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Swedish security police eye terror T-shirts

National: 11 Mar 10
Swedish security service Säpo has said it is monitoring Danish clothing firm Fighters + Lovers, which relocated to Sweden last year after six of its members were convicted of supporting terrorism. READ »

Malmö mayor blasted for 'Israeli lobby' comment

Politics: 4 Mar 10
Representatives for the Jewish Community in Malmö have slammed the city's mayor, Ilmar Reepalu, for his use of the term "Israeli lobby" in a Danish television interview. READ »

Malmö mayor says unaware of level of attacks on Jews

Politics: 26 Feb 10
Malmö mayor Ilmar Reepalu conceded that he has not been sufficiently well informed about the vulnerable situation faced by Jews after meeting with community leaders on Thursday. READ »

Sahlin raps Malmö mayor over Jew comments

Politics: 25 Feb 10
Social Democrat party leader Mona Sahlin has described as "unfortunate" comments made by Malmö mayor Ilmar Reepalu regarding a recent spate of attacks on the city's Jewish population. READ »

Man jailed for Malmö Davis Cup riot

National: 25 Feb 10
A 23-year-old man from Stockholm has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for rioting in connection with a Davis Cup match between Sweden and Israel in Malmö last spring. READ »

Swedes draw Dutch and Finns in Euro 2012 qualifiers

Sport: 7 Feb 10
Sweden face Holland, Hungary and neighbours Finland in a Euro 2012 qualification group that gives Erik Hamrén's side a chance to settle old scores. READ »

H&M to open more stores on strong 2009 profits

Business & Money: 28 Jan 10
Swedish discount fashion retailer H&M saw its profits soar past expectations for the last quarter in 2009, causing its share price to rally in Thursday morning trading in Stockholm. READ »

Jews flee Malmö as anti-Semitism grows

Society: 27 Jan 10
Threats and harassment are becoming increasingly commonplace for Jewish residents in Malmö in southern Sweden, leading many Jews to leave the city out of fear for their safety. READ »

'Auschwitz wasn't on another planet'

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 10
On the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Stockholm-based Israeli journalist David Stavrou reflects on the importance of memory and self-examination, in Sweden and beyond, if we are to avoid recurrences of a catastrophe that was entirely man-made. READ »

Nadal sweeps past Söderling in Abu Dhabi tennis finals

Sport: 3 Jan 10
Swedish world number eight Robin Söderling fell to Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal in the final of the Capitala World Tennis Championship exhibition tournament on Saturday. READ »

Sweden starts 2010 in typically messy fashion

National: 1 Jan 10
The early hours of 2010 were marked by fights, drunkenness, and fires in many parts of Sweden, as a well as traffic accidents and stray rockets. READ »

Swine flu named year's top Swedish news story

National: 30 Dec 09
Swine flu beat out both the June death of Michael Jackson and the Stockholm helicopter heist in September as the top Swedish news story of 2009, according to a new study. READ »

Israeli military admits to organ harvesting

National: 21 Dec 09
Following tensions over an article published in Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet, Israel has admitted that its forensic pathologists removed organs from dead bodies without consent from their families. READ »

Swedish serial killer granted new trial

National: 17 Dec 09
Convicted Swedish serial murderer Thomas Quick has been granted a new trial for the 1988 killing of a tourist in Dalarna in central Sweden after he recanted his confessions to several killings. READ »

Pomp aplenty as winners gather for Nobel gala

Society: 10 Dec 09
Nobel season reaches its pinnacle on Thursday evening as the 2009 laureates receive their awards from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and dignitaries gather for the banquet of the year at City Hall in Stockholm. READ »

Letter to the Editor: UK MPs back Sweden over Palestinian capital

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Dec 09
As EU foreign ministers gather in Brussels to debate the future of Israeli-Palestinian relations, a group of British MPs have come out in support of a Swedish proposal to establish East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. READ »

UK MPs back Swedish presidency on Jerusalem

Politics: 7 Dec 09
A group of nearly 50 members of the British parliament have written a letter voicing their support for a controversial Swedish EU presidency proposal to recognize East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. READ »

