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The following articles have been tagged with "Beatrice_ask":

Legal council says no to drug tests for kids

National: 5 Mar 10
Sweden's Council on Legislation (Lagrådet) has ruled against a government legislative proposal to allow drug tests on children below the age of 15. READ »

Sweden keeps secret party donations despite EU criticism

Politics: 18 Feb 10
Despite strong criticism from the Council of Europe the Swedish government does not plan to outlaw anonymous donations to political parties. READ »

Moderates knew of election list fraud: report

National: 14 Feb 10
Highly placed leaders of the Moderate Party (Moderaterna) have known for weeks that electoral fraud was being committed within the local organization in Stockholm, according to a media report. READ »

'Parents should pay for their children's crimes'

National: 11 Feb 10
The Swedish government has announced that from September 1st parents will be made financially responsible for crimes committed by their children, in the face of stern criticism from several parties. READ »

Justice Minister reluctant to store data

National: 4 Feb 10
The European Court of Justice has told Sweden that it must implement a 2006 measure requiring telecom operators to store information about their customers’ phone calls and emails. But Justice Minister Beatrice Ask remains sceptical. READ »

Ex-police chief remanded in sex ring probe

National: 28 Jan 10
A former police chief suspected of rape in an expanding sex ring investigation was remanded in custody on Thursday, despite his claims of innocence. A number of other well-known men are also said to be under investigation. READ »

Sweden to get tougher on violent crime

Politics: 28 Jan 10
Sweden's government is calling for the introduction of a new level of crime classification that will lead to longer jail terms for especially brutal forms of assault. READ »

Swedish Auschwitz sign suspect contacts lawyer

National: 5 Jan 10
High profile defence lawyer Peter Althin has said he will represent a Swede being linked to the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from Auschwitz should Swedish prosecutors opt to press charges. READ »

Sweden's help sought in Auschwitz theft probe

National: 30 Dec 09
Polish authorities investigating possible Swedish ties to the theft of the Auschwitz “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign planned to formally ask for help from the Swedish justice ministry, the Polish justice ministry said on Wednesday. READ »

Few convictions for paying for sex in Sweden

Society: 16 Nov 09
Although it has been illegal to pay for sex in Sweden for ten years, only two people have been sentenced to prison for violating Swedish laws criminalizing the purchasing of sexual services. READ »

'Make parents pay for children's crimes': Ask

National: 5 Oct 09
Parents in Sweden should be responsible for paying for damages caused when their children commit crimes, according to a new government proposal. READ »

Two helicopter suspects remanded in custody

National: 30 Sep 09
Two men suspected of involvement in last week's daring helicopter heist have been remanded in custody by a Stockholm court. A third man has been released, while the remand hearing for a fourth suspect was postponed until Thursday. READ »

European court halts Rwandan genocide suspect extradition

Politics: 16 Jul 09
Sweden has delayed plans to extradite a Rwandan genocide suspected following an appeal by the European Court of Human Rights to review the case. READ »

EU mulls visas for Canadian tourists

Politics: 15 Jul 09
Speaking for the European Union presidency, Swedish migration minister Tobias Billström said on Wednesday that the EU supported requiring visas for Canadians travelling to the EU in the wake of a Czech-Canada visa spat. READ »

EU's Stockholm Programme to 'bolster individual privacy rights'

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Jul 09
As European Union ministers gather in Stockholm on Wednesday Swedish ministers Beatrice Ask and Tobias Billström explain the EU’s efforts to promote cross-border cooperation in the areas of justice, home affairs, and migration. READ »

Sweden to extradite genocide suspect

National: 9 Jul 09
Sweden will soon extradite a Rwandan man accused of participating in the 1994 genocide to his home country, the Swedish government announced on Thursday. READ »

Minister proposes ankle bracelets for young criminals

National: 22 Jun 09
Sweden’s justice minister says she’s open to monitoring young offenders with ankle bracelets rather than keeping them locked up. READ »

Sweden sued over EU data directive inaction

Politics: 26 May 09
Sweden’s government is being sued by the European Commission for refusing to implement a 2006 measure requiring telecom operators to store information about their customers’ phone calls and emails. READ »

'Swedish anti-piracy and privacy laws clash'

Science & Technology: 20 May 09
Sweden’s recently enacted anti-file sharing law will be rendered totally ineffectual when the government implements new rules on the storage of personal data next year, according to the head of a Swedish internet provider. READ »

