Sweden’s Pirate Party looking for local power
Confidence fills the offices of Sweden’s upstart Pirate Party thanks to their recent victory in the EU elections. Now, the youthful political party is...
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Israel criticises Swedish democracy (updated)
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs this week criticised Swedish democracy and freedom of speech, following an article in Aftonbladet in which the...
Saab sales in Sweden hit rock bottom
It’s not a good time to be a car dealer in Sweden. The lingering economic recession affected consumer car sales to the tune of a 13.9 percent drop in ...
Greenpeace out to save the Nordic cod
Despite the vocal protests of the Swedish government, Greenpeace has started its plan to drop large boulders into the Kattegat sound between the Danis...
Two Stockholm teens murder peer
The June murder of a 15 year-old girl in a wooded area near the Stockholm suburb of Stureby has been officially attributed to her two teen friends ove...
Princess Madeleine of Sweden engaged to long time boyfriend
The royal court of Sweden today announced that Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine Therese Amelie Josephine has become engaged to Jonas Bergstrom, a...
Stockholm’s jumbo jet hostel needs emergency landing
Just seven months after it opened its hatch for business, the world’s first hostel built within an abandoned jumbo jet has been put up for sale. The n...
Taliban commander warns Swedish soldiers they are targets
In reprisal for the killing of three Taliban fighters by Swedish soldiers last week during an ambush on the all-Nordic patrol, a regional Taliban comm...