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May 28, 2012
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US ambassador: change Swedish VAT rules
Business & Money: 12 Mar 12
Foreign diplomats in Sweden suffer undue "frustration" due to "cumbersome" rules related to value added taxes, according to the US ambassador to Sweden, who has written to finance minister Anders Borg urging changes.
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Israel rejects Gaza ship claims as 'Bond-esque'
National: 29 Jun 11
Israeli authorities have rejected claims by the Swedish Ship to Gaza movement that "foreign agents" were behind the damage to their boat, which was reported sabotaged on Monday.
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Swedish man shot in Tripoli
National: 24 Feb 11
A Swedish man has been shot and injured in the Libyan capital Tripoli, the Swedish ministry of foreign affairs has confirmed, adding that Sweden is preparing to dispatch staff to assist nationals still in the civil war-torn country.
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Riksdag to probe US embassy surveillance
Politics: 23 Nov 10
The Swedish Riksdag’s constitutional committee has announced that it will look into what current and former cabinet ministers knew about the US embassy in Stockholm's surveillance of people in Sweden.
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The Royal Wedding: Live Blog
National: 19 Jun 10
Today's the day that Crown Princess Victoria will get her man of the people. We'll be following the whole thing live - with reporters around Stockholm providing the latest news, reactions and (hopefully) informed speculation from the Royal Wedding.
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Russian nuclear waste dumped off Sweden
National: 4 Feb 10
The Russian military is suspected of having dumped chemical weapons and radioactive waste off the Swedish island of Gotland in the beginning of the 1990s.
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Another Swede held in Pakistan: report
National: 12 Oct 09
Sweden’s foreign ministry confirmed on Monday that an additional Swedish citizen is currently being held in prison in Pakistan following the return home at the weekend of a group of Swedes who had been arrested on terror charges.
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Sweden navigates complex waters of EU foreign policy
Analysis & Opinion: 3 Sep 09
With an important meeting of EU's foreign ministers taking place in Stockholm this weekend, David Stavrou examines the changing roles of Sweden and the EU in world affairs.
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Still no charges for US-held Swede in Iraq
National: 14 May 09
Sweden’s foreign ministry is still waiting for details about the charges against a 40-year-old Swedish citizen who has been held by American authorities in Iraq for nearly one year.
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Uproar over rumoured NY consulate closure
Society: 22 Apr 09
Reports that Sweden plans to close down its consulate-general in New York City have sparked an outpouring of concern from business leaders and New York-based Swedes.
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Annika Östberg lands in Sweden
National: 8 Apr 09
Annika Östberg, who was found guilty in 1981 of being an accessory to two murders in California, is back in her native country after 27 years in an American prison.
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Couple's surrogate son stuck in Ukraine
Society: 30 Mar 09
A Swedish couple who had a son born to a surrogate mother in Ukraine is having trouble getting their 13-day-old child back to Sweden.
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Swedish students aim for jobs with Ikea and Google
Education: 27 Mar 09
Ikea, Google, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are the most popular employers among Swedish students, according to a new survey.
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Ministries react against web ban plan
Science & Technology: 5 Feb 09
Employees in Sweden’s government offices would be prohibited from visiting websites dealing with war, weapons, and terror, according to a new proposal.
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More Swedes suspected of terrorism abroad
National: 27 Jan 09
More and more Swedes are being detained abroad on suspicions of involvement in terrorism, Sweden’s foreign ministry reports.
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Swede in Thailand risks death penalty
National: 14 Jan 09
A Swedish man in his forties who was convicted of manslaughter in the killing of a female prostitute in Thailand in 2005 may soon be facing the death penalty.
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Foreign ministry suffers from 'culture of silence'
Politics: 29 Sep 08
Undeservedly high pay packages, conflicts of interest, and a demoralized workforce are just a few of the problems found at Sweden’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs by a consultancy hired to review the agency’s operations.
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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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Swede's family found dead in the Philipines
National: 23 Jun 08
The charred remains of a Swedish man, his Philippine wife, and the couple’s two children have been found shot to death in their home in the Philippines.
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Swede arrested for attempted child rape in Kenya
National: 30 May 08
Kenyan police have arrested a Swedish man in his 50s accused of the attempted rape ofa 7-year-old girl.
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Swedish man missing in Thailand
National: 2 May 08
A Swedish man has gone missing in Thailand after going for a swim last Sunday.
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Sweden loses contact with embassy in Pakistan
National: 3 Nov 07
Sweden's foreign office has been unable to contact the its embassy in Pakistan since president Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule in the country on Saturday. "A seriously worrying situation," said foreign minister Carl Bildt.
