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Loreen win gives Sweden Eurovision 'Euphoria'

Society: 27 May 12
Sweden's Loreen brought home gold in the glitzy 2012 Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday morning with an impassioned rendition of her hit "Euphoria" from Baku in Azerbaijan. READ »

'Serbs are like Breivik': Swedish radio host

Society: 25 Apr 12
A well-known Swedish radio host has been suspended for calling Serbs “stupid” and comparing them to Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik during a recent broadcast. READ »

Zlatan admits slapping opponent 'an error'

Sport: 7 Feb 12
Swedish star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic said he made a mistake when he slapped a member of the opposing team in Sunday's Serie A game, resulting in a three-game suspension. READ »

Family acquitted in teen 'sex slave' trial

National: 30 Jan 12
A mother, a father and their 25-year-old son, charged with trafficking after allegedly having "purchased" a 14-year-old in Serbia to serve as the mentally disabled son's wife, were freed by a Swedish court on Monday. READ »

Swedish court jails Serb over Kosovo war crimes

National: 21 Jan 12
A Serbian man was jailed for life by a Swedish court on Friday in connection with his role in a massacre in the village of Cuska in Kosovo in 1999, in which 40 people were killed. READ »

Charges filed over 'sex slave' teen girl

National: 20 Dec 11
A mother, a father and their 25-year-old son were charged with trafficking on Tuesday after having "purchased" a 14-year-old girl in Serbia and brought her to Sweden to serve as the mentally handicapped son's wife. READ »

Bildt: Sweden backs Balkans' EU push

Politics: 10 Nov 11
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt declared on Wednesday that his country supports the EU aspirations of the nations in the Western Balkans, but warned that the process of reform must be maintained. READ »

Teen girl held as sex-slave for a year: report

National: 9 Nov 11
A 14-year-old girl who was held as a sex-slave by a mentally ill man has been freed by Swedish police who suspect she was sold by her father in Belgrade before being trafficked to Sweden. READ »

Police slammed for 'slow' response

National: 28 Oct 11
Swedish police officers' slow response to the spectacular helicopter robbery of a cash depot south of Stockholm in 2009 has come in for stinging criticism from the National Swedish Police Board’s own inspection unit. READ »

Sweden charges Serb over Kosovo war crimes

National: 7 Sep 11
A Serbian man was charged by a Swedish prosecutor on Tuesday in connection with his role in a massacre in the village of Cuska in Kosovo in 1999, in which 40 people were killed. READ »

Anna Lindh killer breaks silence over murder

Politics: 28 Aug 11
The man convicted of the 2003 murder of Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh, Mijailo Mijailovic, has finally spoken out about the case after eight years in prison. READ »

Swedish citizen jailed in Serbia released

National: 21 Jul 11
The Swedish citizen remanded into custody in Serbia last week suspected of war crimes has been released, according to information from the foreign ministry. READ »

Bildt praises Serbia after Hadzic arrest

Politics: 20 Jul 11
Sweden's foreign minister and former mediator in the Balkan conflict, Carl Bildt has congratulated Serbia for the arrest of suspected war criminal Goran Hadzic, saying that "justice will pave the way for reconciliation". READ »

Swede suspected of war crimes in Serbia

National: 14 Jul 11
A Swedish citizen was remanded into custody in Serbia on Wednesday after having been picked up by Serbian border police when entering the country. According to the Swedish foreign ministry he is suspected of war crimes. READ »

Söderling sets up French Open clash with old foe Nadal

Sport: 31 May 11
Sweden's Robin Söderling set up a quarter-final clash with old rival and five-time champion Rafael Nadal after easing past 18th seed Gilles Simon in the French Open on Monday. READ »

Söderling powers into French Open 4th round

Sport: 29 May 11
Sweden's Robin Söderling, a beaten finalist at the last two French Open championships, cruised into the fourth round in Paris on Saturday with a win in straight sets over Argentine qualifier Leonardo Mayer. READ »

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". READ »

Sweden's hemspråk: teaching kids their parents' language

Analysis & Opinion: 12 May 11
As Sweden continues to grapple with how best to integrate its ever-growing foreign born population, The Local's Karen Holst looks at one way in which Swedish schools address the needs of children with a mother tongue other than Swedish. READ »

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. READ »

Suspected war criminal arrested in Sweden

National: 29 Dec 10
A man has been arrested in northwestern Sweden on suspicions of having committed war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. READ »

Bildt denies US contact on Assange extradition

Politics: 8 Dec 10
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt denied on Wednesday that there have been contacts between Swedish and US authorities on the possible extradition of beleaguered WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. READ »

