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February 14, 2012
Hague
The following articles have been tagged with "Hague":
Swedes arrested in major European drug bust
National: 12 Jan 12
Europol said Thursday it has busted a major synthetic drugs-making network following the confiscation in Sweden of large amounts of amphetamine, resulting in the arrest of nine suspects in four countries.
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Dutch court orders ISPs to block Pirate Bay
Business & Money: 12 Jan 12
Access to Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay was ordered blocked on Wednesday for clients of two internet service providers (ISPs) in the Netherlands following a ruling by a Dutch court citing copyright concerns.
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'Lundin may have led Bildt to the heart of darkness'
Analysis & Opinion: 22 Dec 11
Swedish investigative journalist Leo Lagercrantz takes a closer look at the Lundin Group and Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt's involvement with it after two Swedish journalists were found guilty of terror crimes in Ethiopia while reportedly investigating the company.
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More kids abducted from Sweden: report
Society: 31 Oct 11
Over 100 children have been abducted and taken overseas by one of their parents in each of the past two years, reflecting a significant rise on on 2006, according to foreign ministry figures.
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Bildt: Mladic arrest 'a good day for Europe'
Politics: 26 May 11
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt on Thursday hailed the arrest of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic, calling it the closing of a "dark chapter in European history".
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Bosnian-born Swede convicted of war crimes
National: 8 Apr 11
A Bosnian-born Swedish citizen was convicted by a Stockholm court on Friday of having committed war crimes during the war in the former Yugoslavia.
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Swedish UN worker dead after Afghanistan demo
National: 1 Apr 11
A 33-year-old Swedish man was among a number of United Nations personnel killed in Afghanistan on Friday after a demonstration turned violent in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
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Bosnia war crimes trial ends in Stockholm
National: 23 Mar 11
As the trial of a Swede of Bosnian origin accused of committing war crimes came to a close on Tuesday, the Swedish prosecutor requested eight years in prison.
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Sweden's first war crimes trial underway
National: 13 Oct 10
The trial of a 43-year-old Swedish citizen charged with torturing prisoners in Bosnia in 1992 started in Stockholm on Wednesday, the first of its kind in Sweden.
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Swedes in Israeli custody after aid convoy attack
National: 1 Jun 10
Swedish author Henning Mankell was one of eleven Swedes held on arrival in Israel Monday after their Gaza-bound aid flotilla was attacked by Israeli commandos. All the Swedes have now been located, the foreign ministry has confirmed.
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War crimes suspect remanded in custody
National: 16 Jan 10
A Bosnian-born Swede was remanded in custody by a Stockholm court on Friday, suspected of committing war crimes against Serbs in 1992 during the Bosnian war.
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Sweden arrests Bosnian war crimes suspect
National: 12 Jan 10
A 43-year-old war crimes suspect originally from Bosnia-Herzegovina was arrested on Tuesday in northern Sweden.
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Swedes cast about for EU job candidates
Politics: 16 Nov 09
Sweden, the current head of the EU's rotating presidency, is ratcheting up its hunt for consensus candidates for two new EU top jobs. Stockholm intends to have the positions filled at a summit later this week.
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How Aussie dad beat Swedish police to find kidnapped sons
Analysis & Opinion: 28 Oct 09
When Australian George Pesor's children were abducted by their mother on a visit to Sweden, police searched for six months without success. But when Pesor took matters into his own hands, he solved the case in just a week.
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War criminal Plavsic lifts off from Sweden
National: 27 Oct 09
Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic left Sweden on Tuesday after being granted early release from a Swedish prison by the UN war crimes court, prison officials said.
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Bosnian Serbs hail war criminal's release
Politics: 17 Sep 09
The Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Milorad Dodik praised the decision of the UN war crimes court to grant early release to Biljana Plavsic, a convicted war criminal serving time in a Swedish prison.
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Bildt to meet accused war criminal's lawyer
Politics: 3 Jul 09
Foreign minister Carl Bildt has agreed to meet the lawyer representing former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to discuss the possibility of testifying at the accused war criminal’s trial.
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Sweden chips in for Iceland bailout
Business & Money: 1 Jul 09
Sweden has joined neighbours Denmark, Norway and Finland in signing loan deals worth €1.78 billion ($2.52 billion) for crisis ridden Iceland.
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Bildt urges 'time out' over Balkan border dispute
Politics: 22 Jun 09
On the eve of Sweden’s taking over of the European Union presidency, foreign minister Carl Bildt encouraged Croatia and Slovenia to reflect on the border dispute which has halted Croatia's EU accession negotiations.
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Amnesty: 'Sweden lax on war criminals'
National: 3 Feb 09
Sweden has been strongly criticized by Amnesty International in a new report released on Tuesday. Amnesty has called on Sweden to end impunity from war crimes and review current legislation.
