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Study: apathetic refugee kids are not faking it

National: 29 Apr 12
A Swedish study has found that apathetic refugee children suffer from dramatic changes in hormone levels connected to chronic stress, concluding that the condition is thus genuine. READ »

Bildt bites back over 'lies' in Bosnia row

Politics: 8 Apr 12
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt fumed on Saturday over what he described as the 'lies' spread by a French journalist who criticized his involvement in a war memorial ceremony in Sarajevo. READ »

Angry journos blast Bildt over Bosnia role

Politics: 7 Apr 12
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt got a frosty reception from a pair of foreign journalists in Sarajevo as he attended a commemoration ceremony to mark the outbreak of the Bosnian war 20 years ago. READ »

Another side of Malmö's infamous Rosengård

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Mar 12
While Malmö's Rosengård neighbourhood is often the subject of negative headlines, the multi-ethnic district is slowly becoming a model for positive change in Sweden's third largest city, contributor Patrick Reilly discovers. READ »

Charges for Sweden's 'biggest-ever' coke bust

National: 29 Dec 11
Four men were charged on Thursday in connection with Sweden's “biggest-ever” cocaine bust that netted drugs worth an estimated 145 million kronor ($21 million). READ »

Swedish TV slammed for Srebrenica 'denial'

National: 29 Nov 11
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has strongly criticised Sveriges Television for a documentary covering the massacre in Srebrenica. READ »

Bildt: Sweden backs Balkans' EU push

Politics: 10 Nov 11
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt declared on Wednesday that his country supports the EU aspirations of the nations in the Western Balkans, but warned that the process of reform must be maintained. READ »

Swedish men soon in the majority

National: 25 Sep 11
Centuries of female dominance in population statistics will be broken within the next four years. In 2015 the surplus of women in Sweden will be turned to a male surplus. READ »

How the far-right found a voice in tolerant Nordic countries

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Jul 11
A far-right that vaunts anti-immigration, Islamophobia and the welfare state has taken hold in Nordic countries, playing on the fears of societies that are less and less blond and blue eyed, AFP's Marc Preel writes. READ »

Bildt praises Serbia after Hadzic arrest

Politics: 20 Jul 11
Sweden's foreign minister and former mediator in the Balkan conflict, Carl Bildt has congratulated Serbia for the arrest of suspected war criminal Goran Hadzic, saying that "justice will pave the way for reconciliation". READ »

'Swedish shipments to Nazis may have been ransom for captured Swedes'

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Jun 11
Historical documents related to the capture of seven Swedes by the Gestapo in Poland in 1942 puts Sweden's subsequent ball bearing deliveries to Nazi Germany in a new light, argue historians Susanne Berger and Ingela Magner. READ »

Bildt: Mladic arrest 'a good day for Europe'

Politics: 26 May 11
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt on Thursday hailed the arrest of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic, calling it the closing of a "dark chapter in European history". READ »

Bosnian-born Swede convicted of war crimes

National: 8 Apr 11
A Bosnian-born Swedish citizen was convicted by a Stockholm court on Friday of having committed war crimes during the war in the former Yugoslavia. READ »

Swedish UN worker dead after Afghanistan demo

National: 1 Apr 11
A 33-year-old Swedish man was among a number of United Nations personnel killed in Afghanistan on Friday after a demonstration turned violent in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. READ »

Bosnia war crimes trial ends in Stockholm

National: 23 Mar 11
As the trial of a Swede of Bosnian origin accused of committing war crimes came to a close on Tuesday, the Swedish prosecutor requested eight years in prison. READ »

Sweden open for NATO request on Libya: Bildt

Politics: 18 Mar 11
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has welcomed the UN Security Council decision to authorise a no-fly zone and air attacks on civil war-torn Libya, indicating that Sweden would consider any NATO request for assistance. READ »

Suspected war criminal to remain in jail

National: 30 Dec 10
A man arrested on Wednesday in northwestern Sweden on suspicions of having committed war crimes in the former Yugoslavia will remain in custody pending the his possible extradition. READ »

Suspected war criminal arrested in Sweden

National: 29 Dec 10
A man has been arrested in northwestern Sweden on suspicions of having committed war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. READ »

