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February 15, 2012
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The following articles have been tagged with "National_defence_radio_establishment":
Sweden at ’real risk’ of terror: government
National: 14 Feb 12
The Swedish Government has penned a new terror strategy, upgrading Sweden’s risk status since the last plan four years ago, calling for an ‘inter-agency cooperation’ in the fight to counter terror in Sweden.
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Swedes targeted in 'Anonymous' hack
Business & Money: 27 Dec 11
Dozens of Swedes, including staff at government agencies and telecoms giant Ericsson, had their personal data exposed after a breach at US-based security company, reportedly carried out by activist hacking group Anonymous.
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'Give police access to snoop agency intel'
Politics: 8 Dec 11
Swedish law enforcement agencies should have access to signals intelligence gathered by the National Defence Radio Establishment to help combat terrorism, the ministry of justice proposed on Thursday.
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Snoop agency to target smartphone apps
Science & Technology: 12 Oct 11
Sweden's main signals intelligence agency is set to receive additional funding to improve its ability to monitor traffic generated by smartphone and tablet computer apps.
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Social Democrats u-turn on Säpo surveillance
Politics: 14 Dec 10
A leading Social Democrat has proposed restoring the ability of Swedish security service Säpo to request signals intelligence in order to make it easier to follow terrorist groups.
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Assange: Swedish press freedoms 'most proven'
Science & Technology: 16 Aug 10
Julian Assange, the Australian founder of whistleblower website WikiLeaks, has praised Swedish legislation protecting the freedom of the press in a series of online chats with Swedish readers on Monday.
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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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Swedish intelligence agency hit by IT-attack
Science & Technology: 4 Nov 09
A cyber attack knocked out the website of a Swedish intelligence agency on Monday, just days after several Swedish media outlets and the police were hit by similar attacks.
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Sweden passes divisive wiretapping law
Politics: 14 Oct 09
An amended version of Sweden's controversial new signals intelligence law was passed in the Riksdag on Wednesday, with 158 members voting in favour and 153 against, while one member abstained from voting.
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'Stasi regimes' fuel demand for web anonymity: Pirate Bay source
Science & Technology: 9 Jul 09
Internet users looking to remain anonymous when surfing the web are eagerly awaiting the expected weekend launch of Ipredator, a new service from the developers of The Pirate Bay.
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Spy ship rescues Russian fishermen
National: 18 May 09
A Swedish surveillance ship operating near Russian territorial waters off Kaliningrad in the Baltic Sea has saved two Russian fisherman from drowning.
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Agencies slam FRA-law revisions
National: 24 Feb 09
Changes to Sweden’s wiretapping law have been met with stinging criticism in a new round of comments by two government agencies.
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Swedish intelligence official quits over wiretapping law
Politics: 16 Feb 09
A high-ranking Moderate Party politician and former defence minister has resigned from his post as head of Sweden’s intelligence oversight agency in protest against the country’s controversial wiretapping law.
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Norwegian group joins case against Sweden's wiretapping law
Politics: 13 Feb 09
A lawyers’ organization from Norway has submitted a petition supporting a case pending in the European Court of Human Rights which challenges Sweden’s controversial wiretapping law.
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Government unites around new FRA-law
Politics: 26 Sep 08
Sweden’s centre-right Alliance government announced a new version of the country’s controversial surveillance law on Thursday, claiming it had succeeded in making changes to the measure which satisfy critics of the original bill.
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Goverment getting closer to surveillance law compromise
Politics: 25 Sep 08
A proposal to introduce a special court to decide when Sweden can monitor cross-border communications traffic is expected to help unify the governing parties around a new version of the country’s controversial surveillance law.
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Swedish television admits mistake in Bildt report
Politics: 23 Sep 08
Sveriges Television (SVT) has issued a public apology for a “misleading” report on comments made by foreign minister Carl Bildt about Sweden’s intelligence services.
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Riksdag opening met with FRA-law protests
Politics: 16 Sep 08
Several hundred demonstrators marched from Sergels Torg in central Stockholm to the steps of the Riksdag on Tuesday to protest Sweden’s surveillance law.
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Report: Moderates 'abusive' toward FRA-law detractor
Politics: 15 Sep 08
As Sweden prepares for renewed debate of the controversial surveillance bill, new details have emerged about the strong-arm tactics employed by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to ensure the bill passed an initial Riksdag vote in June.
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'Exempt Swedes from FRA surveillance'
Politics: 21 Aug 08
Signals intelligence agency FRA should not be permitted to eavesdrop on Swedish citizens at least until the legal implications have been fully examined, according to a new proposal from the Centre Party
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Swedish surveillance law 'breaks EU rules'
National: 13 Aug 08
A lawyer at the European University Institute in Florence has reported Sweden's new surveillance law to the European Commission.
