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North Korean jeans label opens pop-up shop in Stockholm

National: 20 Dec 09
After PUB department store in Stockholm yanked NoKo Jeans from its shelves at the beginning of December, the North Korean jeans label opened its own pop-up shop on Saturday. READ »

Diplomat and wife jailed for smuggling cigarettes

National: 16 Dec 09
A North Korean diplomat and his wife have been sentenced to eight months in prison by a court in Stockholm for attempting to smuggle more than 230,000 cigarettes into Sweden. READ »

PUB yanks North Korean jeans due to concerns over labour conditions

National: 6 Dec 09
On Saturday, PUB department store in Stockholm put a stop to the sale of the first jeans to come out of North Korea due to concern about working conditions in the communist country. READ »

Jeans 'made in North Korea' set to hit store shelves in Sweden

Society: 2 Dec 09
A trio of young Swedish entrepreneurs will on Friday launch what it calls the first-ever brand of North Korea-made jeans. READ »

North Korean diplomats' smuggling scheme up in smoke

National: 20 Nov 09
Two North Korean diplomats are being held on suspicion of trying to smuggle 230,000 cigarettes from Russia into Sweden. READ »

Eriksson contacted for Sweden job: report

Sport: 19 Oct 09
Sven-Göran Eriksson has reportedly been contacted by the Swedish Football Federation about taking over as coach of Sweden’s national side. READ »

Eriksson turns down North Korea offer: report

Sport: 14 Oct 09
A source close to Sven-Göran Eriksson has poured cold water on reports that the Swedish football coach is set to take over as manager of North Korea ahead of the 2010 World Cup. READ »

Eriksson to take on North Korea job: report

Sport: 14 Oct 09
Swedish football coach Sven-Göran Eriksson is being hotly tipped as the next coach of the North Korean team that has already secured qualification for next summer's World Cup. READ »

Sweden navigates complex waters of EU foreign policy

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Sep 09
With an important meeting of EU's foreign ministers taking place in Stockholm this weekend, David Stavrou examines the changing roles of Sweden and the EU in world affairs. READ »

Iranians barred from Swedish universities

Science & Technology: 21 Jul 09
Iranian nationals have been banned from Swedish university programmes with ties to nuclear and missile technologies following a warning from the country’s security service Säpo. READ »

Sweden seeks EU-South Korea trade deal by 2010

Politics: 14 Jul 09
Sweden’s Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said Monday that the European Union and South Korea could conclude a free-trade agreement (FTA) by year’s end. READ »

Swedish envoy meets US journalists held in North Korea

Politics: 2 Jun 09
Sweden’s top diplomat in North Korea met on Monday with two US reporters being held in the country as one of the women’s sister urged Washington and Pyongyang to discuss the issue. READ »

Swedish pirates have wind in their sails for EU vote

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Jun 09
Sweden's Pirate Party could become one of the surprise new entrants to the European parliament this week. READ »

Pirates maintain course for EU parliament

Politics: 31 May 09
The Swedish Pirate Party, which supports a filesharing free-for-all, remains on course to claim seats in the EU parliament as the country takes to the polls this week with civil liberties high on the political agenda. READ »

Bildt 'alarmed' by North Korea nuke test

Politics: 25 May 09
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Monday described North Korea's nuclear test as "alarming", denouncing its decision to invest in nuclear technology rather than helping its poverty-stricken people. READ »

Swedes meet detained US journalists in North Korea

Politics: 17 May 09
The Swedish ambassador to North Korea met two detained US journalists on Friday, the first such contact in six weeks, a senior US official said. READ »

Sweden aids US over North Korea journalists

Society: 1 Apr 09
Swedish diplomats in Pyongyang are continuing their efforts to help secure the release of two US journalists being held by North Korea. READ »

Swede visits Americans held in North Korea

Politics: 31 Mar 09
Sweden’s foreign ministry and the US State Department confirmed on Monday that a Swedish envoy has met with two American journalists being held in North Korea. READ »

North Korea declares Sweden an enemy

Politics: 19 Aug 08
The Communist North Korean government has declared Sweden their enemy and a US war puppet. READ »

Sweden suffers extra time agony

Sport: 15 Aug 08
World champions Germany took a significant step towards the one major trophy they have never won when they reached the Olympic women's football semi-finals after beating Sweden 2-0 in Beijing on Friday. READ »

Surveillance law vote ‘betrayed tenets of a democratic state’

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Jul 08
Bangladeshi refugee and writer Tasneem Khalil explains why the Riksdag's vote in favour of the surveillance law has him feeling let down by the country to which he fled to escape state-sanctioned domestic spying. 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 »

Opposition to proposed surveillance law mounts

National: 13 Jun 08
As the vote on Sweden’s controversial surveillance proposal nears, the voices of political party youth wings and bloggers are rising up in a chorus of opposition. READ »

Communism new focus for history agency

National: 10 Mar 08
Sweden's Living History Forum has launched a project to highlight crimes against humanity committed by communist regimes. READ »

North Koreans sheltered by embassy reach South Korea

Society: 9 Jan 08
Two North Koreans who sought asylum at the Swedish embassy in Vientiane, Laos, last month are reported to have reached South Korea. READ »

Confirmed: North Koreans sheltered at Swedish embassy

National: 10 Dec 07
Two North Korean men have taken shelter at the Swedish embassy in the Lao capital Vientiane. READ »

North Koreans take shelter at Swedish embassy

Society: 9 Dec 07
Two North Koreans are reported to have taken shelter at the Swedish embassy in Laos after fleeing their homeland. READ »