Too early to recognize Palestinian state: Bildt

Politics: 17 Nov 09
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, has said it is "premature" to recognize a Palestinian state. READ »

Israel accuses Sweden of 'diplomatic coup'

National: 14 Nov 09
Israel has accused Sweden of trying to change the EU’s stance on Jerusalem and refer to the city as the official capital of Israel and Palestine while at the helm of the rotating EU presidency. READ »

Apocalypse soon: Disasters abound at Stockholm Film Festival

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Nov 09
It's the end of the world as we know it at this year's Stockholm Film Festival, which promises everything a budding apocalypticist could ever need. But there are also plenty of more upbeat cinematic treats in store if global doom isn't your bag, writes David Stavrou. READ »

Ex-moderate Muslim to form 'anti-Zionist' party in Sweden

Politics: 3 Nov 09
A once moderate Muslim spokesperson who last year came out as an Islamist radical has announced plans to start a political party uniting all of Sweden’s anti-Zionists. READ »

Swedish reporter meets hostile Israeli crowd

Society: 2 Nov 09
Swedish journalist Donald Boström told an angry audience in Israel on Monday that he stood by his call for an investigation into claims that Israel harvested the organs of dead Palestinians, despite confessing he had no proof. READ »

Israelis protest arrival of 'organ theft' journalist

National: 2 Nov 09
Dozens of Israeli protesters on Sunday expressed their anger at the arrival of controversial Swedish journalist Donald Boström, who accused Israeli soldiers of harvesting organs from dead Palestinians. READ »

Organ theft article 'a perversion of journalistic standards'

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Oct 09
Amid an ongoing uproar over accusations that Israel harvested the organs of dead Palestinians, media watcher Andrea Levin issues a fresh plea to Aftonbladet to correct "the factual errors that litter the article". READ »

Bildt's inaction breeds suspicion in Israel

Politics: 26 Oct 09
Israel’s government remains surprised that Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has yet to reschedule a previously cancelled trip to Israel. READ »

Speculation mounts as Nobel lit prize nears

Society: 8 Oct 09
Literary circles in Sweden are bursting with speculation ahead of Thursday’s announcement of the Nobel Literature Prize, with many expecting the award to go to a poet for the first time since 1996. READ »

Three to split Nobel chemistry prize

National: 7 Oct 09
Three chemists are to share the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work in revealing more about how cells go about using bits of DNA to form the blueprints for living organisms. READ »

Pundits tip poets for Nobel Literature Prize

Society: 6 Oct 09
This year's Nobel Literature Prize could go to a poet for the first time since 1996, Swedish literary circles say as speculation mounts ahead of Thursday's announcement. READ »

Egypt kicks out Swedish journalist

National: 2 Oct 09
A Swedish journalist was deported by Egypt on Thursday due to his alleged involvement in pro-Palestinian march. READ »

Migration Board firing of pro- Israel blogger 'violated constitution'

National: 28 Sep 09
Sweden's Parliamentary Ombudsman has rapped the Migration Board over its controversial reassignment of Lennart Eriksson, an employee who had voiced pro-Israeli opinions on his personal blog. READ »

Reinfeldt rejects congressmen's plea to scold Aftonbladet

National: 22 Sep 09
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has rebuffed demands by two members of the US Congress that he publicly condemn the Aftonbladet newspaper over a story alleging Israeli soldiers harvested the organs of dead Palestinians. READ »

Stockholm square closed after clashes

National: 20 Sep 09
Sergels torg in central Stockholm was sealed off on Sunday afternoon as rival anti-Iran and anti-Israel demonstrators clashed. READ »

Swedish tabloid cleared over Israel organ claims

National: 20 Sep 09
A Swedish tabloid newspaper has been cleared of racism charges by the country's senior legal official over a story alleging that Israeli soldiers stole and sold body parts of dead Palestinians. READ »

Billy bookshelf does battle with Big Mac Index

Business & Money: 10 Sep 09
Ikea’s iconic Billy bookshelf may be on its way to ousting McDonald’s Big Mac as a gauge for comparing price levels across different countries. READ »