Sweden urges EU 'open door' on Balkans

Politics: 2 Jun 10
Sweden has joined forces with Italy to call on the EU to demonstrate that the "door is open" to Balkan country membership of the union as the enthusiasm of some members starts to cool. READ »

Man arrested over Kosovo war crimes

National: 7 Apr 10
A man has been arrested in western Sweden on suspicion of aggravated war crimes, with an alternative charge of murder, in connection with the Kosovo war in 1999. READ »

Tourist wounded in Malmö shooting

National: 25 Jan 10
A foreign tourist and a local teen were shot in in the Sofielund neighbourhood of Malmö in southern Sweden on Sunday night. READ »

War crimes suspect remanded in custody

National: 16 Jan 10
A Bosnian-born Swede was remanded in custody by a Stockholm court on Friday, suspected of committing war crimes against Serbs in 1992 during the Bosnian war. READ »

Sweden hails Balkan border deal

Politics: 4 Nov 09
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Wednesday oversaw a deal aimed at resolving a divisive border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia. READ »

War criminal Plavsic lifts off from Sweden

National: 27 Oct 09
Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic left Sweden on Tuesday after being granted early release from a Swedish prison by the UN war crimes court, prison officials said. READ »

Sweden releases war criminal Plavsic

Politics: 22 Oct 09
Bosnian Serb war criminal Biljana Plavsic is to be released from a Swedish prison later this month after serving two thirds of an 11-year-sentence. READ »

Police probe Serb ties to helicopter heist

National: 29 Sep 09
Police in Serbia suspect the mastermind behind last week's brazen helicopter heist is a 40-year-old Bosnian Serb living in Belgrade known as the 'gangster king'. READ »

Helicopter heist suspects – who they are

National: 29 Sep 09
A look at the six men currently being held on suspicions of involvement in last week's spectacular helicopter robbery of a Stockholm cash depot. READ »

Helicopter heist: millions offered as reward for tips

National: 25 Sep 09
Stockholm police have received more than 300 tips from the general public in connection with the helicopter heist in Västberga on Wednesday. Security firm G4S has offered a 7 million kronor ($1 million) reward for information. READ »

Bosnian Serbs hail war criminal's release

Politics: 17 Sep 09
The Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Milorad Dodik praised the decision of the UN war crimes court to grant early release to Biljana Plavsic, a convicted war criminal serving time in a Swedish prison. READ »

Court urges early release for Bosnian war criminal

Politics: 15 Sep 09
Biljana Plavsic, the former Bosnian Serb leader who is serving an 11-year jail sentence in Sweden for crimes against humanity, should be released early for good behaviour, according to court documents. READ »

Bildt to meet accused war criminal's lawyer

Politics: 3 Jul 09
Foreign minister Carl Bildt has agreed to meet the lawyer representing former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to discuss the possibility of testifying at the accused war criminal’s trial. READ »

Bildt urges 'time out' over Balkan border dispute

Politics: 22 Jun 09
On the eve of Sweden’s taking over of the European Union presidency, foreign minister Carl Bildt encouraged Croatia and Slovenia to reflect on the border dispute which has halted Croatia's EU accession negotiations. READ »

Bildt can't help prove Karadzic's alleged immunity deal

Politics: 3 Jun 09
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt said he has no information to help prove Radovan Karadzic had cut a deal with Western diplomats to guarantee the Bosnian Serb leader’s immunity. READ »

Stockholm police make two huge cocaine busts

National: 8 May 09
In two raids carried out in the span of just a few weeks, Stockholm County police seized nearly as much cocaine as was confiscated in the entire country in all of 2008. READ »

War crimes suspect claims Bildt helped engineer immunity deal

Politics: 5 May 09
Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic is pressing Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt for information the suspected war criminal says will help prove he’d been promised immunity by the United States. READ »

Rosengård: Integration in the eye of the storm

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Mar 09
Malmö suburb Rosengård has come to symbolise Sweden's struggles with integration. AFP's Marc Preel examines a community grappling with its identity after a winter marred by rioting and clashes with the police. READ »

Sweden – a new melting pot?

