News: Sweden

We have started to collect the most important news related to Sweden in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Sweden – overview

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• December 23rd 2009 – November 18th 2009
• November 10th 2009 – September 11th 2009
• September 10th 2009 – July 1st 2009
• June 30th 2009 – February 26th 2009
• February 24th 2009 – December 19th 2008
• November 28th 2008 – June 29th 2008
• June 28th 2008 – March 15th 2008
• February 28th 2008 – August 31st 2007
• August 9th 2007 – April 16th 2007
• March 23rd 2007 – October 11th 2006
• October 6th 2006 – June 26th 2006
• June 25th 2006 – May 21st 2006
• April 6th 2006 – December 1st 2005
• November 29th 2005 – November 18th 2005

Sweden: news

Ford agrees Volvo sale to Geely

Wednesday, December 23rd 2009, 17:30
related countries: China

Ford has agreed to sell Swedish carmaker Volvo to China's Geely and expects the deal to be completed early 2010.
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No kidding - giant Swedish straw yuletide goat torched, yet again

Wednesday, December 23rd 2009, 15:43
related places: A

A giant straw goat, erected each Christmas in a Swedish city, is burned down yet again in what has almost become a yuletide tradition in its own right.
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Sweden in crisis talks over Saab

Monday, December 21st 2009, 21:08

The Swedish government holds emergency talks with unions to prepare for the possible closure of Saab.
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Spyker submits new Saab bid to GM

Sunday, December 20th 2009, 14:24
related countries: Netherlands

Dutch luxury car maker Spyker submits a new offer to General Motors for its soon-to-be-closed Swedish car brand Saab.
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GM to 'wind down' Saab business

Friday, December 18th 2009, 17:07

GM says talks have broken down to sell its Swedish business Saab and it will start winding the car brand down.
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Iran rebuked over Nobel laureate

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 16:53
related countries: Iran, Norway

Norway and Sweden rebuke Iran for its treatment of Shirin Ebadi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights lawyer.
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Pakistan gets first Awacs plane

Wednesday, December 9th 2009, 17:09
related countries: Pakistan

The Pakistani air force says it has acquired the first of four Awacs surveillance aircraft from Sweden to boost its air defences.
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Swedish store pulls 'political' North Korean jeans from sale

Sunday, December 6th 2009, 0:52
related countries: North Korea

A Swedish department store cancels what was to have been North Korea's debut in Western fashion.
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Sweden to sell North Korean jeans

Thursday, December 3rd 2009, 11:36
related countries: North Korea

Designer jeans made in North Korea are going on sale in Sweden as the communist states aims to make inroads into Western fashion.
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Italy edge to World Cup victory

Sunday, November 29th 2009, 8:26
related countries: China, Ireland, Italy

Edoardo and Francesco Molinari hold off Ireland and Sweden on a tense final day to secure Italy's first victory in the World Cup of Golf in China.
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Swedish 'murder' committed by elk

Saturday, November 28th 2009, 13:54

A Swedish man arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife is cleared after police concluded an elk was to blame.
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Live - Nadal v Soderling

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 14:17
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Sweden's Robin Soderling stuns world number two Rafael Nadal in the opening Group B match at the ATP World Tour Finals in London.
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EU concern at Russia human rights

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 15:22
related countries: Georgia, Russia
related places: Moscow

Sweden's PM describes Russia's human rights situation as a "cause for concern" after an EU-Russia summit in Stockholm.
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