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John Kerry to talk Syria in Stockholm visit

Politics: 13 May 13
US Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive in Sweden on Tuesday, with the Swedish government stating on Monday that he would be discussing Syria and the Middle East peace process. READ »

Sweden 'far behind' on counter-terrorism

National: 4 May 13
Swedish Muslims fighting in Syria and other conflict zones could return home to carry out terror attacks and Sweden has a lot to learn from other EU countries when it comes to preventing Islamist terrorism, a new report claims. READ »

Reinfeldt: society must resist hooliganism

Sport: 27 Apr 13
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reindfeldt called on society to take a stand against the hooligans ruining Swedish football following the resignation of the coach of Stockholm club Djurgården citing fan threats. READ »

Swedish Islamists in Syria leave Säpo 'worried'

National: 15 Apr 13
Around 30 Islamists have travelled from Sweden recently to fight or to be trained to fight in Syria, Swedish security service Säpo revealed on Monday, expressing its concerns over the development. READ »

Rejected asylum-seeker flight costs escalate

Business & Money: 31 Mar 13
The cost of chartering aircraft to return rejected asylum-seekers to their countries of origin has increased dramatically, according to new figures from the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. READ »

Bildt: Pyongyang talk 'dangerous for all'

Politics: 30 Mar 13
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has warned that a conflict on the Korean peninsula would be "dangerous for all", as Pyongyang declares "open war" with South Korea. READ »

Swedish football: The ultimate guide to the 2013 Allsvenskan

Sport: 28 Mar 13
With play in Sweden's top football league set to kick off at the weekend, contributor Nic Townsend offers the lowdown on each team and their chances of taking home the 2013 Allsvenskan title. READ »

Swede to lead Syria chemical weapons probe

Politics: 27 Mar 13
The UN has appointed a Swedish disarmament expert who led arms investigations in Iraq to look into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria. READ »

Sweden prepares for first Turkish state visit

Politics: 9 Mar 13
Police have warned of potential disruptions during Sweden's first ever official visit by a Turkish head of state as President Abdullah Gül prepares to travel to Stockholm with a 100-strong delegation. READ »

Stray Swedish weapons show up in Syria

National: 7 Mar 13
Syrian rebels appear to be using Swedish weapons, visible in a new video that has emerged from the civil war in which an anti-regime fighter cradles a well-known Swedish model of anti-tank rifle. READ »

Arabic newspaper lures fresh Malmö advertisers

Society: 4 Mar 13
A media consortium in southern Sweden has baited a new shole of advertisers by starting an Arabic-language newspaper in Malmö. READ »

Charities suffer amid mobile payments muddle

Science & Technology: 28 Feb 13
Swedish charities and NGOs are suffering a downturn in SMS donations, after Sweden's four main mobile network operators introduced mandatory online registration for mobile phone money transfers. READ »

Returnees outnumber Syrian immigrants

National: 20 Feb 13
Sweden welcomed record numbers of immigrants in 2012, with Syrian newcomers tripling compared to 2011, according to a new Statistics Sweden report that also showed that returnee Swedes dominated the league table. READ »

Education key to Balkan refugee integration

National: 18 Feb 13
Refugees who came to Sweden during the Balkan war are faring comparatively well almost two decades after immigration peaked in 1994, with seven out of ten employed today, although figures were gloomier for the less-educated. READ »

Swede wins prestigious world photo award

Society: 15 Feb 13
Swedish photographer Paul Hansen took home the 2013 World Press Photo for his image of Gazans taking two children and their father for burial after they were killed in an Israeli air strike. READ »

Sweden a 'humanitarian super power': Bildt

National: 13 Feb 13
Sweden's foreign policy is being debated in the Riksdag on Wednesday. Follow The Local's live blog for the latest updates and reactions. READ »

Sweden looks to toughen laws against spying

National: 6 Feb 13
Counter-espionage laws in Sweden need to be strengthened, with a particular focus on refugees reporting back to their home countries, government investigators stated on Wednesday. READ »

