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July 11, 2016 2:12 AM
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Sweden opened a stretch of electric highway, becoming the first country to test electric power for heavy transport. Electric-powered trucks are expected to cut 80 to 90 percent of fossil fuel emissions in Sweden. A 22 kilometer (or roughly 13 miles) stretch of the E16 road—which connects Oslo
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April 20, 2016 2:47 AM
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While many of us are working to ensure that the Occupy movement will have a lasting impact, it’s worthwhile to consider other countries where masses of people succeeded in nonviolently bringing about a high degree of democracy and economic justice. Sweden and Norway, for example, both experienced a major power shift in the 1930s after …
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jean lievens
January 10, 2016 4:08 AM
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Sweden is moving to a six-hour working day in a bid to increase productivity and make people happier. Employers across the country have already made the change, according to the Science Alert website, which said the aim was to get more done in a shorter amount of time and ensure people had the energy to enjoy their private lives.
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December 13, 2015 10:40 AM
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October 9, 2015 3:11 PM
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From Mattias Jägerskog in Gothenburg, Sweden: “This is huge: Hertz renting cars becomes free of charge ridesharing cars – and Skjutsgruppen becomes a first of its kind search engine in Europe! We’ve been working with this for a couple of months and it’s rolling out right now. We want to be modest with saying “Europe” …
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May 31, 2015 1:33 PM
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PaulR sez, "Swedish, poet, novelist and scholar Lars Gustafsson blogged his reasons for voting for the Pirate Party in the next Swedish election to the European Parliament, to be held on 7 June 2009."
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jean lievens
April 24, 2015 3:35 PM
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Members of the Swedish Pirate Party will vote to decide whether or not to terminate the Party's Observer Membership status within Pirate Parties International (PPI).
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March 19, 2015 5:30 PM
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Officially opening its doors on 26th March 2015, Stockholm-based THINGS is Sweden’s first co-working space for hardware start-ups, focusing on high growth areas such as the Internet of Things, wearables, 3D scanning and printing, and medtech.
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December 2, 2014 3:56 PM
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Energy company Vattenfall is suing Germany for phasing out nuclear power and replacing it with renewables. In a secret court, the company is demanding a whopping 4.7 billion Euros in compensation.
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jean lievens
October 6, 2014 11:56 AM
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In the late 1800s, Sweden was the most telephone-dense country in the world, and Stockholm had more telephones than any of the major cities in the world, with 4,832 subscribers. Because of this huge demand, the decision was made in 1887 to build Telefontornet.
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August 10, 2014 3:13 AM
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* PhD Thesis: ANNA SERAVALLI. MAKING COMMONS (attempts at composing prospects in the opening of production). Doctoral dissertation in Interaction Design. Malmö University, School of Arts and Communication, Faculty: Culture and Society, 2014
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April 17, 2014 12:27 AM
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22 global cities implement urban & social innovations to improve lives of 121 million citizens.
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January 23, 2014 5:30 PM
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At the top of the list comparing 31 cities around the world on aspects of ICT maturity, economy, social development and environmental progress is Stockholm, capital of Sweden, followed closely by London, Singapore and Paris. These are the top-ranking cities in the Networked Society City Index a valuable asset for analyzing the correlation between triple bottom line performance and ICT maturity in cities.
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June 1, 2016 3:41 PM
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January 28, 2016 12:27 PM
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SHARE ALIKE Anyone can open up their closet, however. Would-be participants only have to snap a photo of the item they want to share, upload it to Instagram,
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jean lievens
January 5, 2016 5:25 PM
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Europe’s passport-free Schengen zone is facing the biggest test of its two-decade existence after Sweden re-imposed controls on visitors crossing from Denmark across what had been one of most open borders in the world. Hours after the measures came into effect, Denmark announced it would slap new controls on its own border with Germany, while Berlin warned that the 26-nation zone of passport-free travel was now “in danger”.
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October 18, 2015 7:16 AM
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Despite research telling us it’s a really bad idea, many of us end up working 50-hour weeks or more because we think we’ll get more done and reap the benefits later. And according to a study published last month involving 600,000 people, those of...
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jean lievens
June 18, 2015 5:03 PM
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This post was originally published on this site Published time: June 16, 2015 15:50 Pirate Party leader Rick Falkvinge (Reuters/Bob Strong) The leader of Sweden’s Pirate Party has launched a news service to compete with “old media.” Stories will...
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May 11, 2015 12:44 PM
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The Pirate Party of Sweden (PPSE) has become the latest national party to leave Pirate Parties International (PPI), following a vote taken at the currently ongoing PPSE General Assembly.
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March 23, 2015 1:40 PM
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February 7, 2015 1:42 PM
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Work is really getting under some workers’ skin.
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November 11, 2014 7:04 AM
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The latest Networked Society City Index from Ericsson marks Sweden’s Stockholm as the world’s most ICT-mature city once again.
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October 5, 2014 2:27 PM
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The dog days of summer will feel even longer in Sweden for government workers with more leisure time on their hands, thanks to a new six-hour work day.
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August 8, 2014 3:31 PM
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* PhD Thesis: ANNA SERAVALLI. MAKING COMMONS (attempts at composing prospects in the opening of production). Doctoral dissertation in Interaction Design. Malmö University, School of Arts and Communication, Faculty: Culture and Society, 2014
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jean lievens
March 12, 2014 1:30 PM
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"We have a word for social entrepreneurs in Sweden. They're called 'Stipsters' – it means a startup hipster," says Johan Wendt, the entrepreneur behind world-leading Scandinavian social enterpriseMattecentrum.
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