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'Jihad Jane' pleads not guilty

National: 18 Mar 10
Colleen LaRose aka 'JihadJane', and the two men held in Ireland in connection with the alleged plot to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilks, are set to face court on Friday. READ »

Two remanded over cartoon murder plot

National: 16 Mar 10
Two men arrested in Ireland last week in connection with a plot to murder Swedish artist Lars Vilks were remanded into custody on Monday. Five of the seven arrested last Monday have now been released. READ »

Malaysia slams Sweden over cartoons

Politics: 14 Mar 10
The Malaysian foreign minister has asked Sweden to take action against newspapers which reprinted a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog last week. READ »

Three cartoon murder plot suspects freed

National: 13 Mar 10
Police in Ireland have released three of the seven people arrested earlier this week on suspicion of plotting to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks. US media reports a second American Muslim woman has been arrested in the case. READ »

Vilks 'not shaking with fear' over murder plot

National: 10 Mar 10
Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks said he was undaunted by revelations of a plot on his life after seven people were arrested in Ireland on Tuesday. READ »

Irish police foil plot to kill Swedish cartoonist

National: 9 Mar 10
Seven Muslims were arrested by Irish police on Tuesday on suspicions of conspiracy to murder a Swedish cartoonist who drew the prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog. READ »

Swedish pensioner murdered in Egypt

National: 4 Feb 10
A 62-year-old Swede has been found dead in her apartment in the tourist resort of Hurghada in Egypt. Police suspect murder. READ »

Swede held in Pakistan on terror suspicions

National: 10 Dec 09
A Swedish national is reportedly among five terror suspects arrested in Pakistan on suspicions of plotting a militant attack, Pakistani authorities said on Wednesday. READ »

Apocalypse soon: Disasters abound at Stockholm Film Festival

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Nov 09
It's the end of the world as we know it at this year's Stockholm Film Festival, which promises everything a budding apocalypticist could ever need. But there are also plenty of more upbeat cinematic treats in store if global doom isn't your bag, writes David Stavrou. READ »

Arctic Sea sister ship runs aground off Sweden

National: 4 Oct 09
A freighter belonging to the owners of the hijacked cargo vessel Arctic Sea has run aground off Sweden, a Swedish coastguard official said on Saturday. READ »

Egypt kicks out Swedish journalist

National: 2 Oct 09
A Swedish journalist was deported by Egypt on Thursday due to his alleged involvement in pro-Palestinian march. READ »

Swedish brand ranked tenth in the world

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Jun 09
Sweden needs to improve its image in emerging markets if it is to advance from its tenth position on a prestigious global brand index, writes Liselott Bergman from the Swedish Institute. READ »

Call for probe into Sweden-CIA terror links

Politics: 8 May 09
Two prominent Left Party politicians are calling for Sweden to set up an independent truth commission to look into how Sweden cooperated with the United States during the war on terror. READ »

Sweden spied on CIA 'terror flights': report

National: 24 Apr 09
The government led by former Prime Minister Göran Persson knew that Sweden was used as a transit destination for clandestine CIA flights transporting suspected terrorists, according to reports that emerged on Friday. READ »

Swedish terror suspect worked for Al-Qaeda: prosecutors

National: 22 Apr 09
As the trial of a Swedish citizen facing terror charges began in New York on Tuesday, prosecutors argued that the man planned to set up an Al-Qaeda terrorist training camp in the United States. READ »

Untangling the role of Swedish banks in Latvia's financial woes

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Mar 09
As economies in the Baltic states falter, The Local’s Juris Kaza looks at why so many observers have placed much of the blame for Latvia’s financial woes on Swedish banks. READ »

Sweden: 'Palestinian accord part of process'

Politics: 26 Feb 09
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt urged national reconciliation between the two main Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, when he met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday. READ »

‘Opposing Israeli violence is not anti-Semitism’

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Feb 09
Swedes who demonstrate over Israeli attacks are not anti-Semites. Calling them names is an attempt to silence criticism of Israeli policies, argues Stockholm-based Palestinian Alaa Kullab. READ »

'Anti-Semitism on the rise in Sweden'

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Feb 09
An ugly wave of anti-Semitism is on the rise in Sweden, and politicians who compare Israel with Nazi Germany or apartheid-era South Africa cannot claim to be free of responsibility, writes David Stavrou, a freelance Israeli journalist based in Sweden. READ »

Bodström reported over CIA terror deportations

National: 19 Jan 09
Former justice minister Thomas Bodström and former prime minister Göran Persson have been reported to the Riksdag's constitutional committee after new details emerged over the expulsion of two terror suspects from Sweden to Egypt in 2001. READ »