Minister: immigrant 'volumes' too high

Politics: 2 Feb 13
Sweden's immigration minister has said that the country needs to tighten rules for asylum seekers and other prospective immigrants to cut the number of people coming into the country. READ »

Online refugee greeting takes Sweden by storm

Society: 24 Jan 13
A small-town shopkeeper's folksy Facebook greeting to newly-arrived Syrian refugees kicked off a big-time media frenzy that continues to reverberate, making Bo Oskarsson of Kaxås our pick for Swede of the Week. READ »

Sweden rules out taking Syria's Assad to the ICC

Politics: 16 Jan 13
Sweden was the lone EU member state to opt out of a petition the UN Security Council to take Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the International Criminal Court (ICC), disappointing human rights observers who claim the move is "un-Swedish". READ »

Porn mars Swedish news show's live broadcast

Society: 7 Jan 13
A pornographic film was shown live during a Swedish television news broadcast on Monday adding an unexpected erotic twist to an otherwise sober report about embattled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. READ »

Sweden sets immigration record in 2012

National: 3 Jan 13
Sweden issued a record number of residence permits in 2012, with the total tally ending up at 110,000, a 19-percent hike from 2011 with refugees accounting for the bulk of the increase, new statistics show. READ »

Syria warns Swedes: don't join rebels

Politics: 25 Dec 12
Syria News, a regime-run television station, has warned Swedes against fighting in the Syrian civil war. READ »

Swedish video app could help regime critics

Science & Technology: 18 Dec 12
Sweden-based researchers have helped develop a peer-to-peer video transfer app, which can help regime critics when governments switch off the internet to quell dissent. READ »

Work must come before reunification: minister

Politics: 3 Dec 12
The migration minister wants immigrants to get jobs before their families follow them to Sweden, but may face an uphill struggle to convince his government partners to tighten up current family reunification rules. READ »

Muslim Swedes told to join Syrian war effort

Politics: 27 Nov 12
Swedish security service Säpo has expressed concerns that Swedes fighting in Syria may commit war crimes after a militant group's recent YouTube recruitment video called on Swedes to join the war effort in Syria. READ »

Säpo probes suspected Syrian spies in Sweden

Politics: 2 Nov 12
Swedish security service Säpo has launched at least one intelligence probe into suspicions that Syrian intelligence agents are spying on Syrian nationals in Sweden. READ »

Refugee kids denied free lunch by Swedish school

National: 2 Nov 12
The Swedish Schools Inspectorate has launched an investigation into revelations that 200 children of asylum seekers on the Baltic island of Öland are not being provided a free school lunch. READ »

Sweden to get 50,000 asylum seekers in 2013

Politics: 29 Oct 12
Over 50,000 asylum seekers are expected to arrive in Sweden next year, according to the latest prognosis from the Swedish Migration Board, stretching the country’s capacity. READ »

Sweden takes lead in EU Balkan visa push

Politics: 25 Oct 12
Sweden and Germany led the push on Thursday for a reintroduction of visas for residents from Balkan EU candidate countries in an effort to fight a growing number of bogus asylum requests. READ »

'There's more to Australia than spiders and sharks'

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Oct 12
The Australian ambassador to Sweden Paul Stephens speaks to The Local's Oliver Gee about the “outdated” image of Australia, the ongoing trial of Julian Assange, and life as the coach of an Australian rules football team in Stockholm. READ »

Israel urges UN to halt Swedish Gaza ship

Politics: 18 Oct 12
Israel's envoy to the UN on Tuesday appealed to the organization to persuade a Swedish ship carrying activists and bound for the Gaza strip to turn back. READ »

Syrians largest asylum seeker group in Sweden

National: 6 Oct 12
The number of asylum seekers in Sweden doubled this year, with Syrians being the largest group. But the Green Party calls Sweden's refugee policy "inhumane". READ »