Sweden wants to force ISPs to save user data

Science & Technology: 15 May 09
Internet service providers (ISPs) in Sweden will be forced to store customer data for at least six months starting in 2010, according to a new proposal from the government. READ »

'Allow foreign police in Sweden': minister

National: 25 Apr 09
Minister of Justice Beatrice Ask wants foreign police to be able to operate in Sweden. A committee of inquiry will be set up to look into ways in which this might work. READ »

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. READ »

Criminal gangs show no signs of leaving Sweden

Analysis & Opinion: 12 Mar 09
More than a year after a bomb ripped through the home of a prosecutor, Sweden carries on its struggle to curb the spread of criminal gangs, AFP’s Nina Larson reports. READ »

Swedish parliament passes copyright bill

Politics: 25 Feb 09
As expected, the Riksdag passed a controversial new measure on Wednesday designed to make it easier to investigate suspected cases of illegal file sharing. READ »

Inquiry 'to restore confidence in police'

National: 8 Feb 09
Sweden's national police commissioner, Bengt Svensson, has launched an independent inquiry into racism within the police force in Skåne following a series of revelations over the weekend. READ »

Officers reassigned after racist remarks

National: 5 Feb 09
Three Malmö police officers have been reassigned for yelling racial slurs in reference to a suspect detained during disturbances which hit the city’s Rosengård district in December. READ »

Two arrested for bomb attack on prosecutor

National: 24 Jan 09
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of a bomb attack on the Trollhättan home of chief public prosecutor Barbro Jönsson in November 2007. READ »

Debt agency calls for greater compassion

Business & Money: 5 Jan 09
Several civil servants have called for Sweden to take a more compassionate approach to people in debt. READ »

Government presents controversial file sharing bill

Politics: 5 Dec 08
Sweden’s government on Thursday formally presented a legislative proposal for a new file sharing law designed to make it easier to hunt down people who illegally download copyrighted material. READ »

Justice minister offers concessions on file sharing law

Politics: 21 Nov 08
The Swedish government has indicated it plans to move forward with a controversial anti-file sharing law but that the proposal will be altered in an attempt to appease some of the measure’s many critics. READ »

Borg tops in Sweden power rankings

National: 14 Nov 08
Finance minister Anders Borg has surpassed prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt as Sweden’s most influential powerbroker, according to a new ranking. READ »

Lines drawn in battle over file sharing bill

Politics: 14 Nov 08
Debate in Sweden is growing ever hotter over a proposed law that will make it easier for law enforcement to track down those suspected of illegally downloading copyrighted material from the internet. READ »

Owner-occupied flats coming to Sweden

National: 11 Nov 08
Sweden has taken another step toward owner-occupied apartments, with the government proposing the new type of housing be introduced on May 1st, 2009. READ »

Police solve six percent of Sweden's crimes

National: 3 Nov 08
Nearly 95 percent of violent crimes and robberies committed in Sweden go unsolved, and an individual police officer solves an average of three crimes per year, according to a recent analysis. READ »

Sweden proposes law against hooliganism

Sport: 24 Oct 08
Sweden plans to combat on hooliganism with a new law allowing police to ban troublemakers from stadiums and making it illegal to storm the pitch, throw objects and light firecrackers, the government said on Thursday. READ »

Sweden to consider tougher sentences for violent crime

National: 15 Oct 08
Sweden needs to have tougher punishments for violent crime and recidivism, and make changes to the range of sanctions for serious cases of abuse and blackmail, according to a new report from a government commission. READ »

Sweden to help monitor peace in Georgia

National: 18 Sep 08
Sweden announced on Thursday it plans to send personnel and equipment to Georgia as part of an EU civilian observation mission. READ »

IOC asks Sweden to block Pirate Bay

Society: 19 Aug 08
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has requested the Swedish government to stop notorious file sharing site The Pirate Bay from distributing recordings of the Olympic Games opening ceremony. READ »

Government gets tough on sex trade

Politics: 16 Jul 08
The Swedish government has announced a raft of new proposals to fight the sex trade and organized crime. READ »

Mentally ill offenders 'will not be punished'

Society: 9 Jul 08
Courts in Sweden will in future not have the option to sentence criminals to serve time in secure psychiatric units, ministers have said. READ »

New measures to stamp out hooliganism

Sport: 27 Jun 08
The Swedish Football Association has proposed creating a registry of everyone who purchases football tickets in order to help prevent known hooligans from entering Sweden’s arenas. READ »

Convicted terrorists released from custody

National: 18 Jun 08
Two Iraqi Kurds who were in safe custody after doing time for terrorist crimes have been released. READ »