Sweden enlists cartoon bear to help asylum seeking children

Society: 29 Nov 10
The popular Swedish children’s character, Bamse -- the world’s strongest bear, has found a new role: helping kids who seek asylum in Sweden. READ »

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. READ »

Guilty verdicts for helicopter heist suspects

National: 7 Oct 10
Several suspects involved in last year’s Hollywood-style helicopter heist of a cash depot south of Stockholm were found guilty on Thursday. READ »

Swedish towns strained by asylum seeker spike

National: 6 Oct 10
Swedish municipalities are feeling the squeeze from a large onslaught of asylum seekers, forcing many to live in rented camps and other temporary accommodations to deal with the acute housing shortage. READ »

Söderling falls at Federer hurdle

Sport: 9 Sep 10
Swedish tennis ace Robin Söderling was knocked out of the US Open on Wednesday, losing in straight sets to Swiss star Roger Federer. READ »

Söderling joins stars in US Open third round

Sport: 3 Sep 10
Swedish tennis ace Robin Söderling joined the top seeds in the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows on Thursday by by defeating 72nd-ranked American Taylor Dent 6-2, 6-2, 6-4. READ »

Suspects deserve the 'maximum penalty'

National: 2 Sep 10
The prosecution presented its final arguments on Thursday in the trial of 10 men suspected of carrying out a brazen helicopter-aided robbery of a Stockholm cash depot last September. READ »

Two helicopter heist thieves still at large

National: 19 Jul 10
Ten men caught after a helicopter heist at a cash depot in southern Stockholm belonging to security company G4S were sentenced on Monday, while two other known thieves remain unidentified and at large. READ »

Police arrest Kosovo war crimes suspect

National: 8 Jun 10
A second man of Serbian origin has been arrested by Swedish police on suspicion of having committed war crimes in Kosovo in 1999. READ »

Man arrested over Kosovo war crimes

National: 7 Apr 10
A man has been arrested in western Sweden on suspicion of aggravated war crimes, with an alternative charge of murder, in connection with the Kosovo war in 1999. READ »

Ambassador 'concerned' over sudden Roma influx

National: 11 Mar 10
Sweden's ambassador in Belgrade has expressed concern over the number of Serbian citizens seeking asylum in Sweden in the wake of a recent relaxation of visa restrictions. READ »

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. READ »

Police probe Serb ties to helicopter heist

National: 29 Sep 09
Police in Serbia suspect the mastermind behind last week's brazen helicopter heist is a 40-year-old Bosnian Serb living in Belgrade known as the 'gangster king'. READ »

Helicopter heist suspects – who they are

National: 29 Sep 09
A look at the six men currently being held on suspicions of involvement in last week's spectacular helicopter robbery of a Stockholm cash depot. READ »

Swedish police 'knew of helicopter heist plans'

National: 28 Sep 09
Swedish police had been forewarned by counterparts in Serbia about plans to rob a Stockholm cash depot, according to media reports. Meanwhile, details have emerged about six suspects who remain in police custody. READ »

Court urges early release for Bosnian war criminal

Politics: 15 Sep 09
Biljana Plavsic, the former Bosnian Serb leader who is serving an 11-year jail sentence in Sweden for crimes against humanity, should be released early for good behaviour, according to court documents. READ »

Baltic bliss: boating in the Stockholm archipelago

Travel: 14 Sep 09
Having lived for some time in a city so dominated by waterways and islands, Alannah Eames decides it's high time to take the plunge and join the boat set. READ »

Söderling falls to Federer in US Open

Sport: 10 Sep 09
Sweden’s Robin Söderling’s run at the US Open tennis tournament came to an end Wednesday with a four set loss to top seed and defending champion Roger Federer. READ »

European court halts childrens' deportation

National: 6 Aug 09
The European Court of Human Rights has temporarily prevented the deportation of four Serbian children from Sweden after their mother was sentenced to eight years in prison. READ »

Drunken Swedish soldiers in armed Kosovo kerfuffle

Society: 3 Jul 09
A shot was fired when two drunken and armed Swedish soldiers got into a fight with local residents in Kosovo, prompting an investigation by Sweden’s Armed Forces. READ »

Sweden U-21 coach faces ban after halftime Balkan row

Sport: 25 Jun 09
As Sweden’s under-21 side prepares to face England in the semifinals of the European U-21 football championships, it faces the prospect of doing so without co-manager Tommy Söderberg on the sidelines. READ »

