Iceland Foreign Minister submits Application for EU to Sweden today
Ossur Skarphedinsson, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Iceland, handed over the membership application for the Republic of Iceland to join the European ...
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Sweden’s Pirate Bay website may go legitimate
Having survived its recent court case for copyright infringement, Sweden’s popular file sharing website, The Pirate Bay, is now considering going legi...
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...