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

Tennis: Nadal sent crashing

Wednesday, October 11th 2006, 18:04

Joachim Johansson stuns top seed Rafael Nadal in round two of the Stockholm Open.
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Comeback for Sweden's Bildt

Friday, October 6th 2006, 11:56

Sweden's centre-right leader Fredrik Reinfeldt names his government, including ex-PM Carl Bildt.
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Swedish bloc poised for power

Monday, September 18th 2006, 12:06

Sweden's centre-right bloc seeks to form a government after narrowly ousting the Social Democrats at the polls.
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German truck firm in Scania bid

Monday, September 18th 2006, 5:25
related countries: Germany

German truckmaker Man launches a 9.6bn euros takeover bid for Swedish rival Scania.
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Narrow win for Swedish opposition

Sunday, September 17th 2006, 22:15

Sweden's centre-right opposition narrowly defeats the ruling Social Democrats in the closest election for years.
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Spy row claims Swedish politician

Wednesday, September 6th 2006, 16:53
related places: A

A top official from Sweden's opposition bloc quits over a political spying row, just days before elections.
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Donors make Lebanon pledges

Friday, September 1st 2006, 9:18
related countries: Lebanon

International donors meeting in Sweden promise more than $940m in new money to help rebuild war-torn Lebanon.
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Lebanon 'desperate for new funds'

Thursday, August 31st 2006, 10:02
related countries: Lebanon

Aid agencies plead for generous pledges as donors gather in Sweden to discuss Lebanese reconstruction.
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Olsson sails to home-town glory

Saturday, August 12th 2006, 13:37

Sweden's Christian Olsson takes European triple jump gold - plus a round-up of all the rest of the action in Gothenburg.
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Swedish nuclear reactors stopped

Thursday, August 3rd 2006, 12:55

Four of Sweden's nuclear reactors are shut down after a power failure, but the situation is not seen as risky.
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Athletics: Powell sets record

Tuesday, July 25th 2006, 21:20
related places: Stockholm

Asafa Powell sets a 100m stadium record in Stockholm and pockets a diamond in the process.
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Axl Rose arrested in Stockholm

Tuesday, June 27th 2006, 14:37
related places: Stockholm

Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose is arrested in Sweden for alleged violent conduct and damage to a hotel.
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Sweden jails circumcision father

Monday, June 26th 2006, 16:47
related countries: Somalia

A Swedish court jails a Somali man for four years for forcing his daughter to be circumcised.
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Syria 'holds Swedish journalist'

Monday, June 26th 2006, 15:06
related countries: Syria

A Swedish journalist is arrested in Syria for allegedly insulting the state, local media reports.
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Sweden's 'bomb belt' drama over

Sunday, June 25th 2006, 17:48
related places: Stockholm

A suspected bomb belt is taken off a man in Stockholm who says he was abducted and forced to wear it.
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Militia offers to protect media

Saturday, June 24th 2006, 23:48
related countries: Somalia

The Islamist militia controlling the Somali capital says it will protect foreign media after a Swedish journalist is killed.
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Germany set new World Cup targets

Saturday, June 24th 2006, 18:46
related countries: Germany

Germany coach Jurgen Klinsmann says his team have set new objectives on the back of their 2-0 win against Sweden.
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Germany 2-0 Sweden

Saturday, June 24th 2006, 16:52

A Lukas Podolski double earns Germany victory over 10-man Sweden and books the hosts' place in the World Cup quarter-finals.
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Injured Owen returning home

Wednesday, June 21st 2006, 12:41
related countries: United Kingdom

Michael Owen is out of the World Cup and flying back to England after rupturing his anterior cruciate knee ligament against Sweden.
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Sweden 2-2 England

Tuesday, June 20th 2006, 20:52
related countries: Ecuador

England will play Ecuador in the last 16 of the World Cup after drawing with Sweden - while Michael Owen suffers a worrying injury.
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Rooney start 'will scare Swedes'

Monday, June 19th 2006, 21:32
related countries: United Kingdom

Sven-Goran Eriksson says he announced Wayne Rooney's return to scare Sweden before England meet them.
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Owen prepared to sit on bench

Friday, June 16th 2006, 6:26
related countries: United Kingdom

England striker Michael Owen accepts he could be dropped for the game against Sweden.
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Sweden 0-0 Trinidad & Tobago

Saturday, June 10th 2006, 18:02
related countries: Trinidad and Tobago

Ten-man Trinidad & Tobago hold Sweden to a goalless draw on their World Cup debut.
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Swedish piracy row gathers pace

Monday, June 5th 2006, 9:43

The row between supporters of a Swedish website accused of piracy and the nation's authorities is escalating.
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Hackers hit Swedish police site

Friday, June 2nd 2006, 14:30

Cyber vandals have attacked the website of the Swedish police a day after raids against a BitTorrent site.
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Jail for scandal-hit Skandia boss

Wednesday, May 24th 2006, 20:30
related places: A

A former chief executive at Swedish insurance firm Skandia is jailed for handing out millions of pounds in bonuses without permission.
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Ice hockey: Sweden take title

Sunday, May 21st 2006, 19:51
related countries: Czech Republic

Sweden thrash the Czech Republic 4-0 to add the world title to their Olympic crown.
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Sweden considers Taylor detention

Thursday, April 6th 2006, 8:53
related countries: Liberia

Sweden says it is considering a request to accept ex-Liberian President Taylor as a prisoner if he is convicted.
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Sweden FM quits over cartoons

Tuesday, March 21st 2006, 9:21

Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds resigns in a row related to cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Sweden holds airport raid suspect

Wednesday, March 8th 2006, 15:17

Swedish police arrest a suspected member of a gang that carried out an armed raid on a passenger plane.
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Airport theft sparks bomb warning

Tuesday, March 7th 2006, 22:27

Parts of Sweden's Gothenburg airport are evacuated when armed robbers leave a suspicious package behind.
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