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Dec 08
As Sweden opens its borders to a new wave of labour migration, the country is becoming more diverse than ever before, writes Olle Wästberg, director-general of the Swedish Institute. READ »

Sweden rejects Bosnian war crime pardon request

Politics: 4 Dec 08
Sweden’s justice ministry has denied a second pardon request from Biljana Plavsicm, the former Bosnian Serb president and convicted war criminal, to have her 11-year-jail sentence ended. READ »

Bildt lauds Serbia over hunt for war criminals

Politics: 9 Sep 08
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt praised Belgrade's efforts to track down war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic during a visit to Stockholm on Tuesday of his Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremic. READ »

Bosnian leader: 'Don't pardon Plavsic'

Politics: 8 Sep 08
A member of Bosnia's tripartite presidency has called on Sweden not to pardon former Bosnian Serb president Biljana Plavsic, who is serving an 11-year war crimes sentence. READ »

Major weapons seizure in Stockholm

National: 15 Aug 08
Six young men have been detained in custody charged with serious weapons crime after police seized large quantity of weapons and explosives outside Stockholm. READ »

Gambling baron faces new tax crime charges

National: 14 Aug 08
One of Sweden's most notorious gangsters, currently on trial for instigating murder, was indicted on Thursday on charges of financial crimes and illicit gambling. READ »

Gambling baron trial begins in Gothenburg

National: 4 Aug 08
A huge police presence was on hand as the trial of gambling baron Rade Kotur got underway in Gothenburg on Monday. READ »

Bildt praises Serbia over Karadzic arrest

Politics: 22 Jul 08
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt on Tuesday welcomed the news that the Serbian government had arrested wanted war criminal Radovan Karadjic. READ »

War criminals face fresh Swedish probes

National: 4 Jul 08
Sweden's National Investigation Department has intensified the hunt for war criminals living withing the country's borders. READ »

Swedes look to their 'genius' for Euro inspiration

Lifestyle: 4 Jun 08
With less than a week to go until Sweden's opening match at Euro 2008, AFP's Delphine Touitou grapples with the enigmatic genius of star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic. READ »

Wave of illegal weapons hits Sweden

Society: 9 Feb 08
Weapons crimes have increased by 20 percent in Sweden since 2000. READ »

Plavsic 'could be released next year'

National: 21 Dec 07
Former Bosnian Serb president Biljana Plavsic could be released from jail in Sweden next year, the Bosnian Serb prime minister has said. READ »

Gambling baron arrested in Britain

National: 24 Nov 07
Police in London have arrested a Gothenburg businessman suspected of masterminding several violent crimes, including murder. READ »

Asylum seekers come to Sweden in record numbers

Society: 2 Nov 07
The number of asylum seekers coming to Sweden has reached its highest point in 14 years, with Iraqis accounting for much of the increase. READ »

Swedish soldiers pulled out of Bosnia

National: 25 Oct 07
Sweden is to withdraw its peacekeepers from Bosnia-Hercegovina next year, the country's military has announced. READ »

Learning Swedish: accept no substitutes

Lifestyle: 10 Oct 07
Swedes might speak great English, but there's no substitute for getting your tongue around the Swedish language. Fiona Basile finds that learning the lingo needn't be a nightmare. READ »

Swedish police to launch new war crimes unit

National: 11 Sep 07
Sweden is to set up a new war crimes unit to help bring to justice the large numbers of war criminals thought to be hiding out in the country. READ »

More guns smuggled into Sweden

National: 25 Jul 07
An increasing number of guns are being smuggled into Sweden, police say, with many of them coming from the former Yugoslavia. READ »

The mystery of Karlskrona's da Vinci

Lifestyle: 22 May 07
The city of Karlskrona on Sweden's south-eastern tip is home to a mystery that has remained unsolved for a decade: why has the art establishment ignored two Bosnian aristocrats' seemingly mouthwatering private collection? Paul O'Mahony investigates. READ »

War criminals face tougher investigations

National: 11 Apr 07
Sweden is to step up the fight against suspected war criminals hiding in the country, with a special war crimes unit likely to be set up by Swedish police. READ »

Sweden signals radical shift in integration policy

Politics: 6 Apr 07
Three ministers have indicated that newly arrived immigrants and asylum seekers will no longer be free to live where they want. Instead they are to be placed in areas where there are jobs. READ »

Record immigration to Sweden in 2006

Society: 15 Feb 07
More migrants than ever before made their way to Sweden last year. The number of Iraqi immigrants was 269 percent higher than in 2005. READ »