Sweden pressured in 2001 terror case: report

National: 19 Jan 09
Fresh details have surfaced about the deportation of two terror suspects from Sweden to Egypt in December 2001, including allegations of US pressure and the role of former foreign minister Anna Lindh, following the release a new book on Monday. READ »

Swedes headed home following Gaza escape

Politics: 9 Jan 09
Twelve Swedes who managed to get out of Gaza are now in the Jordanian capital of Amman and will be headed back to Sweden on Friday evening. READ »

Bildt: isolation of Gaza 'morally indefensible'

Politics: 8 Jan 09
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said Thursday that the only way to halt the smuggling of weapons into Gaza is to stop the fighting and end Gaza’s economic isolation. READ »

Swedes stranded in Gaza

Politics: 5 Jan 09
Around twenty Swedes stranded in Gaza have been in contact with the Swedish consulate in Jerusalem to seek help leaving the war-torn area. READ »

Bildt calls for Gaza borders to open

Politics: 31 Dec 08
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has called for an immediate ceasefire and full humanitarian access to under-siege Gaza after a meeting with EU foreign ministers in Paris on Tuesday. READ »

Winter rail destinations: Copenhagen

Travel: 8 Dec 08
Perched on the other side of the Öresund strait, cosmopolitan Copenhagen is just a short train ride away. READ »

Local Stories: Matilda Dagba

Lifestyle: 21 Oct 08
For every Local reader there's a Local Story. This month Jonquille Okhiria introduces Miss Africa in Sweden 2008. READ »

Sweden is in the eye of the beholder

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Oct 08
Sweden means many different things to many different people. Just ask the United States Secret Service, writes Olle Wästberg, director-general of the Swedish Institute. READ »

Egyptian compensated for forced deportation

National: 19 Sep 08
Ahmed Agiza, one of two Egyptians forcibly deported from Bromma Airport by CIA agents in 2001, is to receive three million kronor ($440,000) in damages from the Swedish state, his lawyer said on Friday. READ »

Sweden reflects on Anna Lindh's death

Politics: 11 Sep 08
On the fifth anniversary of the assassination of foreign minister Anna Lindh, Sweden is reflecting more on the legacy of her work in politics than the tragic circumstances surrounding her death. READ »

Sweden drops in business friendliness ranking

Society: 10 Sep 08
Sweden has fallen three places in a new report ranking countries according to how easy it is to do business. READ »

Sweden pays damages to Egyptian deportee

National: 3 Jul 08
Mohammed Alzery, one of two Egyptians deported from Bromma Airport by CIA agents in 2001, is to be awarded three million kronor ($500,000) in damages by the Swedish state. READ »

Inequality thrives in Stockholm's embassy world

Society: 18 Jun 08
Stockholm's diplomatic community is shot through with gender inequality, according to an analysis of official figures carried out by The Local. READ »

Sweden's success hinges largely on three star players

Sport: 13 Jun 08
Swedish hopes of beating Spain in their Euro 2008 Group D match rests mainly with a trio of players, who have over 200 caps between them but also their fair share of injuries. READ »

Sweden’s best English-language bookstores

Lifestyle: 2 Jun 08
Sometimes there’s no substitute for browsing the shelves and taking a book home with you, writes James Savage, who trawls the land in the search for some top notch English-language bookstores. READ »

Delegates discuss debt and diplomacy

Politics: 29 May 08
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday backed Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s appeal for his country's debts to be cancelled while addressing a global conference in Sweden. READ »

Iraq conference opens in Sweden

Politics: 29 May 08
An international conference on Iraq aimed at assessing progress made in the war-ravaged country opened in Stockholm on Thursday. READ »

Reinfeldt meets Rice as Iraq talks begin

Politics: 29 May 08
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt met with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday morning prior to the beginning of an international conference on Iraq. READ »

Rice urges world to speed aid to Iraq

Politics: 29 May 08
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has urged the world community ahead of an international conference in Sweden to seize on improved security to accelerate aid to Iraq. READ »

Iraqi prime minister arrives in Sweden

Politics: 28 May 08
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has arrived in ahead of a conference seen as an important step toward Iraq's long-term stability. READ »

Sweden ups security for Iraq conference

Politics: 27 May 08
The international community will meet in Stockholm on Thursday to assess the overall situation in Iraq at a conference seen as an important step toward Iraq's long-term stability. READ »

