DANGER, SWEDEN IS ABOUT TO CRASH!

[joeblow]

I've been seeing a lot of fucking weird shit here in Sweden, too many to completely list, but here are some of the most interesting tidbits:

Reversal in defence policy reforms
The government has decided against disbanding army units as a part of Sweden's ongoing defence policy reform process, electing instead to create a new ground combat reserve group.
http://www.thelocal.se/18188/20090313/

Swedish labour model talks collapse
Talks between Sweden's main employers' and employees' associations on a major revision to the agreement which has governed Sweden's labour relations for seven decades, collapsed on Wednesday.The talks began in August 2008 and were described as a new Saltsjöbaden agreement (Saltsjöbadsavtalet) - a landmark deal signed in 1938 in the Stockholm suburb of the same name which has governed Swedish labour relations since.
http://www.thelocal.se/18136/20090311/

'Sweden doesn't need more universities': Leijonborg
The government has said it plans to reject applications from Swedish colleges (högskolor) interested in upgrading their status to full-fledged universities.
http://www.thelocal.se/18192/20090313/

Police in nationwide sweep of drug buyers
Swedish police on Thursday carried out raids against 447 suspected drugs buyers across the entire country.
http://www.thelocal.se/18190/20090313/

Security police probe Södertälje fires
Three supermarkets were destroyed and a fourth damaged as a wave of arson attacks hit Södertälje in central Sweden in the early hours of Thursday morning. Security police (Säpo) have been called in to investigate a connection between the attacks and an anti-US extreme left wing group.
http://www.thelocal.se/17844/20090226/

Layoffs hit Sweden's schools
Teachers are in danger of losing their jobs in roughly one third of Sweden's 290 municipalities, a sign that the weak economy is now set to take its toll on the country's schools.
http://www.thelocal.se/18126/20090311/