Swedes like the US more than the EU: study

National: 17 Sep 12
Swedes have a more favourable opinion of the United States than they do of the European Union, according to a new study, which also found Sweden to have the lowest opinion of Israel of any EU country. READ »

Sweden pledges millions to boost Syria aid effort

Business & Money: 31 Aug 12
Sweden has pledged 25 million kronor ($3.7 million) to the UN refugee agency to aid humanitarian efforts in Syria, aid minister Gunilla Carlsson announced on Friday. READ »

Bildt: sectarian tensions pose risk for Syria

Politics: 29 Aug 12
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt warned on Tuesday of the "great risks" and possible tensions in Syria following President Bashar al-Assad's inevitable departure. READ »

Bildt 'worried' about UN withdrawal from Syria

National: 17 Aug 12
Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has spoken out about the UN's decision to pull back an observer force from Syria, calling the decision very worrying as continued violence claimed more victims on Friday. READ »

Several detained after Syrian embassy protest

National: 14 Aug 12
Some ten people have been arrested after breaking into the Syrian embassy in Danderyd just outside Stockholm on Tuesday morning, according to police. READ »

Syrian refugees can’t bring family to Sweden

National: 8 Aug 12
Syrians granted temporary residence permits to Sweden will not be allowed to send for their relatives, the Swedish Migration Board ruled on Wednesday. READ »

Bildt voices regret over Annan Syria decision

Politics: 3 Aug 12
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has expressed regret over former UN head Kofi Annan's decision to step down from Syria peace efforts, saying that splits in the Security Council "made political efforts impossible". READ »

Syrian team denied visas for Sweden's Gothia Cup

Sport: 13 Jul 12
One of four Syrian teams due to participate in Sweden's Gothia Cup - the world's largest youth football tournament - has been denied entry visas after assessment of the war-torn country's security situation and the applicants' flight risk. READ »

Sweden's Green Party: moving to the city?

Politics: 4 Jul 12
In his latest dispatch from Almedalen, correspondent and commentator David Linden looks at why Sweden's Green Party resorted to having a well-known Swedish weatherman to take the stage. READ »

Sweden asylum seeker figures jump 30 percent

National: 3 Jul 12
The number of people seeking asylum in Sweden increased by 30 percent during the first half of 2012 compared with the same period last year, new statistics show. READ »

Sweden joins call for UN arms trade treaty

Business & Money: 2 Jul 12
Sweden, together with France, Germany and Britain, called for an arms trade treaty from the United Nations on Monday, aiming to fight the worldwide suffering caused by the "poorly regulated arms trade". READ »

Löfven in the US looking to learn from Obama

Politics: 26 Jun 12
Sweden's Social Democrat head Stefan Löfven is in Chicago learning from President Obama’s election campaign how to win over the Swedish voters in good time for the election in 2014. READ »

Syrian opposition finds new leader in Sweden

Politics: 11 Jun 12
Abdulbaset Sieda, a Kurdish-Syrian academic living in exile in Sweden since the 1990s, has been elected president of the opposition Syrian National Council, and promptly hinted that the group may formally request military assistance. READ »

Global arms spending flat in 2011: Swedish think tank sees

Business & Money: 4 Jun 12
World military spending remained the same last year for the first time in 14 years, yet the Swedish think tank SIPRI claims that the global nuclear threat stays strong. READ »

Hillary Clinton ‘thrilled’ with Sweden visit

Politics: 4 Jun 12
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent a busy Sunday in Stockholm, meeting with politicians and members of the Swedish royal family and discussing climate change, global warming, and the thrill of being in Sweden. READ »

Hillary Clinton heads for Stockholm

Politics: 2 Jun 12
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is heading for Stockholm next on her rushed tour of Scandinavia, as her plane from Norway to Stockholm lifts off on Saturday evening. READ »

Sweden boosts spending on anti-terror battle

National: 29 May 12
The fight against terrorism is consuming ever larger portions of the budget allocated to Swedish security service Säpo, which has seen its allocation double in the last decade, according to a new report. READ »