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. READ »

Sweden to evaluate effects of prostitution law

Society: 24 Apr 08
Paying for sex has been illegal in Sweden for nearly ten years, and now the government wants to evaluate the law's impact. READ »

Parents to face jail for child marriages

Society: 21 Apr 08
Parents who allow children under the age of 16 to get married in another country could face up to two years in jail. READ »

'Jail men who pay for sex'

National: 8 Apr 08
People convicted of paying for sex should be awarded prison sentences, according to the Social Democrats' new equality spokesman. READ »

'A declaration of war on Sweden's youth'

Science & Technology: 14 Mar 08
Plans for a new Swedish government proposal to counteract illegal file sharing met with mixed reactions on Friday. READ »

Sweden to clamp down on file sharing

National: 14 Mar 08
Courts will be able to force internet service providers to give out IP-addresses used in illegal file sharing. READ »

Government wants to help criminals get jobs

Politics: 7 Mar 08
The Swedish government believes that convicted criminals should be eligible for “new start” jobs. READ »

Government presents new anti-terror strategy

National: 8 Feb 08
The national strategy calls for increased protections for critical infrastructure. READ »

Sweden blocks EU divorce plans

Society: 26 Jan 08
Sweden has blocked European Union plans to stop divorcing couples from fighting over which EU court to legally settle their separation in. READ »

Move to ban large fireworks by 2010

National: 3 Jan 08
Swedes may have to do without the most powerful fireworks when celebrating future New Years. READ »

Reinfeldt more visible in media

Politics: 21 Dec 07
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's low media profile would appear to have been raised - but it's not good news for the Swedish leader. READ »

Police boss to be moved

National: 7 Dec 07
National Police Commissioner Stefan Strömberg is to be moved from his job, the Justice Department has been said. READ »

Sweden's police chief 'quits' after row

National: 7 Dec 07
Sweden's top police officer is reported to have resigned after disagreements with the government and regional police chiefs. READ »

Triple murderer granted pardon

National: 3 Dec 07
Helsinki's court of appeal has agreed to release a man found guilty of three murders in northern Sweden in 1989. Juha Valjakkala, who has changed his name to Nikita Joakim Fouganthine, is to be released from prison on July 1st 2008. READ »

Ten years for plank murder

National: 27 Nov 07
A 24-year-old dance instructor has been sentenced to ten years in jail for the brutal murder of a 39-year-old woman in Strömstad. READ »

Two men wanted for bomb attack on prosecutor

National: 21 Nov 07
Police are looking for two men seen near the home of a prosecutor whose home was attacked on Tuesday. READ »

Outrage at bomb attack on prosecutor

National: 20 Nov 07
Sweden's justice minister, Beatrice Ask, joins the country's top policeman and top prosecutor in expressing outrage at a bomb attack on a prosecutor's home. READ »

Liberals call for 'Swedish FBI'

Politics: 13 Nov 07
The Liberal Party has joined the Police Service in calling for a form of 'Swedish FBI' to tackle organized crime. READ »

'Sweden needs a Stasi debate'

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Oct 07
Swedish security service Säpo should reveal the names of Swedes who collaborated with the East German Stasi, argues Moderate Party member of parliament Hans Wallmark. READ »

Bureaucrats slam proposed piracy law

Science & Technology: 4 Oct 07
The Swedish Data Inspection Board has given the thumbs down to government proposals to crack down on internet piracy. READ »

Ask calls for longer sentences for murder

Politics: 4 Oct 07
Justice Minister Beatrice Ask has requested that Swedish courts be authorized to hand out longer sentences for murder. Ten year sentences are too short, she says. READ »

Sweden plans crackdown on sports hooligans

Sport: 8 Sep 07
Sweden plans to crack down on hooliganism in football and other sports, the country's justice and sports ministers have written. READ »

Porn ban for sex offenders

Society: 28 Aug 07
Prisoners convicted for sex offences are to be banned from receiving pornographic magazines, according to a new government proposal. READ »

EU court 'could scupper Swedish piracy law'

National: 22 Aug 07
The European Court could put a stop to Swedish plans to crack down on internet piracy, according to reports. But the government insists that its proposals are compatible with EU law. READ »

File sharing law worries lawyers

Science & Technology: 24 Jul 07
A proposal that would allow pop stars and filmmakers the right to find out the names of file sharers has been slammed by some lawyers, who say that the right could be abused to give businesses information about people's surfing habits. READ »