Femen activists bare breasts in Swedish mosque
Members of the protest group Femen bared their breasts once more, on this occasion in a mosque in Stockholm. Three members of the Ukraine-based group,...
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Sweden: fall in number of hate crime reports
Hate crime reports in Sweden have fallen by six per cent in the past five years, according to the Criminal Prevention Council, Brottsforebyggande Rade...
Sweden reputation is second best in the world
Sweden has been named the second most reputable country in the world, according to a US-based Reputation Institute study. The Reputation Institute pub...
Europe’s richest person to return to Sweden
IKEA founder and Europe’s richest person Ingvar Kamprad has said he plans to return to Sweden. Kamprad, who has a fortune of $51.7bn and is the world’...
Swedish bus strikes spread to other cities
A bus driver strike has affected transport services in Stockholm and Umeå last week before spreading to other cities across Sweden as unions and emplo...
Sweden sentences Stanislas Mbanebabde over Rwandan genocide crimes
A Swedish court has jailed Stanislas Mbanenande for life for his role in the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Mbanenande, who is of Rwandan origin but now a ...
Sweden struggling to control puppy smuggling problem
Around 2,000 puppies are smuggled into Sweden each year, putting the country at risk of rabies, according to new statistics. Swedish Customs and the A...
Stockholm Abba museum criticised for child entry policy
The newly opened Abba museum in Stockholm has been criticised over its entry policy after a woman was made to pay an entry fee for a child she was car...