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 Swedish woman armed with nothing but her wits and a bucket has told how she fought off an army of almost 2,000 Spanish slugs. https://www.thelocal.se/20150630/swedish-woman-battles-killer-slug-invasion Tue, 30 Jun 2015 12:39:20 +0200 swedish-woman-battles-killer-slug-invasion An elderly man armed with an ice-scraper in western Sweden has taken extreme measures after Spanish "killer" slugs took over his café. https://www.thelocal.se/20120716/42050 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:33:00 +0200 42050 A woman in eastern Sweden has taken matters into her own hands after an army of Spanish "killer" slugs threatened to take over her garden – having personally killed 14,000 of the marauding creatures since May. https://www.thelocal.se/20120709/41922 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:06:00 +0200 41922 A 59-year-old man in western Sweden has been found guilty of harassment after dumping a bag full of killer slugs in a neighbouring woman's garden. https://www.thelocal.se/20100516/26670 Sun, 16 May 2010 14:35:00 +0200 26670 Agriculture authorities in Sweden are setting up battle stations in the country’s continuing struggle to fight off killer slugs. https://www.thelocal.se/20090618/20138 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:39:00 +0200 20138 'Killer' slugs which have previously only been a pest in southern Sweden have now been found in the northern reaches of the country. Umeå is the furthest north the voracious pests have been spotted. https://www.thelocal.se/20080920/14460 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:17:00 +0200 14460 The Swedish Chemicals Agency (Kemikalieinspektionen) has approved the use of tiny nematode roundworms to fight the scourge of the Spanish 'killer' slugs. https://www.thelocal.se/20080419/11210 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:15:00 +0200 11210 Coming up with measures to combat unemployment is easy. But what is the government to do about those killer slugs? https://www.thelocal.se/20080415/11132 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:55:00 +0200 11132 Wildflowers, killer slugs and tics have made their debut early this year in Sweden, due to an unusually mild winter. https://www.thelocal.se/20080114/9647 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:01:00 +0100 9647 The hot topic of conversation among Swedish gardeners this summer has been how to deal with the unprecedented numbers of slugs devouring their way across the rain-soaked country in recent weeks. https://www.thelocal.se/20070719/7939 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:25:00 +0200 7939 Sweden's wet summer may have driven much of the human population indoors but for the country's growing numbers of Arion lusitanicus, or Spanish slugs, the moist conditions could not be more ideal. https://www.thelocal.se/20070713/7887 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:04:00 +0200 7887