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Muhammad cartoon: Sweden 'sorry for hurt feelings'
National: 30 Aug 07
Pakistan has condemned the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in newspaper Nerikes Allehanda. A Swedish diplomat says he is "sorry if the publication hurt Muslim feelings."
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Swede questioned about Stockholm mosque
National: 16 Jan 07
A Swedish citizen arrested in Morocco on Christmas Day has faced thorough questioning about activities at a mosque in the Stockholm suburb of Brandbergen, according to reports.
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Swedish veterans join dictator for ice-hockey tournament
Sport: 3 Jan 07
The Björklöven club is sending a veterans team to Minsk to play ice-hockey with President Alexander Lukashenko. We're leaving politics out of this, one of the Swedish players says.
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US freezes Swedish terror suspect's assets
National: 7 Dec 06
A Swedish citizen of Moroccan origin is one of five men to have their assets frozen by the US Finance Department. The man is suspected of supporting the al-Qaida terrorist network and other groups.
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Swedes in Antarctic mountain rescue bid
National: 3 Dec 06
Two Swedish mountain climbers were on Sunday involved in a dramatic rescue attempt on Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica.
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Legal aid for Turkey 'honour shooting' victim
Society: 18 Nov 06
A Swedish citizen who was shot in Turkey in the summer and who at the time received no help from Sweden has now been told she will be supported by the Legal Aid Authority.
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Swedes missing in Himalayas
National: 15 Nov 06
Two Swedish climbers are missing along with a British fellow climber after an avalanche in Nepal, authorities there say. The group was sleeping at an altitude of 8,600 metres at the time.
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Mobile technology aids Swedish evacuation
Analysis & Opinion: 20 Jul 06
Despite reports of disorganisation and chaos, Sweden's evacuation of its citizens has been held up as a model of order by commentators in other countries. Louis Roper explains how text messaging has played a key role.
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Boats to take Swedes from Beirut on Tuesday
National: 18 Jul 06
1,645 Swedes are expected to be evacuated from Lebanon on Tuesday. If everything goes to plan, a boat chartered by Sweden will depart from Beirut harbour at lunchtime.
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Swedes stuck in southern Lebanon
National: 17 Jul 06
An Italian ferry carrying 49 Swedes evacuated from Lebanon arrived in Cyprus on Monday evening. But up to 200 Swedish citizens are stranded in southern Lebanon, as it currently considered too dangerous for an evacuation.
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Armed diplomat threatens embassy staff
National: 8 Jul 06
An armed man threatened staff at the Iranian embassy on the island of Lidingö, outside Stockholm, on Saturday. He is said to be a diplomat "who doesn't feel too good".
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Sweden to compensate for secret police files
National: 7 Jun 06
The Swedish state has been ordered by the European Court of Human Rights to pay compensation to five people for the mishandling of information about them being held by the country's intelligence service, Säpo.
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Swedes jailed for three years in Iran
National: 29 Apr 06
Two Swedish building contractors who were arrested in Iran for illegally photographing military buildings have been sentenced to three years in prison, their lawyer has told Sweden's embassy in Tehran.
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Sweden rejects air force exercise with Israel
National: 26 Apr 06
The Swedish government has pulled out of an international military exercise in Italy at short notice, after discovering that the Israeli air force was due to take part.
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Sweden's new foreign minister settles in
National: 25 Apr 06
Jan Eliasson has started work at the Swedish foreign ministry, a month after his appointment by Göran Persson. Government supporters hope he will bring stability and gravitas to the troubled department.
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Sweden followed Nazi marriage laws
National: 4 Apr 06
For ten years up until the end of the Second World War, Swedes who wanted to marry Germans were forced to prove that they were not Jewish. And 'racially impure' marriages could be annulled by Swedish courts.
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Säpo reveals Swedish embassy threats
National: 23 Mar 06
Sweden's security police, Säpo, has revealed that serious threats were directed at Swedish embassies after the far right group Sweden Democrats published one of the pictures of the prophet Muhammad on its web site.
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36 Swedes in bus crash in Morocco
National: 28 Feb 06
A bus carrying 36 Swedish passengers in Morocco crashed on Tuesday morning, Sweden's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. The bus was on its way from Agadir to Marrakech, a popular tourist destination, when it drove off the road
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Spy incident "will damage Russian-Swedish relations"
National: 21 Feb 06
Russia warns that the arrest in Stockholm of one of its citizens on suspicion of spying risks damaging relations between the two countries.
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Suspected spy arrested in Sweden
National: 16 Feb 06
A man suspected of espionage has been arrested in Sweden, the country's intelligence agency Säpo said on Thursday, refusing to disclose details of the case.
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Freivalds regrets suffering of tsunami Swedes
Politics: 16 Feb 06
Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds was not following the news on the day of the tsunami, she tells the parliamentary committee's inquiry into the Swedish government's response to the tsunami disaster. "I have to show my family that they don't always come second," she said.
