Contact has been lost with the Swedish boat Marianne, which had been leading the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla, after other boats turned back. The IDF announced that they intercepted and searched the vessel which had tried to “breach the maritime blockade.”… Read the rest
Tag: Sweden
Racial violence errupts in Swedish city
Sweden’s third largest city, Malmö, has descended into chaos as police respond to a huge rise in racism and tensions between ethnic groups, involving bombs, hand grenades and guns.
It follows a spate of clashes between different ethnic groups in … Read the rest
NATO is the root cause of EU migrant crisis
The scale of the migrant crisis Europe is facing today cannot be understated. It is truly unprecedented. What is habitually understated, however — and in fact almost completely ignored by mainstream media — are the real roots of the crisis, … Read the rest
Clinton Foundation cashed in as Sweden lobbied Hillary
Bill Clinton’s foundation set up a fundraising arm in Sweden that collected $26 million in donations at the same time that country was lobbying Hillary Rodham Clinton’s State Department to forgo sanctions that threatened its thriving business with Iran, according … Read the rest
Swedish MP wants safer passage for migrants to EU
A Swedish Member of the European Parliament (MEP) has pointed the finger at EU members for their reluctance to resolve the problem of migrants’ safer passage to Europe.
Sweden’s Member of the European Parliament Cecilia Wikström has blamed EU countries … Read the rest
Sweden offers to question Assange in London
Swedish prosecutors have asked for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s approval to question him in London where he is currently holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy, the prosecutors said on Friday.
The prosecutor is also asking to conduct a DNA test.… Read the rest
Child-rape acquittal in Sweden causes social media frenzy
A Swedish girl who says she was raped by a 27-year-old man when she was just 13 has lost her appeal against his acquittal after a court ruled that the man could not have known she was under age because … Read the rest
‘Secret Swedish Asylum group’ plans 400,000 new immigrants
The Swedish government has appointed a “secret asylum-group” planning for 400,000 new immigrants over the next five years – the equivalent of a large Swedish city, the newspaper Dagens Industri revealed yesterday.
The Secret Asylum group is a group of … Read the rest
‘Negro’ erased from Swedish children’s literature series
The word “negro” will be erased from the new Swedish editions of the book series about Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren, Swedish media report. Karin Nyman, Lindgren’s daughter, has given her consent after having pondered the idea for several years.… Read the rest
The decline of Sweden
In a recent article it was predicted that Sweden, one of the world’s most progressive nations, will end up impoverished and third world by the year 2030. That is only fifteen years from now. The United Nations Human Development Index … Read the rest
Swedish government on brink of collapse
Sweden’s minority, centre-left government teetered on the brink of collapse after just two months in office when a far-right party announced it would vote against the 2015 budget, effectively dooming it to defeat.
The anti-immigration Sweden Democrat party, which holds … Read the rest
Sweden’s minority, centre-left government teetered on the brink of collapse after just two months in office when a far-right party announced it would vote against the 2015 budget, effectively dooming it to defeat.
The anti-immigration Sweden Democrat party, which holds … Read the rest
Spain’s parliament calls for recognition of Palestine
The Spanish parliament supported Palestine’s recognition in a symbolic vote Tuesday.
Spanish Congress of Deputies (lower chamber of the parliament) has called on the government to recognize Palestine as a state in a non-binding motion.
According to a member of … Read the rest
Sweden officially recognizes state of Palestine
The Swedish government became the first E.U. member to officially recognize the state of Palestine on Thursday.
Newly elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven first announced the move at his swearing-in ceremony on Oct. 3, but he was not expected to … Read the rest
The Swedish government became the first E.U. member to officially recognize the state of Palestine on Thursday.
Newly elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven first announced the move at his swearing-in ceremony on Oct. 3, but he was not expected to … Read the rest
Sweden abandons its search for ‘underwater threat’
The Swedish Navy has halted its search for an alleged foreign submarine in the country’s territorial waters near Stockholm, The Local cited the Navy as saying Friday.
“At 8 a.m. local time (06:00 GMT) a major naval operation, launched in … Read the rest