Hillary Clinton lines up Sweden visit

Politics: 26 May 12
Sweden is set to host US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in early June and discussions will concern green energy, internet freedom, Afghanistan and the Middle East READ »

Sweden braces for asylum application spike

National: 4 May 12
Swedish migration authorities have ratcheted up their forecast for the number of asylum seekers and labour migrants who will arrive in Sweden during 2012. READ »

'Sweden has betrayed the Arab struggle for democracy'

Analysis & Opinion: 11 Apr 12
Sweden's plans to help build a weapons plant in Saudi Arabia are a betrayal of the Arab spring and amount to a support for a Saudi-backed Arab counter-revolution, argue a group of Arab and Swedish pro-democracy activists. READ »

Allsvenskan football 2012: a season preview

Lifestyle: 28 Mar 12
This Saturday the Allsvenskan, Sweden’s premier football league, starts a new season. Contributor Nic Townsend takes a look at each team and their prospects for 2012. READ »

Syria 'monitoring' exiles in Sweden: envoy

Politics: 26 Mar 12
Former Syrian ambassador to Sweden, Mohammad Bassam Imadi, has revealed that the Syrian government was spying on Syrian exiles in Sweden during his time in office. READ »

Swedish arms exports keep booming

Business & Money: 19 Mar 12
Global arms exports are on the rise and Swedish exports of military equipment are growing at a faster clip than the global average, new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) show. READ »

Swedish weapons sold to dictatorships: agency

Business & Money: 22 Feb 12
Fresh figures show that a large percentage of Swedish arms exports go to undemocratic countries and dictatorships, despite a decision from the Riksdag last year to tighten regulation on arms exports. READ »

Syria blocks Swedish mobile video site: report

National: 18 Feb 12
The Syrian government has blocked the services of Swedish mobile live video streaming site Bambuser, the firm claimed on Friday, shortly after a user broadcast a bombing in Homs. READ »

Swedish reporter detained in Syria

National: 16 Feb 12
A Swedish journalist was arrested in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Wednesday afternoon but was released following an interrogation. READ »

'Syria's Assad should step down': Bildt

Politics: 15 Feb 12
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt called for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step down when delivering the government's annual statement of foreign policy on Wednesday, which also prompted a heated debate about the recognition of a Palestinian state. READ »

Sweden stops deportations to Syria

National: 31 Jan 12
Sweden's Migration Board said Monday it was temporarily suspending all deportations to Syria due to the worsening violence in the country as president Bashar al-Assad's deadly crackdown continues. READ »

'Mossad set me up': Swede held in Bangkok

National: 19 Jan 12
A Lebanese-born Swede arrested in Thailand last week on terror suspicions has professed his innocence, claiming he was set up by Israeli intelligence service Mossad. READ »

'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. READ »

'No evidence bomber belonged to al-Qaeda'

National: 7 Dec 11
An unexploded bomb was left in the car of Stockholm suicide bomber Taimour Abdulwahab, investigators said on Wednesday, adding that there was nothing to indicate he was a member of the al-Qaeda terror network. READ »

Sweden 'weakened' EU sanctions against Syria

Politics: 3 Dec 11
Sweden stepped on the brakes, stopping the EU from imposing sanctions against two telecom companies active in Syria. Both do business with Swedish telecom giant Ericsson. READ »

Abdulwahab 'called Iraq' before Stockholm bomb

National: 17 Nov 11
Taimour Abdulwahab called a mobile telephone in Iraq the same day that he blew himself up in Stockholm, and received 60,000 kronor ($8,800) from backers in Scotland, according to British prosecutors. READ »

17 charged in footballer's 'gang-war' slaying

National: 16 Nov 11
Charges were filed against 17 men on Wednesday in relation to the July 2010 killing of young Assyriska FF footballer Eddie Moussa and his brother, in what prosecutors believe was a settling of scores between rival gangs. READ »

