Sweden's riots: Is the integration of immigrants failing?
HUNDREDS of cars set on fire, a school in flames and angry youths hurling stones at the police. This is not the banlieue in France but suburbs in supposedly peaceful Sweden. Six nights of arson and...
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UK Only Article: standard article Issue: The strange rebirth of liberal England Fly Title: Sweden’s riots Rubric: A Scandinavian idyll is disrupted by arson and...
View ArticleStart-ups in Sweden: Standing out without showing it
SWEDES don’t like to boast. In private this may be a pleasant trait. But in the highly competitive world of technology start-ups—and the places where they cluster (“ecosystems” in the lingo)—it is a...
View ArticleSweden and America: A president’s first-ever visit
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View ArticleMobile payments: Swedish ambition
MOBILE payment platforms have suffered several false starts over the past few years. The Economist noted that usage of mobile wallets, where smartphones can be used to pay...
View ArticleAstrophysics: Gotcha!
ONE of the reasons science is so powerful is its ability to predict the existence of things long before they can be confirmed by experiment. To take just the most recent, and famous, example, the...
View ArticleQ&A: Lukas Moodysson: Happy returns
LUKAS MOODYSSON, a Swedish poet and novelist, made his debut as a film screenwriter-director in 1998 with “Show Me Love”—a lesbian teenage romance that beat Abdellatif Kechiche’s “Blue Is The Warmest...
View ArticlePopping property bubbles: Choosing the right pin
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: That sinking feeling (again) Fly Title: Popping property bubbles Rubric: House prices in Europe are losing touch with...
View ArticleSwedish submarine hunt: What lies beneath
IT WAS as though the cold war had never ended. A hazy shape spotted by island residents in the southern Stockholm archipelago on October 17th quickly prompted suspicions of an incursion by a...
View ArticleSweden’s submarine hunt: Echoes of the cold war
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: The world’s biggest economic problem Fly Title: Sweden’s submarine hunt Rubric: The frustrating search for a suspected...
View ArticleEntrepreneurship: Quietly doing well
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View ArticleManhood: Men adrift
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: The weaker sex Fly Title: Manhood Rubric: Badly educated men in rich countries have not adapted well to trade,...
View ArticleThe Economist explains: Why fintech won't kill banks
BANKS weren’t much loved before 2007, and the bailing-out of a bunch of them in the financial crisis hardly helped endear them to the public. A slew of startups in the “fintech” space—short for...
View ArticleProperty in Sweden: Home is where the heartache is
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: The indispensable European Fly Title: Property in Sweden Rubric: House prices in Sweden continue to soar, to regulators’...
View ArticleThe future of the Nobel prize: Throw caution to the wind?
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View ArticleDaily chart: Happiness in Europe
ALTHOUGH there are many reasons for Europeans to feel gloomy at present—from an appalling migration crisis to the possibility that Britain may leave the European Union—many, instead, seem to be...
View ArticleThe Wallenberg group: A Nordic pyramid
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View ArticleGlobal house prices: Hot in the city
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View ArticleSpotify: These boots are made for walking
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View ArticleThe Economist playlist: Music to read The Economist by: May 7th 2016
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View ArticleRobotics: The fantastic voyage
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: When the drugs don’t work Fly Title: Robotics Main image: Ice and an origami slice Rubric: Sending tiny robots...
View ArticleEurope’s disappearing cash: Emptying the tills
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View ArticleArchitecture in Sweden: Nobel, unprized
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View ArticleLow-tech attack: Sweden becomes the latest victim of vehicular terrorism
Print section UK Only Article: standard article Fly Title: Low-tech attack Byline: J.W. Main image: 20170415_blp904.jpg IT WAS a new location, but a familiar...
View ArticleDaily chart: Global liveability has improved for the first time in a decade
Main image: THE past decade has been a tumultuous one. Civil wars, terrorist attacks and a financial meltdown have put pressure on the quality of life around the world. Small wonder then that...
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