Ideology is no basis for international development

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Nov 07
Sweden's international development agency, SIDA, relies on left-wing ideology rather than facts and logic, argues Nima Sanandaji, from the Captus think tank. 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 »

Sports Digest: Wissman sets new Swedish record

Sport: 24 Sep 07
Athletics: Wissman completes fantastic season. Football: Title race heats up. Tennis: Sweden suffers Davis Cup exit. READ »

Disappointed Sweden look to Olympics to make amends

Sport: 19 Sep 07
European heavyweights Sweden were gutted at being sent packing at the women's World Cup, but are already looking to the Beijing Olympics to make amends. READ »

Sweden exits World Cup despite victory

Sport: 18 Sep 07
Two goals from Charlotta Schelin were not enough to push Sweden into the quarter final stages of the Women's World Cup in China. Despite a 2-1 victory over North Korea, Sweden's involvement in the tournament has now come to an end. READ »

Sports digest: US retain Solheim Cup

Sport: 17 Sep 07
Golf: United States secure Solheim victory in Halmstad. Football: Sweden meet North Korea in must-win clash. Athletics: Susanna Kallur peaks at season's end. READ »

US power past Sweden at World Cup

Sport: 14 Sep 07
Strike sensation Abby Wambach led football heavyweights the United States to an emphatic 2-0 victory over European powerhouse Sweden at the women's World Cup in Chengdu on Friday. READ »

Sweden face do-or-die battle with US

Sport: 13 Sep 07
Sweden take on women's football giants the United States in Chengdu on Friday in a crucial showdown that neither side can afford to lose if they wish to stay alive in the World Cup. READ »

Sweden in shaky start to World Cup

Sport: 11 Sep 07
Sweden, often seen as the European powerhouse of women's football, got their World Cup campaign off to a shaky start on Tuesday when they drew 1-1 with African champions Nigeria. READ »

Sweden determined to break World Cup jinx

Sport: 10 Sep 07
Sweden concede they must get their World Cup campaign off to a winning start on Tuesday - a feat they have failed to achieve in the 16-year history of the premier tournament. READ »

Revealed: CIA spied on Swedish 'extremists'

Politics: 27 Jun 07
Documents released this week by the CIA have revealed that the agency sent spies to Stockholm in the early 1970s to gather information on Swedish 'efforts to support domestic US extremism'. READ »

Bildt plays down fears over US missile defence

Politics: 9 Mar 07
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has said he is not currently concerned that American plans to build a missile defence shield in Europe could heighten tensions with Russia. READ »

'Bush bans CD' story was fake

National: 7 Mar 07
Swedish media including Svenska Dagbladet, Metro and Sveriges Radio fell for a PR stunt in which a record company claimed that album 'Lullabies from the Axis of Evil' had been banned by the Bush Administration. READ »

Pro boxing returns to Sweden

Sport: 29 Nov 06
The first pro boxing gala in Sweden for 26 years has been given a licence by the national Martial Arts Delegation. But the match will follow stricter rules than those laid down by the international federations. READ »

Sweden 'world's most democratic country'

Politics: 22 Nov 06
A new report by the Economist names Sweden as the world's most democratic country, with other Scandinavian countries close behind. But political experts in Sweden question the report's conclusions. READ »

Swedes think US 'greatest threat to peace'

National: 29 Oct 06
Swedes think that the United States poses a greater threat to world peace than North Korea, Israel, China, Russia and Iran, according to a new poll. READ »

Swedish equipment to test North Korea nuclear claim

National: 10 Oct 06
South Korean officials believe North Korea's claim of a nuclear test is genuine, but they plan to borrow hi-tech equipment from Sweden to test the atmosphere for radioactive particles. READ »

Bildt: North Korea nuclear test 'extremely serious'

National: 9 Oct 06
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has said that North Korea's claim that it has tested a nuclear weapon is an "extremely serious development." He said the test was a conscious and serious provocation of the international community. READ »

Petrol price hits record high

Business & Money: 10 Jul 06
The price of gasoline increased again on Monday to 12.64 kronor per litre. Oil companies blame global insecurity. READ »

Swedish prime minister's wit and wisdom revealed

Politics: 3 Jul 06
"Politics is like women - it can be necessary to change partners from time to time." That might sound like Silvio Berlusconi, but in fact it was Sweden's very own Göran Persson. READ »

Japanese PM: we can learn from Sweden

National: 5 May 06
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has said that Japan has much to learn from Sweden's policy on welfare and challenges like ageing populations. READ »

Blix urges patience over Iran

Smörgåsbord: 3 Apr 06
The international community should offer Iran more incentives to renounce its nuclear programme, says former Swedish diplomat and chief UN weapons inspector in Iraq, Hans Blix. 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 »

Bono in running for Nobel prize

National: 18 Aug 05
The Nobel Foundation will announce the winners of the prestigious prizes between October 3rd and 14th, but the Irish rocker faces stiff competition from presidents and humanitarian organisations. READ »

The Right shows a united front

Politics: 31 Aug 04
As the leaders of Sweden's right wing parties put on their finest woolly jumpers and bond in in northern Sweden, they want us to believe that they can end the Left's hold on power. And the government's attempts to woo the middle classes with tax cuts are thwarted by the former Communists. READ »

Living dangerously

Science & Technology: 23 Jul 04
The land of the public health warning adds a few more to the list. And tenants in a Malmö building are banned from smoking in their own apartments. Cotton wool, anyone? READ »

Time to get the party started

Politics: 18 Jun 04
An astonishing twist in the European Election tale as the four month old Junilistan party shocks the big names. READ »

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