Swedish police smash Balkan drugs ring

National: 26 Mar 09
Thirty-seven people have so far been held in custody as part of a crackdown on an international drugs ring with ties to the Balkan region, police in western Sweden revealed on Thursday. READ »

Ibrahimovic influential as Inter close in on title

Sport: 22 Feb 09
Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic was again dominant as Inter showed title form in beating Bologna on Saturday. Coach Jose Mourinho told his players to show no fear ahead of Tuesday's clash with Manchester United. READ »

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. READ »

Alphabet soup: Sweden’s many languages

Analysis & Opinion: 8 Jan 09
Learning Swedish is a noble pursuit. When in Rome and all that. But mastering the majority mother tongue is only the beginning, as many more languages loom large on the horizon, writes Alec Forss. READ »

How hard is Swedish to learn?

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Nov 08
Learning Swedish can be a tricky business for even the most nimble-tongued of linguists. This week we get the views of our readers’ panel on how best to deal with the intimidating dots and circles. READ »

Bildt calls Ahtisaari's 2008 Nobel Peace Prize 'well-deserved'

National: 10 Oct 08
Sweden’s foreign minister Carl Bildt offered his congratulations to former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari for being named the recipient of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. READ »

The Panel: Igor Trisic

Lifestyle: 1 Oct 08
Get acquainted with the members of our regular readers panel. READ »

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. READ »

Gambling baron faces new tax crime charges

National: 14 Aug 08
One of Sweden's most notorious gangsters, currently on trial for instigating murder, was indicted on Thursday on charges of financial crimes and illicit gambling. READ »

Sweden invokes Hitler in condemning Russian assault

National: 9 Aug 08
Sweden has evoked the memory of Adolf Hitler in condemning Russia's attacks on Georgia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia. READ »

Gambling baron trial begins in Gothenburg

National: 4 Aug 08
A huge police presence was on hand as the trial of gambling baron Rade Kotur got underway in Gothenburg on Monday. READ »

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. READ »

The hidden lives of Sweden’s undocumented migrants

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jul 08
Sweden has taken in thousands of asylum seekers in recent year. But not all have had their applications accepted. Faisal Enayat Khan describes his encounters with just a handful of Sweden's estimated 15,000 undocumented migrants. READ »

Thieves swipe rooftop church cross

National: 20 Jun 08
A rooftop church cross has mysteriously disappeared from a Serbian orthodox church in Malmö, southern Sweden. READ »

Female Swedish 'spy' officer off the hook

National: 16 Jun 08
There is to be no indictment against a female officer suspected of having leaked secret NATO and United Nations documents to her Serbian lover whilst on duty in Kosovo. READ »

Sweden chooses Perrelli for Eurovision

Society: 16 Mar 08
One time Eurovision winner Charlotte Perrelli is to attempt a repeat performance after winning Sweden's Melodifestivalen competition on Saturday. READ »

Sweden chooses Perrelli for Eurovision

National: 16 Mar 08
One time Eurovision winner Charlotte Perrelli is to attempt a repeat performance after winning Sweden's Melodifestivalen competition on Saturday. READ »

Bildt supports EU candidacy for Serbia

Politics: 12 Mar 08
Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and his French counterpart have pronounced their support for eventual Serbian membership in the EU. READ »

Sweden recognizes Kosovo

Politics: 4 Mar 08
Sweden has recognized Kosovo's independence from Serbia, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. READ »

Neo-nazis arrested near Kosovo demonstration

National: 2 Mar 08
A group of 20 neo-Nazis were detained by police in Stockholm on Saturday. READ »

Aussie ex-crim wants out of Sweden's 'Hitler society'

Society: 27 Feb 08
An Australian man convicted of rape in Australia is pleading to be allowed to return to his home country following his deportation to Sweden. READ »

Sweden warns nationals against travel to Kosovo

National: 22 Feb 08
Sweden has warned its nationals to avoid unnecessary travel to northern Kosovo. READ »

Most EU states likely to recognize Kosovo: Sweden

Politics: 18 Feb 08
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt predicts that a "vast majority" of EU nations will recognize Kosovo in "one form or another". READ »

Sweden's Albanians celebrate Kosovo's independence

National: 18 Feb 08
Emotions ran high in many Swedish towns on Sunday as the country's Kosovar Albanian population celebrated Pristina's unilateral declaration of independence. READ »

Bildt presents foreign policy in Riksdag

Politics: 13 Feb 08
The Foreign Minister emphasized the importance of the EU and the UN in Swedish foreign policy. READ »

Embassy security cameras 'could break Swedish law'