Swedish teen shocked by 'wonky boob' insult

Society: 16 Nov 11
A 14-year-old girl was told she had “wonky boobs” in an unexpected text message sent by Swedish directory assistance service 118 800. READ »

Halt deportations to Syria: Social Democrats

National: 29 Oct 11
Four representatives from the Social Democrats have demanded an immediate cessation of all deportations of refugees to Syria. READ »

Syrians in Sweden: 'observers, not intervention'

Politics: 11 Oct 11
Syrian opposition leaders meeting in Stockholm on Monday called for the deployment of international observers in their country but were largely opposed to foreign military intervention. READ »

Stockholm hosts rally against Syrian regime

Politics: 10 Oct 11
A rally against the Syrian regime was held outside Sweden's parliament on Sunday with some 200 people calling on Stockholm and the European Union "to support the revolution in Syria". READ »

Sweden warns Syria over dissident harrassment

Politics: 4 Oct 11
Sweden and France on Tuesday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime against attacking or intimidating Syrian opposition in exile, amid reports of assaults and threats in several European capitals. READ »

China relies less on Russian arms: Swedish think tank

Politics: 3 Oct 11
Swedish think tank SIPRI has said in a new report that China's dependence on Russia for arms and energy imports has declined and Moscow's position when dealing with Beijing has weakened as a result. READ »

Syrian poet tipped ahead of Nobel lit prize announcement

Lifestyle: 2 Oct 11
With the winner of the annual Nobel Prizes due to be announced in the coming days, speculation is rife over who will win the prestigious literature award this year, the AFP's Igor Gedilaghine discovers. READ »

Reinfeldt discussed equality in the UN

Politics: 24 Sep 11
Gender equality and women's rights on a global scale were the themes of Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's speech to the United Nations on Friday. READ »

Social Democrat cleared of Syrian kidnap plot link

Politics: 12 Sep 11
A Stockholm Social Democrat has been cleared of assisting in the attempted kidnap of the daughter of a top Syrian diplomat. READ »

Syrian Kurds in Sweden meet on Assad

National: 4 Sep 11
Around 50 expatriat Syrian Kurds gathered in Stockholm Saturday for a two-day conference on how to strengthen Kurds inside Syria and get them more involved in efforts to overthrow Bashar al-Assad's regime. READ »

Sweden condemns Syria violence

Politics: 2 Aug 11
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has condemned the Syrian regime's "unacceptable" violence against its people, especially as it has come at the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. READ »

Malmö FF fined for fan's attack on football player

Sport: 17 Jun 11
The Malmö FF football club has been fined 150,000 kronor ($23,000) by the Swedish Football Federation for allowing a supporter to run on the pitch and attack a player from visiting Helsingborg last month. READ »

Gangster gave orders from inside jail: report

National: 13 Jun 11
A 30-year-old suspected gang leader suspected of ordering the killing of a Swedish footballer and his brother used notes and binoculars to continue giving orders to his gang from within inside a Swedish jail. READ »

Swedish citizenship applications on the rise

Society: 7 Jun 11
The number of people applying to be Swedish citizens is expected to rise in 2011, according to forecasts from the Swedish Migration Board. READ »

Match called off after fan attacks player on pitch

Sport: 25 May 11
A firework injured Helsingborg's goalkeeper, who was then attacked by a supporter on the pitch, prompting officials to call off Tuesday night's match against archrivals Malmö FF in the latest instance of football supporter violence in Sweden. READ »

Football club fined for firework that hit referee

Sport: 12 May 11
The Swedish Football Association has ordered Stockholm-based club AIK to pay a fine of 150,000 kronor ($24,500) for an incident in which a referee was hit by a firework. The club quickly appealed the decision. READ »

Football hooliganism in Sweden - alive and kicking

Analysis & Opinion: 6 May 11
While football hooliganism has all but disappeared in the UK, Sweden continues to struggle with how to deal with the problem, turning it into a political hot potato, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers. READ »