Israel: Bildt to scrap scheduled visit

Politics: 6 Sep 09
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has cancelled his upcoming visit to Israel, the Israeli foreign ministry announced on Sunday, amid strained relations between the two countries over a controversial newspaper story. READ »

Israel organ harvesting scandal 'medically impossible'

Analysis & Opinion: 31 Aug 09
Aftonbladet's organ harvesting allegations are ludicrous from a medical perspective, writes Johns Hopkins medical school lecturer Andrea Meyerhoff, who also argues that Sweden has missed an opportunity to "reject anti-Semitism and reaffirm principles of good journalism." READ »

Italy: EU should condemn Aftonbladet article

Politics: 31 Aug 09
Italy’s foreign minister, Franco Frattini, says he has met with his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt to iron out a strategy for resolving the crisis which flared after the publication of a controversial article in the Aftonbladet newspaper. But Bildt denies the crisis was discussed. READ »

'Cyncism prevails for vote-hungry officials in Sweden and Israel'

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Aug 09
As the Aftonbladet organ harvesting scandal rumbles to the end of its second week, Stockholm-based Israeli writer David Stavrou calls on policy makers in Sweden and Israel to shed light on the situation rather than turning up the heat. READ »

Swedish aid groups deny anti-Israel bias

National: 27 Aug 09
Development groups have rejected charges laid out by a Jerusalem-based NGO watchdog accusing Sweden's aid community of sponsoring groups that contribute to the "demonization" of Israel. READ »

Sweden's free speech tradition draws Israeli ire

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Aug 09
Sweden's fervent defence of free speech has sparked a diplomatic storm with Israel over the government's refusal to condemn an article accusing Israeli soldiers of smuggling dead Palestinians' organs, write AFP's Igor Gedilaghine. READ »

Swedish tabloid sued in New York

National: 27 Aug 09
An Israeli lawyer in New York has sued Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet following the publication of an article forwarding allegations that the Israeli army harvested the organs of dead Palestinians. READ »

'Aftonbladet must be held accountable for false allegations'

Analysis & Opinion: 25 Aug 09
In an open letter to the people of Sweden, Moshe Kantor, President of the European Jewish Congress, calls on government officials to demand editorial responsibility over the publication of an article accusing Israeli defence forces of harvesting the organs of dead Palestinians. READ »

Swedish tabloid reported for racial agitation

National: 25 Aug 09
Swedish tabloid newspaper Aftonbladet has been reported to the Chancellor of Justice after publishing an article forwarding claims about the alleged organ harvesting of dead Palestinians by Israeli defence forces. READ »

Reinfeldt rejects Israeli calls to condemn paper

National: 24 Aug 09
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt rejected demands from Israel on Monday to condemn claims put forward in an article in a Swedish tabloid about alleged organ harvesting. READ »

Israel presses Sweden for 'condemnation'

Politics: 23 Aug 09
Israel on Sunday ratcheted up pressure on Sweden to condemn a Swedish newspaper report about alleged organ harvesting that has heightened tensions between the two countries. READ »

Israel awaits stronger reaction from Bildt

Politics: 22 Aug 09
Israel doesn’t plan on canceling a scheduled visit by Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt, despite his refusal to apologize for a controversial newspaper article alleging that Israeli soldiers harvested organs from dead Palestinians. READ »

Sweden summons Israeli ambassador

Politics: 21 Aug 09
Israel's ambassador to Sweden, Benny Dagan, has been summoned by Sweden's foreign office to discuss the diplomatic discord following an article in a national newspaper claiming Israeli soldiers harvest the organs of dead Palestinians. READ »

Bildt rejects Israeli call for official condemnation

Politics: 21 Aug 09
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has rejected calls from Israel for the government to distance itself from an article in a national newspaper which claimed Israeli soldiers harvest the organs of dead Palestinians. READ »

Israel blasts Sweden over organ harvesting report

National: 21 Aug 09
Israel has announced that it intends to lodge an official protest to Sweden over its refusal to condemn an article in a national newspaper which claimed Israeli soldiers harvest the organs of dead Palestinians. READ »

