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Daniel Westling, the fiancé of Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria, has received a new kidney from his father, royal officials have announced. READ () »
Sweden’s enterprise minister Maud Olofsson confirmed on Wednesday that Fiat is one of several bidders interested in purchasing Saab Automobile from US-based General Motors. READ () »
Feminist Initiative lynchpin Gudrun Schyman speaks to The Local about her vision for a gender equal Europe. READ () »
The Swedish krona weakened somewhat on Wednesday following an announcement from the Riksbank that it planned to borrow 100 billion kronor of foreign currency. READ () »
Two 20-year-old men have been sentenced to three years in prison for raping a 17-year-old boy at a party in Kumla in central Sweden. READ () »
Sweden continues to shirk its obligations guaranteeing children the right to education, according to a United Nations committee. READ () »
Sweden’s Supreme Court has ruled that a Rwandan national accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide can be extradited from Sweden to Rwanda to stand trial. READ () »
Friends and relatives of Ahmed "Romario" Ibrahim Ali, who was stabbed to death last autumn near Stockholm, were stunned to learn on Tuesday that the prime suspect in the 23-year-old’s killing had fled the country. READ () »
A 37-year-old exchange student referred to in the Swedish media as "the kiss man" has been sentenced to two months in jail for sexual harassment. But he was immediately released having already spent the equivalent time in custody. READ () »
Mikael Gustafsson of the Left Party, third on the Left Party's list of European Parliament election candidates, is keen to stress the growing importance of the EU's legislative body. READ () »
New cracks have been discovered in control rods a nuclear reactor at the Oskarshamns nuclear facility in southern Sweden, less than six months after all the rods were replaced. READ () »
The head of the Moderate Party’s youth wing has proposed that the military be called in to free Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak, who has sat in prison in Eritrea for more than seven years. READ () »
The search for three men reported missing while on a snowmobile trek in the mountains in northern Sweden was called off when a police helicopter discovered the men relaxing in a sauna. READ () »
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