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Moderate Party pols want to ditch FRA-law
Politics: 4 Aug 08
A group of 14 noteworthy local Moderate Party politicians are demanding a review of Sweden’s surveillance law
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Defence Minister: 'FRA doesn’t monitor individual Swedes'
Analysis & Opinion: 30 Jul 08
In explaining the importance of Sweden's new surveillance law, Minister of Defence Sten Tolgfors argues that signals intelligence activities on cable-bound communications is no greater an invasion of privacy than monitoring the airwaves.
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FRA reports blogger to Justice Chancellor
National: 28 Jul 08
The National Defence Radio Establishment, FRA (Försvarets radioanstalt), has filed a complaint with Sweden’s Chancellor of Justice (Justitiekanslern – JK) against a blogger for publishing a classified document from the agency.
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Bugged man reports FRA to Sweden's Chancellor of Justice
National: 25 Jul 08
Sweden's National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA) has been reported to the Chancellor of Justice by one of those on a classified list of people bugged in the 1990s for doing business with Russia.
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FRA 'stopped political murder'
National: 23 Jul 08
Sweden’s National Defence Radio Establishment (Försvarets radioanstalt – FRA) prevented a political murder and revealed that Soviet mock attacks were in fact “prank flights”.
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Prosecutor backs FRA: 'No breach of the law'
National: 22 Jul 08
The public prosecutor has decided not to conduct a preliminary investigation against FRA for breach of electronic communication legislation. FRA was reported to the police following a Sveriges Television news broadcast in June.
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Liberal Party FRA-law revolt widens
Politics: 18 Jul 08
A split has widened in the Liberal Party (Folkpartiet) which could lead to the scrapping of Sweden’s controversial surveillance law.
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State agency 'violated freedom of religion'
National: 15 Jul 08
The head of Sweden’s Evangelical Free Church has slammed the National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA) upon learning that the agency spied on Word of Life pastor Ulf Ekman (left) in the 1990s.
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Liberals demand snoop law retreat
Politics: 14 Jul 08
Former leaders of the Liberal Party, including Bengt Westerberg, have called on the government to back down over the controversial snoop law.
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Nordic neighbours concerned by snoop law
Politics: 11 Jul 08
Denmark, Finland and Norway voiced concerns this week about a new law in Sweden that allows all emails and phone calls to be monitored in the name of national security.
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FRA chief admits to intelligence sharing
National: 10 Jul 08
The head of Sweden's embattled National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA) has admitted to sharing sensitive information with other countries.
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The third chair was for the spy
Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jul 08
A new Swedish snoop law has sparked the wildest political debate in many years. Cold War press veteran David Bartal wonders why people seem so surprised.
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Swedish snoop law targets Russia
National: 9 Jul 08
Sweden's new surveillance law will enable the National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA) to scan massive quantities of Russian computer and telecom data.
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Defence chief warns over snoop law debate
National: 7 Jul 08
The head of Sweden's armed forces has said the heated debate about the country's new surveillance law is 'unfortunate'.
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Anti-surveillance demonstrators hold Stockholm rally
Society: 3 Jul 08
A large crowd gathered in central Stockholm on Thursday afternoon to demonstrate against Sweden's controversial new surveillance law.
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Reinfeldt: critics 'don't understand' snoop law
National: 3 Jul 08
Despite the six million protest emails sent to Sweden’s parliament, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt doesn’t think the controversial surveillance law needs to be changed.
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Security Service to examine FRA leak
National: 2 Jul 08
Swedish Security Service Säpo is to investigate whether an employee at the National Defence Radio Establishment may have leaked classified information to the media.
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Officials investigate snoop agency leak
National: 1 Jul 08
Sweden’s Chancellor of Justice has launch an investigation into the leaking of a classified document by an employee of the National Defence Radio Establishment (Försvarets Radioanstalt - FRA).
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Swedish firm: 'New law will drive businesses out of the country'
Analysis & Opinion: 30 Jun 08
Sweden's controversial new surveillance law has put the state on a collision course with innovative new businesses, argues Roger Grönberg, CEO of Momail.
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Snoop law politicians in email storm
Politics: 30 Jun 08
Swedish members of parliament had received a total of almost half a million protest emails by Sunday evening from members of the public unhappy with a divisive new eavesdropping law.
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Snoop agency head: 'They should stand up for us'
Politics: 28 Jun 08
The director of the Swedish National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA), Ingvar Åkesson is disappointed at the level of government support.
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Sahlin would 'tear up' snoop law if elected
Politics: 25 Jun 08
Social Democratic party leader Mona Sahlin is ready to shred Sweden’s controversial surveillance law if she ends up in government after the 2010 parliamentary elections.