Match abandoned after firework hits referee

Sport: 25 Apr 11
Sunday's Allsvenskan football match between Stockholm clubs AIK and Syrianska had to be abandoned 20 minutes into the match after an assistant referee was struck by a firecracker thrown from the crowd. READ »

Sweden issues Syria travel warning

National: 14 Apr 11
Sweden's foreign ministry on Thursday issued a warning against travel to Syria as pro-reform demonstrations in the autocratic Middle Eastern country gained strength. READ »

Sweden lags on Turkey genocide recognition

National: 12 Apr 11
Despite a request from the Riksdag last year, the Swedish government still hasn’t recognized the genocide of Armenians and other ethnic groups in WWI. READ »

A preview of the 2011 Allsvenskan football season

Lifestyle: 1 Apr 11
April is here, which brings the start of the Swedish professional football season. With play set to kick off on Saturday, contributor Nic Townsend takes a look at which teams are expected to vie for the Allsvenskan title. READ »

UK-based comedy troupe set to make its Swedish debut

Lifestyle: 11 Mar 11
The world-renowned comedic theatre troupe Spymonkey is coming to Sweden, bringing its unique brand of black humour to Scandinavia audiences for the first time, The Local's Anita Badejo discovers. READ »

Libyan embassy staff resign in Stockholm

Society: 21 Feb 11
Three employees of the Libyan embassy in Stockholm have resigned in protest over what they called the "genocide" currently taking place in the country. READ »

Water shortages to force Middle East cooperation

Politics: 11 Feb 11
A report jointly funded by the Swedish and Swiss governments warned on Thursday of acute water shortages in the Middle East that would force feuding neighbours in the region to cooperate to address them. READ »

Swede narrowly misses FIFA best goal award

Sport: 10 Jan 11
Swedish striker Linus Hallenius was among the finalists to take home FIFA's award for the "most beautiful" goal of 2010, but lost out to Hamit Altintop of Turkey. READ »

Warplane sales 'destabilising': Swedish think tank

Science & Technology: 10 Nov 10
Stockholm independent research institute SIPRI has warned that combat aircraft sales, which account for a third of the global arms trade, could have a destabilising effect in many parts of the world. READ »

Four arrested for murder of Swedish footballer

National: 2 Nov 10
Four people have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Swedish second division football player Eddie Moussa and his brother in Södertälje in July. READ »

Police declare end to Gothenburg bomb threat

National: 31 Oct 10
Swedish police have released the two men detained on suspicion of preparing a terrorist crime and have declared the bomb threat to be over. READ »

Turkish 'terror' suspect arrested at Arlanda

National: 24 Oct 10
Border police at Arlanda airport arrested a Turkish man wanted by Belgian police on suspicion of "terror crimes" on Friday and is holding him pending a decision on whether to extradite him, Swedish security police said on Sunday. READ »

Swedish football clubs threatened by their fans

Sport: 3 Oct 10
Players, coaches and referees plying their trade in the Swedish Allsvenskan top flight are increasingly becoming the target of threats from supporters, often from their own clubs. READ »

Football player murdered in Södertälje shooting

National: 1 Jul 10
Eddie Moussa, a player with Swedish second division football club Assyriska, was one of the two men shot dead in a gambling club in Södertälje near Stockholm on Wednesday night. READ »

What do the Swedish Gaza activists hope to achieve?

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Jun 10
The Ship to Gaza incident was, to say the least, badly handled by Israel. The blockade of Gaza is wrong. But Swedish activists need to ask themselves tough questions about the consequences of their actions, says Stockholm-based Israeli journalist David Stavrou. READ »

Diplomat's kidnap plot foiled by phone tap

National: 15 May 10
Secret documents acquired by a TV network have shown that a Syrian diplomat’s plot to kidnap his own daughter was first uncovered when his phone was tapped by the Swedish security police. READ »

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