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Aid minister "never thought to call foreign minister"
Politics: 14 Feb 06
See also: Tsunami: health minister blames foreign ministry
Minister for International Development Carin Jämtin tells the inquiry into the Swedish government's response to the tsunami disaster that she was most concerned with sending aid to Sri Lanka - and that she did not want to disturb foreign minister Laila Freivalds.
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Swedish party leaders united on cartoon crisis
National: 6 Feb 06
Sweden's party leaders back the government's stance on the publication of pictures of the prophet Muhammad in Denmark's Jyllands-Posten. But the crisis has led the travel company Apollo to cancel charter trips from Sweden to Egypt.
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Sweden increases security abroad
National: 6 Feb 06
Syria apologises over Swedish embassy fire
Swedish embassy attacked in Syria
Violence following the publication of cartoons depicting Mohammed has prompted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to warn Swedes against travelling to Syria and Lebanon. Security at embassies is also to be increased.
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Syria apologises over Swedish embassy burning
Smörgåsbord: 5 Feb 06
See also:Swedish embassy attacked in Syria
Sweden's foreign minister Laila Freivalds has spoken to her Syrian counterpart about the burning of the Swedish embassy in Damascus as part of the protests over the Danish cartoons. "He sincerely apologised," she said.
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Saddam minister seeks treatment in Sweden
National: 13 Jan 06
Lawyers for Tariq Aziz, the Iraqi foreign minister under Saddam Hussein, have asked Sweden to accept him for urgent medical treatment. But the Swedish foreign ministry told The Local that no application has been received.
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Opposition holds fire on confidence vote
Politics: 6 Dec 05
Sweden's opposition parties have agreed to hold fire on a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Göran Persson until the completion of a Constitutional Committee inquiry in the spring.
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Apologies but no resignations over tsunami response
Politics: 2 Dec 05
Swedish government slammed in tsunami report
Göran Persson apologises for his government's failure to respond to last year’s tsunami disaster, in which over 500 Swedes died. But despite "the strongest criticism of a government in modern times", he insists that nobody will be fired.
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Over 200 Swedes jailed abroad
National: 24 Nov 05
It's not uncommon to find Swedes behind foreign bars. But when it comes to the iron variety, drugs offences, violence and murder are the most likely reasons for their being there.
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Volvo in Saddam bribes claim
Smörgåsbord: 27 Oct 05
Two Swedish companies have been accused of paying bribes to Saddam Hussein. Volvo and engineering company Atlas Copco were among 2,000 firms named by a UN investigator.
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Swede charged with "desecrating Turkish flag"
National: 18 Oct 05
An 18 year old Swedish boy is in trouble in Turkey. He is suspected of cutting down a flag from a flagpole in the town of Alanya. Bad move.
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Diplomat caught in Stockholm sex swoop
National: 29 Sep 05
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A senior embassy official who picked up a prostitute on Wednesday night found himself picked up by police conducting their first raid against street prostitution in years. But he is protected by his diplomatic immunity.
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Government to stay away from tsunami memorials
National: 27 Sep 05
The Swedish government says it will respect the wishes of the tsunami victims' relatives and will not send representatives to the three memorial ceremonies to be held in Thailand in November and December.
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Thailand to pay for tsunami memorial trips
National: 6 Sep 05
Thailand has offered to pay for relatives' return trips to memorial ceremonies on the anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami. The decision is said to have come as a complete surprise to Swedish authorities.
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Sweden "hushed up" torture allegations
National: 13 Dec 04
Two 'terror suspects' were allegedly hooded, chained and drugged as they were deported to Egypt from Sweden by US agents in the aftermath of September 11 2001. The Swedish government knew about it, but kept quiet for fear of rocking the boat with Egypt.
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Pole axed
National: 23 Jul 04
Crime-fighting Polish-style on the streets of Stockholm - the police are bemused, politicians are annoyed and three gangsters are banged up in jail.
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Meet Sanna, 9 years old
Sanna is one of 2 million people in Sweden under the age of 18. Sweden is seen as a good place to grow up. The law makes sure children are well-protected and defends their rights and any organizations work with children's well-being. Read more »
Strindberg, king of drama
August Strindberg's plays shocked society, dazzled audiences and revolutionized drama. A century after his death, Strindberg, with his powerful, timeless themes, is celebrated around the world. Read more »
The story of K Composite Magazine »
"I’m working on a couple long articles which will be posted here soon. While those are in the works, I thought I’d share this article and interview about my magazine, K Composite, which was recently published on the site Design-Milk.com. Enjoy! Scott Ritcher launched his now digitally glossy mag, K Composite, back when Macs were used..." READ »
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