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China on Monday urged Sweden to respond to its complaints about the alleged mistreatment of a Chinese family removed by police from a hotel in Stockholm. The foreign ministry and China's Embassy in Stockholm have asked Sweden to investigate the case but have yet to ...
Sweden faces political impasse after far-right election gains
Sweden faces a political impasse after its mainstream center-left and center-right blocs virtually tied in an election Sunday, while the far-right — which neither wants to deal with — made gains on a hard-line anti-immigration platform. With nearly all votes counted Monday, the ruling center-left ...
Sweden's prime minister invites opposition to talks as far right makes election gains
Sweden's anti-immigrant far right made gains in legislative elections Sunday and vowed to exert "real influence" as kingmaker, after both the left-wing and center-right blocs failed to obtain a majority and the makeup of the next government remained up in the air. Prime Minister Stefan ...
Sweden calls for nuclear reactors to be shielded from hot weather after summer shutdowns
Sweden's nuclear energy regulator, SSM, has asked plant operators to produce plans in the coming months to shield their reactors from harmful hot weather, its director told Reuters on Monday. A number of Swedish reactors had to shut down or reduce output as the summer ...
It's barely 6 a.m. and Alfred is already busy milking cows. But when his chores on the farm are done, he won't be going home — he'll be returning to his prison cell. In Sweden, which prioritizes rehabilitation over long prison sentences, Alfred is one ...
New normal: Dry and on fire from Mediterranean to Arctic, Europe battles deadly heat
Europe's scorching heat wave has killed nine people in a week in Spain, health authorities said Tuesday, as stifling temperatures kindled wildfires in the country and neighboring Portugal, where a ferocious blaze encircled a resort town. Weeks of nonstop sunshine and near-record temperatures have caused ...
Swedish roots in Japan's taxonomy
While Japan's historical sakoku period of isolation may have limited any contact it had with Sweden what did transpire between the two nations is of historical, scientific and artistic importance.
Researchers expressed concern Thursday about the rapid pace of climate change, after a glacier on Sweden's Kebnekaise mountain melted so much in sweltering Arctic temperatures that it is no longer the country's highest point. "It's quite scary," said Gunhild Ninis Rosqvist, a Stockholm University geography ...
In brazen heist, pair steal Swedish royal jewels from cathedral, flee by speedboat
Thieves carrying out a daring daytime robbery smashed a security case at a cathedral in Sweden and stole jewel-encrusted gold crowns from the early 1600s before hopping on bicycles and escaping via a nearby lake, police said. The two men pulled off the heist at ...
A Stockholm court on Wednesday sentenced a Swedish man of Rwandan origin to life in prison for participating in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Theodore Tabaro, 49, was sentenced by the Stockholm district court for "genocide" after he was convicted of murder, attempted murder, and ...
U.S. exempts certain steel products of Japan, four other nations from 25% import duties
The Commerce Department said Wednesday it has exempted some steel products from Japan and four other countries from the U.S. global tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports. The exemption applies to seven U.S.-based companies importing steel products from Japan, Sweden, Belgium, Germany and China, ...
Why neutral, peaceful Sweden is preparing for war
In this most liberal, progressive and peaceful corner of Europe, those in charge now fear an era of gloom could return.