Israeli ambassador 'upset and furious'

Politics: 19 Aug 09
Israel's Ambassador to Sweden, Benny Dagan, has expressed fury at a Swedish newspaper article accusing Israel of trading in the internal organs of dead Palestinians. READ »

Sweden slams paper over Israel allegations

National: 19 Aug 09
Sweden's embassy in Tel Aviv has sharply condemned Sweden's largest circulation newspaper Aftonbladet for publishing an article accusing the Israeli Defence Forces of harvesting the organs of Palestinians. READ »

Sweden pledges aid money to Palestinians

National: 12 Aug 09
Sweden has agreed to pay direct support of 50 million kronor ($6.9 million) to the beleaguered Palestinian Authority, the foreign ministry announced on Wednesday. READ »

Tel Aviv players freed in Sweden rape probe

Sport: 31 Jul 09
Two members of an Israeli football club were detained on Friday at the Gothenburg airport after police received a report they were involved in an alleged rape. By Friday afternoon, prosecutors had released both players. READ »

Three run down in gang feud murder bid

National: 16 Jul 09
Three people were taken to hospital after being hit by a car in what police believe was a murder attempt connected to a feud between rival gangs in Västerås in central Sweden. READ »

European leaders impatient for Swedish EU presidency

National: 28 Jun 09
European leaders have expressed impatience for the Swedish EU presidency to start after a troubled six months under the Czechs. READ »

Sweden takes up annual mosquito battle

National: 23 Jun 09
In their annual efforts to neutralize the expected masses of mosquitoes, Swedish pest control experts are targeting an area of eastern Sweden known as a major breeding ground for the blood-thirsty insects. READ »

Sweden's Thomas Johansson hangs up his racket

Sport: 12 Jun 09
Swedish tennis star Thomas Johansson, the 2002 champion of the Australian Open, announced his retirement on Friday at the age of 34. READ »

Fredrik Malm: Enlarge the European Union

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Jun 09
Fredrik Malm of the Liberal Party speaks to The Local's Lydia Parafianowicz about the case for EU enlargement and the role of the union in conflict resolution. READ »

Malmö likely to reimburse International Tennis Federation

Sport: 23 May 09
Malmö will most likely have to pay $15,000 to the International Tennis Federation (ITF), following a decision to hold the Sweden-Israel Davis Cup match in March behind closed doors. READ »

The subtle pleasures of Europe Day: Margot Wallström

Analysis & Opinion: 9 May 09
"If you tried to market the EU as an aphrodisiac, it would rate up there with a nice pair of socks," writes Sweden's EU Commissioner Margot Wallström. But, she adds, May 9th is Europe Day and there's much to celebrate. READ »

Sweden joins UN racism conference walkout

Politics: 21 Apr 09
Swedish and EU delegates walked out of the UN conference on racism in Geneva in protest at remarks by Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who described Israel as "racist" in his speech. READ »

Confessed serial killer requests retrial

National: 20 Apr 09
Convicted serial killer Thomas Quick, who recently retracted confessions for eight murders, formally petitioned the Svea Court of Appeal for a retrial on Monday. READ »

Tennis body targets Malmö over fine

Sport: 6 Apr 09
The Swedish Tennis Association said on Monday it is considering billing Malmö city council for 330,000 kronor ($25,000) if it loses its appeal against a fine incurred for playing Sweden's Davis Cup match against Israel behind closed doors. READ »

Malmö blacklisted over Israel tennis shutout

Sport: 3 Apr 09
Malmö has been banned from hosting Davis Cup tennis matches for five years following the city's controversial decision to play Sweden's match with Israel in an empty arena. READ »

What's on in Sweden: April 3 - 9

Lifestyle: 2 Apr 09
What's on in Sweden: New York Stories bids farewell in Stockholm; Sahara Hotnights in Gothenburg; Chicks on Speed in Malmö. READ »

