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Sweden proposes 'total' ban on bestiality

Sweden proposes 'total' ban on bestiality

Sweden on Thursday proposed legislation that would completely outlaw bestiality, tightening current rules that only prohibit sex with animals that causes mental or physical harm. READ () »

Sweden mulls sending troops to Golan Heights

Sweden mulls sending troops to Golan Heights

The UN has asked Sweden to contribute peace-keeping troops to the Israeli-Syrian border region the Golan Heights, as tensions in the region mount. READ () »

Assange extradition fight
Assange awaits new Ecuadorean landlord

Assange awaits new Ecuadorean landlord

Ecuador is set to replace its ambassador to the UK, denying claims the current envoy was being made to leave for allowing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to seek refuge from Sweden's extradition demands at their London address. READ () »

'Media may call Sweden Democrats xenophobic'

'Media may call Sweden Democrats xenophobic'

Referring to the far-right, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats as a "xenophobic" political party does not run afoul of rules requiring impartiality by Swedish broadcasters, an oversight body has ruled. READ () »

Past US envoy in Sweden tipped for UK post

Past US envoy in Sweden tipped for UK post

Matthew Barzun, who served as Barack Obama's first US ambassador in Stockholm, has been tipped to be the next American ambassador in London, according to British media reports. READ () »

Discrimination unit heads to Stockholm suburbs

Discrimination unit heads to Stockholm suburbs

The government has ordered Sweden's Equality Ombudsman, the country's primary arbiter of discrimination claims, to relocate its offices to a north Stockholm suburb with a high concentration of immigrants. READ () »

Swedes mull Stockholm Olympic Games bid

Swedes mull Stockholm Olympic Games bid

The head of the Swedish National Olympic Committee has claimed that there is popular support for a Stockholm bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics, while the government has expressed doubt over the prospects of success. READ () »

Unions urge Social Democrats to go it alone

Unions urge Social Democrats to go it alone

A majority of the unions in the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) wants the Social Democrats to enter the 2014 elections alone, and not to promise a ministerial post to the Greens or the Left Party. READ () »

Lööf slammed in parliamentary review

Lööf slammed in parliamentary review

Enterprise Minister Annie Lööf was criticized on Tuesday in a review by the parliamentary committee on constitutional affairs for how she handled the disclosure of public documents and for providing inaccurate information to the committee. READ () »

Poll results point to 'very exciting' 2014 election

Poll results point to 'very exciting' 2014 election

As Sweden's political parties react to the latest Statistics Sweden opinion poll, the results point to the possibility of new political constellations following the 2014 parliamentary elections. READ () »

Moderates continue to tumble in new poll

Moderates continue to tumble in new poll

Sweden's centre-left opposition parties have the support of the majority of Swedish voters, a much-watched opinion poll revealed on Tuesday, while support for Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's Moderates continues to sink. READ () »

Sweden slams UK-led 'benefits tourism' debate

Sweden slams UK-led 'benefits tourism' debate

Sweden has slammed the four countries that brought back "benefits tourism" to the EU agenda for scaremongering after they claimed that migrants from the EU were putting "considerable strain" on welfare, schools, and the health-care system. READ () »

Unrest in Stockholm
Left-right split over probe of Stockholm riots

Left-right split over probe of Stockholm riots

Sweden's opposition parties on the left are keen to see a formal inquiry into the causes of recent unrest in Stockholm, while the centre-right governing Alliance parties remain sceptical to the idea. READ () »

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13 June 22:03

This weeks results..week 24/25 »

"A weekend full of surprises and LFC football. Results look like this: Div 5 Men won 4-2, K1 lost 5-0, K2 won 2-1, Vets lost 3-2, R1 lost 4-1. Korpen Ladies play Monday night and on the 26th the Div5 Men close the first half season with the last match before the summer kicks in. /LFC " READ »

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