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 A 63-year-old Finnish man calmly walked into a petrol station in northern Sweden on Tuesday night and confessed to a double murder in his home country, prompting the surprised station owner to ring the police before inviting the self-confessed killer to coffee. https://www.thelocal.se/20121024/44026 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:30:00 +0200 44026 A man in southern Sweden, busy mowing the lawn of his private garden near his home between Trelleborg and Ystad, was shocked to see something unexpected sticking out of the ground. https://www.thelocal.se/20120807/42468 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:49:00 +0200 42468 Greenpeace activists halted an icebreaker headed for the Arctic for a third time this week, in a bid to block plans by Anglo Dutch giant Shell to drill for oil in the region, the environmental group said Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120504/40638 Fri, 04 May 2012 13:00:00 +0200 40638 UK-Dutch energy firm Royal Dutch Shell has received the retroactive backing of an environmental court over its test drilling for natural gas in Skåne in southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20100419/26160 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:17:00 +0200 26160 7-Eleven is set to take over the running of Shell's Swedish stores. https://www.thelocal.se/20070827/8303 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:28:00 +0200 8303 Shell's Swedish refinery business, Shell Raffinaderi, has been charged with causing environmental damage and breaching regulations on flammable and explosive products. https://www.thelocal.se/20051011/2262-2 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:29:00 +0200 2262-2 More than 300 cars snaked through the Swedish countryside for hours on Thursday as motorists patiently inched their way towards what in these days of sky-high pump prices was an irresistible offer: free gas. https://www.thelocal.se/20050915/2093-3 Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:22:00 +0200 2093-3