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Bosnian war criminal: 'I did nothing wrong'
Society: 26 Jan 09
Convicted war criminal and former Bosnian leader Biljana Plavsic has retracted a confession made to the Hague war crimes tribunal in 2001. “I sacrificed myself. I have done nothing wrong,” she told Swedish magazine Vi.
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Sweden rejects Bosnian war crime pardon request
Politics: 4 Dec 08
Sweden’s justice ministry has denied a second pardon request from Biljana Plavsicm, the former Bosnian Serb president and convicted war criminal, to have her 11-year-jail sentence ended.
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Fuglesang blasts Sweden space commitment
Science & Technology: 2 Dec 08
Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang has lashed out at his country for what he sees as an insufficient budget commitment for space research and exploration.
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Bildt lauds Serbia over hunt for war criminals
Politics: 9 Sep 08
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt praised Belgrade's efforts to track down war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic during a visit to Stockholm on Tuesday of his Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremic.
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Bosnian leader: 'Don't pardon Plavsic'
Politics: 8 Sep 08
A member of Bosnia's tripartite presidency has called on Sweden not to pardon former Bosnian Serb president Biljana Plavsic, who is serving an 11-year war crimes sentence.
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Bildt praises Serbia over Karadzic arrest
Politics: 22 Jul 08
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt on Tuesday welcomed the news that the Serbian government had arrested wanted war criminal Radovan Karadjic.
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Swedish justice: A matter of interpretation
Analysis & Opinion: 26 May 08
As a growing array of languages jostle for position in the towns and suburbs of Sweden, Faisal Enayat Khan examines some linguistic shortcomings in the country's legal system.
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Plavsic 'could be released next year'
National: 21 Dec 07
Former Bosnian Serb president Biljana Plavsic could be released from jail in Sweden next year, the Bosnian Serb prime minister has said.
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Unibet chief 'to be sent to France'
National: 24 Oct 07
The Swedish CEO of Unibet is to be handed over to French authorities next week, a Dutch court has ruled. But the court in Amsterdam said that Petter Nylander could be released from police custody.
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War criminal dies in Swedish prison
National: 20 May 07
A Bosnian Serb war criminal died on Saturday in a Swedish jail. Miroslav Deronjic, 52, died a natural death, according to prison officials.
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Sweden refuses pardon for former Serb leader
National: 26 Apr 07
Former Bosnian Serb president Biljana Plavsic has been refused a pardon by Sweden's government, meaning she will continue to serve her sentence in Hingseberg jail, central Sweden.
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Serb war criminal seeks Swedish pardon
National: 17 Jan 07
Former Bosnian Serb president and convicted war criminal Biljana Plavsic, serving an 11-year sentence in Sweden, has sought a pardon from Swedish authorities, the justice ministry said on Wednesday.
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Plavsic asks Sweden for pardon
National: 25 Oct 06
Former Bosnian Serb president and war criminal Biljana Plavisc, who serving her sentence in a Swedish jail, has asked the authorities in Sweden for a pardon.
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Swedes seized in international paedophile raid
Society: 10 May 06
Police in 13 EU countries and the US raided around 150 homes on Wednesday morning in a strike against an international online paedophile network.
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Ex-Liberian leader "can't come to Swedish jail"
Society: 13 Apr 06
Sweden has that a legal technicality prevents it from accepting Charles Taylor, former Liberian president, in its prisons if he is convicted of crimes against humanity.
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Sweden could jail former Liberian president
National: 6 Apr 06
The United Nations has asked Sweden among other countries to consider accepting Liberia's ex-president Charles Taylor as a prisoner if he is convicted of crimes against humanity, a Swedish official has confirmed.
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Ericsson 'broke Milosevic sanctions'
Business & Money: 12 Feb 06
Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson sold a mobile phone system to Serbia at the height of the war in the former Yugoslavia, breaking UN sanctions against the Milosevic regime, it has been reported.
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Bosnian war criminal transferred to Swedish jail
National: 25 Nov 05
The UN war crimes court in The Hague said on Friday that the Bosnian Serb politician convicted of crimes against humanity has been transferred to Sweden to serve his 10-year sentence.
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Swedish passports no help abroad
National: 23 Aug 05
In 2001 the Swedish government voted to allow immigrants to hold a Swedish passport as well as one from their home country. But it seems that the original one might be more useful.
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Sweden willing to imprison more war criminals
National: 19 Jun 05
More war criminals from the former Yugoslavia could join the former Bosnian Serb president in Swedish jails, says justice minister Thomas Bodström. But Sweden is not willing to house Saddam Hussein.
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Chilean cuts short Swedish visit after earthquake
Smörgåsbord: 14 Jun 05
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Chilean president arrives in Sweden
Smörgåsbord: 12 Jun 05
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Scania foresees slower growth
Smörgåsbord: 29 Nov 04
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20 things to know before moving to Sweden
As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
How far can English take you in Sweden?
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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