Sweden

Sweden: ‘Ungoogleable’ removed from new words list due to Google protests

Samantha Stainburn — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:52:40 +0000

The council defined "ogooglebar" as something "which cannot be found on the Internet with the use of a search engine."

IKEA meatballs found to contain horse meat

Faine Greenwood — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:20:00 +0000

The international horse meat saga continued on monday, as it was revealed that meatballs from IKEA — everyone's favorite Swedish purveyor of inexpensive furniture — contained some horse meat.

Sweden's missing horses mystery stirs horsemeat worry

News Desk — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:58:15 +0000

Sweden is investigating the fate of 9000 horses that disappear each year in that country.

Swedish cleaning lady steals train, crashes into house

Jill Langlois — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:35:00 +0000

When the train made it to its final stop around 3 a.m., it came off the tracks and went into the first-floor kitchen of one of the house's three apartments.

Israeli ambassadors summoned in protest at new settlement plans

Jessica Phelan — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:58:00 +0000

At least three countries have summoned Israel's ambassadors to lodge their protests at plans to build new settler homes in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Man dies under unknown circumstances at residence of Swedish Prime Minister

Faine Greenwood — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:57:00 +0000

A man has died inside the Stockholm residence of Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, apparently from gunshot wounds—and as no crime was committed, the incident appears to have either been a suicide or a deadly accident.

Anders Borg says Greece could exit Eurozone in next 6 months

Talia Ralph — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 20:10:29 +0000

Anders Borg, Sweden's finance minister, has warned that Greece could leave the Eurozone in six months or less.

Ethiopia to free Swedish journalists imprisoned on terrorism charges, official says

News Desk — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:13:00 +0000

In December 2011, a court sentenced the Swedish journalists to 11 years each of "rigorous imprisonment" for supporting terrorism and illegally entering Ethiopia.

Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Cambodia at Sweden's request

Faine Greenwood — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:56:00 +0000

One of the cofounders of infamous torrent site The Pirate Bay has been arrested in Cambodia under an international warrant.

Julian Assange 'declines' request to surrender to police

Luke Browne — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:58:11 +0000

Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy last week after a UK court upheld Sweden’s right to request his extradition to face allegations of rape and indecency there.

Julian Assange: Extradition notice served to WikiLeaks founder

Jill Langlois — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:25:11 +0000

Scotland Yard served a "surrender notice" to the Australian, which requires him to go to a police station.

Julian Assange asylum request considered in Ecuador

Jill Langlois — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:13:24 +0000

"We cannot accept a political persecution for the ideas Mr. Assange expressed," Correa told CNN Thursday.

Swedish professor charged for eating wife's lip

Jill Langlois — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:16:17 +0000

"He did it so that she would never be able to kiss again and said 'I'll get four years, but you're getting a life sentence,'" prosecutor Jakob Holmberg said.

Explosives found at Ringhals nuclear plant in Sweden

Luke Browne — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:36:28 +0000

The four reactors at Ringhals, which lies on Sweden’s south-west coast near the city of Gothenburg, produce almost a fifth of the country’s electricity.

Eritrean national admits aiding Somalia's Al Shabaab

Luke Browne — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:27:56 +0000

Mohammed Ibrahim, a 38-year-old Eritrean national and permanent resident of Sweden, was arrested in Nigeria in November 2009 and transferred to US custody four months later to face terrorism charges.