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.

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Sweden: news

Auschwitz suspect sent to Poland

Friday, April 9th 2010, 16:46
related countries: Poland

A Swedish man wanted over the theft of a sign from Auschwitz death camp is extradited to Poland.
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Ericsson in $1.8bn China deals

Monday, March 29th 2010, 12:12
related countries: China

Swedish telecoms equipment group Ericsson announces deals with China Mobile and China Unicom worth a combined $1.8bn.
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'Jihad Jane' denies terrorism charges

Thursday, March 18th 2010, 16:35
related countries: United States
related places: A

A self-styled "Jihad Jane", held in the US in connection with an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist, denies four charges.
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Two charged over cartoon 'plot'

Monday, March 15th 2010, 23:00
related countries: Ireland

Two men are charged in the Irish Republic in connection with an investigation into an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist.
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Woman freed in Vilks 'death plot'

Sunday, March 14th 2010, 15:04
related countries: Ireland, United States

A US woman held in Ireland over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist is freed, as three others are still questioned.
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Three freed in Irish 'Vilks plot'

Saturday, March 13th 2010, 9:25
related countries: Ireland

Police in the Irish Republic release three of the seven Muslims arrested over an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist.
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Turkey and Sweden in genocide row

Thursday, March 11th 2010, 22:26
related countries: Turkey

Turkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden after the parliament votes to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in WWI.
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Extradition for Auschwitz suspect

Thursday, March 11th 2010, 17:26
related countries: Poland
related places: Stockholm

A Stockholm court rules a Swedish man can be extradited to Poland for trial over the theft of a sign from Auschwitz.
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Two in court over cartoonist plot

Thursday, March 11th 2010, 10:53
related countries: Ireland

Two people are due in court in the Irish Republic over an investigation into an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist.
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Irish 'plot to kill cartoonist'

Tuesday, March 9th 2010, 18:24
related countries: Ireland

Seven people are arrested in the Irish Republic over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist for depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
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Adjusting to Swedish life, after Andijan

Saturday, March 6th 2010, 12:11
related countries: Uzbekistan

In May 2005, troops in Andijan, Uzbekistan, opened fire on demonstrators. Uzbek authorities threw out all foreign press - including the BBC's Monica Whitlock. Five years on, she meets survivors leading new lives in Sweden.
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Ships freed from Baltic Sea ice

Friday, March 5th 2010, 10:20
related places: Stockholm

Dozens of ships that had been trapped in ice in the Baltic Sea off Stockholm, some for several days, have been freed.
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'Fake pilot' arrested with 101 passengers on board

Thursday, March 4th 2010, 15:06
related countries: Netherlands
related places: Amsterdam

A Swedish pilot without a valid licence to fly is arrested at Amsterdam as he was about to fly with 101 passengers, Dutch police say.
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Internationals as they happened

Wednesday, March 3rd 2010, 22:28
related countries: Albania, Czech Republic, Egypt, United Kingdom
related places: Wembley

England come from behind to beat Egypt at Wembley, while Craig Levein's reign as Scotland manager gets off to a winning start, but Wales and Northern Ireland lose.
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Live Winter Olympics - Day 16

Saturday, February 27th 2010, 16:48
related countries: Switzerland

Switzerland beat Sweden to win the men's curling bronze as Giuliano Razzoli leads after the first leg of the men's slalom on a busy penultimate day.
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Nigeria appoint Lagerback as boss

Saturday, February 27th 2010, 11:09
related countries: Nigeria

Nigeria appoint former Sweden coach Lars Lagerback to lead them at the World Cup in South Africa in June.
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Live - Winter Olympics Day 13

Wednesday, February 24th 2010, 17:47
related countries: United States

GB men's curlers and women's bobsleighers Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke crash out of the Winter Olympics in an action-packed day in Vancouver.
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EU's pick for envoy to US queried

Tuesday, February 23rd 2010, 12:00
related countries: France, United States
related places: Eu, Washington

Sweden and France voice concern over the appointment of the European Commission chief's top aide as the new EU ambassador to Washington.
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'My Swedish flicka' - JFK love letters up for auction

Tuesday, February 16th 2010, 12:29
related countries: United States

Secret letters written by former US President John F Kennedy to his Swedish lover are being put up for auction.
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Swede held over Auschwitz theft

Thursday, February 11th 2010, 21:20
related places: Stockholm

A Swedish man is arrested in Stockholm over the theft of the Arbeit Macht Frei sign from Auschwitz death camp, officials say.
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Russia 'dumped waste in Baltic'

Friday, February 5th 2010, 8:31
related countries: Russia

The Russian military dumped nuclear waste into the Baltic Sea in the early 1990s, Swedish media reports say.
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Ericsson cutting extra 1,500 jobs

Monday, January 25th 2010, 11:04

Swedish telecoms equipment group Ericsson is cutting an extra 1,500 jobs, as it reports a 92% fall in quarterly profits.
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GM winding down Saab operations

Friday, January 8th 2010, 18:15

General Motors begins the process to close Swedish carmaker Saab, but says it is continuing efforts to find a buyer.
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Bernie Ecclestone in bid for Saab

Friday, January 8th 2010, 9:25

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is part of a bid to buy struggling Swedish carmaker Saab from General Motors.
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Sweden culls its resurgent wolves

Saturday, January 2nd 2010, 20:44

Sweden begins a legal cull of wolves with more than half the quota of 27 believed to have been killed on the first day.
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Sweden may help in Auschwitz case

Wednesday, December 30th 2009, 10:34
related countries: Poland

Poland is to seek Swedish help in investigating the theft of the "Arbeit macht frei" sign from the Nazis' Auschwitz death camp.
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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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