Swedish train drivers can swap skirts for shorts
A Swedish train company has lifted a shorts ban which had led to a group of disgruntled drivers wearing skirts to work in protest at the initial rulin...
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Finland president criticises Swedish Air Force
Finland President Sauli Niinistö has said that although the Swedish air surveillance “doze off” on occasions, the two countries still agree on securit...
Doubts over age of asylum seekers
Migration authorities in Sweden have revealed that around 12 percent of juvenile asylum seekers that have arrived in the country so far this year migh...
Swedish pilot dies in air show accident
A 67-year-old Swedish pilot was killed when his plane crashed just moments after taking off at an air show in the east of the country.
Sweden wants to open child centre in Kabul
The Swedish Migration Board has begun talks with authorities in Afghanistan about opening a centre in the capital, Kabul, for unaccompanied children w...
Indonesia’s President visits Sweden
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia arrived at Arlanda Airport Monday night for a whistle-stop visit of Sweden that ended 36 hours later.
UFC fighter Reza Madadi arrested for theft in Sweden
UFC lightweight fighter Reza Madadi has been arrested for an incident in the early hours of Friday when he allegedly broke into a shop and made off wi...
Swedes pay less tax than others
Sweden has long been considered one of the most taxed countries in the world, but the middle class in at least 19 other countries pay more of their in...