Uppsala County

How the Brain Responds to Drugs for Anxiety and Depression

Researchers, when studying the effects of medication use placebos, to test how well a drug really works. They provide real medication to some study participants, and placebos to others. Placebos are drugs that have no...

Religious Leaders Call For Climate Action

A high-level inter-faith conference in the Swedish city of Uppsala has come out with a manifesto calling for action on climate change. The faith leaders there hope this will be taken onboard at this week’s top level United...

Interfaith Leaders Discuss Climate

A historic interfaith conference on the global environment has ended in Uppsala with a joint declaration to be delivered to experts and political leaders gathering this week in the Polish city of Poznán and in the Danish...

Pre-teen joyrider bitten by police dog

New feature Double click on a word to get a translation An 11-year-old boy was bitten by a police dog on Friday evening after the stolen car that he was driving was stopped. The boy and his three accomplices tried to flee on...

Interfaith Climate Summit 2008 opens in Uppsala Sweden

Swedish Crown Princess Victoria declared opening of the Interfaith Climate Summit 2008 in the Great Cathedral in Uppsala on Friday. Anders Wejryd, Swedish Archbishop of Uppsala and Primate of the Church of Sweden made a keynote...

Teenagers Turning to Painkillers

27-Nov-2008

There’s been a sharp rise in painkiller use by the young in central Sweden. Swedish radio news reports that Uppsala county, just north of Stockholm, has seen a million more daily doses bought last year. There’s an...

Jewish Studies Prof to Sign Uppsala Manifesto at Climate Change Summit

Arizona State University Professor Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, director of the Jewish Studies program, will be one of 30 representatives of different major faith traditions discussing the world's climate issues at the Interfaith...

Passengers wait out airport delays

New feature Double click on a word to get a translation An estimated 6,000 to 7,000 passengers have been affected by delays at Stockholm's The majority of flights are delayed by around two hours, though the airport is urging...

Hindus Blame World-Level Uppsala 'Interfaith Climate Summit' for Unfairness

The World-level grand "Interfaith Climate Summit" to be held at Uppsala (Sweden) on November 28-29 has come under heavy criticism because of allegedly unfair representation of various religions on its list of select...

Mekonomen Acquires Eight Stores From Micro (Business Wire)

Tuesday November 11, 3:09 am ET Mekonomen has signed an agreement with Micro AB regarding the acquisition of eight Micro stores in Sweden, in Boras, Eskilstuna, Gavle, Helsingborg, Malmo, Loddekopinge, Uddevalla and Uppsala....

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