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Pirate Party to take Sweden to European court
Politics: 19 Jun 08
Sweden's Pirate Party has said it will take the country to the European Court of Human Rights in a bid to overturn a far-reaching new eavesdropping law.
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'Yes' to surveillance law
Politics: 18 Jun 08
Swedish lawmakers came down in favour of a fiercely contested surveillance bill in a vote at the Riksdag on Wednesday evening.
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Snoop law vote to go ahead
Politics: 18 Jun 08
After several hours' delay, a controversial signal surveillance bill will be put to the vote on Wednesday evening.
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Surveillance protesters gather outside Riksdag
Politics: 18 Jun 08
Protesters assembled outside the Swedish parliament on Wednesday morning to voice their dissatisfaction with a proposed new surveillance law, a revised version of which is expected to be completed later in the day.
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'Orwellian law must be stopped'
Analysis & Opinion: 18 Jun 08
Despite some cosmetic changes, Sweden's proposed surveillance law is still a monster, writes Pär Ström from the independent New Welfare Foundation.
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Parliament debates email tapping bill
Politics: 17 Jun 08
Lawmakers in Sweden debated a controversial bill on Tuesday which would allow all emails and phone calls to be monitored in the name of national security.
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Centre Party split over surveillance
Society: 17 Jun 08
Sweden's Centre Party is meeting on Tuesday morning for eleventh hour deliberations ahead of Wednesday morning's parliamentary vote on the government's far-reaching surveillance bill.
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Party whips to force through snoop law
Politics: 17 Jun 08
Sweden's governing centre-right parties are expected to gain the majority of votes needed to pass a deeply controversial surveillance law.
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FRA accused of illegal surveillance
National: 14 Jun 08
Sweden's National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA) has been accused of illegally storing the information from over 100 Russians that it had been monitoring in the 1990s.
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Swedish press slams proposed surveillance law
Analysis & Opinion: 13 Jun 08
David Landes takes a look at what Sweden's papers have to say about the proposed surveillance law ahead of next week's Riksdag vote.
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Opposition to proposed surveillance law mounts
National: 13 Jun 08
As the vote on Sweden’s controversial surveillance proposal nears, the voices of political party youth wings and bloggers are rising up in a chorus of opposition.
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Sweden sets sights on new snoop law
Analysis & Opinion: 11 Jun 08
As Sweden's parliament prepares to pass a controversial new surveillance law, Faisal Enayat Khan takes a closer look at the development of a far-reaching tapping scheme.
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Sweden's new wiretapping law 'much worse than the Stasi'
Analysis & Opinion: 10 Jun 08
With just a week to go before the Swedish parliament is expected to pass a controversial wiretapping law, Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge urges people to do all they can to block the legislation.
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Sweden closer to new wire-tapping law
National: 5 Jun 08
A controversial proposal to allow wire-tapping of telephone and email traffic that crosses Sweden's borders moved one step closer to becoming law this week.
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Cyber attack 'could paralyse Sweden'
Science & Technology: 21 Sep 07
A large-scale attack on Sweden's computer infrastructure could paralyse the country within hours, experts have warned. The government needs to act now to ensure the security of Sweden's vital services and functions, they say.
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Google likens Sweden to dictatorship
Politics: 30 May 07
Google's leading privacy expert has alleged that Sweden's proposed wiretapping legislation is more befitting of a totalitarian regime than a western democracy.
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Sweden was prepared to fight Soviet Union
National: 26 May 07
Recently declassified documents show that a Swedish plane shot down by the Soviet Union in 1952 was seeking out potential bomb targets in the former USSR.
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Olofsson claims Sweden has tapped phones 'for decades'
Politics: 9 Mar 07
Deputy prime minister Maud Olofsson has backed defence minister Mikael Odenberg's controversial surveillance bill. Sweden has tapped phones for decades, but without legal safeguards, she says.
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Controversial surveillance bill sent to parliament
National: 8 Mar 07
Defence minister Mikael Odenberg has angered many with his far-reaching wire-tapping proposal. On Thursday he sent the bill to parliament.
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'Big brother' surveillance makes waves in Sweden
Analysis & Opinion: 7 Mar 07
A far-reaching wiretapping programme proposed by the government has stirred up a fiery debate, with critics decrying the creation of a 'big brother' state.
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Sweden edges closer to bugging
Politics: 9 Feb 07
Defence minister Mikael Odenberg can continue working on his bugging proposal after gaining crucial support from the Legislative Council.
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Bugging proposal 'enjoys support of government partners'
Politics: 24 Jan 07
Defence minister Mikael Odenberg is pressing on with plans to extend the powers of the National Defence Radio Establishment, best known for its work during the Cold War.
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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 »
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