Pakistan, India lead response to Swedish land offer

STOCKHOLM: A town in Sweden was inundated with emails and phone calls from Pakistan, India, the United States and Australia after offering land at less than 10 euro cents ($0.11) per square metre, its mayor said on Monday.

The mayor of Gotene had to temporarily suspend sales after the local government was overwhelmed by requests for plots.

“We launched this campaign in mid-April. It was a bit of a crazy idea, but also a joke to be honest. It was a marketing operation,” said Johan Mansson...