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The Danish and Swedish prime ministers said an assessment by authorities indicated that the leaks were not accidental. The EU's Ursula von der Leyen warned attacks on European energy infrastructure were "unacceptable."

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's right bloc appeared in pole position on Monday to form a government for the...

Russian officials have now threatened ''serious military-political repercussions'' for Finland and Sweden if they make a move to join NATO.

Julian Assange has evaded more charges by running out the clock. Sweden has announced it has dropped an investigation into a rape allegation made against the Wikileaks founder, arguing that too much time has elapsed since the accusation was made in 2010.

Earlier this week the Swedish government deported 50 Afghan migrants, the largest deportation of its kind in a single day.

A list has revealed that 41 out of 290 Swedish municipalities are expected to be forced to accommodate returning Islamic State members.

Fresh statistics in from Sweden show that 47% of women in the county of rebro are afraid of walking outside alone in the evening, this according to Folkhlsomyndigheten, a branch of the gov

The last day has seen an unprecedented number of bombings across the country of Sweden, with local businesses and family homes being targets. Shortly after 4 AM on Tuesday morning the Swedish police were alerted to an explosion a

Swedish state broadcaster SVT has outraged viewers after they ran an article claiming that the gruesome ISIS-inspired murder of two Scandinavian girls in Morocco "had nothing to do with Islam," before warning Swedes that sharing a graphic beheading video of the incident could result in up to four

International security adviser Olle Fjordgren sees Sweden as a runaway freight train heading for a rock wall. "We have basically given up and the criminals have seized power. Right now we have nothing to oppose and I can't see that we could revers

The event, called Statement, was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, in August this year having been billed as 'the world's first major music festival for women, non-binary and transgender only'.

Swedish political parties face weeks of haggling to form a government after voters delivered a hung parliament on Sunday, with the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats saying they hold the balance of power.

Swedes went to the polls Sunday with the far right expected to make big gains as voters unhappy about immigration punish one of Europe's few remaining left-wing governments.The global network of Agence France Presse covers 151 countriesIf you have new

STOCKHOLM (AP) - Sweden's prime minister denounced the increasingly popular Sweden Democrats party as racist and a threat to the nation's European values on Saturday as political candidates made their final pre-election pitches to voters.

"We will behead you if you do not withdraw from the election by the end of this week."

MORE than 100 cars were set alight in a night of co-ordinated mayhem by hooded youths in cities across Sweden. Acting in what authorities said was "almost a military operation", yobs launched simultaneous attacks on vehicles in locations up to 300

Many Swedes were horrified in early 2017 when U.S. President Donald Trump linked immigration to rising crime in Sweden, but an increasing number now agree with him. Amid soaring crime rates , gang violence, complaints about education, and pregnant mothers

The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats (SD) have called for Sweden to hold a referendum on the country's EU membership after the 2018 Swedish general election. SD party leader Jimmie kesson told newspaper Dagens Industri that the EU is a "large web

Sweden has adopted a law requiring people to get explicit consent before sexual contact.

Authorities backtrack after comments stir controversy.