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 The Swedish government is set to invest another five million kronor ($604,671) to fight the country's surging mosquito population, it was announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150624/sweden-invests-millions-to-take-sting-out-of-pests Wed, 24 Jun 2015 19:37:29 +0200 sweden-invests-millions-to-take-sting-out-of-pests Gävleborg County Council in northern Sweden has announced that it has recruited 200 cows to graze land where mosquitoes lay their eggs in a bid to deal with the problem which afflicts residents of the Dalälv region every summer. https://www.thelocal.se/20130703/48836 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:06:00 +0200 48836 The mounting mosquito problems in the Dalälven region, in central Sweden, have resulted in a governmental plan to use helicopters to bomb the blood-thirsty insects to death before the summer season commences. https://www.thelocal.se/20120427/40512 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:18:00 +0200 40512 Residents of the sleepy farming district of Österfärnebo in eastern Sweden blame bureaucratic obstinacy for bringing plague-like swarms of mosquitoes to their village. https://www.thelocal.se/20090710/20582 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:41:00 +0200 20582 In their annual efforts to neutralize the expected masses of mosquitoes this summer, Swedish pest control experts are targeting an area of eastern Sweden along the Dalälven River long known as a major breeding ground for the blood-thirsty insects. https://www.thelocal.se/20090623/20214 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:49:00 +0200 20214