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Broad agreement on Swedish Afghanistan policy

Sweden | 2010-11-01

A cross bloc border agreement on the Swedish Afghanistan policy was presented today at a joint press conference with the government, the Social democrats and the Greens.

Suspicion of terrorist crimes remains

Sweden | 2010-11-01 | 1 comment

The four men taken by the police on suspicion of terrorism crimes in Gothenburg this weekend has been released, and the risk of bombs at the shopping mall ´Nordstan´ in Gothenburg is likely to be...

The King: "Things that happened long ago"

Sweden | 2010-11-04 | 2 comments

Swedish media have lately given much attention to scandal information in a book...

U.S. secret surveillance confirmed

Sweden | 2010-11-06 | 1 comment

The U.S. Embassy in Sweden has taken similar surveillance measures such as those recently revealed in Norway. Today this was acknowledged by the Minister of Justice, Beatrice Ask, at a press...

Man arrested for Malmö shootings (updated)

Sweden | 2010-11-07 | 1 comment

One man has been arrested for the shootings in Malmö. The police held a press conference at about it today.

Racist shootings suspect remanded in custody

Sweden | 2010-11-09

The 38-year old man in Malmö who is arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in Malmö was today formally remanded into custody by district court of Malmö today.

Data traffic to be stored

Sweden | 2010-11-11 | 1 comment

Phone and Internet service providers may become forced to store logs on phone calls, text messages, email, and internet connections for six months. This will be the case if...

Security Service criticised for terrorist arrests

Sweden | 2010-11-13

Two weeks ago, a possible bombing was imminent and the public was alerted. Sweden′s second largest city, Gothenburg, became paralysed. The Swedish Security Service feared a terrorist attacks with up...

Sweden criticised for deporting Iraqis (updated)

Sweden | 2010-11-16 | 4 comments

61 deportations of Iraqis from Sweden have so far been stopped on request by the...

Assange detained for rape

Sweden | 2010-11-18 | 16 comments

The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, were during Thursday afternoon detained in his absence on suspicion of, among else, rape. An international warrant against Assange...

Swedish suicide bomber in Iraq

Sweden | 2010-11-19 | 15 comments

The Swedish 36-year-old went to Iraq - to die as a martyr for the terrorist group The Islamic State of Iraq. In the city of Mosul, he blew himself up and killed several people. Back home in Sweden he...

Thailand buys more Gripen from Sweden

Sweden | 2010-11-23 | 4 comments

Thailand has ordered six Gripen jets from Sweden. This writes Saab on its homepage. Thailand ordered six Gripen fighter jets in 2008 and now it has decided to order another six.

Neo-Nazi leader admits Auschwitz Theft

Sweden | 2010-11-25 | 2 comments

The former neo-Nazi leader Anders Högstrom, aged 35, was charged with having ordered the theft of the iron portal "Arbeit macht frei" from the former concentration camp in Auschwitz. The Swede has...

Verdicts in Pirate bay case

Sweden | 2010-11-26

The secondary court in Stockholm convicted today the persons behind the Pirate bay to prison. The established damage is higher than decided by the municipal court last year.

Sweden warned before Wikileaks release

Sweden | 2010-11-27

American diplomats have secretly warned the Swedish Foreign Ministry and the Government that Wikileaks in the near future will publish a large amount of highly sensitive U.S. diplomatic documents....

Parasite in local tap water in Östersund

Sweden | 2010-11-29

A parasite in the drinking water in Östersund in the Swedish province of Jämtland has caused stomach disease among many local residents.

805 Swedish cables by WikiLeaks

Sweden | 2010-11-30 | 9 comments

Last Sunday WikiLeaks started to publish the announced American diplomatic cables under the name ”Cablegate”. 805 of them are tagged with SW for Sweden.

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