Rwandan genocide suspect extradited by Sweden
In a first of its kind, Sweden is set to extradite a Rwandan man who has been accused of active participation in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Sylvere ...
Sweden’s Ericsson inks huge deal with US-based Sprint
Sweden’s massive communications company, Ericsson, has signed a deal with Sprint Nextel to take over the day-to-day management of the US telecom netwo...
Sweden’s government monopoly on pharmacies ends
The legal drugs market has finally been cracked open now that Sweden’s state-run monopoly on pharmacies has officially ended. This will allow new comp...
Beware of pizza in Halmsted, Sweden
After conducting standard food safety inspections at restaurants in the Swedish city of Halmstad, it was discovered that nearly 90 per cent of establi...
Relations between Sweden and Russia get frosty
Sweden’s traditionally tenuous relationship with Russia has once again jumped into the limelight after Moscow objected to Swedish plans to hold a majo...
First anti-piracy case enforced under new laws
The effects of April’s landmark new copyright laws in Sweden are beginning to emerge, as the first case related to copyright infringement has been hea...
Court decides no retrial for Pirate Bay Four
The Swedish Court of Appeals has ruled that there will be no retrial in the case of the Pirate Bay file-sharing website. Claims were made that one of ...
Sweden faces tough road with EU presidency
As Sweden assumes the presidency of the European Union today, it inherits financial crisis, a tenuous balance of power in the region, and major concer...