket. https://www.thelocal.se/20110803/35322 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:38:00 +0200 35322 Two 20-year-old men have been sentenced to three years in prison for raping a 17-year-old boy at a party in Kumla in central Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20090527/19698 Wed, 27 May 2009 16:58:00 +0200 19698 At least six young men are suspected of raping a 17-year-old boy at a party in Kumla in central Sweden on Saturday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20090327/18512 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:33:00 +0100 18512 After 16 years behind bars, John Ausonius, better known as the Laser Man wants to have a time limit placed his lifetime prison sentence. https://www.thelocal.se/20080423/11302 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:02:00 +0200 11302 An inmate at a jail in central Sweden has cut off his ear in protest at restrictions on visits from his family. https://www.thelocal.se/20071003/8683 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:25:00 +0200 8683 A notorious police murderer in one of Sweden's top-security jails has started a hunger strike over what he claims is guards' refusal to let him hug his relatives. But the prison service denies that they prevent prisoners having physical contact with their families. https://www.thelocal.se/20071001/8654 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:12:00 +0200 8654