Sweden 'anti-Semitic' for tennis fan ban

National: 9 Mar 09
Sweden has been accused of anti-Semitism in a leading Israeli newspaper, following the decision to ban spectators from an Israel-Sweden tennis match. READ »

Sweden's Davis Cup hopes dashed by Israel

Sport: 9 Mar 09
Israel defeated Sweden 3-2 in a tight Davis Cup match at the weekend in Malmö, despite a nearly empty stadium and a hoards hostile demonstrators outside. READ »

6,000 join Malmö Davis Cup protest

National: 7 Mar 09
Police estimate that up to 6,000 demonstrators have joined a march in Malmö to protest against the ongoing Davis Cup match between Sweden and Israel in the city. READ »

Malmö calm as Davis Cup gets underway

Sport: 7 Mar 09
As the dust settled on the morning after the first day of competition in the Davis Cup match between Sweden and Israel in Malmö, none of the predictions of trouble and fighting had been fulfilled. READ »

Crowd ban 'risks bolstering extremists'

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Mar 09
The City of Malmö's decision to hold the Sweden-Israel Davis Cup tennis match behind closed doors is ill-conceived, short-sighted and potentially dangerous, argues freelance Israeli journalist David Stavrou. READ »

Davis Cup protests underway in Malmö

Sport: 6 Mar 09
Around 20 demonstrators braved the chilly morning temperatures in Malmö on Friday to protest against Sweden’s Davis Cup tennis match with Israel. READ »

Crews remove Davis Cup paving stone threat

Sport: 5 Mar 09
Road crews in Malmö have succeeded in removing piles of paving stones which police said would stop them from providing security for Sweden’s upcoming Davis Cup tennis match against Israel in Malmö. READ »

Huge police presence for Israel tennis match

Sport: 26 Feb 09
Swedish police are to mobilize up to 1,000 officers in Malmö next weekend in a bid to guarantee the safety of players and functionaries during a Davis Cup match between Sweden and Israel. READ »

Sweden: 'Palestinian accord part of process'

Politics: 26 Feb 09
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt urged national reconciliation between the two main Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, when he met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday. READ »

Israel tennis match to remain in Malmö

Sport: 24 Feb 09
Officials in Stockholm announced Monday night that there was not enough time for the city to make arrangements to host Sweden’s upcoming Davis Cup tennis match against Israel. READ »

Stockholm courts Israel Davis Cup match

Sport: 23 Feb 09
Officials in Stockholm are hoping the capital can replace Malmö as the host of Sweden's forthcoming Davis Cup match against Israel after the southern city ruled that the game should be played behind closed doors. READ »

Suspects defend Pirate Bay 'hobby'

National: 19 Feb 09
Two of the people behind The Pirate Bay took questions from the prosecutor and recording industry lawyers on Thursday, calling the popular file sharing site "a hobby site" and "a really strong brand". READ »

No fans allowed for Israel tennis match

Sport: 18 Feb 09
Sweden's upcoming Davis Cup tennis match against Israel will be held behind closed doors, Malmö city council ruled on Wednesday. READ »

Malmö man freed from terror financing charges

National: 17 Feb 09
A Malmö court has acquitted the head of the al-Aqsa Foundation in Sweden on charges that he used funds from the charity to support Hamas. READ »

‘Opposing Israeli violence is not anti-Semitism’

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Feb 09
Swedes who demonstrate over Israeli attacks are not anti-Semites. Calling them names is an attempt to silence criticism of Israeli policies, argues Stockholm-based Palestinian Alaa Kullab. READ »

'Anti-Semitism on the rise in Sweden'

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Feb 09
An ugly wave of anti-Semitism is on the rise in Sweden, and politicians who compare Israel with Nazi Germany or apartheid-era South Africa cannot claim to be free of responsibility, writes David Stavrou, a freelance Israeli journalist based in Sweden. READ »

Stockholm Furniture Fair: Sit down and smell the coffee

Lifestyle: 9 Feb 09
As just about everyone has started to feel the effects of the economic crunch, young designers are repurposing old materials and questioning the ways we live, writes Charlotte West. The message is clear – sit down, slow down and enjoy a cup of coffee. READ »