A French court ruled Tuesday that Ikea had set up an elaborate system to illegally spy on hundreds of employees and job applicants over several years, using private detectives as well as police sources. The French unit of the Swedish furniture giant was fined one million euros ($1.2 million) while its former chief Jean-Louis Baillot […]
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Wave of shootings in Sweden as gangs settle scores
Honour, debts, and prestige are serving as the pretext for an increasing number of deadly shootings that challenge the ideals of equality and social harmony on which modern Sweden was built. “You strengthen your own gang by eliminating an external threat and you gain prestige,” Eddy Paver, a reformed former member of a biker gang, […]
Ecolean set to invest $110 million in ecofriendly packaging
Sweden based manufacturing company Ecolean has set to launch its first ecofriendly packaging plant in Pakistan with an investment of 110 million US dollars. This was disclosed by company manager Zeeshan Asif during a briefing with a group of journalists. He said that it was the first packaging supplier in the world to review the […]
Swedish intellectuals form new literature prize in Nobel protest
AFP/File / Jonathan NACKSTRAND There will be no Nobel Literature Prize this year What do you do when this year’s Nobel Literature Prize, the world’s most prestigious accolade of its kind, is postponed because of a sexual assault scandal? You create your own award. More than 100 Swedish intellectuals have joined forces to form a […]
MAMA MIA! ABBA to reunite after 35 long years!
STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s legendary disco group ABBA announced on Friday that they have reunited to record two new songs 35 years after their last single, sparking joy and surprise among fans. “We all felt that, after 35 years, it could be fun to join forces again and go into the recording studio. So we did,” the group […]