National: 5 Nov 07
Half of embassies in Stockholm could be breaking Swedish law by installing security cameras that monitor passers-by. The US, Italian and Japanese embassies are among those accused. READ »

Bildt: Serbia must be 'moved forward' on Kosovo

Politics: 24 Oct 07
Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Wednesday said there was a need to "move Serbia forward" towards reaching "some sort of consensus" on Kosovo. READ »

Macedonia stop Kosovo immigrants on Swedish passports

Society: 9 Oct 07
Macedonian police have prevented five Kosovo Albanians, travelling with several Swedish soldiers serving with NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo (KFOR), from flying from Macedonia to Sweden. READ »

Spy suspect keeps job

National: 5 Jun 07
A Swedish lieutenant commander suspected of leaking UN and NATO documents to a Serbian spy is to hold onto her job pending the results of a preliminary investigation. READ »

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. READ »

Spy scandal: 'Be careful when you steal reports'

National: 15 May 07
New information has come to light about a Swedish lieutenant commander and her Serbian spy lover. READ »

Security Service reports suspected spy

National: 15 May 07
The Swedish Security Service (SÄPO) plans to report to the public prosecutor a woman suspected of feeding sensitive information to a Serbian spy while she served in Sweden's Kosovo force. READ »

Swedish soldier fed secrets to Serbian lover

National: 14 May 07
A female Swedish officer has been reported to an army disciplinary committee after it was alleged that she supplied a Serbian spy with sensitive information. The two were involved in a relationship at the time. READ »

Mijailovic wants to stay in Sweden

National: 14 May 07
Mijailo Mijailovic, the man who murdered Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh, has decided to give up on the idea of a transfer to a Serbian prison. "He's in a catch 22 situation," says his lawyer. READ »

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. READ »

Bildt: let Serbia join EU

National: 19 Feb 07
Serbia should be given the chance to join the EU if it accepts a UN plan on the future status of Kosovo, Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has told an Austrian newspaper. READ »

Mijailovic must stay in Swedish jail

National: 6 Feb 07
Mijailo Mijailovic, the man who murdered Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh, has had his application to serve his sentence in his parents' homeland of Serbia refused by authorities in Stockholm. READ »

Lindh killer faces uncertain future

National: 20 Jan 07
Mijailo Mijailovic wants to serve his sentence for the murder of Anna Lindh in Serbia. But Swedish authorities will not permit a transfer until Serbia decides on the length of his sentence. READ »

More people want to become Swedes

Society: 3 Jan 07
More people are taking Swedish citizenship, new figures show. Iraqis were the keenest applicants for Swedish passports last year, but plenty of Americans also applied. READ »

Lindh killer 'should not go to Serbia'

Politics: 29 Sep 06
A senior Liberal has called for Mijailo Mijailovic, who killed Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh, to be denied his wish to serve out his sentence in Serbia. READ »

Lindh killer could serve sentence in Serbia

National: 22 Aug 06
Serbia has indicated that the man who murdered Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh in 2003 could serve his prison sentence in a Serbian jail. Now it's up to the Swedish governement. READ »

Immigration brings population rise

Society: 15 Mar 06
Fewer people are seeking asylum in Sweden, but immigration still accounts for most of the increase in Sweden's population, according to figures out on Wednesday. READ »

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. READ »

Foreign prisoners reject Swedish hospitality

Society: 12 Aug 05
Swedish prisons may be considered plush by many, but an increasing number of prisoners with foreign backgrounds are trying to get moved abroad. Going back to the Netherlands is popular among people convicted of drugs offences. READ »

"Honour-violence" funding missing its target

Society: 8 Aug 05
The Swedish government has put aside 180 million kronor for projects tackling so-called "honour-violence" across the country. But critics say that the research behind the government's plans is flawed and only a fraction of the money is going to immigrant organisations. READ »

Swedish Supreme Court jails Mijailovic for life

National: 2 Dec 04
It's the end of the legal line for the man who killed foreign minister Anna Lindh in September 2003, as Sweden's top court reverses the Appeal Court's decision and puts Mijailo Mijailovic in prison for life. READ »

Open up mental health system to avert crisis

Science & Technology: 11 Nov 04
In the week that the Supreme Court reviews the sentence on Anna Lindh's killer, Lysanne Sizoo points out where the Swedish mental health system is breaking down - and offers a creative solution. READ »

"Suicidal" Mijailovic gives up Swedish passport

National: 21 Sep 04
Anna Lindh's murderer is no longer a Swedish citizen, it emerges after he is taken to hospital suffering from psychiatric problems. And now a move to Serbia could be on the cards, just as another notorious killer considers coming to Sweden. READ »

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