A popular Swedish film-streaming site has announced that it will shut down after police arrested and searched the home of one of the site’s administrators.
Fredrik Neij, the Swedish co-founder of the illegal file sharing site Pirate Bay, has been toasting his freedom after spending more than six months in a Swedish prison following four years on the run.
UPDATED: The president of the Swedish Pirate Party's youth wing has told The Local that Sweden's leading security and military experts searched for 'holidays' and 'forest hikes' during working hours, after he tricked them into logging onto an unsecure server at a conference.
The high-profile hacking attack on Swedish internet giant Telia has been linked to a police raid on Pirate Bay, which experts say "provoked feelings" among hackers.
Swedish police carried out a raid out at a facility which contained servers for Pirate Bay on Tuesday, it has emerged, with the file-sharing website going offline shortly afterwards.
A French court has ordered France’s leading internet operators to block all clients who try to access Swedish file-sharing website The Pirate Bay to stop them illegally downloading copyright-protected content.
Can Sweden keep its status as a pro-internet nation after it collaborated with the NSA, asks technologist Stefan Geens at the once pioneering Stockholm Internet Forum.
Archaeologists pulled a gargantuan and probably Swedish cannon from the 18th century wreckage of Blackbeard's ship this week. The Local asks the experts why the legendary pirate was cannons ablaze and bang on trend with Swedish artillery.
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg has had his sentence slashed in half after an appeals court cleared him of hacking into Swedish bank Nordea.
Swedish retailer Coop has refuted complaints by US sneaker brand Converse that Coop stores are selling unauthorized pirated copies of the iconic footwear.
Legendary US sneaker brand Converse has asked a Swedish court for permission to search outlets of Swedish retail chain Coop in a bid to clear near-perfect pirated copies of the iconic shoes off the shelves.
While file-sharing copyrighted movies and music is illegal, it remains popular and file-sharers can now sign up for insurance to fund any fines incurred as a result of getting caught.
An axe-wielding man seen roaming the streets of Östersund on Saturday was reported to the police by worried residents, before it was discovered he was simply taking part in a children’s treasure hunt.
Sweden's International Aid Services (IAS) confirmed Friday that three of its employees kidnapped in Somalia this week were in the hands of pirates and called for their release.
A prank email referencing a unicorn and a leprechaun sent by a Swedish file-sharer prompted a US-based gay porn film studio to file a subpoena for the man's email address.
Disney, Universal, Warner Bros and Colombia Pictures are among more than ten major film companies behind a writ to sue for the closure of Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay in Stockholm District Court.
The Swedish publishers of Kalle & Anka & Co, a comic featuring the Disney character Donald Duck, have expressed regret over an edition featuring the loveable children's character engaging in internet 'piracy'.
Sweden, along with Germany, is set to add manpower and materiel to a European Union anti-piracy operation currently underway off the Somali coast, according to the Spanish captain heading up the mission.
The police raid on two apartments in Skövde in southern Sweden on Thursday has led to the arrest of a third person on suspicion of breach of copyright legislation.
Sweden plans to send naval vessels to assist an EU force protecting humanitarian aid from pirates off the coast of Somalia, pending approval by the Riksdag.
The iPod-esque MP3 music players given to Swedish Customs (Tullverket) employees for their annual Christmas failed to impress the rank and file – and may be illegal.
