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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. READ »

'We were all Americans, at least for a while'

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Sep 11
On the tenth anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks, The Local reaches out to a few Swedes and Americans for their thoughts about the attacks and their impact. READ »

Swedish government keeps quiet on US agents

National: 24 May 11
The Swedish government has declined to comment on Monday’s revelation in the Swedish press that the Swedish Security Service had exposed two American undercover agents in Sweden in 2009. READ »

Sweden looks to ban pics taken by Peeping Toms

Society: 24 Jan 11
The Swedish government wants to make it illegal to take pictures of people in "private places" without their knowledge, but journalists fear the proposal puts them on legally shaky ground. READ »

Swede on trial for human smuggling in Ethiopia

National: 9 Jul 10
The trial of a Swede indicted for human smuggling and fraud has begun in Ethiopia. The woman is also wanted in Sweden for social insurance fraud. READ »

Malmö police seek new weapons amnesty

National: 10 May 10
Malmö police have petitioned the government for a temporary illegal weapons amnesty, reporting an increase in the number of weapons in circulation in the city's criminal circles. READ »

Sweden to replace top legal official

National: 8 Oct 09
Sweden’s highest legal official, Chancellor of Justice Göran Lambertz, is stepping down from his post and will be replaced by supreme court justice Anna Skarhed, the government announced on Thursday. READ »

US wanted to bring Pol Pot to Sweden: report

National: 3 Aug 09
Recently declassified documents reveal that Sweden was among the countries the United States looked to for help in an effort to bring Pol Pot, the late leader of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge movement, to trial. READ »

Fugitives benefit from statute of limitations

National: 18 Jul 09
Hundreds of convicted individuals who were on the run and evaded capture for a sufficiently long period of time have had their prison sentences barred under the statute of limitations. 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 »

Sweden mulls tougher file sharing measures

Science & Technology: 20 Jan 09
Sweden wants to give police more power to go after those suspected of illegal file sharing even if the crimes are only fineable offences. READ »

Immigrants to be issued ID cards

Society: 9 Sep 08
After months of silence, the government on Tuesday confirmed that Sweden’s Tax Agency will be asked to take over responsibility for issuing national identification cards. READ »

Genocide suspect held near Stockholm

National: 16 Jul 08
A Rwandan man suspected of genocide and violation of international law was arrested today in the Stockholm suburb of Täby. READ »

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. READ »

Papers: 'monopoly' to follow lower press subsidies

Business & Money: 4 Jun 08
The heads of the Svenska Dagbladet and Skånska Dagbladet newspapers have come together to oppose the government’s plans for reducing press subsidies to big-city newspapers. READ »

High court to rule on gay marriage dispute

National: 10 May 08
A homosexual couple has taken the Swedish tax authorities to the Supreme Administrative Court for registering their marriage in Canada as a partnership. READ »

Owner-occupied apartment proposal moves forward

National: 29 Apr 08
The government has suggested that owner-occupied apartments be introduced next year, but only as a part of new production. READ »

Angry mob threatens TV4 journalist

National: 25 Mar 08
On Monday a journalist was attacked at the site where a man was murdered in Gothenburg on Friday. READ »

Longer jail terms for murder

National: 5 Dec 07
Courts should be allowed to set longer time limits for murder sentences, according to a government inquiry. READ »

Swedish terror suspect's future uncertain

National: 5 Sep 07
The future of a Swedish terror suspect being held in Prague still hangs in the balance, nearly two years after he was arrested. Oussama Kassir is suspected of helping set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon. READ »

Sweden slams EU divorce proposal

Society: 18 Nov 06
Sweden has criticised EU plans to harmonise divorce rules, arguing that it could lead to family law from countries such as Iran being applied in Europe. READ »

Integration minister slams integration report

Society: 17 Aug 06
Sweden's Minister for Integration, Jens Orback, has lambasted the controverisal proposals to emerge from the inquiry into structural discrimination - which he commissioned. READ »

"US government behind Pirate Bay raid"

National: 2 Jun 06
SEE ALSO: Raid on The Pirate Bay hits other sites
Reports that the US government was behind the action against the Sweden-based file sharing site have resulted in the Swedish government being reported to the country's Constitutional Committee. READ »

Power station could get armed guard

National: 29 Mar 06
The environmental court in Växjö has decided that armed guards are needed to protect the nuclear power station in Oskarshamn. But the law does not allow for such a measure. READ »

Jobs instead of fines for young offenders

Society: 26 Jan 06
Swedish justice minister Thomas Bodström is to propose changes to the punishment of youth offenders. Instead of fines, which are imposed upon almost half of criminals under the age of 18, Bodström wants them to be put to work. READ »

Swedish lawyers fear new DNA law

National: 31 Dec 05
From Sunday not only crime suspects but also victims and witnesses may be required to provide a DNA sample if police demand one. An affront to personal integrity, says the Swedish Bar Association. READ »

US pursues extradition of Swedish terror suspect

National: 14 Dec 05
US authorities have 40 days to convince their Czech counterparts to hand over a Swede who has been detained in Prague on an international arrest warrant for allegedly conspiring to help terrorists. READ »

Swedish Church approves gay blessings

Society: 27 Oct 05
Following a resounding yes-vote by the Church Assembly, the highest body of authority in the Swedish Church, gay couples will be able to have their partnerships blessed in the country's churches. READ »

"Abolish murder limitation period" - Bodström

National: 23 Sep 05
Sweden's Justice Minister, Thomas Bodström, wants to scrap the law which prevents murders committed more than 25 years ago from being brought to trial. "DNA does not fade like the memory does," he says. READ »

Sweden's boxing ban on the ropes

Sport: 6 Sep 05
A government report two years ago dealt the first blow to Sweden's ban on professional boxing. Now, as other combat sports grow in popularity, a proposal from the Ministry of Justice threatens to deliver a knockout. READ »


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Prime Minister Reinfeldt chats with The Local »

"If you missed it yesterday, here’s The Local’s editor David Landes snagging Prime Minister Reinfeldt for a chat before Princess Estelle’s baptism. Always nice to know the PM has time for TL!" READ »

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Harald Kindermann, the German ambassador to Sweden, talks to The Local about the importance of the German language, nuclear power, and the legacy of the Stasi.
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Sweden drifting from 'Swedish model': report
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Sweden strips foreign doctoral candidates of the same rights as other tax-paying migrant workers, argue a group of doctoral candidates from the Royal Institute for Technology (KTH).
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Sweden looking for redemption at Euros
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