Serb war criminal seeks Swedish pardon

National: 17 Jan 07
Former Bosnian Serb president and convicted war criminal Biljana Plavsic, serving an 11-year sentence in Sweden, has sought a pardon from Swedish authorities, the justice ministry said on Wednesday. READ »

Beggars linked to criminal gangs

Society: 15 Nov 06
The number of beggars on Swedish streets is rising. Police say many of the beggars are being organised by criminal gangs and are used for prostitution and stealing. READ »

Plavsic asks Sweden for pardon

National: 25 Oct 06
Former Bosnian Serb president and war criminal Biljana Plavisc, who serving her sentence in a Swedish jail, has asked the authorities in Sweden for a pardon. READ »

Carl Bildt: biography

Politics: 6 Oct 06
In picking Carl Bildt to be foreign minister in his newly-elected government, Swedish premier Fredrik Reinfeldt chose a man who not only has major diplomatic experience in Europe but has also done Reinfeldt's own job. READ »

Princess brings a touch of Europe to Stockholm

Politics: 3 Oct 06
Among the new recruits to the Riksdag is one woman who moved to Sweden only 14 years ago. As granddaughter of the last Austrian emperor and a keen European, Walburga Habsburg Douglas hopes to bring a different perspective. READ »

Record heroin haul in Ljungby

Society: 13 Jun 06
Heroin with a street value of 18 million kronor was seized in southern Sweden at the weekend. Three men are being held by police in Vaxjö. READ »

Six in Malmö court after big drugs haul

Society: 24 May 06
Six people are to appear before a court in Malmö charged with bringing large amounts of narcotics into the country. READ »

Sweden to investigate Milosevic detention unit

National: 31 Mar 06
Sweden will carry out a probe of a UN detention unit here where former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic died three weeks ago, the war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia said on Friday. READ »

Ericsson 'broke Milosevic sanctions'

Business & Money: 12 Feb 06
Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson sold a mobile phone system to Serbia at the height of the war in the former Yugoslavia, breaking UN sanctions against the Milosevic regime, it has been reported. READ »

Bosnian war criminal transferred to Swedish jail

National: 25 Nov 05
The UN war crimes court in The Hague said on Friday that the Bosnian Serb politician convicted of crimes against humanity has been transferred to Sweden to serve his 10-year sentence. READ »

Sweden willing to imprison more war criminals

National: 19 Jun 05
More war criminals from the former Yugoslavia could join the former Bosnian Serb president in Swedish jails, says justice minister Thomas Bodström. But Sweden is not willing to house Saddam Hussein. READ »

Deportation of "apathetic children" put on hold

National: 1 May 05
The Swedish Migration Board freezes all deportations of the so-called "apathetic refugee children", who are suffering from a form of acute depression, after a report suggests that the phenomenon is unique to Sweden. Not true, say critics. READ »

King speaks out for apathetic children

Politics: 27 Apr 05
King Carl Gustaf risks getting into another political row, as words of support for refugee children suffering from “apathy” are interpreted as an attack on the government. Supporters of the children say the king's words are significant. READ »

"Over 1,000 war criminals in Sweden"

National: 11 Mar 05
A police officer in Sweden's war crimes unit claims that there are ten times more war criminals in the country than the authorities admit. Meanwhile an investigation by Swedish Radio reveals that the Migration Board is consistently failing to report "probable war criminals" to the police. READ »

Fourth kidnapper of Siba CEO arrested

National: 17 Feb 05
Gothenburg, Vienna, Copenhagen - and Gothenburg again. The hunt for the kidnappers of Swedish businessman Fabian Bengtsson continues to cross European borders as a fourth suspect is arrested. READ »

Apathetic refugee children: a Swedish phenomenon

Science & Technology: 23 Jan 05
Around 150 children of refugee families in Sweden have stopped eating, talking or connecting in any way with the world around them. While the government awaits a report into the problem, initial findings show that it is unheard of in other Nordic countries. READ »

"Suicidal" Mijailovic gives up Swedish passport

National: 21 Sep 04
Anna Lindh's murderer is no longer a Swedish citizen, it emerges after he is taken to hospital suffering from psychiatric problems. And now a move to Serbia could be on the cards, just as another notorious killer considers coming to Sweden. READ »

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