Iraqi Christians demonstrate in Stockholm

National: 26 May 08
Hundreds gathered in Stockholm on Sunday to highlight attacks on Christians in Iraq, days before a United Nations conference on Iraqi peace and development opens near the city. READ »

UN torture committee criticizes Sweden

National: 20 May 08
The United Nations Committee against Torture has criticized Sweden for taking too long to begin investigating allegations of torture in Congo. READ »

Bildt seeks to expand Middle East cooperation

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Apr 08
Foreign Minister Carl Bildt's recent visit to the Middle East marks a possible shift in Sweden’s traditionally cautious, “two-steps forward, one-step back” approach to Middle Eastern conflicts, writes Rami Abdelrahman. READ »

Stockholm at the weekend: Clubs, concerts and art

Lifestyle: 3 Apr 08
Weekend club, concert and art tips for Stockholm from Kalendarium READ »

Review roundup: P.S. I Love You largely unloved

Lifestyle: 18 Feb 08
Review Roundup: Sweden's critics get their teeth into Sweeney Todd, P.S. I love you, My kid could paint that and Rendition. READ »

Well-endowed Jesus dog unveiled 'to support free speech'

Society: 26 Sep 07
A Swedish artist unveiled Tuesday a sculpture depicting Christ as a well-endowed dog, saying he wanted to stimulate debate about religion and freedom of expression in the wake of a row over cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. READ »

'Muhammad cartoon not racial agitation'

Politics: 20 Sep 07
A cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad as a dog, published in a local Swedish newspaper in August, did not constitute incitement to racial hatred, Sweden's justice chancellor ruled on Thursday. READ »

Algerian ambassador condemns bounty on Muhammad cartoonist

Politics: 18 Sep 07
Algeria's ambassador to Sweden on Monday condemned death threats from al-Qaeda in Iraq against a Swedish artist who drew a cartoon of Prophet Muhammad and a newspaper editor who published it. READ »

Sweden denies apologizing over cartoon row

National: 12 Sep 07
Sweden has denied claims by the Organization of the Islamic Conference that a diplomat apologized for the controversy over the publication in Sweden of a cartoon depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad as a dog. READ »

Muslim ambassadors 'made no demands'

Politics: 7 Sep 07
Sweden's prime minister met on Friday with ambassadors from 22 Muslim countries for talks surrounding the publication in a Swedish newspaper of a caricature of the Muslim prophet Muhammad. READ »

Muslim ambassadors: 'Sweden needs to change its laws'

Society: 6 Sep 07
Ambassadors from Muslim countries have indicated that they intend to present the Swedish prime minister with a list of demands when they meet on Friday. READ »

Swedish Muslims cancel Muhammad cartoon demonstration

Society: 5 Sep 07
Swedish Muslims said Wednesday they had called off a demonstration planned for Friday against a newspaper cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad as a dog following talks with the prime minister. READ »

Reinfeldt in talks with Muslim groups

Politics: 4 Sep 07
Sweden's prime minister said on Tuesday he was sorry if Muslims were offended by a cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad as a dog but he also stressed that freedom of expression was an "inalienable" right in Sweden. READ »

Muhammad row 'good for integration'

Politics: 4 Sep 07
As Swedish civil servants warn of a growing security threat, Integration Minister Nyamko Sabuni accentuates the positives in the ongoing Muhammad cartoon controversy. READ »

More Egyptian criticism of Swedish cartoon

Society: 4 Sep 07
Egypt's lawmakers on Tuesday condemned the publication by a Swedish newspaper of a cartoon of Islam's prophet Muhammad as a dog saying such "odious" acts fanned religious hatred. READ »

Muhammad cartoons: Jordan condemns publication

Society: 3 Sep 07
Jordan condemned on Monday the publication in Sweden of a cartoon of Islam's prophet, warning it could undermine inter-faith dialogue and co-existence. The Managing Editor of the Jordan Times tells The Local that many Jordanians are angry about the cartoon. READ »

Egypt joins in Muhammad cartoon row

Society: 2 Sep 07
Egypt and a Saudi-based Muslim organization have joined the condemnation of the publication in Sweden of a cartoon of Islam's prophet. READ »

Beans, sandals and Japanese tea ceremonies

Lifestyle: 31 Jul 07
Tipping Point: Kathleen Harman enjoys a Japanese tea ceremony, eschews beans and brown rice and savours the bijoux charms of Stockholm's Ethnographic Museum. READ »

Belly dancing and hummus - Swedes fall for Lebanese

Lifestyle: 14 Jun 07
The war that tore through Lebanon in the 1980s brought 15,000 Lebanese to Sweden. One result of this is that Swedes are becoming connoisseurs of Middle Eastern cooking – and belly dancing – as Rami Abdelrahman reports. READ »

