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 Sweden's largest commercial broadcaster TV4 and streaming service C More were turned off for one third of the population at midnight after a breakdown in talks with telecom firm Com Hem. https://www.thelocal.se/20191211/why-did-several-swedish-tv-channels-go-off-air-at-midnight Wed, 11 Dec 2019 08:32:54 +0100 why-did-several-swedish-tv-channels-go-off-air-at-midnight Thousands of women in Sweden have attested to sexual harassment in the workplace over recent weeks, and now Sweden's Equality Ombudsman will review practices in dozens of companies in a bid to tackle the widespread problems. https://www.thelocal.se/20171124/discrimination-watchdog-to-review-harassment-practices-in-40-swedish-companies Fri, 24 Nov 2017 09:59:30 +0100 discrimination-watchdog-to-review-harassment-practices-in-40-swedish-companies The Turkish embassy in Stockholm tried to bring pressure to bear over a TV4 documentary, according to the station's programme director, Viveka Hansson. https://www.thelocal.se/20160424/turks-and-greens-tried-to-silence-swedish-media-tv4 Sun, 24 Apr 2016 17:25:01 +0200 turks-and-greens-tried-to-silence-swedish-media-tv4 A pornographic film was shown live during a Swedish television news broadcast on Monday adding an unexpected erotic twist to an otherwise sober report about embattled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. https://www.thelocal.se/20130107/45468 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:30:00 +0100 45468 The Swede who managed to buy two winning Triss scratch-off lottery tickets in three days appeared on TV4 on Tuesday morning and won over two million kronor ($317,000). https://www.thelocal.se/20110830/35848 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:50:00 +0200 35848 A man has reported Swedish television network TV4 after his 21-year-old foster son took his life following the airing of a programme on criminal gangs in which the young man took part. https://www.thelocal.se/20110209/31942 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:39:00 +0100 31942 The far-right Sweden Democrats have submitted their own election film for review by one of the country's top legal officials after TV4 refused to broadcast the advert on grounds that it promoted religious hatred. https://www.thelocal.se/20100828/28632 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:21:00 +0200 28632 Swedish TV channel TV4 announced on Friday that it has refused to broadcast a campaign advert by the far-right Sweden Democrats because it claims it contains racial hatred. https://www.thelocal.se/20100827/28622 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:33:00 +0200 28622 A journalist employed by Sweden’s TV4 was taken to hospital early Wednesday morning following a powerful explosion at the door of her Stockholm apartment. https://www.thelocal.se/20090520/19562 Wed, 20 May 2009 13:27:00 +0200 19562 Sweden's TV4 group is set to buy television company C More Entertainment from Germany's ProSiebenSat 1. https://www.thelocal.se/20080616/12456 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:45:00 +0200 12456 On Monday yet another journalist was attacked at the site where a man was murdered in the Bergsjön district of Gothenburg on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20080325/10686 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:30:00 +0100 10686 TV4 has reported chief prosecutor Christer van der Kvast to the Chancellor of Justice following a raid on the station's offices this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20071109/9051 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:26:00 +0100 9051 Police raided the offices of TV4 in Stockholm on Wednesday in an attempt to obtain a copy of a restaurant bill paid by reporter Anders Pihlblad. https://www.thelocal.se/20071107/9033 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:23:00 +0100 9033 A row has broken out after Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's closest aide, State Secretary Ulrica Schenström, was photographed apparently kissing a journalist in a Stockholm bar. Social Democrats have called for her resignation, but Reinfeldt has said they are making a fuss about nothing. https://www.thelocal.se/20071026/8907 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:27:00 +0200 8907 The amount of Swedish-language programming on Sweden's network television channels has fallen drastically over the past few years, with mainly English language imports taking up much of the slack. https://www.thelocal.se/20071011/8755 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:07:00 +0200 8755 Several Swedish and Danish news media outlets said on Monday they had been contacted by Burmese regime officials urging them to withdraw their reporters from the country for their own safety. https://www.thelocal.se/20071001/8661 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:15:00 +0200 8661 Police have raided the house of prizewinning TV reporter Trond Sefastsson, following allegations of fraud, making illegal threats and bribery. https://www.thelocal.se/20070919/8550 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:39:00 +0200 8550 Swedish television channel TV4 has suspended a journalist amid suspicion that the man had received money from other sources to make certain reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20070901/8359 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:06:00 +0200 8359 "I never got the Vagina Monologues. Everyone knows that if vaginas could talk, they'd sound exactly like Enya," comedian Dylan Moran once said. https://www.thelocal.se/20070221/6480 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:25:00 +0100 6480 Swedish television channel TV4 will be allow to show as many commercials as satellite competitors TV3 and Kanal 5, under new proposals from the government. https://www.thelocal.se/20070215/6414 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:23:00 +0100 6414