Sweden in u-turn on second CIA Egyptian

National: 16 May 07
The much-criticized decision to deport Egyptian Ahmed Agiza in 2001 has been reversed by Swedish Migration Minister Tobias Billström. Agiza and a fellow Egyptian were taken out of the country by CIA agents. READ »

CIA Egyptian denied Swedish residency

National: 11 May 07
Mohammad Alzery, an Egyptian who was controversially deported from Sweden to his homeland in 2001, has had a new application for Swedish residency turned down. READ »

CIA Egyptian applies for Swedish residency

National: 19 Mar 07
An Egyptian deported on a CIA plane from Sweden in 2001 has applied for a Swedish residence permit. The move follows a government decision to revoke the original order to deport Mohammad Alzery. READ »

Persson regrets Egyptians' deportation

National: 6 Mar 07
Sweden's former prime minister, Göran Persson, has said the decision to order the deportation of two men to Egypt in 2001 was correct, but should not have been put into practice. READ »

Bodström slams decision on Egyptian

Politics: 5 Mar 07
The Swedish government's decision to overturn an order to deport Egyptian terror suspect Mohammed Alzery has been slammed by ex-justice minister Thomas Bodström. "Playing to the gallery," he says. READ »

Egyptian's deportation overturned

Politics: 1 Mar 07
The decision to deport Egyptian Mohammed Alzery, who was controversially removed from Sweden by CIA agents, has been declared invalid by the Swedish government. READ »

Terror suspect 'will be tortured' if deported

National: 22 Feb 07
A terror suspect who says he could be tortured if sent back to Jordan is embarking a last-ditch attempt to stay in Sweden. Hassan Assad tells The Local he has no links with terrorist groups, and has simply given aid to refugees. READ »

Iraqis look to Sweden as safe haven

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Dec 06
The increasingly volatile situation in Iraq is prompting a growing number of Iraqis to seek a safe haven in Europe. A generous refugee policy means that Sweden is proving particularly attractive. READ »

Introducing...Alice Timander

Lifestyle: 27 Nov 06
She's the 91-year-old former dentist who for decades has been Sweden's glamour queen. But underneath the wigs and feather boas, there's more to Alice Timander than meets the eye. READ »

Swedes killed in Egypt accident

National: 25 Nov 06
A Swedish woman and her daughter were killed on Friday when their car collided with a truck on the highway between Cairo and Upper Egypt. Their Egyptian driver also died. READ »

Sweden broke torture ban during CIA deportation

National: 8 Nov 06
Swedish officials looked on as CIA agents mistreated two Egyptian men at a Stockholm airport in 2001, a UN committee has said. This means that Sweden broke the international ban on torture. READ »

Turkish writer wins Nobel literature prize

National: 12 Oct 06
The Turkish author, journalist and social commentator Orhan Pamuk has been awarded the world's most prestigious literature prize - and a cool 10 million kronor. READ »

Euro 2008 qualifier: Sweden defeat sorry Spain

Sport: 7 Oct 06
Sweden silenced their critics and maintained their perfect Euro 2008 qualifying campaign with a 2-0 win over Spain at the Råsunda stadium on Saturday evening. READ »

Swedes injured in Egypt bus crash

National: 15 Jul 06
A tour bus carrying Swedish passengers overturned on Saturday morning in Egypt. The bus was on its way from the resort of Hurghada by the Red Sea to Cairo, on a excursion organised by Fritidsresor when the accident happened. READ »

Old boys hold key in Sweden opener

Sport: 9 Jun 06
Sweden kick off their World Cup campaign against Trinidad & Tobago on Saturday with both teams pinning their hopes on two 34-year-olds looking to shine once more in the twilight of their careers. READ »

Training accident rules out Swedish keeper

Sport: 8 Jun 06
Sweden suffer a blow 48 hours before their opening World Cup match as goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson is ruled out after taking a shot from colleague Kim Källström in the face. READ »

Sweden 'colluded in US terror flights'

National: 7 Jun 06
Sweden committed human rights violations for allowing American agents to deport two Egyptians. The country has yet to launch a proper inquiry into the case, according to a major European body. READ »

Amnesty slams Swedish deportations

Politics: 23 May 06
A number of deportations from Sweden have been slammed by Amnesty in its annual report. Among them were a Bangladeshi woman raped by a policeman and a Syrian man condemned to death. READ »

Swedish ministers under fire for careless words

Politics: 17 May 06
Swedish prime minister Göran Persson and two of his ministers have been criticised by the parliamentary constitution committee for making inappropriate comments on sensitive issues. READ »

Drunk Swedes ejected from Egypt for mocking Islam

Society: 5 May 06
Three drunk Swedes and two Norwegians were arrested in Egypt after shaving their heads and walking round a statue chanting Muslim prayers. The group was on its way to a toga party, it is claimed. READ »

EU report slams Sweden for CIA deportations

National: 27 Apr 06
Sweden has been fiercely criticised in a preliminary report from the European Parliament committee investigating the use of European airports by the CIA for transporting suspected terrorists. READ »

Sweden torture plan rejected in Europe

Society: 24 Apr 06
A Swedish initiative to devise rules to decide how to react to guarantees that deported prisoners will not be tortured has been rejected by the Council of Europe. READ »

Arla denounces Muhammad cartoons

Business & Money: 19 Mar 06
Swedish-Danish dairy company Arla has condemned the Danish Muhammad cartoons in full page ads in papers in the Middle East. The company is losing millions of kronor every day due to a boycott of Danish products in the region. READ »

Swedish Muslims to be 'ambassadors'

Society: 9 Mar 06
Sweden is to send three young Swedish Muslims to the Middle East to counteract the impression that the country is anti-Islamic. There is a need to exchange experiences, says Laila Freivalds. READ »

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. READ »

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. READ »

Stockholm Syndrome: Kidz rule

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 06
Business meetings, radio shows, adult classes - our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent discovers that in Sweden, nowhere is off limits to the true power holders in the country: children. READ »

Swedish king presents Nobel prizes

Smörgåsbord: 10 Dec 05
The great and the good - and the jolly clever - gather in Stockholm for the academic world's Oscars. The winners are ten million kronor better off - and they might even get to meet Princess Madeleine. READ »

Persson launches UN reform bid

Smörgåsbord: 29 Nov 05
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"Mock tribunal" slams Swedish asylum policy

Society: 15 Nov 05
Sweden's asylum policy, often praised as one of the most welcoming in Europe, comes under heavy fire for not living up to its ideals from intellectuals who attended a symposium in Stockholm. READ »

CIA planes used Swedish airports

National: 14 Nov 05
At least two planes used by the CIA have landed at Swedish airports, according to news agency TT. Arlanda, Örebro, Sturup and Bromma airports have all hosted the organisation's aircraft. READ »

Nobel Prize in Literature: List of winners since 1986

Smörgåsbord: 13 Oct 05
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Peace prize awarded to IAEA

National: 7 Oct 05
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize to the International Atomic Energy Agency and its Director General Mohamed ElBaradei. READ »

Sweden "should have ignored Egypt torture promise"

National: 21 Sep 05
A Swedish parliamentary commission unanimously criticizes the government for the controversial deportation of two suspected Egyptian extremists to Cairo, where they were later allegedly tortured. READ »

Swedish PM's network to lead UN reforms

Politics: 21 Sep 05
Göran Persson flicks through his little black book and persuades 13 world leaders who are prepared to "pick up the phone and tell a colleague that the talks are bogging down in New York", READ »

"Diplomatic guarantee" enough for deportation

National: 25 Aug 05
The Swedish government's policy of deporting people to their homeland on the basis of a "diplomatic guarantee" that they will not be tortured is to continue, despite criticism from human rights groups and the UN's committee on torture. READ »

Sweden rejects Saddam trial plea

National: 25 Jul 05
The Swedish government repeats its decision on whether Saddam Hussein should be tried or imprisoned in the country - no thanks. But the former dictator's lawyer insists that in Sweden his trial would be "fair and safe". READ »

Swedes warned to cancel Sinai trips

National: 23 Jul 05
The Swedish foreign ministry warns travellers to cancel any planned trips to the Sinai peninsula following bombings in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh that killed at least 88 people. READ »

UN refuses to investigate Egyptian torture claims

Society: 21 Jun 05
The UN's human rights commissioner has turned down Sweden's request to investigate what happened when two terror susptects were deported to Egypt. It's already clear that Sweden were in breach of the convention against torture, said the commissioner. READ »

La Suède: le meilleur pays au monde?

Business & Money: 29 May 05
Un nouveau sondage international effectué auprès de personnes originaires de 10 pays montre que si elles avaient le choix, c’est en Suède qu’elles préféreraient vivre et travailler! Pourtant la Suède n’est pas épargnée par les troubles de toutes natures et comme partout s’ensuit une recherche des personnes responsables... READ »

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